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Chapter 46
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“Thanks to the bet between the elves and BigTree, the popularity of ‘Minecraft’ has certainly skyrocketed.”
“It’s a game that everyone can enjoy, regardless of age or gender. Especially since just learning a little about how to play it makes it so fun. There are still so many undiscovered features.”
Rain and I were on our way back to the magic tower after grocery shopping.
The streets were completely swept up in the Minecraft craze.
The spread of information about Minecraft due to BigTree and the elves’ bet caused a surge in the number of users.
“Did you know? If you give a villager a composter, they turn into a farmer!”
“A farmer?”
“Yeah! And if you trap the villagers and throw them bread, they’ll make babies! You can keep breeding them to increase their numbers, and if you block them in with walls…”
“If you block them in?”
“You can keep trading with them and eventually get golden carrots!”
“Wow! I have to try that! Mom, I want to play Minecraft!”
Unlike other games, Minecraft had the image of being a healing game.
Parents often let their children play it since it could also be used for indirect educational purposes.
This led to explosive popularity among children.
Of course, contrary to the parents’ intentions, the children were doing bizarre things like locking up villagers and forcing them to breed endlessly.
Perhaps because they were children, their thoughts were more unrestricted, leading to all sorts of experimentation.
From my perspective, it was nice that various strategies were being discovered.
“Breeding…? Is something like that possible, Rai?”
“Yes. Villages are randomly generated in Minecraft, and if you give the villagers bread, they’ll have children. While it can happen naturally, you can also forcibly trap them and make them breed to increase their numbers.”
“So… the children thought of that scary idea on their own?”
“Well, villagers can trade rare items that are hard to get otherwise. The more villagers you have, the more diverse trades you can access. It’s a method they probably thought of because they’re kids. Haha.”
Hearing the children’s conversation, Rain was shocked.
Knowing from my past life that even more outrageous things were possible in Minecraft, I could only laugh.
Anyway, people were enjoying Minecraft smoothly.
The public’s interest in the bet between BigTree and the elves had also reached its peak.
“Did you hear? The elves discovered an underwater ruin in the sea this time.”
“An underwater ruin? Are you saying Minecraft has something like that? Before this, BigTree and her team discovered an ancient city underground. Just how vast is the world of Minecraft?”
Every day, new updates about BigTree and the elves’ strategies were shared.
However, they still hadn’t found a clue to the Ender Dragon.
“So, where does this Ender Dragon appear? It’s been quite some time since the bet began…”
“You’ll understand once they find an End Portal. End Portals only generate at specific coordinates, so they can be difficult to find. But I think it’ll be discovered soon.”
Another layer of fun in Minecraft survival begins with dimension travel.
Finding the End Portal would reveal the means of interdimensional travel.
When that happens, the real battle will begin.
Events were also being prepared for the elves and dark elves.
“Ugh… I need to hurry back and play. Let’s go, Rai!”
“You need to work. If Rain neglects her duties like the Magic Tower Master, our tower will collapse.”
I followed Rain through Trinity’s streets and back to the magic tower.
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WorldTreeIsJustABigTree was diligently digging in the world of Minecraft.
The second bet with the elves.
To be the first to defeat the Ender Dragon in survival mode.
To achieve that, they had to find an End Portal.
“Where could it be? We’ve searched the whole world…”
This time, even dark elf allies joined in.
Despite scouring the world at an incredible speed, no trace of an End Portal had been found.
They searched the seas, built up into the skies with blocks, but found nothing.
The only area left was underground, and it felt like they had dug up almost every inch of the earth.
“I thought this would be easy…”
The bet was dragging on longer than expected.
When BigTree had agreed to the bet, she had thought it would be another easy victory.
Technically, there was no reason to accept the bet.
BigTree had already won the previous one.
According to the agreement, the elves were supposed to publicly admit that the World Tree was just a big tree.
Even so, BigTree had accepted the second bet without a word of complaint because she knew.
No matter what, the elves would never admit that the World Tree was just a big tree.
And BigTree herself knew that the World Tree wasn’t just a large tree.
BigTree’s true identity was Kilia, a Dark Elf.
Like the other dark elves, who were also the World Tree’s children, Kilia understood the truth about the World Tree.
Nevertheless, the dark elves harboured hatred for the World Tree and the elves due to their history.
Kilia found satisfaction in watching the elves flounder in helpless rage, realizing their own pathetic incompetence.
She didn’t expect the elves to admit defeat gracefully.
“Huh?”
As Kilia was digging underground, she encountered an elf character.
“Riana?”
The nickname was ElfSupremacy.
It was Riana, the elven hero and a member of the warrior party.
With her extensive adventuring experience, Riana was also tasked with map exploration.
“I was exploring this area first. How about you back off?”
“I came here to explore as well. It’s not as if there are set borders. You should reconsider speaking like that, BigTree.”
“Tch.”
Clicking her tongue, Kilia resumed her exploration.
Riana, ignoring her, also started digging.
The two couldn’t stand each other’s presence, even in the same space.
Yet neither left, continuing to search the underground area.
Both knew they had already scoured every other part of the map, leaving only this place.
If the End Portal wasn’t anywhere else, it was highly likely to be here.
‘I have to find it first…!’
‘I can’t let her beat me…!’
Both frantically dug at an incredible pace.
The underground expanded rapidly.
“Huh?”
The first voice came from Kilia.
As she dug, a brick block suddenly appeared.
“…!”
Riana rushed over as soon as she saw it.
“This… I found it first!”
“What are you talking about? There’s no such thing as ownership of land here!”
The two of them quickly broke through the brick wall in front of them.
As they destroyed one layer, a low-ceilinged room resembling a prison appeared.
Cobwebs were strewn across the room, and silverfish crawled on the floor.
“…Judging by the lack of airflow, this space is entirely buried underground.”
With her extensive construction experience, Kilia quickly assessed the area.
A spiral staircase connected various rooms.
From its structure, it appeared to have multiple levels with numerous rooms.
Each room seemed to serve different purposes, such as prison-like cells or rooms storing chests.
Judging by the silverfish’s movement paths, they all seemed to emerge from a single source.
For now, Kilia followed the path of the silverfish.
“Ugh… It looks like a ruin that hasn’t been used for a very long time.”
“I can tell.”
As they cleared the cobwebs covering the area, they eventually reached a large room.
In the center of the room was a block generating silverfish and another type of block with a strange hollow design.
There were twelve of these hollow blocks arranged in a rectangular shape without corners.
“There’s something inserted here… Is that… an eye?”
Muttering to herself, Riana inspected the block.
As she said, one of the blocks had an unusual green eye embedded in it.
“Could it be that if all the eyes are inserted, you could cross dimensions…”
Kilia speculated, her reasoning sounding plausible.
After examining the room thoroughly, Kilia decided to move elsewhere, as there didn’t seem to be any more information to uncover here.
Seeing Kilia leave, Riana quickly followed her.
Not because she was scared, but because she needed to keep an eye on her competitor’s actions.
“Huh?”
As Riana trailed Kilia, she noticed a partially open door and ran toward it.
This time, it was Kilia who followed her.
Kilia wasn’t scared either.
“A library?”
Behind the door was a library filled with bookshelves.
The books were covered in dust, and cobwebs hung thick between the shelves.
“[End]…”
Among the shelves was one labeled [End].
Riana picked out a book titled Ender Dragon.
“The Ender Dragon resides on the central island of the End world…”
The book detailed information about the Ender Dragon.
Just from reading about it, they could tell it was an incredibly powerful monster.
From her intuition, Riana estimated it might be as strong as, or even stronger than, the dragon subspecies she had encountered in the past.
Defeating the Ender Dragon would require extensive preparation—beyond what they had imagined.
As she finished reading the book on the Ender Dragon, Kilia grabbed a book labeled End World.
“To travel to the End dimension, you must insert all the Eyes of Ender into the End Portal. The Eyes of Ender are crafted by combining Ender Pearls and Blaze Powder, both of which can be obtained in the Nether dimension.”
The book explained how to access the End World and provided an overview of the dimension.
The two elves concluded that they would need to travel to the End World to defeat the Ender Dragon.
But to do that, they first needed to gather the materials for the Eyes of Ender from the Nether.
The two then moved to the [Nether] section of the library to gather information.
From the books, they learned that Ender Pearls could be obtained from the Nether’s piglin residents and Blaze Powder could be acquired by defeating Blaze monsters.
“By arranging obsidian in the following shape, a portal to the Nether can be created…”
Finally, they discovered the method for traveling to the Nether dimension.
They now knew everything they needed to do.
As they finished reading, Riana and Kilia glanced at each other.
Now that they knew how to reach the Ender Dragon, speed was critical to completing the process.
Kilia made the first move, and Riana followed shortly after.
Kilia left the End Portal room and immediately headed toward a nearby area with flowing lava.
She aimed to create obsidian and open a Nether portal.
‘It’ll take too long to return to base. I can inform my teammates outside the game. First, I need to get to the Nether and secure the necessary materials. If possible, I’ll gather them immediately.’
That was her plan.
Both Kilia and Riana were equipped with high-grade gear.
Based on what they had just read, they believed they could handle the Nether’s monsters alone.
However, even the slightest delay could lead to losing the initiative, which could result in failure.
For now, heading to the Nether to confirm their findings seemed the best course of action.
Riana shared the same thought and also headed toward the lava area.
“Why don’t you stop following me and go report to your oh-so-great queen?”
“Shouldn’t you be more worried about the dangers ahead?”
Skilfully, the two drew water and poured it over the lava.
By carefully controlling the flow, they solidified the lava into a rectangular shape, creating obsidian.
When the obsidian formed into the shape of a portal as depicted in the book, the space within it began to ripple.
It was the first time a portal to another dimension had been discovered in Minecraft.
Gulp.
Both Riana and Kilia instinctively swallowed their dry throats.
Although they had hurriedly constructed it, the eerie, flickering purple portal evoked a sense of unease about the unknown.
‘Should I suggest she goes in first? It might be dangerous right away…’
‘Should I let her take the lead? Just in case something happens immediately.’
As they hesitated, Kilia made up her mind first and threw herself into the portal.
“Ah…!”
Riana quickly followed after her.
Accompanied by an unpleasant sticky sensation and a reversal of her vision, the Nether dimension unfolded before them.
“Hrrrk?!”
Waiting for them there were numerous piglins, humanoid creatures with pig-like faces wielding weapons.
The piglins immediately destroyed the portal the two elves had come through.
“What?”
“What the…!”
Before long, hordes of violent piglins began to charge at them.
They managed to fend off a few but eventually had to flee.
They had only one path to escape, dodging piglins emerging from all sides.
At the end of that path was a dark space.
Clang—
“?!”
“Wait… Don’t tell me.”
As they entered, they heard the sound of metal clanging shut.
When they turned around, the piglins had already locked the iron bars behind them.
No matter how hard they struck the prison walls, they wouldn’t break.
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