Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Maya agreed with his fears. The last patches of demons were over 300 million demons each. They didn't spend their first day, yet they killed billions of demons and their numbers kept increasing. 

Ibro sighed, his initial plan had ended with a total failure. Ibro thought for a while as he was recuperating, and then he decided:

"I can't risk the safety of my village. Let's go there and start moving through its teleportation portal from one city to another."

Maya was still new here, so she didn't get his true intentions. Nonetheless, she replied:

"Let's go back then."

During their return journey, Ibro and Maya met some new groups of demons. These groups were scattered and few in numbers, so they didn't consume a lot of Ibro's energy. 

It took them nearly 8 hours of direct flight to reach his village. Ibro tried to cheer himself as he wouldn't run out of the beta stones ever again. Once he reached his village, he said to Maya:

"Release 50 million skeletons around this passageway."

There were already some of his skeletons stationed there, but their numbers didn't increase more than 10 million. Maya didn't delay as she released the needed numbers here. 

Ibro then moved to his village. Maya had already countless numbers of cities, towns, and villages under her control, so she wasn't that amazed by Ibro's village.

"Release Rinobak, Erond, and the alpha death knight."

Once Ibro reached the teleportation portal, he requested from Maya to release these three men. Once they appeared, they were astonished to find themselves back at the village.

"The situation is very tight. Our enemies are countless, and I can't risk moving away from the village. I need you Rinobak to stay here and supervise the defenses of the village. 

I want you also to keep supplying the villager recruitment hall with cores. I will send people to you with cores every while. You also need to send me the ready beta stones with these messengers."

Rinobak knelt on the ground immediately as he replied:

"I will do the task with all my efforts, my king."

Ibro then looked towards the alpha death knight as he ordered:

"Your job will be to supervise the internal battle inside the pocket space. I want you to make sure each enemy I send will be handled perfectly. Don't forget to collect the cores."

"Your wishes are my commands, my king."

Ibro then looked towards Erond as he ordered:

"Your mission is the hardest, as I want you to supervise and monitor the whole cities under my control. If you find an enemy in areas near one of our cities, you have to notify me at once. 

I will start the war from Gortan city. I will send there all the players and NPCs I rescue. You also need to figure out a role for them."

Erond nodded his head as he replied:

"I will do the job perfectly, my king."

It was a complicated job, but Ibro trusted Erond. He didn't select Gorsag as he might need him later on. He wasn't planning on shielding himself here. He wanted to conquer the whole world. 

Ibro then entered the portal gate after Maya took the alpha death knight into her pocket space. Erond requested some of his men from inside the pocket. 

They were the cultivators' part of Ibro's personal army. Ibro didn't reject using them here, as he didn't have any role for them now. Ibro then moved to the Gortan city. When he just entered it, he found it under heavy attacks.

"There is a huge army of demons attacking the city."

Maya's words had confirmed Ibro's guess. He didn't panic, though, as he expected such a thing already.

'Back to work, partner.'

Ibro said this to the system which got used to this routine. At once, Ibro started to absorb the demon energy from 50 kilometers radius around the city. Ibro then flew to the sky with the help of Maya's technique. 

At once, he began to use his spells without pause. The battle went smoothly as before, but once a gap was created around the city, huge quantities of demons started to move heading straight to the city.

"There are 3 main groups of demons coming from two separate directions."

Just before Maya could point to the direction from which the demons were coming, the teleportation portal flashed as a cultivator appeared there. 

He was a messenger from Erond. Once he saw Ibro, he knelt on one knee as he said:

"My king, Erond lord sent me an urgent message. Most of our cities are under heavy attacks as they all requested backups urgently."

Ibro gritted his teeth. Time was always against him. He needed to act fast. He had put such a scenario in his plans before. He looked towards Maya as he said urgently:

"A change of plans, we will head straight towards the locations of these demons. You won't move any demon inside your pocket space anymore."

Maya wasn't stupid, as she was a queen herself. She got Ibro's plan from a glimpse, so she nodded.

"Wait here, I will return in 10 minutes."

Ibro then flew away rapidly with Maya. He knew his biggest enemy wasn't these demons, it was the tight time he had. 

He didn't want to be so passive and shield behind a few cities of his empire and abandon the rest. This would be his worst-case scenario. Ibro moved fast with Maya while he instructed:

"Let's move towards the nearest demon group."

Maya just nodded as she led the way south. In just two minutes, they met the endless legion of demons. 

Ibro welcomed them by absorbing the demon energy and attacking the demon seeds. He didn't cancel his spells, as there was no time to waste gathering the white soul energy again.

"Send all the beta stones at once to all of the players controlled by demon seeds."

Maya felt doubtful as she exclaimed:

"Will it work?"

"Yes, it will. They are still players after all."

Ibro then released huge amounts of beta stones in batches, while Maya began to distribute them as usual. The battle didn't last long, and once it finished Ibro said to Maya:

"Release a couple hundred of millions of skeletons now."

Maya did this at once, and then Ibro left a cultivator to instruct the players after they come to this world again with their real bodies. Ibro then moved with Maya towards the next demon legion. 

It was slightly to the east from their location, and it was three minutes away. Once Ibro killed all the demon seeds there, he left a cultivator to guide the players, and then he moved to the final location. 

Once he killed all the enemies, he returned to the city at a high speed. This strategy was effective if he managed to move at high speed. When he reached the teleportation portal, he instructed the cultivator:

"Tell me the names of the cities under attack."

The cultivator didn't dare to delay as he replied:

"They are all the cities under our control, except for the 100 cities that are around our village, plus nearly 200 cities directly to the south."

Ibro understood these south cities were free from attacks due to his previous battles with the demons in the south. Ibro then ordered:

"Stay here, when the army finishes its job, send them towards the next city. take your orders directly from Erond. Go back now and tell him to keep track of my movements. Also, tell him to send some cultivators to help you."

Ibro then moved rapidly towards the portal. Once he entered there, he selected a city randomly. He didn't have time to waste here.

"Take out Gorsag, I want to speak to him urgently."