by Mark Mulle
faith much worse than what you would have if you had actually acted like a leader and remained with your men.” Micah said, while slowly approaching Jake.
“Micah, we have other things to focus on. We need to get out of here!” I said.
“Mike’s right. How are we going to get out of here? This is a dead end!”
But Micah paid no attention to what Jerry and I were saying.
It was then that I noticed the wooden chests that were inside the room, chests that weren’t previously there the night that we slept there. I instinctively started rummaging through the chests. I managed to find some strange items inside: a trap door, three buckets of water, some arrows and a bow. I took all of them and placed them in my inventory. And at that moment I got an idea.
“Micah, Jerry, grab one of these!” I said, throwing two buckets of water onto the ground.
“What?” Jerry asked.
“I think I know what he’s thinking. Do it!” said Micah.
Both of them each took one of the buckets.
Jake stood there, looking at us.
I then equipped my iron axe and chopped a hole in the floor. Then I poured the water down the hole and looked up at Jerry and Micah.
Both of them understood what I was doing and did the same.
At that moment, Zeke and two of his men walked into the room.
“Nowhere to run, Micah. It seems that your little reunion is about to end.”
“Not really…” I said.
But right then and there, one of Zeke’s guys looked at the lever that was next to the door, the same lever next to which Jake stood when he confronted us before he made us give up the compass, the lever that made the floor open up. The guy looked at the lever for a second and then he pulled it.
A second later, the floor started moving and the blocks started going away. But that second was enough for Micah, Jerry and I to jump into the streams of water that we had poured previously.
The fall was pretty gentle and within seconds, the water carried us safely to the forest down below.
Jake, on the other hand, wasn’t that fortunate.
When we reached the forest floor, we saw the golden compass on the ground, along with Jake’s other possessions that he had in his inventory.
We wasted no time. Micah grabbed the golden compass and we immediately ran off into the woods.
“That was a close one…” I said while running.
About the Author
Mark Mulle is a passionate Minecraft gamer who writes game guides, short stories, and novels about the Minecraft universe. He has been exploring, building, and fighting in the game ever since its launch, and he often uses in-game experiences for inspiration on creating the best fiction for fellow fans of the game. He works as a professional writer and splits his time between gaming, reading, and storytelling, three hobbies and lifelong passions that he attributes to a love of roleplaying, a pursuit of challenging new perspectives, and a visceral enjoyment the vast worlds that imagination has to offer. His favorite thing to do, after a long day of creating worlds both on and off the online gaming community, is to relax with his dog, Herobrine, and to unwind with a good book. His favorite authors include Stephen King, Richard A. Knaak, George R. R. Martin, and R. A. Salvatore, whose fantasy works he grew up reading or is currently reading. Just like in Minecraft, Mark always strives to level up, so to speak, so that he can improve his skills and continue to surprise his audience. He prefers to play massive multiplayer online games but often spends time in those games fighting monsters one on one and going solo against the toughest mobs and bosses he can manage to topple. In every game, his signature character build is a male who focuses mostly on crafting weapons and enchanting, and in every battle, he always brings a one hander sword and a shield with as much magical attributes as he can pour into them. Because he always plays alone, he likes to use his game guides to share all the secrets and knowledge he gains, and who know—he may have snuck some information into his fiction as well. Keep an eye out for his next book!
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Other Books in The Dragon’s Mountain Trilogy
Book Two: The Hidden Village
Book Three: The White Mobs
The Legend: The Mystery of Herobrine Trilogy
Book One: The Start of the Quest
Book Two: The Truth about the Myth
Book Three: Herobrine versus the World
The Quest: The Untold Story of Steve Trilogy
Book One: The Tale of a Hero
Book Two: The Unfinished Game
Book Three: The Endings and Beginnings of a Legend
The Obsidian Chronicles Trilogy
The Obsidian Chronicles, Book One: Ender Rain
The Obsidian Chronicles, Book Two: Hell and Back
The Obsidian Chronicles, Book Three: Of Dragons and Demons
The Cult Trilogy
The Cult, Part One
The Cult, Part Two
The Cult, Part Three
The Doppelganger Trilogy
The Doppelganger, Book One: Steve’s Chance
The Doppelganger, Book Two: Steve vs. Herobrine
The Doppelganger, Book Three: The Ender Dragon Reborn
The Temple of Destruction Trilogy
Book One: The Lost Treasures
Book Two: The Curse
Book Three: Notch versus Herobrine