Diary of an 8-bit Warrior: Quest Mode

Book 5

This is the 5th book in the series. The general idea is that several villagers from Villagetown, including Runt

## Plot

After the events of The Path of the Diamond, Stump tells Runt that a kid named Tucker saw a zombified rabbit on the plains and that he keeps on seeing this weird old man with red robes, red hat, black sunglasses and a huge white beard who claims that his name is Cocoa Witherbean. Later, at the ceremony, Breeze and Runt are presented by the mayor as warriors, Defenders of Villagetown, Captains of Night Watch and Explorers of the Overworld, they dance, eat, have some fun and then Runt walks Breeze home. However, in the middle of Runt’s sleep, Kolbert wakes him up and tells him that they’d be attacked, that they couldn’t possibly defend themselves, that they needed better armour, better weapons and better items and that a standard crafting table would never be enough, then Kolbert showed Runt a drawing showing an Advanced Crafting Table, also known as an Aeon Forge, he tells Runt that he must go alone, for Breeze will talk him out of it and the others will just slow him down. Kolbert then gives him a map, a stack of carrots, a stack of oak, half a stack of coal, a crafting table, a furnace, a bed and 332 emeralds, after a long, lonely, treacherous journey he finally reaches a city/village/town/settlement called Owl's Reach, where he meets a person with huge ears and green skin called Feathers willing to sell an Aeon Forge to him- for only TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED EMERALDS (That's 2,500 emeralds for those of you who don't know. And yes, it is a lot). So, to get the money, he finds another quest, where he has to go to The Tomb of the Forgotten King, get Glowmoss, and then he will get the emeralds that he needs. Unfortunately, Runt finds out (the easy way) that a dungeon shouldn’t be concurred alone and he has a find someone to help him, but everyone just laughs at him. Unexpectedly, Breeze just pops out of nowhere on a horse, so they journey together to the dungeon, after fighting monsters and end up in a sealed room, thankfully, they find the way out (I think I’m using too many adverbs) and end up in another room almost entirely filled with golden pressure plates, to test what trap this was, they throw a bunch of seeds on the ground and the entire ceiling fell down with a deafening CRASH, and then the ceiling walked back up again, to get across, they use a fishing rod to find the safe places to step on in the next room, they go very slowly, through cobwebs and soulsand and slowness arrows, in the next hall, they meet a wizard called Faolen, who offers to teach them a new ability called Analyze Monster, they accept and learn the ability.

In the next room, Breeze and Runt find two warriors clashing with three felhounds which all had two status effects, Stoneskin ll and Haste l, they decide to help them kill the felhounds and the two warriors introduce themselves, one was called S, and to the shock of Runt, the other one was none other than Pebble. Pebble begged forgiveness for trying to blow Runt up, and had no idea why that happened. He said when he saw Runt's pet, Jello, he thought he was a spy. Then S theorised that Pebble had been under the effect of Confusion lll Together, they entered the huge chamber and found out that the Nethersoul also had Stoneskin lll and Haste l, and about 5 minutes later, a potion floated towards the monster’s right hand, and the Nethersoul took a sip, and a third buff appeared next to the their two, Regeneration V, after that, they agree to just leave, but a wall of ice formed in front of the door, and Urf appeared, laughing at them and soulshifting into the Nethersoul. Runt takes the role of a tank and Breeze, Pebble and S attack him but Runt’s shield breaks. Breeze fakes her own death midway during the battle with an ability known as smoke bomb and by dropping a few of her items. Sneaking behind Urf and using an ability called Quietus she kills him. He drops a Netherforged Gown, a Fey Cudgel and most shockingly, Kolb’s Saddle. Since he dropped his items they assume he is dead.

(I know, not perfect, but I don't own the book and I am stuck at home just like everyone else. If you own the book, then please iron out the kinks, Ok? Thanks.)