End Portal Frames cannot be obtained through crafting; they must be found.
There is only one way: using Eyes of Ender to locate the Stronghold's portal room.
Only with them can the path to The End be opened.
"What is this?"
Gazing at the portal frames, the Wandering Mage mused.
It was clear the blocks were placed with purpose; since he had been brought here, it must be related to the Ender Dragon.
Was the key to finding the Ender Dragon within these blocks?
"It seems to carry the aura of another dimension. The reason we couldn't find the Ender Dragon is because it isn't in this world!"
At last, the Wandering Mage reached a realization.
He had searched so much, but never beyond the confines of this world, assuming the Ender Dragon was just like the Fire or Ice Dragons.
Now, everything had become clear.
"Clever."
Acknowledging the Wandering Mage's words, Galen Yu looked toward the portal.
Twelve End Portal Frames were required to open the gate; these frames existed in every Stronghold.
However, the number of Eyes of Ender already placed in them was entirely random—it could be one, or it could be all twelve.
The Stronghold they found this time wasn't bad; although it wasn't full, it already had ten Eyes of Ender in place.
He placed two more. *Whoosh!*
Purple patterns flickered across the twelve frames as a dark, inky void began to spread and fill the center, forming a gateway on the floor.
"That looks pretty cool."
The portals in the game weren't this fancy; having a shaders mod really made a difference!
He jumped straight in. As his vision dimmed and shifted, he opened his eyes again.
Galen Yu had arrived in a new world.
[THE END?]
Entering the End dimension for the first time, he surveyed his surroundings.
It was just as he remembered: made entirely of pale yellow End Stone, with nothing but the endless void visible in the distance.
Outside, the Wandering Mage hesitated for a moment. Entering a completely unknown world was extremely risky.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and chose to follow Galen Yu inside.
Entering The End immediately after, he too beheld this peculiar world.
"Is this it? The new dimension, the home of the Ender Dragon... The End?"
Seeing this world with his own eyes, he marveled at the sight.
Outside the screen, the audience was in an uproar.
"Another new world! A dimension beyond the Nether and the Twilight Forest!"
"He actually found it. Does the Ender Dragon really live here?"
"Where are the people who said they were waiting to see him fail? Whose face is getting slapped now?"
"God Yu didn't just know where the Ender Dragon was—he actually found it!"
"The End! He went straight to its nest!"
"We're miles ahead, brothers!"
It wasn't just a few who doubted whether Galen Yu could find the dragon; even many viewers from the Nine Provinces were unsure.
Fortunately, Galen Yu was still Galen Yu, and he did not disappoint!
A brand-new dimension, The End, was now revealed to everyone!
"He really found it?"
The Blonde Elder was astonished.
While he hadn't met the Black Mage, the Wandering Mage had indeed spent time with the Alliance.
In terms of knowledge and strength, the Mage was undoubtedly a top-tier special character within the Chunk Civilization—or any civilization, for that matter.
The scene where he used Swap Magic to save Oakmoor and Soren Park from the zombie tide was still fresh and impressive in everyone's minds.
Something even an entity like him couldn't find had been discovered by Galen Yu!
And it looked like he found it with ease!
"We cannot fall behind. Every new dimension contains endless treasures and resources!"
"What is Mark doing? Use a Sign! Tell him we must find a way to get to The End too!"
Potions of Invisibility, Eyes of Ender... The Blonde Elder felt he had already deciphered the whole process.
This was definitely going to be a rewarding and worthwhile adventure!
The Alliance.
Following the incident with the Nether Portal, Soren Park was following instructions to build a new mob farm.
He originally wanted to build it in a central part of the chunk to make collecting gunpowder easier and more efficient in the future.
Jett rejected this, insisting it be built on the edge instead.
Placing blocks to reach the outer stone area, Soren Park worked with Mark, Kira Oakmoor, and several other players to construct it.
After what happened previously, the other players were quite resentful toward them, but given their strength, they didn't dare speak up and simply ignored them.
"In my opinion, this is how Galen Yu built it back then."
"One of the conditions for mobs to spawn is that it must be dark and the blocks must be unobstructed."
Through torches, rails, and his experience with the Crisis days, Soren Park had grasped some of the spawning mechanics.
This mechanism could be utilized for more advanced construction.
"We just need to make the tower high enough and leave a spawning platform at the top so the monsters fall to their deaths!"
"Let's set the height to ten blocks!"
During the first construction, Soren Park hadn't paid much attention because he was far away.
But he remembered clearly from his second visit that Galen Yu's mob farm was only about a dozen blocks high—not very tall at all.
With a theoretical foundation, the actual construction took considerable time.
It took half a day just to finish the base before moving on to the top section.
Soren Park didn't actually understand this part that well; he hadn't seen a Creeper Farm, only the construction of a basic mob farm.
"We'll divide the top floor into four areas and fill the middle with flowing water so the Creepers fall through!"
"Genius!"
Understanding the logic behind it, Mark nodded repeatedly.
If they had to figure it out on their own, even Jett would have struggled.
By God's grace, they had a mastermind like Soren Park!
They began building with joy, successfully creating a four-chunk area filled with water, but Kira Oakmoor soon noticed something was wrong.
"But if we use water everywhere, the zombies will be washed away, but they won't take any fall damage, right?"
"You don't understand, do you?"
Before Soren Park could speak, Mark interrupted.
He took out trapdoors and placed them at the exits.
The flowing water was held back, unable to pass the trapdoors.
"Then we use the mechanics of the Block World to solve the problem!"
Tilting his head back slightly, Mark felt a surge of pride as he showed off a move that earned him the admiration of the other players.
Even though the Spartan Warriors were the ones who told him and it wasn't his own discovery...
Being able to show off in front of so many people was enough!
"You even knew that?"
"Valiant Mark, you are a hero!"
"What Galen Yu knows, we know too. It's no big deal!"
"Exactly, it's just a mob farm. We'll have infinite firepower soon!"
"Don't be so arrogant, we're catching up right now!"
"Actually, we were just taking it easy on the Nine Provinces before. Now, the gloves are off!"
Indeed, that little trick was quite impressive, and even the bullet chat was full of praise.
As if anticipating the reaction in the chat, Mark's smirk widened.
"Impressive!"
Saving himself the effort of thinking, Soren Park added his praise.
He really hadn't remembered how Galen Yu handled it; Mark's move had indeed saved them a lot of time.
With the foundation finished, it was time for the final step.
"Leave a three-block gap for the Creepers to spawn, put on the roof, and the mob farm will be complete!"
....
....
[Support the story with Reviews, Power Stones, and Comments—they mean a lot and keep me going! 30+ chapters waiting on patreon.com/elite_reads]