Invasion of the Overworld: Book One in the Gameknight999 Series
xii MARk chEVERTon My son and I are still playing Minecraft together and have built structures that appear in Battle for the Nether the next book in the Gameknight999 series Looking ahead I’ve nearly finished writing book three Confronting the Dragon which follows Gameknight and his friends into The End In addi tion a fourth book Trouble in Zombie-town has been started and will see Gameknight999 facing a new Minecraft villain Thank you to all the people who have emailed me through my website www markcheverton com I appreciate all the kind comments from both kids and parents I try to reply to every email I receive but apologize if I’ve missed anyone Look for Gameknight999 and Monkeypants271 out there on the servers Keep reading be nice and watch out for creepers Mark Cheverton
chAPTER 1 GAMEkniGhT’S GAME T he gigantic spider approached his hiding place slowly methodically its multiple red eyes burning like angry coals at the heart of a smoldering fire Gameknight999 knew it was coming but was not afraid his iron armor would protect him In fact he wanted the spider to come closer hoping he had the timing just right Clicking sounds from the spider floated through the forest trees and reached his ears getting louder as it neared Then there were more sounds from its companion two spiders were now tracking him Leaning out to look around the trunk of the gnarled tree he took a quick glance seeing the arachnid pair searching for him the monsters peering into dark hollows and leafy shrubs Moving back behind the tree Gameknight pulled out a torch and placed it on the ground the yellow light casting a warm circle of illumination that would be seen by other users After a few seconds he dug up the torch with his diamond pickaxe and put it back into his inventory That should hopefully attract some attention he thought to himself
2 MARk chEVERTon Drawing his sword Gameknight started to run out into the open The two spiders upon seeing him gave chase and now the sound of a dim-witted zombie added to the voices of pursuit Sprinting as fast as he could Gameknight ran around trees and over hills making sure that his angry friends were still close behind the hounds still chasing the fox Then he saw his prey in the distance two of his own teammates were closing in on his position Gameknight smiled in anticipation Hey Dreadlord24 Salz I’m over here Game knight typed into chat his message broadcast to everyone on the server I need help We’re coming typed Dreadlord Gameknight looked back and slowed letting the monsters close the distance a little the chatter from the spiders getting louder Looking ahead he could see that his teammates were right where he wanted them to be Stay there I’ll come to you Gameknight typed Continuing onward he headed for his two un suspecting saviors sprinting in a wide zigzag pat tern to give the zombie a chance to catch up he needed all three of the monsters together for this troll to work Once the zombie and spiders had caught up Gameknight ran toward his compan ions They were standing atop a hill devoid of trees with the thick forest surrounding them on all sides It kinda reminded him of his teacher Mr Jameson his bald head poking out from a ring of hair at the sides Moan click-click-click The monsters were getting a little too close he had to pay attention or he’d spoil this troll Fo cusing on the here and now he sprinted up the
inVASion of ThE oVERwoRlD 3 hill drawing the monsters with him their hunger for destruction keeping them following obediently Cresting the hill Gameknight met his two team mates at the top and then kept running the raven ous beasts still in tow Gameknight where are you going Salz asked confusion clearly voiced in his message I thought you needed help I was wrong typed Gameknight it was you who needed help Just then the monsters burst out of the trees and reached the top of the hill instantly falling on the two players The spiders both attacked Dread lord while the zombie slashed out at Salz These two players were relative noobs with only leath er armor and stone weapons their lack of experi ence and foolish trust in Gameknight999 leading to their downfall Black furry spider legs slashed out at Dreadlord quickly shredding his armor their clicking getting louder as they attacked It al most sounded as if the creatures were excited at the thought of a kill At the same time the green arms of the zombie struck out at Salz hammer ing him with devastating blows Dreadlord’s armor failed first followed by his HP health points drop ping quickly to zero Then he disappeared with a pop his inventory left to bob and float above the ground Their need for destruction not sated the spiders then turned their burning eyes onto Salz Still battling with the zombie he never saw the spi ders jump on him from behind His HP went to zero quickly Gameknight stopped to watch the battle laughing behind his computer screen a feeling of malicious satisfaction flowing over him He loved trolling people even his own teammates
