Minecraft VR Chapter 14: Cursed Wings

The facility was still reeling for days after the Wither Hydra came around, and burned the entire thing to the ground, taking many people down before it was defeated With Kira's new diamond-leather hybrid armor working with my wolf suit. Since then, we had tried the Gem we had obtained with every item known, but nothing was working out for us. Alex was visibly upset, it was mostly the people from his zone that got killed off in the battle, and he probably figured it was his fault or something like that.

Thankfully he wasn't doing anything near as destructive as what I did, but he was still taking more risks then he used too, often leaving himself open in order to score a hit on an enemy, so he had to retreat a lot sooner than the others. Our building crew was rather busy as well, restoring and fortifying the entire base so if another fire based boss did show up, it wouldn't decimate us as badly as this one did.

Today was Alex's search day, so when he left, he was given more supplies then a regular trip, as well as a map, which was valued rather highly because of its cost, requiring four Iron bars for something that can't be used in battle. He also took the wave set, which he was getting famous for wearing, much to his distaste. Wave set was more like a tool for him now; he would use anything else if it was stronger. Liam and I were doing mob cleanup today, clearing the area of things that might not be very nice if they got inside borders. Kira was stuck on resource duties again, which she never seemed to mind even though it was about the most boring job in existence aside from building, which very few people liked to do.

Liam was on top form as always, so the mobs were cleared out before noon, giving us a lot of time to relax, and train against the passive mobs, which let us level a bit, but we ended up getting several Iron from veins we found nearby, before heading back to camp for a while. On our way, we caught up with Kira, who managed to get several days' worth of food, which was lucky, because I rarely got enough to feed five or six people on my shift, much less everyone living around here. None of us had seen Alex since he left, and he didn't return at night, which wasn't a major problem, he was probably on his way back now.

It was a problem though, when nobody had seen him for a week, and the three of us had to make up an excuse that he was going to a far distance to look for the Eye person, which seemed like it would be a good idea, but soon enough rumors were circulating that he had deserted in order to get all the Glory for himself, and left his group to fend for itself. The group was definitely in bad shape, so the three of us took several compasses, as well as enough paper to make maps out of all of them, and enough materials to make it look like a proper expedition. We left twenty-three days after he left the camp, and headed northwest, the direction he was supposed to be going before he disappeared.

We soon found a snow filled area where a lot of trees had been cleared away, but aside from that, there was nothing to suggest he had been there. Next up was an ocean, we figured he might have built a boat to cross for some reason, so we did the same. Soon after landing, it was a plains biome, which has got to be my favorite to run into, because the render distance is extremely high, giving us a lot larger of a view than usual, allowing us to see an area blocked off by a massive wooden wall, which we dismantled before entering. When we got there, the whole area was a giant mineshaft, which set off several warning bells in my head that this pretty much screamed trap, but hey, it's not like I haven't done stupid stuff before.

That being said though, when I heard someone whistling I was pretty surprised to say the least. I was even more surprised when I recognized it. The song was amazing grace, an old Christian song. And who would be whistling it but Alex. When he came near though I stopped, he wasn't wearing the same gear at all anymore.

It was all pitch-black, and was no longer made of pixels like regular armor, this was a recipe, but the blade was the most surprising. It was clearly made to be a two-handed blade, but its design incorporated several elements of my old black-stained blade to the degree I guessed this was the upgrade, and was glad we locked it up. The blade had a long, dark purple scar running down the middle, and the cross guard was shaped like a skull. The armor itself seemed to incorporate the same color scheme as the blade, but without the skull, even the helmet had his face mostly open, save his forehead. He had one last striking feature. A set of black wings, similar in design to an eagles, but twisted to the point where they looked like they barely worked anymore.

When he looked this way, his eyes gave the impression he had truly lost his mind.

"You, I had a feeling you would come down here to find me" he said pointing at me, and sounding rather bored about it

"Yeah well, I couldn't manage all that well without my right hand man, right?" I asked, acting like I didn't notice he had stolen from the sealed room.

"yes, well unfortunately I won't be going back to that useless place" he continued, his voice still perfectly even, as if he really didn't care what happened to the rest of us.

"so then, what happens to your squad now?" I asked, hoping to get him to come back through his loyalty

"Oh, they should be finishing off your little camp right now" he answered, keeping his voice so steady it was really starting to piss me off.

I asked one last question, simple enough that even he would be forced to answer "why"

"simple, you killed my group, Cheater, you aren't worthy to become a savior, so I'm going to do so in your stead, I already have what I need. He produced a flint and steel, then proceeded down some stairs to a obsidian frame, and lit it, entering the Nether. The room then exploded in TNT, destroying the portals, and leaving us no choice but to leave empty handed once again.

-End of Chapter 14-