Confronting the Dragon: Book Three in the Gameknight999 Series
xII MARK CHEVERTON your thoughts and share your screenshots from Minecraft I encourage all of you to build one of the scenes from one of the books and submit it to the website I’ll be posting those images for every one to see Look for us Gameknight999 and Monkey pants271 out there on the servers Keep reading be nice and watch out for creepers Mark Cheverton
CHAPTER 1 THE LAST BATTLE Gameknight999 floated through a silvery mist a feeling of dread pulsing through every nerve Something was about to happen something bad and somehow he knew that he could not avoid the deadly consequences of what was about to transpire Gradually the cloud started to clear and he found himself on a large plateau atop a huge mountain of bedrock As the silvery fog settled to the ground fig ures started to emerge from behind its misty veil NPCs all of them armored and carrying weapons they were the surviving defenders of Minecraft Sensing a presence next to him Gameknight turned and found Crafter and Mason standing next to him They talked quietly to each other their faces grim with determination They glanced out across the plateau to the vast plain that sat at the mountain’s base Something seemed to be moving through the shining fog that obscured the ground angry things hurtful things Does the mist mean this is a dream He thought That shiny fog seemed to be in all of the strange dreams I’ve been having lately
2 MARK CHEVERTON He couldn’t explain it but something inside told Gameknight he was looking at the future that he was seeing his own future And somehow a feeling from within made him shake with fear as he real ized the truth about what was going to happen He was about to witness his own death and the end of Minecraft Shuddering he turned to look at his friends Next to Mason he found Hunter standing rigid and strong enchanted bow in her hand and now he knew for sure that this was a dream She looked haggard and exhausted almost translucent but with a look of deadly anger in her eyes How could this be the future when Hunter had already been captured by Malacoda and Erebus on the last server Gameknight thought How was this possible Gameknight looked about the plateau and found that it was covered with what looked like beacons transparent glass cubes with light emitting blocks trapped within He could see a whole field of bea cons hundreds of them maybe thousands But the curious thing was that they were all dark save for two One shone bright sending a brilliant beam of white light straight up into the sky It was bigger than the rest in fact it was massive taller than any of the NPCs its base surrounded by diamond blocks that also cast shafts of icy blue light up into the sky It was so bright that its light felt blazing hot as if anyone that touched the glowing beam would be vaporized instantly All of the other beacons were normal sized even though they looked tiny in com parison Only one of these smaller beacons shone with light its brilliant beam feeling just as hot and deadly as its larger companion
CONFRONTING THE DRAGON 3 What’s going on here Gameknight thought What am I doing here What’s that beacon for Is this the Last Battle for Minecraft Gameknight could see that everyone on top of the mountain had looks of fear and uncertainty painted on their faces In front of them was a steep stairway that led from the plains below up to the flat moun taintop where they stood It was the only way up to the plateau of beacons the sides of the plateau were sheer and unscalable Gameknight watched as Mason peered down the sloping hill and surveyed the landscape He then turned and focused his green eyes on him They’re coming he said with a grim voice There must be five hundred monsters maybe a thousand right behind Erebus He reached up with a blocky hand and stroked his neatly trimmed beard his eyes scanning the faces of his warriors I fear there is no way for us to stop this horde Mine craft is doomed Doomed Gameknight thought If this is the future does this mean we’re going to lose the bat tle for Minecraft He wanted to yell tell them to not give up but his voice would not respond He felt trapped within his own body unable to do anything other than be a spectator from behind these helpless eyes Do not despair User-that-is-not-a-user Crafter said his wise voice resonating across the moun taintop You did all that could be done There is no shame in failing after doing your best What are you talking about Hunter snapped her voice sounding dreamlike and surreal to Game knight She had a transparent look to her as if she were not completely there her fate still uncertain If
