[VRMMO] Dead One

<<Honestly speaking, finding their main factories wasn't really hard, since it is a place where a lot of people publicly work at.>>

<<But another was defense.>>

<<Magic security and soldiers were present here.>>

<<Makes sense, since the invention produced by the Pyrgos is pretty much present everywhere in the dragon empire.>>

<<They would really not like anybody going in, stealing their production methods and then using them to make a personal profit of it.>>

<<But this isn't what I'm here for.>>

<<The people I've been tailing, the normal workers are definitely unaware of anything, meaning that there shouldn't be anything special in regular factories.>>

<<What I want instead is something far more guarded.>>

<<Something "odd", like a factory that has way too high security.>>

<<Or maybe a place where materials are sneakily being transferred to.>>

<<While looking for the weird factories, I was also inspecting people and what not, resulting in me to coming to a specific conclusion.>>

<<They were never brainwashed.>>

<<None of the people I've checked had shown the symptoms of brainwashing.>>

<<Pyrgos clan is somewhat located far away from both Muwi and Wumi clan, so it is undatable that they wouldn't really care or heard about the "fiancé" before.>>

<<However, the rumors of her are spreading here.>>

<<And here is interesting thing.>>

<<There are rumors here that the Wo'won clan is responsible for this.>>

<<…True, I did pinned the blame at the Wo'won clan with the planted evidence… But still.>>

<<Their focuses on the Wo'won clan is weird per say.>>

<<I've looked into it, but there was barely any real conflict between Pyrgos and Wo'won clans.>>

<<Even when the rift between clans started growing more and more, their relationship became nothing but "cold"… Which was all there was to it.>>

<<They cared more about their own clan above everything else.>>

<<Honestly I got curios about the strongest clan, the Kai'ku'dan.>>

<<From what I've had obtained about them, they are the strongest dragon clan in the whole dragon empire.>>

<<Just like Pyrgos clan, their clan posses countless different elemental dragons.>>

<<But they also have few elements that stand out the most.>>

<<3 to be exact.>>

<<Thunder.>>

<<Ice.>>

<<And arcane.>>

<<Out of those three elemental types, the arcane element of theirs is apparently the strongest.>>

<<And while digging through history, I found something interesting.>>

<<The founder of the Pyrgos clan and the Wo'won clan, both came from Kai'ku'dan clan.>>

<<Huh… Interesting.>>

<<So the 3 top clans are related to each other?>>

<<Then again, from what I've found in the records, there was apparently the old conflict that ended up causing the birth of these two extra clans.>>

<<But later on, the peace was brough as they and several other clans united and formed the dragon empire.>>

<<The Kai'ku'dan clan main specialty in combat is their magic, apparently is it so powerful that even witches dare to look down upon them.>>

<<And that sheer power of the Kai'ku'dan clan was one of the things that was keeping everybody in check.>>

<<They were really never doing anything like aggressive or bossing people around.>>

<<If anything, they were about "law" and "justice".>>

<<They were the ones that were making sure that everything was fair and what not between each of the clans.>>

<<Because of that, they were not only feared for their strength, but they were respected for their justice.>>

<<So, I had a thought.>>

<<What if the ones aiming for the treason wants to destroy that clan?>>

<<Honestly speaking, they are the biggest threat here, no matter how one would look at this.>>

<<They not only have support from the public, from many different clans, but they also have power.>>

<<I've tried looking around if there was anything like a bad blood between the Kai'ku'dan clan and the Pyrgos clan, or something like a recent incident between two clans… But there was really nothing.>>

<<…>>

<<I don't get it.>>

<<I will investigate it later, but for now, factories.>>

<<I've looked around, and I found few heavily guarded factories.>>

<<It wasn't easy sneaking in.>>

<<Their defenses were really tight.>>

<<Still, I've gotten inside and was able to see what they were making.>>

<<Weapons.>>

<<…>>

<<Em… That was pretty much it, nothing weird.>>

<<I mean, I would understand if they were producing weapons at the abnormal amount, to the point one may think they are preparing for the war.>>

<<However, from what I saw, it was for the soldiers that defend the territory.>>

<<But they do apparently started producing bit more weapons recently… But that is in case of the war possible, not "will" but "possible" breaking out.>>

<<If they were preparing 100% for the war, then I would find it odd, but they are not doing that… Nor they are making any

<<I've tried sneaking around bit more… There was a limit what I could do, but still, I confirmed something.>>

<<There was NOTHING OFF HERE!>>

<<I've looking bit more for days… But nothing.>>

<<And then, they came.>>

["Sup, we here."] – said Tail via {Chat – Video Call}.

"…You here already… Huh?" – said exhausted Oron.

["?"]

["Em… Yeah?"]

["Say. Is something wrong?"]

"Welp…. I've gotten nothing."

"Like I've didn't made any progress for sometime now…"

"I've tried investigating the Pyrgos clan for some time, but no matter what I did, I couldn't find anything at all."

"All the results came negative."

"I've only confirmed that they are preparing for the possible war, but they are not going all out, like producing monster amount of weapons or even producing the heavy war oriented machinery and weapons."

["So you are saying that the Pyrgos clan isn't the aggressors?"]

"No… I didn't said that… Just yet."

"I want to honestly investigate them bit further."

"Could you come here and help me out?"

["Understand, we will be there as soon as possible."]

<<Tail and Litle Manica joined up with me.>>

<<With their help the search the hidden factories will become way easier.>>

<<Tail specialty in shadow magic will be extremely useful in infiltration and what not, while LM tracking ability will help us tail anybody suspicious.>>

<<…But.>>

<<We still couldn't find anything.>>

<<The search was on going for countless days and even after these two joined up with me, we still couldn't find anything at all.>>

"There is straight up nothing here!" - said annoyed LM as the trio of the spies had a meeting in the forest.

"Yeah… We looked around everywhere but we couldn't find anything." – said Tail.

"Maybe this time we were wrong?"

"Maybe Pyrgos clan isn't really planning the treason in the first place."

"…Well… Considering the fact that we found nothing, would point to that… But still, there is still the fact that they hid stuff about the rift beforehand."

"Maybe they just wanted the alliance to be formed as soon as possible without trouble?" – suggested LM.

"Well, it would make sense why they would hide it." – said Tail.

"But then again, they should had known the risk if we LOOKED into it ourselves."

"And considering that they knew who they were dealing with, they should had realized we would find out about it sooner or later."

"…"

"I still don't trust these bastards." – said Oron.

"You say that… But the evidence speaks for itself." – said LM.

"…Maybe they just took the risk with the marriage?" – asked Tail.

"Would they really?" – asked Oron.

"I mean, for fuck's sake."

"We are evil empire and what not, but most of the time we were nothing more than victims!"

"And everybody who know the real history can tell what really happened and what we did!"

"…"

"Then why not investigate the allies of the Pyrgos clan?" – asked Tail.

"The Pindon clan."

"True." – said LM.

"From what I know, their land is mix of mountains and desert."

"Their specialty too is earth."

"Maybe they could had somehow hid stuff underground? Like they could had dug a secret special factory?"

"Honestly speaking, I think maybe we should check them." – said Tail.

"From what you found out before us, it seems that the Pyrgos clan is in case preparing for the possible of the war occurring."

"And if those two are allies, then it would be right to assume those guys are also preparing for the 'if' scenario."

"…"

(Were we really wrong?) – thought annoyed Oron.

(Was the Pyrgos clan really innocent from the start?)

(Did by any chance, they approached us not out of greed, but desperation?)

(Like just pure good willed desperation?)

(That is it?)

(It is scheme, that is for sure, but nothing like a real fucking conspiracy.)

<<I've reported everything back to the empire, about our findings and what not….>>

<<But still, I couldn't really believe these results.>>

<<THERE IS NO FUCKING WAY THAT THE DRAGON KING OF THE PYRGOS CLAN DIDN'T KNEW WHO HE IS DEALING WITH!>>

<<Am I really just overthinking it?>>

<<But from what I understand, they were planning on brining us into the war, that we should lend a hand and what not!>>

<<That was their plan!>>

<<But is that really it!?>>

<<Desperation for hope!?>>

<<They are really not controlled by a greed but instead by pure goodwill?>>

<<For the better future?>>

<<Not greed?>>

<<…>>

<<I… I really don't know what my own answer regarding this subject should be.>>

<<I really don't know what to say.>>