Okay, I'll start off by getting some housekeeping stuff out of the way, because the recent problems I've been having with this site have caused me major headaches, and as such, I may have a chapter done but be unable to post it, so sorry about that. In addition, while people are always complaining about chapter length, I do a full chapter a day, so there is a very good chance that I will run out of stuff to say, and end the chapter early, or else I'll be taking days off at a time to brainstorm, which is annoying, but anyhow, enough of this little explanation-rant thing, you guys came for a chapter, so let's get going.

Minecraft VR chapter 12: search

It had been a couple of days since the black flames incident had sealed off the Nether, because for whatever reason, these flames never go out, and with their annoying growth, The group of Four had elected to seal anything related to my black flames, meaning I lost my blade recipe, as well as its Nether update recipe, meaning I was stuck hunting for diamonds today to work on a new set since my black one was of a lot less use without the Block ability the Blade gave me. The rest of the group got another annoying job though, search for a village with clues to the Eye trader.

Doing this took me all over the map, seeing as we had run our supply dry during many exercises with trainees. Eventually, I found enough to create a new set, the wolf gear set. This set was speed based like the previous one, but it also helped with damage, and the sword that came with had the ability to give +15% to critical damage, as well as standard diamond skills. The cape this time around speeds up movement by 10%, and the armor set itself gave +2 to damage, if I couldn't use my black set, a set like this was about as good as it could get. When I enchanted the sword however, it gained a new skill, wolves attack anything I point the sword at.

Once that was done, I went around the map, getting a pack of ten wolves, easily enough to take out pretty much any non-boss mob, and as long as no armored bosses show up, I shouldn't have to worry about getting killed.

The buildings in town were all full, but nobody had any news on villages we could go to, and unless the map expansion was added in soon, a lot of people won't bother to explore new areas, since we can't add a supply line to an area we can't find.

Thankfully the lead group was busy though, each of us was trying to find a village in farther areas, using multiple maps to chart our path through the world nobody knew their way around.

Searches were important for another reason too, strongholds were hard to find, and without one of those, even if we could find the eyes, we couldn't finish the game.

While searching for one of them, I found an area to serve as a secondary base of operations for field workers, and built a massive foundation out of birch, as well as a supply depot for the people who might have to travel through this area. There was a massive cave system nearby too, so coal was in no short supply.

Eventually I went back, and shared the location with everyone else, giving us a new area to search around in without worrying about food. Kira proved herself a lifesaver and went between the two areas daily. We soon had a massive amount of bread, and enough resources to amass an even bigger search for the villager. When the search team was sent, I went to rest, and soon passed out.

It was that same dream again, the Wither running from the flames, even its speed not enough to do more than advance. Right before I woke up, its head broke the surface. At the same time, the flames reached the overworld.

When I got up, the sky was filled with Blaze, the fire unit usually only found in the Nether. I didn't even try to fight, I just ran to the obsidian fortress, the only building in the overworld that was built solely to stop the flames. When I closed the door, I was greeted by the three others, all outfitted in full battle armor.

Kira spoke up first. "Looks like the Wither lost its ability to break obsidian, but it's gotten an even worse power"

I looked outside, and seen the Wither in the Overworld. Its three heads had changed into heads similar to an ender dragon. The spikes were replaced by scales covering the entire body. It had wings reminiscent to a skeleton. And its last, terrifying feature was the black flames surrounding it like a sphere, for some really random reason, I got the feeling it could use them a lot better than I could.

Lastly, its name had changed

-EVENT BOSS- Wither Hydra

You know, I was really, really hoping that was it, but of course, it decided that the first thing to go would be the houses, and torched the entire residential district, annihilating about a month's work in several seconds. I might have mentioned this before, but I really am starting to dislike black flames. Kira, Liam, Alex and I switched into our full battle modes, and prepared for Minecraft VRs first event battle