[VRMMO] Dead One

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"You want our help?" – asked the lamia chieftain.

"They want some materials we have stored mother. The situation was explained to me by letter." – said Uhi Aty.

"Here." – said Uhi Aty while handing a letter to the chieftain.

"...."

"I see."

"Well, our tribe will offer all the necessary materials for our queen resurrection. But there are problems with some materials."

"If we look around, we should be able to gain rest of materials, but the problem are these 2."

"The first material is a cursed necrotic core called [Tombstone Core]. Is a man made gem that is able to create undead servant."

"However, I think all of them were destroyed long time ago."

"..."

"Say.... Did by any chance that gem can create a mummies?" – asked ClownFrog.

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"You know where to find one?!" – asked Amalia Aty.

"Y-yea. The current hideout used by Sand Cobra tribe is located in the location called "Cursed Oasis"."

"During day, the entire place is filled with endless horde of mummies, but during night, all mummies disappear."

"!"

"Then there is a good chance that we will find tombstone core there!" – said Amalia Aty.

"Oh. Nice."– said ClownFrog.

"Yes. But there is still another thing we need." – said Amalia Aty.

"Beside the tombstone core, we also need sacrifice that will act as stabilizer."

"Something like a heart of a beast that possess an extremely amount of vitality."

"..."

"Em..."

"No fuking way." – said Amalia Aty.

"Near the cursed oasis there a murder scorpion nest and there is an area boss there. I think it’s heart will do the trick?" – said ClownFrog.

"...Really? You sure it’s not a king or queen murder scorpion?"

"Nope. Apparently, it’s a monster called emperor murder scorpion."

"...Fuck me. It will definitely do." – said Amalia Aty.

"Great. Then, if possible, I want to start tomorrow morning." – said ClownFrog.

Sometime later in real life.

ClownFrog was sitting on his bed while using his phone.

["And that is the situation right now."] – ClownFrog.

["Huh. So, the two last things we need that are supposed to be hidden, we already know their location?"] – Shri.

["Pretty much."] – ClownFrog.

["Oh. Nice. By the way, the quest got completed and we got some titles, like that friend and rising hero ones."] – Rampage.

["I know. There was a message that everybody received them after the quest was completed."] – ClownFrog.

["Even a smallest increase in power is important for us. By the way, how are the things on your end?"] – ClownFrog.

["Good. After the Green Sand city was taken over, we used our momentum and act of surprise to take over another city nearby and many of the smaller settlements like cities and villages ended up under our control. We also rescued huge number of slaves that had joined our side. Pretty much as thing stands, the entire dessert will sooner or later be under our control."] – GreyHunt.

["Good. But we have problem and quite big one. The country itself will definitely make a move soon after everything that happened so far and will probably recruit players to their side in order to fight the monsters. The revolution army won’t be able to survive for long."] – Oron.

["Then we need to hurry and resurrect the queen, before we got completely destroyed."] – Blueberry.

["Yes. Thankfully, the Melody Tail tribe possess most of the materials and know how to get the rest of them. While the revolution army will be busy with holding back the kingdom army, we and the Melody Tail have to gather the remaining materials."] – ClownFrog.

["This time, we are on our own again. Our goal is to secure the tombstone core and kill that area boss."] – ClownFrog.

["Finaly! I was wondering when we would kill that thing! We got so strong that I can see us being able to defeat the area boss all on our own."] – Shri.

["I agree. Each of us become extremely strong to the point where average player are nowhere near our level. However, it would be nice if we had some new equipment. Most of my armor pieces need to be replaced."] – GreyHunt.

["Haha! I knew you would say that and I already made necessary arrangement with lamias! They will provide us with some armor and weapons they made. They won’t be costume made like our current equipment, but it will fit our current strength to some point in terms of levels."] – ClownFrog.

["Smart thinking man!"] – Shri.

["Yea. But still, it would be way better if we didn’t get our hands on mass produced equipment and instead had costume made one, since it would way better, but as the things stands right now, we don’t have time to wait and have to focus at the task at hand."] – ClownFrog.

["Anyway, all of you head towards the cursed oasis as soon as possible. We need to meet up and secure the tombstone core before then going for that area boss. Got it?"]

Next day.

Inside the royal castle of the Adernul kingdom.

"Damn! Those rat bastards! How dare they!" - Arnold Adernul.

"M-my king! Please calm down." – said the noble.

"Calm down?! There is literally an army of monsters are rampaging in my kingdom! We lost multiple cities already because of them!" – said Arnold Adernul.

"Why the heck now of all times as well?!"

"What kind of bullshit situation is this!"

"..."

"...Deploy the army."

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"But sir!"

"What sir?! I know that deploying them now will hinder our plans, but we have no choice! We need to crush them before our plans get damaged too much! Send all the soldiers there and get rid of them! NOW!" – said the king.

"But sir, the dessert part of the kingdom is located quiet far away and traversing the dessert its self isn’t easy. Just traveling alone will take time." – said a blond noble.

"Shit! Then do something about this! This threat need to be deal fast!"

(Fuck! We were supposed to announce the declaration of war against Umuri kingdom, but now all of freaking times a horde of rampaging monsters appeared that took over some of our cities?!) – though the king.

(We have forces, but as that guy said, it will take time for them to get to the dessert.)

(Even if we subdue the monsters, the damage will probably be unimaginable to the point where we would have hold the invasion for more than 1-4 moths depending on how big and powerful the monster army is!)

(Not only that, but the neighboring kingdom will notice the huge army that my kingdom possess and may end up preparing for the conflict.)

(Fuck!)

(My surprise attack will now definitely fail because of these bastards!)

(I’m going to have every single one of those monsters heads on the freaking pike for running my plans!)

Meanwhile, somewhere in the underground part of the castle.

"A monster army?"

[Aderson Adernul – Current Crown Prince Of The Adernul Kingdom.]

"Yes sir. An army of monsters appeared out of nowhere and began destroying and conquering settlements left and right." – said a noble spy.

"Not only that, but apparently the attacks started in two different places with two different monsters groups attacking."

"The first group consisted of sobeks while the other one consisted of harpies and lamias."

"However, this is not all. Apparently among the adventures rumors circulate that some adventures are working together with the monsters and apparently these individuals are strong enough to take out group of adventures with just one of their members."

"My prince, may I? The information that this man just said was true. Apparently, a group of powerful adventures are indeed supporting the monsters." – said Alamin.

[Alamin – Guild Master of the Silver Tiger guild.]

"Not only that, but so far only 6 people were confirmed to be part monster army, but each one of them slaughtered a group of adventures with ease."

"I see. But why would they be working with the monsters?" – said the prince.

"I don’t know, but there is a good chance that they made some sort of deal with them? Some adventures are known for their greed and all." – said Ru.

[Ru – Guild Master of the Bulldog guild.]

"Hm... We can’t be certain yet. There may be something we may not be seeing here." – said the prince.

"Still, we need to identify who exactly are those adventures that are supporting the monsters."

"What if these unknown adventures are strong like you two or maybe stronger than you two?"

"Hm... Still, isn’t this opportunity? Can’t we dethrone the mad king from the throne right now?" – asked Ru.

"No. It will only things matter worse if we do that now." – said the prince.

"We cannot fight among ourselves while the monsters are attacking us."

"If we were to dethrone my father now, then we would end up losing some of my people faith and trust if we start rebellion while the kingdom right now is suffering from monster threat."

"Right now, I don’t want you two and your guilds to move out yet. I want to observe the situation bit more."

"However, if situation would be dire, I want to send both of your guilds to support the monster suppressing effort. So be ready for deployment at any moment if possible." – said the prince.

"As you wish." – replied both players.

"..."

(Still, the situation isn’t that bad?) – though Ru.

(I heard that the dessert is filled with a lot of high level monsters, so if we were to send there, my guild members would be able to level up a lot.)

(Not only that, but if I somehow get rid of these 6 unknown players who are supporting the monsters, my guild popularity will grow.)

(Still, there is that fucker over there. I will have to share achievement with him.)

(But, only if he gets to fight those players. If we got rid of them before he does, then all the credits will go to us!)

"..."

(Necromancer that could control a monsters made out of fire and blood?) – though Alamin.

(The fire monsters would be about the [Burning Necromancer] class, right?)

(But then, a creatures made out of blood?)

(Is there a possibility that it is that guy doing?)