HEROBRINE RETURN§

Chapter twenty-three: Encounter

Steve woke up with a pain on his head. His head was spinning a bit before it stopped, he felt he was kneeling on something solid and cold as stone. He heavily opened his eyes and blurry saw an image of a man standing before him, his arms were crossed and he's looking at him with contempt.

Steve let out a mourn and tried to rubbed his head but as he tried to move he couldn't for his hands were bonded and he heard something rattled. He heavily glanced on his wrist and saw a shackle. "A shackle?"

"Where am I?" Steve heavily asked the man without looking at him.

"Welcome to the dark dungeon of Hypixel Kingdom, Dark Lord." The man roughly replied.

Steve's vision slowly cleared as he saw  three more figures standing at the back. The man before him was, in fact, the ruler of the kingdom,  Hypixel, the man named after his kingdom.

This brought Steve great relief and anxious, he suddenly burst out, "Please listen to me, in the next seven days the undead and the Nether would unleash an all out attack in your kingdom, you have to-"

Hypixel chuckled. He looked pointedly at him, "Really? How do you expect us to believe the words of a demon, who slaughtered every lives and trampled on the innocent? Your words can't fool me, Dark Lord! It's a miracle you got caught by my fine mercenaries. By the way, why'd you let yourself get caught, huh? Is it to tell us this false words or are you plotting something?"

"No! I'm telling the truth. There would be an invasion seven days later. You had to warn the others and be prepared!" Steve tried desperately.

"I don't think so. Why don't you stay with us for a while? Eyes like yours can't fool me. Whenever I stared at your empty eyes remains me of evil." Hypixel gruffed. He turned away and walked out through the door after giving the three guards an order to watch him closely and not let their guard down.

Steve sighed, accepting the fact that no one will ever believe him because of this damn eyes! He can't do anything to stop the invasion. If he did escape with the help of Herobrine's power and return back to the Nether and order the stop of the attack, the others would get suspicious of his order and will demand to know the reason. If his reasons is unacceptable, then they would know that he's not Herobrine. Damn it!

Steve hung his head in despair. He saw his own reflection on a small puddle on the cold floor staring at him with those devious eyes. They are empty, white, glowing and...full of evil. He gritted his teeth at the sight of it.

If Hypixel refused to believe him then maybe some smart people will. He tried to use the teleportation ability of Herobrine but he was surprised to see that it didn't work out. He guessed that he can only teleport with free hands. That's an amazing discovery in a situation like this. Hell! What's more, the more he relied on Herobrine's power, the more likely he'll awaken his consciousness. Now, the best thing he can do is to stay here for a while.

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Back at the castle of Valimoria, Grian smiled gleefully for he was certain that he's almost close in finishing his final design on his machine. He called it 'The RoboCanon 3000'.

As he was testing the piston, Alex entered his room. "Hey, have you seen Nick lately? His been missing for a week now."

"Nick?" Grian replied, half listening.

"Yeah." Alex glanced around his room in awe, "A knight told me that he saw Nick talked to you before he disappeared."

"Oh that...Nick went and talked to Scar. I guess he was planning on leaving in search for this witch, that is in league with Herobrine, that can brew a potion that can cure the undead or something." Grian said without thinking, "He sought the approval of the queen and she said yes. He might be fighting the witch right now -"

"He did what!" Alex burst out.

This slapped Grian's head alive, "I wish I didn't told you that."

"What is he thinking going alone to fight a witch in league with the enemy! I'm going to lend him a hand." Alex stomped towards to the door but Grian quickly moved and blocked the way. 

"Woah! Hold it right there! Man, Nick's gonna kill me if he finds out that I told you this!" Grian shook his head.

"Out of my way!" Alex tried to passed him but Grian insisted in keeping her away from the door.

"Hell, no! Listen, Nick made me swear not to tell you where he is going and... since I broke that promise, it's better to tell you the reason behind why he's doing this." Grian tried to explain.

This seemed to cool down Alex. "What are you trying to say?"

"I suppose you remember Shandy?"

"How did you know-"

Grian cut her off, "Nick told me about her and your bonds with her. He knew the burden you carry since Steve became the vessel and he don't want to add more of your burden. He kept it from you to spared you from more pain and he shoulder it all."

"Where are you getting at?"

Grian took a deep breath, "Nick went out in hope to abtain a potion that can cure an undead. The other day, he saw her among the undead. She's not completely gone."

"What?..." Alex trailed off, "S-Shandy?"

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Warning: Some disturbing scene and bloody scene. If you don't have a strong mind then better skip it.

Swish! Nick slashed a zombie dead upfront, he heard a growl from behind, he quickly whipped around and cut a zombie's head off.  The head rolled towards the grasses as more mobs appeared.

Damn. I never expect this many mobs! Nick anxiously looked around. He took a step back knowing he's outnumbered. He was heavily wounded and was weary from all the fights. He wanted to give-up but his thoughts drifted to Shandy, this gave him hope and determination to keep fighting.

"Human, you don't belong here!" Nick was surprised to see a talking zombie stepped forward, what's more is that he is a former guardians. Man, this keeps getting better.

Nick sneered, confidently and look at him with daring eyes, "Hmp...I made it this far so I'm not turning back! I didn't expect that the witch would have so many mobs guarding her...she must be very important to Herobrine. He even hid her well." Nick tightly gripped his swords, "You're all going down...AAAHHHH!"

As Nick speed up towards them. Swish! Slash! Swish!

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Remember what I said in the last chapter "four more chapters to go"? Well...it seems it may take a bit longer but ,hey, we're truly close to the end.