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Welcome back everybody to the 
Minecraft Short Stories podcast.

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This is episode 82 and as you 
can tell by the title, I'm going

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to be reading the 5th 
installment of the Players Not 

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Alone series. 
Now this series has five 

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installments just like I said, 
so I can now do a recap that 

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comprehensively goes through all
of the stories and explains 

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what's been happening up to this
point. 

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Make sure to go listen to all 
the other previous parts if you 

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have not already done so. 
I promise it's worth it. 

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Anyways, hope you guys enjoy 
this story. 

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series. 
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy 

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the story and let's get right 
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The players Not alone part 5. 
My fear was quite short lived. 

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If Minecraft was bad at anything
it was frightening you. 

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The meter wide blocks and beasts
the size of bowling balls just 

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didn't lend themselves to 
terror. 

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The best Minecraft, or any 
entity in Minecraft could hope 

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for was intense unease. 
This unease came not from 

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knowing Ghost was nearby and the
knowledge that he had been 

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watching me and instead came 
from the earth shattering and 

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game changing power that Ghost 
possessed. 

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Communication. 
Communication changed 

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everything. 
Even if he hadn't given me any 

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message I can understand yet. 
Who knew what secrets a strange 

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Minecraft entity possessed? 
My intense unease slowly abated 

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as I took a step back from 
situation mentally. 

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Sure, it was true that in the 
last few days Ghost had attacked

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and communicated with me, but it
was also true that this entire 

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situation was taking place in a 
video game. 

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A video game that could be 
turned off or deleted anytime I 

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wanted, on a computer that could
be turned off anytime. 

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If Ghost became too threatening,
I could just uninstall Minecraft

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or delete the world. 
Why I'm so sure of my safety is 

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because I'm still not convinced 
Ghost is anything but a 

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competent mod. 
It's not like his message was 

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coherent or intelligent. 
If anything I thought Ghost 

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message proves that he was less 
intelligent and less dangerous 

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than I originally thought. 
It appeared he wasn't able to 

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communicate except through 
signs, which meant he didn't 

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have access to commands. 
That was a huge relief. 

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No telling what Ghost could do 
to my Minecraft world or even my

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computer if he had access to 
commands. 

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Another thought at the forefront
of my mind was the fact that I 

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learned through my research into
other players experiences with 

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creatures like Ghost. 
The fact was that whenever a 

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player found or was found by a 
creature that could communicate,

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the communication was without 
fail hostile. 

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The communication, either 
through a chat or on a sign was 

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always a harbinger of their 
characters imminent death. 

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I definitely need to start 
worrying and also start 

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preparing. 
Returning my attention to my 

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Minecraft world. 
I tore my gaze from the hanging 

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sign and wasted no time in 
sprinting out the door. 

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I already knew nothing would be 
different since my last 

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inspection mere moments ago, but
someone had changed the sign and

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as far as I knew, Ghost could 
not become invisible. 

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The addition to the sign was 
obviously done after the lag 

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spike that I crashed my game. 
I had been setting up a trap for

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Ghost. 
I thought perhaps he figured out

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what I was doing and tried to 
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That seemed to make sense and 
the timing of the crash lined up

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with the trap becoming 
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If this were true, that mean 
Ghost had found me before I 

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found him, and he had said his 
own surprise before mine was 

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even finished. 
I felt a chill. 

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It almost seemed like Ghost was 
out playing me in my own game. 

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The reality now was that my 
ingenious trap now served no 

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purpose. 
All I had succeeded in doing was

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teaching ghosts how to build a 
shelter and also teach them how 

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to break into one. 
I began tearing down my faux 

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villager home and observatory. 
I took a break to sleep for the 

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night, then finished reclaiming 
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The site I had chosen for its 
promise now seemed haunted. 

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Ghosts could be lurking behind 
any one of these gigantic spruce

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trees. 
With nothing left to 

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deconstruct, I left the Meadow 
and re entered the ancient taiga

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woods. 
Immediately I found a wolf. 

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I located the poor creature from
the Sea Alps as it struggled in 

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a Berry Bush. 
The few bones I had on hand. 

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I adopted the dog as my own. 
I took my other pets and Axolotl

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out of my inventory and 
introduced them to my new 

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friends, whom I named Barry with
an E for obvious reasons. 

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Berry followed closely behind me
as I tricked further into the 

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forbidding forest. 
The forest was tall and dense by

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nature of the spruce trees. 
Their leaves didn't start until 

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around midway up the tree. 
Though the floor of the forest 

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was rather sparse, there was 
hardly any light allowed 

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through, giving me the overall 
impression of being underground 

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in a cave. 
This taiga was definitely one of

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the largest biomes I'd ever 
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It stretched seemingly without 
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It was hard not to lose 
direction, and I had to 

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continually check my coordinates
in the F3 screen to make sure I 

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was heading away from the 
Meadow. 

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I didn't know where I was 
headed, but I was confident 

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Ghost would be able to find me 
wherever I went. 

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I wanted a new start, put down 
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I felt this was the best way to 
continue my observations on 

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Ghost and to keep my character 
safe. 

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Well, iron armor wasn't enough, 
as my fight with Ghost in The 

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Cave had revealed. 
Even full diamond male would be 

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too weak. 
No, to really allow myself the 

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freedom and protection I needed 
to study and maybe even trap 

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Ghost, I would need full 
netherate armor with the 

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strongest books of enchantment I
could lay my hands upon. 

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I made-up my mind on the spot. 
I would begin my grand journey 

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as soon as I'd set up a base and
not stop improving my skills and

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tools until I'd confronted and 
captured the doppelganger that 

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terrorized my world since my 
spawning in so many moons ago. 

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With this lofty vision of my 
Minecraft future driving me 

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forwards, I weaved in between 
trunks and cave openings as I 

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dove ever deeper into the 
ancient taiga. 

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My supplies of pork and beef 
were being used at a worryingly 

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quick rates as I sprinted and 
dodged through the forest. 

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My eagerness and pace soon led 
to my downfall. 

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Barely any animals spawned due 
to the dimness, and the 

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plentiful berries didn't satiate
enough hunger to keep up my 

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quick pace. 
Eventually I was forced to walk,

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watching my hunger bar slowly 
depletes. 

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As my hunger bar fell, so did 
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These weren't related of course,
but the sun had begun to set and

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the heavy foliage was already 
allowing hostile mobs to spawn. 

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I found a flat spot and quickly 
placed my bed before any mobs 

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could interrupt me. 
The only problem was, I didn't 

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have my bed. 
Oh no. 

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I whispered, searching and 
researching through my 

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inventory, desperately looking 
for my beloved white bed. 

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I must have left it at the 
Meadow, I realized. 

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Now I was stuck in the forest 
without any food, any shelter, 

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or any way to pass the night. 
If I died, I risked losing my 

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world and more importantly, 
ghost. 

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My resolve to start a new base 
filled me with determination to 

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survive this night. 
I refused to die in this forest,

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leaving Barry and my Axolotl 
orphans. 

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I had to stay alive for the sake
of my pets and for the sake of 

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the entity that called my world 
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I didn't see any zombies in my 
immediate vicinity, so I did a 

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quick check up on my armor and 
tools and once more combed 

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through my inventory for 
anything edible. 

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I may be stuck walking for the 
time being, but I still had 

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almost full durability iron 
tools and armor. 

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It would take a lot of zombies 
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Or one creeper, I thought 
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Even more dangerous than 
creepers in my current situation

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are skeletons. 
Without being able to run, I was

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at the mercy of the arrows of 
any skeleton that noticed me. 

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With the forest now crawling 
with the undead, I slowly and 

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carefully began making my way to
the nearest tree. 

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A zombie approached me, but I 
bedded it away with my sword. 

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I was able to reach one of the 
giant 2 by 2 spruce trees and 

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was immediately assaulted by two
more zombies. 

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I circled around the tree, 
keeping them at swords length 

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and whittling away their health.
Once they were defeated, I 

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continued my plan. 
My plan was to build a staircase

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winding up the tree. 
I began by placing a block of 

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the tree's base on the ground, 
stepped onto it and placed 

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another plank one block forward,
one block above the previous 

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along the tree side. 
I was making slow progress when 

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suddenly what I've been dreading
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Not meeting a skeleton, but my 
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Now I was constantly taking 
damage with no way to heal. 

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I quickened my pace up the tree.
After around 30 blocks placed I 

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reached the leaf layer a few 
blocks below its begin to build 

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a platform that would serve as 
my temporary base. 

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I thought I had everything 
figured out, but that's when 

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Minecraft taught me a lesson 
about getting too comfortable 

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when staying out at night. 
A skeleton's expertly timed shot

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hit me square on the shoulder. 
Now came my character to the 

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ground many blocks below. 
I'd already taken damage from 

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starvation, and I was certain I 
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As I fell, all the options I had
raced through my mind. 

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But my water bucket was in my 
inventory, and I couldn't quit 

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the game without risking harming
Ghost. 

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I closed my eyes, waiting for 
the impact. 

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I opened them when I heard the 
sound of impact, expecting to 

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see the familiar red screen with
you died on it, but instead my 

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character stood on the ground, 
alive by half heart. 

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I breathed a sigh of relief and 
started quickly walking back 

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towards the tree and safety, but
it was too late. 

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While I had been towering up the
tree, mobs had spawned and 

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gathered at the spruce's base. 
Now I was surrounded by zombies 

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and skeletons, with no way to 
outrun or defeat them. 

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I'd escaped death, only to meet 
it. 

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Now. 
A group of zombies walked 

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forward, arms raised within 
striking distance. 

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The end had come, no one would 
have guessed the turn of events 

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that happened next. 
From behind me a figure leaped 

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forward. 
It struck the zombies with its 

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iron sword. 
All the zombies turned in its 

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direction, but it was protected 
by iron. 

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Male mob struck each other in 
their efforts to reach their new

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enemy and soon in fighting 
erupted. 

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In mere moments all the mobs 
were defeated just like in the 

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burning forest. 
The figure was Ghost but now it 

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come to save me. 
End of part 5. 

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Thank you guys so much for 
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I really hope you enjoyed it. 
I know it's been a little bit 

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since the last episode but I 
will be releasing a lots more 

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consistently and a lot more 
often during the summer because 

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I have free time now. 
Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed 

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this episode. 
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I have a huge backlog of 

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listener stories, so, so make 
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You guys have submit some really
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read those. 
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