Minecraft

"Excellent," I reply. "As my blazes feed on the infected lava in the great ocean, their fires will burn brighter. Soon, with our intense fireballs, we will transform the surface of the Overworld into glass. And then we will crush the glass so that it becomes netherrack. It will be a joyous sight when all of this disgusting green is erased and replaced with a nice, rusty red."

"Yes, Your Majesty," the blaze replies. "But when will we---"
Suddenly, we were interrupted by a mechanical-sounding scream that pierced the air, followed by a mechanical clanking. Something was attacking one of the blazes. Instantly, I sped through the air to investigate, my blaze rods spinning in a blur. With the thick smoke, I couldn't see any attacking warriors, but the sound of the suffering blaze was like a beacon that guided him through the inferno.

A flash of orange light flared bright off to my left and then disappeared; one of my warriors was being attacked. Gathering my internal flame, I formed a super-hot fireball as I moved toward the dying blaze. But I was too late. All that was left was a collection of blaze rods lying on the ground.

Glancing around, I searched for the attackers...but saw none.

"What happened to our brother?" the blaze commander asks.

"I don't know," I reply. "Spread out and look around."

The commander moves off to the right while I move to the left. We peer through the thick smoke, searching for the assailant, but before we got far, we heard another blaze yell out in surprise and pain. I rushed toward the sound. With my fireball glowing a harsh white, I whooshed through the smoke, ready for action. Metallic clanking sounds grew louder as I closed in on the battle.

Soon, I came upon the blaze that was under attack, and I watched as it threw its fireballs into the distance. The monster flared bright, then launched three flaming missiles in quick succession. The balls of flame streaked through the smoky air, causing it to glow orange with their passing. Suddenly, something struck back from within the cloudy shadows, hitting the blaze with enough force that it extinguished its internal flame. Clanking one last time, the blaze disappeared, and his blaze rods and glowing balls of XP falling to the forest floor. Furious, I fire my fireballs into the smoke, not even bothering to aim, spreading out my attack in hopes that I'd hit whatever was out there. As I moved forward, I could hear the footsteps of the attacker crunching through what little snow still remained in the forest.

Summoning another ball of fire, I floated toward the sound of the footsteps and launched a quick volley of three fireballs. One of the fireballs flared bright, indicating that it had hit something; hopefully, it was the enemy.

Moving through the charred forest, I closed in on the point of impact, another fireball ready to launch at a moment's notice. What I saw before me as the smoke cleared shocked me so completely that I lost my grip on the fireball. It fell to the ground, forming a pool of molten dirt and stone that quickly cooled into glass.

Lying on the ground a few blocks ahead of me was a collection of snowballs. That must have been what the enemy used against my blaze, but there was no armor, no food, no weapons or tools...just snowballs.

I thought, What kind of idiotic NPC would dare attack a blaze with no armor or weapons? Only snowballs? That warrior was either a fool or incredibly brave.

"Who would ever do that?" I said aloud.
"What was that, Your Majesty?" my commander asked from behind.

I ignored the question and just glared down at the deadly snowballs. These were a blaze's worst nightmare. The frozen snow could easily put out a blaze's internal flame...which meant the end for that fiery monster. But I could only imagine one person that would have the audacity to use snowballs on the blaze army: Silvershadow.

A scream echoed through the woods as the sound of clanking metal filled the air. Another blaze was under attack from their unknown assailant. Quickly, I gestured for some of the blazes to investigate, but before they could move, the groaning sounds of the suffering monster went quiet; another of my warriors had been inexplicably destroyed.

I thought, I'll find whoever is responsible for these attacks and take my revenge. Especially if it's Silvershadow.

"Watch each other's backs, my blazes," I said. "Let us scour the surface of the Overworld and destroy everything. We will turn the landscape into a smoldering wasteland, and the blazes of the Nether will remake the Overworld as we wish."

I gave a mechanichal wheezy laugh as my internal flame grew bright with malicious glee.

I drew my diamond sword as we approached the village. The rolling hills had hidden the structures from our view, making it difficult to see what was going on. The only things clearly visible were the thin tendrils of smoke that snaked their way high up into the darkening sky.

Hunter brought her horse up to mine, a grim look on her square face. I knew from past experience that this was her battle face. All her concentration was focused on the upcoming fight, and there was nothing that would shake her mental focus.