[VRMMO] Dead One

"...Common... Common... Pick it the hell up." – said Oron as he was using communication device, waiting for the dragon king to pick up the call.

"Maybe he went to sleep? It is quiet late and what not." – said LM.

"...Maybe?" – replied Oron.

"We just cask him-"

"!"

"Hello?" – asked the dragon king as he picked up the call after hours of trying.

"Sorry. I was bit preoccupied with my own job. What is it?"

"Quick question. Are you alone?" – asked Oron.

"I’m now." – replied the dragon king.

"..."

"I have questions regarding the battle against the heavenly dragon church you had." – said Oron.

"Specifically, I want to ask about one important thing."

"Who suggested in the first that the artifact were not to be destroyed?"

"?"

"Are you asking about who said that we should use the artifact as weapon against the heavenly dragon?" – asked the dragon king who instantly grown suspicious after hearing that question.

"Yes." – replied Oron.

"Honestly, we suspect that whoever proposed that idea may had been the one planting to steal the device in the first place."

"Em... Isn’t this bit too much of a... Simple?" – asked now bit doubtful dragon king.

"Yes. But just answer the question, please." – said bit annoyed Oron.

"..."

"Well, the one that-"

"..."

"?" – the dragon king instantly stopped speaking, which instantly made Oron somewhat worried.

(No fucking way.) – thought Oron.

"...Do you remember?" – asked Oron.

"..."

"Yeah... I do." – replied the dragon king as he held his head.

"...Who is it?" – asked Oron.

"..."

"The dragon king of the Kai’ku’dan clan." – replied the dragon king.

"He was behind of idea of weaponizing the artifact in order to turn it against the heavenly dragon."

"...Fuck." – said Oron.

"It makes freaking sense now." - said LM as he was far enough away from the device in order for his voice not to be heard.

"Didn’t the Kai’ku’dan clan was the clan that also conducted the research on the artifact too?" – said LM as Oron heard what the man just said, alarming the demonic elf.

"...Question. The research on the artifact. Were the other clans kept in touch with it? Or was it just Kai’ku’dan clan."

"..."

"..."

"...The research was kept private." – replied the dragon king after noticeable pause.

"Considering that we had some traitors working for the heavenly dragon church, we didn’t wanted the information to get leaked."

"Not only that, if the heavenly dragon were to find out that his artifact wasn’t destroyed and in fact it was getting turned into the weapon against them, there was a good chance they may try to pull something."

"Because of that, the research wasn’t made official and was kept hidden from public."

"Honestly, not many people knew about it in the first place."

"..."

"Motherfucker." – said Oron as he looked towards smiling LM who was proud of himself.

(If that guy’s speculations are correct, then the fucking enemy really fucking got us!) – thought annoyed Oron.

(We thought too much and didn’t realize that the enemy may had really used the simplest fucking move here.)

(Nobody would suspect it.)

"?"

"Are you there?" – asked the dragon king as Oron went silent.

"Please wait a moment." – said Oron as he opened up his inventory and took out a notebook, which he began reading.

"..."

"Fuck." – said Oron.

(The dates would make sense.) – thought Oron.

(The brainwashing incident.)

(The destruction of the church.)

(It all would add up.)

(Does that mean the Kai’ku’dan clan worked with the heavenly dragon from the start? And after they got exposed, they decided to change their plan somewhat?)

(But still aimed for the corruption?)

(It would make sense.)

(...On the first glace though.)

(What about the dragon king? HE WILL DIE OF OLD AGE! NO MATTER IF HE CHANGES HIS RACE OR NOT!)

(That part makes the whole story sounds stupid.)

"..."

"Question." – said Oron.

"You did some kind of meeting in order to discuss what you would do with the artifact?"

"If so, were the only leaders of each clan present? Or were there other people there?"

"Well... Oh shit." – said the dragon king.

"There was somebody with the dragon king of Kai’ku’dan clan."

(OH MY FUCKING GOD!) – thought Oron as he screamed inside of his own head in anger.

"Who?" – asked Oron as he couldn’t hide his anger from his voice.

"..."

"His... Fourth son." – said dragon king.

"He was there, since the dragon king had hard time moving already at his current stage."

"He was there as his support."

"..."

"Ha....Hahahahaha...."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" – Oron began laughing as it caught both his teammates and the dragon king off guard.

"Oh my fucking lord!"

"How fucking retarded we all are?!"

(THE FUCKING ASNWER WAS THE SIMPLICITY?!) – thought Oron as he was beyond pissed off at himself.

(The enemy made so many freaking smart moves! So well maintained and hard to freaking crack!)

(That we didn’t even consider to think in simple way!?)

(Oh my fucking RETARDED BRAIN OF MY MINE!)

"..."

"They got us good... They got us really fucking good." – said Oron as he was laughing at himself.

"..."

"Either the dragon king himself is a culprit, or his son was controlling his own dying father."

"?!"

"Wait, what!? Are you saying the dragon king of Kai’ku’dan clan could be the traitor?!" – asked the shocked dragon king.

"He is either the true culprit or he is the puppet."

"...But if that is the case, then we have the new problem."

"They are not working with the heavenly dragon."

"...W-what do you mean?" – asked the dragon king.

"If they really had been working behind the scenes with the heavenly dragon church from the start to finish, then why would they have any need for the fallen angel dragon?"

"We got freaking played."

(Honestly, we jumped to the guns too soon.) – thought Oron.

(I mean, think about Amadeus.)

(This guy is a scum.)

(True, he may had somewhat swallowed his pride and what not.)

(But there is no way he could be ever a true ally.)

(And the Kai’ku’dan clan must had knew about that.)

(But if that is the case, then who exactly is that fallen angel dragon?)

(If our way of thinking is correct, then that guy would had exterminated his children as soon as they would fallen.)

(He wouldn’t want anybody "tarnishing" his name.)

(Not only that, there is also a cost of summoning.)

(If that dragon were to join the hell, they would still-)

"..."

"..."

"Excuse me for a moment." – said Oron as he ended the call.

"...Em... Guys?" – said Oron.

"?"

"What is it?" – asked bit confused Tail.

"You normally cannot summon demons or angels here without either giving them full manifestation summoning or using the temporarily summoning, right?" – asked Oron.

"Well, yeah?" – replied LM.

"Yeah... Uhu... So... Let’s just say that there was an angel dragon, who is the daughter of the heavenly dragon, which we still haven’t confirmed to be dead or not."

"And that they could be still on the loose?"

"?"

"What are you talking about?" - asked alarmed Tail.

"Well... Do you remember the mad war?" – asked Oron.

"The one where the whole continent went to the war and we needed to defend our empire?"

"Remember how the holy nation ended up making a deal with the heavenly dragon, allowing his forces to be fully brough in into the core world?"

"Yeah. But we wiped them out, didn’t we?" – replied LM.

"Yes, we did." – said Oron.

"Expect for one dragon."

"The dragon that was leading those dragons."

"The dragon that was the daughter of the heavenly dragon?"

"?"

"They lived?" – asked LM.

"Then wouldn’t that mean they escaped back to the heavens?"

"Well, that would be the logical way to think about it." – said Oron.

"However, there was a problem."

"That dragon ran away, abandoning the forces of the church and the heavenly dragon."

"A coward and the deserter."

"Considering what kind of prideful scum the dragon king is, do you really think they would let his daughter who had ran away be left alive after they returned to heavens?"

"..." – the two men didn’t said anything, fully knowing what answer to that question would be.

"Yeah... After the war has ended, there was a massive manhunt organized to hunt her down and I even took part in that hunt." – said Oron.

"We fully knew that she must had remained in the core world out of fear for her father, the heavenly dragon."

"But no matter where we looked, we couldn’t find her."

"She was out of the picture somewhat and she would definitely not do anything weird and what not, since she was terrified of her father finding her."

"Meaning we didn’t really had to worry about her anymore."

"...But... The fact remains that she is daughter of the heavenly dragon."

"And she may had went and became fallen angel dragon out of her own free will in order to not be tracked."

"..."

"Wait... Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait." – said LM as he chuckled.

"You are not suggesting that... Oh shit."

"Yeb." – said Oron.

"The fucking fallen angel dragon that we are hunting, maybe the same bitch we didn’t managed to catch."

"And if that is the case... Then that means we are somewhat responsible regarding what is happening in the dragon empire."

"..."

"Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkkk." – said the trio at once.

(Oh, we are really in trouble.) – thought the trio.