The mobs frozen by Steve start moving again.
Mahito: Huh? What happened?
He looks around and sees all his zombified zombies are dead.
Pseudo-Alex: Oh? You can move now. Steve froze the tick to stop you all from moving. But it's alright now. The plan was a success. I successfully sealed him away in the Nether. He won't cause us any more problems.
Jogo: The players can just go to the Nether and get him back.
Pseudo-Alex: That is if they know he is in Nether. How will they know that? And before they get to know it, I will make sure they can never go to the Nether.
Jogo: How will you do that?
Pseudo-Alex: I told you. I have my plans. What will you guys do now?
Jogo: The barrier will be removed. All the players will soon be coming here. Player will be one of them. We will force him to burn all the totems we have and unleash Herobrine.
Mahito: I will kill Player.
Jogo: Huh?
Mahito: I'm sorry Jogo. But I want to kill Player. I know Herobrine is important for us, but I think that our conditions are fairly equal to that of the players now that Steve is gone. I think we can kill the players without Herobrine's help.
Jogo: That is no reason to not get all the help we can.
Mahito: But I want to kill Player. It's what I want. I prioritize it above freeing Herobrine. Choso wants that too. Where is he by the way?
Pseudo-Alex: He ran when Steve was killing all the zombified villagers.
Mahito: That means he has a head start. I need to go after him if I want to kill Player myself.
Mahito starts running away.
Jogo: Hey wait. Why doesn't he listen? We need Herobrine. You agree with me, Alex?
Pseudo-Alex: To me, Herobrine is just a guaranteed way to win. I'm not saying you can't win without him now that Steve is sealed. But he would be a great ally to have.
Jogo: Then I'll also be going. I need to find Player before those 2 idiots find him. What will you do?
Pseudo-Alex: Oh I've returned to the cities after a long time. I want to see what's going to happen. I want to enjoy it.
Jogo also runs away. When Alex is all alone, 2 players come out.
Mimiko: We've done what you said. We killed as many NPCs as you wanted. Now please release Alex's account.
Nanako: You have used her account enough. Now go.
Pseudo-Alex: Huh? And why do you think I will do that?
Nanako: You don't deserve to use her account. She was a good player who cared about other players. You…You are a monster.
Pseudo-Alex: I don't care what you 2 think. You did what you wanted to do. I didn't promise you anything. Now go away before I kill you both with this account.
Mimiko and Nanako go away.
Outside BeaconTown, the barrier gets removed.
Maki: Huh? The barrier. It's gone.
Nobara: The villagers, they are coming outside. Does that mean we can go in?
Maki: Steve must have dealt with whoever was behind this. We need to go inside. Let's go.
Naobito: We can't be sure. We need to be careful.
All the players stationed outside start moving in. They try to get the villagers and Players outside of BeaconTown. Many refuse as it is where they live.
Player, Mei Mei, and Ui Ui are on their way to BeaconTown.
Mei Mei: Player, the barrier of BeaconTown has been removed. We need to hurry.
Nanami: Compared to how it was when we first arrived. Why is it that very few villagers are left?
Megumi: Maybe they all are towards the center of the city.
Nanami: They should be flocking outside now that the barrier is removed.
Ino: What if they don't know that the barrier is gone?
Nanami: It could be. In any case, our main objective is to find Steve. But try to find as many villagers and players as we can and free them.
Outside BeaconTown, Ijichi is standing on a bridge to assist from outside. Suddenly he gets stabbed from behind with a gold sword. He stabs him again making him fall to the river below.
Unknown player: I am good at killing players. That's what I have to do right?
A player with a green version of the default skin is standing behind him.
Unknown green player: Yes. Please kill any player outside BeaconTown. After that, you can kill inside.
Unknown player: That's great.
Player, Mei Mei, and Ui Ui enter BeaconTown and quickly rush toward the center. There they find zombified villagers attacking other villagers. Player quickly kills one to save a villager. Other zombies attack him but he kills all of them.
Mei Mei: You're fine with killing them now?
Player: It can't be helped. Besides, these villagers are in pain. It's better to kill them to spare them from it.
Mei Mei: In that case, Player, you help and save people here. I will head towards the station.
Player: Ok.
Player continues to save villagers by fighting mobs and zombified villagers until he sees other players fighting mobs. He goes towards them and finds Nanami, Ino, and Megumi fighting the mobs.
Player: Hey. Megumi and Nanami. And who are you?
Megumi: Player?
Player: What is happening here?
Megumi: The barrier was released. We are trying to get villagers to escape.
Player: Did Steve remove the barrier?
Nanami: We don't know. We haven't found him yet. But something is odd. Earlier there were no mobs present in the city except for the reported fangs that grabbed some people inside the station. Steve must be inside the station. But now suddenly the barrier is removed and there are mobs everywhere.
Megumi: Maybe because Steve removed their barrier so they are trying to prevent people from escaping.
Player: Mahito is here. There are zombified villagers here. He was there at Redstonia station. When we got there he had already taken all the minecarts. Which means he arrived here on them. Probably with the zombified villagers here. If Steve fought him, he would have been defeated by now.
Nanami: He is right. Something is not right here. The mobs also can't just spawn out of nowhere like this. It suggests the use of spawn eggs. Good thing you are here now Player. You three, take care of the mobs inside the city. I will go and investigate the outskirts. I will try to cooperate with Ijichi to evaluate the situation. Ino, these 2 are your responsibility.
Ino: …Yes.
As Nanami leaves, Ino, Player, and Megumi start looking for villagers. They find villagers being attacked with arrows from above. They look above to see 2 players firing arrows from a building.
Megumi: Are those…players?
Suddenly they see another player approaching them.
Unknown Player: You guys lost? Let me help you back to your spawn point.
Ino: You both deal with him. I'll take care of those 2 above.
Player: What?
Megumi: Player, Ino is a skilled player. He can handle himself. Let's deal with this guy first.
The unknown player rushes towards them and swings his sword. Both of them get away from him.
Player: Who are you? Why are you helping the mobs?
Unknown Player: What I am doing, I'm doing for the players. Siding with mobs is a temporary affair. You Jujutsu Pros have been interfering with our plans for too long. We almost won last month but this time, we will definitely win.
Megumi: (Last month? Who did we fight last month?)
Player: How will siding with mobs help players?
Unknown Player: It's only temporary as I told you. It was so we could deal with your strongest. Now that he is out, our alliance is over. Now we only have to deal with you guys.
Player: Strongest? You mean Steve? What did you do?
Unknown Player: We didn't do much. Our boss did. She with the help of the mobs, sealed your Steve away. We don't have to deal with him anymore. And you guys are fairly easy to handle.
Player and Megumi: (Steve…sealed?)
Suddenly 2 more players attack them from behind. They both dodge the attacks and get away.
Megumi: (The night parade of 100 demons occurred last month. Alex was behind the attack. From the way he is talking, these players must be members of her cult. But their boss? Alex was killed by Steve if I remember correctly. Then who is the new boss of Minecult?)
Player fights one of the players while Megumi spawns Phantom to fight the other 2. One of them dodges the phantom and blocks Megumi's attack but is attacked by Black wolf from behind. He strikes him but gets hit by Megumi. He attacks Megumi but gets hit by the phantom from behind. Megumi lands another hit on him, knocking him out.
Player blocks the hit from one of them, then quickly grabs his sword hand to pull him towards him and stabs him. He again pulls him to the other side and strikes him again. He then kicks him away and lands another hit on him, knocking him out. He gets attacked from behind by the first player but Megumi pushes him away.
Megumi: So Alex decided to attack again? Wasn't the previous failure enough?
Unknown Player: She almost won last time. But we succeeded this time.
Megumi: (So it is Alex. I was bluffing by using her name but this confirms it. But how is this possible?)
Megumi and Player rush towards him and attack him from opposite sides, overwhelming him and defeating him.
Player: So what does this mean Megumi? Steve was sealed?
Megumi: Something terrible is about to happen Player. If Steve was really sealed in some way, then we are doomed.
Player: But how can you seal someone?
Megumi: I guess trapping him somewhere. But Steve can teleport. Most probably, he was trapped in the Nether.
Player: Do we have Obsidian? We can try to retrieve him now.
Megumi: We aren't sure. We must confirm it first. Also, none of us have Obsidian right now.
Ino reaches the building top and fires an arrow at one of the players, who barely dodges it.
Unknown Player 1: A Jujutsu Pros player. Let me handle him. You watch from behind.
Unknown Player 2: Ok.
The player rushes towards Ino with a sword. Ino blocks her attack and then kicks her in the stomach. He then jumps over her and strikes her from behind. He rushes toward the 2nd player but the 1st player comes from behind and blocks his path. She swings her sword but Ino dodges all the hits and stabs her. The 2nd player attacks from behind but Ino dodges the hit and kicks him away. He then attacks him who easily gets hit by him.
Unknown Player 1: He is too strong. Looks like we have to do it now.
Unknown Player 2: Alright.
The 2nd player runs away from Ino while the 1st engages him again. Ino kicks her away and fires an arrow towards the 2nd player but suddenly he catches it with his hand.
Ino: Huh?
Unknown Player 2: After a whole year, finally, I'm back.
Unknown Player 1: Welcome back, Toji.