''Guys? We have a problem.''

Their eyes followed Grian's hand up, to see thousands of phantoms circling the sky, forcing them to stay on the ground. Monsters have circled the island and broken the portal, essentially trapping them.

''We need help. Now.''

Grian nodded, pulled out his communicator, and called Xisuma. He picked up pretty quickly.

''Hey X, we've got a bit of a problem..... shopping district... surrounded by monsters... no, we can't... please, there are too many, bring everyone if you can.... the portal's broken, please hurry up, I don't know if we could-''

And then the first wave started attacking.

The 3 hermits quickly put on their armour and got out their weapons. The creatures tried to kill them, but their combined efforts kept them alive. For now. They hoped the others could make it, things were not looking so good.

Suddenly, a cloud of purple particles formed behind them, out of which the others came, attacking the monsters and driving them back a bit.

''I hope we're not too late, although this does look pretty bad.''

''That's not even the worst of it.''

Xisuma's eyes widened, as Grian grabbed his hand and flew up a bit, allowing X to see the full horde. He dropped back to the ground and nodded to the others.

And then, they battled.

Attacking monsters on the ground, arrows and tridents flying through the sky, the sound of monsters dying filling their ears. Those who could fly destroyed the phantoms, while those on the ground picked off the other mobs one by one.

Iskall fought 2 drowned at once, one trying to spear him in the back. Iskall grabbed the drowned's trident, speared the front one, then the one behind him.

Bdubs used the creepers as bombs, since they couldn't hurt him.

Xisuma fought with a soldier skeleton, killing it, but not before getting a massive cut on his face.

The mobs were almost gone, only a handful left. Suddenly, they heard someone scream. There was a lone figure on Mount Scarmore. Another arrow hit him, and he lost his footing and started falling.

''Jevin!''

Grian flew after the blue slime, catching him right before he hit the ground. He flew him over to the main group, and landed next to Scar.

Jevin's injuries looked terrible. He had several arrows sticking in him, cuts and scratches everywhere, and they were pretty sure his arm was broken. Scar and Ren went over to help him, while the rest killed off the last mobs.

''Hey X?''

''Yeah?''

''What happens if someone dies?''

X looked a bit confused, but pulled out his communicator and typed a few things. Suddenly, he paled a bit.

''X?''

He looked up

''If... if they die... I...''

''X, what's wrong?''

''They die in real life.''

Everyone looked at X, just as scared at he is. So this is what the ghost meant by ''Some might survive this, some might not.'' 

They quickly picked up the last of the items, then headed to Impulse's base to stay for the night.

Things will be ok.

Right?

You see that underlined part? That's gonna be important at the end of the book. All the other underlined parts coming later will be important to the end too. You'll just have to wait and see.

Yes, this chapter took a while to come. Literally, I wasted abt 5 hours in total on this alone. Oh well, at least it's done.

Chao for now

Bye bye!