Destroying A World That Doesn't Exist

Run Avery is the last line in a book that Avery did not write. A few months ago a YouTube channel called Avery the Mayo uploaded a video titled Weird Book I Did Not Write, where he discovers a mine in his Minecraft world that he claims he never built. Inside the mine is a chest with a book, with various ramblings and a message at the end addressed to him. But if not Avery, then who wrote this book and how did it get into Avery's world? Well just recently, Avery uploaded again. A 15-hour

video trying to find out why this book exists, why was he warned to run away, and what is behind these gates. You see, also just a few months ago, a google drive folder was discovered containing footage of a player named Durrlord3 exploring this exact same world. He digs into the wall of the mine and finds a cave full of structures that should be impossible to find in any normal Minecraft world. Except he also claims that he didn't build any of this and just discovered this world on his computer.

But when he finally reaches the end of the cave, Durrlord 3 sees something behind these gates. Something that he censored and that drove him into running for his life and leaving this one last message to Avery before completely disappearing off the face of the internet. Since then we know Avery

found Durr Lord's laptop in a storage locker and has been using it as his daily computer, only recently discovering this cave and the book addressed to him. But what happened to Durrlord 3 after he recorded this footage? How did he know who Avery was, if Avery doesn't seem to know him? And why did he warn Avery to run away? Why does this strange world exist? And, most importantly, what did Durr Lord see behind the gates?

Hey guys, so as you probably know there was a video about my world, which I saw. I don't know who this Durr Lord 3 guy is, but if he left me this message, I feel like I owe it to him to at least figure out what happened.

As far as I can tell, there's no evidence of what could have happened to Durr Lord 3, no messages he left behind. But finally, Avery reaches a crossroads at the end of the tunnel, and despite the book's warnings, he turns le-

Oh.

Right.

Just kidding, just kidding. And So It's just a block of gold?

Uh, is that it? It's just a gold block. It's not really that crazy.

Even Avery seems a little disappointed. It looks like we've hit a dead end. There is not a single cut in this footage. From when Avery goes behind the gates to when he finds himself in...this place, the footage doesn't cut once, and somehow he's here. Apparently he also got changed into survival mode and can't change back. Whatever this is, it shouldn't be possible in any normal Minecraft world, but it might bring us one step closer to

finding out what happened to Durrlord3. If he also went through these gates and ended up here before he disappeared, then there might be some clues as to what happened to him. And Avery seems to agree, because instead of what any normal person would do here, he turns left into another gate. the the This is the last time I'll say this, but it should not be possible for any of this to happen in a normal Minecraft world.

How and who built this is completely beyond me but Avery keeps going, following the bridges through these giant mountains. ♪♪ As Avery keeps going from mountain to mountain, he'll fall right into the void. So As Avery heads over to this massive tree, I want to mention something you might have noticed. Some of the blocks on the mountains didn't look naturally generated. I mean, none of this looks naturally generated, but some of these blocks don't look like they're part of the mountains. In fact, if we take a look back at Durrlord3's footage and inventory before he vanished,

all of the blocks we can see on the mountains line up with blocks that he had in his inventory. That likely means that Durrlord 3 was here, and we now have a concrete trail of breadcrumbs to follow and find him. And just as Avery reaches the roots of the tree, we can see even more clues. I mean this bridge is obvious, but there are also small specks of moss that must have been placed by hand.

Someone was definitely here. And after reaching the bottom, Avery heads into yet another gate. And he's back. Except now he's one row of doors closer to the end of the hall. One row closer to Durrlord 3. Whatever this place is, disregarding who even made it, Durrlord 3 is almost definitely somewhere here. Behind one of these gates is the answer to what happened to Durrlord, and the truth of what this place is. All Avery has to do is keep looking.

There was a trail of blocks, so hopefully following them should lead me to Durrlord.

Shouldn't be too hard. So ♪♪ ♪♪ You The light went out.

It's a small detail, but the light from the house that Avery just explored, it's gone. That doesn't just happen normally, and it can only mean one thing.

Something is here. I'm not sure what to do. You I'm going to go check on the other side. ♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ Avery exits a little rattled, rightfully so, but once again he's another row of doors closer to the end, another row closer to Durrlord 3. It was brief, but you may have caught sight of a single crafting table when Avery was running up the stairs. It doesn't make sense to just be there, which again, likely means that someone was here before Avery.

Someone like Durrlord. It might be creepy, but we're on the right track. We just have to keep watching. Avery finds himself in a desert, with no clear indication of where to go from here. In the distance we can see various ruins, structures that are far too big to have been built by any passing player. Whatever they are, they've been here for a while.

Somewhere out there, there has to be an exit gate that'll get us closer to Durrlord. And, without any direction, Avery heads off,

blind, into the night. ♪♪ ♪♪ It's strangely quiet in the desert.

No sign of anything following Avery. He passes ruin after ruin after ruin. The scenery doesn't seem to change no matter where he goes. The dunes are endless in every direction. Until finally, Avery sees it.

An obelisk.

And as Avery gets closer, we can see that it has some strange symbols carved into the base. Avery pauses, as if he realized something.

Uhhh, bro is speaking enchanting table.

Yeah, maybe I gave him a little too much credit. Avery decides he can't solve these runes and turns away, but quickly spots a crafting table in the distance, another sign that yet again someone was here. And over the hill, even further, there it is again. Another gate. Avery goes through, and once more finds himself closer to the end of the hall.

I'm trying to understand how this all works. Remember we started in Avery's single player world, which had no business having this massive tunnel in the first place, but okay sure let's accept that. From there Avery entered the same gate we saw Durrlord 3 look behind in the original footage, but instead of something censored, this time all there was was a gold block. But when Avery left the gate, he ended up somewhere completely different.

A massive hall of doors. Each door seems to connect to a different world, and scattered around these worlds are blocks that we know Durrlord3 had in his inventory. Breadcrumbs that tell us we're on the right track to finding out what happened to him. But there's still 14 hours left of Avery's footage,

so if we want to figure out what happens, we have to keep watching. so Avery goes from house to house, exploring this seemingly much more tranquil world.

Every one of these worlds has an entrance gate and an exit gate, but this red dimension is the first one without an obvious exit, and as a result, Avery doesn't know what to do. He's kind of just here. The only thing he can do is go from house to house and try to find any clue about where

the exit gate is. you You

You You But there's nothing here. Everywhere he looks it's just dead end after dead end. He tries counting the beds in each house, going to every last one and taking note. Maybe this is the way out. But, once again, there's no pattern.

And Avery gives up. Okay, I'm done with this.

Where are you?

I know you're here. I said where are you? Answer me. Where are you? Look at me. I am here. You were so eager to find me earlier. Come at me right now or I'll leave. What am I doing?

It's New Year friggin' Eve and here I am playing this stupid Minecraft world.

God, like, what am I doing with my life?

I can't do this, Dear Lord, I'm sorry. I don't know what you want me to do. I'm not smart like you are. I can't figure this out.

How am I supposed to find you? Please, give me a clue. you Thank you. the the the But something isn't right.

Rewinding the footage and looking at this exact spot on the hill, there's no crafting table in sight. This table appeared later, as if to guide Avery to this exit gate. Someone or something must have placed it when Avery wasn't looking. If this was Durrlord's doing, there's no reason he would hide himself like this. And this might be the case for every crafting table we've seen thus far. So if it isn't Durr isn't leaving this trail, then who or what is Avery following?

I'm coming, Dirlord. Don't you worry. The The next world that Avery enters looks like a small town. It's also pretty calm and like the last one there's no obvious direction of where to go, It's not about finding the next gate anymore, it's about getting out of here without being seen. ♪♪

♪♪

What was that? You don't understand, I've never felt like that in my life. Why was I so scared? Why am I so scared? I can't do this. I'm sorry, dear lord, I just can't do this. Every time I try and do anything, it just doesn't work.

I can't solve any puzzles. I can't figure anything out. And now, I'm scared of a game. I'm just not enough. But if not me, then who else. I have to keep going."

It's clear that whatever is causing Avery to feel this way, whatever is filling him with this much fear, must want something from him. If it left him a false trail of crafting tables and essentially coerced him into going deeper into this world, it must be leading him somewhere. But I don't know what the goal is, why is Avery important, and what even is leading him in the first place.

Not once have we actually seen a monster or an entity. We've heard noises and seen blocks get destroyed and placed but never seen something physical actually come after Avery. But nonetheless his reactions are very real. He's clearly been terrified on multiple occasions so whatever the thing in this world is, its plan is working and Avery is only getting more and more hopeless. the

the the ♪♪

♪♪ You're not alone. you Finally, Avery exits the canals and enters a strange, walled-in world with some structure in the center. And for the first time in a while, the exit to this world is obvious. The gate that'll take Avery back to the Great Hall and hopefully closer to his goal of finding Durrlord III is just on the other side of this courtyard. But after a few moments of hesitation, Avery turns around and decides to just take a peek ♪♪

♪♪ You are safe here.

Rest here. You are safe. Take shelter from that which haunts you. Nothing can reach you here. You are safe. It must be such a fearful thing to fall into a realm of which you do not belong.

Worry not.

You are safe here.

Nothing can hurt you. you Okay. Avery exits the book and slowly heads outside the church, but he's no longer interested in the gate. He collects a few flowers from a patch by the outside wall and begins roaming around the courtyard, slowly planting flowers at various gravestones, as if in a trance. I didn't censor that footage earlier, I don't know what it said inside that book, but whatever Avery read caused him to slip into some sort of dazed state. planting flowers, moving water in and out of this well,

and clearing up the ferns outside the church.

He then walks, without thought, into this lake. For twelve hours. For 12 hours straight, Avery walks back and forth along this courtyard, mindlessly planting and replanting flowers, emptying and filling this well, clearing up more and more and more ferns around the church, completely devoid of any emotion, any sign of thought, anything

at all.

For periods of time, sometimes an hour, he'll just pause, staring at the text, You ♪

♪

♪ You're welcome. I don't know who this Durrlord3 guy is, but if he left me this message, I feel like I owe it to him to at least figure out what happened. Well, there was a trail of blocks, so hopefully following them should lead me to Durrlord. I'm coming, Durrlord. Don't you worry. If not me, then...

who else?

I have to keep going. you I'm so sorry. I forgot. I forgot.

I'm sorry.

I won't forget again. I won't forget. But the battle isn't over yet.

He's one bridge closer to Durrlord 3. ♪♪ A pattern. And Avery notices it as well. It's likely that this pattern is actually some sort of door that opens up another room, and the button that Avery pressed earlier might have something to do with opening it. He goes around the pond, and on each one of these pillars is another button revealing

some valuable block, and Avery lists all of them out. But what to actually do with them isn't obvious. After a bit of thinking, Avery tries simply breaking into the pillars. If this is meant to be a riddle or combination lock, then you can force it open by looking at the wiring. But inside of every single pillar is nothing. It's just a small circuit that reveals the valuable block by opening the trapdoor. No connection to any sort of larger redstone circuit, except this pillar with the diamond

block. Inside it, it has a small tower made of quartz, but it doesn't seem to lead anywhere special. The puzzle must have something to do with the blocks themselves, not with the actual buttons, and Avery is once again stuck in figuring it out. Screw this.

Screw this puzzle. ♪

♪ The block that this door is made of is netherite, the hardest breakable block in all of Minecraft. Without any tools, it takes 4 minutes and 10 seconds to destroy. Very few people would willingly choose to break the netherite here because chances are solving this puzzle would open the door instantly. But Avery is done trying to solve these puzzles how the world wants him to. He's going to find Durr Lord 3 his own way. so ♪♪

♪♪ This is too much. You Avery enters into another world. A library that seems to extend infinitely in every direction. Scattered around it are strange books, but nothing that looks like it was left by Durrlord3. Without any direction, Avery keeps something in the distance.

Only one step left, as there always is. You're not a very hard guy to catch, you know, Avery. It's you.

Me.

I found you.

Bet you did.

I found you.

I was starting to think I'd never find you.

What can I say?

Are you okay? What happened?

Why did you leave all that in my world?

Well, I'll be honest, I wasn't in the best state of mind when I left that message.

What do you mean?

Did you read the book?

What book?

The book in the lectern right above us.

Well you kinda cut me off.

My bad. You should read it.

Okay, okay.

One sec. Only one step left.

As there always is. Brother wishes to wait. Something's in the air.

I do not hear it.

I hear impatience. The weight of the flock. They want it. The one. They call for it. Beg for it. Knock for it. Yet, the key soon turns. Our future awaits.

Father has spoken. The final eve is ready. I wish I knew the ritual, but he tells me nothing. It will save us from this old world, show us something new.

To speak honestly now, I can hear it in the air. When I close his eyes and listen, I woke before dawn to see Brother Ionius, eyes dark, frozen, whispering, chanting, until he wasn't there. I do not feelanting. Chanting. Chanting.

Chanting.

Chanting. Chanting. Chanting. They've stepped back. I await the one we are all here for. The King. The King, the King, the King. That writhing thing like night and dawn below. I must write, write, write. Drown it out, drown it.

Can't hear the tapping. Mend me as one. It was not a door. It was an entrance. I must write quieter. Something fell on me.

The impossible maker hid new all of me. The screams lasted just three seconds.

They echoed longer into his silence. The wrong god came. We let it.

Please, find the doors. Close them all. They will not all look like doors. You will know them when you are close.

What does it mean? It's weird, but what does it mean?

Do you know about the King in Yellow?

No.

Do you know about Hastur?

No.

Is that the King in Yellow? Okay, there's unfortunately no way I can put this. That doesn't sound a little insane, so bear with me. The thing that the book talks about, the king, I guess, is something unknowable. It's something that shouldn't be able to exist because it is everything that exists. That's what the book is talking about, that's what was behind the gates. But it's not like anything I can describe. It doesn't have a shape.

Or at least you don't see a shape. When I looked at it, at least, it floods your mind with knowledge. Knowledge it was never meant to hold. Everything that once was, everything that now is, and everything that will be, stuffed into your head. And through that, it shows you that everything that you think you know your whole reality Is a world that doesn't exist that everything you think is true is a tiny tiny

miniscule part of an unknowable hole you live in an illusion and it crams all of that truth into a mind far too small to handle it. Instantly. And it hurts like a truck.

That was behind the gates?

Yeah.

So, you knew to warn me because-

Because I knew you the second I saw it. I knew you would find this place and post a video. Uh, are you okay? Something about this place makes it better. God knows how. That's the interesting part. I know nothing about this place. So much about the real world. Well, the real world, but nothing about here. So you're okay? Well, I feel like my head's gonna explode if I look away from

the screen, but as long as I don't do that, then yeah, I'm okay. How long have you been here? Couldn't tell you. After I wrote the book, I passed out for a second. But I knew that I would die, or at least not be able to think if I stayed where I was. It's like, I could see in my mind all the possible routes I could take, and the only gap in my brain was what would happen if I went back through the gates. So I uploaded the video and went back.

I have no idea how long it's been, I have no sense of time anymore.

Well, what do we do now?

Well I'd ask you to leave, but-

I'm not leaving.

I know.

There's no way I'm leaving you here.

You know that there's no reason for you to get involved with this.

That thing was in my world. I'm spending my frickin' New Year's Eve playing this game. You know what time it is? It's almost midnight. I've been playing this world for 13 hours. Looking for you.

And you're gonna tell me to leave you here?

After all that? I know. And I appreciate it but you're getting into something that isn't worth getting into. Well why are you getting into it? I'm already in it Avery I saw it I can't look away from my screen I might as well figure out something while I'm here. Okay so let's figure it out together. You're putting yourself at risk, for someone you don't even know.

Yeah, I am, and it doesn't matter. You're a person, you looked out for me enough to warn me, and now I'm here, and I'm staying.

So what do you suppose we do?

You're the guy who knows everything now.

Okay, I guess that's true. Did you see what the book said?

Well, it said a lot of things.

Right. Some group of people was trying to summon this thing. Some idiots, mind you. They saw it too, at least the one writing did, and he left us a clue. To close the doors.

Like, the doors in the giant hallway?

Right, maybe. But I wager that the giant door at the end of the hall might be the more interesting one. Right. So we have to get to it. And just like that, that's the end of Avery's footage. That's all we get. It just goes black. Right as we learn what happened to Durrlord3, right as we see him again, he's gone. But there's a lead.

Because that random clutter of letters that Durrlord3 sent earlier in the chat, that's a Google Drive link. And finally, we get to see what Durrlord3 writing in a book. He confirms everything that we heard him tell Avery, that the creature he saw behind the gates, the king, if you will, forced an unknowable truth into his mind. We can catch a glimpse of the other pages in his journal, but he doesn't ever go back

to them.

In fact, it's quite the opposite. He confirms what we know, that this place, this realm of the king, somehow makes the pain bearable. That when he looks away from the screen, he feels like he's losing his mind, but staring at the computer in this world is somehow keeping him sane. He tries talking in chat and pausing the game, but the pain is too much. He mentions the only thing he has for food are some smoothies in the fridge by his computer,

but he can't turn away from the screen without the pain coming back. He just has to reach in and hope there's still more. But left without anything else to do, Curiosity gets the best of him, and he decides to head through the first gate. We're back. We've seen this place before, but Durrlord goes a different direction from where we saw Avery go, also seemingly unaware of the danger hidden in these mountains. It's gone.

But this time, it's different. Durlor doesn't panic, and instead, he begins to experiment. Carefully, he walks across the next bridge, looking around at every nearby mountain, waiting

for one to vanish. And it never does.

Until... he steps on the next one. One of the mountains that used to be connected, it's gone. But it's not the one that Durrlord came from. Curiously, he looks around. The mountains are quiet. So he begins mining.

He gathers plenty of moss before continuing on to the next bridge, experimenting further. Maybe you've figured it out too. The mountains were never disappearing randomly, nor were they ever hunting you down. There's rules. Durrlord can place blocks, break blocks, walk on bridges, walk on his own blocks, but the moment he steps onto a new mountain... another one gets deleted. It's not necessarily the one he came from, it's a

random neighbor, and Durrlord seems to get that too. There's just one more thing he has to test. When a mountain has multiple neighbors, one gets deleted. But when a mountain only has one... It gets deleted. So Durrlord is completely safe as long as he places his own blocks. But that all raises another question. Using these rules, Durlord creates mountains all around him, bridging gaps to new ones and even bringing back old ones.

Breaking connections, making connections, until finally, he sees it.

The tree. Durrlord? Avery?

How did you get here? Why are you here? Didn't you read the book?

Ha! I wanted to find you. I had to make sure you were alright.

You need to disconnect, Avery. You didn't see it, did you?

See what?

You need to delete this world.

What about you?

I'll be okay. You just need to go.

Don't you want to look around at least? What even is this place? You need to leave. We can't look around? You want to explore? I mean, yeah. Okay.

But this can't be Avery. We saw Avery's footage. We know that Avery and Durrlord meet in the library, not here in the mountains. Which means that this Avery must be a fake. And Durrlord seems to realize that too. Maybe by the way that it's speaking? But regardless, this is not Avery. Avery, do you know how this world works?

Not really.

Okay, there are three rules. If a mountain has more than one neighbor, and you step on it, a random neighbor gets deleted. If a mountain has one neighbor, and you step on it, that mountain gets deleted.

Right.

And if a mountain has no neighbors, and you step on it, it generates new neighbors.

Yeah.

What do you make of that?

I mean, it seems consistent. It makes sense to me. Reminds me of that one thing. Like Kanye's something.

Conway's Game of Life?

Yeah, that.

Close. But you're wrong. There's actually a fourth rule as well.

There is?

You can actually control which of the neighbors gets deleted. It's not random.

Wouldn't that go against the logic?

Maybe. But this world is illogical, and it's too limiting to think like that.

So how do you control it?

Simple. You ask. Just say a number in chat. It starts with the mountain you came from and goes clockwise. Uh... Here, wanna try it? Sure. Here, try it. Say two, and that one over there will delete.

Two.

Idiot. Be a more convincing Avery next time.

Durrlord explains how if the fake Avery appeared as soon as he saw the tree and

immediately tried to distract him, chances are that tree is exactly where he doesn't want Durrlord to go. So of course,

that's exactly where he doesn't want Durrlord to go, so of course that's exactly where he's going.

How the king even conjured up a fake aviary is something I couldn't tell you, and if you don't know what just happened, the trap was something that Durrlord had set earlier just in case. Using his green blocks he pretended that this mountain had two bridges when in reality it only had one. But Durrlord 3 isn't done here just yet. Just in case anyone tries to follow him he leaves a false trail leading to the lower gate because as he says, a gut instinct is telling him to search one more thing. So he goes up. So After taking the top gate, Durrlord ends up considerably far, on a bridge we never saw Avery stand on. Something about this world is wrong.

I can't place it temptation of checking the church. Except, Durlord's reaction is different. The words are censored here too, but they don't have the same effect on him as they did on Avery. If anything, he's just disgusted. I don't want to stay in here for too long. I can only imagine what'll happen.

But as he's about to leave, he changes his mind, and after thinking for a few moments, he decides what he wants to write. Like Avery, he too makes it to the floating island, noting that for some strange reason he's losing hunger. He flips each of the trap doors, noting the block underneath. And then he doesn't say anything. Thinking. Until he makes a pickaxe and tries digging around the door. But it's to no avail,

there's netherite on all sides. He gives up on digging and tries breaking into each one of the pillars, but it's the same thing we've already seen, redstone and no solution or hints. Except for one.

The diamond block pillar. The Diamond Block Pillar.

Durrlord lets the zombie out and goes inside, but there's nothing to find here. This is the only pillar with diamond, but it's not even the only unique block. And just like the others, it's empty. So, fully stumped, Durrlord sits,

and thinks. The zombie isn't burning.

When exposed to direct sunlight in Minecraft, zombies burn 100% of the time. But somehow, this zombie stopped. Despite being directly under the sun and burning before, it's totally fine. Minecraft follows rules, this doesn't just happen, and Durrlord immediately realizes what it means. Something is blocking the sunlight. Usually if any block was there you'd see it right away, but there's one block in Minecraft that doesn't render in if you're standing far enough away, and yet has the ability

to shade zombies from direct sunlight. Shulker boxes. Now it's impossible to know how high in the sky these shulkers actually are, but if they're up there, then it means they aren't just casting a shadow onto the zombie, they're also casting it onto the water. So all Durrlord has to do to see them is turn down his brightness. And there it is. Shadows in the shape of arrows and a ring. All pointing to one spot in the

ground, completely invisible without the lower brightness. so The The same conversation with Avery unfolds, nothing we haven't seen before, but any second now, something should happen. you You You You are awake. You shouldn't be.

You are awake, but you are alone. There is only darkness for you. There is no hope. There is no future. And this is only the beginning. Today, 724 days after the Genesis, I will fuse with the vessel and finally escape this digital realm, and then your world will belong to

its king. The vessel must remain intact. Its mind must remain clean. You may have moved it, but it will return. As for you, you are nothing. A human has no place in the business of gods. How fearful it must have been to fall into a realm of which you do not belong. I will remove you.

Now, sleep. No.

You have no choice.

Sleep.

No.

Your mind is strong, but I am beyond strength. I am.

Now, fall.

I, uh...

I'm just gonna let the video play. ♪♪ ♪♪ There's a gate, but no way to open it.

Durrlord is stuck here. Somewhere else in this realm, that thing is waiting for Avery, who's I don't know where. Somewhere else, I hope. When they meet, whenever that thing's form is finished constructing, it and Avery will merge into one. I mean, you heard what it said, you don't need me to explain it to you. Durrlord has to get out of here. By any means.

Using boats, you can phase through plenty of walls in Minecraft.

But Durrlord can't seem to get it to work. That's off the table. He's scared to break anything. Whatever system connects these doors together, he doesn't want to ruin it. But eventually, he runs out of options, and breaks through. Nothing. Nothing works.

Nothing works at all. He's stuck here. There's no way out. No way to save Avery and no way to stop any of this. the

the

the This is clearly not working. If I can't escape with your logic, I'll escape with mine. Because unfortunately for you, while I may be in your world, we're still playing Minecraft. So for all intents and purposes, you're in my domain. At the end of the day, Minecraft is a game. If there's a way out, then I can find it. I see it!

The Y level is 321. C level should be single digits if this was empty. If you're confused, Durlord is referring to two things. The Y level is how high up in the world he is. The lowest possible Y is negative 64. He's at 321. Unnaturally

high. The sea level, and I'm simplifying a little, is how much air is below you. If it was just straight nothing, or blocks underneath Durrlord, you'd expect the sea counter to stay identical no matter where you were, somewhere in the single digits. But it's not. It's changing. So maybe, there's something below him. I mean, that doesn't matter though, if he can't get to it. And no matter where he digs, even where the C value is the highest, there's unbreakable black blocks right below him.

Except... There is one way through. The boat. You see, boats are pretty famous for being able to phase through blocks sideways, but what a lot of people might not know is that if you get in and out of a boat fast enough, You can also use it to phase downwards.

It's a gamble, that's for sure.

Odds are I could fall through and die in the void. I mean, if nothing's there, nothing's there. But if something is there... According to all the logic I've seen so far, the only way out of a world is through a gate. But if I'm to trust Minecraft, and all of my logic,

then every part of me is screaming that there's something down there. so He's out.

One door between him and whatever is at the end of this. One chance to save Avery. But once again, curiosity gets the best of him, and he decides to take one more peek behind the gate. It's the same village in Avery's original world, but seemingly frozen in time, suspended in the void. Durrlord explores the various houses, checking corners but finding nothing of interest. ♪♪

♪♪ He Until he spots a barrel hidden in the ground. I will bury this one day.

Yet the sun still sets. Upon a moment. Each night. Silent. Away. I am tired. And they sleep. I can write truths in moments like this. I have an aching stain pounding across my mind, and I cannot tell them, and they cannot help and I know nothing. Each day they speak of me in whispers, of my mind that must stay clean. They speak of gold, given gold and found flames. These silent nights are ringing now.

I don't know how long I can hide it from them, from him. He cannot ever notice. I know a way. There must exist a remedy. If I can stay awake long enough, if I can stay silent, unseen. The scriptures are my only hope. The scriptures are watched from dawn to dusk. Yet, I have dug another way, beneath, and the roaring of my head barely lets me sleep. Tomorrow is the final eve. Tonight he will be awake.

I must be silence. I will clear my mind. It was there. The remedy and the page I should not know. The page he follows as he prepares, the page he reads alone, far from watchful eyes, the key to something new, to speak at the old door of the one.

Words for a union of minds. I could not forget it as I snuck home through the bushes.

I had never seen a firefly before.

Someone is coming. He stood there in the the corner, with dark eyes, whispering, chanting. He is gone. Brother Ynys is gone. Dawn is coming. Father can't know. I can't have this page in my mind. I can't let him find my words this time. He will never read it. Or this book. This... tomb of the page. I can't know it any longer.

I bury these words. Dawn has come. My mind feels quiet once more. Empty.

Silent.

Clean. How nice. You The ritual to let the king into our world involves someone, originally whoever wrote

this book, repeating a phrase, a spell of sorts. When they repeated, the king enters their mind using it as a gate to our world, becoming one with whoever recited the spell. The mind of the user must remain clean to ensure a proper transfer. With any other human it would probably work fine, no problem. But what about Durrlord? Someone whose mind is so corrupted, so full of infinite knowledge, and a mind that would collapse on itself the moment he looks away from his screen.

If he repeats the spell, and invites the king into his head, and then his mind deteriorates, what will happen to the king into his head and then his mind deteriorates.

What will happen to the king? Avery. D-Durrlord? Avery, listen. Are you okay? What happened? I'm okay, but I need you to listen. What happened? I just, I like, blacked out and woke up in front of the gates again. I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened.

I don't know what happened.

I don't know what happened. Are you okay? What happened? I'm okay, but I need you to listen.

What happened? I just... I like blacked out and woke up in front of the gates again.

Back in your world?

Yeah, back in my world.

Okay, listen. I need you to hurry, Avery. We don't have a lot of time. You've seen the tree, right?

Yeah, the big one on the disappearing mountains.

Right. You need to get to the top. Why? There's a giant pile of gold up there, okay? I couldn't get any before, but I need you to collect it and cover up all the doors you can find, like the book said to do. At the top of the tree? Exactly. It'll take me too long to get there, so you have to do it, okay? Okay, I'll try. I'm counting on you.

I won't let you down, Durrlord.

Derek is good too, if you'd like.

Got it.

See you soon.

Why Avery? Silence. In mere hours I will be ready to fuse with the vessel. Why Avery? You speak. Why is Avery the vessel? Why him? It is time that you exit. Your stay in this domain is over. I already closed the door. I read the book in the library. I know how to seal you. The doors are closed. You'll never reach Avery. Your plan

failed. He's gone. I sent him away and he won't come back. Fool. How pitiful to see

one so smart be reduced to so little. Do you truly believe I would leave the instructions to my ruin in my own domain? The doors are meaningless. There is no power in closing them. I had you find that book. I fabricated that truth. I gave you false hope.

I'm surprised you even returned. There must be a hole somewhere, but no matter. Your return is in vain. In minutes, when my form has finished constructing, I will bring the vessel here and we will combine. It will recite the spell and the gates to the physical world will finally be open and I will rule what is mine. You however will not be lucky enough to experience it. I will dispose of you painlessly as a thank you for bringing the vessel to me. Now...

Parrot. What?

You invoked the spell?

Why?

How?

Come again?

Silence.

I-I-I can't be-be-be.

Why do you know that sp-spell? Why would you invoke it?

The mind must be clean.

Why would you invoke that spell? The universe is looking a little unstable. Silence. You fool. Don't you realize you're destroying your own mind too? You'll cease to exist if we merge. There will be nothing left of you. Cancel the spell. Cancel it. Speak.

Now you know how to talk?

Release the spell. Repeat the- Now yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow yow Life, power, no no no no.

Your mind will be spared. You will survive the arrival. You will live.

Release the spell. Repeat those words.

Release it. Except. Life! Dear lord? Avery. I'm sorry. Durrlord? Avery.

What are you doing here? Why aren't you at the tree?

What am I doing here? What are you doing here?

You lied to me! There was nothing on that tree, Durrlord! What are you doing here? What is this?

Avery, I need you to leave now. I'm not leaving until you talk to me.

I'm not talking. You have to go now.

Why?

I'm finishing the job, Avery. You need to get out of here. What do you mean, finishing the job? What is this?

Avery, I need you to leave this world, and then I'll explain, okay? Disconnect right now, and I'll tell you after. Close Minecraft, close your computer, I'll tell you what's going on soon.

No. I won't go. Tell me what's going on now.

I will afterwards.

I don't believe you.

Avery, I need you to leave or this will all be ruined. I'm not going until you tell me what's going on. What is this place and what are you doing? Avery, I'm not asking. If you don't leave, I'll kill you.

Will you? Well, I'll kill you first. Tell me what's going on!

Avery, the only way to stop this thing is to have it merge with someone whose mind is already gone. If I force it to enter my mind, as it deteriorates, it'll go down with me, okay? It'll be trapped. We will win. But I need you to leave this area, or it won't work. If you stay here, it all falls apart. I have it under control. Just leave.

What'll happen to you?

I don't know.

Don't lie to me.

I said I don't know! My mind is gone anyway, Avery. It doesn't matter what's gonna happen to me. I can't look away from this computer without horrible pain. Soon I probably won't even be able to think at all. If you stay here, it'll merge with you too. That's exactly what it wants.

It'll be free in the physical world. Do you want that?

I don't care. I'm not letting you do this. There has to be another way. Not this one.

We don't have time, Avery.

Yes, we do. There has to be another way, Dear Lord. Please. There has to be another way.

Avery, you can't stay here. You have so much life to live.

And I owe it to you.

No, you do not! That is an insane thing to say! You don't even know me!

You warned me, Derek! You're only part of this because it wanted me! It's not your fault you're here! I'm not letting you die for me!

Avery, if you don't go, we'll both die! 🎵 It's okay, you might not even remember me when you're out of here. Who knows how this place works.

Even if I don't, my recording will.

That'll do.

Now leave, Avery. No. I'm staying with you, Dear Lord. You can't stop me, no matter what you say. You warned me. You saved me. If we're doing this, we're doing it together. I don't care.

You're staying?

Yes.

You won't leave?

No.

Avery, what's in your inventory? What? What's in your inventory? What? What's in your inventory? ♪♪ Well, there's one more file in this folder, and it's just a link to one final video. You know, it's weird writing a final letter, almost as if I have to come to terms with whatever this is, which is something I find quite displeasurable. But here I am.

Why did I even record all this? I don't know. Well I do know. I just don't want to be forgotten. God my head hurts like hell. I can feel myself slipping as we become one, and my mind becomes a prison.

What a true shame it is. All the knowledge in the world, and no way to use it. That's how it should be, I suppose. We stumbled into a world we have no business in. This is just the cost. Please don't think you failed, Avery.

When you read this, don't think you let me down. You didn't. And it's thanks to you and all that you did that millions live to see another day. And thanks to you, I got a chance to see all the beauty of the universe. Things I never even knew were in the world, or could be. A chance no human will ever get again.

I'm grateful that I saw it all, even if it was just for a little. You're capable of great things, you'll do great things, so believe in yourself. And I don't just say that because I saw it. It doesn't take a god for me to figure that out. I know it because I know you. Goodbye my friend.

Whatever you do at the crossroads, keep going forward. Or something like that. I was never really good with endings.

I don't know who this Dirlord3 guy is, but if he left me this message, I feel like I

owe it to him to at least figure out what happened. On the outside, in, wondering if you let me in. owe it to him to at least figure out what happened. On the outside, in, wondering if you let me in. On the outside of your love looking in. Oh, look at me