Saving Crafter: Herobrine Reborn Book One: A Gameknight999 Adventure: An Unofficial Minecrafter’s Adventure
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
8 MARK CHEVERTON the shadowy form had found its target It jolted for ward with lightning speed enveloping the ground under the young NPC’s feet Crafter screamed out in agony as the shadow of evil attacked him from the ground Dark shapes shot from the diseased patch like shadowy jag ged blades They stabbed at Crafter over and over again causing his body to flash red signifying the consumption of his HP Hunter ran to Crafter’s side and shot an arrow into the shadowy stain but the barbed projectile just sank into the sandy ground having done nothing Crafter moaned as he fell to the ground Drop ping her bow Hunter caught the young boy She held him above the ground and away from the darkness It tried to reach Crafter slicing the air with slivers of darkness but could not Hunter jumped from here to there playing a deadly game of keep-away As she held her friend high over her head the shadow of evil evaporated leaving behind a scarred patch of ground where it had killed the grass and flowers Eventually satisfied the threat was gone she slowly lowered him to the ground Crafter are you alright she said softly NPCs ran out of the village gates to help their leader A group of horsemen rode quickly across the bridge that spanned the moat and streaked past their fallen leader Taking up defensive posi tion the cavalry readied themselves for battle in case the zombies were preparing an attack Hun ter Crafter said weakly She looked down at him and could see that his skin was pale He was cold to the touch His nor mally bright blue eyes were dim and faded as if the
SAVING CRAFTER 9 life had been sucked out of them A worried look came across her face Crafter are you OK He shook his head slightly then tried to speak but he was too weak to be heard What was that she asked in a low voice He shook his head again Leaning down Hunter brought her ear to Crafter’s lips His voice was so weak Terrified thoughts of Crafter dying shot through her mind and chilled her to the bone Taking a strained breath Crafter tried to speak again Bring Gameknight99 And then he fell unconscious his breathing labored What did he say Digger asked Looking up Hunter was surprised She hadn’t noticed the big NPC next to her He said to bring him she said It must be serious rest Standing she scooped the young NPC into her arms and handed him to Digger Take him to Healer she said I will handle the You should take others with you Digger said motioning for the cavalry to approach No I can move faster alone she said and asked for two of the warriors to dismount Jumping into the saddle she took the lead to the second horse Turning she looked down at Digger Take care of him I’ll be back as quickly as I can We will do what is needed I know you will She then turned her horse pointed toward the dark forest and patted the
