MINEMASTER

6. The Stronghold

As soon as I got back to the Overworld via portal, I immediately made an iron bucket and milked a cow. As I sipped the white liquid, my black wounds started turning back to flesh-and-blood wounds and no longer hurt so much. I also couldn't feel my life draining out of me. I was cured! I did a happy dance around, then decided to check if my traps had worked around the house had worked.

I ran through my secret tunnel and reached the door at the end. I opened it... and saw some zombies coming in! Why were they still living? I quickly killed them with three thrusts of my sword, then went in the trench to check that everything was going well. I went in... and found four skeletons staring at me! I instantly propped up my shield, just in time to feel a large explosion knock me back against the wall. I looked up and found that the skeletons had also gone BOOM with whatever thing that had imploded in my face.  I quickly swiped the goodies they left behind and decided to start my quest toward the Void so I could go back to the real world as soon as I could. I decided to bring everything I had because if I died, I'd probably disappear and my lost items wouldn't matter.

After a long time of sorting, I was finally ready to go to the Void. I started by crafting my voiderpearls into Eye of the Void, then started towards the stronghold. I kept throwing Eye of the Void into the air, then waited for them to drop back down or shatter, then throw another one again, until finally, one disappeared into the ground. I started digging downwards, following the Eye of the Void, until I finally found a set of stone bricks and stairs. Bingo! I had reached the stronghold. Now  it was time to get to the Void portal room and light the portal. But a stronghold can be enormous; where could it be? I started exploring. After a long time, I rounded a corner and suddenly found a crowd of scorpions rushing to meet me. Instead of fighting them, I placed some blocks on the wall and jumped up, so the scorpions couldn't reach me. I recalled hearing that scorpions guard the Void portal room, so I just followed the flow of scorpions. After turning round some corners and through some corridors, I finally found the portal. This was it. The end of the line. I carefully put the Eyes of the Void into the Void portal frame, then jumped into the portal without a moment of hesitation. I felt like I was falling into oblivion, with all the stars around me...