Chapter 13: The Egg

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When the enderman halfling finally came to, he'd groaned in pain. Coming out of an enderwalk trance always wore him out, physically and mentally. Who knows what he'd been up to this time while he was unaware, helpless to the orders that drove him? He just hoped it wasn't manual labor- that's all he asked.


Tired red and green eyes blinked the creature back to reality, but it was a world Ranboo wasn't ready to face. The being screamed- what kind of hell had he traipsed into now?! He was in a cave tunnel, that much was certain. Judging by all the torches lining the wall to his right, he was likely somewhere underground, deep enough for monsters to spawn.


Normally, Ranboo would have been fine with a situation like this. Waking up in an unfamiliar place? No problem. Forgetting what had happened over the past few hours? Easy. All of that would have been fine...had it not been for the presence of red trinitrotoluene.


Mountains upon mountains of the stuff were stacked high above his head in a wall of terror, just waiting to ignite. The sentient scrambled to the top of one of the mountains, and gasped. A river of red dynamite stretched down the tunnel and around the corner, leaving the humanoid wondering how much of the deadly TNT was down here with him.


What am I doing here?! Ranboo panicked. Who- Who sent me here?! A flash of Wilbur's malevolent stare came to mind, and the being instantly recalled the dreamon attack. Oh, right. That's how. The sentient raised his hand to hold his weary head, when some sort of object met his forehead instead. He looked down at his hand, and immediately jumped back in a hiss, dropping the item to the ground.


What am I doing holding TNT?! What if I'd set it on fire, huh?! What then?! Even one stick of dynamite was enough to cause injury; an amount as big as what lay before him was bound to wreak havoc on- well...wherever he was. I have to get out of here before it's too late.


With that, Ranboo hurried back down to the cave floor and sprinted the length of the tunnel.


The nightmare just wouldn't end. Around the endless bend he went, finding more and more stacks of the dreaded explosives. The obscene quantity combined with the horrific power of trinitrotoluene would be enough to level a small home, maybe even an entire village. After a while, Ranboo realized he'd been running in circles, and came to a stop right where he started. His lungs may have given out, but his interest in the hidden dynamite only grew stronger.


There had to be a reason behind all the TNT, and considering how it was all arranged, Ranboo figured the answer to the mystery was actually rather close. Determined to solve this strange puzzle, he would dig into the wall of the tunnel towards the other side of the circle. Whatever Wilbur was trying to eradicate had to be at the center, and Ranboo had resolved to find what it was.







What is Wilbur planning?? Isn't his plan supposed to bring peace??

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What is Wilbur planning?? Isn't his plan supposed to bring peace??

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