Saving Crafter: Herobrine Reborn Book One: A Gameknight999 Adventure: An Unofficial Minecrafter’s Adventure
Chapter 1 CRAFTER L ooking down on the battlefield Crafter watched as the last of the zombie horde disappeared into the woods their fallen comrades leav ing behind glowing balls of XP and the occasional sword Piles of zombie flesh floated about across the grassy plain They almost made it to the village gates that time Stitcher said She paced nervously along the battlement her eyes probing the forest for any sign they might return Crafter grunted his agreement If they didn’t have all those leather caps they’d be forced to attack at night Digger said Then at least we’d know when to expect them The zombie king is driving them harder and harder Hunter added as she put away her bow and wiped her square forehead with a green sleeve Did you hear the zombies during the battle They blame us for the defeat of their king’s master Herobrine
6 MARK CHEVERTON Yes I heard them Crafter snapped Everybody heard them The zombie commander screamed it loud enough for all of Minecraft to hear him We need to do something We need you know him Hunter said He’s done enough for us Crafter said as he walked across the top of the wall and took the stairs down to the ground level We need to learn to defeat these monsters on our own He stopped at the foot of the stairs and looked back up at Hunter The noon sun shown down on her curly red hair causing it to glow with a crim son aura Besides the decision by the Council of Craft ers still holds we cannot interact with users for any reason no matter what Crafter explained Would you be asking him to risk his life again and come back into Minecraft Are we that desperate Well I don’t think she stammered We will let Gameknight999 live his life in the physical world while we live ours in the digital world Crafter explained Is that understood Hunter nodded her head as she moved down the stairway her curls bouncing like little scarlet springs Crafter gave her a smile then moved out through the iron doors to examine the battlefield closer The lanky form of Herder followed close behind Baker collect all that XP Crafter ordered one of the NPCs Give it to Smithy we need some more enchanted armor Gather it quickly before it dis appears Digger we need some archer towers on either side of the bridge that crosses the moat When Xa-Tul returns with a bigger zombie army
SAVING CRAFTER 7 he’ll be able to cross the bridge and reach the iron doors With that huge golden sword of his he’d smash them to bits within seconds and open the village to his horde We have to protect it Digger nodded Herder Crafter continued we need your wolves to Stopping in mid-sentence the young NPC looked at the grassy plain before him his bright blue eyes open wide with surprise Zigzagging across the grassy plain was what looked like a dark shad owy bolt of lightning No not a lightning bolt the shadow of a lightning bolt for it was all black a diseased stain on the surface of the Overworld It moved erratically zipped forward in one direc tion then abruptly turned and moved in another Like a hound sniffing after a wild rabbit the jagged shadow shot about the plain stalking something In a second it had reached Baker and touched his foot Instantly the NPC yelled out in pain as black shafts of something stabbed at his foot Baker are you alright Crafter asked The dark stain seemed to hear Crafter’s voice It moved away from Baker and headed toward the young NPC Herder stepped in front of his friend and looked down at the shadowy presence When it touched the tip of the lanky boy’s foot he jumped into the air like he’d stepped on burning coals Suddenly the jagged stain turned when it had found the scent of its prey and shot straight for Crafter As he took a step back Crafter felt an evil presence emanate from the jagged shadow hate ful spite rose from it like steam from a boiling pot Turning to run away Crafter took a single step but