Chapter Fourteen: The Battle of Cadalit Plains

Steve's POV

The sun rose. It had been three weeks since the Raid of Adworith Prison. I had gotten to know my companions better. We had almost reached Cadalit. We were on top of a mountain. I could see it.

"Guys, were almost there. Just one more day and we should be there," I said.

"We must make haste," Andrew said. "The sooner we get there, the sooner we can carry on with our journey."

I really respected Andrew. He was resourceful, and always had a solution to a problem. He would make a good leader. Tyler and Skyler were experienced knights, so they were useful to have in the group. Tyler was a born leader. He always took up the role of authority and made decisions. I was fine with that, ever since the Battle of Lake Cottage, I haven't really been the same.

When your personal world is destroyed, you lose control. You don't trust your judgment. If you've experienced the things I've experienced, you'd go mad. The only thing that kept me sane was my ambition. I need to destroy the Enderlords. It's this quest, and nothing else.

So, I don't think I'd be a good leader. These guys have seen more than me.

We traveled in silence until it was evening. Andrew looked around.

"Mobs!" He cried.

"Bear arms!" Tyler commanded.

I quickly drew my sword. It was time for another mob battle, just with more people. I also noticed that there were way more mobs than ever before. There's no way we can face all of these. The Enderman came up; leading the other mobs like usual. It spoke in that language again.

"Hold your ground!" Tyler barked.

The mobs let out warning growls and hisses. The Enderman came up.

"Well, if it isn't the lone Minecraftian. I see you can't hold on your own. Is that why you have these fools to protect you, so you can hide behind their backs?"

I felt rage. This was the monster that commanded all of the raids on me.

"Steady," Tyler warned.

I lost control. "Is that so, Enderman. You always teleport away from me when I'm ready to kill you. And you call me a coward?" I spat back at him.

"On my word, we strike," Tyler said in a low tone.

"Fool, you will pay for you insolence. I thought you dead. I'll make sure you don't live to see the sunrise now." The Enderman sneered.

He was about to command his forces to attack, but Tyler was quicker.

"Now!"

We charged at the mobs now. Tyler and Skyler leaped at the mobs. Andrew drew his bow and shot another. He had the best aim out of all of them. I didn't care about the other mobs. My quarrel was with the Enderman.

I charged at it. But the Enderman was quick. In a flash of light, he unsheathed a sword. It was gleaming red. Not blood, but an ore that I'd never seen before. He deflected my attack.

"Fool. You should've known that I'd be ready this time. This time, I'm going to kill you, Minecraftian."

"My. Name. Is. STEVE!"

I ran my sword through it. He just snarled at me. It pulled the blade out and slashed at me. I felt the blade cut my skin. I screamed. I looked around.

Tyler and Skyler were cornered. Andrew was fighting two skeletons and a zombie. He must've known it wasn't worth it, but he kept on fighting.

I got up. Wincing in pain, I grabbed my sword.

The Enderman ran at me. It pinned me down. It was bleeding hard.

"It ends here, Minecraftian. I'm going to end your reign of folly. I'm going to kil-"

He wrenched his head to see what was happening. Calvary rode bearing swords and bows came. They slew many mobs. The Enderman screeched and teleported.

"This isn't over, Minecraftians and Cadalit. I shall return, except worse than ever!"

With that, he teleported away. The Cadalitian knights came over.

"What should we do with them, sir?" One asked.

"They're wounded. Let's take them back to the king. He'll know what to do."

That was the last thing I heard before I blacked out.