Bren returned to his home, the thoughts of the mysterious man through his mind.
"Who was he…he looked human." He thought, "Though the eyes…what eyes"
He made it inside and found the charcoal ready, and soon got to work cooking the meat he collected earlier.
"I need to figure out why those things are here" Bren said to himself, those Creepers were certainly not natural by any stretch of the imagination, zombies were also an odd thing but at least they used to be human.
He kept cooking the meat and found there was a special storage space in the basement for the meat.
"Good thing I found this basement, if the top is blown up by those creepers I could at least hide down here, they don't seem smart" Bren thought to himself as he looked at the journal more.
"Seriously who was this guy?" He thought and then the map of the island caught his attention, the mark more precisely
"Wait, did he mark it because it's the real reason of what happened to the island?" He thought holding the map
"Ok I guess I know where to go" He thought grabbing a sword and pickaxe and got out.
He checked the position of the sun, looked like it was mid noon, maybe 1, on the island it was a tad hard to figure out the exact time.
"Ok if this map is right, this way" He thought going north, unaware he was being watched by the same figure from the river, he watched Bren from the trees as he kept going forward.
After about an hour of hiking he made it to what looked like an old mine entrance, he could see an old mine track leading in, including a mine cart with what looked like a pile of coal
"It looks like they just stopped working suddenly" He thought looking inside the entrance, it was dark but he thankfully had torches in his pack just in case
"Ok let's se-"he tripped forward and groaned, "the hell did I hit?" He thought looking behind him, what he failed to notice in the dark was a small metal lantern
"Jackpot" He thought using a torch to light the bit of oil still in the lantern, he held it up and smiled, "Well glad I found this….well I wish I didn't trip over it" He said to himself as he chuckled, he then continued forward, following the tracks further in, but something seemed odd, he didn't hear a thing, not a bug, a spider, no mice, nothing was in this tunnel, it was as if all life refused to be in these tunnels.
"What is going on?" He thought as his footsteps echoed through the tunnels.
He noticed the track now ended and he hit a dead end…except it wasn't of stone, it was of wooden planks.
"Did they put it up to stop whatever was here" He thought using a pick axe to break through, the wood was rotten so it was easy to break through, but he then let out a gasp, he saw multiple skeletons on the ground, judging by the position they looked like they were trying to break down the wall.
"They sealed them in?" He said looked at the bones, the tattered clothing was certainly miner based; he noticed old tools nearby, "Wait why didn't they use the tools to break through?"
He then saw something ahead in the shadows, purple eyes, he stared at them and then the figure disappeared and then he felt a strike to the back
"The fu-"He was struck in the back when he turned around
"Stop it you bastard!" He cried out as he drew his blade and swung, he felt the blade go into something soft, and he saw a puddle of purple liquid, he saw the figure clutch its side that he slashed in. The figure was a tall black, human like figure.
"You are like that thing I saw the first night here, though no scar on the eye" Bren said, the figure's eyes widened and Bren took the moment to stab it in the spot where Bren assumed the heart was, he was right but he did notice it didn't sound like he stabbed a heart (not that he knew what it sounded like) it sounded more like he broke a window. The figure let out a cry that sounded obviously inhuman and fell back with a light thud; Bren pulled out his blade and then looked forward, the tunnel kept going ahead.
"Whatever caused this is certainly in here" Bren thought as he continued forward. He was sweating, he felt scared, but he had no choice but to stop the evil here.
Bren walked for 5 minutes and came to the entrance to a large chamber, stone pillars in the middle of the chamber seemed to hold the ceiling up, but what really got Bren's attention was a large black archway that had a purple haze, like a portal.
"What the hell is this?" he thought but before he could step forward he saw someone come out of the portal, it looked like a zombie, but…pig like?
"Ok what the hell is that?" He thought but then he looked nearby, he saw a small bundle of TNT, "Well no matter, I bet that portal is the reason for what happened" He grabbed it but then the zombie pig thing let out a squeal and Bren turned his head and saw it charge him
"Oh give me a break!" He groaned drawing his blade and felt it get blocked by the creatures own blade it had
"So you use a blade a well, kinda odd don't you think" He said to the creature and then sent a kick right into the zombies shin, he heard a sickening crack and the leg broke off, the creature of course screamed in pain and Bren stabbed the zombie in the head.
"Ok let's run by the things on this island, pigs, zombie pig men things, exploding creepers, zombies, and tall black….things" He said to himself as he set up the TNT, he was glad to find nearby red stone, and he was also glad he knew how to work the basics of this mysterious stone to use it for electrical working
"Now to find a swi- ah here is one" He said looking in a nearby chest, it must have been step up by the former miners.
"So did they find this chamber and tried to explore what was beyond?" He said to himself pulling out a switch and preparing the stone but then he felt a familiar presence
"Huh?" He said and then saw the eyeless figure standing in front of the portal
"Who…are you?" Bren asked drawing his blade
"…"
"Silent guy huh, so strange eyes….well I'm gonna destroy that portal, so I think you better run" Bren said but the figure slowly walked to him
"Back off" Bren said to the figure and then he heard a voice, it was a low, almost whisper. But the sound, it was like that of a demon.
"I am the silent one"
"Then why did you talk?" Bren asked without thinking and then the figure disappeared
"They gave me the name"
Bren turned around and saw the man behind him
"Who the hell are you?" Bren asked gripping his blade
"A chosen one"
"Right….listen gonna go blow up the pillar and stop these monst-"he felt a hand on his throat and he was lifted up by the figure
"You are not" The figure said to Bren as he squeezed
"Fuck…..you…."Bren gasped and let out a knee right into the figure's chest forcing him to let go and Bren ran to the switch and pressed it
The figure snarled at Bren as the dynamite blew up the pillar and rocks began to fall.
"Alright I did it" Bren thought but then the mine began to shake
"Oh you have got to be kidding me, no way that one pillar could cause this entire mine to collapi-"his train of thought was interrupted by falling rubble nearly getting him
"Got to keep running!" He thought as he kept going, this mine was coming down, and he didn't want to be inside it when it did.
He kept running and just made it out as the tunnel filled with rocks
"Made it" He said panting but then he saw multiple creepers looking at him
"…oh fu-"
The explosion sent Bren flying and all went black.