Meef in Minecraft

Chapter III: Siege and a Mission

Jervesky was under siege, the defenders still wanting me to fight alongside them.

So I went to the front, and saw the siegers were all skeletons armed with bows, zombies with nothing but their hands, and something else that resembled a zombie, but looked pinkish and had a yellow-looking sword. They were fast runners.

So I rushed to them, and they tried to attack me. However, their arrows were bouncing off me, and their swords seemed like they were made of rubber, because they didn't hurt at all. I tried to punch, but instead I felt a huge wave, and then I felt the temperatures drop immensely.

About 10 seconds later, everything was on the ground. Everything but the defenders. Jervesky was safe, but everyone was questioning what I just did.

Gerald appeared, also armed with a bow and a full iron set, and appeared astonished. I was questioning what was going on. "Meef, that was amazing!" he said. I was about to speak, but he said, "You can't really fight like that. People will think you're the threat." I was confused, but I saw what he meant.

Some days later, Gerald appeared again. He wanted to present me to the mechanic of Jervesky. He was a Minecraftian, like the shape I took from a ball. He was dressing in purple clothes: a purple shirt, a purple jacket, purple jeans, black shoes and a purple hat. His name was Robert Stefánsson. He said he was from Greenland, and preferred to be called Robbie.

"Meef, this guy builds our stuff. He uses the latest technology too." I was impressed. He had models for cars which seemed from 1970, and ran on... blaze rods? Well that's weird. I said that out loud in front of Robbie and said, "No, no, no, these rods are powerful. They have the energy equivalent to 10 blocks of coal and takes so long to die out!"

This guy was a genius, I thought. And then Gerald proceeded on telling us what he needed us for. He told us that this "threat" needed to think we're strong to intimidate them, and make them weaker. Robbie insisted that I should also go get support. However, I didn't know how. I was a bit too awkward to make friends. But Gerald then said that I could go to the "Mineplex".

It looked like it was a server, and it could be connected to by a button on every city. However, the nearest city, Luvriosk, is outside the Amurlenian occupation of Rusdon, and we had to travel there. "But isn't a connection button supposed to be here?" I asked. "Well, it's a bit controversial, why there's no button here. You see, the Rusdenes claimed our sovereignty, even while we were unable to get invaded by them, so they decided not to install a button. Then the Amurlenians occupied us, but they left us completely alone, not even wanting to install a button," Gerland explained.

And it looked like Luvriosk was 271.6 km away from us (271582 blocks), too, so we had to use one of those Hi-Tech cars that Robbie made. Gerald was unsure they would work, but Robbie said he has been testing them. He did a lot of trial and error, but now they can reach a max speed of 90 km/h.

"There were a bunch of explosions, but it's ok now." Gerald said, "Oh, that's where the explosions were coming from?" Robbie nodded.

So then, he showed us the cars. They were flaming, long, and could hold up to 5 people inside. We only needed one. Robbie then shows us our blaze rod supply: 600 rods! I asked him how'd he get so many, and he said, "I farm them like cows." That's so weird! I thought.

So then, we got into the car, and Robbie began to drive us to Luvriosk.