Savior of the Land

**Savior of the Land**is the first book of Minecraftia: Volume 5. It was published on July 15th, 2019. Chapters 1 and 2 were published early as a preview.

## Synopsis

*In the premiere of Minecraftia: Arc 5, the survivors of the war now have to face the death of the most beloved member of their community. As the years go by, Swarfiga finds an old ghost coming back to haunt him as he is taken into the bloodbath: One community against another from Xaron all the way to the Far Lands.*

## Plot

### Chapter 1: As The Years Go By

Swarfiga watched in horror as the body of Ryland disappeared into thin air, as did the rest of The Falls. It was a sight he did not wish anyone to see. Swarfiga turned away from the pile of inventiry to the ruby body of his best friend, but then that also disappeared. Molly held onto him, refusing to release, as Serge approached the two piles of inventory, slowly, and picked them up. It was carried by Serge and Louis as Aasim cried, paralyzed.

"Oh my God!" Baahir exclaimed.

Gabriel's mind traced the whole scene. First to the sky, then to Serge, then to Lydia, then to his best friend, Willy. Aasim, Swarfiga and Molly all cried over the spot where the savior of the land had just passed.

"For God's sake, what do we do?" Molly cried.

"Fuck all of this!" Aasim exclaimed.

He picked up a diamond sword, salty water falling onto the blade. It was just another pile of inventory, another thing to be sad about, another reason that Minecraftia was falling apart. Weeks passed and no one knew what to think. After two months most people were getting used to the absence of Gerald-XR-Donovan, but it was a hole so deep that it was impossible to fill. A skid mark on the lives of everyone in The Falls. Swarfiga was sat in his house, Molly by his side. She had been there for him ever since Gerald died and he was forever grateful for her.

"You're thinking about him, huh? I can see it in your eyes," Molly said.

Swarfiga nodded slowly. In his hand was a picture. It was the picture Gerald had taken with Amber so many years ago. If what Gerald had told him was true, it was now year sixteen, yet only two months in the real world. He had wondered why time was so slow when he thought back to what he had been told a year ago.

"I can't believe he's gone. Gerald and Kenney were my best friends. They'd always been there. Now... they're dead," Swarfiga replied, tears filling his green eyes.

"It's okay. He's with Kenney and Aasim," Molly smiled.

Swarfiga turned to look at Molly. A smile appeared on his face.

"I don't think about them dying. I instead think about what they might be doing in the real world," Molly explained.

"Thanks. For, you know, being here," Swarfiga replied.

Swarfiga looked away for a moment and then looked back at Molly.

"So... I uhh..." Swarfiga said.

Molly turned to look at him.

"I like you. As more than a friend," he told her. "It seems silly to say that after what's been happening, but..."

Molly's eyes widened in shock.

"For real?" she asked.

Swarfiga nodded. Molly smiled and then they leaned in for a kiss.

"I can't tell if I feel more focused on this or less..." Molly smiled.

"We should go check up on everything. See how they're doing," Swarfiga said.

Molly and Swarfiga got up from the bed and walked out of the door. The remaining members of The Falls were all outside, minding their own business. Baahir was cooking dinner and Serge was playing music. A tear came to Swarfiga's eye. What Gerald had envisioned, a happy group of people living without fear, had become a reality.

"I did it. I made a beacon of hope. I kept my promise to Gerald," Swarfiga cried.

Molly hugged him.

"I did it," Swarfiga grinned.

Serge walked over to Swarfiga. A smile was on his face, although it was clearly fake. Serge finally gave up the act.

"I lost so much during the war. All my friends are dead. Finn, Trevor, Eileen, Allison, Aasim. I hope that, wherever they are, they're having the best time of their life," Serge explained.

Serge looked over at everyone. Louis, Gabriel, Rosie, James, Witherstorm, Sirius, Baahir, Lydia, Willy, Ty, Mitch, Phil, Mark, Julie and Susan.

"This is something we have to preserve. If anything else happens to The Falls, we need to fucking get out. I'm not losing anything else," continued Serge. "And Swarfiga, if anything happens to me, I want you to lead this place."

Those words stayed in Swarfiga's head for a long time. Three years later, Baahir and Willy were killed while scavenging far outside of The Falls. Serge looked for them and only found inventory. Nobody knew what happened that day, but they assumed they were killed by mobs. And then five years later was when Serge bit the dust. One arrow to the head and that was it. Swarfiga had control over the entirety of The Falls with Molly as co-leader.

After another five years, and after the death of The Falls' beloved pet dog Rosie to old age as well as Sirius, Swarfiga was proving to be a great leader. They were truly thriving. Jayden was working on the farms all the time. Witherstorm, although not having recovered from PTSD, proved to be great help too. He and Jayden were the only members of Ludwig's original group left.

Swarfiga, Molly, Louis, Gabriel, James, Witherstorm, Jayden, Lydia, Ty, Mitch, Phil, Mark, Julie, Susan, Frank. That was it. That was all that remained. And it was their job to protect The Falls. It had now been 28 years since everyone was sent to Minecraftia and Swarfiga vowed to protect every member with his life: just like Ludwig and Gerald had done.

### Chapter 2: Mouths To Feed

Swarfiga, Molly, Louis, Mitch, and Gabriel left The Falls that morning. Food was becoming scarce and they needed to start searching in new places. Ever since Willy and Baahir died, they required a minimum of 5 people to go out at a time.

"If I'm correct, there should be food left in Port Arbello," Louis said.

"I don't know, man. Last time didn't go so well," Swarfiga replied.

"It's worth the risk. We can't keep living like this," Mitch said.

Swarfiga was eventually convinced and led the group to Port Arbello. It was completely levelled, but there was still hope of finding food.

All Swarfiga could think of upon his return to this place was Gerald. Arbello had caused so many deaths and received no punishment for it.

He and Mitch searched the old treasure room. Luckily, a lot of it survived the explosion. They collected the remaining supplies and abandoned the room.

They returned to Molly, Gabriel, and Louis. Each of them had found a stack of food each that had been scattered throughout the city.

"Find anything?" Molly asked.

"Yeah. We got a stack of food each," replied Mitch.

"We only have 15 people left, so this should last us at least a few months," Swarfiga said.

"Great. We can take what we have back to The Falls and not have to worry for a little while," Louis smiled.

"This hasn't been easy. It'd be good to not have to worry," Gabriel added.

"RAIDERS!" they heard someone yell.

Swarfiga looked for the source of the sound and saw a group of seven people.

"Put em down!" the same woman yelled.

The man nodded and pointed a bow at Mitch, firing it. The arrow barely missed him. Mitch immediately ducked down as did Swarfiga, Molly, Gabriel, and Louis.

"They tried to fucking shoot me!" Mitch exclaimed.

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"What do you want?" Swarfiga asked.

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"Don't play dumb! I saw you and your friends scavenging around this place!" the woman replied.

"The hell? Are you from one of Arbello's stupid fucking communities?" Mitch asked.

The woman lowered her bow, visibly confused.

"How do you know who Arbello is?" she asked.

"I don't know, maybe because he wiped out more than four fifths of our community?" Louis replied.

"Why should I believe you?" the woman asked.

"Because Arbello killed two of my best friends! Kenney and Gerald!" Swarfiga yelled.

The woman was even more taken aback. She raised her arm at her group, and each one of them dropped their weapons to the floor.

"Are you from The Falls?" she asked.

"Yeah. Me and my girlfriend took over after all the council members either died or were seriously wounded," Swarfiga replied.

"They're all dead? Finn? Serge? Trevor? Eileen? Allison? Aasim? Lydia? Brody? Ty?" a man asked.

"Lydia is alive and well. Ty lost his leg in an explosion, and everyone else died," Mitch replied.

"I'm Kelsey," the woman said. "He's Earl. This is Judith and Percy. Over there are Adeline, Violet, and Casey."

"I don't give a fuck who you are! You almost shot me!" Mitch yelled.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Swarfiga asked.

"We're at war up north. Our entire community against another. We're looking for affiliates to trade with, reinforcements, anything we can find to help us. Our home is a good one. Built to last," Earl explained.

"We have houses. We grow crops and raise animals. Come with us and I promise we'll make it worth your while," Kelsey added.

Swarfiga looked over at the others for support.

"If we leave The Falls, who knows what the others will think!" Gabriel said.

"Think about it, we wouldn't need to scavenge these lands anymore. If all we need to do is help them fight... I mean, we all took down two of Arbello's settlements. We could do it, right?" Mitch explained.

"If you remember, we also nearly lost everything. It wasn't worth it," Louis replied.

"We can show you around. See what you think," Kelsey offered.

"You don't even have to fight all the time. You can meet some of the other members. Neil, Frankie, and Travis are our hunters. Judith, Addy, and Rodney are our fishermen. Janis and Ozzy work on our farm. There are many jobs you and your people can help with and in return we can supply with you with as much food as you need," Percy explained.

"I don't know. It seems like a great opportunity, but I'll have to see what the others think," Swarfiga replied, turning to the others.

"I think we should stay in The Falls," Gabriel said.

"I think we should at least check it out. See if they're legit. What could go wrong? We succesfully snuck into Port Arbello, killed all of his people, and blew the place up for Christ's sake," Mitch told Swarfiga.

Both Louis and Molly voted to go to the Northern community.

"I guess we're going, then. Show us the way, please," Molly smiled.

"You won't regret this," Judith grinned.

### Chapter 3: Community From The North

Swarfiga, Molly, Gabriel, Louis, and Mitch had been walking for about two weeks before they arrived at the community. It was a big village with animals and crops. "Great, their story checks out so far." Swarfiga thought. He looked around, and saw several other people there.

"Welcome to Pierremau," Kelsey announced.

Swarfiga nodded in approval as he looked around one more time. A woman glanced over at him and the others. She sniggered and looked away.

"What's her problem?" Swarfiga asked.

"Oh, don't mind Janis. She's just... more of a loner," Neil replied. "Why don't you get familiar with everyone before we break your back with chores?"

"I don't know. We shouldn't stay here for long. We only have two Council members still in The Falls and one of them is missing a leg," Swarfiga shrugged.

"I'll go back. I know my way," Molly offered.

Swarfiga thought about it for a moment, but eventually agreed.

"Thanks, Molly," he smiled.

Molly kissed him and walked away. Mitch pretended to vomit which made Gabriel laugh. Judith, Percy, Kelsey, Casey, Earl, Violet, and Adeline all left while Neil stayed with Swarfiga, Gabriel, Mitch, and Louis.

"C'mon then. Let's "mingle,"" Louis laughed.

Swarfiga noticed a small group of people by the crops and went over to them. There were three girls and a guy.

"Hey, you're new," the guy said.

Swarfiga nodded and looked at his crossbow. He released a look of sadness which the guy noticed.

"Uhh... you okay?" he asked.

"My friend had a crossbow too. He killed himself because of some asshole," Swarfiga replied.

"Shit... I'm sorry to hear that. Was he Arbello?" the guy asked.

"Uhh... He had something to do with it, yeah," Swarfiga sighed.

"Don't mind Daryl. He just doesn't know when to keep his nose in his own business," one of the girls laughed. "I'm Sophia."

"Swarfiga," he replied.

"I'm Anna. This is Lilly. Wanna help us farm?" another of the girls asked.

"Nah, sorry. I gotta get back to my friends," Swarfiga replied.

"Suit yourself," Lilly laughed.

Swarfiga nodded and went over to the girl he saw before. She was with two other people.

"And who might the newbie be?" Janis asked.

"I'm Swarfiga," he replied.

"I'm Travis. This town sure is somethin'. We got plenty of food, good people, and we're well protected. No one really comes this way anymore," the guy explained.

"Not that many people left," Swarfiga replied.

Travis nodded sadly.

"Don't worry about that. We've got each other. As long as no more dickheads attack, we'll be okay," the other guy said.

"You're forgettin' that we're at war, Rodney," Travis replied.

"At war?" Swarfiga asked.

"Our entire community against another. From The Citadel to the Far Lands," Janis replied.

"The Citadel?" Swarfiga asked.

"Uhh, yeah. That's what I said," Janis replied.

"We don't have nothin' to worry about. These guys are from a big city. They can protect us," Travis said.

Swarfiga smiled and walked away, going over to Violet, Casey, and another redheaded girl. Mitch was there too.

"You see her?" Mitch whispered to him, pointing at the redhead. "She's fucking hot, right?"

Swarfiga nodded slowly.

"I think it's time I got my first bird, don't you?" Mitch smirked.

"Sure," Swarfiga replied.

"Uhh... can I help you?" Casey asked.

"I'm just chilling with my dude, Swarfiga," Mitch replied. "What's the other chick's name?"

"That's Frankie," Violet told him.

"That is a hot name," Mitch smiled.

"So, what's the history of this place?" Swarfiga asked.

"Kelsey and I are sisters. We used to play together with Judith and Percy. Built this place. Then... shit happened. We've all always lived here. Kept this place running. Then we encountered a bigger group. They were at war with a group called Port Arbello. Wanted people to join them. Help them fight. In exchange, they'd help us maintain crops and animals. Give us supplies," Casey explained.

"Why do need us then? If you're part of a big system of towns?" Mitch asked.

Casey went silent for a minute, a look of sorrow on her face.

"We lost a huge settlement. Housed damn near 300 people. All of them wiped out by a huge group of raiders from Port Arbello," she replied. "It contained three quarters of our people."

"Oh... I'm sorry to hear that. How did it happen?" Swarfiga asked.

"They rigged it to explode. We went to the town the week after. It was completely levelled," Casey replied.

"Fuck. Arbello's gotta fucking pay for everything he's done," Mitch said, angrily.

"They take members of groups and turn them into weapons," Violet growled.

"Do you think that's what happened to Ray and Marlon?" Mitch asked.

"I don't know. There's no proof that Arbello took them and there's no evidence that those guys are even alive," Swarfiga replied.

Frankie started to cry.

"I'm sorry, it's just not an easy thing to talk about," she sobbed.

Mitch hugged her.

"Yeah. I know," he said.

"I'll... see you guys later," Swarfiga replied.

He looked around and noticed Louis talking to another group of people. Swarfiga went over to them.

"Swarfiga! I've noticed you're getting a lotta action around here. Is Molly jealous that there are so many girls?" Louis asked.

"I don't think she noticed. Plus, she left for The Falls," Swarfiga replied.

"Now's your chance," Earl joked.

"We met Earl and Adeline at Port Arbello. This is Ozzy and Javier," Louis smiled.

"Hello, and no, my last name isn't Osbourne," Ozzy said to Swarfiga, looking at Louis who was laughing.

"Hello, Mister Swarfiga," Javier laughed.

"Why was I expecting you to have a Spanish accent?" Louis asked.

"I wonder," Javier replied.

"This has been fun, but I've gotta go back to my place," Neil said. "Uhh... Swarfiga, could you follow me?"

Swarfiga followed Neil into a building.

### Chapter 4: The Workbench

"This is my shop. The Workbench," Neil announced.

Swarfiga looked around. Neil was quite skilled in woodwork. His shop was filled with numerous artifacts. Axes, armor, swords, pickaxes, all kinds of stuff.

"Your shop? How does that work?" Swarfiga asked.

"We have a trading system here. If you want an item, you'll need to pay the right price," Neil replied.

"What's the usual currency?" Swarfiga asked.

"Whatever you're short on. Short on bread? Offer some supplies in exchange for bread," Neil replied.

"Sounds nice. Like the real world," Swarfiga smiled.

Neil nodded. He went over to one of his crafting tables and started to make an axe.

"Any of your people need a weapon?" Neil asked.

"I think Frank's sword broke last week. We never got chance to make him a new one. How much? I can make it a surprise for him," Swarfiga asked.

"Take it. It's on the house," Neil smiled.

Swarfiga took the axe.

"Thanks, man," he replied.

"Don't mention it," Neil said.

"So, are you skilled with... making prosthetics?" Swarfiga asked.

"Limbs? Never tried but, it'd probably be pretty easy. Just like making a stick but thicker," Neil replied.

"My friend Ty lost his leg during an attack on Port Arbello. Think you could make him a new one?" Swarfiga asked.

"Probably. I'll do it right now," Neil said.

He went over to his crafting table and was able to build a new leg for Ty.

"Thanks. What are you short on?" Swarfiga asked.

"No, it's okay. I have a surplus of wood, as you can tell," Neil laughed.

A knock came from the door. Neil and Swarfiga both turned around and saw Percy and Judith enter.

"Hey, Neil, have you seen Kelsey and Frankie?"  Percy asked.

"No. Kelsey not in her office?" Neil replied.

"We looked everywhere. We think they went out and it's starting to get dark. Should we follow them?" Judith asked.

"Nah. They can handle themselves, I'm sure," Neil said. "And Swarfiga, you should find Casey. She can find you a temporary home until you leave."

"If you're at war with Arbello, just know that you're always welcome back at The Falls," Swarfiga replied. "We have enough stuff to go around, and we could use some extra help too."

"I'll chase it up with Kelsey," Neil promised.

Swarfiga left and found Casey, who was sat at the farm talking to Anna.

"What's up with that Louis guy? Anna said he was flirting with her," Casey laughed.

"He lost two girlfriends and he's probably just getting desperate since his last one was 13 years ago," Swarfiga grinned.

"Poor guy. I should give him my number," Anna laughed.

"So, Casey, Neil said you could help me find a house," Swarfiga mentioned.

"Oh, yeah. We can definitely find a place for your people," Casey replied. "Where's everyone gone?"

Eventually, Casey was able to gather Gabriel, Louis, and Mitch. It was now dark out and they were noticeably tired.

"Follow me. I'll show you where your houses are," Casey smiled.

They followed her to the back of the village. She first dropped Mitch off at his house, then Louis, and then Swarfiga and Gabriel.

"Since he's so young he'll have to stay with you," Casey said.

"It's fine. I just hope Molly makes it back in one  piece," Swarfiga replied.

"She will. I promise. Kelsey wants to speak to you as well tomorrow, by the way," Casey said.

She then left. Swarfiga entered his home, Gabriel following behind. It was a nice log cabin with a main storage/kitchen room and a bedroom.

"This is just like the cabins I used to build! Shit, Gerald would have loved this place!" Gabriel exclaimed.

Swarfiga laughed.

"What's so funny?" Gabriel asked.

"You said "shit"," Swarfiga laughed.

Swarfiga went into his bedroom while Gabriel obsessed over the cabin's design. He looked out of the window and saw a cabin next to his. It was Louis's, and he had invited Anna over.

Louis's Cabin

Louis had invited Anna over. He welcomed hr inside of his cabin and showed her around.

"Welcome to the Shrine of Louis!" he exclaimed.

Anna laughed.

"So, what's it like at The Falls? Is it true that everyone who used to live there died?" Anna asked.

"Not everyone! Serge is still alive, Baahir is, Mitch is, but you already knew that, Lydia is, and Ty is!" Louis replied.

"Is it true that Lydia is dating the kid?" Anna asked.

"Yeah. Why, you have a crush on him?" Louis grinned.

"Ha ha," Anna replied.

Swarfiga's Cabin

Swarfiga laughed as he overheard Louis's terrible flirting attempts. Gabriel finally decided to enter the bedroom.

"What are you laughing at now?" Gabriel asked.

"Louis and his desperate attempts at trying to get a bird," Swarfiga replied.

"That woman said Kelsey wants to speak to us. I wonder what it could be about," Gabriel said.

"She probably wants to make sure we are who we say we are. After all, we weren't at The Falls yet when she visited," Swarfiga told him.

"But Mitch was. Shouldn't that help us out?" Gabriel asked.

"She'll probably interrogate him too," Swarfiga replied.

"Okay. I'm tired now. See you in the morning," Gabriel said.

"Night, little dude," Swarfiga smiled.

They both went to bed.

### Chapter 5: Kelsey's Talk

The next morning, Percy arrived at Swarfiga's house to pick him and Gabriel up. Louis and Mitch were with him.

"Hey, guys," Swarfiga smiled, stretching.

"Kelsey would like to speak to you now, if that's okay with you," Percy replied.

"Yeah, that's fine. I'll wake the little dude up," Swarfiga said.

Swarfiga went back into the bedroom where Gabriel was sleeping. He shook him awake.

"What time is it?" Gabriel asked.

"Time to get a watch," Swarfiga laughed. "C'mon, dude, the big boss wants a word with us."

Gabriel got up and followed Swarfiga over to where Percy, Louis, and Mitch were waiting. Percy took them to the village hall where Kelsey was waiting for them. She stood outside with Judith and Casey. Judith smiled at the group, noticing the nervous Gabriel.

"It's okay, little guy. Kelsey won't bite you," she laughed.

"I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about Molly," Gabriel replied, looking away. "What if Port Arbello get her? What do we do then?"

"They won't, Gabe. Molly can look after herself," Swarfiga promised him.

The group, with the exception of Percy, entered the wooden structure, with Casey, Judith, and Percy waiting outside. Kelsey sat down on a block of birch wood planks that leaned against the back wall, near a big glass pane window.

"There are just some questions I need to ask you, about The Falls," Kelsey said.

"Yeah?" Swarfiga replied.

Kelsey looked at the wall, then back at Swarfiga.

"How did Finn die?" she asked. "He seemed so able. A great leader."

"Arbello stabbed him in the chest," Swarfiga replied.

"How did he take them out so easily?" Kelsey sighed. "We'll never win this war."

"Never say never. Gerald trained each and every one of our citizens. One of ours used to be one of them. He helped us once, he could help us again," Swarfiga explained.

"You just accepted one of them into your community? And you wonder why so many of yours died?" Kelsey asked, a hint of anger in her voice.

"Hey, asshole. He joined near the end of our war. And he helped us take out half of Arbello's group," Mitch replied.

"Mitch, don't," Swarfiga said.

"Do you wanna get us kicked out?" Louis asked.

"Enough! Let me finish asking the questions," Kelsey exclaimed.

Kelsey sighed.

"How many are left in The Falls?" she asked.

"Seventeen. There's seventeen," Swarfiga replied.

"And lastly... were you being serious when you said Gerald-XR-Donovan was the leader of The Falls after Finn died?" Kelsey asked.

"He was my best fucking friend. Him and Kenney both," Swarfiga replied, starting to cry.

"I'm... sorry. I know it must have been hard for you. If Casey died, I..." Kelsey said.

"Everyone knows how hard loss is to deal with. We can't let anybody else die. It's not what Gerald lost his life for. We're all that's left," Louis told her.

"I know. That's why we have to win. We need all the resources we can get. That's why I'm not willing to turn you down," Kelsey replied.

"Is that it, then?" Swarfiga asked.

Kelsey nodded. With that, Swarfiga and the others left her office. Mitch walked over to Violet and Frankie, Louis went to hang out with Anna, Sophia, Lilly, and Daryl, and Gabriel stayed with Swarfiga.

"Lydia told me before we left that she had a bad feeling," Gabriel told Swarfiga.

Swarfiga gave him a confused look.

"She told me she had been having butterflies in her stomach for the past few weeks, the same ones she had when we came back from Port Arbello for the first time," he explained. "Willy made fun of her, but I listened. And it makes sense now."

"What's your point, little dude?" Swarfiga asked.

"What if she was right? What if something bad's about to happen? What if we lose someone else?" Gabriel replied.

"Then we'll do everything we can to stop it. Once we get back to The Falls, we'll start to fortify the walls. We can use some of the resources these people have. We could build traps, weapons, explosives," Swarfiga explained. "I'm glad you told me."

"Thanks," Gabriel smiled.

Swarfiga went for a walk around Pierremau when he was stopped by Neil, Frankie, Ozzy, and Janis.

"We're going hunting now. We were wondering if you and any of your people want to come?" Neil asked. "Kelsey's guidelines say we need a minimum of three people but no more than six, so we were gonna offer the last two places to you and Mitch."

"Sure, we'll go with you," Swarfiga replied.

Swarfiga called Mitch over. He arrived and agreed to go hunting with them while Louis, Gabriel, Daryl, Sophia, Anna, and Lilly went fishing. Neil gave them crossbows and they took off to the hunting grounds.

### Chapter 6: Mitch & Frankie

Swarfiga, Mitch, Neil, Ozzy, Janis, and Frankie arrived at the hunting grounds. Neil, Ozzy, and Janis went off to do their own thing will the other half of the group were drawn to a flock of sheep and cows.

"Looks like dinner," Mitch smirked.

"Not enough to feed everyone. Pull out your crossbows," Frankie said to Mitch and Swarfiga.

"If only crossbow was a synonym for something else," Mitch grinned.

"Synonym? Fancy word for you," Swarfiga laughed.

"Fuck off," Mitch glared.

The trio pulled out their crossbows and released, killing a sheep and two cows. They fired again and killed the remaining two sheep and one cow.

"Fuckin' A. We should see how the others are getting on," Swarfiga suggested.

"The area the rabbit's are usually at is completely dry. You guys get anything?" Neil called out.

"Yeah. We did. Killed three sheep and three cows!" Mitch announced.

Frankie brought the meat over to Janis.

"She's fucking smoking, huh?" Mitch said to Swarfiga.

"Molly would kill me if I answered that," Swarfiga replied.

"Fair enough. I'm gonna make a move. I just need to get to know her," Mitch told him.

"Mhmm. I made a move eventually, so did Gerald. You can do it too, man. What's the worst that'll happen? She'll punch you in the dick and you'll both move on," Swarfiga explained

"Thanks, man," Mitch replied.

Neil's head faced the floor, and Janis and Ozzy looked annoyed.

"Well... we'll just have to pray that the fishing and farming crew did better than we did," Ozzy said.

"Or we could just go out past the walls," Janis suggested.

"You fucking serious? Do you want us to die?" Ozzy asked.

"It's that or starve to death, so," Janis replied.

"We'll see if Louis and the others got anything, then Addy's crew," Frankie said.

The group of six went to the fishing grounds, which were on the opposite side of the village, at a lake near Swarfiga's house with a pier, though there were no boats at all. Louis, Anna, Sophia, Lilly, Daryl, and Gabriel all had tridents.

"Yo! Swarfiga! I caught a fish!" Gabriel exclaimed.

"Nice one, little dude!" Swarfiga replied, high fiving Gabriel.

"You definitely got some cool points with that one, little dude. We need more strong fishermen," Ozzy told him.

"Yeah! I'm a fisherman!" Gabriel laughed.

"Did you do okay?" Neil asked.

"Nah. Ocean's completely dry," Daryl replied.

"Fucking hysterical. I'm dying of laughter. Brilliant joke," Ozzy told him.

"We better check up on Vi and Addy then. If the crops aren't growing, we'll have to go outside the boundaries," Janis explained.

Swarfiga, Neil, Mitch, Frankie, Ozzy, and Janis went to the farm where Adeline and Violet were working on the crops.

"How's it going?" Neil asked.

"Terrible. A creeper blew up most of our wheat," Adeline replied.

"For fuck's sake," Ozzy sighed.

"Looks like we're leaving Pierremau to try and dig up an old temple or something," Janis said.

"What? You can't leave!" Violet exclaimed.

"Watch us," Ozzy replied.

Ozzy hopped on a horse.

"C'mon guys, let's find a way to not stop living," Ozzy said to the group.

"Ozzy's right. We gotta go," Neil told Violet.

"Earl'll just bust you," Adeline replied.

Swarfiga, Mitch, Neil, Frankie, Ozzy, and Janis left anyway. As they reached the walls, Earl stopped them. He was clearly confused as to what they were doing.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Out. To try and find food," Frankie replied.

"The hunting grounds failing?" Earl sighed.

"Sadly yes. Maybe if Kelsey didn't have fucking idiots working on the fishing we'd have at least something to eat that fills you up," Ozzy told him.

"Alright. Don't tell Kelsey I let you go. She'll bite my ass off if she finds out," Earl replied.

Ozzy nodded. The group left the village and headed straight north. Janis pulled out a map of the area.

"We got these at the beginning. Kelsey gradually pulled back the walls once Arbello showed up," Neil explained.

After a while of walking, Pierremau disappeared from the view behind them, leaving the group lost if it weren't for Janis's map. It was starting to get dark which meant mobs would soon start spawning.

"Maybe we should turn around. I'm okay with not eating tonight if it means not dying," Frankie suggested.

"We've come this far. If we encounter mobs we'll just duck into a cave or something," Swarfiga replied.

They did find mobs. And lots of them. The highest concentration Swarfiga had ever seen in one place. He sighed and slammed his fist on a tree before hiding behind a hill with the others.

"1, 2, 3..." Mitch counted, though it faded into his thoughts. "I counted over 50 mobs."

"Jesus Christ, we can't fight our way through them," Ozzy sighed.

"But we can walk through them," Swarfiga smirked.

### Chapter 7: The Stranger

"What?" Janis replied.

Swarfiga made a whistling noise, drawing the attention of two zombies. They approached him slowly. He pulled out his axe and stabbed them both. They dropped their heads.

"I have a friend who used to do this. He'd wear the zombie heads and walk through mobs," Swarfiga explained.

"Sounds cool," replied Janis.

"Sounds fucking terrifying," Ozzy corrected her.

"If two of us sneak through the mobs while the others wait here, we could come out the other end and look for food," Swarfiga continued.

"Can't we just sneak around the herd?" Frankie asked.

"We could be seen, then we'd be royalled fucked," Mitch replied.

"Right. Who's going then?" Frankie asked.

"I am," Swarfiga replied. "Who's coming with?"

"Ozzy. I vote Ozzy," Janis said.

"Fuck you I'm wearing that thing!" Ozzy exclaimed.

"Keep your voice down, idiot," Janis replied.

Ozzy sighed and put the zombie head on. Swarfiga did the same.

At The Hill

Neil, Mitch, Janis, and Frankie waited patiently for Swarfiga and Ozzy to pass through the herd. Surprisingly, they successfully sneaked through and made it out the other end.

"Did I really just witness that?" Janis asked.

"Apparently so," replied Mitch.

Swarfiga and Ozzy's Location

Swarfiga and Ozzy looked around, eventually noticing a small hut near a group of trees.

"Do you think it's abandoned?" Swarfiga asked.

"If it wasn't before, it fucking is now," Ozzy replied.

Swarfiga laughed slightly. They looked inside the hut, which was completely empty.

"Let's just raid the bastard. Whoever lived here's probably dead at this point," Ozzy told Swarfiga.

"Fine," Swarfiga replied.

They slowly pushed the door open, taking the helmets off. Ozzy looked around, as did Swarfiga.

"Hold the fucking phone. Dude, you gotta fucking see this," Ozzy exclaimed.

Swarfiga looked inside the chest that Ozzy had just opened. It was full of food.

"We could eat for a fucking year and be fucking fat doing so," Ozzy laughed.

"Let's get it all," Swarfiga replied.

They quickly took everything that was inside the chest and put it into their inventories. Swarfiga then felt a cold sensation on his back, as did Ozzy.

"Put your hands up," a cold, deep, raspy voice said.

Swarfiga and Ozzy complied.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Looking for food," Swarfiga replied.

"Pretty dangerous to be... out here on your own. Especially with all those mobs there," the man smiled.

"Why? Did you fucking bring them here?" Ozzy asked.

"Kind of," the man laughed as he gave Ozzy a glowing spawn egg. "You know what this is?"

"It's a fucking spawn egg. Spawns fucking mobs. Do you think I'm fucking handicapped?" Ozzy replied.

"No need for such language," the man said.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" Swarfiga asked.

The man snatched the spawn egg out of Ozzy's hand.

"Name's Abraham. Came here looking for food for my people," the man replied.

"You have a big fucking group?" Ozzy asked. "Is your big fucking group called "Port Arbello" by any chance?"

"Hey, I thought you looked familiar. You're from Pierremau, right?" Abraham laughed.

Swarfiga finally turned around, as did Ozzy once he noticed this.

"Swarfiga! He's from fucking Port Arbello!" Ozzy yelled.

Ozzy punched Abraham in the crotch and ran out of the hut. Swarfiga followed behind. They put on the zombie heads and ran through the herd, going past the others who had ran after them.

"The fuck are you doing, assholes?" Mitch asked.

"Get your ass in gear! Go!" Swarfiga exclaimed.

Mitch sighed and carried on running. The sixth of them ran past several mobs, running into a few on the way though it did no real damage.

"What happened back there?" Neil asked.

"I'll tell you once we're back at Pierremau," Swarfiga panted. "We found a shit load of food, so that's good at least."

"Yeah, that's fucking great. We nearly fucking died to a crazy Port Arbello bastard but at least we're gonna fucking eat!" Ozzy replied.

The group made it back to Pierremau in one piece, though they were severely out of breath. Earl was sat on the wall waiting for them. Apparently he lied to Kelsey and said they were still at the hunting grounds. The group arrived at the farm where everyone else was.

"About fucking time!" exclaimed Javier.

"What's going on?" Mitch asked.

"Travis was murdered," Casey replied.

"What?" Neil asked. "By who?"

"We don't know," Kelsey replied.

"I know exactly who it fucking was," Ozzy told her.

"Who?" Kelsey exclaimed.

"The twat we saw back at the hut," Ozzy replied.

"Hut? What hut?" Kelsey asked.

"Fuck it! We went outside the fucking walls. We sneaked past a herd of mobs while wearing fucking zombie Halloween costumes and we stole from a fucking hut where a fucking Port Arbello soldier was," Ozzy explained.

### Chapter 8: Strange Occurances In Pierremau

"You went outside the walls?" Kelsey asked.

"This isn't prison!" Ozzy exclaimed.

"Earl, you told me they were at the hunting grounds!" Kelsey yelled.

"I didn't want you to chew them out!" Earl replied.

"Whatever! Swarfiga, Gabriel, go back to your house!" Kelsey exclaimed.

Kelsey left, going back to the village hall.

"Someone's a little pissed off," Louis said.

"We just lost someone. What do you expect?" replied Percy.

"We've lost so much I'm just... used to people dying," Louis told him.

"Swarfiga? Who do you think killed Travis?" Gabriel asked.

"Don't know. I'm gonna find out though," Swarfiga replied.

"We could be detectives!" Gabriel exclaimed.

"Travis was with me last. Casey and Kelsey wanted to talk to him," Javier admitted.

"What are you saying? You think I killed Travis?" Casey asked.

"Did I say that? I did not say that. That's just the last time I saw him," Javier replied.

"I'm gonna get to the bottom of it. Did any of you see anyone unfamiliar enter Pierremau?" Swarfiga asked.

"No. If I'm being honest, I think it's someone from this place," Anna replied.

"Really?" Ozzy said.

Anna nodded.

Gabriel and Swarfiga went back to their house.

"Swarfiga?" Gabriel said.

"Yeah? What is it, Gabe?" Swarfiga asked.

"We should find out what Kelsey, Casey, and Travis did when they spoke to him," Gabriel replied.

"Yeah. Maybe Kelsey keeps a journal or something. We could search the village hall," Swarfiga smiled.

Swarfiga got a torch and went to the hall, Gabriel following behind him. Everyone else was asleep by now so they couldn't stop them. Swarfiga opened the door to the village hall and went inside. Gabriel shut it behind him.

The two of them searched the village hall for anything that could help them in their case. Eventually, Gabriel discovered a chest labelled "confidential."

"Swarfiga! Check this out!" Gabriel whispered.

Swarfiga walked over to the chest and opened it. Inside, he found several journals.

"These must belong to Kelsey. Or Casey," Swarfiga noted.

He opened the first one.

"Running this place can be so stressful at times. I'm glad Casey, Percy, and Judith are helping out with leadership," Swarfiga read.

"Do you think Percy killed Travis?" Gabriel asked.

"Dude hates violence. Doubt it," Swarfiga replied.

Swarfiga flipped through some more pages.

"We encountered some people from The Falls. Finn dead. Arbello needs to be stopped," he read.

"That was from two weeks ago. We're getting closer to today!" Gabriel whispered.

Swarfiga flipped through more pages, until he found something that intrigued him.

"Travis has been acting weirdly lately. I think he knows," Swarfiga read.

"Knows what?" Gabriel asked.

"Don't know. It could mean fucking anything. Let's keep reading," Swarfiga replied.

Swarfiga turned the page.

"Had a chat with Travis. He knows about the deal with Port Arbello. I couldn't risk letting Swarfiga know. I had to kill him. They all know he's been murdered but tomorrow I'll just say he was killed by mobs," Swarfiga read.

"Holy shit! Kelsey killed Travis!" Gabriel whispered.

"Gabriel, this is serious. Look, we need to keep this book, and we're going to tell Louis and Mitch. We're getting the fuck out of here. You understand?" Swarfiga explained.

Gabriel nodded. Swarfiga slowly opened the door and left, as did Gabriel. They sprinted to Louis's house and opened the door. They closed it and went to his bedroom.

"Swarfiga? What are you doing at this time?" Louis asked.

"Gabe uncovered something really big. We found Kelsey's journal. She mentioned killing Travis and some kind of deal with Port Arbello," Swarfiga replied.

"What?" Louis exclaimed.

"We're gonna get Mitch then we're fucking off for good. Kelsey is clearly dangerous," Swarfiga told him.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Louis whispered.

They left and then entered Mitch's house, which was next door. He was still awake.

"What did you find?" he asked.

"Kelsey's journal. She killed Travis. He knew about some kind of deal with Port Arbello and she didn't want us to find out," Swarfiga explained.

"What the fucking frick?" Mitch replied.

"C'mon, we're leaving," Swarfiga told him.

"What about Frankie?" Mitch asked.

"And Anna?" Louis added.

"Fine, we can convince them to come or something," Swarfiga replied.

"You're not convincing shit," a voice said.

Swarfiga turned around. It was Kelsey.

### Chapter 9: The Truth Never Hides

"Give me the fucking journal," Kelsey said coldly.

"Go fuck yourself," Mitch replied.

Kelsey aimed her crossbow at Mitch.

"You think I'm scared of you? I looked Arbello in the eyes and told him to eat shit!" Mitch exclaimed.

"You wake up Pierremau, I kill you," Kelsey replied.

She pointed the bow at Swarfiga.

"You can't fucking leave. That'll negate the point of the deal. You're staying the FUCK here!" Kelsey told him.

"GO FUCK YOURSELF!" Swarfiga yelled.

Louis grabbed Kelsey and wrestled the crossbow from her hands. They ran and yelled.

"EVERYONE! WAKE UP! WE KNOW WHO KILLED TRAVIS!" Mitch yelled at the top of his lungs.

Neil and Ozzy immediately exited their homes, followed by Judith, Percy, and Casey.

"Huh?" Ozzy said.

Everyone left their homes and surrounded the group.

"SWARFIGA!" Kelsey yelled. "FUCK YOU!"

"What's going on, Kelsey?" Daryl asked.

"Go on! Tell 'em!" Mitch exclaimed.

"What is he talking about?" asked Percy.

"Nothing!" Kelsey replied.

"Kelsey killed Travis!" Louis yelled.

Everyone turned to look at Kelsey.

"Is that fucking true?" Ozzy asked.

"Why Travis?" asked Frankie.

"He... He was a spy! For Port Arbello!" Kelsey replied.

"Fuck you he was a spy! We found your journal! It says it all here! You made a deal with Arbello and Travis found out, so you FUCKING KILLED HIM!" Swarfiga explained.

"Kelsey! What the fuck?" Earl called out.

"Kelsey... why?" Neil said.

"What was this "deal"?" Javier asked.

"Oh, come the fuck on! This guy comes into OUR village, KNOWS who Arbello is, and now he's blaming ME for the murder of one of ours! I'll bet it was HIM who killed Travis!" Kelsey yelled.

"YOU JUST FUCKING ADMITTED IT WAS YOU!" Janis yelled back.

"Fuck you, Janis! You've always been nothing but an emo fuckhead!" Kelsey exclaimed.

"You're not the sister I knew, Kelsey. You let the power go to your head!" Casey replied.

Kelsey took a step back. She then pulled out a block of TNT and a flint and steel.

"EVERYONE STEP THE FUCK BACK! THERE'S A BREACH AND YOU'VE ALMOST CROSSED IT!" Kelsey screamed.

Mobs were starting to become drawn to Kelsey's screams and were banging on the walls.

"C'mon, Kelse! Just tell us what really happened!" Judith begged.

"Judith! I didn't do anything! I swear!" Kelsey replied.

"Bullshit! I knew leadership was a terrible idea! But did you listen? No!" Percy exclaimed.

"C'mon! You've known me for thirty years! You know me! You've known Swarfiga for two fucking weeks!" Kelsey told him.

"Let me see the journal!" Percy yelled at Swarfiga.

Swarfiga gave him the journal.

"NO!" Kelsey screamed.

She tried to wrestle the journal from Swarfiga, but Javier and Ozzy restrained her.

"Get the fuck off of me!" Kelsey exclaimed.

Swarfiga kicked Kelsey, causing her to knock back. Percy looked shocked as he read through the entirety of the journal's contents.

"Kelsey... what the fuck?" Percy gasped.

"Is it... true?" Adeline asked.

Percy stared at the book for 5 seconds and then turned to Adeline.

"It's true," he said.

### Chapter 10: Divide and Conquer

Kelsey started to cry as Percy gave her the notebook.

"I wanted to protect you all from Arbello. I know what happened at The Falls all those years ago. About how Gerald took away his powers. I recognized Swarfiga from the tales. I organized a civil meeting with Arbello. I told him that Swarfiga had shown up at Pierremau and that he could have him, as long as he left Pierremau alone. I made a mistake. We needed the help of these people and I fucked it all up. Travis found out what I had done and he ran to tell Swarfiga. I hit him over the head with an axe," Kelsey confessed.

Everyone from the village of Pierremau stood in silence and shock as Kelsey continuously revealed more information to them. No one knew what to say and the silence continued for half a minute.

"I forgive you," Casey said.

Kelsey smiled.

"What do we do with her now?" Neil asked.

"She can't stay as leader. And she murdered someone. There definitely needs to be consequences for what she did. We should have a meeting on it," Swarfiga explained.

"Throw her in a fucking cell!" exclaimed Javier.

"Just let me leave, okay?" Kelsey cried. "I'm no use to anyone here. I don't belong. I almost destroyed everything we worked so hard to build."

Swarfiga walked up to Kelsey.

"Arbello was in the same boat as you when Gerald was around. We all wanted to kill him. Gerald knew it would be uncivilised to do such a thing. He wanted Arbello to be locked away for good. Sending you outside of Pierremau is just like killing you with all the mobs out there. There's a war on, for fuck's sake! You wouldn't survive the night with all the shit going on around these parts. You're not being exiled from the village, but as a consequence of you killing Travis, Kelsey, I sentence you to spend the rest of your life locked in a cell. It's what Gerald taught us to do," Swarfiga explained.

"Okay... That seems fair..." Percy replied.

Kelsey stared at Swarfiga.

"Thank you... I can-" Kelsey said.

An arrow hit her right in the forehead. Kelsey's body tumbled to the ground and burst into inventory. Swarfiga looked into the distance and saw Gabriel pointing a crossbow at them. Gerald had trained him to kill in precarious situations, and how he killed Kelsey was just like how he killed Brooke.

"There. She can't hurt anyone else now," Gabriel said.

## Characters

### Returning

* Swarfiga
* Molly
* Gabriel
* Louis
* Mitch
* Serge
* Rosie
* Aasim
* Baahir
* James *(No Lines)*
* Witherstorm *(No Lines)*
* Lydia *(No Lines)*
* Willy *(No Lines)*
* Ty *(No Lines)*
* Phil *(No Lines)*
* Mark *(No Lines)*
* Julie *(No Lines)*
* Susan *(No Lines)*
* Frank *(No Lines)*

### New

* Judith
* Percy
* Earl
* Casey
* Kelsey
* Adeline
* Neil
* Violet
* Frankie
* Rodney
* Javier
* Janis
* Ozzy
* Travis
* Anna
* Sophia
* Daryl
* Lilly

## Deaths

* Aasim
* Sirius666
* Rosie
* Travis
* Kelsey

## Trivia

* Last appearance of Aasim.
* Last appearance of Sirius666.
* Last appearance of Rosie.
* First (and last) appearance of Travis.
* First (and last) appearance of Kelsey.
* First appearance of Judith.
* First appearance of Percy.
* First appearance of Earl.
* First appearance of Casey.
* First appearance of Adeline.
* First appearance of Neil.
* First appearance of Violet.
* First appearance of Frankie.
* First appearance of Rodney.
* First appearance of Javier.
* First appearance of Janis.
* First appearance of Ozzy.
* First appearance of Anna.
* First appearance of Sophia.
* First appearance of Daryl.
* First appearance of Lilly.
* The ten chapter format returns in this book.
* The title of this book comes from Chapter 1 when the narrator refers to Gerald as the "savior of the land."
* This was the third book to have multiple perspectives after Ludwig and the Redstone Riches and Ludwig and the Series Finale.