I slowly started to open my eyes, the eyelids felt heavy making the process harder than usual.
After a few moments of trying to keep my eyes open, I finally managed to focus my eyes enough that I could see the room I was in.
But to my surprise, I wasn't in the iron room that I last remember. The roof was made of wood and I was actually sitting on a bed.
The rest of the room was also made of wood and had even some paintings on the wall, I tried to stand up on the bed and realize that my mouth was dry and my stomach empty.
"Where am I?"
While I studied the room, I took the single food item that I had in my inventory and filled my stomach.
"Hmm, golden carrots are not bad, no wonder they are the best food in the game."
After I felt full, I got up from the bed and walked outside the room hoping to find some water.
The house wasn't very big, there were four rooms in total one kitchen, one bedroom, one storage room, and one weird room that had a cauldron.
I looked in the chests and I found a bottle of water which I quickly drank, I also found out that my iron armor was there.
"How did they get my armor off me? "
I was very confused by this.
"The durability is awful, I should get a new one, probably try to make a diamond armor at least, or enchant my iron armor with mending."
While I was browsing through chests I heard the front door opening. I quickly closed the chest and ran to see who was my savior.
The person seemed surprised to see me up, he looked like a normal villager with the exception of having a mole on his nose and a tall hat on his head.
Then realization struck me, and I quickly drew out my iron sword.
"A witch!"
"Well, that's a rude thing to call your savior."
He just looked unimpressed at me, with a hand behind his back.
"So you won't suddenly through a splash poison potion on me?"
His eyes started to narrow in suspicion once I said that.
"Looks like you know something about my people, I'm impressed, to say the least. From what I know I'm the only person around this parts in this particular situation, and everything that I know about this came from the ruins where I found you. What else do you know?"
"You'll promise not to splash me then?"
He seemed to relaxed and nodded.
"I don't know too much, I only know that to get the witch job you have to be struck by lightning and survive, and then you suddenly have level 7 on the brewing skill."
The expression of suspicion turned into surprise as soon as I finished saying that.
"That... that would explain the intense pain I felt on that night, also why I was surrounded by fire."
From his reaction, I could tell that the memory was not pleasant.
"So... you were the one that brought me here?"
"Yes! I was surprised by the sudden disturbance in the ruins. And after a few hours of searching through the rooms, I finally found the source of it. That's where I found you laying unconscious beside the obsidian structure. You weren't alone either, what were you even trying to summon in this world?"
He then took out a skeleton's head. It was the withered king, it was bigger than a regular Skeleton and it had a black crown on top of it.
"Yeah, I didn't try to bring that monster to this world, I actually tried to run from him. Did he also by any chance had an enchanted diamond armor on him?"
"I did find an enchanted diamond chest plate, but we'll, I don't think you'll be able to use it."
He then switched the head to the diamond chest plate which I quickly recognized. But it wasn't looking too good, it was actually missing half of it. Looks like when the portal closed itself, it cut the skeleton in half, and even the diamond armor was not strong enough to withstand it.
"I can see why you say that. Thank you for saving me."
"No problem, what were you even doing in those ruins? And how did you even find them?"
"I wasn't looking specifically for those ruins, I was running from that unusual monster, I saw that obsidian structure that led me to another place that I didn't recognize. Once I crossed it, the skeleton came after me, but for some reason, the gate closed itself cutting the monster in half."
The witch looked suspicious at me but nodded his head in understanding.
"I'm guessing you don't know where you are then. Welcome to my humble home, you are now in the Sandstone Kingdom. Where are you from?"
"From the name, can I guess that this land into in the desert?"
"Your right."
I started to panic, looked like Nether works the same as in the game. So when I traveled a block in the Nether it was eight blocks in the Overworld, and I traveled a few days just to get to the fortress.
But that wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was that I don't even know in what kingdom Bobby lives.
I was in a pickle.
"You ok there? You look pretty nervous."
"I'm ok, but not at the same time. Here is the problem, I lived with a friend recently, but funnily enough I don't know where he lives nor in what kingdom he is. So I'm very confused right now."
"You don't know where you live?"
He said with a confused tone.
"pretty much."
The witch started to sigh and massage his nose bridge.
"Ok, let's say I'll believe you. You are in the Sandstone Kingdom, there are two more kingdoms as our neighbors. The Coral kingdom where they have access to the ocean, and the Stone Kingdom where they have access to a lot of mines. And there's the unclaimed land filled with monsters and pillagers, but I'm pretty sure you're not from there since your skin is not gray. So which one sounds more familiar?"
Well, I'll learn something new today, and I'm pretty shocked. I think when I spawned I was at the edge of the monster territory, and when I explored the temple I was in the Sandstone land, and Bobby didn't talk about ports so I can assume that he lives in the Stone Kingdom.
"Yeah... I think my friend is in the Stone Kingdom."
"Good, that's progress. I don't know how you got here, but you should be able to reach your home in a few weeks of travel."
"That's a lot of time. But I guess I have to do it, I'm sure my friend is worried sick about me."
"That sounds concerning, you should go as quickly as possible then. Also, do you want to take this head with you? My reputation is not the best, and I don't want to have more reasons to make people more scared of me."
He then pushed the skeleton head into my arms without waiting for an answer.
"Thanks? Also, what's your name?"
"Oh yes! Where are my manners? My name is Froggy, my parents were inspired when they first saw a swamp, and ironically enough now I live in one."
He started on a cheerful note but ended with a sarcastic and sad voice. Looks like his childhood was not too happy.
"That's an interesting name indeed. My name is-"
"WITCH! GET OUT AND GREET THE GREAT NOBLE FERDINAND THE 4TH."
I was suddenly intrepid by shouting from outside.
I looked at Froggy with confusion while his expression turned to someone that doesn't want to deal with his noisy neighbor because it was too annoying.
But after a heavy sight, he still went outside.
I followed him but didn't exit the house. I just looked around the area of the house from the door frame.
Froggy said that he lives in a swamp, but while it was technically the truth, it was a very small swamp, I could see the end of it from where I stood.
I looked down to see 3 villagers waiting for Froggy. Two wore iron armor, while the third one was dressed in fancy clothing. The young noble tried to look mighty but I could see that he was actually scared of the witch. The guards stood between them in case of any sudden attack.
"What do I owe to have such honor of meeting his greatness."
The young noble got more courage when he heard that.
"Greetings cursed one. I seek your help, it's a matter of urgency and great importance."
"I'm afraid that I don't sell harmful potions, my lord."
"You dare interrupt the lord you scum? "
One of the guards took out his sword preparing to attack.
"Stand down my guard, we've come here in search of help, not for blood. We do not seek poison, I'm curious if you have a cure for the infected."
Froggy just turned and walked back to the house not even bothering to respond.
"You'll be handsomely rewarded if you do help."
You noble tried to get his attention.
"There's no such thing as a cure for the infected, now leave me alone, and don't waste my time."
He started to climb the stairs to the house before I spoke.
"Does infected by any chance mean that someone got bitten by a zombie and now it's a zombie itself?"
"Yes, that would be true. Who may you be?"
The young noble looked at me with suspicion.
"It doesn't matter who I am, but what matters is that I have a cure for that."
Froggy looked at me in horror and quickly pushed me back into the house and closed the door.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed? You can't lie to a noble, especially with something like this. Just take some provisions and go back to your friend."
He said that while holding my shirt with a force that I did not expect to see.
"I wanted to do that. But if I can help that noble maybe he would give me a camel or a horse to make my journey faster as a reward."
He then looked at me with suspicion.
"And how do you plan on curing an Infected one."
"I can't do it alone, unfortunately, I need your help."
He finally let me go but still looked intensely at me.
"I'm listening. But if your saying something stupid I'll finish you off right now."
"Well, that's a bit over the top. The way to cure an infected person is to splash them with a weakness potion and then feed them a golden apple."
Froggy then closed his eyes and started to think really hard, then quickly opened them.
"That may actually work."
"You believe me just like that?"
"Yes, I have my own ways to know if you're laying or telling the truth. But there's only one problem. I do know how to make a weakness splash potion but I don't have the necessary materials."
He looked regretful that he couldn't help with that.
"And I also need an actual brewing station, I can't use the cauldron that I usually use."
"I may be able to help with that."
I then took the blaze roads that I looted from the fortress and showed them to him.
"This is... How did you get these?"
"It doesn't matter, it's important that I got them."
I then went to the nearby crafting table and crafted the brewing station.
"This-this is amazing, I can do so much with this."
Froggy looked with admiration at the new station.
"Yep, and here are the fragmented spider eye and the golden apple for this to work. I only need your skill level. "
"I don't know how you have so many precious items on you, but I won't complain about it."
He then took the items from me and started to get to work.
And after a few minutes, I had 3 weakness splash potions in my inventory. With that finished, I went outside at the three villagers waiting patiently for me.
"Did you say that you know a way to cure the infected ones? If you dare lie to me, your punishment will be death."
He looked serious with that threat.
"No worries, I know what I'm doing, even the witch agreed with my unusual method."
The young noble looked surprised by that statement.
"Come with us then. The sooner we cure the person the better."
He then turned and I followed soon after. But before we could get too far we heard a shout from the swamp.
"Wait for me, I'm coming as well!"
And we looked at Froggy as he was running towards us.
"I'll be coming with you and help in case something goes wrong."
The tree villagers looked uncomfortable by his suggestion but decided to let him come.
Better safe than sorry.
With everything done, the five of us went on a journey through the desert to cure a zombie villager.