[VRMMO] Dead One

"..."

"..."

"Anything?" - asked GreyHunt as he walked through the corridors of the abandoned building.

["No."] – replied Lilium.

["This isn’t good.... It has been too long since we lost contact with both LM and Cave."]

"Yeah..."

"..."

"I won’t be beating around the bush."

"We both walked quiet long distance."

"We had not heard anything for long time... Nor we had heard anything from either of those bastards."

(It had almost been half an hour since the last contact.) – thought GreyHunt.

(Cave and LM can handle fighting for hours nonstop... So, they know what to do in terms of long combat or if they are dealing with much more powerful foes.)

(Especially LM.)

(His [Prankster Archer], [Murder Clown] and [Trap Master] is extremely nasty combo that can even hold back the rampaging berserker type players in place.)

(Not only that, those two are not dumb, especially LM.)

(He would run if there was no chance.)

"..."

["So... Do you really think that they had run in with the boss here?"]

"The chances are... High."

"..."

"Or... Shit."

["Spit it out. I can probably guess you are thinking about something weird but also scary."]

"..."

"What if the boss monster can mimic other players?"

"Or what if the sound of fighting that LM heard were not really ’real’."

["You are saying that the boss monster may had baited LM?"]

"Chances are solid.... But then again, we had lost contact with Cave... And from what we last heard, it seems he had been attacked."

"Let’s say that the boss was as strong as me, Cave would be able to survive a bit with his build."

"Then again.... Ah.... Fuck me. This place is fucking with us in more than one way."

"Maybe having access to communication maybe some sort of mind game from the start." – said GreyHunt

(Not only that, there is also another problem.) – thought GreyHunt.

(I’ve found Lilium’s monsters’ corpses.)

(The puddles of blood that was left back in that room definitely were once Lilium’s blood elementals.)

(However, they were also not disappearing.)

(I can somewhat guess what is going on.)

(This building is leaving behind the corpses.)

(But why?)

(Is by any chance the boss monster here a necromancer?)

(Or do they use corpses and "life" as fuel, just like the demonic magic?) – thought GreyHunt as he remembered the betrayed dragon of Oin empire, Amadeus, as he straight up used his servants’ death to fuel his power by using demonic magic.

["Still... How big is this fucking thing? We had been both making noises, yet we couldn’t find each other... Was that building that big?"]

"Doubt it. From what we saw, it was big, but nowhere as big as this."

"Maybe it is like one of those things were the inside is bigger."

["Or it maybe really one of these cursed-"]

"..."

"..."

"Lilium."

"Why did you go quiet?"

"..."

["I’ve found Cave."]

["Or more exactly... What was left of him."] – said Lilium as she started down at the corpses of the player Cave, which was laying in the pool of blood.

"Fuck me.... This really looks like crime scene." – said Lilium as she looked around, inspecting the area with her blood and dark vision, making sure that coast is clear.

"...He... Is dead... And I don’t see the attacker... Nor I see LM anywhere."

"..."

["Is his corpse still here? Is it disappearing?"] – asked GreyHunt.

"No.... It is still in the same place." – said Lilium.

"It is just like the other corpses I’ve seen so far."

"It looks like... There is a slash in his neck, cutting a halfway through... Not like decapitation, but it looks like he was almost decapitated."

"His entire body is covered in wounds.... And he is missing his left hand."

"Slashes from the front and back... His right hand seems to had suffered most damage."

"..."

"Fuck...."

"..."

["As much as it worries me... We need to assume that LM is also dead."]

["We may have our communication, but we still take a look at the system completely, meaning we cannot confirm who is online or not."]

"You say that.... But..." – said Lilium as she looked around nervously.

(Cave. I’ve fought the fucking bastard and he was straight up not dying at all.) – thought Lilium.

(His regeneration and life steal effects are beyond bullshit, meaning that he can fucking survive for long time.) – thought Lilium as without hesitation she started summoning more of her blood monsters, including also the fire elementals.

(I maybe no summoner specialist, but these guys can at least work as meat shields.)

(Whatever dealt with Cave.... Yeah... No fucking around.) – thought Lilium as she started exploring the corridor, which was covered in the massive amounts of damage, including several holes in the walls as well as broken down doors.

However, the damage already started repairing itself, with the floor already being completely "healed". 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

(Shit. Because of the regeneration I can’t tell how long the fight had lasted.)

(Did they caused the entire part of the building to be completely wrecked and it took it long time to heal?)

(Or was it all the damage and the fight just ended?) – thought Lilium as she continued her exploration of the dungeon, while also being on extremely high guard, expecting any possible attacks to come.

Lilium continued exploring the extremely long hallway, filling the woman with a feeling of dread and fear.... And as she left the completely wrecked part of the hallway and found herself in somewhat still in tact hallway.... She started once again seeing massive amounts of damage on the path in front of her, which put the vampire on the extremely high alert.

"..."

(The damage is much fresher.... Heck, this wall here is still melting....) – thought Lilium as she continued down the path, while having her monsters surround her from all the sides.

"..."

"!"

"Shit."

"...GreyHunt."

"...I found LM." – said Lilium as she stared at the corpse of the goblin player, who had each of his limbs detached.... Including also his head, which laid decapitated on the goblin’s chest.

(Shit! This is beyond fucked up!) – thought alarmed Lilium as she inspected the state which Litle Maniac’s corpse was in.

(...It doesn’t look like he went down without fighting.... Not only that.... The damage that LM caused is still fresh...)

(That means he must just died few moments ago.)

"GreyHunt... I think the boss is near me." - said Lilium.

"..."

["No."] – said GreyHunt.

["He is here with me."]

GreyHunt stared at the long corridor in front of him... Hearing the echo of the boots, coming his way.

The gunman already guessed that it couldn’t be one of the surviving monsters... No.

It was the enemy.

And it was letting GreyHunt know that it was there.

GreyHunt activated his vision skill, enchanting his ability to see in the dark... But there was nothing.

(....Something isn’t right.)

(The noises... They are suddenly getting much louder!) – thought GreyHunt as he could feel his condition not only worsening.... But also, the entire atmosphere changing, which straight up scared the man as he realized that whatever is happening.... It could be not called a simple "danger".

"..."

"..."

"!"

However, right in the next moment, GreyHunt used Caliburn, putting the blade right behind him and blocking a jagged blade, before then quickly parrying the strike and aiming to counter attack with his golden blade, only for the attacker to quickly bounce off.

[WARNING]

[The video call function has been automatically shut down due the user entering a combat state.]

"..."

"Hello." – said GreyHunt as he stared at the attacker.

[Forgotten Murder]

(So, this is the boss?) – thought GreyHunt as he stared at the creature in front of him, quickly analyzing its appearance... And also noticing the fresh dripping blood on both the blade as well as the pure red claws.

"[Pitch Black Devil]."

[Class]

[Champion Of Hell] – [Class rarity: Unique]

[Condition]

[Pandemonium Paladin] + [Pandemonium Pope] + [Pandemonium Mage]

[Master Demonic Paladin]’s skill.

[Pitch Black Devil]

[Enter the state of corruption and demonism.]

[When activated, the user will temporarily count as a member of {demonic} race.]

[When activated, increase the user total stats, while at the same time causing the user’s attack to deal additional demonic type magic damage.]

GreyHunt without hesitation used one of his strongest buffs from the get go, enchanting himself, before then firing his talking gun at the Murder, who easily parried the strike with their blade, before then rushing straight towards GreyHunt, swinging their blade and forcing demonic human to his own golden blade to block off the attack.

After blocking the strike, GreyHunt tried firing off his gun right in the Murder’s face, but the Forgotten being also went on the move the moment the blade was blocking, unleashing their red claws at the gunman, forcing the man to use his gun to blast away the hand instead.

Right after that, the two combatants knocked each other away.

GreyHunt instantly then swung his golden blade, unleashing a wave of golden energy, which was mixed with the demonic energy that straight up obliviated part of the area in front of the man.

"..."

"Bitch." – however, the attacker was completely unscratched, as they quickly backed away, dodging the attack.

"..."

(Yeb... This won’t be easy.)