Nick Eliopulos - Minecraft - Deep Dive (Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles #3)

As if reading his mind, Harper quickly expressed that she did not feel the same way. “MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST GO BACK,” she suggested. “I liked that village. We could raise some more sheep. I could get more practice with the enchanting table.”

“Or we could go all the way back to our castle,” Jodi added. “We could make it even bigger! And I could create more sculptures.”

“That’s not really what Minecraft is all about, though – at least for me,” Ash said. “Sure, building is fun . . . BUT I DON’T WANT TO STAY IN ONE PLACE. I ALWAYS WANT TO SEE WHAT’S OUT THERE, BEYOND THE HORIZON.”

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“Yes!” Po said. “Especially if there’s a treasure map pointing the way. Who knows what we might find?”

“IT COULD BE A TRAP, THOUGH,” Morgan said.

Po shrugged. “Then we’ll deal with it together.” “AS FRIENDS,” Ash said.

Jodi smiled. “That works for me.”

“I’m convinced, too,” said Harper. “But we should make sure it’s unanimous.” She turned to Morgan. “What do you say?”

Morgan gazed out over the still-

dark horizon, and Po looked over his shoulder. As far as the eye could see, there was only water.

“I say X marks the spot,” Morgan said at last.

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Chapter 3

Do You Dare Enter the

Cellar of Secrets?

Not Without a Hall Pass,

You Don’t!

J

odi was certainly curious about the mysteries of Minecraft. But she had a mystery to solve in the real world, too.

She got to school early the next morning. She wore her best spy gear: dark sunglasses, quiet sneakers, and a wide-brimmed hat.

Despite the clothes, Harper still recognised her immediately. “Hey, Jodi,” she said. She was sitting on the school’s front steps, reading a graphic novel with a dragon on the cover. “Where’s Morgan? Don’t you usually walk together?”

“He was taking too long to eat breakfast,” Jodi

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answered. “I had to leave him. I didn’t want to, but it was for the greater good!”

Harper grinned. “On a mission, are you?”

Jodi looked around the schoolyard, making sure no one was listening. She lowered her voice just to be safe. “Doc has been acting strange all week. I’m going to get to the bottom of it.”

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Doc Culpepper was their science teacher. She was also the inventor of the VR goggles they used to enter the game world. (Though she seemed to have no idea what that particular invention was really capable of doing.) For Doc, ‘acting strange’ was actually quite normal.

Jodi and Harper were both fascinated by their

teacher. But they were fascinated in

different ways. Harper thought

of Doc as a creative and

inventive role model who was

dedicated to science. Jodi

thought of Doc as a puzzle to be

solved – mysterious, secretive,

and quite possibly descended

from an ancient race of mer-people

dedicated to taking over the surface world.

“Does your investigation have room for

an apprentice?” Harper asked. “Maybe I could

help out.”

Jodi gave Harper a grateful smile. She also gave Harper her hat. “Glad to have you on board,” Jodi said, “because that hat is way too big for me!”

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