MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online - Chapter 227

Chapter 227: Brothers and Sisters
“I bless you.” A white-robed priest wet his finger and drew a cross on the foreheads of the people present.

They were sitting on pillows in the middle of the temple, their round eyes open, and black robes draped over them.

They all looked strangely the same—cross earrings, black hair, faces pale as snow, and round, soft-looking features.

The priest gave them his blessings.

After that, they rose to their feet and headed out. They were smiling, some grinning, and others tight-lipped.

The First Brother and the First Sister walked side by side, leading the way. The brother walked with a confident stride while the sister was just smiling and hopping along with excitement.

When they left the church that was in the middle of a strange forest, the robed sisters and brothers stopped in the clearing.

There was a thick forest surrounding them with tall trees and dense bushes, making it impossible to see further.

Behind the bush, dagger-wielding men and women were waiting to ambush them. They wore masks, and clothes that blended with shadows.

“Come out~” The First Sister called out to them with a laugh. “You think you’ve been able to hide from us? Come out; I’d like to talk to you all~”

“Lower your weapons or die!” The First Brother shouted.

“Mou, what’re you doing?” The First Sister looked at him with a pout. “You’re scaring them away. Brute, stupid, block head!”

The First Brother’s eyebrow twitched.

“Stupid.” The Second Brother nodded in agreement.

“Indeed, indeed.” The Seventh Sister nodded with a smile, her bobcut bouncing with each movement.

A dagger flew from the bush, but the Fourth Brother caught it and looked at it with a frown.

Strangely enough, the dagger was ticking like a bomb.

“Oh…”

Boom!

The dagger exploded.

The force of the explosion threw the Fourth Brother back. He crashed through the church doors and slid down the floor till his body came to a stop.

A smoke of the explosion engulfed his face like a misty mask.

“Are you alright there?” The white-robed priest asked.

“Yes, I am not much of a smoker, but I won’t reject a freebie!” The Fourth Brother leaped back to his feet with a grin on his face.

The smoke dissipated, and his face looked intact. There wasn’t a single cut or bruise to be seen. It was like he was only hit by a harmless smoke bomb.

He walked out of the church and into the sunlight.

“Hey, you rude bastards. What was that for?!”

The First Brother took a step forward, drew his katana-like sword from the scabbard, and slashed it through the air. It created a slash made out of the air that cut through the trees in the distance.

Those who were hiding jumped out of harm’s way and finally revealed themselves from the bushes. It was unclear what guild they were part of.

It also didn’t look like they wanted to talk.

Instead, they unleashed a flurry of spells, while a few of them did a straight frontal attack.

“Heh!” The First Brother grinned out of excitement, and with several quick slashes, he cut through the spells.

A dagger-wielding man appeared from his shadow. The dagger already heading towards the First Brother’s neck.

“Your breathing is too loud!” The First Brother stabbed his katana through the man’s throat. “If you want to succeed in assassinating, you’ll have to be much quieter!”

The First Sister kneeled on the ground. She was smiling and singing a song inside her mind.

Three people attacked her seemingly defenseless self.

“Who wanders too close to me…” The First Sister opened her beautiful eyes. “Will die.”

The skin of the three people peeled off like paint, and they started screaming like they were on fire.

The First Sister revealed a hidden knife from her sleeve and quieted them with a swift and precise cut to their throats.

She then hid the knife back to her sleeve.

It was a massacre.

The brothers and sisters slaughtered their enemies without mercy, laughing and smiling while doing so.

The ambush was a horrible failure.

…

The sun hadn’t moved in the sky, yet the fight was already over.

The First Brother sat on top of the last remaining member of the ambush party. He was removing the blood of his victim from his sword with a cloth.

“Hey~” The First Sister crouched in front of the half-dead man and smiled sweetly. “Who’re you with? I’d like to give them my gratitude for such a warm welcome~”

“We’re darkness… We’re the shadows… we’re death…”

The First Sister giggled and said to everyone. “We defeated death!”

“I had chills.” The Third Brother rubbed his arms. “That guy is a proper weeb. Who can say that with a straight face?”

“I know that mantra of theirs.” The First Brother said. “Shadow League.”

“Oh, I’ve heard of them!” The First Sister said with a giggle. “They’re like a secret society for gamers or something, right?”

“You should fear us!” The half-dead man shouted. “We’re Otherworld Killers, y’know? When we find where all of you live, we’ll kill all of you!”

None of them seemed worried and instead just laughed straight at his face.

“Oh, I don’t mind giving our address.” The First Sister said. “We’re living together, after all.”

“Together…?”

“Red Thread’s Orphanage, that’s where we are.” The First Sister said with a grin. “All of our parents were criminals. Horrible, horrible people. When they died, we were sent to Red Thread’s Orphanage.

“We were supposed to become slaves to the powerful. The person in charge of the orphanage was a horrible bitch. However, then Alistair, our beloved master, bought the orphanage and gave us a future.

“He gave all of us VR pods to come here and start a new life in the digital world.” The First Sister smiled hugely. “We became part of the Children of the Fair. We’re Alistair’s sword and shield.”

“Come and kill us.” The First Brother said. “I dare you. I’ll kill all of you to protect my brothers and sisters.”

“Oh, you’re such a sweetie.” The First Sister smiled at him and then took her knife before finishing off the half-dead man. “We’re waiting. Don’t make us wait for too long~”

“Hey, you guys see this!” The Tenth Brother shouted.

When others looked over to him, they saw the thing he was seeing. It looked like there was fire spreading deep in the forest.

“A forest fire? Here?” The Second Sister said worryingly. “This is Godswood. An ordinary fire doesn’t burn here.”

“It looks like the King has made his move!” The Fifth Brother shouted out. “They’re going to burn the Godswood till there’s nothing left!”

“No…” The First Sister pouted. “We’re supposed to take control of Godswood for our master.”

“This place is useless now!” The First Brother shouted. “Let’s leave. Our master has no need for burned land.”

“Where’re we going?” The Third Brother asked.

“To Imperium City!” The First Brother said. “Every faction is going there. That’s where the first fight will happen. Our master needs us there!”

“War!” The First Sister trembled in her boots. “The time’s finally here. We’ll make Alistair a king!”

“Let’s go, brothers and sisters.” The First Brother headed away. “We have a realm to conquer!”