Author's Note: Celebrating 1,000 views! Thank you so much for the constant support and reviews. Now my friend has to pay me $10 for betting that I won't get 1k views by the end of the month. However, I was nice so he didn't have to pay up. I got over my stress more or less thanks to you good people, so I'll try to stay in schedule. Anyways, let's get onto our first double digit chapter.
Holy shit. I thought to myself as I watch the zombie mutant disintegrate in the cloud of pure damage. A figure suddenly appears in the clearing hefting a giant rocket launcher looking device and aimed it at the mutant enderman. To my surprise, Lilliana is grinning besides me.
"What is so amusing?" I ask her, and her smile deepens.
"Who on Minecraft would carry around a giant redstone machinery?" She asked me, and then realization came in. Joseph came to rescue us. I remember reading that projectiles rarely are effective to endermen. However, when Joseph shot his missile, it hit the enderman straight on even though it tried to teleport away.
Lilliana and me watched as the mutant disintegrate and we swam back to land. Joseph grinned at us as we got out of the water.
"Going for a dive with the mutants, aren't we?" He joked and Lilliana rolled her eyes. I ignored the joke and thanked him for saving us.
Joseph just laughed and said, "I'm glad that at least someone appreciates my assistance." "Plus, we're all friends here so no need for gratitude," he added as an afterthought.
"How did you know we needed help?" I asked, and he shrugged.
"Well, it's nearly midnight and you and Lilliana haven't returned to the area, so April got worried," he said, "someone saw you two earlier and pointed me to where you two are. Man, I was thankful I found you two because I just got enough experience to finally enchant my new masterpiece which I call the incinerator." He proudly presented the deadly looking cannon device that demolished the mutants.
I almost forgot that besides Eragi, Joseph is the best ranged fighter and the highest enchanter. In fact, killing both mutants proved that title to him. However, there is one question still in mind.
"How are you able to kill the mutant enderman? I thought you needed at least a team of six heavily geared people to fight it." I asked, and he chuckled.
"I had a rare vial of chemical A.O.M.M. or annihilation of mutant mobs that can instantly down a mutant. I wanted to use it on a preferably strong mutant, but I've never gotten a chance, so I have you to thank for letting me try out the weapon." He said and I just nodded.
Unexpectedly, Lilliana sneezed and shivered. I got concerned and I offered her my leather chest plate and she gladly accepted.
"We should head back," I said and Lilliana and Joseph nodded. Joseph lead us back to the community or town and we went our separate ways. Lilliana and I walked back to our apartment when she suddenly stopped. I looked back and saw her holding her shoulder.
"What's wrong?" I asked, partly because she's breathing unevenly, and the fact that I'm concerned. I walked over to her and watched as she removed her hand from her shoulder, and pulled down a portion of her shirt. I gasped when I saw a pretty nasty cut showing near her collarbone.
"Enderman got me with some projectiles when we were in the water," she cursed at the pain.
"Let's get you to my room, so we could find a way to fix it," I offered and she nodded. While supporting her, we walked up to my room and went to the living room. I help her onto the couch and looked at the list of available potions I bought from a merchant a few days ago.
I picked up a tier 2 healing potion that could heal her, but when I check back at Lilliana, she looks really pale.
"Are you alright?" I asked nervously because I've never seen her like this before. She looked up at me and shook her head.
"I think I caught a fever or something from being in the water with an open wound," she muttered weakly, and I decided to take her to my bedroom. I helped her out of her leather armor since it's soaked, and she took off her shirt because it was nearly a quarter soaked with blood. Luckily, she was wearing a bra underneath, but I still tried to avert my gaze because it's getting uncomfortable. She looked up at me and smiled weakly.
"Are you averting your eyes at my chest or at the blood wound?" She joked around weakly, and I realized that she is trying to lessen the tension between us. I calmed down a bit and walked up to her.
As gently as I could, I cleaned the wound as best as I could, and I poured a drizzle of a bottle of regeneration on the wound. I could tell that she is in pain, but she didn't once complain which is quite brave. After bandaging her wound, I borrowed her keys to go gather some clothes from her room since the clothes she have on, plus the undergarments, are either soaked with dirty lake water or some of her blood. I ran over to her bedroom and try to gather a few sets of clothing.
I admit that I wasn't thinking when I offered to go pack some of her clothes because my face was burning the entire time I was there. After packing some clothes and locking her room door. I went back to my place to find Lilliana lying on the bed. She looked up and smiled at me when I entered the bedroom. I handed her the clothes and walked out of the bedroom so she could change, but I felt her tugging on my sleeve when I prepared to leave.
"Don't go, I might have trouble changing. Plus I trust that you won't peek." She said. I looked at her pleading face and her innocence completely melting my heart. I reluctantly agreed and sat on my chair and stared at the wall while I hear her changing. After a few seconds, I felt a tap on my shoulder and I slowly turned around. Lilliana is wearing a short nightgown that went slightly down her waist. I couldn't help but feel a bit nervous looking at her and she also looked a bit red. Shaking the feeling away, I tucked her in bed and made her drink the tier two healing potion, so she would hopefully be better by tomorrow. I watched over her as she waited for sleep to take over.
"I love you," she said and gave me a kiss which I responded back gently, for she is almost asleep. She eventually did fall asleep and I cleaned up my room and our clothings. After cleaning up, I changed out of my day clothes for my night clothes and went back to the bedroom and watched over Lilliana. I checked my experience bar and was shocked to see it at level 4. I silently congratulates myself, but I heard Lilliana sneeze. I looked over and realized that she is shivering despite it being pretty warm in here.
I decided to crawl into bed so my body heat could reflect over to her. She shifted positions and I stilled my movements to avoid waking her up. I watched as she settled back down to her even breathing. As I watched her sleep, fatigue starts to settle down and I eventually fell asleep.
Fire. Death. Destruction. These are the three words that whispers to my mind as I witnessed the scene before me; my faction community burning and in near ruins. I walked around and the once familiar buildings are in ruins or near that point.
"What the hell is happening?" I wanted to yell out, but it is as if someone plugged off my vocal abilities. I decided to investigate and I headed towards the faction headquarter. The same. The headquarter was in shambles, but it wasn't the crumbled building that shocked me the most... it was the bodies. Dozens, no, hundreds of people lie dead near the headquarter. Many of which had weapons equipped. It was like a battle raged on here.
I want to hide, but part of me wants to know what the hell is going on. I'm afraid that I might see Lilliana's face amongst the dead, and the thought is unbearable. Suddenly, I hear creaking behind me and quickly ducked near one of the rubbles even though it's just a dream.
I see a figure walked out of a flaming building with... things following behind him or her. Turns out, it's a man, but he looks nothing like a human: cracked molten skin burning like a wildfire, armor of pure obsidian encased everything but his head, a sword that seems to be glowing with power is strapped onto his waist, accompanied by a crossed shaped shield similarly glowing with power. His eyes seem to radiate fear and weakness to anything around it, including the things that followed him.
"Where are the rest of the survivors," he demanded, and one of his minions whimpered.
"W-we lost track of them," he stuttered nervously. The man was silent for a moment. Then, he sliced the minion and turned it to ash.
"ARE YOU HELLISH DEVILCLAWS GOOD FOR NOTHING?!" He roared and the devilclaws all jumped and backed away from the man. He took a deep breath and calmly said, "No matter, we shall advance to the kingdom of Herobrine and take his throne. That way everyone shall all know the great and fearsome ERAGI ODINRIE!"
I bursted awake, gasping in cold sweat. My mind still burned with the memory of the flaming man. I hid my face in my hands and thought of what I just dreamt about. There is no way that Eragi is alive! Or could he be? There was no physical evidence of his death besides the dual blades, but could he have possibly survived the Nether, a place worst than Hell?!
This is fucked up! I thought to myself because why would Eragi want to destroy Izkabäni. It was his faction. No, I must be just hallucinating. Shit like this only happens in 2 star rating fanfictions written by lonely bastards with no girlfriend or boyfriend. I shrugged and looked over at Lilliana.
I was satisfied to see that her temperature was cool when I checked it, but I left a bottle of healing on the nightstand for when she wakes up. I also wrote a note that says: Hope you get better. Went on first quest on getting back to my dimension. Be back home soon. There are some food in the freezer in case you are hungry. -Jason. After leaving my dwelling, I headed towards the headquarter and explained to Jionni the situation about Lilliana and received a pardon for the next tournament. Jionni seemed very concerned about Lilliana's health, but she trusted Lilliana to be in my care since she is doing better.
I left the headquarter, the dream of Eragi already fading from my memories. Into the forest, I headed towards Jordan's cabin. I arrived at the clearing and greeted the muscular figure adorned in his usual attires. After some explanation from me, I asked Jordan for some tips on my first quest from the quest book. According to the book, I'm suppose to travel to a desert biome and look for a temple there. Inside the temple, I am suppose to retrieve a relic that contains magic energy. The magic energy stored could increase my strength four times. However, the quest will be difficult, for the Pharaoh's spirit will to whatever it takes to protect the relic.
I recieved some items from Jordan and a few more helpful tips, and I headed back to my dwelling.
Lilliana's POV
I woke up in my bed... wait this is not my bed. I thought and slowly rise to a sitting position. My memories of yesterday are pretty hazy, but I remembered most of the important detail, and...
"Oh my god!" I accidentally screamed as my face flared red. I changed c-c-clothes in front of Jason. Granted, he wasn't looking, but I'm so embarrassed right now. Suddenly, I noticed a note laying on the nightstand and picked it up to read it. I have to admit. He is really considerate, and I'm glad we're-. Paused my thought because something else came to my attention. We're a thing now huh. I thought and hugged the pillow behind me. I stuffed my face inside the pillow to think and was greeted by his smell. He smelled of fresh pine and spring, which fits perfectly with his characteristics. I reluctantly got out of bed, so I could take a shower or bath myself. I picked out some clothes left to me by Jason and walked to the bathroom.
My head still throbbed a bit, so I took some time. I went into the bathroom and locked the door behind me. After hanging up my clothes, I took off my nightgown and stood looking at a reflection of myself in my undergarments. I took off my bra and slipped off my panty and stepped into the shower. I decided not to take a bath for it would have taken too long for the tub to fill up, so shower it is. I sighed as the water greeted me with its warmth.
After cleaning myself, I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around myself. I wrapped a towel around my hair to dry it while I put on some clothes. I walked into Jason's kitchen and pulled some raw beef out of his freezer. After lighting some coal into the furnace, I set in two pieces of raw beef to cook.
My mouth watered as I watched the beef sizzle under the immense heat of the fire. I set the two steaming steak on a plate and set it on the table. After grabbing some utensils, I happily dug into my meal. Halfway through my meal, I hear the door open and immediately grabbed my gubow and arrows, which were stored safely in the enderchest. Thankfully, it was only Jason, but seeing him stirred some feelings inside me. He smiled at me me when he saw me clenching onto my weapons.
"Same as ever huh?" He said and sat onto a chair. I eased my grip on my bow and continued on my meal. He watched me as I ate, and he suddenly asked me a question.
"Can I call you Lilli?" He asked, and I shrugged.
"Fine with me," I said, and he nodded, but he seems as if he wants to say something. I took the last bite of my lunch and stared at him. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore.
"If you have to say something, say it," I told him, to which he stared at me in surprise.
"What made you think I wanted to say something?" He asked confused and I shrugged.
"I guess it was on a hunch, but I can tell," I argued and he sighed.
"Fine," he continued, "I'm going on my first quest." I waited and he said, "What?"
"I already know that," I said and chucked the note at him, which he caught with ease.
"Oh yeah," he chuckled, "I forgot." I groaned in exaggeration.
"Well then take me along," I urged, "I'm sure I could be of help." Jason was silent for a moment before answering with a simple "no". "But why?!" I asked him, and he sighed again.
"You're still injured, so I'm not going to risk getting you harmed for my sake," he said stubbornly and crossed his arms. I was mildly annoyed but also touched at how he cared about me.
"Well, I'm all better now," I claimed and showed him my collarbone area, which doesn't have any injuries on it. Unexpectedly, he averted his eye and I then realized why; I accidentally pulled down my shirt a bit too far and ended up showing some cleavage. I yelped and pulled back up my shirt; my face burning with embarrassment. I glared at Jason. "Did you see?!" I asked accusingly, and he covered his eyes with a hand.
"Well, it wouldn't make anything better if I said 'yes' right?" he stammered, and I continued glaring at him red-faced. Suddenly, an idea popped up in my head and I stopped being mad at him. A mischievous smile slowly appeared on my face and I'm not going to let Jason go on that quest alone.
Author's Note: Wow, it's been longer than a month since I've uploaded a chapter huh? For that, I seriously apologize because I was honestly too busy with school to write. I'm involved in a lot of activities, so I'm sure some of you would understand. Also, I'm breaking my rule of writing at least 2k per chapter because sometimes it really irritates me because I have to force myself to write long chapters. It could make the story boring you know. Well anyways, thanks for the support. Oh yea I will have a poll on my profile page with the question "Should I add another main character?" with three choices. Phew, now that I'm done, I'm going to take a short break before starting on chapter 11. Thank you again for all the support.