[VRMMO] Chaos Doctor-Chapter 431 - 430 – Crumbling empire – Part 3.

"Still, I know that the vampires are bullshit strong and everything, but these past weeks went…. Well, they straight up went by instantly." – said Coin in her cat form as the group was traversing the holy city, while trying to stay out of sight.

"Yea…. The vampires and their bullshit is…. Welp, bullshit?" – replied Mordred.

"I mean, we all thought that the war would last like what? Months? At this rate it will just end in either span of 1 or 2 months."

"Think about it, like for real." – said Mara.

"Would you expect, planes, war ships, tanks, guns and whatever that sky behemoth ship is? Would you really expect encountering something like this all at once in this game?"

"I mean…. Well….There…. There are cyborgs…." – replied Mordred.

"…"

"You know what? No."

"No."

"Fuck no."

"I mean, there are guns in this world, but they are not as deadly and are not the best choice in this world of sword and magic where you can just drop a single spell skill that acts like a fucking nuke, compare to a single bullet that can just bounce off either player or monster's body."

"And that is the problem." – said Mara.

"Nobody was expecting ANY of this to even exist or even work in the first place."

"But that bastard Phantasia somehow managed to make it work…. Do you think it is related to that thing?"

"You mean his class maker?" – asked Coin.

"Honestly, there is good chance that he was lying about it."

"I mean, ability to make classes? It already a bullshit idea no matter how you look at it."

"Then again, even if it was it, there is good chance that it wasn't one of his made classes."

"You heard what he said."

"Plague, chimera, cyborg and toy."

"Phantasia was using these four things out in the open nonstop."

"A plague that spread everywhere."

"A monster abominations that combines NPCs or monster corpses together."

"His abnormal cyborg modifications that shouldn't be possible for the normal member of the cyborg race."

"And there is also the thing regarding these weird nightmarish toy monsters."

"It all fits his claims."

"But what if he didn't said everything then? I mean, what if he has one more class, he didn't told us about? A one that allows him to make these mana guns things?" – asked Stone.

"Nah…. I doubt it." – said the priestess player named Morina.

"I mean, other nations and even players started realizing the trick behind the magic guns, didn't they? They also started producing their own magic guns, without having to deal with Phantasia."

"Maybe instead of skill or class, he may had been taught by a named NPC before he went nuts?"

"…."

*Sigh*

"Either way, Phantasia fucking overfed these vampires."

"I mean, the holy empire is getting beaten helplessly."

"I know the holy empire isn't weak, since I have used to work for them…. But they were unprepared."

"If they had more time to come up with the countermeasures, the vampires wouldn't be able to push so deeply with such ease."

"If anything, they would definitely get dominated or straight up destroyed by the holy empire…. And that is probably why they also rushed the invasion like this with full power from get go."

"If they didn't do it, then the holy empire would have enough time to counter them."

"So…. You are saying that the holy empire WOULD have won if they had more time to prepare, right?" – asked Mordred.

"Pretty much." – replied Morina.

"I know it may sound stupid and stuff, but this is reality."

"Honestly, the holy empire still has a chance."

"They can make up a counter that would straight up fuck the vampires up…. But that is only if they have time."

"But if they can buy enough time…. Eh…. I don't know."

"Honestly, one of the plans we had was about sabotaging the vampires somewhat to slow them down…. But honest question, would that work?"

"Probably not." – said Arthur.

"As long as that Sky Behemoth made by that bastard Phantasia is still in the skies, the vampires would never retreat."

"Anyway, we need to hide."

"The potion effect is about to disappear." – said Arthur as the group in panic quickly looked around for the safe spot, finding on in the tavern as the group quickly entered the building and pretended the be clients, before then taking one of the seat.

"…"

"There. Gone….Oh, my voice is back to normal." – said Mordred as he reverted back to his male form.

"…Okay… So now what?" – asked Coin.

"The disguise is off and if anybody recognizes our faces, we will have hordes of holy knights and paladins chasing after our asses."

"Still, we managed to close up the distance somewhat…. But now comes the hard part." – said Morina.

"The main center of the city, which is already swarming with holy empire forces…. And then the holy castle… Which will be…. Yea… I don't think I need to explain this part."

[Few hours later: Holy Castle]

"No! No! No! No! And no!" – said the Daughter Of Justice.

"I'm fucking refusing this order."

"I know this what you and the majesty think is for the best, but right now? We are just straight up abandoning our people!"

"Jeanne! Please. Listen to the reason." – said the Son Of Will as he and his siter were having a conversation in a private room.

"We tried and-"

"AND WE CAN STILL DO!" – said the Daughter Of Justice.

"WE CAN STILL TRY!"

"You, the father and all the nobles said that we need more time to counter the vampires!"

"We need TIME!"

"True! We failed! But we would at least buy few more minutes!"

"And-"

"The risk is way too high." – replied Son Of Will.

"WHAT RISK!? TELL ME!?" – said pissed off Daughter Of Justice.

"You." – replied Son Of Will.

"From what I understand, the first attack on the holy city wasn't just about conquering the city."

"They were aiming specifically for Maryia!"

"The same was during two other attacks, they tried 'hunting' us."

"It is clear to everybody that the enemy goal isn't only to conquer the holy cities, but also they want us."

"And what do you think happens if one of is captured or killed, huh?"

"What do you think people will think?"

"Huh?!"

"…"

"Look."

"I know you want the best and save as many lives as possible."

"But just being you put other people around you at risk."

"We were lucky that we escaped the organization clutches 3 god damned times!"

"But do you really think we will be able to do again?"

"…"

"We have already lost Godfrey to these vampires and almost lost Maryia as well back then."

"All because of the simple fact."

"We underestimated the vampires."

"So right now, we need to play it safe…. Even if means sacrificing our subjects' lives." – said the Son Of Will as he got up.

"I've already gave order to the soldiers to ignore your orders and restrain you if you were to try and leave the city."

"So don't even bother doing anything stupid, since it won't work." – said the Son Of Will as he then left the room, leaving behind the Daughter Of Justice completely alone.

"…"

(Dammit.) – thought the Daughter Of Justice as she clenched her fist.

(Wait…. Bloody wait?)

(I understand their logic…. I fully understand it!)

(I know that the vampires maybe strong, but we still have number advantage.)

(They have no way of protecting the territory they had stolen from us nor they can freely move around, since they need to with dragons or we will annihilate them.)

(We can counter them already!)

(But they are playing it "safe" instead?! At the cost of our people lives?!)

(To make it even worse, they are threating me like a prisoner!)

(All the guards, knights and paladins all gave me the same look.)

(They ware making sure I'm not doing anything.)

"…"

(Fuck it.) – thought Jeanne as she got up and left the room.

(Victor and father all about the defense…. And their words have enough power to straight up take away any forces I can gather…. But there is a way.)

(The other two may help me if they raise the complains at the father all at once.)

(But…. It will be hard.)

[Few moments later]

"Wait…. So, you want to defy the dad orders to go to the frontlines?" – asked the Daughter Of Loyalty.

"Yea…. Or more exactly, I want to demand the change regarding our current course of action." – replied Daughter Of Justice.

"And for that I need yours and Maryia approval to support my voice."

"…."

"…Please, I-"

"Okay." – said Daughter Of Loyalty.

"?!"

"Wait, what?! Just like that?!" – asked confused Daughter Of Mercy.

"Yeb." – replied Daughter Of Loyalty.

"But under one condition."

"Convince Maryia to support you."

"Honestly, convincing her maybe the most problematic situation."

"But if you do get her, then you can say that you also have my vote in the situation."

"….Okay???" – said confused Daughter Of Justice as she quickly left the room and began wandering through the corridors of the castle.

(THAT WAS WAY TOO EASY?!)

(I mean, I get her condition is problematic and all, since Maryia is the most unlikely to be a one speaking out to the father…. But still! I was planning to convince them both!)

(Still! I've got her vote just like that?! Wow!)

"…"

(Still…. The main problem is Maryia…. She will be hard to convince….) – thought the Daughter Of Mercy as she suddenly stopped in front of the door.

*Sigh*

(So…. How do I convince her?) – thought Jeane as she then started knocking on the door.

"Maryia? Can we talk?"

(Honestly…. I can think of few reasons why she would accept…. But then again, she may try to be neutral in that situation….?)

*Knock* *Knock*

"Maryia? Are you in there?"

"…."

"…."

"…"

"???"

"Hey, is Maryia not in her room right now?" – asked Jeane one of two guards that were standing right in front of the door.

"No. She never left…. Maybe she is just sleeping?" – replied the paladin.

"…"

"Okay…." – said Jeane as she then started unlocking the door.

"Sorry for intrusion Maryia."

"But I really need to talk with you."

"We need to-"

As the Daughter Of Justice entered the room, hoping to encounter her sleeping little sister…. She instead encountered something…. A 'something' that she was not expecting one bit.

She saw Arthur right in the middle of the room, who was carrying a human sized bag over his shoulder.

"…"

"Oh fuck." – said Arthur.

(Why the fuck is she here?!)