Chapter XXVI - Aether

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In the Aether, the heaven of the Order of the Stone is different from the Overworld and the Nether. The Aether is a floating island filled with enchanted mobile entities. There, we find that Allays are the spirits that help and are guided by man. There are Red Dragons that roam the skies, Pigs that can actually fly, and can only be entered when a man is sleeping.

People said that the Aether is just a myth, a lucid dream, and it's just a fantasy world to get out of the Overworld, but not for the people of Zauberhaft, Hüter, Sahra', Rättegång, and Abgrund. These four cities believed that the Creator exists outside their realm, and he is outside the computer. Code by code, he coded the world so beautifully, and many people know him, his name is Markus "Notch" Persson. People said that Notch who created the Order of the Stone had left his creation, but four nations refused and thought he was still there.

On the stranded island where Brennen lives, has woken up in a strange place. The place was full of floating islands that resembled the Overworld, and he thought that it must be just a dream but when he tried to test their fall damage. He got hurt and his legs were broken for a second and it healed fast, and then he roamed around the floating islands. He explored hundreds of blocks away and found strange things that didn't happen in the Overworld. He saw flying pigs, flying stingrays, colossal sniffers, a thousand golem variants, and Allays that he knew. "This place looked so beautiful, and everything I saw was good," he said then continued.

He then found the rumored legends of the Farlands, "Wow! I thought it was just a myth, but it's true.". Then, climbed and walked on the ant maze of the Farlands. The more he continued to walk the more he felt tired, and then rested on an oak tree. Then, he saw an apple sprout on the oak tree, "Hehe, the quirks living in this world." He took the apple from the oak tree and ate it. As he rested under the shade of the tree, he saw red dragons flying through the air and almost resembled the Brennen Dragon whose spirit was inside of him. "They looked like the Brennen Dragon," he said and then bridge to the floating islands.

The red dragons looked at him and were furious to see him getting into their territory, and when they were about to attack, they suddenly got curious. They saw his flaming hair and the spirit of the Brennen Dragon that was inside of Brennen. Brennen was confused and decided to confront them boldly. Instead of the dragons attacking him, they were passive to him and decided to be part of the pack. As Brennen spent time with the dragons, he suddenly heard a noise, "Hey, so you're Brennen, right?" and the voice he heard was a dragon. "Oh! Yeah... I am Brennen, but um... It's a nickname I got because my father sealed the Brennen Dragon inside me... So... Is it awkward or not?" Brennen then gave them an awkward smile. One of the dragons replied, "No not at all it's just that our friend was captured and corrupted by Grau Finsternis aka the Dark Witch." "So you guys are relaxed about it?" Brennen asked and the dragon replied, "Yeah, it also happened to the Frieren Owl."

Brennen then thought for a moment then asked, "Wait, so, how did Grau come? And where am I?" "Kid, are you forgetting about something?" The dragon was confused and the other replied to Brennen, "Do you read the enchanted book from the enchanting table?" "Oh! Right! This place looks familiar and we're on a floating island and- wait... I am in Aether?" "Yes, kiddo you are in Aether," one of the dragons replied and smiled.

Brennen then shook his head and said, "Okay so let's go back to the point, how Grau came and caught the Brennen Dragon and the Frieren Owl?". Then one of the dragons replied, "It all started fifty years ago, after the great world war. Legend has it that Grau who lost the war made a portal to this dimension it was made of Glowstones and water." Then the other dragon said, "The creator said that she was the first person to enter the Nether but it's not like the Nether that King Alexander discovered." "Then what was the Nether look like back then?" Brennen asked and another dragon replied, "it is not like the modern Nether has life but the old Nether the other hand, was a place for the second death and Grau was the survivor. She escaped by using an obsidian portal and built a portal here in the Aether." Brennen then replied, "Let me guess, Grau then came here and stole and corrupted the Frieren Owl and Brennen Dragon. Then, she used them to destroy my hometown." "You are correct, Brennen," said one of the dragons, and all of them nodded.

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