Chapter. 47

Vincent pulled up his motorcycle in front of the library. He and Rebecca dismounted and walked inside, they found an empty room and connected to the server. Once online Vincent lead the way to the opal HQ. the palace doors opened and just after the two stepped into the lobby Vincent was hit with an invite from Jade to a private room.

"Nose to the grindstone that one. You want to come or look around?"

"I'll be fine this place is so pretty."

"Alright, call me if you need anything." Vincent accepted the invite and a door appeared in front of him. Vincent opened the door and walked into the meeting room to find the others waiting for him."

"You're late." Said Jade.

"Did the fights start? Then I'm not late. Besides were not fighting today." Vincent placed his hands on the table in the center of the room. "So what do we have?"

Jade pulled up a map of the city. "We have the emerald leader's home zone and each one that's around it. So far no one has found him."

"Do we know the info is good?"

"Do you doubt our skills Vincent?" Corina feigned to be wounded.

"Where did you get the info? From Levi. Where did she get it? From Catherine." Vincent tightened his fists. "That fucking thot can't be trusted. She's leading us into a trap."

Jade shook her head. "Vincent keep your paranoid thoughts to yourself Catherine and you have some bad blood but she's loyal to the opal. Something I can't say for you though."

"At least I make my intentions known. You can't trust a snake, and Catherine is a fucking hydra."

"Tch." Jade opened several menus. "For now we'll need to hold what we took from the emerald along with defending our own lands from them."

"What about The forces that were holding off the ruby?"

"They're taking back the zones the ruby took and some of the areas they held. Wait..." Jade waved her hands over her menus. "This can't be right."

"What is it?"

"This can't be right. The amethyst is attacking?" Jade expanded the map for everyone to see, showing the three zones along the amethyst border were blinking purple. "Why is the amethyst attacking now."

Levi shrugged. "You can't expect them to remain silent forever since we've been gaining power and land."

Lyle nods. "They may think that if they don't act now the opal will consume them whole."

Jade gowned. "I move some forces to stop them. They'll have to come from the one claiming the free zones from the ruby."

Corina stood beside Lyle who stared at the amethyst territory. "Something on your mind?"

"I don't like this. Sapphire attacked them and were pushed back. Opal attacked them and were pushed back. Why now all times?"

Vincent nods. "I don't like this. Something happened that we don't know and I don't like it. We're in the dark and we won't know until it's too late."

Levi chuckled to herself. "The die is cast, we're in the eye of the storm. Let's see what comes out of this."

Jade clapped her hands. "Alright. Forces rearranged. The amethyst will be met head on."

Everyone watched the timer count down for the battles to begin. When the timer hit zero the burst linkers started and ended in the blink of an eye, the stolen lands from the emerald were kept and more of the ruby's former land was taken. What took everyone by surprise was the three opal lands being taken by the amethyst.

Jade was the first to speak. "What, the, fuck just happened?!" No one spoke up, stunned by what they're seeing. Jade waved her hand to open a list of players. "Who was on the amethyst defense line?! What happened out there?!"

Vincent received a call from Rebecca. "Reby what's happening?"

"V! Big screens appeared in the lobby and are counting down!" A screen appeared in the center of the room with a four on it. "Stay on the line Reby."

When the number hit zero Catherine appeared on the screen. "People of the opal legion! We have a disturbance in of group. Someone who wants to destroy us from with in." Vincent clinched his fists. "A player by the name Eminence Tyrant. The one who defeated the amber and sapphire legion leaders. Well his thirst for battle has gone too far. Today we've just been hit by the amethyst legion. They struke at us because Eminence Tyrant provoked it leader. As you remember the ruby legion attacked us out of the blue as well. That's because Eminence Tyrant also provoked them by attacking their leader. We lost land to the ruby, land we still haven't recovered. If Eminence Tyrant isn't stopped I know he'll attack the topaz soon, and then we'll have three legions teaming up to destroy us."

The screens faded away and Vincent heard shouting on Rebecca's side. "Reby I'm sending you invite, get in here now!"

"Okay!" Rebecca hung up.

Vincent sighed and turned to see everyone looking at him. "What? You all believe her? Look the ruby was my bad I'll admit it, by I didn't attack the amethyst."

Jade glared at Vincent. "How can we believe you? You've been nothing but trouble since you came into my legion."

"I attacked the ruby because of Catherine handing Reby over to them. I didn't pick a fight with the amethyst."

"Can you give proof of this Vincent?" Asked Jade.

"V!" Rebecca rushed into the meeting room, shutting the door behind her. "What's going on? Everyone is about to riot out there!"

"Vincent started another war, this time with the amethyst."

"I didn't."

"I don't believe you. No one does."

"I do." Corina raised her hand. "Vincent was driven to get Rebecca back, that's why he attacked the ruby. He even admits to it, so I don't think he would after the amethyst without a good reason."

"I agree with Coco." Lyle spoke up.

Levi sat up in her seat. "I also agree with Corina. That speech Catherine just made, it was well done, clean, and rehearsed. It came just after the amethyst attacked us, like she was waiting for it to happen. Also did you notice how Catherine kept calling Vincent by his avatar's full name? She wanted everyone to know who he is with no doubt. That's how propaganda works. Besides, isn't Catherine's loyalty also, no, even more so in question then Vincent's?"

"Fine." Jade inhaled slowly. "Vincent,are you sure you haven't done anything to the amethyst?"

"I haven't thought the amethyst... Wait, mouths ago there was one. Ocean Duelist, Catherine wanted me to fight him. When I ran to fight the ruby I saw him again, he tried to stop me."

Lyle saw Corina tense up. "Vincent are you sure it was Ocean Duelist?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Ocean Duelist... Was Corina's parent. Peter from your fencing team."

"Catherine..." Muttered Rebecca. "What does she want? Who's side is she with?"

Jade saw several messages appear in front of her. "I need to go and get this mess under control. Corina, Lyle, and Levi go find Catherine and bring her to me now."

"And me?" Asked Vincent.

"You'll stay here. Indirectly or not you've caused enough trouble for the opal legion."

Vincent held up a middle finger to Jade and went to the sofa as everyone walked out. Rebecca took a seat beside him. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Reby. I don't care what the masses think of me, fuck'em. What I want to know is what Catherine wants, why is she doing this. she has connects to each legion being a spy, the question was always who's side is she on. Looks like we now know, if not the amethyst then no one's."

A screen appear in front of the two, showing Jade standing on a balcony over looking the opal legion. "People were pretty upset out there. What do you think Jade will do?"

"To get a crowd this big to calm down it'll have to be something big."

Jade raised her hands for the legion below her to quiet down, if not but a little bit. "All of you have been told some very alarming news. That our hero, Eminence Tyrant, the one who defeated the amber and sapphire legions has fallen."

"What is she doing?"

"Oh no." Vincent stood up. "She's going to fucking sell me out!"

"We've lost land to the ruby, land that we still haven't gotten back, and now we have lost even more land to the amethyst. All of this because our fallen hero Eminence Tyrant decided to start a fight with our legion when we're in the middle of one with the emerald. I will lay all of your worrys to rest. Justice will be dealt out!" The legion began to cheer for their leader.

"What's going on?"

"What's is she doing?" The world shattered around Vincent and reconstructed into an old battlefield filled with broken and rusted armor and weapons under a heavily clouded sky.

Vincent was in his duel avatar form, standing before him forty feet away was Opal Commander. "Eminence Tyrant. Face your execution."

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