[VRMMO] Dead One

(No.)

(This isn’t it either!)

(Shit! This one was useless!)

["Em..... I think I will be going down first.... Sorry guys."] – said LM in a chat.

"Fuck!" – shouted ClownFrog.

(This isn’t good at all.) – thought ClownFrog as he continues using his undeads as his eyes or communicating for long distance while also drawing a poor map that only was made out of arrows, showing the distance of each person and monster group had made.

(I knew that the amount of informations I would get would be nowhere near enough, but this is just stupid!)

(I have nothing!)

(A lot of my monsters already got slain as well and the others are slowly reaching their limit.)

(LM already having some struggle and the reinforcements I’ve sent his way has not reached him at all.)

(Fuck.)

(This isn’t good..... No hints or anything was discovered yet.)

(Common!)

(Common!)

(There is no fucking way there is really nothing!)

(At least one thing!)

(One hint!)

(Anything will do!)

(Please! Find it soon!)

"..."

(Welp, shit.) – thought hiding Alamin as a giant undead knight walked past his hiding spot.

(I WAS RIGHT!)

(The monsters in this area are way stronger than monsters from other areas!)

(Not only that, this part of the dungeon is really stretching!)

(I’m on the right tracks..... But..... Fuck me.)

(There is more and more monsters with detection ability.... And the nonstop fighting wore me down.)

(I’ve already used up a lot of potions as well.)

(I have few teleportation skills left, but the monster with detection like a lich may notice me teleporting and then he will just alarm the other monsters..... No.)

(Slow and steady wins the race.)

(ClownFrog maybe strong, but there is no way he can take on all of these undeads by himself.)

(If I avoid the direct confrontation with undeads, ClownFrog will have no choice but to either do the same thing as me, meaning slow and steady, or force himself through the undeads, which would definitely left him badly wounded.)

(I could also stay a bit and provoke the undeads the moment ClownFrog show himself up, before then brining them to ClownFrog and having him deal with them.....)

"..."

(No.)

(Let’s think about this realistic.)

(This may take days to conquer, even for ClownFrog and his guild.)

(And there is only 5 of them here, which only includes 3 core members.)

(Honestly, I think I may die at this rate..... But that doesn’t mean the Purple Hyena will be able to complete this dungeon.)

(It will also take them days, just like it did for us.)

(But now that they are here, they will get in our way nonstop.)

(So, there is one way to do it.)

(Find the end of the dungeon.)

(If it is reward room either take the treasure or destroy it.)

(If it is a boss room, then either die trying and then come back or succeed on the first try.)

(Right now, I need to find the exact location of the dungeon end no matter what and try to see at least what is inside of it.)

(IF I reach that place before ClownFrog, then our victory maybe assured.) – thought Alamin as he resumed his search.

"..."

(Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!) – thought pissed off ClownFrog as he continues drawing lines on the map.

(Nothing!)

(Nothing at all!?)

(Really?!)

[Party member Litle Maniac has been slain.]

["Oh, RIP LM..... Welp, I guess it will be my turn next.... I’ve really pissed off way too many of them."] – said Wretch on the chat.

["Welp, I’m not doing so hot either. I have two boss monsters running after me."] – said Rampage.

["WELL! AT LEAST YOU HAVE 2! I HAVE FUCKING 4 FOR SOME REASONS!"] – replied Shri.

(Fuck me!) – thought ClownFrog.

(At first they were somewhat fast, but now they are barely making any progress at all.)

(I guess this gamble had way lower chances of succeeding than we had thought...)

(....)

(There is just no way we can beat this dungeon in a single day.... This conclusion we all came up after barely making any progress after being here for hours.)

(Then should we switch up the strategy?)

(Hunt down Silver Tiger guild and then try to lock down the dungeon entrance? Making sure non of them would be able enter the dungeon?)

"..."

(No.)

(We lack people.)

(We would need to call more people from the Garog empire to come and assist us, but it would take them days to get here.)

(And who knows what the dragon king will do in response to that?)

(The Dead Land is neutral grounds, a place not owned by anybody or by any kingdom.)

(They can just send their soldiers here and attack us..... And this will play in favor for them, since it could worse relationship between our two empires.)

(But I don’t care about this.)

(Nor it would bother the dragon king that wants to form alliance with us.)

(If anything, I think he may use that as opportunity against the hostile dragon king.)

(Then should we play the long game?)

[Party member Wretch has been slain.]

(This should work out... But playing the long game would also have some downsides.)

["Ah, fuck. I’ve reached wall. Hey. I’m changing directions."] – said Shri.

(But this maybe the only way to do it.....)

(Honestly, this dungeon may also have some kind of hidden condition.)

(There were some dungeons out there that had final chamber locked behind special lock that would only open up when you either obtained all the keys or slain all of the boss monsters in the dungeon.)

["Sorry, don’t type to me anything! I have fucking 8 bosses after me!"] – said Rampage.

(But wouldn’t that just catch everybody attention?)

(We are Purple Hyena guild.)

(We are Garog empire.)

(People are staring at us too much.)

(If we were to move our forces here and just do a lock down on some random giant dangerous territory that was located in one of most well known and popular hunting grounds in the game, then we would get instantly found our AND people would realized there is something extremely important is inside that lake.)

(This would result in competition just rising up as well as number of enemies showing up.)

(And this isn’t about players either as well.)

(Kingdoms.)

(They are wary of us.)

(Some are scared.)

(If they find out that there is something extremely important in here, they may try pulling some shit.)

(They may end up lending a support to the players or try even sending their own forces here.... The hostile dragon king may also use this as opportunity to put more pressure on us as well.)

(Playing a long game is extremely risky.... But is there any other way around?)

(We have not obtained even a single clue and two – WAIT, TWO!?)

(When did Wretch died!?)

(Shit! I was too focused on my own thoughts to notice that!?) – thought ClownFrog as he looked through the chat in panic.

"..."

(Ah.... No.... I didn’t miss anything.... Fuck me.)

"..."

(Should I just gamble?)

(Go in single random direction..... Extremely stupid gamble.... With extremely low odds at succeeding.)

(No!)

(Wait!)

(Even if it means that both Shri and Rampage dies, I need more informations!)

(I can only chose one direction.)

(After that, there won’t be a second chance.)

(But this is just plain stupid.)

(There is no way I could even one bit accurate prediction with this kind of data. Those are just arrows!)

(Fuck me.... If there was just one thing.... ONE FUCKING THING!)

(A hint or anything that can at least make the prediction bit more accurate, it could increase the chances at survival!) – thought ClownFrog as he opened up his skill list and began browsing through it.

(What about skills? Maybe there is one that I’ve had forgotten that maybe be able to track down Alamin?)

ClownFrog tried observing Shri and Rampage moment as well as looking through his skill list, trying to find anything at all that could be used as hint or something that may allow him to hunt down Alamin.....

...

...

But he found nothing.

From the countless skills he had, there was not even a single one that could help him in this situation.

And as the times passed, both Rampage and Shri started being slowly overwhelmed by the undeads..... But ClownFrog didn’t even tried to help them, instead he continued focusing his attention on finding any possible hints inside the dungeon..... But he could not find anything.

Even worse.... As more time passed-

[Party member Shri has been slain.]

[Party member Rampage has been slain.]

Both Shri and Rampage were finally overwhelmed and taken down by the nonstop waves of undeads.

And now? ClownFrog was alone.

But even worse.... He still didn’t had anything.

He still did not acquired even a single hint.

...

ClownFrog knew that the only option he had left would be to gamble..... But he also realized that without possessing a single hint, ClownFrog cannot make even one bit accurate prediction.

Even if he were to die, he would just resurrect.... But what does that matter? He would just die again and be forced to take on death penalty for dying.

There was no gamble nor answer he could take..... And so, with little to no choice left, ClownFrog took off.

And ran away towards the exit.

[Purple Hyena first expedition into the Lich Lord Tomb – Result: Failure.]