I narrowed my eyes and held myself back from cursing at him.

If he thought that this short discussion would convince me, he was a dreamer.

I took a deep breath and spoke.

"What do you mean, you want to make the monsters and humans live in peace? Do you plan on making everyone a monster then?"

I'm sorry, it seems that my social skills got rusty from not using them in so long.

No, I don't want to make all monsters equal to humans since I know that most of them don't have reason.

What I want, is for my family and the Ender Dragon to be accepted as sentient beings and not as mindless monsters that need to be killed on sight.

Ok, that made more sense now.

He wants to make a world where the Enderman species and the Void could coexist with us.

While Violet had some weird quirks, I could see her being a useful member of society and even being valued.

I don't know about the Ender Dragon...maybe if she could calm down her violent tendencies, we could work this out.

"Why didn't you talk with the System about this in the first place? Why did you make the portal to The End and kill 2 whole continents in the process?"

I admit that the massacre was my fault, and I deserve to be punished for this.

But I also believe that this whole war could've been prevented if the System got off its high chair and talked with us!

Looks like there was some resentment towards the System.

I wonder what caused it.

It seems that you still have some attachments to the old System, even though you were not treated the best.

Is it because of the gift?

I have to say that is a remarkable weapon, but I feel very infuriated with how wrong you use it.

What was he talking about?

Take out your mace for a moment.

Still confused, I followed his command and then felt a force pulling the wepon away.

The force was too powerful, so it slipped away, landing in Noah's hand.

*Boom!

The mace exploded, making me panic for a moment, only to see that it was fine and Noah's hand diapered.

The System was quite reckless with it's safety.

Any other creature would've died in my place.

But I should be fine if I don't take energy from its storage.

Was that the gift from the System?

I guess it's good to have it, so creatures like Noah won't steal it from me.

Look at this mace as a conduit for your power and not as a weapon itself.

What you've been doing all this time, was similar to how you used the Crystals as explosives.

They are powerful, but that's not their intended purpose.

Suddenly his hand regenerated and grabbed the weapon with 2 fingers

Then a purple light came from the mace and took the shape of a giant sword, leaving me in awe.

This wasn't even the impressive part, as he swung the giant sword and cut the obsidian towers like it was made of paper.

And with this, you can use a fraction of the energy for better results.

Then, he threw the mace back at me, and I swiftly caught it.

I looked at the weapon and tried to imagine the same thing that I just saw, and suddenly, I had a 5 block sword of light in my hand.

Not only that, but I didn't feel the energy being drained, scratch that, I was gaining more energy!

Looks like you figured out the potential of your weapon!

Doesn't this open a new way of life?

You are practically a mortal with God's tools, so use them wisely.

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"Why did you suddenly become so nice?"

While it was nice to know the true value of my weapon, I was still taken aback at the sudden change.

I realized that you are here to be rewarded for your hard work, not for more headaches. And here I am, making demands to do something that even I wasn't able to.

It's no wonder you'll look with so much hostility at me. I didn't give you a reason to be seen in good light.

So tell me, what reward do you wish from me?

Ok, so he decided to be polite.

I guess he wasn't the smartest man in the Overworld for nothing.

Now the question was, what should I get from him?

Daniel managed to reach the same level and got the ability to trade for Undying Totems with special effects.

They were very powerful in a pinch, but not powerful enough to turn the tides in the upcoming battle.

"I would like for you to stop reading my mind."

Is this your wish?

"No, this will be an apology for your behavior."

Hahahaha!

You got guts human, but that's why you got this far, so I won't be looking into your mind anymore.

"How can I trust you?"

Noah smiled in response.

There's no way for you to know if I'm telling the truth anyway. I could make an item that could block my ability, but you still wouldn't trust it, since it was made by me.

So why don't we do a little exercise of trust, and see how far we can get?

It was so frustrating when he was right.

I tried to think dark thoughts for a reaction, in case he was still reading my mind, but his expression remained unchanged.

I guess I had to trust his word then.

What should I ask of him?

To get me back home?

No, I made this whole mess and I didn't plan on leaving like that.

Then an armor that could withstand the Ender Dragon?

That's a good idea, I should keep it as an option.

How about the ability to have infinite lives?

That sounds good as well...

Ideas came and went through my mind, and Noah was patiently waiting for me to sort everything out, but in the end, I come up with only one answer.

"Teach me how to make my own body."

The Monster's smile got even bigger, and for a moment, I thought I fell for his trap.

That's a smart choice.

You want freedom from any shackles, and for that, you need to have complete control over your life.

Fine, I should teach you how to use the Crystal properly.

Then he waved his hand, and a crystal appeared in front of me, but it was different than what I remembered.

On the ground, there were 9 blocks of lapis, all heavily enchanted with red ink, and in the middle stood a crude-looking Crystal, made with 2 glass blocks merged.

The Crystal wasn't even floating, but I could still feel its danger if it exploded.

This is the original Crystal that I created. I know it looks different than what you're used to, but it practically has the same function, just a little harder control.

But if you manage to learn how to use this one, the other one would be a breeze.

I got closer to the device and put my hand on it to connect, and oh boy, when he said it was different, it was.

A lot more options appeared that I previously didn't see. Unfortunately, they weren't the fun option, since I now had to do a lot of calculations and mix different kinds of components to get the desired results.

If I had to use an analogy for the situation, the System's Crystal was like an automatic car, but Noah's was a manual one.

I knew what it was supposed to do and all the rules, but now I had to interact with it more often.

I tried a few simple commands but failed miserably.

Fortunately, Noah didn't let me suffer for too long and began to teach me how to use the new commands.

It was hard at the beginning, but slowly I was getting the hang of it, and Noah was a good teacher overall.

We started slowly with the functions of the Crystal, then went into practice on the nearby blocks, which were the Endstone.

The information that I got from it was quite interesting.

I've checked multiple blocks on the island, but the results varied even though they all looked the same.

It seems that those blocks originate from the Overworld but we're 90% corrupted by the Void and became like this.

So even though they all looked the same, some of them were stone blocks, others were dirt and even wood.

It seems that the only ones unaffected by this were the obsidian blocks, and probably the Bedrock.

That's why, my first task was to corrupt an Endstone block fully with the Void.

The task wasn't hard, since most of the block was already gone, and the last resistance could easily be pushed with a little precise force.

This resulted in the block disappearing like the rest of the Void.

Through some tests, I found out a few things about the Void energy.

The Void energy is volatile, ready to consume for its ever-growing hunger. But since it was so active, it was an amazing source of energy.

That's why, my mace was constantly getting energy just by staying outside.

The energy from the Overworld instead, was stable, calmer, and more grounded.

It could stay its ground against the Void for a good amount of time, but it wasn't its purpose in the end.

That's why the Void and the System couldn't coexist, not because the System was unwilling to listen, but because the Void was threatening the System's existence and power with her presence alone.

And it's hard for me to believe that Noah didn't know about this as well.

So he either lied to me about the pace between the 2 dimensions or the task he wanted me to do was much bigger than a diplomatic matter.

It took me a day to learn how to push the Void energy, and that was bearly passable.

The next task was quite the challenge, where I had to do the opposite and push the stable energy over the Void.

If I managed to do so, I should be able to bring the block to its previous state, but I don't know for how long it could stay in a world filled with the Void.

Days passed, and I was making small steps towards the goal.

I was getting frustrated at my speed, but Noah was there to remind me that the deadline didn't matter if I managed to solve the problem before it could arise.

That implied that I'll have the chance to meet with the Ender Dragon, and he later confirmed my suspicion.

Yes, you will meet the avatar of the Void, but at this point your body is too weak, and can't survive in her presence.

Look at the body that I have, it's not that the Void changed it, but this is the most suitable body that can live in the Void and be sentient.

I went through a lot of test to get here, so don't worry if it would take you too long to figure out your own.

It was kind of encouraging to hear him say that.

But my nerves were still high, since the fate of the Overworld was resting on my shoulders.

At one point, I even contemplated if I should ask him to build me a new body.

But I had to stop myself from thinking any further.

My reward, was the knowledge of the Crystal, if I asked him for the body itself I would've wasted this opportunity to grow stronger.

Plus, I still didn't trust the man.

After days of hard work, I was finally able to turn an Endstone back to a dirt block.

I don't think I ever was this happy to see such a commun block.

Congratulations!

Now let's start the real challenge.