VRMMO: My first Contractee is Yandere

In short, her strategy and actions always works out.

"So, she's not the type to fight using normal sword techniques. Be careful, Liora."

"I'll be careful...," Liora replied, nodding.

While smiling at Liora, Gimora thrust her hand into the void. With a deliberate display of vulnerability, she rummaged through and pulled out something from her item box.

"Ta-da! Now, what could this be?"

What she pulled out was a flash bomb.

"Lior—"

"!"

Though Liora was used to using flash bombs herself, it was her first time having one used against her.

The moment she reflexively shut her eyes, Gimora pulled an arrow from his item box. She imbued it with wind magic and shot it at high speed.

"To your right."

"Got it!"

Even without being able to see, Liora leaped to the right. The arrow aimed for her abdomen, but only grazed her side. Any bleeding from her abdomen would be healed by her regenerative ability. Explore stories at empire

Even without sight, Liora followed my instructions faithfully. As expected of her.

"Oh dear, it would've been nice if you had died from that so I could save resources."

Gimora, still speaking, pulled out an array of items from her item box—arrows, rocks, swords, spears, axes—each one falling from the sky. She moved her finger like a conductor and quietly muttered.

"Execute. Tempest Booster."

That was one of the arts of wind magic. It generates a wind nozzle on touched objects, blasting them forward. It's generally considered useless, but this…

"It's a mess, isn't it?"

The barrage of items fired off. It was truly a storm. Liora swung her large scythe desperately, deflecting each blow, but some attacks broke through, leaving cuts and bruises on his body.

A classic case of overwhelming force.

"Samurai, tank."

With a sigh, Samurai switched out of her prison mode and formed in front of Liora, absorbing Gimora's attacks with her enormous HP.

Her body became riddled with holes from the barrage of projectiles, and Samurai's HP was soon depleted within 30 seconds.

But in return, the gatling-like onslaught ended. As Samurai faded away, Gimora pulled out a scroll from his item box, smiling triumphantly.

"A rare item. The Flame Dragon Scroll, Second Act."

It seemed like a magic attack sealed within the scroll. The scroll quickly disintegrated, replaced by a giant flaming dragon. The powerful fire attack barreled forward, but Liora calmly activated her skill, Moonlight Scythe Technique.

The new art of the skill, [Moonlight Severing Blade]

It allowed the scythe to cut through magic. This was the same art she had used earlier to save that NPC.

The massive flame dragon charged at Liora.

She stood unwaveringly, her white hair billowing in the heat. The little reaper girl stood poised, her sharp eyes brimming with darkness.

At the moment of impact, Liora struck with perfect timing. The flame dragon was cleaved in half, the split flames scorching the ground on either side of him.

"Whoa! You really blocked it, huh?"

Even as she made light-hearted comments, Gimora moved above Liora, raising her sword. Her sword gleamed like a hero's holy blade meant to slay a demon king.

"Anti-Chivalry Art: Dying Slash!"

The sword shone brightly, and Liora momentarily lost sight of it. The slash was aimed directly at her head, but Liora—

"The gods have spoken."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Still with her eyes closed, she swung her scythe upward as if scooping something.

"Everything is going according to plan."

"Ugh! No way!"

In mid-air, Gimora crashed into something, slowing her movement.

It was the Dark Ball I had placed in the air. The black orb had been made invisible with the art Shadow Veil.

With my magic attack power, it wouldn't even leave a scratch. But as long as it her him for just a moment—

"Reaper's Gift!"

Liora, eyes filled with madness, trusted my assistance and unleashed a full-powered strike on the Four Heavenly Kings' Gimora.

Gimora's armor shattered, and her body was crushed into pieces!

Looking at the fragmented armor, I floated and spoke softly.

"Pardon us for the two-on-one."

"As expected of a god... It's easier to fight with you guiding me."

"Liora, you're the impressive one for keeping up with me."

"Am I... impressive...? Hehe... God, god, god, god..."

Liora's cheeks flushed with joy.

Even though I only call myself a false god, I can't afford to lose to the Four Heavenly Kings if I want to keep deceiving Liora.

Besides, my title Voice of the False God boosts the effectiveness of my lies and actions.

Still...

"Liora, stay on guard. There's no announcement yet. She doesn't seem dead."

"...!"

Silently, Liora raised her scythe and witnessed something horrifying.

Beneath the shattered armor, Gimora's withered flesh began regenerating. Despite being a corpse, her condition was strangely pristine, reminiscent of a noble's mummified remains.

A dandy, handsome mummy. Gimora stood up slowly.

"You two are a tough pair. Such accurate support, and this terrifying little girl going straight for the head without fear of damage… Ha. Being one of the Four Heavenly Kings is tough."

It seemed that becoming undead had granted her some sort of skill. Despite the clearly fatal blow, Gimora pulled a shield from her item box and practiced a few shield bash moves.

The pressure from her now felt akin to that of a raid boss.

"Well then—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Liora charged at her again. At the same time, I deactivated the invisibility on the Create Dark mode, dropping the bomb potion I had planted in the air.

Gimora, who had blocked Liora's strike with her shield, took the bomb directly on her head.

"You're really annoying!"

"I'm happy. It means more time to fight with god."

"Wow, scary. Don't normal people get discouraged by a boss's second form?"

Liora laughed maniacally as she continued her battle with Gimora. While I also enjoyed the extra time to play with Liora, dealing with Gimora was exhausting. I'd rather she just leave behind the loot and disappear.1

We had actually been observing the battle with Gimora for quite some time after sending Samurai away.

We witnessed several groups rushing ahead, only to be completely annihilated.

During this time, I secretly used [Shadow Veil] to set up various traps.

I made rocks and trees in the area invisible. I also used the dark magic [Dark Ball] and made that invisible as well.

As a result, the current field is advantageous for both Liora and me. Since the enemies are elves, fighting in the forest would put us at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, other players cleared the forest, driving Gimora to this area, which benefits us.

By the way, the reason I saved just one person was for future considerations. If we defeated the field boss after everyone's death, the rumors would spread badly.

Therefore, we had to take the position of "saving an NPC player who was about to be lost due to others rushing ahead." That's why we participated by rescuing one person.

Soon, the preparations for the group seemed nearly complete. Judging from the posts on the bulletin board, a pseudo-raid battle against Gimora would likely begin in less than five minutes.

I'd like to finish it off before that happens…

"I am gonna take it down!"

"Wow, so much energy! Youth is terrifying. I'm already like an old women, please go easy on me, young lady."

"Die!"

"Oh, Dark Spirit, I think she could use some lessons in manners!"

Despite the light-hearted banter, both sides' actions are filled with intensity.

Their eyes were serious, in stark contrast to their words, as they clashed with skill and power.

A fierce exchange of slashes ensued.

Liora moved wildly, swinging her scythe like a baton. She entrusted any minor counterattacks to [Regeneration] and pressed her offensive.

With her scythe arts, [Slashing Gale Blade], and the new Moonlight Scythe Art [Vampire Blade], she continuously stripped Gimora of her options every time she inflicted a scratch.

[Vampire Blade], the new Moonlight Scythe Art, is an ability that drains MP with every hit.

Liora used the stolen MP to cloak herself in the costly [Dark Aura], which dealt constant damage just by being near.

The activated arts included [Damage Infliction] and [Status Ailment Infliction].

Gimora's body shuddered.

"!? Par…alyzed…?"

"Got you!"

Gimora was inflicted with a status ailment—paralysis—which rendered her completely immobile for a few seconds.

Six seconds of vulnerability.

"Hmph." Liora's fanatical red eyes gleamed.

Her scythe sliced through Gimora with reckless abandon.

In an instant, the debuff limit for [Slashing Gale Blade] was reached, and Liora switched her scythe to [Shadow Blade], an ability that forces critical hits.

Gimora, now losing a significant amount of blood, hastily used wind magic to blow Liora away.

Despite being knocked back, Liora did not ease her offensive and kept Gimora in check with [Hound Lightning].

Unable to counter, Gimora clicked her tongue.

While knocking spells away with her sword, Gimora reached into the void to pull out a healing potion from her item box, but I quickly applied [Dark Aura] to the potion. The bottle shattered due to the [Damage Infliction].

Gimora clenched her fist around the broken bottle and glared at me.

"Ugh, how annoying! I'll use [Hete's Ring]!"

As he shouted, the ring he was wearing shattered, and her body recovered. It seems the ring had healing properties. Once its durability hit zero, it broke. At least we managed to reduce some of her resources.

"I guess it's about time."

Gimora glanced around and forced a bitter smile.

"As expected, I'm better at escaping. Well, I'll take my leave for today."

Gimora pulled out a smoke bomb and slammed it onto the ground—or so I thought. Instead, he applied [Tempest Booster] to it.

The smoke bomb acted like a jetpack, launching Gimora into the sky.

Skillfully using wind magic, Gimora fled through the air. With [Escape Mastery 100], her speed was overwhelming, making pursuit impossible.

As I watched her figure disappear, I shrugged. Not that anyone could see me in the dark.

"…She got away, Liora."

"Over there… there are others… waiting."

"Yes, Tanaka's plan worked."