Unstable SMP: Civil War

After I became the king of unstable SMP, the world quickly split into two different sides.On one side were the new players, who poured into the server after I opened up spawn.And on the other side were the old players, who have been around on this server for months or even years.They believed that me and the new players were destroying everything they had created.Soon enough, thousands of these old players abandoned my kingdom and united under the name Cinder Crest, vowing to wipe me and all of the new players off the face of this server.And just like that, a civil war had begun.

But I'm going to stop Cinder Crest no matter what, since over the past few days, I've built a massive army of my own.Before Cindercrest could invade, I divided my army into legions and stationed them across every major city in my kingdom, including Fort Feather, the eastern gateway into my territory, where Cindercrest was supposedly attacking first.Here, my plan was simple.Stop Cindercrest before they could push any deeper into my kingdom.But, defeating Cinder Crest would be no easy task, because even though I had my two friends, Theo and Reyna, as well as thousands of soldiers, I had no idea how they were going to attack.You guys ready?

Yeah.

Ready as I'll ever be.I see them.

Oh my gosh, here they come.Guys, army, prepare for battle, prepare for battle, they're on their way.

Oh my god.

At the ready, soldiers!We will fight, and we will win!Let's get this, boys!

Theo, get ready for battle, bro!

I am!

Cinder Crest was led by General Sapirata, or Saps for short.An old player on the server who I had never met before.But, it was safe to say that he was smart.Especially after he sent one of his players forward as bait, triggering our hidden landmines.

Oh!

Oh my god!

Oh the mines just went off!The mines went off!

Yeah, they're scary.However, no matter what Saps tried to do, I wasn't going to let him win.Alright, fire the cannons!Fire the cannons!Everyone fire your bows!Launch a volley on them!

And just like that, in the span of 5 minutes, the battle had come to a complete standstill, with Cinder Crest refusing to move any closer to our fort.What are they doing?What is their plan?guys oh my god that we saw guys there's players inside of the blimp they're planning for a full aerial attack sappersplan was simple.Instead of putting Cinder Crest troops in danger by a land invasion, he was planning on breaching the walls of Fort Feather from the sky using his redstone blimp.

Everybody start building up!Stop this blimp no matter what it takes, bro!Everybody start building up!Everybody head up!Um, who is that with an elytra?It was Shoebilly, one of Cinder Crest's deadliest fighters.

I think we can still build a barrier in front of the blimp.If we move fast.

Let's go, let's go.Here, watch out, watch out, watch out.Get down, get down, get down.They're like ants.

Oh no, no, no, no, no.Theo, Theo, be careful, be careful.Stop the blimp, stop the blimp, stop the blimp no matter what.If this blimp gets over the walls, this fort is going to fall.

Get up, Theo, get up.Yeah, I'm going.Theo!

Do you really think this is gonna work?Don't make me laugh.

The blimp was moving closer every second.And with less than a stack of blocks left, this would be my last chance to stop it.

Keep building, guys!We can stop it!

Where do you think you're going?

Oh no!No!I'm out of blocks.

Where'd you go, Theo?

Oh my gosh, it's flame!It's flame!It was too late.With Shoebilly opening up a clear path for the blimp to fly over, and most of my legion already dead or having run away, this battle was over.Everyone prepare for a full -scale retreat!Let's go!

Let's go!Io!Reyna!Let's go!However, I still had one more trick up my sleeve.Everyone grab horses from the stables, and then take the tunnel through the storage room out.

We lost.Oh my gosh, we just lost so many soldiers.Where are you?Guys, just go.Just evacuate.Go.

Take the tunnel.Reyna, can you help evacuate them?

Yeah.

There's an escape tunnel in the back of this storage room.Everybody run out that way.Take your horses.Grab everything you can from this storage room.Oh, we still can.Guys, guys, they are coming down.

This is your last chance to get in the tunnel.Last chance to get in the tunnel.They're coming down.Guys, let's go.Everybody in the tunnel.Everybody in the tunnel now.

Everybody in the tunnel.Get in the tunnel.Get in the tunnel!

Let's get out!

Get out!

Yeah, I know.

We're falling back to Merchant City.In this moment, I realized what I was actually going up against.Cinder Crest was far stronger and smarter than I could have ever imagined.And since my army was made up of mostly untrained, new players, winning this civil war would be a lot harder than I had initially thought.Luckily, Fort Feather is only one of the various cities inside of my kingdom, and in order for Cindercrest to win this war, they would have to move deeper into my territory.But with the fort gone, Cindercrest now had a direct path to Merchant City.

a large trading town about 3 ,000 blocks west, which was being defended by the Merchant City Vanguard, one of the various legions in my army.Since the tunnel I built led all the way back to Merchant City, all I could do from here was to regroup with everyone there and prepare for battle.

battle against Cinder Crest.

Well, that should be the last of everyone.I really doubt that Cinder Crest also took this tunnel.Guys, Fort Feather has fallen!

I need messengers sending me - King Carrot, we see that you and your legion have lost the battle of Fort Feather.Any funny games, and I'm blowing up everything in this radius.

What are you guys doing, Brad?This is the Merchant City Vanguard.You guys are supposed to be the protectors of this city.And you guys are part of my army too.

Listen, King Parrot, unless you can give us a reason to fight Cinder Crest here, we will have no choice but to kill you or to detain you and turn you over to Cinder Crest's army.

Well, if you don't fight Cinder Crest and turn me in or kill me, then we're gonna lose this war.

But if we join you, what makes you believe that we won't end up like the legion of your army that just got slaughtered?

Are you gonna say something, bro?They're about to blow us up.Like, just tell them anything.

Nothing to say, huh?Alright.Ten, nine, eight, seven, Six.

Say something, bro!Five.When is this ever going to end?I'm not gonna sit here and pretend like all of you are gonna survive this war, because that would be messed up and unfair to all of you guys.You don't have to fight in this war if you don't want to, and you can leave if you want as well.But seriously, if we don't beat Cinder Crest, when is this going to end?

If Cinder Crest wins, not only are tens of thousands of new players going to die, but whoever's left is always going to die.live in a world where there's never enough food to go around.They're gonna have to live in a world where people die for no reason.That's what this server was always like.And that's why I became king.Because I wanted to change it myself.

If you're gonna kill me, I promised when I became king that I would protect everyone on this server.So if you're gonna kill me, then do it right now.

Harry, I...Bro, I'm your bodyguard.I'm not gonna let them do that.

Cinder Crest has their blimp and is already on the way here.

Stand down, everybody.So tell me, King Parrot.What exactly is your plan to defeat Cinder Crest?

Okay, is this actually gonna work?Or is this just gonna turn out like last time?

I think it should do something.Yeah, I don't know, dude.Yeah, they're here.Oh my gosh!How are there so many of them, dude?

Uh, should I give another pep talk?Or...

Wait, are those our horses?

Wait.

Shoebilly's on your donkey, bro.

Wait, Dingus is alive!Oh my god!Wait, no, I'm gonna get Dingus back.What?

No, no.you're gonna ruin the whole plan.

Dude, he's alive.Dude, how many soldiers do they have?What?General Saps, can you hear me?Hello?We surrender, bro, we surrender.

We surrender.

Really, you surrender?

Yeah, we're surrendering.Do you see all the white flags, bro?

You're actually gonna surrender.Why don't you come down here and give yourself up, then?

Uh, well, no.Like, why would I do that, bro?Do you not believe that we're surrendering?Here, like, just come through this gate.Do you...Do you really think I'm that stupid?

I mean, we surrender, man.Come on through.

Just come through.Bro, do you not see all the white flags lined up?We're here.We surrender.We literally surrender.You won the war.

You can come through the front gate.GG, guys.

Come on, bro.I mean, we can win this.I don't think it's too bad of an idea.

Come through the gate, dude.The gate is open just for you.We surrender.Bro, Shoebilly, you look like an idiot on that donkey, bro.I'm sorry.

Dingus doesn't like you, bro.

Guys, we're giving you, like, the opportunity of a lifetime.

All right, you know what?Maybe we will come in then.Cinder Crest, get to the blimp.Go.Do you think we're stupid?

Although we probably thought that he had outsmarted me, General Sapperata had just played right into my hands.Even though it seemed like there was some sort of trap under the front gate, this was all a complete bluff.In reality, Cinder Crest using their blimp to invade Merchant City was exactly what I wanted them to do.The machine's all good to go?

Should be.I didn't mess with it.If something goes wrong, it's Serena's fault.

Right.

Dude, this better work.If this works, it's gonna be so awesome.In the previous battle, Cinder Crest had dropped soldiers with Slow Falling out of their blimp, allowing them to take over the fort while avoiding all of our ground defenses.This, at the time, was an extremely effective strategy, since there was nothing we could do about it.In the time that it took Cinder Crest to march from Fort Feather to Merchant City, I had ordered for the construction of a new machine.Now, I'll save you from the exact details, but basically, by using some complex math and complicated redstone, this machine is a direct countermeasure to Cinder Crest's blimp takeover strategy.

And if we manage to pull this off, we would easily be able to win this battle.T -minus five minutes.Alright, lock in guys, please lock in.Yep, flame's up there, just like we expected.Oh yeah, I see him in the window.

Dude, all the training I gave him is gonna go to waste.

Raina, I'll let you know when.

Yeah.

I don't know why you're not scared, Raina.I, like, I don't understand you.

This is what I've been waiting for.

Yeah, they're really gonna wait just, like, until they're smack in the center of Merchant City.

Dude, honestly, this is perfect.I don't even think they can see us at this point.They won't, they literally won't know what hit them.Carrot, you got this, bro.I, I think we can do this.I think we can win.

It should, in theory, work.

You already tested this thing, right?

It's like here.

It's literally any second now.

It's gonna be directly over the center in like one minute, dude.It's actually all or nothing, bro.If Merchant City falls, we lose this war.Merchant City is right on the border of the kingdom.It literally gives them an in into the kingdom.Theo, anyone who slips by, you're just gonna have to take care of.

They stopped.Reyna, get ready.

Alright.

Okay.

You ready, Parrot?

I'm ready.

Here we go.Why is my heart actually pounding?

SORT IT!SORT IT!SORT IT!SORT IT!SORT IT!

Oh my god, they're going.Yeah, they're going.They're going.Oh my god.

Please take your shots.Oh my god!Yo!Oh my god!Oh my god!Holy!

Oh my god!Y 'all gotta pick up some of these items, bro!Yo, it's snowing!

Reyna!Reyna!Let in the - Let in the Vanguard into the inner part!Anyone in Netherite, aside from me or Theo.guys good work good work let's keep going keep going keep going keep going let's go guys get him he has a mace just be careful be careful be careful oh my god oh my gosh guys get him get him get him charge him down charge him down let's go merchant city show what we're made of Good kill, good kill, good kill!

Let's go!

They're weak!They're weak!Go for them right now!This way, this way, this way!

Go!Retreat!Back up, back up!Keep going, back up guys, back up!Before you get killed!

Fall back guys, don't get Mace, don't get Mace.

Yo, Vanguard!Merchant City Vanguard, come back this way, back this way, back this way!With the decisive victory at Merchant City, I headed back to my castle with the entire Vanguard.However, I knew it wouldn't be long until Cinder Crest attacked again.And this time, we had no idea where they would go next, or what type of strategies they would try and use.But, by the time we made it back to the castle, it seemed like word of our victory at Merchant City had already spread around the server.

Yep.Yep.

Keep it coming.

Keep it coming.

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I know, I know, but we can interrogate them.

Yeah, Reyna's right.

I guess that doesn't make sense.

Let's take them down to the prison.So you're part of Cinder Crest, right?

Yeah.

Where are they heading next?

I'm not telling you that.

Can I at least know where they went after Merchant City?

Or how - I'm just not gonna budge.

How did Saps know that I was coming back to Northern Council?

Not telling that one either.

Please, can I at least know where Cinder Crest is heading next?Like which city inside of my kingdom?

How did Cinder Crest recruit you?

And what kind of weapons and technology do you have?they have?

Oh, I don't know.Oh my gosh.I don't know how many times I have to tell you this.I'm not gonna tell you anything.

Okay.Well, I'm really sorry for what you're about to go through, but you put yourself in this situation.Just know that.Reyna, she's all yours.

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.Please, please, please, please.I'm just a civilian.On my mama.On my mama.I don't know where Cinder Crest's army is going.

Okay, then I guess he'll just drown.

No, no, no.Please, please, please.I have friends.I have crops to tend to.I have a house to continue building.Please, please, please, please let me out.

Please.I don't care.Please!Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.I'll talk.I'll talk.

Just, just, just let me out.Just let me out.Stop.Please don't kill me.Don't kill me. I'm half a heart.I'm half a heart.

Please.Where is Cinder Crest going next?Highwater City.Highwater City.General Saburada said that.He sent me to kill King Parrot.

If you're lying to me, you know what's going to happen to you, right?

I promise, I promise, I'm telling the truth, I promise, I promise.Please, please, please don't kill me, please don't kill me, please.Please, please, please.

Let's head up.The whole council's waiting for you, right?

Yeah.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.Aren't you gonna let me out now that I told you?

It's really not so bad down here.Welcome, everybody, to the first official meeting between the various leaders of the different cities in my kingdom.For most of you, this is the first time that you're meeting each other ever.So before we begin, I'm going to have each of you go through and state your name and title.4C.

I'm 4C, mayor of Steampunk City.

I'm Outlaw Andrew, king of the Stoneface Bandits.

I'm Paramount X, mayor of Highwater City.

I'm Faimada, mayor of Capital City.

I'm Horace Altman.Oh, sorry.I'm Horace, mayor of Anitopia.

I'm Prince Tetra, the leader of the Merchant City Vanguard.

I'm Cable Steve, leader of Ironclad City.I'm Corporal Paul, leader of the Law.

Okay, well, as of recently, my kingdom has split into pretty much two different sides.The old players, who were around from before I became king, and the new players, who joined the server after I opened up Spawn to everyone.As you all know, Cinder Crest, which is a kingdom of old players, has recently declared war on our kingdom.And although we beat them at Merchant City, I'm confident that they will come back, even stronger than the last time, which is why I brought you all here today.

Uh, Parrot, do you know where Cinder Crest is heading next?

Yeah, they're going for Highwater City, your city, Paramount.It makes the most logical sense why they'd go for a city like that.Highwater is responsible for over 80 %% of the food in this kingdom.If Cinder Crest were to be able to seize Highwater and prevent all the food from going everywhere, they would win this war.Forsyth, I need you to make a cannon in Highwater City.

You have engineers back at your city, right?

I mean, yes, but I don't have time.I don't have all the resources to do something like that.We just finished building Steampunk City.

I just need something that can wipe out a massive part of all of their army at once.They already know that we have these artillery guns that you built for us.But if we build something else, something that can stop them from invading on both land and air, they won't be able to do anything, bro.

I mean, look, I know, but we just don't have the resources to do that.It's just not possible.

Faimada.

Yeah?

I need you to tear down all of Capital City's railroads and automatic redstone farms.We can use the resources from that, right?

But what about all those people we need to evacuate their towns?I mean, we can't just take the resources from them.

If we don't have another weapon that can defeat them, there's gonna be no place for anybody in this kingdom to evacuate to.

Okay, but Parrot, even if I were to get these materials, how quickly would you expect me to build this cannon for you?

How quickly can you build it?

It's gonna take...I mean, it's gonna be at least eight hours.

Make it six.I'm gonna go hold off Cinder Crest for as long as possible.

Corporal Paul, I'm gonna need your help.Theo and Reyna, let's go.

If Cinder Crest was really going for Highwater City next, we were in a lot of trouble.Especially since, after what happened at Merchant City, there was no way they could'veblimp anymore.If we wanted to defeat Cinder Crest at Highwater, 4C had to get this weapon done in time.And since I now knew that Cinder Crest was heading to Highwater City, I deduced the path that they would most likely be taking to get there, and then prepared to intercept and delay them as much as possible.Guys, they're here.

Remember, The plan is to delay them as much as possible.Do not take any fights that you don't have to take, okay?You know, I'm glad we finally got to have this conversation, just between the two of us.Flamefrags was probably the most skilled fighter in the entirety of the Cinder Crest army, but that's not why I wanted to talk to him at all.You see, Flame and I used to be friends, fighting together in massive battles and wars.But, for some reason, he had joined Cinder Crest, and I still had no idea why.

Can I ask why you did that?those players?You know who those players are, right?Those players standing behind you are the same exact players that destroyed an entire civilization of mine.And if they beat me in this war and take over my kingdom, they're gonna kill every last new player.Tens of thousands of them, Flame.

Tens of thousands of players who don't deserve to die.And I just don't understand why you're with them.Is this some sort of mix -up or something?

Like I said, it's like, it's just a long story.

Wait, I thought we were friends, bro!

I said it's a long story, it - Look, my friend Lomity believes that - Here, just stay right here, I'll go get Lomity.I guess he can explain it better than I can.

So you're the reason why Flame joined Cinder Crest?

Yeah, I am.Like, everybody else over there, yeah.

And you know what Cinder Crest is, right?Like, are we even thinking of the same Cinder Crest, bro?Yes!You're siding with those guys who want to wipe tens of thousands of innocent players off the face of the server?All because of when they joined in?Why?

Why?

Your kingdom - You're - You're - You being king is horrible, dude.You let so many people die out of starvation.Your kingdom is not even safe, bro.There's so many bandits killing people.I don't really even know how would you mess that up.It's - As a farmer, bro, it's - It's - I just can't watch.

I've been trying, bro.That's what most people don't understand.I've already built up - So...

Yeah, so I just wanted to actually get the answer to this question.So is this true, Parrot?Are people starving to death in your kingdom?Are they being killed by bandits?

I already told you, I've been trying my best.It's not enough.Not at all.

King Parrot, be honest with me.Do you actually care for the server?

Would I be standing before you right now if I didn't?

So many people are like, I just, flame, bro.I genuinely don't know what else.He doesn't seem convinced.

Well, kinda does have a point.

Like, even i've been attacked by bandits within your kingdom i know it's me but like still exactly like ever since you open up the entire server for new players everyone else is so much worse off

bro.

Honestly, I hate seeing people die, but I don't have a choice.To me, this is the best option to stop you.

Flame, behind that mountain, I have an army of 600 players, including the entire Legion of Law and the Legion of Skymore.If you guys try to push through this bridge, rather than wrapping around the whole mountain range, we're not gonna hesitate to kill any of you.Make sure Saps knows that.guys prepare for battle oh my gosh there's no way we're gonna be able to take this fight with 50 people no we got this no we got this i i think what did you mean by the legion of sky more the legion of sky more is you okay anyways guys where is the legion of law weren't they supposed to like show up here where are they I have no idea.

Alright, you guys ready?

Remember, the whole point of this battle is to make sure that they don't cross this bridge.Every single second counts.We need every single second we can get to build the weapon, okay?

okay guys it's not victory or death okay not this time let's go everybody let's go let's go let's go let's go let's go move out move out we got this let's show them what's upAlright, push up, push up, push up.Take up the bridge, take up the bridge.Let's go, up here.Let's use your webs, guys.Let's use your webs.

You like that, Billy?Watch out, watch out for Billy, watch out for Billy.

I already, I already slow -balled him.Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Guys, guys, guys, keep space, keep space.

One group use both front group use my photos.Yo, I need you to deal with Billy.Okay.

Yeah Keep going get through the bridge guys.We need to do full formation back.I'll tell somebody go back up slightly.

Oh, what did he much more efficient?I get that everyone's supposed to make Watch it.Yo, you guys need to watch over Theo.

Okay, I saw I still follow to watch out for Theo guys Oh, he's going back up back up back up back up yo yeah take care of this person take care of this person hope sorry sorry keep doing that keep doing that keep doing i recommend

With everyone bunched up on this small bridge, Theo's signature TNT minecart strategy posed a huge risk for Cinder Crest, forcing them to slow down.But, with the little amount of soldiers on our side, we were still losing ground fast.

You're just a one trick, bro.You're a one trick.What happened to the Billy who trained me, huh?

Guys, guys, my team spread out.My team spread out.My team spread out.No need to take any unnecessary casualties, bro.

That's right, buddy.Get back.

Guys, my team fall back.My team fall back.Make another cobweb area.This way.

Oh, God.Watch out.

Oh, no.Oh, no.Fall back.Fall back.

Nice.Nice.Fall back be careful careful.

Oh my god.I can't hit him.

Oh, I'm gonna.I'm in a spot.I'm in a spot dude get out I'm out.I'm out.I'm out.

Oh and keep going.

Oh, no guys.How are we?We gotta use their distraction as much as we can.

I guess.

Let's go to high water.With the help of Law, Theo, Reina, and I all headed to Highwater City, wondering if we had bought enough time for 4C to finish building the weapon.Law really sacrificed everybody to buy us more time.

I mean, if 4C's weapon is anything like those chicken farms, dude, my hopes are pretty high.Wait, is that it?

That should be one of the two, yeah.

I don't even know what that is, but I know it's gonna be pretty cool.

Dude, I really hope 4C got this done.By this point, the entirety of Highwater City had already been evacuated, and I had stationed one of my legions there to prepare for the battle, with more reinforcements on the way.Because one thing was obviously clear.The battle for Highwater was going to be the most important battle of this entire war.

Man, I could just break this.

Don't, Theo.

Oh man, I'm really heavy.I don't know if it'll hold my weight.

Yeah, I'm really surprised it's like holding up like my weight, bro.

Yeah, I mean, I guess that diamond armor is kind of heavy, but I don't know what else.

Well, the fact that I'm the biggest bird, bro.

What's more important, scale or mass?

Dude, you guys need to lock in.

Horsey!

Yo, what's up?You guys got here faster than I expected.

How's the progress on this machine?

I mean, it's going good.I mean, we'll probably have it working fully in about 30 minutes from now.

30 minutes?Is there any way you can do it faster, or no?

I mean, we could try, but there's only three of us doing this.Nobody else wanted to come to Highwater.

I mean, is there anything the three of us can help you out with then?Because we have no idea when Cindercrest is going to show up.

No, I'm sorry.It just took us a while to get started because the mayor of Highwater wasn't here for some reason.I don't know why.

Alright, I'll just delay Cindercrest as much as possible then.Just, if you can, try to get this done as fast as possible.Thank you, bro.Guys, let's go.And so that's the plan.Cinder Crest should come from this direction through this river, cause that's where we came from too.

We just have to hope that 4C can finish building the cannon in time.

I'm bored.

Is what that guy said true?

Which guy?

Flamefrag's friend, Lomity.Isn't this server meant to be infinite?

Technically.

So, why are people starving to death in an infinite world?

I don't know.

You've tried building food farms, right?

Yeah, I have.This city that we're about to defend, Highwater.It should be able to technically supply most of my kingdom with food, but for some reason...there's just never enough food to go around.I tried to figure out why, but I just don't know.

What about the bandits?

The bandits in my kingdom?

Yeah.

I mean, we've tried our best, but for some reason there's always just more.And they come back stronger and re -geared each time.What are you gonna do when we defeat Cindercrest?

I'm gonna quit this server.

Really?After working so hard to defeat Cindercrest, you're just gonna leave?

All I want to do is destroy Cindercrest.What else is there to do?

Well, there's so much to do.There's places to go, builds to see, people to meet.You can do whatever you want.Are you not interested in doing any of those things?

I don't know.

We'll survive this, okay?Take this!

Well, I'd really think about it.Theo and I have been on this server for so long, and there's just, like, so much more to it than just defeating Cinder Crest.Right, Theo?

Wait, watch this.Anyway, what was the question?

Never mind, bro.Guys, they're here.This is going to be the most decisive battle of the entire war.And Cinder Crest knows that as well.They're gonna do everything they can to take this city.Because if they take this city, they're probably gonna be able to take the kingdom.

Theo, I need you to resume your position on top of the artillery cannon, okay?

Sir, yes, sir.

Thank you.And Reyna.

Yeah?

I'm gonna try to delay as much as possible.But when I hold both of my totems out like this, that's your signal to fire.Good luck, guys.Saps, before you invade this city, I just want to have a conversation with you.Sure.With the entire Cinder Crest army standing in the perfect position, I just had to stall them until nighttime so that 4C could finish building the cannon.

I mean, I see what you're trying to do.

Yeah?What am I trying to do?

You think that by taking this city, and by cutting off the entire food supply to my kingdom, you can starve my kingdom, right?And win this war?That's why you're here?Do you really have to do that?Give me one good reason not to.Do you know how many people are going to starve to death if you actually succeed?

How many innocent players you're killing off of the server?I don't care if you're an old player, bro.I don't care if you joined before all the people in the city or all the people in my kingdom.What gives you the right to kill all of them?

Do you know how many people have already suffered because of you, Parrot?This is just one step into making sure that never happens again.

Flame, you don't have to do this.

I don't know.As time goes on, I don't know.I feel a little off about you now, to be honest.What?So maybe it's not that bad.

Why don't you just surrender, Parrot?None of those players in high water right now, none of my civilization.

cinder crest no one can get hurt You can surrender right now give up can make everything right we were so close for you invaded my kingdom We were so close to making sure that there were no more bandits or no more people starving to death This city behind me is able to supply tens of thousands of players with food, but you ruined it for us Please you can still turn back don't understand.

Do you?This is your fault.After you opened up the server to all these new players, there hasn't been enough food to go around the kingdom.You know, I used to live in Capital City with my friends, but after you opened it up, we didn't have enough food.There was just too many people.So we had to leave Capital City and build our own food farms or starve.

So, so we left, you know, we settled down, we built our own food farms and, you know, for a while we were actually fine.But we didn't have the protection of Capital City anymore, Parrot.And then, like you said, one day, a group of bandits came and found us.Parrot, you know what happened?They killed all of my friends.Every last one of them.

I'll never, ever get to play with them again on this server.And I'm not the only one, Parrot.This has happened to so many other people.You ruined this server.And because of you and your decision to let new players in, everyone is worse off.That's why I left.

That's why I'm taking it back.YOU PROMISED US THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT US.YOU PROMISED US.

You're not the first person who has brought this up to me, and I'm sorry, but this is your last chance to turn back.

I'm asking you one question, Parrot.Who are you going to save?The new players, or the old ones?

Saps, one day, the players in my kingdom won't have to fight to survive.One day, my kingdom is gonna be a world big enough for anyone who wants to live in it.I was so close, bro.I told you, I was so close.It is possible for there to be no oneand for no one to starve.

I just need enough time, bro.I need you to give me time.

I don't think you're understanding what I'm trying to say, Barret.It's already too late for that.This is what makes you weak.Your people are starving and dying to bandits.All you have to do is close off spawn.You can't even bring yourself to watch your people die.

And you know why I know that?You know why I know that, Barret?Because you can't even bring yourself to kill me.

Back up!Water!To the water!

4C's arrow cannon had worked perfectly.You see, by throwing a snowball into this chamber, it uses some complex math to fire a cluster shot of high -speed arrows wherever you're looking.And in less than a second, we had wiped out over 70 % of the entire Cinder Crest army.No matter how hard they tried, with a weapon like this, Cinder Crest wouldn't be able to get anywhere close to Highwater City.Everyone prepare for battle!Prepare for battle!

Protect the Top Cannon at all costs!And while they waited around trying to figure out what to do, I had thousands of reinforcements on the way to fully wipe them out.But General Saps wasn't stupid.If anything, his next logical step was to send in Shoebilly to destroy the Top Cannon as fast as possible.But of course, I had planned for that as well.Yup!

As we expected!Shoebillion coming!Theo!Fire the cannon!Theo, you cannot let him get to the - Good hit, good hit, good hit!He retreated!

Theo!Nice work, good work.With this two -pronged strategy, using both the upper arrow cannon and lower arrow artillery gun, Cinder Crest couldn't attack by both land and sky.And the longer they waited around, the closer my reinforcements would get to arriving and wiping them out.Cindercrest was now down to their last 60 soldiers, and unless some sort of miracle saved them, this was going to be the end of the war.Troops, head to the front east side by the shore.

They're going for a full -scale invasion.Theo, get ready for Shu Billy.Reyna, wipe them out.What's their plan?What are they doing?They just lost all of their troops.

What is your guys' plan with that?

Haha, you'll see Barret.

Theo!They destroyed the artillery gun.

Theo!

Reyna, what just happened?

He's destroying the cannon.He's destroying the cannon.

How did Chewbilly get up?How did the cannon get destroyed?

Blaine blew up the artillery gun and Chewbilly was able to fly up.

Are you serious?Okay, there's not many of them left.We wiped out their entire army.Just get the rest of them.Everybody get on flame.Orbital cannon!

Everyone get down!Everyone get down!Wenbu's here.Tree!Everyone retreat!Everyone retreat!

Reina?Over here, come over here.Where's Theo?Theo.We need to get everyone out.Let's go.

What do you what do you mean?

Oh, we're not winning this fight, dude Do you see what they have?

There's only like a couple people left.Is Wenbu helping us?No!Doesn't look like he's helping us, bro.

Oh my, okay.

Well, why is he fighting us?

I don't know why he's here.I don't know why he's here.

Why is he here?

I don't know.Who's Arachnid?What?Arachnid?Theo, let's go.

Yeah, I'm trying my hardest, bro.

Run, run.Guys, just everybody run.Everybody run.Evacuate the city.Let's go.Let's go.

Why is he here, bro?Wenbu!Oh my god, where - Dude, Theo keeps disappearing!Guys, let's go!Let's go!Theo, let's go!

Let's go!High water is done!Let's go!Where is Theo?

I'm here!I'm here!

Let's go!Stop fighting!Let's go!Are you trying to die, dude?Are you trying to die?I'm trying to slow fall!

The city is gone, Theo!Just - Let's go!Just run!

Oh my - Wenbu's on you, bro!

I know, dude!

I put a sign!Let's keep going!

Yo, Wenbu, Wenbu, focus power!Oh, that's the wrong person Guys we need we need cover Yes guys all crowd under cover when fighting that seems like a good idea oh my

god yo yo i'm dead i need help i need help i need help bro watch out yeah you take take a stack of pearls it's on the ground i can't i can't i can't i literally can't oh my god i think i think they're just taking the town it's over it's actually over dude what happened we lost let's go let's go guys let's go are you are you sure don't we want to go back and try theo what are we meant to do They have three Elytra Maces on their team and also Flame Frags, bro.Oh my god, that is - We lost.We lost.Yeah.I hope people got out.Here, I'm making boats.

Straps.He sacrificed his whole army.Sapperata.That's why he sacrificed his whole army.He led them on a death charge towards Highwater.To serve as a distraction for Flame.

What do we even do?

I don't know.Highwater was the one place keeping my whole kingdom intact.

Can we, like, build more chicken farms?I'm sorry, that was a stupid question.I don't know.

We just can't let Cinder Crest win.

Listen to me, all of you.

If you join this server before Parrot put that crown on his head, then I am not your enemy.He is.Do you guys remember what this server used to be?When Capital City had enough food?When the farms actually fed the farmers?When every house, every wall, every road meant something because we were the ones who made it.

And then Parrot opened spawn.He called it mercy.He called it saving people.But what did he really do?He invited thousands of starving players into a kingdom that could barely feed its own people.And when there wasn't enough left for us, what did he do?

He told us to be patient.This city is responsible for producing the majority of food that supplies Parrot's kingdom.And now, Parrot will have no choice but to watch his kingdom starve or to surrender.Before we march into Parrot's kingdom, I have an announcement for the players of the Unstable SMP.Let it be known that if you join the server before Parrot became king,you may join Cinder Crest.

When Cinder Crest inevitably takes over this server, those who join us will be spared, and anyone else will be killed.May this battle mark the beginning of the end of Parrot's reign over this server.Parrot wanted a world big enough for everyone, but I'm finally building one big enough for the people who deserve it.

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