PART-1:
Roanna has entered the Ash Kingdom's capital, Ashron.
She had her sword in her hotbar
.
In case a withered skeleton appears.
But what she expected didn't happen.
When she arrived at the gate, she was taken by surprise.
The gate was redstone automated.
She was astounded.
As a gamer, she was a fan of Minecraft's redstone engineering.
When she tried to get a closer look, a rattling sound got her attention.
There came a withered skeleton from the iron door that's near the gate.
Apparently, it was eating a cake.
{since when do skeletons eat cakes?}
"hel-"
After seeing me, it rushed back to where it came from and brought some more skeletons.
They surrounded me and pointed their swords at me.
Rattling their mouths as if trying to tell me something.
I tried using some words.
But they looked confused.
One of them charged at me.
I moved my hotbar to my sword to engage in combat.
Just as when the weather approached me.
"heh?"
It was hit on the head by another wither.
After that, it chased the withers except the cake wither and the wither who charged at me to their duties.
He rattled at them and sent them away, too.
I'm rather shocked that it saved me.
[a few minutes later]
This wither king doesn't seem to be a tyrant or a conquest freak.
After looking at my surroundings, he seemed to be a worthy ruler.
Actually, withers have become semi-hostile to humans.
The reason?
Obvious.
The future version update.
The more logical reason?
The wither king acts as a leash, keeping the nether monsters in check.
I wonder why I have to kill him.
Rather than hostility, I only feel admiration toward him.
Oh well! I will find it out soon.
The only problem is communication.
Back at the gate, I couldn't understand a thing the elder skeleton said.
When he understood that I was struggling.
He turned towards the cake skeleton and rattled something to him.
The cake skeleton rushed inside and brought a book.
Then he wrote something and showed it to me.
[What's the purpose of your visit, human?]
{brilliant}
I'm surprised that it knows English.
[I'm here to visit the wither king]
After that, both skeletons looked at each other and rattled.
After that, the elder skeleton opened the gate, letting me in.
Though there are some semi-hostile ones,
not all are the same.
There are also some stray ones.
Those who rebel against the king's rule.
The whiter I fought, the more straws.
It creeps me out when withers are used as carriers in this capital.
But this city was beautiful in its own way.
piglin's selling gold, withers carrying merch, wither skelition's guarding gates and eating cakes!!!
The nightmaric ghast's carrying people like buses.
I think collecting ghost tears will be hard.
But I was wrong.
Those ghosts tear up whenever the load on them overloads.
I found 40 of them.
It feels surreal.
I have reached the location where the entrance to the castle is.
It was a netherite beacon at the centre of the capital.
To reach the castle, you need to give the beacon 30 gold.
Thank god i had some in case piglins were hostile.
I entered the beacon transfer location.
And it was a better experience, transporting teleportically.
There it was on top of the bedrock layer.
The castle.
It's huge and glowing with green energy.
I entered.
[Wither King's Throne Room]
The moment Roanna entered, she felt a great presence.
There sat a person with glowing green eyes with a black mask, and ash grey hair.
"I greet the Wither King!"
The wretched king studied her for a second
"Hmmm...are you perhaps Roanna Lunarian?"
My eyes widened with shock.
"y-you knew me?"
"I heard it from the goddess."
no hesitation at all.
"goddess?"
"I heard it from her voice that you have arrived. I knew nothing more than the fact that she is the goddess of agriculture."
It might be the same goddess that gave me the four error books.
"Then, I think you know why I was here."
I spoke while taking out my diamond sword.
"Yes."He replied.
"I'm sorry."
I charged at him.
The figure on the throne didn't even draw his blade, nor did the skeleton guards.
Instead, he extended a finger.
Flick.
"GAHHHHH!" Roanna flew backwards, smashing into the obsidian wall. Her sword clattered to the floor.
She groaned, rolling over. "Wh-what was that!?"
The Wither King tilted his head, annoyed and surprised. "I SHOULD BE THE ONE ASKING THAT!!.
You challenged me with that tiny swing of yours."
I growled, rushing again. Another flick. Repeat.
"STOP FLICKING ME!!"
"....."
I swung again.
This time, he stopped it.
"Try me when you come stronger."
"wha-"
He hit me.
It felt like I flew a long distance from that punch.
But when I woke up, I was at the border of the capital city.
Did he teleport me?!
After that, I made so many strategies.
I trained, killed.
But nothing seemed to work.
He countered every plan and every attack I came up with.
[after a year]
I'm now lying on the ground.
Yes, I'm on the ground after another finger flip.
I'm sulking and embraced myself for another punch.
Yes, this guy never hesitated to punch a girl.
But the expected punch didn't land.
Instead, he paused, his expression unreadable.
Then he laughed.
The ancient king actually chuckled.
A low, raspy laugh that echoed in the chamber.
"…It's been a long time since I've seen someone react like that. Just like… him."
I sat up, rubbing her forehead.
"Him? Who's he? Another victim of your weird mockery!?"i said with a frown on my face.
He shook his head and sat on his throne again.
"…No. A piglin boy. He glared at me with the same eyes as you do now."
For a moment, his voice softened. "I knocked him away every time… yet he always came back."
I puffed my cheeks. "…Tch. Then maybe I'll just keep coming back too."
He had a satisfied grin on his face.
"Hey, what's your age?"
Eh? he wants my age?
"It's rude to ask a lady her age."
I countered.
Then he appeared in front of me instantly.
"IS THAT SO? I THINK YOUR MEMORIES ARE FUZZY FROM MY FLICKS THAT YOU EVEN FORGOT WHO YOU WERE IN YOUR PREVIOUS LIFE. MAYBE ANOTHER FLIP WILL FIX IT".
CRAP!!
"heek...no... no... no... no, it's 95..im 95 damn years old,dont flip me."
Damn, he even knows that I was a reincarnator.
That damn goddess even told this guy about who I was?.
"Then, I think you will be staying here until you hit 100."
"Eh?"
That left me confused and off guard.
Slowly, he stood from the throne, his massive frame glowing faintly with soul-fire cracks.
"Very well. Then I'll do as I once wished… I will make you my pupil."
Roanna blinked.
"whaaaaaaaaat"
"HEY, DON'T PASS OUT IN MY CASTLE"
The castle was in chaos that day.
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🔸 END OF CHAPTER 8
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[HAVE A NICE DAY ;)]