Note: I'm currently defending the castle. Remember I own nothing.

-The King-

Chapter 37

Entrance to the Withering Labyrinth

The group dug out of the tunnel and found that they had indeed passed the blockade and are standing on gray mycelium. Red color cows with mushroom on their backs roamed the mushroom biome.

"We're finally here. Now all we have to do is find the Wither's lair." Steve said.

"I don't think we have to." Spyro said and pointed, "Look over there." Everyone looked in the direction and saw a large white object jutting out a hill. The group walked over to the mysterious object and saw an opening in it. Inside was a long staircase leading into darkness.

"Gentlemen, it looks like we found a dark passageway that leads to a challenging test of our wits. Once we set foot in there, we'll have to be clever, cautious, alert, and prepared. We could survive, we could be killed, but that is the risk we all take when entering a dangerous battlefield, because on the field of battle, there is always fallen heroes. This is the moment that we must use our powers combined and defeat the evil within these walls! Now I ask, who is with me?!" Simon said.

"I have to say, everything you just said, is right Simon, but it would have been better if you waited until we got all the swords and were outside the evil king's base." Lewis said.

"I say, what could these be?" GameChap said picking up something. Everyone looked at GameChap with curiosity.

"What is it GameChap?" Herobrine asked.

"I found these two strange technological thingamajigs."

"I say, who do you think left them here?" Bertie asked.

Suddenly a static sound came from the strange device and was follow by a voice that said, "Somebody old and peculiar."

"Peculiar?" Notch asked.

The voice then said, "Take the A and replace it with an E."

Lewis and Simon both gasped the yelled in surprised, "PECULIER?!"

"Yep that's me, don't wear it out."

"Are you speaking to us from beyond the beyond?" Simon said.

"Well, if you mean beyond this telecommunication device then yes."

"How in the world are you still alive?" Lewis asked.

"I'll tell you later, but I will tell you something that might give you a shock and that is Ender or you might call him the evil king, is tracking you. I'm also tracking you inside his base as well, and have formed a team of Minecraftians who have been turned into mobs. Oh and another thing, I have been turned into a zombie pigman due to the radioactivity of the lava I fell in."

"You're a zombie pigman. Wow." Simon said.

"I say, why are talking to us through this telecommunication device?" GameChap asked.

"Because our tracking devices won't be able to reach areas underground, so my team won't be able to track you through the Wither's labyrinth. However we were able to a detailed map of the lair's interior. If we're not able to keep contact, you would be stuck in a twisting maze of passageways. Therefore my team will be hints on how to get through the many traps and puzzles that are hidden within this dark warren that the Wither dwells."

"Well it's a good thing you're helping us Peculier." Notch said.

"Can I say something to the little purple dragon? There is something he should know." Peculier said.

"What is it?" Spyro asked.

"You don't have to worry any more about your special one. She was luckily able to escape the base in one piece." Spyro gave a sigh of relief knowing that Cynder was alright.

"Thank ancestors she's alright. Where is she?"

"She is venturing with another Minecraftian, trying to unlock another of the puzzle about the Legend of the Minecraftian Hero. She'll be fine as long as he's with him. Now enough talk there's a job that needs to be done."

"He's right the faster we get that sword the better." Steve said.

"Well then what are we standing around for? Last one in is an expired jaffa! HA HA HA HA!" Simon said as he dashed into the labyrinth.

"Simon no, you're just going to get lost!" Lewis said running in after him.

"I say, should we go after them?" GameChap asked.

"I say, LIKE A SIR?" Bertie said running in after them.

"Hey! Where the blazes are you going! Come back this instant you bally cad!" He said running in after him.

"Run, run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the Bertman!"

"How ironic, force to watch two idiots run into a dark chamber with their smart friends going after them. What else could go wrong in there? I'll tell you, DEATH!" Notch said entering the labyrinth.

"Well at least I can get into this place." Herobrine said walking in.

"Coming Spyro?" Steve asked walking in.

"Coming!" Spyro said following.

Simon ran down the dark stairway and saw light at the end of it. Once he got there, he stopped immediately in a large room. As the others came down, the sound a gasping filled the area. The room had lava pouring in from the ceiling and filling four tubs of lava in the corners of the room. In the center of the room was an image of a black skull with white eyes. At the end of the room was a blocked off passageway. To the left and right of the image were two different passageways that were not blocked off.

"Well I say, this is quite a work of architecture for a labyrinth." GameChap said.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Peculier said.

"We hear you loud and clear Peculier. We just enter the labyrinth and we're facing a blocked passage." Steve said.

"You're going to need to split up into two teams if you want to get through this maze. You'll need to find a way to open it up. You should find a switch or something to open up the way forward, but you'll also need to find a key in order for you to gain access to the Wither's chamber. Each team should take one of the communication devices that my team has provided for you. Now let's hurry heroes, the world is at stake!"

"Steve, Spyro, Herobrine, and I will take the left passage. You guys take the right one." Notch said, "Let's meet back here when we're done." Everyone nodded and headed down their passages with danger is just around the corner.

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