End Rush (event)

The End Rush was an informal competition to see which nation would be the one to defeat the Ender Dragon. It happened on the 2nd of June 2021.

## Background

#### Prelude

Because of the existence of only one dragon egg and because of the achievement/status/prestige that it would bring, KarlosGeek, leader of Alltidvinter, saw to kill the Ender Dragon. He decided he would get ender pearls by bartending with piglins, but didn't have much gold in hands, so he put a public offer to trade diamonds for gold.

Such a simple action was enough to trigger the chain of events that lead to the End Rush, a sort of arms race between the 3 major powers of the server at the time: **Akrinou**, Alltidvinter and **Cukur**.

#### Escalation

B2As, leader of **Akrinou**, didn't take long to realise their plans, refusing any gold trade attempts.
Gears2369, another member of **Akrinou**, offered to team up with **Alltidvinter** in manpower and resources to do it together, but the offer was refused.

KarlosGeek justified it by saying that **Akrinou** was already the largest nation of the server and, because of its size, new players would tend to join it, causing a snowball effect that would guarantee the nation's future position as the server's sole superpower.

The achievement was deemed necessary to ensure **Alltidvinter** would thrive and get new players at a faster rate, allowing them to be at least equals in the future.

## Progress of the Race

#### Piglin Bartending

Once the dice were set, there was no turning back. No time or resources to waste.

Both sides took all their gold and began bartending with piglins. Surprisingly, **Alltidvinter** had more than enough gold to bartend, making KarlosGeek deeply regret his decision of offering a gold trade. Because of it, he then canceled the trade with **Cukur**. This resulted in LatroDR, leader of **Cukur**, joining the race to The End by starting to bartend for ender pearls.

B2As didn't have much luck in bartending, saying he'd used 40 gold ingots for 3 ender pearls. KarlosGeek was more lucky, using around 25 gold ingots for 5 ender pearls.

#### Locating the Stronghold

With ender eyes in his hand, KarlosGeek took off with his horse in search of the Stronghold. In the meantime B2As was making ender eyes and enchanting.

Upon seeing the ender eye go through the ground, KarlosGeek dug down where he found the Stronghold. It didn't take long for him to find the portal room, but there was something interesting about it: it had been explored, someone had left a sign.

For now, he shrugged it off. Could be anyone. The important thing is that the portal wasn't open, so he was still ahead.

#### Ender Dragon Battle

Upon activating and entering the portal, KarlosGeek started to destroy the towers and fight the Ender Dragon, until a new contender showed up. Being the one that found the portal first and left the sign, LatroDR had just gotten enough ender pearls to active the portal, only to find the was portal activated and the battle had already started.

The battle has tense but thrilling and exciting. While still competing for the kill, both sides had an unspoken agreement on not using PvP against each other, but focusing their effort into defeating the Ender Dragon and defending/surviving its attacks.

At the peak of battle, the Ender Dragon had one hit left. KarlosGeek and LatroDR were using all their arrows, desperately trying to take the kill, but weren't able to because the Ender Dragon was flying in circles inside an Obsidian Pillar.

But one victor had to come of it, and that ended up being KarlosGeek, that landed the last hit, an arrow mid-flight. Alltidvinter killed the Ender Dragon.

## Aftermath

When faced with the conclusion to the End Rush, both KarlosGeek and LatroDR had nothing but respect for each other. The battle had been intense, neither did more damage than the other and anyone could have come out victorious.

Together they entered the portal to the End Islands, only to find themselves stuck in an island far away from the others.
Together they bridged the distance and walked on the End Islands.

Despite a clear victor and the entire event, it is safe to say that, ironically, they fought and beaten the Ender Dragon together, a show of skill and power from both nations but not against each other. They were both worthy of whatever treasures may be in the End Cities to be found.