[VRMMO] Chaos Doctor

"So…. Why are you working with Phantasia?" – asked Maparapara as she and Thanatos were hunting down goat men.

"…"

"Why are you…. Suddenly asking out a blue?" – said Thanatos before then decapitating the boss monster.

[You have completed quest: [Goat Man Extermination].]

"Well…. I mean…."

"…"

"I just want to know, okay?" – said Maparapara.

"From what I seen…. This guy is fucked up in his head."

"He is probably most evil and sadistic bastard in this whole game."

"He hid behind his…. Well, mask."

"Pretesting to be a good merchant and inventor, while in reality being an mad man."

"Hell! He even admit to human experiments right in my face."

"I know NPCs and stuff…. But they are like real people!"

"Then quit." – said Thanatos.

"Nobody is holding you back."

"…"

"But, considering that you had not done it yet would suggest that you want to stick around."

"…"

"Just…. Tell me about you two." – said the slime girl.

"What exactly make you…. Well… Work together?"

"…"

"Welp….. It bit complicated if I'm being honest."

"Originally I was just an PK player and was even vice guild master of the PK guild."

"Do you know about the great labyrinth type dungeon? Welp, I met that bastard once there…. And he wiped me and my team out all on his own."

"Then I've got betrayed by my own guild who was failing non stop and they wanted an scapegoat…. So, they back stabbed me."

"I needed money back then, so I took a job from the Wanderer guild to tail other people…. But then I run into him again, this time as the Doctor."

"And oh boy…. I got killed."

"But not before he gave me an communication device and told me to meet up later."

"Afterworlds, he and the organization pretty much destroyed some church plan to create something called "holy vessel"."

"…"

"And then he contacted me."

"At first I was nervous…. But then he gave me an job offer." – said Thanatos as she sat down on fallen tree.

"To work for him."

"I was suspicious of him and for good reason."

"I didn't knew back then that he was Phantasia, but I knew he was an monster."

"However…. The deals he offered….. And he also gave me an advance payment of legendary weapon and unique armor set."

"I've could had betrayed him back then after getting the equipment…. But I didn't."

"I took the devil hand and shaken in."

"Honestly, I was bit scared….. Since betraying him could mean an living hell…. But the promises, the deals…. They were all perfect!"

"…"

"And he kept them."

"I don't regret shaking hands with this devil."

"Even now, I'm still WINNING!"

"Money! Power! Status!"

"I'm getting everything in this world thanks to that bastard!"

"I'm getting to rich in game that I don't have to worry about real life, since I'm just earning that much."

"…"

"So…. For your own good…. It is better if you make up your mind soon."

"This bastard is pure evil…. But he can be your devil."

"If you fallow him, you will get everything."

"Just look at me!"

"I wasn't ranker or anything!"

"I did had some good jobs, but I was NOBODY!"

"And yet here I'm! One of the biggest players in the game!"

"They fear me!"

"Not only that, but I even managed to personally destroy the guild that had backstabbed me before."

"This is fun!"

"…"

"By the way, when I mean "make up your mind soon" isn't because what you think."

"I'm saying you have time limit."

"?!"

"Time limit?! What? If I don't decide I will get kicked out?" – asked Maparapara.

"Nope." – replied Thanatos.

"It is other way around."

"If you stick with us for too long, then your decision will be taken for you."

"You will become with US, either you like it or not."

"That is why there is an time limit."

"…"

"But let me ask you this."

"Didn't you already started benefiting from working with this guy?" – said Thanatos, causing Maparapara body to twitch and try to look away from her.

"You got into organization, you got probably some titles that are hard to get, you got new items…. And you are even using the brand new set of armor and weapons that this guy personally made for you."

"So, tell, me…."

"Would it be worth it? Backing out now?"

"…"

"…"

"Welp. You still HAVE time…. But how much? Even I don't know."

"…"

"I think…. I need to think this through…. Sorry." – said slime girl as she opened her menu.

"No problem." – said Thanatos.

[Player Maparapara has left the party.]

[Maparapara has logged off.]

"…"

(Why did he recruited her?) – thought Thanatos as she stared walking thought the forest.

(Is it because she was an nobody? Like me?)

(Is it because she was interesting?)

"…"

(I don't get it…. But she had already proven herself more than enough.)

(And she is not a good person, since she just "watched".)

(….)

(She is just scared of that guy….. Well, she should be. Even now this guy gives me creeps…. And he is still hiding something.)

"…"

"…"

(Meh. I will just do the usual.)

(Since I know I can't escape any longer.)

[Meanwhile: Doctor base.]

"Hm…."

(This is way harder than I had thought.) – thought Phantasia who was experimenting on the homunculus.

(The original homunculus, the golems in form of a human, they have a limit what they can do.)

(But my homunculus, the puppet person, it WORKS. It has personality AND ability to grow like anybody.)

(But I've made them using a skill.)

"But a true homunculus is different."

(I was able to create an homunculus…. But when I tried my theory with "materials from person" …. It made homunculus unstable.)

(I've even gotten some item recipes from him about "Artifact Heart" or "Blood Gem" and those thing should at least worked.)

"…"

"Nah, it worked…. I'm on good track.

"…"

"…. Maybe it's the pod?"

(The creation pod I've made for my doll person also needed to be heavily modified and changed many times over before I've finally made one that would work.)

(So, if you think about it, it should had been obvious that the mass produced type that the church was using would had never worked.)

(But I don't have any idea how to make an improved one…. I guess I will need to research how to improve this god damned thing…. And the notes we had stolen from the church are worth shit in this territory…. Motherfuckers.)

(Did they by any chance destroyed anything about the true homunculus?)

"…"

"If so…. Why?"

"…"

(Maybe for the image?)

("Only gods can create humans." To keep up with that lie, they must had destroyed the crafting method in order to make sure they wouldn't get exposed as frauds.)

"…"

"…"

"I'm taking a break Eve. You should as well." – said Phantasia.

"As you wish master." – said Eve.

[You have logged off.]

"…"

"Man…. I really don't feel like doing anything today." – said the man as he got out of his pod and went straight for the bed.

(I know I've made plans today to do that whole homunculus stuff…. But honestly I don't really feel motivated at all…. Not even hunting or anything…. I think I've played for far too long.)

"…"

"…"

"Huh… I've really been playing pretty much all the time latterly, haven't I?"

(I mean, this game is a source of income for me and I'm already more than enough rich, both in real and in game life.)

"…"

"…"

The man picked up his phone and started scrawling through videos online that are related to the game.

"…"

(Nope. That isn't it either.) – thought the man as he continues scrawling.

"Pfffff…."

"…"

(Holy shit. I really don't know what to do.)

"…"

"…"

"I really don't want to play…. But I also don't know what to do…."

"…"

(Maybe some theory crafting?)

(…. But what?)

(The elven queen?)

(She disappeared without the trace.)

(The war between 3 factions?)

"…"

(Nah. There is still no winners and they are still at it…)

"…"

(I guess the biggest question that I should be asking…. Well, all players should be asking would be the organization.)

("Kid" is keeping quiet…. By the looks of things, he "can't speak".)

(Many different races and kingdoms are part of the organization…. They are not weak or small and they were well hidden.)

"…"

(But who really assembled the organization?)

(Was it just an alliance? Or maybe "Kid" with others were "scouted"?)

"…"

"Lets say that is none of them…. That none of the current members of the organization were the ones that made it…. If so…. Who would it be?"

(Organization main goal is completely banish if not destroy heavens, hell and spirit realm.)

(They will do it by any means necessary and no matter how inhuman method they would use.)

"…"

(Old gods.)

(Real gods that ruled that land once and used their own lives to banish and seal off other realms while also repairing the destroyed world.)

(If that is the story….. Then it would suggest that the true gods despised them all..)

"…"

(Then by any chance the ones that formed the organization were the fallowers of the old gods?)

(….)

"This theory is very likely if you look at it in logical way."

"…"

(But what if it isn't it?)

(Why beings like dragons and "Kid" just work together in peace…. By any chance there is something that is keeping them "leashed"?)

"…"

(If so…. That means that the founder of organization is just that powerful.)

"…"

"So would any good fallower of old gods would do?"

(The answer is…. Unknown….)

"…"

(But what if…..)

"…"

"…"

"This I maybe a stretch…. But if I think about it…. Would it really be surprising?"

"…"

"…"

"What if the one that leads the organization is an old god?"