The Hardcore War: An Unofficial League of Griefers Adventure, #6

By Winter Morgan

Noah and Violet, treasure hunters and protectors of the Overworld, are back in this sixth and final installment of the League of Griefers series. Someone has changed the environment from survival to hardcore. Now if you get destroyed, you can’t respawn. Noah and Violet must find a way to get the world back to survival while fighting off another griefer war staged by the evil Daniel and his band of Rainbow Griefers.

There’s no room for error in this battle against time. With Creepers lurking in the dark and teleporting Endermen appearing out of nowhere, the duo have a lot more on their hands than only Griefers. They must use all their knowledge and skills to fight off nearly every kind of mob known to Minecrafters.

Can they stop the Griefers and restore the world to the way it was before they get destroyed? Find out in this thrilling sixth and final installment of the League of Griefers series!

Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readerspicture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sky Pony
• Release date: Oct 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781634509534

Winter Morgan

Winter Morgan is the author of numerous children’s books including national bestseller The Quest for the Diamond Sword, the bestselling unofficial novel for Minecrafters published by Sky Pony Press. She is the author of five other series for Minecraft fans: an Unofficial Gamer’s Adventure, the Unofficial League of Griefers Adventure, the Lost Minecraft Journals, the Unofficial Minecrafters Academy Series, and the Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure. Morgan has a video game-addicted son, who inspires her. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Book preview

1

THE HOTEL

Everyone was excited about the opening of the new hotel. Violet had spent months working on the beachfront hotel, located outside of her vibrant and peaceful town. The grand opening attracted people from all around the Overworld. Even some of her old friends showed up. Violet looked into the crowd and spied Will and Trent.

Violet smiled as she stood on the podium and spoke. Welcome to the grand opening! This hotel is for you.

The crowd cheered. Violet welcomed a steady stream of guests into the new hotel. For the first time in her life, Violet was eager for the night to set in. She wasn’t worrying about hostile mobs that might spawn in the dark. She was too busy watching guests arrive and check in to sleep in the hotel’s beds, which Violet had crafted.

We have a huge turnout, remarked Noah, and so many of our friends showed up. You were right. This was a great idea. Now we have a place where our friends can stay when they visit.

And we can make new friends by working at the hotel. Violet loved meeting new people, and she figured creating a hotel would be a great way to do so.

Noah agreed. Yes, and with Daniel behind bars, we will finally be able to enjoy ourselves.

Let’s go say hi to Will and Trent. Violet ran over to her treasure-hunter friends.

Will and Trent stood in the hotel’s lobby. Will gave a high five to Violet. You did a great job. What a grand hotel. Will looked out through the large window toward the blue ocean.

Thanks! This is all so exciting! Violet found the entire day invigorating. She was anxious for morning to arrive, when she and Noah would serve the guests cake and ask them how they had enjoyed their first night in the hotel.

Trent joined them and cautioned, Look out the window. It’s getting dark. We should make our way to our rooms.

Violet said good night to her friends. Tonight she wasn’t staying in the tree house; she would sleep at the hotel in a comfortable room on the top floor. She opened the door to the room, walked to the window, and watched the sun set.

As Violet climbed into bed, she heard a loud roar and quickly jumped out of bed. Noah rushed into her room. Violet! Do you see what’s outside?

Please don’t tell me that it’s the Ender Dragon! Violet pleaded.

I’m afraid so, Noah replied, and he led Violet down the hall to the stairs. They raced out of the hotel, armed with snowballs and their bows and arrows.

Violet! Hannah called out. What’s happening? Why is the Ender Dragon flying through town?

Ben jogged over and said, I just checked. Daniel is in his jail cell, so this can’t be his handiwork.

It doesn’t matter who summoned the Ender Dragon, Violet exclaimed. We just have to destroy it!

The mammoth dragon flew by the hotel. The dragon’s enormous, black, scaly wing struck the side of the hotel, crashing into the lobby window and shattering the glass. Violet was devastated. Hotel guests ran toward the exit in terror.

Help! the guests cried in unison.

Violet, Noah, Ben, and Hannah staged an attack on the hostile mob from the End. Will and Trent joined their friends in the battle against the Ender Dragon. The fiery beast roared and lunged at the gang. Noah struck the dragon with an arrow, which diminished the health bar of the flying terror.

Violet heaved a snowball that landed on the dragon’s face. This infuriated the dragon, and it charged at Violet. She fumbled with her bow and arrow, but then the beast flung Violet into the air.

As Violet flew through the night sky, Noah pounded the purple-eyed dragon with arrows, further diminishing its health bar. Violet landed on the ground, quickly regaining her footing and shooting arrows at the dragon.

The dragon roared and flew into the hotel, breaking another window. But the beast was no match for the growing number of people who aimed their bows and arrows at it. Violet smiled when she saw the hotel guests join her friends in battle.

Beams of light flashed from the dragon’s body as the beast exploded.

There’s an End portal over there, Will said as he pointed at the portal and the dragon egg. Should we go to the End?

Noah stared at the portal. He felt conflicted; he wasn’t sure why they should travel to the End. If they did, they’d surely have to battle yet another Ender Dragon.

What should we do? asked Violet.

Everyone was confused; they weren’t sure what to do next.

I don’t think we should go, objected Trent. We have to stay here and figure out who summoned the Ender Dragon.

I agree, Violet replied, as she looked at the broken window in the lobby and realized she had to rebuild part of the hotel.

The group walked away from the End portal and headed back to the hotel. As they approached the entrance, a horde of zombies lumbered across the sandy beach and plodded into the lobby.

Zombie attack! Will shouted.

The exhausted hotel guests took out their diamond swords and bows and arrows. The zombies ripped the doors from hotel rooms and