Chapter 221: Chapter 221. End of Volume 5
H-how?
One of the Withers asked confused with a huge claw coming out his chest.
"NOBODY HURTS MY HUMAN!"
A rusty voice yelled in response.
I was shocked at the turn of events, and even more shocked that I recognized that lovely voice.
"Violet! You're alive!"
My monster friend teleported beside me with a smile on her face.
She was tall as ever with her third eye open and sharp claws bloodied.
While she looked the same as before, I felt that she was more powerful and more refined.
I don't know what happened, but I'm sure it wasn't easy for her to get to this point.
"Where have you been?"
"Away..."
As always, she gave a short answer.
But I didn't mind, since I got to finally see her again.
*Boom!
The Wither hit the floor for the second time today.
"So what did you do to him?"
"I found his original body with my eye, and took out the source of power."
Then she opened her palm, where I could see a glowing Nether Star.
"You can talk normally now?!"
Violet smiled and lifted her head a little, clearly proud of this achievement.
"I've worked very hard for this."
"That's awesome, Violet, you're amazing!"
Her face got a little purple, but that wouldn't stop her from lifting her head higher.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your sweet reunion, but I don't think the Wither is dead."
The Mad Prince came closer while eyeing the Nether Star with suspicion.
"What are you talking about? The body is limp, and the other duplicates disappeared."
"Yes, but the skeletons didn't disappear and the Brutes can still use their shadow skills."
After he pointed that out, I looked at the battlefield.
The Second in command was looking for the Shadow Lord, who seemed to have mysteriously disappeared. The Piglings with red coats were all captured and placed in one place, accepting their fate. The only ones left, were the Brutes, who kept teleporting from one shadow to another.
I looked up at the ceiling and saw that the black mist was still there, which was probably the biggest sign that the Wither was still alive somewhere.
Ahh, and here I wanted to take you by surprise, but that moral has some sharp eyes.
The voice of the Wither was heard from the black mist.
Was there another body in the mist?
We're we fighting a clone all this time?
But soon I got my answer to the question.
The Wither didn't reveal itself from the mist as we expected, instead, the mist itself began to move and was now getting closer to us.
How am I supposed to hit something that doesn't have a body?
"Violet, can you see something with your eye?"
She quickly scanned the whole room before turning towards me with a worried expression.
"Everything is equal with no central force, I can't see a weak point we could exploit."
The mist was getting closer, and I could feel the air getting heavier like something was pressing us down.
"The mist is getting closer to that Monster, he wants the Star! Teleport somewhere else!"
Violet gave one ugly look at the Mad Prince before disappearing.
Oh no you don't.
Then the mist opens up a rift in space and Violet falls from it with a confused look.
I'll be taking this, thank you.
The black mist engulfed Violet's fist that held the Star, resulting with her scream in pain.
But through all of that, she still managed to teleport away with the Star in her hand.
Unfortunately, the connection with the mist wasn't broken, and now it was rapidly entering the Star like a vortex.
"Violet, let go of the Star, I'm going to break it!"
Violet did as I said and teleported away from the Star while I gathered all the energy in the mace for this one attack.
*BOOOM!
I hit the heart of the Wither with all I had.
The shockwave was felt throughout the room, and everyone was pushed to the ground because of it.
The only reason I was still on my feet, was because of my amazing armor, which absorbed the majority of it.
I heard a loud crack which gave me hope.
But it was all crashed when the voice spoke again.
Impressive, you've managed to hurt the body of a God.
Your mace would be a worthy weapon in the upcoming battle with the System.
What I hit wasn't the start itself, but the mist that took a physical form and blocked my attack.
I felt like my heart hit the floor.
"Don't give up! Now is the perfect time to break the Star while the mist is regenerating!"
The Mad Prince yelled from the other side of the room.
Tsk.
Not knowing what to do anymore, I swung my mace at the Star for the second time, and this time, I managed to hit it.
Unfortunately, since I used all of my stored energy in the last attack, I didn't leave a scratch on it.
But something unexpected happened.
While the mist tried to block the attack once again, instead of getting solid, it was absorbed by the mace.
How is that possible?
No weapon should be powerful enough to hold so much power. No, I'm getting drained by my powers!
KILL HIM!!!
An army of skeletons fell from the mist and now were running towards me with weapons in their hands.
Not only that but the Piglings, who had stayed calm until now, suddenly gone mad and ignored all the Brutes to run towards me.
The only thing I could do was watch, since if I moved from this place, the Wither would escape, and I wouldn't get another chance like this.
Just as one of the skeletons was about to reach me, Violet teleported in front of me, and with a slash, he killed the monster.
The others, not knowing fear continued their mindless attack.
"Protect Trader at all costs!"
The Mad Prince gave an order, and all the Brutes with diamond armor began to slaughter the enemies.
Since they were all concentrated on getting to me, it was easy to defeat them.
And slowly but surely, the mace was absorbing all the power of the Wither.
From the beginning, I could tell that this was going to be different, and as time passed, I was proven right by feeling the heaviness of the mace.
I couldn't even phantom the amount of energy the Wither had.
This was true power, this was the power of a GOD.
No, Noo, Noooooo!
The voice faded away as the last bit of mist was sucked by my mace.
I couldn't believe it was over.
I looked over the battlefield, which was now silent.
But something was off.
"The Withered skeletons are still walking!"
I looked with horror at the Nether Star that was beside my feet.
Was it not over yet?
No, if the Star was the heart, then I was going to destroy it.
If 10 lasers aren't enough to destroy it, how about 10 black holes worth of energy?
I gathered the energy in my mace and was ready to smash the Nether Star.
"Trader no, it's a trap!"
The Mad Prince yelled something, but it was too late.
With all my might, I hit the remains of the Wither.
No loud boom or shockwave was heard.
Instead, space began to tear itself apart and swallow earthing whole.
As soon as it appeared, it was also gone.
The Star was gone, the floor was gone, but the most shocking thing of them all.
THE BEDROCK WAS GONE.
The block that was never thought to be broken was now gone before my eyes, and I could see the Void beyond it.
Now that I was looking at the emptiness of the Void, I felt something bigger hiding in there, something that I shouldn't mess with, even with my newfound weapon.
Suddenly the skeletons fell to the ground.
But not only them, the Piglings, the Brutes, and everyone that was connected to the Wither fell to the ground.
"I think...we won?"
I was too tense to believe that it was over.
"Looks like it..."
The Mad Prince got closer to study the new hole.
"Then why did you yell that this was a trap?"
"The Wither gave up too easily. He could've taken his giant sword to crush you or even summoned skeletons with diamond armor to kill you, but it didn't do anything like that."
Now that he was mentioning this, the Wither did have a lot of options in which he could've stopped me.
Did the mace stop him from doing that?
Suddenly the whole bastion began to tremble like it was about to collapse.
Something grabbed me from behind and teleported me to the edge of the room.
"Something bad is happening."
Violet told me with a worried voice.
From above, a white soul came towards the new hole of the Void, then another one and another one, until suddenly there was a vortex of souls all coming towards a single point.
Then we all hear that laugh again.
Hahahaha!
It was a gamble, but looks like I managed to replicate the effects of your mortals revival.
It used the soul of every follower I had, but that's why I chose them in the first place.
The Wither was back alive like nothing ever happened.
And I have to say, Trader.
I'm impressed that you managed to do something not even I was able to do.
You broke the Bedrock and brought me closer to the source of infinite power!
"What are you talking about? That's just the Void. If you go inside you're going to die. Actuality, I invite you to get inside and get a taste of it yourself."
Maybe for mortal bodies, the power would kill them.
But for a God like me, it would only make me stronger.
Strong enough to make victorious against the System!
Was he telling the truth?
Was this all an act for me to open up more power for the Wither?
As a thank you for giving me this opportunity, I shall grant you a quick deat-
Suddenly the Wither was shot by a black arrow with black flames.
Everyone turned towards the one who shot the arrow.
It was the Shadow Lord.
Minion, I thought I took over your mind.
I don't know how you managed to pass my shield with this arrow or how you escaped my control.
But it's all meaningless.
This didn't even damage me.
"It wasn't my intention to hurt you."
Then why?
The Shadow Lord didn't respond, instead he got on his knees and begun to pray.
"Ohh almighty Void. This humble servant of yours, offers this sacrifice in exchange for forgiveness."
Hahaha!
You prayed to the wro-
Out of the Void, came a huge head in the shape of the dragon that swallowed the Wither whole..
Suddenly I was lifted and teleported to the surface.
Violet didn't stop there, and kept teleporting 2 more times, and then we stopped. That was only becouse because Violet was to tierd to continue.
"Was that the Ender Dragon? But that's impossible, she lives in The End, and there's no portal that can bring you back unless you defeat her."
Looks like Violet was nice enough to bring Alexa as well.
That was a plesent surprise.
"That, *huff was, *huff Mother. We never see her, *huff but we can always feel her at home."
That's new information.
Is the Ender Dragon the mother of the Enderman specie?
So much happened in such a short amount of time, I was in a desperate need of vacation to process all of this.
Please, protect me Trader.
Then I heard something hit the ground hard, and the Allay was now visible.
Today was a total mess.