Chapter 12: Chapter 12
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Chapter 12: The New Beginning
These villagers... they needed to be trained. Strengthened.
So I returned to the first village.
I reclaimed the water source and called upon the older villagers to ride the giant spider.
We headed back to the fortress — now our new home.
Water systems were rebuilt.
We began replanting crops.
Grass started to spread again.
Trees slowly returned to life.
I used bone meal to nourish them further.
"...Time to go mining," I muttered.
I dug deep underground.
Summoned the Warden — it quickly sensed the vibrations and found a cave.
Water...
It was a flooded cave.
But unlike my own, this water wasn't infinite.
And yet...
There was something down here.
Something strange.
I dove deeper, following a subtle pull.
Eventually, I stopped at a strange formation.
I started digging into the walls.
"...This place... it's part of The End..."
"An End Portal... I'll need Ender Pearls."
I gazed at the half-formed portal, sitting in its basin of lava.
Then, without hesitation, I built a Nether portal.
It was time to gather what I needed — and reach The End.
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