Chapter 10 Infiltration (Steve POV)
The spiders, skeletons, and zombies have been a nice combo so far. We had bested blazemen, ghasts, magma cubes, wither skeletons, and a few evil pigmen. All in all, our army was still very well intact. As we continued, lava geysers were continuing to erupt, and lava spread around. Then, I saw something in between two geysers: a building. But not just any building. One of nether brick, with nether mobs gathered around it. Surrounding the main building were several small quartz tents where mobs gathered inside.
I told the mobs to quiet down, and they nodded. Zombies put away their swords, skeletons did the same with their bows, and the spiders silenced their hissing. As we gathered closer to the camp, I saw exactly what I was looking for. More like who I was looking for. It was Magmus; I could see him in the windows of the large building.
This was the moment of truth. If my theories were correct, Magmus had some special magic. He was the mothership, and the mobs were his little blasters. If the mothership is taken down, everything else goes down with it. If I could kill Magmus, the rest of the army would be rendered useless. Finally, we came upon the camp.
Then, a huge wall of lava erupted from the ground, surrounding the camp with an impassable wall. Lava spurted everywhere, and a few of my soldiers were taken out. But, I knew that they would have some kind of defense. I got on my volunteer spider and he climbed a nearby tree. Then, he jumped into the air. Multiple skeletons shot him, and blasted him higher. Then, I leaped off the spider and shot over the lava wall. As it grew higher, I realized that I would be the only one getting into the fort.
I landed on top of the main building, which had several floors. There was an opening in the roof, and I ran through it, getting onto the main hall of the fourth floor. I looked down, and saw only a few wither skeletons. I pulled out my sword and stabbed them until they died. I ran down to the third floor. There were blazes there. I hid behind a wall and pulled out my bow. I shot them until they died. This place had no idea that I was here. I continued down to he second floor. This is where things got tricky.
The second floor was the eating room. Mobs practically swarmed the place, grabbing new foods of the overworld. I had only three TNT, but using them would completely give away my presence. I decided to use them anyway. It was the only chance I had of getting to Magmus. I lit them, and threw them into the middle of the room. After a few seconds, they went off. The whole room flew everywhere, and half the floor disappeared. Mobs dropped through to the next level, and some even died from the explosion.
I ran into the room and dropped down the hole in the floor, down to the first level. There, Magmus and his generals of each mob stood across from me. Magmus gave a signal to the lower ranked mobs in the room, and they left immediately. Magmus stepped forward.
"Well, if it isn't Steve," Magmus smiled. "Fancy seeing you here."
"We need to talk," I sat down and slammed my fist on the table. "Look what you've done! Isn't the nether enough space for you?"
"Of course not. I needed to expand," Magmus replied smugly. "There simply just... Wasn't enough space for us."
I smiled. I could see straight through his lies.
"I'm not a moron, Magmus," I chuckled. "I know what you're up to."
"Oh, really?" Magmus sounded intrigued. "Please go on then, what am I planning?"
"You don't need room to expand, I'll tell you that. You want something else, something much bigger than that," I started. "You don't need the overworld. You want it. You want it for yourself. All of this... Isn't for your army. It's for you. You want to rule them all, to put them into slavery. You'd control everything. I won't let that happen."
"Impressive, Steve," Magmus complimented. "Put why would I change my mind. After all, we know who would win the fight."
"Well then, I guess we'll just have to fight one to see who's right," I spat. "Outside, now."
Magmus gave a look at me. It was one of dominance. he thought he was going to win. Nothing good comes out of being cocky, though. You get all swaggered, make a stupid mistake, and die.
Magmus slammed his foot on the ground, and an obsidian platform rose out of the earth. It rose up, bringing us with it. We were raised high above the camp, fifty blocks, at least. I pulled out my trusty sword, and though through my mind a battle plan.
"Ready," Magmus grunted.
"Set," I grunted back.
"Go."