A Minecraft Story Pt. 2
There’s nothing more frightening than sitting alone in the dark, in a hole, with nothing more than a torch, a pick axe, and a rudimentary sword. When the screeches joined in with the zombie moans and groans outside, I considered just leaving them be. I mean, I had a 2 x2 area dug out where nothing could touch me. Sure, I couldn’t see outside, but I hoped the zombie hordes groaning outside would alert me to the sun when their pained noises of bursting into flame occurred.
So I waited. The screeches continued. And continued.
They sounded as if they were only a few blocks in front of me. Mustering up the courage of a mad man, I plowed ahead with my pick. As the last bits of the final block crumbled under the might of my swing, I was greeted with solid darkness and–OH GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!
Two large spiders leapt at me, their screeching forms and blood red eyes materializing out of the darkness and hell bent on laying their spider eggs in my eye sockets. Hastily, I slammed a torch on the wall and tossed up a brick below me to block their path. They jumped angrily, screeching like a bunch of tweens who are absolutely sure that lesbian they just saw is like, totally Justin Bieber.
Spiders are a valuable commodity in Minecraft. They are the only monster that drops string, which is needed to create a bow. The bow in Minecraft is a surprisingly functional weapon, so defeating these red-eyed arachnids becomes my top priority. Screw waiting for daylight. I have a chance at crafting something much to my benefit. Steeling myself for the fight, I pick my safety brick away and toss up a few more torches while the spiders are distracted before laying into them with my iron sword of irony justice.
Monster spawners are relatively rare within the world of Minecraft. You find them occasionally while you’re spelunking and I was very surprised to find one so close to the surface. The spiders proved no match for my sword skills and after I destroyed the spawner, I set about gathering up my loot. The spiders I had maimed dropped a total of 17 string, plus a few pieces that were in the chests located around the room. I was a happy miner. As I gathered up my loot, I noticed the room was partially open with a small hallway connecting to another portion of the cave. Were there more spiders waiting in the darkness, ready to leap and rip me limb from limb?
As curiosity got the best of me, I hollowed out the room and decided to use it as a base of operations. Thus, Spider Cave was born. I set out the basics I needed for spelunking: a crafting bench, a storage box, and a furnace. Once they were ready to do my bidding, I hollowed out a small area for storage. With a few pieces of pig meat, a few buckets, and my newly crafted bow, I was ready to explore the depths of Spider Cave.
The mine twisted and turned until it fell away into a deep chasm. A chasm so deep, the walls faded away into the inky blackness, leaving me to wonder what sorts of things awaited me at the bottom. Staring into the chasm, I knew I had to get down there. There could be a world of fabulous riches awaiting me. Sporting ingenuity I’m sure dwarves everywhere would be proud to see, I slowly began building a downward staircase to escape into the chasm. My plan was to make it across to the opposite side, where I would dig around the chasm until I reached the bottom. This plan was highly successful, until I heard the unmistakable sound of bones clacking together.
A skeleton archer.
My fight with the spiders had not been too terrible. They got the best of me by startling me, but setting my mind to their annhilation, they are nothing more than strings in my backpack now. Fueled by the insistence of my brain arguing that I now have a ranged weapon, I should be perfectly capable of dealing with a few dusty archers, right?
Right?
