Voidborne

Chapter 1 “Beginnings”

I woke up, got out of bed. I headed towards the mines. I knew the tribe needed more metal, and it would be good to start getting some.

“Hey!” I heard a voice behind me. I turned around, and saw my friend, Keith.

“Hello. I was gonna go to the mines and get some metal for the tribe.” I said

“It’s a bit dangerous down there, don’t you think? Anyways, goodluck. I was assigned to tame some creatures since there’s been some new people.” Keith said.

“Got it. I’ll see you later, Keith.” I said. I was in a bit of a rush, you could say.

“See you too, John.” Keith said, before leaving. I realized I forgot to grab my equipment, so I left to do that. A little bit later, I came back, prepared. Sword sheathed, pickaxe in my hands, ready to mine. I went down into the mines. It took a little while to get to metal and other ores, but I was able to do it. I started to mine some iron, with a minecart right behind me to put the ores in.

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It was a little bit later, but I had mined a lot. I decided to go deeper instead of depositing, which may have been the wrong move. Once I had made it deeper, I was about to mine something but then, I heard something calling me. Who could it be? I turned around, nothing to be seen.

“Come… closer.” I heard it say.

“Want to… help.” It said again. I stood there, for about 5 seconds straight and then decided to follow the voice.

“Deeper…” It said. I went deeper, leaving the minecart and my pick axe behind. I unsheathed my sword, just in case something were to attack me.

“Why have you… unsheathed your weapon?” It asked me. How did it see me? I didn’t respond, but I went deeper. These caves go very, very deep. I felt that I wanted to turn back, but something was pulling me forward, keeping me from turning back. I don’t even know how deep I am in the mines, but it didn’t matter, or did it?

“Stop.” The voice said. Suddenly, the stone floor cracked and I fell through it. I landed on more stone, and it wasn’t a very long drop either. I looked up, and I could definitely get out of here. I looked around my surroundings, and all I saw was that I am in a small room, with a dark colored liquid surrounding it.

“You’ve ventured far enough.” It said.

“What do you mean?” I replied.

“You are a foolish one to come down to MY LAIR!” It bellowed. Suddenly, a large, dark shape rose from the dark liquid. It had a meaty body and long, thin arms. The fingers looked sharp enough to cut a rex up in less than 5 seconds. It had a decently sized head for its body. I could see horns curving upwards from both sides of the creatures head. The eyes were the only part that wasn’t a black color. I looked it in the eyes, and drew my blade.

“Ah, you think YOU CAN FIGHT ME?” It said, doubting me.

“Maybe I could!” I said.

“I AM THE VOID, LITTLE ONE! YOU CANT DEFEAT ME!” It bellowed. Suddenly, many dark, humanoid shapes rose from the dark liquid. What did this thing call itself, The Void? That sounded ominous, but it doesn’t matter right now. My life is in danger and if I don’t do something, I could die.

“My Voidborne will kill you, foolish one. You cannot escape!” It said. Suddenly, the dark humanoid shapes ran at me. He had called these “Voidborne.” I looked up, and I jumped. I barely grabbed the edge of the stone. I quickly climbed up and ran. The Voidborne were there, and they were chasing me! I threw my sword at it, almost phasing through it. I ran as fast as I could, watching out for anything dangerous or anything that could trip me. I got higher and higher, and the voidborne were still chasing. Eventually I got to the mine cart. I pushed it at the voidborne with great force. It hit the voidborne and pushed them back. I ran to the exit of the mines, hoping I had escaped.