The Skeletons Strike Back: An Unofficial Gamer's Adventure, Book Five
4 Henry and Max charged toward the creeper herding it toward some trees Max took out his bow and arrow and aimed for the black-eyed mob Tick Tick Tick Boom The creeper exploded destroying a nearby tree Max walked toward the charred tree and picked up the logs I think we can make at least two axes from this wood Do you guys spot any other creepers asked Lucy Max placed a torch using the light to search for creepers in the distance No I don’t see anything at all Watch out Henry screamed to the group Zom bies A group of green-eyed zombies slowly walked toward the entrance to Steve’s house Oh no Steve cried out They are ripping my door off the hinges A zombie banged the door until it fell as two other zombies followed him into Steve’s house It looks like we’re going to need more wood said Max No way I’m building an iron door next time I only used wood because we didn’t have many resources after Thomas destroyed my house We have to stop those zom bies Steve hastened toward his home This is what happens when you go out at night said Lucy as she followed closely behind Steve It wasn’t my idea Steve defended himself The Skeletons Strike Back
Keep Off the Grass 5 The group could see the zombies walking through Steve’s house They were searching for victims but the house was empty The zombies walked out of the house Max shot an arrow at one striking it The zombie was hit but still alive Steve barreled at the zombies with his diamond sword and hit the weakened zombie and destroyed it Lucy Henry and Max took out their diamond swords and began to battle the zombies Henry whacked a zombie with his sword Max and Lucy cornered another zombie and destroyed it with their swords The zombie attack was over How are we going to sleep in a house without a door asked Steve as he walked through his house inspecting the damage the living dead creatures caused to his beloved home It looks like the only serious damage they caused was to your door Lucy remarked looking around Steve’s living room His walls were adorned with emerald designs That’s a huge problem said Steve Look at what’s crawling past the door right now The group turned to see four pairs of red eyes staring at them from the doorway Spiders Henry raced out the door and struck the first spider with great force instantly clobbering the arachnid Max Lucy and Steve hit the spiders with their swords
6 It’s going to be a long night Steve remarked as he picked up the spider eyes that dropped on the ground Great spider eyes said Lucy we can use these for brewing potions Henry stood by the door and watched for hostile mobs Don’t worry he told them it’s almost dawn and soon the hostile mobs will be gone Steve was tired but he knew it was too late to get more than a little sleep You’re right Steve said maybe that’s the last of the hostile mobs Max lit a torch and placed it on Steve’s wall as the gang looked out the window ready to pounce on any hostile mobs that approached the house It looks like the night is calm Henry said Maybe we should try to get some sleep If you guys want I can keep watch at the door until morning I’m not that tired Steve was relieved He was exhausted Thanks he said gratefully and looked at Henry with tired eyes As Steve Lucy and Max made their way toward their beds a voice cried from the distance Help me the familiar voice called out Oh no That’s Kyra Lucy said and the group hus tled to Kyra’s house The Skeletons Strike Back
2 fenceS make Good neiGhBorS The group raced to help Kyra When they reached her house Kyra was dressed in armor and in the middle of an intense battle with two spider jockeys Two spider jockeys I didn’t even know that could happen Henry was worried about Kyra but also impressed by this rare find Kyra had been struck by the skeleton’s arrow and was barely able to lift her sword as the skeleton riding a spider lunged toward her The spider was inches from Kyra’s arm when Steve struck the arachnid with his diamond sword Max shot an arrow at the skeleton obliterating it Henry and Lucy fought the other spider jockey Lucy tried to strike the skeleton with her diamond sword while avoiding the sea of arrows the skeleton flung in her direction Henry hit 7
