Imperial Calendar 886
Holy hill of Dalnus
"Prince Zorzal has arrived!" Yelled an Elite guard member, garnering the attention of the remnants of the imperial army that invaded GGOs' wastelands, and parts of the army that didn't invade.
Zorzal looked at the shackled imperial army, the soldiers' faces showing fear. Fear of the enemy and fearing what prince Zorzal will do to them when he learns they were beaten, no butchered by a bunch of barbarians in small numbers.
"What happened here?" Asked Zorzal, to one of his aides.
"They speak of invisible demons, fireballs that can burn even the strongest of imperial armour leaving them in a melted state, a change that completely destroys them. The surviving mages also report they could even destroy the indestructible rock golems." Reported the aide.
"Crucify the slaves, they must be babbling nonsense in an attempt to destroy morale. And I'll go command the army, I want to cover up my disappointing victory with this grand victory." Ordered Zorzal.
"At your will my lord." The aide said, leaving Zorzals' tent to carry out his orders.
After finishing his wine he left the tent to inspect the army.
The Imperial army was in a horrible state when he arrived. It wasn't just the slaves babbling nonsense but the soldiers too. They must have fallen for the slaves' lies.
This sort of event reminded him of the imperial-Warrior Bunny war a couple of years back.
But the imperial army prevailed and won, and they shall do the same here.
"The imperial army prevailed against the warrior bunnies even with the losses. We shall do the same with the barbarians on the other side of the gate!" Prince Zorzal yelled.
This garnered a cheer by both remnants of the imperial troops that attacked GGO in the canyon, the reinforcements, and the other army that didn't invade.
"How soon can we leave through the gate again?" Zorzal asked one of his aides.
"We can leave within one day." Reported the aide.
"Well interrogate the soldiers on what the terrain is like, so we could prepare accordingly." Ordered Zorzal.
"At your will milord."
Typically Zorzal wanted to just use numbers to his advantage, but the imperial army was beaten by an unknown force of unknown strength he didn't want another disappointing victory.
The next day, the imperial army began the long walk, and after organizing more supplies such as water, since where the gate opened there were no sources of water nearby.
"The scouts spotted no enemies." Reported one of his aides.
"No enemy forces, they must've turned hightail and ran!" Zorzal arrogantly said "Have we also spotted any settlements nearby?" Zorzal asked.
"No there are none in the nearby region, but we have seen glimpses of a large city southwest of the canyon where the gate opened. But there are ruins of other cities near the gate, so we could scavenge for supplies there." The aid reported.
"Good, we shall march to the ruined city and the inhabited city and enslave any travelers we come by!" Zorzal said.
And so the imperial army went marching in an attempt to take SDC Glocken, a city inhabited by people who just want to get away from the real world.
A day earlier after team LPFM, MMTM, ZEMAL, and SHINC defeated the first imperial armies invasion they called help from the admins.
"Well this is bloody. Are you sure you guys caused this devastation all by yourself?" Asked the admin.
"Yes they used spears and shields like the email said." Llenn said,confirming the admins' suspicions.
"Really, so you're saying that there were so many dead Romans here that it formed a stream of blood." Said the admin. He sighed and continued "I have to make a call to the coding team, hey Nagashi you mind asking these players questions for me." Asked the admin.
"What's your name anyways?" Asked Llenn.
"My name is Youji." He said.
He then turned his attention to the invisible screen only the player that opened it could only see.
He then started speaking to someone on the headphones that appeared over his head.
The other admin known as Nagashi came up to the group and began asking them questions.
After a few minutes of talking, Youji came back with some news.
"So what did you learn?" Llenn asked.
"They aren't NPCs' that's for sure." Youji said.
Llenn looked at the imprisoned Romans, and they quivered in fear from her looking at them alone.
"How do you know?" Llenn wondered.
"I have a friend in the coding division of Zaskar, and I asked him to go through the games map to look for this gate."
"And what did he say?"
"Well he said there was no such object called the gate in this area but he did say he's currently going through the games code to look for this gate."
"I see, so we will hopefully learn where it's origins come from and if we don't we may have to cross." Llenn said.
"Yes we may have to but we don't know if anything works normally on the other side so currently I will make it where players can't cross a certain barrier, but NPCs' can, and if the Romans decide to come back again they'll be weakened by monsters, and at best be completely wiped out." Youji explained. While saying that he brought up an invisible menu and placed a nearly transparent barrier that refracted light to some extent warping the gate, and the canyon it is situated in.
"So what are we going to do about the Romans we've captured?" Llenn asked.
"Nagashi and I will deal with them in an unreleased area, and since I was asked to beta test the map. I will hold them there for now, and maybe a representative of Zaskar and someone who knows Latin to translate. You guys just have fun, we'll handle the hard parts unless they come to SDC Glocken themselves." Youji said.
"Ok I see. So bye!" Llenn happily said.
She then saw Youji and Nagashi spawn in a military truck and some NPC robots as guards, and started herding the Romans into the truck, then the two admins entered the front, then the truck shattered in red taking the Romans in there with them. She clearly heard the Romans' panicked screams as the truck shattered, along with them.
"That's trippy." Pitohui said, coming behind her.
"So what are we going to do now that the Romans are dealt with?" Llenn asked.
"Isn't it clear! We'll party!" Pitohui yelled happily.
A Saloon in SDC Glocken
May 16th, 2026
Everybody clanked the glasses in celebration, although the Romans albeit was very easy there were a lot of enemies for sure. Llenn was pretty sure she went up a level or two during the battle, and also gained lots of credits in the process.
"That was very fun fighting with you guys!" Said David, the leader of MMTM "We should do this more often!"
"I mean although we were enemies in the second squad jam! Blowing those Romans up was very fun!" Fuka said.
"I'm glad we're having fun at all but I'm a bit exhausted from the fight so I will be logging off." Llenn said.
"Leaving already Llenn! It's fine we'll party in your name as well for our victory!" Said Pitohui.
Llenn opened up the menu and went to the bottom.
But before she leaves she must ask something "If anything happens text me, I'll be there as soon as possible!"
"Alright!" Everybody said.
She then pressed the exit, another menu showed saying "Are you sure?"
She pressed the option yes. Moments later she reawakened into the real world as Karen.