Creature of the Void, why are you here?
Bobby spoke with a powerful voice, that felt primordial.
I looked at him again just to be sure he was Bobby and not someone that looked like him. But when leaned on the side of my improvised wall I saw that Bobby didn't look at me, instead his eyes were somewhere on my left.
Suddenly he looked to my right, then somewhere behind my tower, and finally back to my left.
It was like he followed someone who traveled at great speeds or was teleporting.
I don't recognize any monsters that are capable of doing that, but I do have a suspicion as to who could this invisible monster be.
The three-block monster that I saw with the help of one bell.
I've been so distracted with my plans on getting Bobby back that I completely forgot about the monster that was following us on the hunt for the Witch.
In the beginning, I was worried that it would harm Froggy and his team but looks like it followed me here.
That's reassuring and horrifying to know, why it followed me, for how long did this happen, and what's its purpose?
At least I know it doesn't want to hurt me if I'm still alive.
It seems like it doesn't want to be seen. What a strange creature, it brings back some unpleasant memories.
"Bobby is that you?"
Finally, Bobby looked at me with his empty eyes.
Yes, the test subject or Trader as this body remembers it. Interesting that I can't see your true name, I wonder how that happened. Unfortunately, you can't save your friend while I'm here, no amount of golden apples can take me out. Give up and join my ranks incomplete one.
I feel like I just learned something important about me but I didn't know the full picture.
What's worse, it's that saving Bobby is now more difficult than ever.
Whatever the Zombie Lord did to Bobby it's way different than the other smart zombies. Someone else took over Bobby's body, and it was powerful.
"Sorry stranger, but I'll take my friend back no questions asked."
I then shoot fireworks at my friend who raised his shield to block them.
Unfortunately, my weapons are great at working around such great defense, so when the fireworks exploded he was knocked back a few blocks.
The golems were moving once again, but this time, it was more organized, one of them stood on his knees while someone else climbed on his back, and the others soon followed him.
Since when are they so smart?
I couldn't just stand here and wait for them to slowly kill me, I had to do something different, and it had to be fast.
I shot one more row of fireworks toward the climbing golems before starting to bridge over to Bobby.
Just before I jumped down I drank two potions and shot another row of fireworks but this time at Bobby.
He jumped towards me to dodge the death missiles, then another roll to the side making me miss my swing with the diamond sword.
Interesting weapon, I've never seen anyone using it like that, but it's all futile, even in my weakened form you can't kill me, I only have to wait for my minion to finish with the hero and you'll be dead as well.
"I wouldn't count on that!"
I swing my sword with force trying to move the fight as far as possible from the golems.
This Bobby was a lot worse at swinging his sword than the old one, actually, he seemed to struggle to make any complicated maneuvers most of the time.
Whatever is possessing Bobby right now is not used to fighting in a bipedal form, which was a weird sight to see.
I kept slashing, but most of them were blocked by his powerful armor, and whenever I did land a hit, his regeneration was more powerful than normal.
Soon the golems were almost here, so I had to move to my next plan.
I took some lava buckets from my inventory and placed them on the golem's path. Since they were in a hurry to get here, some of them were pushed into lava, and while they didn't catch on fire their arms and legs melted, making them incapable of fighting anymore.
But they were golems, they didn't feel any pain, so with their arms or heads, they tried to get to me around the lava.
I knew this wouldn't stop them for good, so I took another dangerous item from my inventory and placed it down.
It was a big bright red TNT block, and I lit it up.
Soon it started to pulsate white light, but I didn't let it explode In front of me, as I picked it up and threw it at the upcoming golems.
*BOOM!
It exploded as it hit the ground, and the golems were knocked back some even in the lava which destroyed them for good.
Everyone was too shocked at what just happened and froze.
Has anyone ever told you that you're a madman?
For some reason the fact that my enemy acknowledged me made me feel good, but the only response I gave was another slash which hit its target.
Aren't you afraid you're going to kill your friend?
"I'm sure Bobby would rather die than help you hurt more people!"
I then threw a potion at him, which successfully landed.
It was a weakness potion.
Weakness? From this body's memories, it's one of the ingredients for the cure. I told you it won't work, no matter how many apples I eat, give up and join my army, you are more worthy than anyone I've ever encountered.
"Sorry I don't like to work for others, they tend to kill me after a while."
I slashed one more time.
As Bobby was ready to attack me once again, a huge explosion appeared behind me.
Blocks of dirt and stone started to fly all over the place, leaving behind a huge crater and heavy smoke.
Ahhhhh, what have you done!?
Bobby held on to his head in pain and screamed his lungs out. He was on the ground flopping all over the place.
Looks like the Zombie Lord and Bobby were more connected than I thought, the monster's death must have given him a lot of pain.
But I didn't waste this chance as I took out an apple from my inventory and force-feeded him.
What is happening? How is that possible? A mare golden Apple shouldn't be powerful enough to defeat me!
"You're right, but even you are not powerful enough to defeat a God Apple."
That's right, what I fed Bobby wasn't a normal golden Apple, instead, it was a God Apple from the Royal Vault, Merry had one as well as a last-ditch item, but those two were the only ones I found, showing how truly rare they are.
No, I finally managed to get to this world, I could've destroyed it for what it did to me, nooo-
Then black smoke got out of Bobby through his eyes and mouth leaving an unconscious body behind.
The golems stopped, and they're red eyes we're back to normal now looking at Bobby and waiting for the next order.
The fight was finally over, and we won.
"You've done a great job, Merry, I hope you survived as well."
I then picked up Bobby and went to look for Merry at our meeting place.
POV: Merry Paper
After I took the speed potion, I quickly ran toward the big staircase going into the ground where the trap was laid.
It leads to a five-block tall and three-block wide tunnel that was made in a hurry for this trap.
I heard a loud boom behind me right as I was on the first step, the Zombie Lord caught up with me, but I didn't even look back just kept running deeper into the ground.
"Why are you running Hero? I thought you wanted to fight."
I didn't stop to give him an answer, instead, I kept running, the staircase was finished which left only a long tunnel.
Another loud bang was behind me, this time much closer, then a strong punch pushed me from behind.
The only reason my spine was still in one piece was because of the powerful diamond armor.
How was he so strong?
Last time I could easily block it. Did he get another power-up?
I was confused and in pain, but I still got up and continued to run along the long tunnel, at least he wouldn't be able to jump on top of me.
"Interesting, why would you lead me through such a narrow tunnel, do you think I won't be able to kill you when I can't swing at full force?"
That was the last thing I heard before turning the corner.
I was almost there.
Heavy steps were quickly getting closer, and finally, I arrived in a big room all made with obsidian.
And all over the room, there were weird floating glass cubes, ready to take my life at any moment.
I was terrified to be in this room, more than actually facing the Zombie Lord, I've seen what the explosion of Crystals is capable of, and I don't dare to doubt Traders knowledge anymore.
The Zombie Lord arrived soon after, but once he saw me stay in one place he stopped and looked around with suspicion, careful with each step he took.
"So this is why I couldn't see the room with my Void vision, it was all blocked by obsidian blocks. But why would you bring me here?"
He stopped and looked intensely at me with his black eyes, I felt like I could hide nothing from him.
"Something is not right, I feel danger in that room, something that can even kill me. I have to leave."
I don't know how but he knows this room is dangerous for him, luckily Trader thought that he would try to escape, so he prepared for this.
I pressed a button that was not too far away from me, a piston was pushed, and countless sounds of wood breaking traveled under the obsidian floor.
Then the tunnel was blocked by falling gravel.
The Zombie Lord turned around in surprise and punched the wall of gravel, some of them got broken but were soon replaced by others, and after the first layer, there were more that blocked the exit.
Before he started to punch again, lava fell from the dispensers on the ceiling which made him quickly enter the room I was in.
Now he was truly trapped together with me, and his eyes were running all over the room trying to understand what was happening.
He stopped and looked at one crystal for a few seconds, then his eyes were raised in shock.
"What is this?! The Void Is screaming in pain and anger, how could you mortals create something like this?"
"Sorry monster, but that's a trade secret."
I took out my crossbow and pressed with my foot a wooden button on my right, hoping that the system was working as intended.
"I'll kill you before you blow us up!"
He jumped towards me and I shot my three fireworks.
"Not today Bitch!"
Suddenly I felt my stomach being pulled and then everything went black for a second.
When I could see again I was surrounded by trees, right where me and Trader put our Pearl stations.
Not too late after I heard a huge explosion that made the ground tremble, then I saw broken blocks of dirt and stone that landed all over the poor trees.
It was finally over, I defeated the demon Lord, I truly I'm the hero!
Something in me felt like it clicked like my life purpose was accomplished, a wave of euphoria washed over me, and felt like I was floating.
Then I looked around me and realized that I was actually floating, and for some reason, I started to glow more and more.
The light got so powerful that I could see anyone, and then I felt teleported once again.
I was now in a white plane, the floor was white, the sky was white and even I was glowing with power.
But my attention was suddenly grabbed by a glowing figure with wings slowly getting bigger in from of me.
It stopped at ten blocks high, and the cubic angel opened its eyes.
They were made with pure gold and felt like I should get down on my knees and start praying.
Then the being spoke.
Welcome hero, I am the System.
And we are finally here, chapter 100!
Not only that but it's also the end of volumes 3, what a twist. As a way to celebrate this I decided to double release, thank you everyone for reading my story and love all the support.
Next chapter will arrive later then usual as I want to take a short brake, thank you for everything once again and have a great read:)
POV: Enderwoman
My human suddenly stopped his eyes on me which never happened before, then his eyes were wide with fear, and started to run towards the bell in the tall grass, but he didn't manage to get to it before I felt a force pulling him in the invisible space.
Once again he used parts of my people to teleport and I didn't appreciate it.
Fearing the worst would happen I teleported after the trail left behind. It took me a day to arrive at the castle with the noisy humans and I saw my human safe, angry but safe.
He ordered people to dig a tunnel that led to a room. Not everyone was working with pleasure as I usually see them do when my human ordered them, something was different, he didn't manage to befriend them like the others.
I kept my distance not being sure if I would be seen once again.
The tunnel was finished and the room was covered all over with obsidian blocks for some unknown reason.
Before my transformation, I couldn't teleport past those blocks, but now with my new form I was more powerful and I could bypass them with no problem.
After everyone left with the exception of my human that weird friend of his, I teleported into the room.
Just as I got in, I saw my human putting a block down that seemed very familiar to me.
I looked more intensely at the floating glass cube and was shocked once I realized what it was.
How did my human manage to get his hands on something like this, it was made by Father to help create us the Endermans. I've only seen one when I was little and its energy was as powerful as this.
I looked closer and realized that it wasn't the same as in my memory, this one was lighter in color, the glass cube was spinning more than I remembered, the final and biggest difference was the fact that it didn't have any enchanted language written all over it.
This feels like something made by the System, but it's too powerful for the System not to hide it like the others.
How did my human manage to get his hands on one, I looked at him hoping to hear an explanation, but to my surprise, he put more crystals down and kept his distance like it was about to explode.
Sure if it was hit with a powerful enough attack it would explode better than any existing TNT.
But this is not the purpose of those blocks, if used correctly they can greatly impact the life around them, unfortunately, only Father and the System know how to use them.
How ironic that one of the items that helped the war is used as a mare explosive.
I could only smile at this, my human truly knows how to make everything interesting.
Soon, the whole room was filled with those crystals, and even I was scared to stay here in case everything would blow off. I could guess the plan now, and I have to say, only a madman would think of something like this.
Luckily my human didn't choose to go on a suicide mission and decided to make an escape plan. I didn't like what it used for this escape, but I can't deny its effectiveness.
Another day passed, and now we were waiting for the final fight.
For some reason, the other humans didn't want to help my human, which annoyed me. I rather see a thousand humans die them mine to get hurt.
I fear that I'll have to intervene if things don't go to plan.
After a few hours, we heard loud footsteps getting closer, and soon beyond the trees a large figure appeared, it was green, with rotten flesh, eyes covered, and was taller than even me.
The Zombie Lord.
The last time when I saw him he had a great amount of Void within him, a lot more than I ever had.
But now that I look at him, I see that he isn't as powerful as the last time I saw him, he was about my level for some unknown reason.
Did the Hero actually manage to hurt him that badly in their last battle? I had to revaluate her if so, maybe she's not that boring after all.
After the huge Zombie, a group of smaller zombies appeared behind, then some iron golems that emitted a small aura of the Void, once again different than what I know.
But what trying shocked me was the friend of my human. His looks didn't change a lot, but he had the same amount of Void as I did, and it's impossible to hold that much power and not change your body.
Something was not right, this fight wasn't about the Zombie Lord anymore, instead, the new enemy was approaching.
The fight soon started, and from what I could tell my human and the Hero could hold on their own, so I didn't have to intervene.
As I thought, he was weaker than before, instead of continuing to fight he chose to send the army against his enemies.
The zombies were killed with ease which made me smile seeing my human win with overwhelming power, but the golems weren't as easy as the zombies.
The fight continued but my human was slowly winning it, then the Zombie Lord kneeled to the infected human and his powers were greater than before.
I knew this was borrowed power and it had a time limit on it, but still, his punches would hurt now.
Luckily he chose the Hero instead of my human, and they proceeded with the plan of trapping the huge zombie.
At least that's what I thought, because suddenly the infected human was looking right at me and started to speak.
Creature of the Void, why are you here?
His eyes were on me like I wasn't invisible anymore, I tried to teleport in different places and his eyes were always on me.
I felt fear for the first time, I felt a force more powerful and more ancient than even Father.
I had to run, otherwise I would be consumed.
Trees passed by me as I kept teleporting further and further away, after around a thousand blocks I finally felt safe and stopped to rest from using so much of my power.
Why was I afraid?
This is the first time I felt this, why did I abandon my human?!
My chest started to hurt, that was my human, and I would let him die without doing anything.
How dare I be such a coward?
I felt a great battle starting inside me.
On one side I was afraid beyond reason, my pearl trambled just thinking about that voice.
But another side of me was disgusted with the fact that I abandoned my human. What was the point of me living when my soul chose that human to be mine?
Fear was one thing, but that loss of my human would be beyond devastating for me.
I pushed my fears aside and started to teleport back to the battlefield, but this time in smaller sections.
Halfway there I heard a huge explosion, the trap did its job, but I didn't know how my human was holding.
I least I felt he wasn't dead.
I teleported over greater distances than before and soon I was back to see that my human actually managed to defeat the infected human on his own.
I felt great pride rising in my pearl. Look world, you tried to kill him but he managed to get on top. This is my human and there's nothing you can do to take him away from me.
Dark smoke started to rise from the infected human, I quickly teleported and absorbed the fleeing power, there was no reason to waste such a good opportunity.
I smiled as I felt my soul getting stronger.
POV: Merry Paper
Welcome hero, I am the System.
The light spoke with an angelic voice.
"H-hello?"
Was the only thing I could say in my shock.
I've always complained that the System didn't welcome me in this world properly, but I didn't expect to see it now.
Is it because I've defeated the Zombie Lord?
Do I get a reward now?
Hero, I'm proud to see you managed to defeat the great evil, you prevailed in this challenge even at great odds against you. Unfortunately, while the enemy is defeated, he's not dead.
I can't say that the victory is fully mine, most of the credit would go to my teacher Trader.
But what does it mean that the Zombie Lord is not dead?
I'm sure nothing can survive that explosion. It even blew up an obsidian room, and those are very hard to break through.
"W-what do you mean?"
I said with a trembling voice since my emotions were still a mess.
You've fought bravely on your first battle, and while you lost to him initially, you managed to force him to weaken himself to summon an unspeakable being. That time I thought the battle was over for good, but your teacher managed to surprise all of us with his trap. I would prefer if that item would never be used, it can bring great danger in the wrong hands.
Yes, those crystals were pretty dangerous but I can't force Trader not to use them anymore. I don't even know how to make those, if it wants to stop Trader, it has to speak with him for that.
But wait, this doesn't explain why the Zombie Lord is not dead.
"But you said the Zombie Lord is not dead."
Indeed, that monster wasn't born from the darkness like the others, instead, he was born from a block, a spawner block. If the block is not destroyed he will come back endlessly to infect that land, unfortunately, I don't know its location, only of its existence. But there's still hope, I've put a tracker in you to feel the monster's presence when he appears. When he does, find him and kill him for good.
What?!
That monster has unlimited lives?
That's cheating, I've only got three lives from what Trader told me. How can I even fight him now that he knows about the trap?
"How long would it take for him to come back?"
A week should be normal, but you've managed to weaken him so much with this battle that it would take him a few months to respawn. Train more, and prepare for one final battle to defeat him once and for all!
I felt like the angel was trying to encourage me with a final speech, but all the emotions were mimicked by someone who only saw emotions, not understand them.
"But I only managed to beat him because of the trap, I'm sure he'll be worried about me now and won't fall for it a second time. Don't I have a special power to stand a chance, like infinite lives?"
No
"What about a weapon that can kill him in one shoot?"
Such a weapon would be too powerful for this world, and nations would rather kill you for it than help you defeat the monster.
It was worth a shot, but maybe it's not a lost cause.
"What if only I can use it, and it's powerful against zombies only?"
This made the angel think for a little, and surprisingly it accepted the deal.
I shall give you such weapon, anything else hero?
A blinding light appeared in front of me and took the shape of an iron sword.
It was enchanted, but unfortunately, I couldn't see the enchantments in this realm, I'll have to look at its stats once I'm back.
With a good weapon in my inventory, I started to think of any other questions I could ask the almighty system.
But like I was at an exam, no answers came up to me.
What should I do, I can't just waste this opportunity to get some information, I started to think about the books that I read and one thing popped into my head.
"What's my reward once I kill the Zombie Lord for good?"
The angel looked at me with its golden eyes for a minute, which made me worried that I somehow stepped over a line.
You shall be rewarded with two items of your choosing that you can take back to your old world.
Wait, I'm going to be sent back once this is all over?
I don't want to do that!
Sure this is not the fantasy world I expected, but it's way better than my old world.
My shoulders aren't stiff from my breasts, I don't get any periods in this world and I'm actually as strong as a man.
But the most important thing of them all is that I'm someone special here. I can't just go back to being a regular person once this is all over.
I refuse to be another cog in the machine on my home planet!
"You don't need to worry about that, I can live a comfortable life here!"
The angel looked at me intensely once more, before giving me an answer.
We shall see if you have the same opinion once the mission is done. Goodbye hero, and good luck on your journey!
Before I could say anything else I was thrown out of the light plane of existence. I was surrounded by darkness once again before appearing in the real world.
It was the exact place I was before, with the only difference being that the moon was out instead of the sun.
"That conversation took longer than I thought. I hope I wasn't gone for too long."
With this I quickly went towards the castle, the mission was not over yet.
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