MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online

Chapter 331: Meat Shield



Aria walked past the weakened guild masters and looked up at King Moriarty.

Gone was the handsome King that everyone loved. Only a monster remained.

"Will you decide to die alongside them, Aria?" King Moriarty asked.

"Aria, he is a monster." Alistair said with a weak breath. "If you decide to side with him, you're no longer on the side of humanity."

"Silence." Aria turned to him with a sharp look. "Look at you. Bunch of weaklings."

Alistair narrowed his eyes.

Aria turned back to King Moriarty and said, "Why're you doing this? We could've worked together and ruled this kingdom together. We could've destroyed ancient guilds. Why work against humanity?"

"You haven't seen what I have." King Moriarty said with a smile. "A true power. I can also help you get this power. A power that will make you strongest."

"Will the warlords allow us to rule over anything?" Aria asked. "Is this world theirs now?"

"Who cares about ruling?" King Moriarty asked and touched Aria's cheek tenderly. "We can do whatever we want in this place. We don't plan on staying only in the mortal realm. The heavenly kingdom is calling to us."

"..." Aria stayed silent.

"Don't listen to him!" Bartholomew shouted. "You want to become a monster like him? Go ahead! But remember, the real world doesn't forgive those who betrayed humanity!"

"What is honestly real?" Moriarty asked. "The real world is boring. This can be real, if we so desire."

Aria lowered her head, and with a deep sigh, she bent down and kneeled right in front of King Moriarty.

"I shall follow you, Moriarty."

"You fucking traitorous bitch!" Ambrose stood up in anger. "I always fucking knew!"

King Moriarty swung his sword and beheaded Ambrose with one swing. The blood spurted out from his beheaded torso and stained the ground red.

"I want to kill the rest." Aria stood back up and, with a sword in hand, sliced Alistair in half.

"You all chose the wrong side. You really think I would've chosen your side and fought King Moriarty all by myself? You fools!"

With an angered scream, she slashed through Orion, through Athena, and finally ended Bartholomew with a stab into his heart.

The guild masters all fell down, dead!

"Good, good!" King Moriarty laughed.

At the basement, Zephyr couldn't move anymore and was kneeling on the ground with his whole body trembling.

Aemon placed the blade against his neck. "Shame that it had to end like this. This whole world is doomed. At least all of you will have another place to call home.

"Us, the Originals, who only have this place, will suffer the most."

"I pity you." Zephyr looked straight into his eyes.

Aemon slashed through his head.

Zephyr's head rolled down on the ground.

...

Adam stood on a staircase with his back against a rock wall.

'Shit...'

[Hera: Now what?]

Adam peeked over the corner and saw a heavily fortified door. It looked like a door made out of metal.

There were hundreds of small sensors filling the walls and two cameras staring straight towards Adam.

[Hera: This is the most fortified place in this entire place. Moriarty must be behind that door. Even with your disguise, you will never be allowed to go anywhere close to that door]

"I could make a run for it." Adam wryly smiled.

[Hera: You will become swiss cheese]

"Hmm..." Adam frowned. "Can you talk to the security system? It should also have AI, like you?"

[Hera: Then it is obvious that you don't belong here. I can tell that there are at least four spots near you where guns are mounted inside the wall. It might decide to kill you right away]

"Who knows, maybe Moriarty is a shit boss and the AI also wants him dead." Adam said jokingly. "Either way, I can't enter through this."

"Hey, you!" A sudden shout came.

Adam almost jumped and looked to the top of the stairs, where an angry-looking bodyguard stormed towards him with keys dangling from his belt.

"What're you doing here, junior chef?!"

[Hera: Hurry and leave!]

Adam's eyes shrunk. 'This guy looks like someone important. The leader of the bodyguards?'

With his body moving instinctively, Adam rushed straight towards the bodyguard.

"?!" The bodyguard tried to grab his gun, but Adam suddenly tackled him against the wall and started punching him in the rib area.

Through the walls, several mounted guns appeared and started spinning rapidly, ready to fire at any moment.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

[Hera: What're you doing?!]

Adam kicked the bodyguard in the knee to make him bend down and immediately circled

around him before putting him in a chokehold.

He immediately started to use the bodyguard as a meat shield.

"I hope you're important to Moriarty." Adam said. "If not, these guns will shred through you

like butter."

"Lower your weapons!" The bodyguard screamed.

The security system listened, and the guns stopped spinning.

[Hera: I see now. This man is different from ordinary staff members. He is classified as

friendly by Moriarty himself, so the security system won't attack you if he is in danger of

getting hurt]

"Fucking lucky!" Adam, using the bodyguard as a shield, moved down the stairs and headed

over to the metallic door.

"You will open that door for me!"

"Argh!" The bodyguard groaned. "I'm not authorized to open that door for anyone!"

"I don't care!" Adam screamed. "Either you will or I will put this knife into your throat!" Within his kitchen staff outfit, he pulled out a red-handled throat and pressed it against his throat.

"Go on, kill me!" The bodyguard shouted. "The security system will kill you then!"

"Do you really want to die for Moriarty?" Adam asked. "You've seen the news, haven't you? That fucker betrayed humanity!"

"Argh..." The bodyguard gritted his teeth. "I don't care what is happening in that game. It's

just a game, after all!"

"Just a game?" Adam chuckled. "So, just because it is game, it's fine that he has betrayed our race. Don't you feel anger or disgust at least?"

""

The bodyguard remained silent but then scoffed, grabbed his key, and opened the metallic

door.

"Good choice." Adam pushed him inside, and there inside the room, one virtual pod lay in the middle of the room.

There were also hundreds of monitors, showing every corner of the house and the street

outside.

[Aurel: Stop right there]

A robotic male voice resounded across the room.

[Aurel: If you hurt my master, it doesn't matter if you have someone hostage; I will still kill

you]

"Oh, shut the fuck up." Adam placed the phone near the computer. "Hera, do your worst."