I splashed my face with some water as the dragon stared out from above me. I shook my head and wiped the sleep from my eyes. I was Exhausted! But, i had no reason to be. I grabbed my spear and went back upstairs. Once i got back upstairs i went outside.
I came back a couple of minutes later with two more rabbit corpses. "I can’t keep killing them like this!" I said out loud. I was saving the special cow food for an emergency. Such as if a creeper blew up my house and i had to move or if the zombies came under the direction of the 'Teachers'. I shuddered.
As i started roasting the rabbits i turned to the fur. I picked up some scraps of my shirt and used a designated piece of spent iron to weave the fur together. A couple of minutes later I pulled the rabbit off the fire to check it; seeing it was done i set it aside and continued threading.
Several minutes later i pulled back from my work and found a makeshift shirt for me. I had stripped and used the remnants of my shirt for the under portion of it. Sliding it on i noticed the added weight but it felt good. I headed back down the stairs with my cooled rabbit.
When i got down the stairs i grabbed one of the bigger pieces of spent iron and started hitting it with a hammer to bend it to the right shape. After a couple of minutes of adjusting and pounding i fit it onto the iron handle. For the final touch i slid the remnants of my food bag on for the grip.
I took the pick and walked over to the wall opposite from the spring. And timidly hit the wall. The pick rebounded from the stone, as i had suspected but a chunk of rock had cracked as well. I readied myself and swung again. This time the pick flew from my hands with the rebound. I turned and picked it up from the ground, resuming the grueling task.
A couple of hours passed as i mined out a hallway. Once i had gone around five blocks i stopped and got a drink from the dragon. At the five foot mark i started widening it. This room would be for heat concentration. I set up a vent above it leading to the surface, as i built this i noticed that the tunnel i had mined wasn’t so sturdy.
I went back and grabbed the chunks of rock that i had piled up in the other room and started fitting it together. After a couple of fails i had pillars of cobblestone reaching toward the ceilings and helping to sturdy it. As i contemplated the ways i could refine this i yawned and shut my eyes.
When i woke i found that i felt much better and much more rested.
I rose from the ground, and then grabbing my pick i resumed my task.
Several hours later i finished my furnace room. It was four blocks wide by three blocks long by six blocks high. I dug out a miniature pit under it and set up a stone platform above it. I had redirected some of the water to collect down here instead of remaining at the dragons head.
I started to lug branches and logs down the stairs but when i got down there i saw the light streaming down through the vent and mentally slapped myself as i piled the branches in the pit. I headed back up the stairs and started dropping the branches down the hole. It filled quickly as i dropped the pieces through.
I went down to my furnace room and propped the spent iron pieces onto the platforms. I then manually started the fire and walked from the room. As the fire heated the little area i kept watch from by the dragon. Together we kept a close eye on the progress. When the pieces started to glow i went in with my fashioned hammer and loose tongs.
I moved the pieces over to the stone platform and started beating the edges of the metal with my hammer. Quickly an edge formed and i put it back under the fire. I sat by the dragon and washed my face off. Ten minutes later i repeated the process. About twenty times later, I pulled the blade and handle that i had fashioned and dumped them into the cool water steam assaulted my face as they cooled.
Twenty minutes later i went and i grabbed the warm blade from the hot water. I rebuilt the fire and grabbed some strong but easily melted metal. I melted it down and i used it to bind the blade and the handle. Thirty minutes after that i went out and wielded my new sword.
Exhilarated i danced around my house with my sword. With this i could go after much bigger game! As well as providing protection from creepers and zombies. "Think twice before attacking me!" I chatted in all caps. I spun in a circle swinging my sword and watching it glint off the sun.
