Chapter 197. The power of a God

The Wither opened its eyes and scanned the ground beneath him.

There was only one time I felt this kind of pressure, and it was when I tried to craft Netherite armor.

It was the pressure of the System.

Did I accidentally create the god of destruction?

The Wither opened its mouth and black smoke started to fall to the ground like a waterfall.

It fell and gathered like it had an infinite amount of this smoke.

Soon, the waterfall made a darck pool, and out of the pool came black skeleton hands.

A Wither skeleton army was created right in front of us, and it was double then all of us combined.

All the skeletons were 3 blocks tall with stone swords in their hands ready to reap life.

"Trader...what did you do?"

"A mess?"

The army began to move, not towards us, but toward the enemy group.

Did Alexa manage to take control of the body in the end?

"What kind of creature are you? You're the most filthy thing I have ever laid my eyes upon. Your existence is an ABOMINATION!"

After the Zombie Lord yelled, he jumped towards the Wither with his super strength.

The Wither didn't fly away, instead, all 3 heads looked towards the Zombie Lord and opened their mouths.

HHAAAAAWWWWWWLLLLLL!!!!!

A black beam was shot tearing the Zobie Lord apart like a piece of paper.

The only parts of him left were the legs, which soon fell to the ground with a big splash.

Everyone froze at this sight.

The Zombie Lord, a monster with super regeneration that could heal from any wound as long as he has the power, the monster who was killed only with a mini-nuke, was now dead from one attack.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and it was right in front of my eyes.

Is it over just like this?

*BOOM!

An explosive arrow was shot towards the Wither, only to be stopped by a transparent shield.

"BROTHER!!"

*BOOM!

*BOOM!

Two more explosive arrows were shot but were unable to pass the invisible shield.

The army was dealing swiftly with the Piligers and the others.

Suddenly I heard something shatter and a huge range of light appeared in the middle of the cave rivaling the darkness of the Wither.

With that light, the skeleton army was wiped out leaving behind only the General and a few Piligers.

Looks like someone used a Totem, and it had greater effects than I expected.

It killed the undead army and regenerating it's soldiers.

As expected of the General.

I looked around for the Prince, but he was dead from all the arrows like his men.

I looked some more but I didn't see the Shadow Lord or Violet.

Did he die as well in the explosion of light?

Was Violet ok?

"We can't win this battle, we'll retreat!"

You shall not leave.

All the skulls spoke at the same time with a powerful voice.

There's no doubt, this is the same voice Alexa used in it's main body. At least I hope it's Alexa, otherwise, we're all screwd.

The Wither opened its mouth, and another beam came out destroying everything in its path and exploding once it hit the group of Piligers.

Another angel of light came which brought the General back to life.

But this time it was only him alone, surrounded by a blue transparent barrier.

Can a Totem even do that?

The General looked around him once more then threw a Perl as far as he could, telporting once it hit the ground.

"That problem got solved quickly."

Merry said with a relieved tone.

"I don't think we're out of the woods yet Merry."

Daniel spoke back.

And he was right, since the Wither looked at us, making us feel the pressure of a supreme being.

Should I follow the man, sir?

The respectful tone took all of us by surprise.

"Alexa, is that you?"

Yes sir, my old body was destroyed but I managed to hijack this body while it was in the process of creation.

This body is more amazing than anticipated, I feel like I could generate infinite energy given enough time-

Suddenly a new pressure appeared, much heavier than Alexa's.

You filthy abomination, how dare you walk in my world!

A new voice joined our discussion, and I could bearly breathe in its presence.

This was the System, the Ruler of this world.

It was hard to breathe, but I knew it wasn't looking at us, instead, it had all the attention on the Wither.

A figure of light appeared in the middle of the cave, it was so huge it could bearly fit inside, and its wings seemed to pass through the walls.

The figure lifted its arm which made my mind go hazy like I was looking at something wrong, something of another dimension.

Then a golden sword appeared in its hand, slashing the Wither with unseen speeds.

The Wither froze and began to fall to the ground like it was dead.

"Alexa!!"

*Boom!

The body landed on the floor with a loud bang, but I still couldn't move under all that pressure.

Suddenly the eyes of the Wither opened, but this time it felt different, it felt like someone else was in control of the body.

I see, I was given another chance to complete my revenge. And what a day to see the System itself greeting me.

"Who are you, where's Alexa?"

That parasite? I ate it when it suddenly weakened. Wait, don't you look familiar?

The Wither slowly got up by flowing then looked at me with all 3 of his heads.

Then I realized, this was the Skelton king at the Fortress.

He was back.

It doesn't matter, just die.

A black beam formed in its mouth and hit me in the chest.

I felt like I was sacked in a black hole and it bypassed my armor like it was nothing.

A cracking sound was heard then something broke.

An angel of light engulfed me and I felt everything being brought back together like nothing happened.

Not only that, but I felt a boost in my regeneration and power similar to a GOD apple.

My Totem was broken and now I was on my own life.

You are still alive....that's a surprise, it's similar to how the last human survived. I wonder how many times can you do that?

That should be my line, how are you alive after being slashed by my sword abomination?

Now I had the pressure of 2 God-like beings concentrated on me, and my armor could barely keep it up.

I need to put some magic resistance on this armor, I couldn't do anything in the last attack.

The System was still in the cave, confused about the attack that didn't work.

Ahhh, you're truly a magnificent being for me to defeat. But not today since I'm not strong enough.

You don't have the right to decide!

The System rose its sword for another attack, only to hear the Wither smirk.

Oh, I think I have the right. See you later dear System.

Then the Wither exploded in a huge ball of darkness covering everything in a 100-block radius.

All the color disappeared, and everything was black and white, and I couldn't see the shape of the System anymore.

Did the Wither defeat the System with a suicidal attack?

But why I'm I alive?

Is everyone else alive?

You, Trader, was it. I know you have obsidian on you, build a portal to the Nather.

A voice spoke as the smoke gathered and took the form of the Wither.

"What happened, I thought you killed yourself?"

Hahahaha, I just got my life back why would I throw it away like this?

No, I just opened my domain which resulted in the System being kicked out.

So he wanted to escape into the Nether and gather his strength.

"Why should I listen to you? It seems that you weakened from the last attack, maybe I could take you on by myself."

I was getting ready to place a few Crystals down and blow everything to bits if necessary.

He was too dangerous to be left alone.

Even in my weakened state, I can take care of you. And I'm sure you don't want your precious Enderwoman to die with you. As long as she's in my domain she's not hidden.

Violet was the only one I could worry about in this situation.

If the heroes were anything like me, they still have two lives to spare, but Violet will die for good if the Wither intends so.

"Fine, I'll build a portal for you. I hope you'll die once you cross on the other side like last time."

The pressure was back on my shoulders.

I hit a nerve of the king with that unpleasant memory.

Indeed, I can never underestimate someone, especially when they're cornered.

Get to building human, I don't have a lot of patience.

Not having any other way out I took the obsidian and built a large portal enough for the Wither to get in.

After the frame was done, I lit the portal and the space started to bend as the two dimensions got connected.

Fascinating as always. I'll be going now.

Then a wave of black smoke rushes toward the portal like a snake, making my attempt to break the portal useless.

Once on the other side, he looked around then back at me.

Oh right, I may have lied about my domain, or more exactly it's not a domain at all, just a huge bomb that would wipe out this city off the map.

What did he just sa-

BBBBOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!

---YOU DIED!---

I was back at the place I hoped I'd never be in.

The room with the hearts, or more exactly the room with my last heart.

Just like last time, the beating heart got plugged out and flew toward me.

Once it touched my soul I felt a wave of power all over me, making me feel invincible.

Unfortunately, I couldn't enjoy this feeling for too long as I was thrown out of this space into the real world.

I was back on the grass with no items on me, and the moon high in the sky.

"Haaa....I can't belive I died just like that. How can I even fight something like that? I hope Violet managed to teleport away, she should have am easier time finding me without my armor."

The armor is going to be annoying to get as well.

"What happened, where I'm I?!"

I panicked voice interrupted my thoughts.

I looked back to see the 2 hero's looking confused at the sudden change of scenery.

"I'm surprised you respawned in the same place as me. How do you feel?"

"We died?! We died because of your stupid plan, how is it possible for the Wither to be so powerful, now it's going to go on a rampage all over the world. It's going to be like the Story Mode man, no maybe worse. We don't stand a chance if it's getting any bigger."

Daniel was right at this beeing my fault.

I didn't expect for the Wither to be this powerful either.

But It was all going well until the System arrived!

I'm only throwing blame on others at this point.

I hope the residents of the Nether would be able to fight back until I get strong enough to deafet it.

I decided, I can't get distracted anymore with other projects, I need to finish my skills to get somethingpowerful.

But how would I be able to level all my skills without Alexa's library?

"Why are you silent now Trader, say something!"

"Calm down both of you, we are in the middle of the forest at night. I don't know about you two, but I don't want to lose another life because a skeleton heard you shout, we need to get to shelter."

"Merry is right, we need to get to seafty, then we can discuss what happen. Let's go to my base, I rember the rough direction and its close."

I got up and Merry soon followed me.

Daniel looked undecided on what to do, but after he looked at the forest around him, he let out a sigh and followed us.