Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Ibro moved away till he vanished on the horizon. Mory sighed; he knew he was cornered between such a domineering king and those stupid greedy players. 

He had nothing to do as he was only the leader of one universe that was about to collapse if Ibro's troops withdrew from their parallel world. Ibro moved away while keeping his divine sense focused on them. 

They didn't know that he got such ability; as such ability didn't even exist in the game worlds. Ibro kept watching every move and listened to every word they said in a hot debate between themselves. 

Ibro knew convincing these players would be a tough challenge for him. He could talk with them from the first day he sent his armies to their universe, but he chose not to. 

These players only admitted strength, and also benefit. How could he show to them his ability to save their lives with words only? 

He needed them to depend entirely on his support, so he could use this as a bargaining chip, or even a threatening card like he just did. 

Ibro kept watching these players as he was sure of one fact, any human forced to do something against his will would be a source of treason and betrayal. 

When he gained full control over their universe, he would eliminate those who were strongly in opposition to his interference. He wasn't that worried about their response, as both options were equal for him. 

He was worried about taking under his wings some future traitors, that was the main reason that made him take all this trouble to test them. 

Ibro waited patiently while watching their arguments without any anger or impatience. He wasn't surprised to find nearly half of them were strongly opposed to accepting his terms. 

Despite that, they finally agreed to accept his terms. Ibro was content with such a result, after all, he chose the perfect time to bargain with them. 

The weakest moment of any human wasn't in their despair, but when you gave them hope to get out of this despair. Losing that hope was the darkest moment for any human no matter where he was from. 

Ibro moved back to the gate position while he was thinking about his next step. Some of those players agreed to contact the demon leaders and try to reach an agreement with them. 

Ibro wasn't that nice to let these traitors off the hook easily as they expected, he planned to let all of them be under his control first. 

What he was thinking about was the time of his revenge upon them, would he kill them right here or should he wait for later. After giving this matter some thoughts, he decided to postpone his revenge. 

After all, he needed to gain the trust of those who were hesitating about serving him. although he showed to them that he didn't care about their support, he needed it. 

So, it was logical to wait and not act now. Just as he made up his mind, he reached their place.

"Welcome again, your majesty. I was just about to send for you now."

Ibro received the bow from his dragon as he replied:

"I told you, I will come if they agreed," then he looked towards these players as he continued, "now, are you ready to take all the stones here?"

"Yes, king Ibro. We agree with your condition."

Mory replied with the utmost respect. From his observation, Ibro knew that this man was wise enough to agree from the beginning of his demand. He was either cunning or smart to not show his opposition in public like others. Ibro looked at him as he said:

"Then we can discuss further terms then. I will help to defeat the demons which are attacking you, in return, you will amass armies and join all my expeditions from that moment forth."

One of those hidden traitors interfered:

"You promise to eliminate all the demons from all our universes?"

Ibro knew that ulterior motives of him, so he replied patiently:

"Demons can't be totally eradicated if I have the power to do so I would have done it in my world."

That man looked in mockery as he said:

"Oh, then what do you promise us, mighty king Ibro?"

Ibro looked expressionless to him while he moved step by step on the air towards him. Once he reached him, he said in a calm tone:

"Impotent people like yourself shouldn't have the right to speak ever again."

Just as that player was about to speak, Ibro said:

'Use the confused divine ability.'

Ibro had long since used such an ability, but he never forgot about it. Once his ability was activated, that player lost the ability to move. A piece of beta stone was inserted in his mouth which was followed by his disappearance. 

In front of all those players, Ibro acted with ease and no hesitation at all. Although Ibro decided not to act here, this player irritated him. He needed to set an example so others would fear him. 

Just as Ibro reached his original place, that player appeared as it vanished. He looked in horror towards Ibro who said in a calm tone:

"Now, you just said I'm a mighty king… indeed I'm, but you shouldn't address your king in that way. So, I sentence you to death."

Ibro, without any hesitation, activated the link between his alpha stone and that player beta stone. In a moment, that living player fell from that high altitude as he died. Other players looked in horror towards Ibro while one said with fear:

"Is this the effect of this stone?"

"Indeed, I can kill whomever I wish whenever I want."

Whisper immediately spread between all the players. Ibro sighed to himself, he didn't want to show his other side this early.

"We need some time to consider again, king Ibro."

Ibro looked to his speaker which was one of those hesitant players. He then replied:

"I already gave you the chance to think about it."

The man didn't retreat as he continued:

"That was before we saw the effects of such scary tools, now we want more time to consider."

Ibro also didn't retreat a single step as he threatened calmly:

"I already gave you a chance to consider. I told you this was my way to secure myself from you. What did you expect? An oath type thing? 

If you don't follow my lead now, then scram and go back to your universe to die. I wasted enough time and effort on you already."

Ibro's words were direct and harsh, but he had to address them in such a way, or else he would lose this opportunity forever. He knew what they were thinking, as they planned to go back to their universes and try to sell him out. 

He would never allow such a thing to happen if so he would prefer to withdraw all his armies from their worlds and search for another one. 

Dealing with players was risky, that was why he insisted on using his beta stones as insurance.

"We … we just need just five minutes, king Ibro."