[VRMMO] Chaos Doctor-Chapter 261 - 260 Akaramaria kingdom VS Ariona church – Part 17.
With the siege battle as distraction, the elite force of the organization had managed to slip past the church line of the defense and had managed to travel though the enemy territory unbothered.
"…."
"Another abandoned village." – said vampire soldier as the group had managed to arrive at the settlement.
"Huh…. Did they…. I mean, I would expect some woman and children's…. But isn't this bit off?" – asked Hunter while looking around.
"Yea. This is bit weird." – said vampire knight Koran.
(It doesn't look like the village was abandoned for the safety reason either…. Honestly this place looks scavenged.)
"Hey! I found something!" – shouted Doctor from somewhere.
"You need to see this!"
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Few moments later the group gathered up around the giant pit that was filled up with corpse.
"Ugh?! The hell is this?" – said Hunter as she walked away from the unpleasant smell.
"Corpse pit. You throw corpse in here… But these corpse don't appear to be soldiers…. They are mostly woman." – said the vampire knight.
"This isn't all. The pit hole was made very recently…. I also looked around and found out that some houses were missing any sort supplies."
"Wait… So, the village was robbed?" – asked confused Hunter.
"Yes… But not by the bandits. The only ones who could do that and recently could be only the church."
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"Wait, you are saying that the church did that? Why would they- "
"Supplies and soldiers." – said the vampire knight, cutting off his soldier mid speech.
"Any people that could work as soldiers were forced to join the army, while all supplies of the villages were seized…. And to make sure there won't be any useless mouth to feed, they slaughtered the civilians."
"…."
Shit." – said Hunter while grabbing her head.
"Wait, so if that is the case… Then settlements from before….. Wow…. These… These bastards had really lost their mind, did they not?" – said disturbed Hunter.
"But wouldn't… I mean, those soldiers were civilians, but wouldn't they still revolt?!"
"Well, they definitely would…. IF! They knew what happened to their homes." – said Doctor.
"They may had came and recruited civilians, before then coming back here with some loyal soldiers and wiping it out, stealing all and any supplies they could find."
"These guys care only about themselves and for anybody that isn't part of their little fanatic religion…. Well, as you can see, this what they are doing to them. Same thing happened to the Rose Tower and the kingdom it was in."
"…. Jezus." – said Hunter.
"How the hell they can act like this?"
"Well, these bastards are both fanatics and power hungry parasites. There is also the goodness herself that is commanding these guys as well, proving that she is no good as well." – replied Doctor.
"I guess the church plan was to either fake the whole death of the village by blaming kingdom or they just wanted to kill all of the "NON BELIVERS" after the war had ended."
"These guys are dangerous and unstable. You can call them bombs…. So, we will be doing everybody an favor by destroy dismantling these unstable bombs."
"Yes. We need to deal with them before they would really blow themselves and everything around them, including us to smithereens." – said the vampire knight.
"Let's go."
After finding out multiple ravaged settlements by the church, the vampire elite force alongside Doctor and Hunter had traveled in secret though the church territory without getting founded out.
And after a lot of time had passed, the group had finally managed to reach the territory where the main base of the church was located.
"…"
"I'm back." – said Hunter as she emerged from the shadows, joining up with the group waiting in the forest.
"And? How is the situation?" – asked the vampire knight.
"Heavy fortification as we suspected." – replied Hunter.
"Not only that, but its not visible from here… However, according to the information, one of the divine beast are present in the city."
"There is also an huge number of soldier stationing through the whole city."
"All gates are heavily fortified and there seems to be multiple alarm bells spread out through the city."
"If we enter the city, the alarm will be instantly be raised the moment we force our way through."
"What about the citizens of the city?" – asked Doctor.
"Are there any people going in and out of the city?"
"Only soldiers, but by the look of things they are through with their search, so wearing the church armor won't do." – replied Hunter.
"Hm…. So, the entire city is heavy guarded, eh?" – said the vampire knight.
"…."
"Should we go with some sort of distraction? We can summon undeads or demons." – suggested vampire noble.
"But can we? I mean, if Hunter report is true, then wouldn't these guys do wide range search around and inside the city?" – replied Doctor.
"Too risky…. It could buy us time, but it could also put us in danger."
"Then what do you suggest?" – asked annoyed noble.
"I don't know. We need to analyze the situation more." – replied Doctor.
"Its true that this army consist of the strongest vampires and we have even the summoning haloes, allowing us to summon the enslaved demons and angels to our side."
"We can try to break through direct and in theory we should be able to do it."
"True. We have enough strength to engage in the head on confrontation, but the problem is that this is the main church. These guys can summon probably angels to their side and there is also the divine beast." – said the vampire knight.
"It would be for the best if we managed to somehow weaken the enemy force with initial attack or somehow take down the divine beast from get go, so it wouldn't provide the blessings."
"Hunter. Do you know where exactly the divine beast is?"
"Yes. Its resting in the main chapel." – replied Hunter.
"Hm… So, in the middle of the enemy territory…Specifically in the middle of the enemy heart." – said the vampire knight.
"…."
(Honestly, the best bet would be for me to use the plague, causing it to spread around the city.) – though Phantasia.
(True. These guys could easily get rid of the plague, but it would cause an short chaos that would create an window of opportunity for us.)
(However, there is problem that the kingdom prohibited us from using it… Bastards.)
"…."
"Hm…. An way to either kill a lot of church soldiers or kill the divine beast from get go…." – said Doctor.
"I could maybe kill that bird quickly, IF I somehow managed to get into the city unnoticed."
"However, the problem is with me getting into the city."
"If we are exposed, the bird will instantly take flight and taking that thing down wile flying would make things difficult."
"…. Thanatos. Can you somehow take me inside your shadow or something like this?"
"No. I can't do that." – replied Thanatos.
"Tch. Damn." – replied Doctor.
"…"
"Hm…. At this rate we will have to go with the head on approach… But speaking plainly, that bird will be extremely annoying and the soldiers that are blessed by it will be annoying."
"This is also the enemy main base, so I think that bird will be able to go full power in here."
"So, you are suggesting that we should above else kill the divine beast, yes?" – asked the vampire knight.
"That would be the best case scenario." – replied Doctor.
"Once the bird are knocked down, they are easy targets, but they need to be killed quickly before they regenerate enough to the point it can fly again."
"But wait, weren't you able to jump really high and get to that bird?" – asked Hunter.
"It was jetpack booster. It can give me an boost, but the problem is that I cannot change the direction in with I'm going, nor I can do this thing repeatable." – replied Doctor.
"So, yea, I can't."
"If I had some place where I can jump off, somewhere near that bird, I will be able to reach it.. However, this bird cannot be flying at full speed."
"Hm…. Then this is indeed annoying." – said vampire knight.
"…."
*Sigh*
"I guess we don't have choice. We will just fight them head on." – said annoyed vampire knight.
"Doctor. Prepare your monsters and you men, prepare the summoning halos."
"Once the night came and the darkness covers the city, we will began our assault."
"Yes sir!" – replied vampire soldier.
"Okey Dokey boss." – replied Doctor.
"…."
(Huh… Are we really going to end it like this?) – though Doctor.
"…."
(Okay fuck it. I don't think it will end this way.)
(I will try and predict the future.)
(The church won't be able to finish the vessel in time and the goddess will get impatient and force her daughter to use the incomplete vessel.)
(We will have some sort of boss fight.)
(Or maybe the pope will sacrifice himself to somehow complete the vessel.)
(I can kind of see that kind of plot unfolding…. Yea, its that much plain obvious.)
(….)
*Sigh*
(Well, maybe at least there will be some sort of interesting plot twist I didn't see coming….)
(Lets it be better enjoyable, or I may end up releasing some plague for real, just to make things more interesting.)