Word count: 673  :l

Sorry for not posting in a week, had to finish an exam.

"Did somebody build a mansion here?" Mumbo asked.

"That's a big mansion. But what is it doing here in the middle of a forest?" 

"Guys... that's no regular mansion..." X said.

"What do you mean X?" 

"Well, this looks similar to the old myth I used to hear about but never believed it."

"Could, you tell us the story?"

"I'll tell you once this whole corruption thing ends, but keep your guards up. There are probably mysterious creatures in here."

 They slowly went into the entrance of the mansion. It looked abandoned. Cobwebs scattered everywhere, creaking sounds from the floor, and it was pretty dark. 

"Should we split up?"

"No, don't."

"ok?"

The hallway led to a right turn. Carefully peaking out to check if there were any mobs, There was what looked like a villager but instead black and white. 

Grabs Impulse's shoulder

"Shh. That's a vindicator. They attack." X whispered.

"Hm? What is a vindicator?" asked Impulse.

"It is a mob that only spawns in these mansions. They hold an iron axe which does a lot of damage."

"But, he doesn't have an axe. Maybe he is friendly?"

Without thinking twice, he walked aimlessly to the vindicator. By the time he was close and the vindicator noticed, he pulled out the iron axe and swung it at Impulse. Impulse was lucky as he nearly got hit by the axe. The other hermits started bowing the vindicator from afar while Impulse was running in circles trying to not get hit by the axe.

With the final shot, the vindicator died and dropped his iron axe. 

Shift POV: Grian and TFC

Grian's wound was starting to heal. With the help of the final golden apple, Grian's wound had been fully healed. 

Grian woke up with a sudden headache, most probably because of the overdosed effects of the golden apples. 

" Hey, Grian... Are you good?"

"Yea, I think so."

"Good, we're gonna have to get resources to beat Iskall and Astra."

"Not Iskall, we could still save him tho."

"Fine... We're gonna have to get resources to beat Astra and save Iskall."

"Yey."

"Ok, gather some wood. Get ready as we're gonna leave camp after this."

"Sure."

Grian had started to chop some wood, while TFC went mining and getting food to last them for the trip.

"That should be enough food. Let's head back before it turns dar-"

The daylight cycle is disabled

Midnight

"WHAT!? I need to get back to check on Grian before he gets attacked by mobs."

Shift POV: Mansion

"Shh, there are a couple more vindicators through that hallway."

Turning back, they had found more rooms. A jail, a restaurant, a storage area, it's kinda like a city built into one big mansion. They decided to climb up the stairs, as many vindicators were roaming through the lower floor hallways. 

"Oh great, another vindicator. How wonderful," Mumbo thought.

"What... is he doing? He looks like a wizard."

"EVERYONE WATCH OUT!" shouted X.

"That's an evoker. It's not a vindicator, even though he looks like one. They cas- OWW!"

X was yelp a small crying pain. The hermits took their swords out and kept their guards high. 

"Oh, it's just some flying mob that has an iron sword. It's fine-"

"Hey look! they can phase through walls. They are really small too."

"Look, guys, we're gonna have to take out the source of the vexes, the evoker. He's the one spawning in all the vexes."

"Seems easy enough, let's just go-"

IJevin was slain by an evoker using magic

"Oh sheaet."

"What...was that?"

"Fangs. It's a spell they use whenever a player tries to get close. You can tell when they are gonna use it by looking at the purple effect surrounding the mob."

"Ok, then we'll just use bow and arrows."

And with that, the evoker died. 

"Now time to get rid of these stupid flying rats."

They continued exploring a bit, only to find a stupid nametag and some gunpowder.

"So was it really worth it to explore this mansion? Jevin died and in return, we just find a nametag."

It definitely was not worth it.