Here is the sixth chapter of The Koopalings in Minecraft!
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The first thing Lemmy noticed when he entered the Nether was that it was a horrible place. There was blood red Stone as far as the eye could see. There were monsters of every type all over the place. Using some Cobblestone they brought, the Koopalings constructed a small house to stay in.
"Okay," Warlor said. "First off: the dangers of the Nether. The red Stone you see is called Netherrack. Fire burns forever on it, and sometimes, Netherrack ignites without warning. We must be careful on it. The second danger is Soul Sand. It slows us down and sucks us under it. If we don't be careful around it, we'll suffocate."
"You already know about the monsters, but the Nether is naturally home to chaos. All the monsters except ghasts and zombie pigmen do double damage to us, and ghasts and zombie pigmen do triple damage. We need to be careful when engaging any mob, even if it's just a zombie."
"I didn't tell you this yet, but I should tell you now; I've been to Nethor's Castle before. I tried to kill him, but failed and barely escaped with my life. Fortunately, with the nine of you, killing him should be easier."
"There are seven obstacles we must pass before we can get to Nethor's Castle. The first obstacle is the Burning Netherrack Maze. It's a maze made entirely out of Netherrack, and most of the Netherrack is burning. If we can get past that, we must get past the Great Pool of Lava."
"If we get past the pool of lava, the third obstacle is getting past a massive 64x64 area made out of Soul Sand. Once we get past there, the fourth obstacle is a guard tower that has two levers which control the drawbridge that allows access to the Four Castles."
"Once we flip the levers, we must invade the First, Second, and Third Castles. Those are the final three obstacles. Once we destroy the third castle, we'll be able to invade the fourth castle, Nethor's Castle. Once we get there, we must battle and kill Nethor!"
"I brought Obsidian to construct a new portal with, so we can go back," Lemmy said.
"Good thinking," Warlor said.
"So, which direction should we go?" Iggy asked.
"When we leave the house, we go to our right, if I remember correctly," Warlor said.
They exited the house and went to the right. They fended off many ghasts and zombie pigmen, but even more zombies, skeletons, and creepers. Little did they know, they were being watched by two people, and those two people were sending the monsters…
"They're fighting off all of the monsters we send!" Aughm said.
"Don't worry, my friend," Issrod said. "Even if they do defeat all our monsters, we have traps set up for them at every obstacle. The guard tower, the castles, and Nethor himself are ready to fight them. A group of 10 can't beat an army! Gwahahaha!"
The Koopalings and co. were traveling through a desert of Glowstone. It seemed to sprawl endlessly. "Are you sure we didn't accidentally go the wrong way?" Larry asked.
"Nope. We're on the right track," Warlor said.
After what seemed like ages, the Koopalings reached a massive structure made out of Netherrack, most of the Netherrack on fire. "This is the maze.!" Warlor said.
"If I remember correctly, we must stick to the right until we hit a dead end, go back until we hit a fork, take the left path, then at the next fork, take the right path, then just stick to the left until we reach a dead end, then go back until we get to another fork, go right, then left, then left again, then right, then we'll be out of there."
The Koopalings looked at each other. "Who wants to be the one who remembers that?" Morton asked.
"No time for jokes! Let's go!" a soldier said, charging in the maze, closely followed by the Koopalings, Warlor, and the other soldiers. Suddenly, a click, and shortly after, a sssssss… was heard. No less than 4 seconds later, TNT blew up, knocking out the part of the maze behind them and causing even more Netherrack to ignite with fire, as well as doing 50hearts of damage to a soldier too far behind!
"No!" Warlor said. The soldier was blown up and his dropped items scattered. Warlor quickly grabbed the dropped items, and they continued going through the maze, getting out with no more explosions.
"Well, we lost our first soldier…let's hope he's the last one to die," Warlor said.
"At least Nethor probably won't be able to revive him as a zombie," Larry said. The others nodded and continued.
"Well, what do you think, Aughm? Pretty good for non-servants of Nethor, eh?" Issrod asked.
"Yeah, but I honestly don't think Dungzor's trap will work. We should go and fight them ourselves," Aughm replied.
"No way. There's Warlor, the leader of Minecraftia's Blade, four other soldiers, AND the Koopalings! Alone, Warlor could probably beat us…" Issrod said.
"Well then, let's head back to Nethor's castle," Aughm said.
"You go on. I'm going to have a surprise ready for the Koopalings once they reach the third obstacle…" Issrod said. Aughm flew away at extremely fast speeds and Issrod disappeared.
"Here it is…the second obstacle; the lava pit!" Warlor announced. In front of the group was a large lava lake, with Bedrock walls making it so that they couldn't go around the lake.
"Easy!" Morton said. He used the water from his Water Bucket to douse the flames…except, when he poured the water out, it disappeared! "Huh?"
"Water instantly evaporates in the Nether!" Lemmy said. "We'll have to build a bridge."
Lemmy sneaked backwards to the edge of the Netherrack and put down Cobblestone, then sneaked backwards to the edge of the Cobblestone and put down more Cobblestone. He eventually made a bridge leading all the way to the end of the lava pool. "Alright! Come across!"
The soldiers started crossing, but then Skeletons appeared on the top of the walls! They fired at a soldier, knocking him off into the lava!
"Oh no! Another down!" Warlor said.
"There's a way up the wall on this side; I'll get them!" Lemmy said. He climbed up the stairs that led to the top of the wall and took out his bow. He hit a Skeleton with three arrows, then killed it with his Diamond Sword. He lit another Skeleton on fire with Flint and Steel and killed another Skeleton with his Diamond Sword, then returned to the Skeleton on fire and killed it in one hit.
Lemmy then saw some flames and instantly recognized what the object was. He ran to the Monster Spawner, placed TNT, lit it, then ran far away. The Monster Spawner was destroyed!
Lemmy went back to the end of the lava pool and found everyone except the soldier who fell into lava there. "Good job, Lemmy!" Iggy congratulated him.
"Still, we've lost another soldier, meaning there's only eight of us left!" Warlor said.
"As long as we don't lose anyone in the Soul Sand desert, we should be okay, as long as we attack the guard tower sneakily," Larry said.
"Right. Let's go!" Warlor said.
The Koopalings and co. eventually reached the large 64x64 area of Soul Sand. There was also a wall of Bedrock there to prevent people from going around it.
"How are we supposed to cross it? We'll sink quickly in it!" a soldier said.
"I'll build a bridge!" Lemmy said. Lemmy made a bridge across the Soul Sand and was followed by everyone else. This time, everyone sneaked to not get knocked off by skeleton arrows, but fortunately, no skeletons went on the Bedrock wall. When they got to the other side, they saw a zombie and a skeleton. The zombie was clad in a diamond chestplate and the skeleton had full diamond armor on.
Something else was off with the two undead, though. They looked…new. The flesh of the zombie didn't look as rotten as other zombies, though it was still decaying quickly. It was the same thing with the skeleton's bones, and the zombie moved faster than normal zombies.
"Wait a minute!" Warlor said. "The soldier we lost to the explosion was wearing all iron armor except for a diamond chestplate, and the soldier we lost in lava had full diamond armor on!"
"They must have been revived! The zombie's iron armor must've been destroyed by the blast, but diamond is so durable that it survived!" Larry said.
"Brains…" The zombie moaned.
"Plus, they can still talk, unlike other monsters," Morton said.
"Know…secret…dare…trick us…servant…Nethor…will…PAY!" The skeleton fired an arrow at Warlor at the same time it yelled "pay". The zombie charged towards the Koopalings. Lemmy struck the zombie with his Diamond Sword, destroying the Diamond Chestplate.
"BRAINS!" The zombie was now enraged. It charged at Lemmy, its movements becoming slower and slower. Lemmy fired five more arrows and defeated the zombie.
Warlor dodged the arrow from the skeleton and retaliated with arrows of his own. One arrow hit the skeleton's helmet and knocked it off. The skeleton tried to reequip it, but Larry burned it with his Flint and Steel. The skeleton started attacking Larry, but one good shot from Warlor straight through the skeleton's skull put it to rest for good.
"Phew…" Iggy said.
"Anyway, we need to destroy the bodies. Otherwise, nothing's stopping Nethor or his lieutenants from just re-resurrecting them," Warlor said.
Lemmy nodded. He took out his Flint and Steel and burned the zombie. Warlor took out his Iron Pickaxe and walked up to the body of the skeleton. He mined the bones of the skeleton, splitting them into smaller pieces, until soon there were a thousand pieces. "I'll be VERY surprised if Nethor can revive him now…" Warlor said, turning back to the Koopalings.
The Koopalings and the soldiers continued to the Guard Tower.
"So, what's the plan?" Warlor asked.
"Well, based on this diagram of the Guard Tower you drew, ground level is at floor three. The two levers controlling the Four Castles drawbridge are at the Roof, aka Floor 7, and the Basement, aka Floor 1," Larry said. "So, we'll put a ladder up right here.." Larry pointed to the left side of the building. "…and climb up to the Roof. We'll smash the glass to get in and turn the switch to the on position. Warlor, you and the soldiers will guard that lever. We'll go to the basement and switch the other lever so we can get to the Four Castles."
"Alright. Let's go!" Lemmy said. The Koopalings and co. snuck to the side of the tower after the patrolling guard left. Larry put up ladders and they climb to the roof. Warlor smashed the glass with his Sword and jumped in, to find out that the roof was unguarded!
"Huh?" Warlor said.
Suddenly, a soldier stepped on a pressure plate! A note played, and suddenly 10 guards ran up!
"Oh no! That pressure plate must've been connected to a note block that notified the guards!" Warlor said.
"Get them!" a guard said.
The guards charged. The Koopalings and co. took out Bows and managed to hit each guard thrice. A hit from a Diamond Sword to each guard knocked them out cold.
"Phew! Now, we'll guard the switch!" a soldier said. Warlor turned the switch to the on position.
The Koopalings ran down the staircase to the sixth floor. This appeared to be a farm; crops and saplings were growing. Larry harvested the crops that were fully grown; he got about 28 Wheat and even more Seeds.
They went down to the fifth floor. This was apparently the kitchen. There were guards eating and cooks preparing food. There were seven long tables and eighteen little tables. About fifteen guards were eating, and there were two or three cooks preparing food.
"Distract them so we can sneak by, Larry," Lemmy said. Larry nodded and grabbed a plate from an unoccupied table. He threw it at a cook's head.
"OUCH!" The cook was knocked unconscious. Guards ran to the cook to see if he was alright.
"Come on, now's our chance!" Morton said. The Koopalings ran across the room and down the staircase. The fourth floor had a few rooms with guards patrolling.
"Look! An elevator!" Iggy said. Sure enough, at the other side of the room, there was an elevator.
"Great! Now all we need to do is take the elevator to the basement!" Lemmy said. "There only seem to be four guards. Let's each take one." The other Koopalings nodded. They snuck up to their opponent and quickly dispatched each unsuspecting guard with two hits from a Diamond Sword.
The Koopalings ran up to the elevator, only to find that there was a door made out of Diamond blocking it! Iggy put down a Redstone Torch, but the Diamond Door didn't open.
"There's a keyhole. We must have to find a key!" Larry said.
"Ok, there are eight rooms on this floor. We'll each search two and try to find the key," Morton said. The others nodded and ran to different rooms.
Lemmy ran into the first room. In the corner of the room, there was a Fence and a Wooden Slab that served as a desk. There was also a bed, a crafting table, a few furnaces, and one chest. Lemmy looked inside the chest and found a stack of Redstone Torches and two Pistons. He took them and then looked inside the furnaces. There were 27 Gold Ingots in the output slot of one Furnace and nothing in the others. Lemmy took the gold and ran into the next room.
The room Iggy went in had two chests, a crafting table, and a furnace. The furnace had nothing in it, but the chests had about seven stacks of Netherrack, a Flint and Steel, saplings, and seeds. Iggy took the Flint and Steel and turned to leave, until he saw two Diamond Blocks in the corner of the room. He attempted to mine them, but no matter how long he mined, they wouldn't break. After a few minutes, Iggy gave up and went into the next room.
Larry's room had a bed and a furnace. Larry checked in the furnace and found eight Diamonds in the input slot. "Doesn't this guard know you can't smelt Diamonds?" he asked himself. Larry left the room after taking the Diamonds.
Morton's room had a Jukebox, a Bed, and a Chest. Inside the Chest there were two Music Discs, one gold and one green. The gold one looked worn from use, while the green one looked new and shiny. "This guard won't mind if I just snatch this green music disc…after all, he never uses it." Morton grabbed the green Music Disc and ran out of the room.
In a few minutes, the Koopalings had searched all the rooms and hadn't found a key. "I did find a few Diamond Blocks that I couldn't mine," Iggy said.
"Really? Let's go investigate!" Larry said. The Koopalings went into the first room Iggy searched. Morton tried to mine the Diamond Blocks, but couldn't.
"It's no use. They won't break, and we can't go under or over it, because the walls, floor, and roof are made out of Bedrock," Iggy said.
"Hey, look! Right next to the blocks, there's some Netherrack!" Lemmy said.
He mined the Netherrack, but only hit more Bedrock. "Dang! So, how are we going to get past?" Morton asked.
"Hey! From the first room I searched, there were two Pistons! Let's try to move the blocks out of the way!" Lemmy said.
"Great idea!" Larry said.
Lemmy placed the Pistons and powered them with a Redstone Torch. The Diamond Blocks were pushed out of the way, revealing a passage with a Chest at the end!
"Aha! Let's go!" Lemmy said. He destroyed the Pistons and ran to the Chest. He opened it and found a key!
The Koopalings went back to the Diamond Door and Lemmy inserted the key. The Diamond Door opened and the Koopalings went inside the elevator. They went down to the basement and saw the switch! Larry flipped it and they heard a very loud rumbling. They went back up to the roof.
"What happened?" Larry asked.
"The drawbridge that led to the Four Castles went up! We can now access them!" a soldier said.
"By the way, how many guards did you see?" Warlor asked.
"Only about 20," Lemmy replied.
"Only 20? There should be hundreds of guards here…" Warlor said.
"What's that?" a soldier asked, pointing towards the drawbridge. A massive army of humans and zombie pigmen were charging across, toward the guard tower.
Warlor gasped. "I'm betting those are the guards who were supposed to be guarding the guard tower! They were prepared; it was an ambush!"
"Well then, I guess we defeat them all, or they defeat us. Get ready to battle," Lemmy said.