The Immortal Player

[WARNING: Slightly disturbing scenes ahead. :)]

At this moment, inside the Defacto Kingdom's Royal Castle, two men were talking to each other with smirks on their faces.

"Kageyama-san, our men have already started the 'operation'! It's only a matter of time before we win this match!" A man said as his smirk was not even able to hide the special fangs amongst his teeth.

The man referred to as Kageyama simply smirked in response and said, "No wonder I can smell blood even from here! How many were we able to 'convert' so far, Ryu?"

The man referred to as Ryu simply chuckled in response and said, "Around Twenty Thousand Civilians… All thanks to the formidable NPCs we 'converted' in the first batch! They were able to obey our commands and even exceed what we initially expected. In my estimate… We'd have a full two hundred thousand force in a few hours! Even if Team ARES' NPC reinforcement arrives, they won't stand a chance against our hundred thousand force! Hahahaha!"

Kazuto Kageyama simply smirked in response.

However, before they could even celebrate any further, an NPC Soldier rushed through the Throne Room's door and said, "Forgive me, your highness… For barging in without warning! I would like to report to you that Two Thousand of our men had already fallen from the sudden attack of the enemy!"

"What?! What happened? Why didn't you report to us, the moment the enemy charged to our troops?! Who's leading the fight right now?" Ryu asked angrily to the NPC.

The NPC soldier could only shake in fear and said, "C-Currently… T-There's none, your highness! We were unable to locate any of the Generals at this moment! S-So, I headed immediately to your majesty to inform him about this matter!"

Ryu was about to scold the NPC Soldier but Kazuto Kageyama stopped him by placing his hands above his shoulder.

Then, Kazuto Kageyama nodded towards Ryu as if saying 'Let me handle this!'.

Ryu could only exhale heavily in response as he let Kazuto Kageyama took control of the situation.

"How many men did the Tradean Empire bring? I thought that they only have around a thousand men? How did we lose Two Thousand men over a Thousand Men? Even without the Generals… I doubt that our men would lose that easily?" Kazuto Kageyama asked calmly.

The NPC Soldier could only force out a smile and said, "T-There were only two heavily armored men! A-A-And they are even stronger than the Generals!"

"What? Only Two Men?!" Ryu shouted in response. "There are Five Thousand Soldiers and you can't even handle TWO MEN? Even if they are stronger than the Generals, isn't it too much for Five Thousand People to lose against only two?"

"Two is more than enough to conquer a Kingdom!" A man said in a mocking tone.

The NPC Soldier, Ryu, and Kazuto Kageyama could only glare at the figure of two fully armored soldiers that entered the Throne Room.

It was no other than Lony and Talia.

"You are…" Before Ryu could even finish his words, blood spurted all over his face.

At this moment, Kazuto Kageyama had lost his left hand to defend Ryu from Talia's attack.

Of course, Talia did not stop from her attacks. She kept aiming for the still dazed Ryu but Kazuto Kageyama was, for some reason, able to parry her attacks with the sharp nails on his remaining hands.

"Get back to yourself and attack, you d@mb @ss!" Kazuto Kageyama shouted to Ryu.

However, before Ryu was even able to move an inch from where he was standing, he suddenly finds himself sliding down into the ground. Blood spurt everywhere as his two limbs were separated from the rest of his body.

Fortunately, for some reason, the cut on his leg healed almost instantly just to stop the bleeding. It was similar to Kazuto Kageyama's hand that was sliced earlier.

Lony could not help but to whistle in response and said, "What a terrifying regeneration ability! Are you guys aliens or what? Well… We will know sooner or later! After all, it would be incredibly fun to play with people who have great regenerative ability!"

At this moment, Talia was able to bait Kageyama Kazuto into her faint—consequently allowing her to take his limbs off too. Then, she said, "Hehehe… Elder Brother Bulk, I want to join the fun too… I am good at playing with such people too! There are a lot of stuff I want to do—like in the movies!" 

Assuming that Talia would be more brutal than him, Lony could not help but to force out a smile out of pity to Kazuto Kageyama and Ryu. Then, he could only hopelessly say, "Do as you wish! Just remember that we only have a limited time to have some fun!"

"Hehehe… You worry too much! You worry too much, Elder Brother Bulk!" Talia said with an excited smirk on her face.

"Crack!"

At this moment, Talia and Lony twisted the arms of Kazuto Kageyama and Ryu like a knot behind their back in unison. The two men cried in pain as their broken bones healed in an instant—seemingly permanently locking their hands together.

And before Talia could start her fun, she glanced to the NPC Soldier before asking Lony, "Elder Brother Bulk, what should we do with mister soldier?"

Lony simply smirked in response and said, "Leave him be… We need someone to tell their other men about their King's whereabouts!" Then, Lony glanced to the NPC Soldier and said, "Tell all your people that your King is with us! We'll bring them to the Tradean Empire and would wait for all of your people to surrender!"

Despite Lony and Talia sparing the life of that NPC Soldier, that NPC Soldier glared at them as if he wanted to tear them into shreds. However, because their King and their Advisor were captured, he could not help but hopelessly watch them in response.

"Do as we demand… Or you won't even be able to hear another word from your King!" Lony said as he and Talia left with their hostages.

After a few seconds, the NPC Soldier mustered all of his courage and decided to went after Lony and Talia. However, they were nowhere to be found when he left the throne room.

The NPC Soldier could not help but slam the nearest wall out of anger. He grumbled, "Sh1t! Sh1t! Sh1t! Why does it have to be the King and the Great Advisor!"

Minutes later, the other players from Team Fuji, together with some of the NPC Generals from the Defacto Kingdom, arrived back at the Kingdom's Royal Castle. Unfortunately, the NPC Soldier was the only person left alive within the vicinity of the Kingdom's Royal Castle.

"Where's the King? And… his Advisor, Soldier?" An NPC General asked.

The NPC Solider could only speak in a weak and depressed voice, saying, "The soldiers from the Tradean Empire took them and said that… If we want his majesty and his highness alive… We must surrender to the Tradean Empire! F-Forgive me for not being able to stop the enemy, General!"

The NPC General could not help but grip his hands tightly to the point that his veins seemed like it was about to pop. And out of anger, the NPC General separated the NPC Soldier's head from his body—killing the NPC Soldier instantly.

"What should we do, General?" A player from Team Fuji asked.

After a few seconds, the NPC General exhaled heavily and said, "We'll play with the Tradean B@ST@RDS' GAME! Besides… We have already 'converted' the majority of our civilians! We'll fake our surrender before we wreak havoc to their lands!" 

…

At this moment, Pedro, Lony, Talia, their thousand unscratched men, and their hostages were on their way back to the Tradean Empire.

"Expert Cap… Are we really going to keep these two alive? I mean… It's already obvious what their plan was!" Talia asked whilst lazily dragging Kageyama Kazuto with her.

"Yeah! I need to talk something important with them." Pedro said with a smile on his face. Then, he added, saying, "We just need to head back before the remaining members of their team counterattacks! It would be a tad bit troublesome if we would be the only ones ending up fighting. They are quite annoying than you thought they would be!" 

"How will you know if you did not even try to fight them?" Talia said, seemingly wanting to face the rest of the Team Fuji and the Defacto Kingdom instead.

Pedro simply shook his head in response and said, "Why would we even need to try and fight them—just to know they are annoying? Aren't bugs annoying enough for you? They are just of the same case, Little Sha!"

"Asdghjkl!" Talia grumbled in response.

Lony and Pedro could only shake their heads and force out a smile in response.

Then, Pedro murmured to himself, saying, "I should not have sent her into the front line!"