The Quest for the Diamond Sword: An Unofficial Gamer's Adventure, Book One
4 day and night This way he could be sure that zombies wouldn’t spawn in his village As Eliot the blacksmith mentioned Steve had also built an Iron Golem to pro tect them He placed iron blocks and a pumpkin on the ground and watched as the tough mighty beast got to its feet As Steve watched the monstrous stone creature lumber toward the village he was sure it would be able to keep him and his villager friends safe from zombies and other mobs When he wasn’t protecting his home from pred ators Steve spent his time making coal out of wood He traded the coal with Eliot the blacksmith for pick axes which he used for mining He also traded his wheat for cookies from John the village farmer When he mined for gold he usually traded it for books with Avery the librarian Between the villagers and the farm he had all his needs provided for and a safe place to sleep every night He loved coming back to the farm and hearing Snuggles meow as the ocelot relaxed in the greenery When night began to fall Steve immediately got into his wool bed Nighttime was the most vulnerable time as the sun sank in the sky the shadows grew and the well-lit areas became darker until Steve’s village was the only place bright enough that the mobs wouldn’t spawn there But outside the walls he could always hear the zombies groaning and the strange skittering sounds of spiders If you weren’t in your bed when night fell you were pretty much an open target but a well-built bed would keep you safe until daybreak When dusk The Quest for the Diamond Sword
Life on the Farm 5 approached Steve was always safely in his bed at the farm Once Steve saw a tall dark Enderman with a pur ple aura when he was out at dusk but he knew not to stare He safely made his escape and learned his lesson When the lights began to dim it was time to go home There was no reason to take chances But that night as Steve slept in the comfort of his bed he heard strange noises coming from the village The villagers were in trouble and as Steve listened to the groans and the sound of wood breaking he knew it could only be one thing a zombie attack He tried to convince himself that he was just hearing things and they were fine But the noises wouldn’t stop He imag ined going into town and seeing the villagers turned into zombies and he grabbed his clock to see how much time he had before morning It was still so early Steve clutched his clock tightly wondering if he could wait until morning But as he felt the clock tick in his hands and heard the villagers cries Steve knew he had to help right away And since Eliot knew that Steve had the armor he was probably waiting helplessly for Steve to attack the zombies The other villagers were also Steve’s good friends He liked villagers better than other explorers like him because they couldn’t be griefers and couldn’t harm him They had jobs and lived and worked together in the village growing their crops and making useful things to trade They followed predictable routines and never strayed far from home but they helped one an other and never caused any havoc in his life Griefers
6 were wanderers who spent their time playing pranks on other explorers and generally making trouble They in tentionally did bad things to other people to steal more stuff for themselves There were some griefers who just picked on folks because they thought it was fun and they liked tricking people They’d use TNT to destroy a house or lie and say they needed help and then at tack Steve didn’t want to lose his house or his stuff to any griefers so he was careful not to trust anyone but his villager friends And now zombies were attacking them Steve had to help He tried to convince himself that the Iron Golem could handle the zombies but the desperate cries from the villagers meant the Golem wasn’t powerful enough to defeat the zombies on its own Or even worse something had happened to the stone creature Steve thought of Avery and the books he had gotten from her He could imagine a zombie overpowering her as she raced through the streets in her flowing white robe He wondered if the zombies were destroying John the farmer’s crops He imagined Eliot trying to hide in his blacksmith shop from the vicious monsters The cries grew louder and the images of his friends being attacked by zombies swirled around in his pan icked mind Steve knew he had to help them If he didn’t do something heroic soon he would be a no good coward who let the village get destroyed Although it defied all of his instincts to avoid danger Steve threw off his covers and got out of bed He checked the room for spiders and creepers then went to his chest to get The Quest for the Diamond Sword
Life on the Farm 7 ready For the first time he suited up in all the armor he had made which he loved having but never thought he’d use Luckily Steve had a well-stocked invento ry since he never battled he just collected armor of swords and other tools to protect himself He took out his compass iron sword bow and arrows from his in ventory Then he paused and grabbed his special gold sword just in case he needed it His hands shook His heart raced He was scared It was the moment Steve had always feared and now he was living it
