6 Is that the best you’ve got Frida called Out of the spruce tree shade stepped a squat griefer with a large nose and three skinny legs You know of our secret handshake said Legs You may cross the boundary Luck Blowing up creepers was how this bunch said hello Simply by choosing the right weapon Frida had gained valuable information She moved forward past the burned spot on the ground left by the exploding mobster It was all she could do not to draw her sword on Legs the scum who had threatened her friends and innocent villagers so many times in the past But a lit tle restraint now would give her access to many more of Lady Craven’s minions Suddenly baby zombies surrounded her grabbing at her clothing and all but holding her hostage with their stench Among the zombies only the babies wouldn’t burn up in the day’s fading sunlight Frida balled up her fists as the tiny monsters reached out and immobilized her Not the kind of restraint I had in mind she thought Capture was a necessary part of Frida’s plan so she played along with Legs Please let me go I’m a griefer just like you The last tsunami destroyed our island base and scattered our numbers That may be Legs said Why should we accept you Nancy Osa
7 Frida struggled with the stinking baby zombies but let them hang on to her I’ve heard of your cause I hate all those villagers running around loose like they own the world I want to join up with your operation and finish them off once and for all Legs sized her up then waved a hand at the zom bies who let her go This way he said and led her into the gloom beneath the spruce trees Before Frida’s eyes could focus she heard the char acteristic jittering and twanging of skeletons fiddling with their bowstrings She tried not to flinch Any weakness on her part might cause them to fall on her like a pack of undead dogs Okay said Legs We’ll hear you out stranger Then decide whether you live or die He tossed some spider string to another human his face as craggy as the foothills and motioned for him to tie Frida up Make it tight Dingo That way she can’t reach her inventory The sharp featured underling lashed Frida’s wrists together and then panted as he went to work on her ankles Drool fell from his slack lips onto Frida’s bare skin and she cringed Somewhere behind her the skeletons shifted their bones waiting for a command Frida took a deep breath and launched into her made up story MI 6 made a perfect retreat for our griefer ring after attacking villages We’d get plenty of Battalion Banished
8 loot by burning out towns and then floating the stuff out to the island by boat So what’s not to like Legs asked Wasn’t enough The villagers would just rebuild and we’d have to reattack We wanted to see griefers control all of the Overworld riches for good Dingo grunted Legs stroked his chin It does seem to be an end less task But Lady Craven has a system now I’m sure you can use another hand Frida said So here I am ready to help take back the biomes from the peasants The people with the most power should rule them Legs rewarded her solidarity by releasing her We need someone like you to oversee the zombies on the western boundary You’re on probation Drift Handle your first assignment and we might move you up to skeleton duty He tossed her a medallion that would identify her as one of them a gold pendant in the shape of the initials LC which she hung around her neck The job entailed steering the enchanted adult and baby zombies to the border at nightfall where they could attack unsuspecting tourists and then back to a cavern beyond the spruce trees in the morning It seemed easy enough but organizing the wayward zombies was like herding cats Legs had Dingo show Nancy Osa
9 Frida the ropes and supervise her work until she got the hang of it A few days later they left her to the task and went to burn a village on the other side of the hills where Lady Craven was waiting Don’t try anything Some body will be watching you Do your job Drift and we’ll save you some plunder Legs called merrily over his shoulder This was the opportunity Frida had anticipated That night she followed her zombie pack to the plains boundary where she had hidden most of her inventory before meeting the griefers The enchant ment kept the mobs from considering her a threat so she had no trouble leading them into a blind can yon She rolled a large boulder in front of its narrow opening and left the zombies there moaning where no one could hear them Then she retrieved her spare supplies and set about rigging trip wires and placing TNT charges by the light of the moon After completing the task she prepared to head for the rendezvous point to wait till daybreak and signal her battalion Just then though an unfamiliar griefer in a baseball cap skirted the cliffside his gang medal lion swinging like a pendulum Seeing him coming around the rock wall that hid her zombies from view Frida hurried toward him hoping he wouldn’t hear the intermittent groans Battalion Banished
