Minecraft: loading new world

POV: Merry

I mixed some of the ink with redstone, lapis, and soulsand.

This was my 214 attempt at making an ink more compatible with a flesh body, or a moving body in general.

The ink quickly turned into a dark color that gave an ominous vibe.

"Well, this is a good start. Let's see if it's going to be useful for what I need as well."

While I looked at the library of the Sandstone Palace for more information about Enchanting.

I stumbled upon a book that described different ways to make ink.

And because of the System, I should be able to achieve my dream of creating permanent enchanted tattoos.

I tried various inks on different animals, and unfortunately, it was much more complicated then it seemed.

Most of the ink that was written in the book was intended for blocks, not living beings.

But I learned the principles behind each model, so I could create my one of my own.

Some of them had success, while others didn't, but I learned that soulsand was crucial for my tattoo ink.

I couldn't use any animals either, since the chicken was too small for me to do something significant and the caw leather was too dark to see the ink clearly.

That only left the pigs, which weren't in great numbers here in the desert.

But because of my status as a hero and the fact that I was helping progress the Enchanting field, I was given plenty of resources for this.

Plus, it's not like it was hard for me to find a sponsor.

Everyone knew my name, and I had a pretty good reputation amongst the nobles and the commoners.

I tried to help Daniel integrate into his new life as Trader did with me.

But unfortunately, Daniel didn't see himself as a student, and instead, he was offended that I tried to teach him something about this world when he knew more then me.

This was true when it came to information about the game, but I don't think he realized how different it was from what he knew.

One time he kidnapped a villager and brought her into a prison cell, where he proceeded to feed her to a Zombie.

I was sent on a mission to find that girl, only to see Daniel give me the traumatized girl, and complain that he didn't get any discounts for saving her.

Luckily, the poor girl doesn't remember too much of what happened, only that it was painful.

But because of those actions, I couldn't see Daniel as a hero anymore, more like a villain.

And he had the audacity to tell me that those were just plain "Villagers" and not to get worked up about them.

I cut off any ties I had with him at that moment and made sure to tell everyone to be worry of him.

The last I heard of him, he went to the Coral Kingdom, and nothing more.

As I was remembering those unpleasant memories, I finished writing the last letter on the pig.

The pig was put to sleep beforehand, from experience, they tended to be very ticklish when being written on.

Once I was done, I placed a small pile of carrots on top of 4 block tower and awakened the beast.

Once the pig was up, he looked confused around him before beginning to smell the delicious carrots out of reach.

He tried to find a way to them but had no luck, so he began jumping.

At first, he jumped normally, only one block. But as hunger got the better of him he suddenly jumped to the top of the tower, where he happily ate the carrots.

"Good, the first part of the experiment was a success."

Since animals didn't know how to consciously activate the enchantments, I used a driving force for them to activate them unconsciously.

For this one, is was hunger.

I also found out that animals with activated enchantments tend to eat more than normal, but only if they activate their superpowers.

"Now let's see if it can pass the final test as well."

This is where most of my experiments ended, and the reason was pretty stupid as well.

After the pig got his fill, I built a bridge and brought the pig to a bath.

That's right, my biggest challenge was to make the ink stick to the skin.

While it wouldn't be a problem in my old world, in this one, it was a problem since the regeneration system was too good.

I could make a tattoo gun and and draw the characters on the skin, but once the victims eat something, they would return to their full health which deleted the tattoo.

That's why most people gave up on trying to persuade this kind of experiment, or at least I don't have any more data that would help me with this case.

As the pig sat comfortably in the warm water, I began to scrub off the ink of his pink skin.

"I can't believe it... it's a success!"

Suddenly, I felt my guts being pulled, and the bathroom that I was previously in was replaced with an old-fashioned-looking office.

"Merry! Glad to- was I interrupting something by any chance?"

"Nooo! I was soo close, the answer was right in front of me!"

I slammed my fists into the ground feeling the pain of my flesh and my soul.

"Merry, what happened?!"

A voice tried to comfort me.

I looked through my teary eyes and saw a dark-looking armor that gave a menacing aura.

There was only one man who had thar creepy armor, and that was my teacher Trader.

"Sorry that I summoned you all of a sudden. Did you lose something important? If you tell me the rough location, I can teleport you back."

I took a deep breath to calm down and remembered that my experiment was a success. Not only that, but I also remembered the exact ratios for each ingredient, so it wasn't like I lost everything.

The only bad thing about this is the fact that the servants and the Pope would get worried about my sudden disappearance, but I already warned them about my Perl station in the Stone Kingdom.

It was such a good idea that we decided to place one in the palace and church as well.

"Are you...ok? Sorry if I interrupted something important."

"It's ok Trader, it's not something that I can't write down, and if you summoned me, that means it's very important...now that I'm thinking about it, what kind of help do you need that requires me?"

While Trader wasn't the best partner, I was glad that I didn't stick with him in his adventures.

They sounded fun and something a hero should do, but I began to appreciate this world and the life I was building myself here.

And let's say, that Trader did not know the concept of a chill life.

The last time we met, I died because of an explosion that wiped a city off the map.

I still felt bad about that, and I wasn't even the cause of that explosion.

Daniel didn't care, and Trader was very upset with himself that something so horrible had happened.

Ever since then, he tried to improve himself and send some funds to the families that were affected by this.

That was one incident, which was pretty major, but the second happened a day after we got revived.

He got cursed by the System so he wouldn't be able to walk in the Overworld without his armor!

Then he went silent for the next few months.

Trader tends to do things alone, and if he calls you to help him, that means he doesn't have a choice but to call you.

And if he can't do it alone...I don't want to think what he considers to be too dangerous to be done alone.

"Well, a lot happened that I can't talk about here in the Overworld, but long story short, I defeated the Wither, but not before he managed to break the Bedrock to the Void where the Ender Dragon escaped and wants to attack this world in about a year."

As always, he can't have a normal life.

It's been almost 2 years since I came to this world and had the opportunity to learn a lot of information from the books and people that I met.

Daniel may consider me inferior to him and Trader when it comes to the ways of this world, but I know for a fact that what he knows is only partially valuable, while what I knew is something not even the kings of those kingdoms dared to imagine.

The only one who knows more than me would be Trader, but I don't think I want to use the same method to get that information as he did.

What I wanted to say is, that I knew what he meant, when he said that the Wither destroyed the Bedrock.

This was something not even the ancient civilization was capable of doing, and they managed to create a fake God.

Not only that, but Trader somehow managed to defeat this being capable of such destruction, only to be scared of this Ender Dragon enough to call for help.

Trader doesn't like to drag his friends into dangerous battles, but If he wants me to join him, then that means the world is truly doomed.

"Ok, let's wait a bit so I can process what I just heard."

I sat down while messaging my head, and Trader waited patiently for me to gather myself.

"Ok, I'm now focused and ready to tackle whatever this is. So what do I need to do, and how likely are we to die on this adventure?"

"Honestly, if I didn't have a choice I would've preferred not to involve you in this. If the Wither was a level 8 threat, the Ender Dragon is something even the System is scared of."

Yeah, that didn't help me with my worries Trader, thanks for pointing that out.

"Unfortunately, I don't know how to defeat the Ender Dragon in this world, and the System doesn't want to tell me either unless I bring you and Daniel with me."

Well, that was reassuring... my literal patron was throwing me under the bus.

What could I even do in this final battle?

"Unfortunately I can't tell you all the details since we're still in the Overworld. So I wanted to ask you if you knew where Daniel is, so I could bring him here and get this over with."

"I haven't seen him in months, and last time I checked he visited the Coral Kingdom, but nothing beyond that."

"Aha...I know this may sound unrelated to what we talked about, but did you by any chance need some items from my base to level up your skills?"

"Why would I need to do that? I have my own people or hands to gather resources."

"Yeah...that's what I though as well. Looks like we'll have to go to the Coral Kingdome and find Daniel. Do you think it would be hard?"

Looks like something happend to his base if he asked me that... I was more worried for Daniel now.

"I don't think that would be a problem. He doesn't like to live a quiet live after all, so If we follow some rumours we should find him."

"That's true! Before we leave, do you want to say hi to someone from the castle?"

It would be nice to see Bobby and Elisabeth, but I'm sure they'll keep us here for a while, and it would take us a few weeks to get to the Coral Kingdom.

"No, I think it's better if we go as soon as posibile."

"I fell the same. Here, hold those 2 perls, put one on the pillow and the other in the Enchanted square."

"Ok?"

I took the 2 Perls and placed them as instructed while beeing confused.

I understood the one for the pillow since I needed to replaced the emergency Perl, but I couldn't see the point on place the other on on the floor.

After he did the same he told me something odd.

"Ok, see you on the other side."

Then the square began to glow and the Perl disappeared.

Suddenly I felt my guts being pulled and I was now standing on a patch of grass while looking at a floating city.

"Yeah, no matter how many times I see it, it's always crazy."

Traders voice made me jump a little.

We're we at the Coral kingdoms Capital?

That was thousands of blocks in an instant!

I looked at Trader with a shocked and confused face.

You never wanted to make an enemy out of Trader...and I hoped that Daniel didn't make that mistake.