MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online

Chapter 324: Traitor of Humanity



The silence.

After the recording finally ended, the three men sat around the stone table in complete silence.

"A traitor." Digby finally said something. "A traitor of humanity!"

"I must..." Zephyr took a deep breath. "Digby, mind leaving us two alone?"

"Why?" Digby asked.

"I must contact the council." Zephyr said. "I only need Adam here to answer some questions. If you don't mind."

"..." Digby nodded and stood up, but before leaving, he turned to Adam. "Adam, we must talk about something after you're done here."

"Ok." Adam nodded.

After Digby left the tent, Zephyr cleared his throat and took a special kind of pearl from his inventory. It was a communication device to contact other council of mercenaries members. He put it in the middle of the table, right beside the Recording Pearl, and activated it.

It started letting out a strange beeping noise. It happened because it was waiting for other council members to accept the call.

Ding!

One person joined the call.

Ding!

Second.

Ding!

Third.

Ding.

Fourth.

Ding!

And fifth.

As soon as the fifth joined, five holographs appeared around the stone table-they were Alistair, Bartholomew, Athena, Ambrose, and Orion.

'Not Aria?' Adam raised an eyebrow. 'Zephyr didn't call her?'

"Why have you called us, Zephyr?" Ambrose asked.

"Good that you have." Alistair said. "We must talk about something."

"Before any of you say anything, I must show you all something." Zephyr grabbed the Recording Pearl.

"Wait." Athena raised a hand. "Aria is not here yet."

"I didn't contact her."

"Isn't this meeting between council?" Orion said. "Based on the rules, we must include her. Otherwise, this is complete corruption."

"No, this is not a meeting between the council." Zephyr said. "This is a meeting between six guild masters."

"Is this about the mission?" Athena asked.

"As you all must know, your members have already died there."

Alistair, Ambrose, Orion, and Bartholomew nodded. They've received a word from them already.

"Wait." Athena's expression looked ugly. "Nerezza died there as well?"

"Oh, you didn't know." Zephyr said, and looked to his right. "Adam here was the only survivor."

Everyone turned to look at Adam and narrowed their eyes in suspicion. They wondered how he could be the only survivor, as he should be the weakest one!

Through the holograph, they couldn't use their Kiryoku to sense Adam's new level of strength.

"Before your judgment, listen to this." Zephyr activated the Recording Pearl, and sat down.

The silence fell over the tent as everyone started listening to the recording.

Throughout the recording, everyone's faces changed colors and expressions. They were listening to something unbelievable!

The recording ended.

"This is unbelievable..." Bartholomew said with his voice even shaking quite bit.

"Who is the person Moriarty was talking to?" Athena asked.

"Rawkshawn, a warlord." Adam said. "He is the one we fought during the mission. We were very unsuccessful. If I have to guess, we'll need every available mercenary to defeat him."

"And with Moriarty on his side, this is really a dangerous threat." Alistair said. "Has this Rawkshawn come to the New World yet?"

"From what I know, he cannot, yet." Adam said, and stood up. "King Moriarty is now trying to break the seals to free other warlords. All of those warlords are as strong as Rawkshawn, if not

stronger.

"With them, King Moriarty will have the strongest army possible."

"We must stop him then!" Ambrose shouted. "We also must share these findings with everyone else. I doubt the Imperial Order will follow Moriarty after this!"

"Moriarty also sent his right-hand man, Mikael, to be food for this Rawkshawn." Orion said. "He will lose Imperial Order, that's for sure. With him alone, we can take him down." "Athena, you have some pull with the news channels." Alistair said. "Can you use them to show the recording to everyone around the world?"

"I can," Athena said. "Adam, send the recording, please."

Adam opened his virtual reality interface. Something that wasn't included in the Mortal Online game. Then, he added Athena as a friend before sending the full recording.

A whole three days worth of recording.

"Most of the recording is just showing Rawkshawn sitting and not doing anything else. At the ending of the recording, King Moriarty makes his appearance."

"That's fine." Athena said. "It makes this recording seem even more believable."

"Do it tonight, Athena." Alistair said, and stood up. "Tomorrow dawn, we, guild masters of

the Ancient Guilds, will meet Moriarty personally and take him down."

"Should we contact Aria?" Ambrose asked with his legs crossed. "If she knows about what he did, I think she will work with us."

"Zephyr, you didn't contact her for a reason." Alistair said. "Should we inform her?"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"No." Zephyr said coldly. "This is just the perfect chance for Aria to show her loyalty to King Moriarty. That's all she cares about. She won't work with us."

"I thought so." Alistair nodded. "She will see the news, but before she can make a move, we will already be at Moriarty's doorsteps."

Bartholomew tapped at something, and a holograph of black castle appeared. It seemed to be standing on top of rocky cliffs.

"This is Moriarty's new home, Castle Rock." Bartholomew said.

"I can come with you." Adam said. "An extra hand wouldn't hurt."

"Sorry, but this is something we, as ancient guild masters, must do alone." Alistair said.

"..." Adam narrowed his eyes as he didn't want them to go only with six of them.

They knew, and he knew that King Moriarty had become even more powerful.

It was true that they were all the most powerful Grand Lords of their time, but even that might not be enough to defeat the King.

"I need you here." Zephyr said. "Without me here, you will be the temporary leader of this faction. If there is a small chance that we lose to Moriarty, you must act accordingly."

"I understand." Adam nodded and crossed his arms.

'Can they lose? I am sure there is possibility. We should just send all of our armies to kill him.

'No, gathering an army takes time. If Moriarty catches even a whiff that we're about to make a move, he will go hiding while secretly helping warlords free from their shackles.

'It is now the best time when Moriarty isn't suspecting of anything. The six guild masters can also move more stealthily.'