The Quest: The Oasis, Book 10: An Old Foe Read online

  “What is this? A bedroom? Does it belong to the person who lives here?”

  “Unsure. Looks more like a guest room,” Herobrine went, “Probably why it has a staircase to a drainage room.”

  Steve went over to the bed side table. There was a candle glowing here, as well as a book that he didn’t recognize. Most of these things he hadn’t seen in the game before.

  “Do you think the person created these things with their new powers? I haven’t seen these things.”

  “Probably. They must be using their powers to make the palace larger and fill it up with items they have crafted out of thin air.”

  “Dangerous. This much power, this quickly…How did they learn how to control it so fast?” Steve wondered aloud.

  “No idea. But we have to hurry. If they can do this already, they can most likely sense wherever we are. I don’t feel like dealing with more enemies.”

  Steve agreed. They slipped out of the guest room and hurried down the hallway. He couldn’t shake the idea that the person who was doing this was just watching them run around this palace in the Oasis, amused at how they were trying to piece everything together. There was something else as well – an idea that he had been having in the back of his head this entire time.

  The more Steve thought about everything that had happened and that was unfolding, the more he was starting to think he had figured it out. There was just one nagging detail…

  The hallway was lined with windows. From this direction, Steve could see the gardens of the palace. They stretched out as far as he could see, a lush garden in the middle of nowhere. Something about this made him stop in his tracks.

  “Wait.”

  “What is it?” Herobrine asked, stopping as well.

  “I don’t think we were at the Oasis earlier.”

  “What?” He repeated, “Why do you say that?”

  “I mean; we were at an oasis. But it wasn’t the right one. This is.”

  Steve pointed across the gardens to a giant pond. From here, he could faintly see the energy humming around the pool, crackling like lightning and shining in the setting sun. Herobrine fell silent, surprised.

  “We were at a smaller energy source. Whoever sensed us cut us off from taking it back. They weren’t waiting to be connected. Someone has been here for months, sucking off the power in the Oasis and using it to fuel their own power. We got this all wrong.”

  “You know who is behind it?” Herobrine asked him curiously.

  Steve nodded and turned to look at his friend.

  “It’s Scarlet Hero. He’s come back.”

  About the Author

  Mark Mulle is a passionate Minecraft gamer who writes game guides, short stories, and novels about the Minecraft universe. He has been exploring, building, and fighting in the game ever since its launch, and he often uses in-game experiences for inspiration on creating the best fiction for fellow fans of the game. He works as a professional writer and splits his time between gaming, reading, and storytelling, three hobbies and lifelong passions that he attributes to a love of roleplaying, a pursuit of challenging new perspectives, and a visceral enjoyment the vast worlds that imagination has to offer. His favorite thing to do, after a long day of creating worlds both on and off the online gaming community, is to relax with his dog, Herobrine, and to unwind with a good book. His favorite authors include Stephen King, Richard A. Knaak, George R. R. Martin, and R. A. Salvatore, whose fantasy works he grew up reading or is currently reading. Just like in Minecraft, Mark always strives to level up, so to speak, so that he can improve his skills and continue to surprise his audience. He prefers to play massive multiplayer online games but often spends time in those games fighting monsters one on one and going solo against the toughest mobs and bosses he can manage to topple. In every game, his signature character build is a male who focuses mostly on crafting weapons and enchanting, and in every battle, he always brings a one hander sword and a shield with as much magical attributes as he can pour into them. Because he always plays alone, he likes to use his game guides to share all the secrets and knowledge he gains, and who know—he may have snuck some information into his fiction as well. Keep an eye out for his next book!

  Other books by this author

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  Diary of a Brave Iron Golem

  Book 1: The Village Protector

  Book 2: Attacked by the Wither

  Diary of Jake and His Zombie Pigman

  Book 1: The Creature from the Nether

  Book 2: The Spiders Show the Way

  The White Eyed Ghost’s Promise

  Book 1: Herobrine Lives

  Book 2: Herobrine’s Manor

  Diary of a Hero Zombie

  Book 1: Herobrine’s Gauntlet

  Book 2: The Cult of Herobrine

  Book 3: Into the Nether Portal

  Diary of Erik Enderman

  Book 1: Block Thief

  Book 2: Adventures with Steve

  Book 3: The Legend of the Endermen’s Treasure

  Diary of a Valiant Wolf

  Book 1: Steve’s Wolves

  Book 2: Zombie Horde

  Book 3: Defeating the Dragon

  Diary of a Mob – Bony the Skeleton,

  Book 1: Where the Block is My Bow?

  Book 2: Where the Block is My Dad?

  Diary of a Mob – Sebastian the Gutsy Sheep

  Book 1: No Ordinary Sheep

  Book 2: Sebastian Seeks Revenge

  Rise of the Wither, Book 1: New Danger

  Books in the Carnival of Doom series

  Book One: The Angry Ghost

  Book Two: To the Nether Portal

  Book Three: Trapped

  Books in the Diary of a Crafty Player Series

  Book One: Blocky World

  Book Two: The Fort Keepers

  Book Three: The Search for the Dragon

  Diary of Reg the Villager,

  Book One: In Search of the Creative Mode

  Book Two: Nether Here Nor There

  Book Three: The Wolfdog and the Dragon

  Diary of Steve the Explorer, The Cube World Chronicles

  Book One: The Unknown Enemy

  Book Two: Diary of the Curious Creeper

  Book Three: Diary of an Enderman, the Game Keeper

  Diary of Steve the Adventurer,

  Book One: In the Lair of Herobrine

  Book Two: To the Nether Portal

  Diary of a Zombie Hunter,

  Book One: The Zombie Specialist

  Book Two: Zombie or Griefers

  Book Three: The Captain of Overwatch

  Diary of a Mob – Rowley the Rabbit,

  Book One: The Runaway Rabbit

  Books in the Diary of an Adventurous Creeper Series

  Book One: Creeper Chronicles

  Book Two: Journey to the End

  Book Three: Dragon Savior

  Books in the Adventures Through the Over World Trilogy

  Book One: Creeping Transformation

  Book Two: Steven and the Island of Bones

  Book Three: The Zoo in Jericho City

  The Quest: The Untold Story of Steve Trilogy

  Book One: The Tale of a Hero

  Book Two: The Unfinished Game

  Book Three: The Endings and Beginnings of a Legend

  The Obsidian Chronicles Trilogy

  The Obsidian Chronicles, Book One: Ender Rain

  The Obsidian Chronicles, Book Two: Hell and Back

  The Obsidian Chronicles, Book Three: Of Dragons and Demons

  The Doppelganger Trilogy

  The Doppelganger, Book One: Steve’s Chance

  The Doppelganger, Book Two: Steve vs. Herobrine

  The Doppelganger, Book Three: The Ender Dragon Reborn

  The Cult Trilogy

  The Cult, Part One

  The Cult, Part Two

  The Cult, Part Three

  The Legend: The Mystery of Herobrine Tr
ilogy

  Book One: The Start of the Quest

  Book Two: The Truth about the Myth

  Book Three: Herobrine versus the World

  The Dragon’s Mountain Trilogy

  Book One: Attacked by the Griefers

  Book Two: The Hidden Village

  Book Three: The White Mobs

  The Temple of Destruction Trilogy

  Book One: The Lost Treasures

  Book Two: The Curse

  Book Three: Notch versus Herobrine

  Books in The Enemy’s Revenge Trilogy

  Book One: Ghost Sightings

  Book Two: Kidnapped

  Book Three: To The End World

  Attack of the Overworld Trilogy

  Book One: Finding Herobrine

  Book Two: Finding Steve

  Book Three: The Final Mine