Minecraft: loading new world

POV:Alex

With every new information I learned, I felt like my memory was being unlocked.

When I first looked at the heroes, I knew instinctively that I was the one who brought them here, and I could trust them.

Or at least the girl.

Daniel was a mixed bag with a lot of useful information but very hard to control since he was very selfish and didn't think too much about the consequences of his actions.

The blocks of this world were fascinating, and I realized that I had a special ability different from the others.

When I looked at a block, I instantly knew how to brake it and what to use it for.

I knew what was in a chest without looking at it, and if I concentrated hard enough, I could even see other people's inventory.

Not only that, but if I spent a week with someone, I could tell their likes and dislikes which made them more comfortable around me.

Merry told me that wasn't a special ability, but I was just a social person.

Still, the more I learned about this world, the more I realized that it wasn't easy to solve it's problem's.

While the people of the Sandstone Kingdom were very devastated by the collapse of the System, they soon got back in order with the help of the authorities.

I realized now that the people were getting happier about the disappearance of the System but kept it a secret since this place was still religious and the Pope was very tense right now.

I felt that my purpose was to find out more about humans and what they thought, so the future System would be better.

Or if they needed a System at all.

I walked in the busy halls of the palace until I arrived at a huge room where the ruler Elizabeth, her adviser Aisha, the hero Merry, and the head guard Omar stood at a table.

They were looking over a few books, talking, and giving advice to each other.

"I told you, the best way to keep the people in check is by telling them that the System is preparing for a great war and it's reserving its strength."

"That's why you're the adviser. But I still think this only works in the Sandstone Kingdome since it's a religious country."

"That's why I sent you to deal with the rebels. You're still a symbol of the System even though it's not present anymore."

The hero and the adviser talked with each other while Cleopatra saw me approaching them.

"Alex! How have you been? I hope my people served you well."

"I was treated with respect and kindness which I greatly appreciate. This place looks amazing with its rich history and kind people. I'm glad that I had the chance to learn from here."

"I'm glad to hear that. Did you make any progress with the enchantments you saw?"

"Of course, I even made the enchanted spyglass."

While Merry was an amazing researcher by finding a way to enhance your body with what she calls "tattoos".

She's only been in this world for 2 years and didn't get the chance to have a proper base on the enchantment field since she concentrated all of her focus on her project.

That doesn't mean she's bad, it's actually incredible what she managed to achieve in such a short time, but her limited knowledge could only get her this far.

For me instead, it seems that I have a natural talent for this.

Everything comes easy to me like it was already there.

That's why I was tasked with the Enchanting department, and ever since then, I made a lot of breakthroughs in the community.

Funnily enough, the most popular enchantment is not something I made but something I saw Trader do.

The teleporting square.

Trader used it to teleport us here, but if you made it bigger and used a lot more fuel, you could teleport chests filled with items anywhere in the world!

We're still looking for a way to optimize the enchantments to use less energy, but it was a surprisingly hard task since it was almost perfect.

This made me wonder what kind of a man was Trader to create such an ingenious thing.

So I asked a few people if they heard about him.

The results were very different from what I expected.

"I didn't get the chance to talk with him a lot, but I'm sorry for what my family did to him."- Cleopatra

"Trader? That man is too mysterious and I don't like it. We recently found a tunnel system dug under the palace, and I think he's the reason for that. Nonetheless, I don't want to make an enemy out of someone who can't die." -Aisha

"Trader? Oh boy, where do you want me to begin from?"- Merry

Everyone seems to respect him or don't know anything at all.

But it seems that Merry knew more than the average Bob and was willing to share a few stories with me.

At first, I asked if he was a hero as well since he didn't have a nose like us.

"Uff, that's a complicated question. The short answer is no, the little longer version is yes, but not yours."

Of course, I had to ask for more details since this wasn't satisfactory enough.

"Ok, let me explain this so you can understand it. The System was a God that had enough power to mold reality. There's another God called the Void that has the same or even more power than the System. Then there's the unknown God that summoned Trader but he doesn't know why or how."

I then asked more about the power of the Gods, and what my old body could do.

"Unfortunately, I don't know too much, only Trader has somehow managed to make one and find the another one in this world."

I had to ask more questions since it seemed like an exaggerated tale.

And after I was given an explanation I was kind of right, but not in the way I expected.

What he found and created is what he calls lesser gods, but their power can't be underestimated.

One was created by an old civilization to replace my old body, only for that civilization to be punished and exiled.

And the one created by Trader managed to create this whole mess.

"How could I let such a dangerous man to walk in my world?!"

I asked Merry and myself as well.

"Well, from what the System told us, Trader didn't do those things intentionally. The reason you 2 are here in the first place is because the System trusted him enough to finish the job since the System couldn't anymore for some reason."

It's so annoying when I'm the reason for so much stuff happening, but I can't remember a single thing!

"Still, he is a dangerous man! Why does everyone love him or is afraid of him?"

Merry chuckled nervously.

"Well let me tell you a few feats he manages to do in the 3 years he's been in this world. He is the reason the Witch clan is recognized and respected, he defeated a Monster Lord that was capable of destroying a Kingdom, he is the owner of the main producing item factory in the Nether, creator of the first Iron Ship, and the first one to bring Iron golems to this world."

That sounded pretty impressive for someone who has been in this world for only 3 years.

Merry is amazing herself, her achievements are the creation of the tattoo enhancements and defeating the Zombie Lord, which I was told was partially her victory.

"But that's only what people on the surface know, and even that is limited to a few people. What other feats he managed to do would be considered fairly tales. He fought a God and won, found another God and made it to follow him everywhere as his personal library, has an invisible guard, knows and manage to create God, made a deal with everyone important in multiple dimensions, maxed 3 skills out of 4 and he has a weapon that can destroy space. So people have good reason the fear him."

I was left speechless at what Merry said that to me.

I even thought she was pulling my leg for a moment, but her face was serious the whole time, which made me more nervous.

I guess with a history like that, even I would want to have him on my side and then be my enemy.

Good thing I made a smart decision.

I think we might have a chance of fighting back like this.

Maybe that's what I thought when I was the System.

"Alex! Are you ok?"

Cleopatra yelled at me which brought me back to reality.

"Oh sorry, I was lost in my thoughts for a moment. Here's the enchanted spyglass I was talking about. It should show you the coordinates for any place you look at."

"Thank you once again Alex, you're a great help to this Kingdom."

"It's the least I could do. Do any of you know how are the other kingdoms holding so far?"

Nobody besides the hero's knew that I'm part of the System, and even they didn't believe fully to be true.

But the more I learned, the more I realized that the knowledge that I had is too vast to say that I'm only a genius.

Which is why I was feeling responsible for what was happening in the world right now.

It was a strange feeling that I didn't have any kind of recollection in my past memories, which made me a little nervous.

While I tended to blame Trader for what was happening now, I also knew that my decision made the world a mess right now, and I had the responsibility to fix it.

"The Coral Kingdome seems to suffer the most in this whole mess. Everyone there is rebelling and forming small factions, while the Stone Kingdom is doing surprisingly well by giving everyone the basic information on how to live without skills and teaching them how to mine and fight for the upcoming war. The past few battles have made the kingdom more united, and the Royal family proved itself to be trustful."

It looks like Trader was doing an amazing job. Unfortunately I can't say the same for Daniel.

Poor Steve, he must have a hard time right now, but it's not something anyone could predict.

The Stone Kingdom has been thorough a lot recently and the people are more united then ever, which made it easy for the Royal family to take the lead in those times.

The Sandstone Kingdom solution to this problem is surprisingly simple.

Everyone lives in the desert, which means there's not a lot of resources you could get in here, and only the Royal family and the church had the most chests with items that they used as rewards for its people to not rebel.

And since the 2 superpowers are not fighting, it was very easy to control the masses.

Sure, some people decided to move, but they weren't our problem anymore.

The Coral kindom was different, they controlled the world from the shadows for so long that even the comun people knew about it.

That's why, they're trust in their leader was close to none.

The only reason they followed him was beacouse he brought the most profit.

But now that everything turned to chaos, they couldn't rule the world like that anymore.

They tried to use more force, but it was hard to do that against a group of people who could rob a store and waited for you with enchanted diamond armor.

Everyone thought for themselves, and when that happens in a society, it collapses.

It would take a miracle or a great disaster to bring them all under one flag.

We did have a great threath, but I don't know how many people would belive it in the first place.

I only hoped that Steve would managed to stay safe out there.

I think something bad would happen if he died.

The world would surely feel the consequences of that.

Suddenly, the doors of the room were swong opened and someone came running inside.

"You're holiness, a Monster Lord is coming!"

That didn't sound good.