1 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,440 Welcome back craftlings to the Minecraft a short stories 2 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,680 podcast. This is episode 75 and is the 3 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,680 second part to the 1,000,000 Play Special, which the main 4 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,040 segment with all the fun little bonus parts, quizzes and all 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,040 that was in the last episode, episode 74. 6 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,880 This episode is special for two reasons. 7 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,119 First of all, it's the second part to the 1,000,000 Play 8 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:34,000 special. And this episode I will be 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,680 telling the second part to the end of the hunt, which is a 10 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,000 story submitted by listener Zechariah. 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,720 And it's also special because it's episode 75, which means we 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,720 are exactly 3/4 of the way to 100 episodes. 13 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:49,360 So that will be a huge milestone just like the 1,000,000 Plays 14 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,360 was. Anyways, quick updates on the 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,000 announcements for the intro of the last one, so the player is 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,760 not alone Part 4 it is still in the works is getting close to 17 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,320 completion that will be out soon. 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:06,000 And then the second part to the Patreon story, which is called 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,640 the Noble Quest of Salamar. It's a part of the series called 20 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,480 the Hidden Stories, which is a new series on the Microsoft 21 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,360 Stores Prologue podcast and that's one is also getting a 22 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,040 second part and that is also in the works. 23 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:18,760 So look out for those sometime soon. 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,640 Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this episode and let's get right 25 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,840 into the story. The end of the Hunt, the second 26 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:33,040 part by Zechariah. Through the darkness of sleep, I 27 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,160 heard faint screaming, like somebody was calling my name. 28 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,640 I felt a rhythmic on and off breeze against my body, which 29 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,320 was now barely awake. I felt a jolt, a rush of wind, 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,360 then the smack of hitting the ship deck from 13 blocks up. 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,000 My mind went to go back to sleep, but my body ached. 32 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,320 Did I fall out of the nest? I wondered, painfully picking 33 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,000 myself up. Then I heard a blast that came 34 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,800 from below deck. That has to be the cannons, I 35 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,800 thought. But why would Snout set them 36 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,920 off? That's when I saw it. 37 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,160 The biggest dragon I'd ever seen, wings flapping and 38 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,880 nostrils flaring, rushing straight out of ship to strike 39 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,240 it. Most Dragons we came across were 40 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,600 around 7 meters long, this one had to be at least twice that 41 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,080 size. The behemoth rammed our ship 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,240 with its powerful snout and sent a jolt through the deck, once 43 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,160 again knocking me to the floor. I weakly got up and remembered 44 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,960 my crew mates. Ridge stood at the helm, 45 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,520 shouting while brandishing his sword. 46 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,840 Pearl fired a barrage of arrows which erupted into flames on 47 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,000 contact with the beast. Another blast came from below 48 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,520 deck and the block of Teensy hurtled towards the great 49 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,160 dragon, exploding some distance from its face. 50 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,720 It let out a cry of pain as those temporarily blinded by the 51 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,120 flash. I watched these things in 52 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,000 terror, shock, and awe as they stood motionless, paralyzed by 53 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,600 the sheer amount of action that was taking place mere meters 54 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,200 before my eyes. I didn't know what to do. 55 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:57,720 Ridge shouted to me from the hall. 56 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,680 Mike, don't just stand there and watch. 57 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,240 Grab a weapon and give us a hand. 58 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,880 I snapped to my senses, nodded, and ran below deck to find my 59 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,680 sword and bow. I had to dodge Snout, who was 60 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,560 dashing about like a frightened ocelot as he frantically dove 61 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,080 into chests, grabbed TNT and shoved them into the dispensers, 62 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,200 fired, and ran back to the chests. 63 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,160 I quickly found my weapons and rushed up to the deck right in 64 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:21,800 time and their jolt from the dragon. 65 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,640 The force of the impact knocked my bow from my hands and over 66 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:28,720 the edge of the ship. I shouted in anger as I watched 67 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,920 my bow fall into the deep. I had just lost a critical form 68 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,440 of combat. Without a bow, I'd be forced to 69 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,960 use melee. The battle raged on for what 70 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,960 seemed like an hour. We fired cannon after cannon and 71 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,480 arrow after arrow at the dragon, but it wasn't like the others. 72 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,920 It was stronger, much stronger. As it would ram into our ship, I 73 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,240 noticed many scars on its body, scars that were much older than 74 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,640 the ones we were putting on it. This dragon had evaded many 75 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,400 hunters, even in the heat of the battle. 76 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,960 One question stuck out to me, why was this dragon so 77 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,120 persistent? Eventually, through many arrows, 78 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,880 explosions, and cuts, things looked to be turning in our 79 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,440 favor. The dragon, which used to charge 80 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,960 at our ship with alarming strength, was now too weak to 81 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,360 attack. However, it hadn't quite given 82 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,640 up hope. The great beast started to 83 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,680 weakly fly away from us, and we cheered. 84 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,000 We had it on the run. Rich shouted below to Snout, and 85 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,880 he left another round of TNT. We watched the dragon slowly fly 86 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,320 off a bit and wait to hear the bang of the cannons, but it 87 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,120 never came. Snout ran onto the deck, 88 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,400 frantically exclaiming that we were out of TNT. 89 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,600 The mood of the ship changed. The dragon, now even farther 90 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,560 away, had the advantage. Rich punched the mast and stared 91 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,080 into the void opposite the dragon. 92 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,560 Snout looked down at his shoes, feeling that he was the cause of 93 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,320 the failure. Pearl disappointedly watched our 94 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,840 lost prize as it limped through the air towards an island. 95 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,640 I looked closer. There was an island with a few 96 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,120 smaller ones near its edge. All of a sudden, an idea emerged 97 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,800 from my mind. But in order for it to work, I 98 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,400 need to act right away. I ran below deck, fished around 99 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,800 in a chest, and pulled out a smooth blue-green orb, no bigger 100 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,680 than a snowball. This was an ender Pearl. 101 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,040 I grinned and sprinted back, ran towards the edge of the ship to 102 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,120 quick aim for a small islands, and threw the Pearl as hard as I 103 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,480 could. In a puff of neon purple ash, I 104 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,240 found myself right in the middle of one of the smaller islands. 105 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,040 I turned to find the great dragon, now seconds before 106 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,440 flying straight over my head. I knew exactly what to do. 107 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,520 Taking a deep breath, I raised my sword, ready to strike. 108 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,600 The dragon came closer and closer until this is it, I 109 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,680 thought to myself and firmly swung the sword over my head, 110 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,440 making a long deep cut in the Dragon's underbelly. 111 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,400 As it flew over, it let out a scream of near unfathomable pain 112 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,800 as deep purple blood gushed out of its wound. 113 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,120 The beast landed violently on the larger island behind me. 114 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,560 I heard cheering from our ship and looked forward to face it 115 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,920 from the deck. My friends and crew mates were 116 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,040 ecstatic with joy. Pearl smiled with a surprise but 117 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,800 impressed expression. Snout was jumping up and down, 118 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,320 fists in the air with excitement. 119 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,400 Ridge, my captain and best friend, had the biggest and 120 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,000 proudest current I'd ever seen on him. 121 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,520 I grinned back, let the tears come down from my eyes. 122 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,520 I looked down at my body. I was covered in bruises, ash, 123 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,080 and Dragon's blood, but I felt better than ever. 124 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,840 Moments later we landed the ship and ran over to where the dragon 125 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:38,280 crashed. It was a glorious sight. 126 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,880 The dragon was covered in arrows, bruises from TNT, 127 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,000 scrapes and scars from the crash and its past fights, and finally 128 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,520 the great wound the eye had inflicted that ran straight 129 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,800 across the Dragon's belly. Yet even after all of this, the 130 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,320 dragon was not quite dead. It was close to death, but was 131 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,040 definitely still alive. It's chest slowly expanded and 132 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,160 contracted. It was just strong enough to 133 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,680 keep breathing. Snout gaped at the sight. 134 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,040 Wow. He exclaimed. 135 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,360 After all that, it's still not dead. 136 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,400 Rich looked to me. Mike, I think you deserve the 137 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:19,440 honors and gesture to my blade. I understood I needed to end the 138 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,720 hunt. I looked back at the dragon, 139 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,840 which looked back with a sorrowful expression. 140 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,000 Most Dragons that faced a similar fate would simply close 141 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,640 their eyes or give up. This dragon was different, but 142 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,040 it didn't matter. It was going to make dozens of 143 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,160 Electra, enough to supply the rest of the city for a long 144 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,880 time. I stood over its head and raised 145 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,000 my sword. This, I thought, to the dragon, 146 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,400 will be a message to the rest of your species. 147 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,640 I paused. Where was the rest of your 148 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,120 species? Why had nobody seen you guys for 149 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,320 a while? Then it clicked. 150 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,880 It all made sense. It made sense why we hadn't seen 151 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,840 dragon for so long, why this dragon was too stubborn to die. 152 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,120 I lowered my sword to my side and turned to my crew mates. 153 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,440 This is the last one, of course. They looked at me with 154 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,120 confusion. Mike. 155 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,920 Pearl said. What do you mean, the last one? 156 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,360 Don't you guys see? I asked. 157 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,800 Just think about it. We've been hunting Dragons for 158 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,400 years, probably faster than they can recover. 159 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,680 This dragon has resisted nearly every attack we've thrown in it, 160 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,320 and knows that species is coming to an end, and knows that all 161 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,800 their survival relies on her. I'm not sure if it knows through 162 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,600 instinct or through some other worldly inclination from the 163 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,159 Great Hosts, but it knows it's worth. 164 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,480 We can't kill it. Think about the Transdimensional 165 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,799 War, how the Picklins invaded our world and killed thousands. 166 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,159 It was devastating to our society. 167 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:46,840 Think about when our ancestors were forced underground and 168 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,400 accidentally unleashed the Warden from another world and it 169 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,400 killed thousands. Ridge, I know you were alive for 170 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,200 that. A solemn expression came across 171 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,040 Ridge's face, and he looked away. 172 00:08:57,560 --> 00:08:59,080 He'd lost somebody to the warden. 173 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,480 I continued. Consider this from the Dragon's 174 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,280 perspective. A new species enters their land. 175 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,000 They colonize, they explore and do what? 176 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,520 They kill thousands, maybe millions. 177 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,480 Also, they can fly around for a bit. 178 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,680 That is almost the exact same scenario that we've been in 179 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:18,600 twice before. All these years of hunting the 180 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,240 pounds upon pounds of Electra we've crafted have been a 181 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,320 mistake. We've done this world of 182 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,680 terrible wrong. We can't kill this dragon. 183 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,240 My friend saw our mistake and felt the guilt that I had 184 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,920 discovered. Pearl was the first to speak. 185 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,160 Mike, you're right, we shouldn't have killed so many. 186 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,600 But this one is far from saving. It's going to die in pain in a 187 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,000 few hours. You'll be inhumane not to kill 188 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,320 it, and we don't have the materials to heal it. 189 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,800 I looked at her. But what if we do? 190 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,800 I have an idea, but I need your help, all of you. 191 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,200 If we work together, we might be able to craft something to heal 192 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,960 this dragon. Will you help me? 193 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,920 Harlan Snout nodded with serious looks. 194 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,640 Rich had tears trickling from his eyes, but a proud smile on 195 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,880 his face. He nodded as well. 196 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,360 I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. 197 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,680 OK. I began. 198 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,080 We'll probably need some gas to tears. 199 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,040 Through trial and error, we discovered the right recipe. 200 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,200 We took an inter Pearl, sprinkled it with blaze powder, 201 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:21,880 and fused it with the gas to tear. 202 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,720 The result was stunning, sparkled like a crystalline 203 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,480 geode with a pearly white color upon its completed craft. 204 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:33,280 It branched for regenerative beams, one at each of us, and 205 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,960 our scratches from the battle were mended before our eyes. 206 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,400 We inspected ourselves, and sure enough, we were spotless. 207 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,920 Snap was nearly trembling with excitement, as the addition of 208 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:48,040 blaze powder was his suggestion. We had crafted an entirely new 209 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,200 object. Rich hardened his expression, 210 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,440 which beamed beforehand. Others will not understand as 211 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,120 much as we have. We need more of these and with 212 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,560 more protection. Rich was right. 213 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:02,760 We encased the new crystalline glass and grab the nine more in 214 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,720 case of its destruction for further protection. 215 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,040 Pearl cast enchantments on each one so if one became fractured 216 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,920 it would explode to warn the attacker. 217 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,760 She also cast enchantments on them so that would heal the 218 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,520 dragon and only the dragon. We built giant pillars of 219 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,960 Obsidian to place them upon and even built cages around some. 220 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:24,880 Nearly everything was completed except for one thing. 221 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,360 There was 1 crystal remaining that Rich handed to me. 222 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,440 He grinned. You deserve this honor, man. 223 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,800 I held the crystal with both hands and carried it over to the 224 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,000 dying dragon. When it came in range, a beam 225 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,720 shot out of the crystal and hit the dragon straight in the 226 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,280 chest. I watched as the wound I had 227 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,720 inflicted was mended, closing up and disappearing, just like the 228 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,040 countless other scars and attacks that had endured. 229 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,520 The creature, once weak, rose up and let out a roar of triumph. 230 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,760 Its legs were strong, its wings were steady, and its eyes were 231 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,680 rejuvenated. I watched the dragon stretch and 232 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:03,360 flex its wings, overjoyed to feel no pain, and couldn't help 233 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,640 but laugh. This caught the creature's 234 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,200 attention, and it turned towards me with a glare. 235 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,880 I froze and turned white. While he remembered no pain, it 236 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,760 certainly remembered me. The dragon snorted, its hot 237 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:21,080 breath rushing against my face. It reared back on its hind legs, 238 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,720 glared at me once more and roared, the sound with ears 239 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,280 splitting. I shut my eyes and waited, 240 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,040 knowing that if I went down, I'd preserved a species. 241 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,520 I waited to feel something, a huge chomp, a clot to my face, 242 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:38,440 the sheer pain of its acidic breath, but it never came. 243 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,920 I opened one eye to see the dragon, back on all fours, 244 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,720 looking at me. It was no longer angry, but 245 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,800 understanding. Once again. 246 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,920 I was unsure of how it knew, but the dragon seemed to understand. 247 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,520 The eye and the three who were watching this fold out from a 248 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:58,160 distance had helped preserve it. It lowered its head, nudged me 249 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,320 softly, and flew high into the air. 250 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,640 I watched as it circled the island, ready to continue its 251 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,240 life for much longer. I smiled. 252 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:09,960 Good luck, dragon, I thought. May the hosts be on your side. 253 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,720 Then I noticed something I hadn't seen before, just a few 254 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,800 meters in front of me. My friends noticed it too and 255 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,080 ran to join me. Sitting before us was a podium 256 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,720 made of a scratchy black and grey substance. 257 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,320 We approached it and we're taken aback at what we found. 258 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,240 And the dip of the podium was a pool of stars. 259 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,360 We looked inward. It wasn't a pool, but a pit. 260 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,000 It appeared to drop forever, with no walls visible on any 261 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,800 side. It looked strangely familiar, 262 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,320 Ridgecaped at the pit. This is the same kind of pit 263 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,120 that I jumped through when I was a young child, we realized 264 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,720 before we entered this world. Pearl recognized it as well. 265 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,360 I could barely remember anything from those days, and Snout 266 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,320 wasn't even born then. We gazed into the pit for 267 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,680 several minutes, taking in what we were seeing. 268 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,400 Snout piped up. Do we? 269 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,080 Do we jump in? Pearl looked at him. 270 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,240 We don't know where it leads. It could take us anywhere, like 271 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,880 the Warden's World, the Picklings, Fire Domain, or or 272 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:15,720 the Overworld. It's now interrupted. 273 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,640 That's our real home, right? Rich looked over at me. 274 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,280 Well, Healer. He said with a grin. 275 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,640 What do you think we should do? I looked back, shocked. 276 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,840 I looked into the portal, ecstatic. 277 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,440 I looked back at my crewmates, my family. 278 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:41,600 I gestured for them to follow and jumped in the end. 279 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,040 Thank you guys so much for listening. 280 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,560 Another, another thanks to Zechariah. 281 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,480 Just cannot thank you enough for submitting this amazing story. 282 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,680 And also all the other stories you've submitted, such as the 283 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,400 uncanny tale of Hollow, another one that I forget the name of 284 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,120 about a sniffer. I'm sorry to remember that one. 285 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,840 And then also, if you were wondering where the shout out to 286 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,240 the people who got the quiz rights and then also what the 287 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,320 right answer for the quiz was. Also, you can still participate 288 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,120 inside that quiz. The question was what's mobs 289 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,840 change when struck by lightning or transform when struck by 290 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,240 lightning? That is a quiz on the previous 291 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:26,840 episode. If you're in Apple Podcast, you 292 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,320 can swing your answers at the comments. 293 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,160 If you're on Spotify on mobile, you can just input it in the 294 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,160 quiz or inside the comments on the episode. 295 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,240 I will not be telling you the answer in this episode because 296 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,720 it's only been like a little bit more than a week since the last 297 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,520 one. I want more and I want to give 298 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,880 more people the opportunity to participate, but I will be doing 299 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,600 that sometime soon. Probably not on the part four of 300 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,960 the players, not alone, just because I do want people to be 301 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,920 able to answer that before I shout it out, but sometime 302 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:58,000 within the next few months. Anyways, thank you for listening 303 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,360 to this episode. Thank you for being with this 304 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,720 podcast for 75 episodes and 1,000,000 plays, and I hope to 305 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,520 see you inside the next episode.