Chapter 7-The Gauntlet of The Anima Mundi
Reaching the end of the hazardous hallway, BladeRend crosses the magic gateway placed at the end. BladeRend was now found on the Grove fields of the Spirit Grove. Back on the yellow-green grass of the Grove, BladeRend glances around for the next trial and he notices a pedestal on the nearby hill and approaches it. Nearing the pedestal, he finds a white glowing orb resting on top of the golden pedestal and went forth to investigate. The orb that rests on top of the pedestal was producing magical aura and BladeRend knew he had to summon the Eye of the Gods to check it. It had magic words on it saying, 'touch it.' BladeRend without thinking places his right hand on it. Suddenly, his head jerks up and mind messages surge through his mind. 'You have reached the end of the puzzle trials now comes the Gauntlet, press the button at the back of the pedestal once you are ready.' As the messages came to an end, he lets go of the orb and went ahead to press the button as instructed. Upon pressing the button, his vision went blank for seconds before it returned but he was teleported to a strange area. The place was superflat, the floor was all made of ender portal frames and suddenly a voice echo out of nowhere. 'BladeRend, this is the chance to prove yourself worthy of my powers.'
BladeRend: 'Anima Mundi! Show yourself!' he shouts as he looks around him.
'Do not be so agitated young one. Your hyper speed alone will not be enough to kill Rhatous. You came for power and if you prove yourself in this series of combat trials, you are worthy of receiving my powers.'
BladeRend: 'Alright I am ready when you are!'
'Very well, let the Gauntlet begin.'
The first wave was a group of 10 skeletons and zombies, there were 5 charged creepers. The undead were armed with enchanted bows and swords, protected by enchanted armor.
'Do not attack the creepers, kill all the undead and they will die, if any explode then you restart.'
BladeRend: 'Wow that's even harder than I thought for the first round.'
BladeRend whips out Night's Edge and charges at the undead, avoiding any creepers. He sliced and diced at the zombies, the arrows shot from the skeletons were blocked by the flat side of his blade. He pierces the blade hard into the ground knocking back the zombies that were surrounding him and shoots simultaneous bolts of lightning at some skeletons. But suddenly, 'SSSSSssss'. BladeRend quickly flies straight up, his wings burst out and he soared 20 blocks high. The creeper behind him could not detonate, lucky for BladeRend.
BladeRend: 'This really isn't easy at all!' he exclaims as he landed further away from all the mobs.
BladeRend: 'Let's see if can stop this one.' He hands charged up with green energy, and was about to aim at the mobs, but realized the creepers were in the way.
BladeRend: 'What now? I'm stuck.' Then, an idea struck him.
BladeRend lands down, in front of all the mobs and calls out, 'Hey over here!' all the mobs approached him and as the 5 creepers neared him, in a flash of lightning, he appears at the back of the horde 'No over here!' and slams his blade hard on the ground with an explosion, knocks out all the skeletons. The zombies went after him and BladeRend lashes out a forked lightning and penetrates the zombies' armor, spilling their blood all over. The creepers upon the last mobs' death, explodes…into a bloody stain. All the blood they had in them burst into the surrounding. It was done.
BladeRend: 'There Anima Mundi, I've completed your challenge what's next?'
The same voice returns, 'Very good. I see that you are truly a powerful warrior. No wonder many gods look up to you.'
BladeRend hated to brag and show off so he was waiting for instructions.
'Next wave is Endermen and blazes. These endermen can only be killed with a shot by these blazes. And the blazes can only be killed once an enderman dies'
As 5 endermen and blazes appeared from the smoke. BladeRend, with his already unsheathed blade get into the stance he used to fight. Starting off with a lightning bolt at each blaze, they were all now in pursuit of the prince as he runs toward the endermen. One of the blazes shoots a fireball and the boy ducks and hits the first enderman ahead of him, exploding him into purple ender blood. One down four to go. The blaze that shot the enderman, suffers the creepers' fate, exploding all its fiery blood in it into a bloody mess. Then BladeRend glares at 2 enderman nearby, his act aggrevated them as they teleported at him, while all the blazes still going after him shot fire balls at him, BladeRend flies straight up and the fire balls hit the endermen's heads off. Purple ender blood fountains off their throats as 2 blazes dies from their heads being forcefully ripped out from an invisible force. The remaining mobs were aggrevated at him at the sight of their fallen comrades. The blazes fire at BladeRend but he dodges, so did the endermen. BladeRend was puzzled for a split second before running at one enderman and jumps over him, the enderman tried to catch him but misses him by a centimeter. As the enderman looks forward, he finds a fire ball coming straight at him and it impales him by his ender heart. The fire ball flies through his chest and ender blood was spilled once again. The last enderman and blaze stand as the other blaze dies from an invisible force ripping his heart out forcefully. BladeRend notices the blazes and endermen die by the same fate… Nonetheless the battle continued, the endermen stood to his right and the blaze flew in front of him and shot a fire ball at him, the ball could not be directed towards the enderman but BladeRend just stood there. The ball was only a few inches from him when he suddenly swings he blade at it and the ball is deflected towards the enderman and cuts him in half, hits organs spewing all over the place as more blood defiled the ground. The blaze was snapped in half just like the enderman and its fiery blood raining down marked the accomplishment of the second wave.
BladeRend: 'Getting difficult but possible, anymore?'
'Alright, you have done well, 2 more waves remains.'
A 9' zombie pigman appears out of the fiery smoke, wielding a giant diamond axe in hand.
'This is Cronis, the pigman king, this is a test of strength, defeat him to move to the next round.'
Cronis slams his axe blade down on the boy's head which immediately lifts up his blade to counter it, they locked weapons for near minutes before BladeRend finally broke free as he pushed Cronis back. The pigman charges back at him, BladeRend tosses at him lightning bolts which he manages to block with the flat side of his axe. About to smash BladeRend, he backflips just as Cronis almost hits him with the axe. Landing on his feet, BladeRend fires a powerful blast of energy at Cronis, but the pigman king tries to resist and push back the beam. 'ARRRGGGHH!' BladeRend screams and the blast grew stronger, but the pigman continues to fight the green beam that came at him. BladeRend tires out and the beam stops, the pigman lifts his axe and smashes it down causing a shockwave that was coming straight for the prince. Too tired to dodge this attack, BladeRend didn't manage to muster strength to evade and gets hit by the wave and was sent flying further back. Cronis shot a beam of orange fiery energy from the tip of his axe right towards BladeRend. 'This guy isn't going down easily, I gotta risk it!' and with all his energy, BladeRend retaliates with chained lightning beam at Cronis' own beam. They locked energy beams for minutes and BladeRend was exhausted, struggling to keep up with his attack. He had little stamina to start with and his energy consumption exceeds most gods, Cronis on the other hand was brimming with stamina and the prince sensed it. Cronis sent an energy ball along the beam till it hit BladeRend's and caused an explosion, BladeRend was down to his knees. 'He's got me, what now?' The pigman king approached him at a fast pace, then BladeRend realized he had time to recover. He pulls up his left sleeve and uses the heal mark, energy rushed back through his body as the heal mark gave him some energy. 'Now, it is time.' BladeRend recalls Zardoure giving him a power, a power that can multiply strength, speed and defense for a short period of time. 'It has to be enough, AHHHH!' powerful intense lightning falls from the sky and engulfs BladeRend with it, his whole body was emitting energy and glowed green, and his eyes glowed brighter than ever. This was Rage of Melympus. BladeRend charges back at Cronis at his hyper speed and knocks him down. Cronis falls with a loud thud and BladeRend swings Night's Edge at him but he was quick enough to block the attack, he kicks back BladeRend in the head and got back to his feet hastily but BladeRend came right back at Cronis and knees him in the chin and he staggers back. BladeRend swings his blade hard at him and cuts off his right arm and it dropped to the ground along with the axe it held with it. Cronis screams in pain while blood was flowing down his torso. BladeRend with the last of the Rage of Melympus, he sliced at Cronis straight down in half and sliced at him multiple times. Cronis was chopped in to pieces, BladeRend lets out a forked lightning through has hand and shocks the pieces of Cronis into oblivion, leaving a blood spewing everywhere and debris of Cronis' body.
'Well done, there is one last wave, but I'm not sure your body can hold out for much longer.'
A healing potion drops from the sky out of nowhere onto BladeRend's head, it healed him and allowed him to recover from the battle.
BladeRend: 'Last wave what is it?' he was still panting from the last battle.
'You now fight the ender hydra.'
BladeRend: 'WHAT! It can't be!' he hollers in disbelief.
