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Into the End | PMC: War on the Nether Chapter V

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Last time we saw the Soda Strike Team, they were imprisoned alongside the Fear Priests, Lord of Terror, and the rest of the Cryptic Family by the Crimson Butchers, while Guts, the former Aspect of Horror, had refused to fight against them. However, realized that friendship was more important than atoning for sins he should have forgiven himself for a long time ago. With the aid of his monster creations from the Cryptic Morbid, he saved the Cryptic Family (who were about to watch their governmental figures get assassinated), and the Strike Team helped him defeat Sgt. Porkus while the Fear Priests beat the other Butchers into submission. Even better, two of the Butchers were killed in the battle. In the end, Morbid Island was freed from Nether Empire control and the Soda Strike Team, after saying their goodbyes, headed back to PMC City to prepare for a journey to the End.

At the PMC Military Base, General Axo awaits the return of his soldiers. He watches as they make port and disembark from their ship and stand before their general before saluting him. "At ease, soldiers." Axo says to them. "I believe I told you your mission briefly last night." "Correct, sir." Chaos says. "Well, let me give you a better explanation: I want you four to journey into the End and meet with Lord Piaccu. I want you to convince him to send his soldiers to aid us. After all, the Ender Army are some of the best fighters in the three dimensions." Pig nods in agreement at this statement. "Now, what are you waiting for?" Axo asks. "Go! Go!" He heads back to his office as they rush to the parking lot. IGE starts the car and the group drive to Cyprezz Tower.

When they arrive, IGE parks the car near the tower and the Strike Team exit the vehicle and use their military badges to enter Cyprezz Tower. "The portal's-" one of the guards is cut off by IGE. "I know where the portal is." IGE says. "I've been here several times before." He leads the team downstairs to the portal room. It's a large room with four Nether portals on the wall, one each side of the End portal in the center of the room. The Nether portals have been closed and filled with reinforced deepslate to stop the Nether Empire from infiltrating the Tower. "Ready to enter the End?" IGE asks his team. "Let's go!" Ella says enthusiastically. "I haven't been back there in a while." Pig says. "I wonder if anything's changed." "Only one way to find out." Chaos says. He leaps into the void-like center of the End portal, warping into a hub built in Void City. He is soon joined by his teammates, and before them, they see a beautiful city made of end stone bricks, purpur, and end rods, but above them are beautiful stars the light up the sky. Around them, they spot voidlings (another term for void-native humans and humanoids) walking around the city, living their best lives. "It's so beautiful." IGE says. "Piaccu really changed this place since the last time we visited." Pig says. The last time IGE and Pig went to the End, this exact city was run down, the people were in poverty, gangs were running wild, people were fighting on the street, and it just looked like (as IGE described it) "a piece of sheet." Since his ascension to the throne, Piaccu was able to fix the city and turn into a peaceful utopia that meant the world to him.

The group made their way to Dragon Fortress, the home of Lord Piaccu. The two royal guards at the door are clad in purple and black Endersteel armor (the strongest metal in the End), and are wielding spears made of the same material. The pair deny them entry, but then a guard glad in purple and gold armor walks up behind them and speaks up. "You four must be the delegates sent by High Councilman Silabear to meet with Lord Piaccu." he says. 'I was expecting more... diplomatic men. I'm Commander Worpin, head of Ender Royal Guard as well as the Ender Army." They each shake his hand after the guards let them in. Worpin leads the Soda Strike Team up the stairs to the throne room, where Piaccu is having lunch. "You're eating this early?" Ella asks. "It's 2:23 PM." "Void Time, remember?" Piaccu reminds her, pointing at the clock on the wall. "Oh, right." Ella remembers. "Sit down." Piaccu says to his friends, finishing his sandwich.

The four sit down at the table with Piaccu. "So, from what I've heard, you four were sent by Sila and the Council of Mods to talk with me about the war?" "Pretty much." Chaos says. "The Council and military are both hoping you'll send your army to aid us in the war. We could use the strength of the Ender Army, since the Nether Empire are taking out our outposts across the planet, and invading nations and imprisoning their people." "I understand your point of view, but I want you to understand mine." Piaccu says. "Ever since I ascended to the throne, I have been working extremely hard to maintain a peaceful nation where everyone can be happy and live their best lives, especially considering that this place used to look like, as IGE calls it, a piece of sheet. I just don't want to risk going to war with the Empire than having them take it all away. I don't want to lose my home. I don't want to lose what I love. I hope you can understand that, and that's why I am denying their requests for me to join the fight. Now, please, leave. I'd love to hang out with you guys, but I have some important work to do." Feeling sad, the group leave.

However, on the way down, Pig spots something. "Hey, guys, look out the window." "Oh, what is it?" the royal guardsman asks, annoyed. "Do you have a spyglass?" Chaos asks him. The guardsman reluctantly hands Chaos his spyglass. Looking through it, Chaos sees what Pig saw. "It's a piglin scout!" "What?!" the guardsman grabs the spyglass, pushes Chaos aside, and sees the piglin. He rushes upstairs and finds Worpin. "Commander, a piglin scout has been spotted in the Chorus Woods!" "What?!" Worpin asks. He looks out the window with his spyglass and sees the piglin hiding in the woods. "Sound the alarm." he orders. "If there's a scout, there's probably troops behind him." "Yes, sir!" the guardsmen says. "I presume you'll get the king to safety?" "Correct." Worpin responds.

A short time ago, Noncommercial appeared via hologram on the Crimson Butchers' ship. "So, you failed your mission?" he asks with an angered tone. "Yes, my liege, but, in our defense, we weren't prepared for Guts to be there, nor for him to bring his entire army of monsters with him to liberate the island." Sgt. Porkus responds. "I don't care!" Noncommercial yells. "Not only did you fail, but you lost two of the Buchers!" Porkus had already forgotten about the deaths of Acidus and Chainclove. "My liege, I apologize." Porkus says, bowing to the hologram of his king. "How can I make it up to you?" "I want you and your remaining troops to raid Void City." "But that's the Ender Nation's capital!" Porkus responds. "There are guards swarming the city!" "If you were truly the best warriors in my army, you would be able to complete said mission." Noncommercial reminds his sergeant. "Very well." Porkus says. "Plus, you can get revenge on the Soda Strike Team." Noncommcercial adds. "My spy has informed me that Silabear is sending them to meet with Lord Piaccu." Hoghead leaps up. "Revenge for the killer of my brother?" he cheers. "Chainclove, I will avenge you!" Noncommercial's hologram disappears. Porkus sighs, his confidence in his fighting skills lowered after losing to Guts. "Fungar, set course for the mainland." he orders. "There's a stronghold under the woods there." After sailing to the mainland and walking through the forest, where they saw a strange robot words on a tree, the Butchers and several squadrons of Nether Army soldiers that met them at the coast fought their way through the stronghold, which was guarded by Ender Army soldiers, and they entered the End. Arriving in the End wilds, Porkus sent a scout to stake out the city. Once the scout returned with the information, Porkus gave the order: "Storm Void City. Take no prisoners."

The city is now on lockdown. A message was anonymously sent to Piaccu, telling him they'd stop the assault if he surrendered. The Soda Strike Team were ordered by a soldier stationed at the Dragon Fortress (to beef up security) to follow him to the Starless Night, the flagship of the Ender Army. Flying by elytra to the ship, the four watched as Nether Army troops ran through the streets, killing voidlings with no remorse. IGE spots a purple cloud in the middle of a street, assuming it's the work of Fungar. 'Guys, I think the Butchers are here." he says as they land on massive floating battleship. "Follow me to the armory." the guardsmen says. "Oh, no need." Chaos says, pulling out his rifle. Pig grabs a grenade from his tactical belt, with Ella taking out her electro-machete. IGE conjures a kusarigama with his light magic. "Very well." the guardsmen says, rushing off to join his fellow soldiers, who are lining up in the hangar bay to receive orders from Lieutenant Endrys, the second-in-command of the Ender Army. The four of them walk there. "You said the Butchers are here?" Ella asks IGEBM. "How do you know?" "Well, I saw a purple cloud and assumed it was Fungar's work." IGE responds. "I know there are other fungus throwers in the army, but I'm worried they followed us here somehow." "No one can get through the shield surrounding PMC City." Chaos says. "But they can get into the End." Pig reminds his teammate as they approach the hangar. "There are several strongholds across the Overworld. They probably stormed one of them, took out the Ender Army soldiers stationed there, and hopped into the End." "Good point." Chaos says as they arrive at the hangar, having missed Endrys' orders. Knowing they're not his men, he doesn't scold them, but instead gives them a dirty look, before shouting, "Ender Army, take flight!" The soldiers run and jump out of the hangar bay, deploying their elytras and flying across the city, dropping splash potions of harming onto the piglin troops. The Strike Team follow, but instead fly towards the Fortress. Endrys follows them, also preparing to guard the Fortress.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Porkus and Hoghead are fighting back-to-back. "Just like the old days, eh?" Hoghead asks as he runs through an Ender Army ground trooper. "Fighting for Lord Noncommercial in the basalt deltas?" "I remember." Porkus responds, swinging his mace and taking out a soldier. "We were trying to take over the villages there and expand the Empire for the King. That battle was when the Butchers united." "You think I'd forget?" Hoghead jokingly responds as he picks up a potion of invisibility off of an Ender Army soldier's corpse. "We should probably head to the Fortress." "And kill the King." Porkus adds. The two begin fight their way through the streets.

On their way, they pick up the other Butchers and the four of them storm through the Dragon Fortress' defenses, eventually making their way to the central building, a tall spire with a large rooftop area. "I can't wait to avenge my brother." Hoghead says. Fungar throws down some blast fungus, which destroys the door leading into the spire. Upstairs, an alarm goes off. "Commander, they've breached the door to the spire." Endrys says, having arrived several minutes earlier alongside the Soda Strike Team. "May I ask why Lord Piaccu is up here instead of on his way out of the city?" "Because I'm not leaving." Piaccu responds. "Violence is never the answer, and neither is cowardice. I refuse to abandon my home as it burns, and if I surrender, the Empire will call off the attack. Sometimes, sacrifices must be made for the greater good." "I tried to talk him out of it, saying there was another way." Worpin explains. "But in the end, he won the argument." "You argued with the Lord of a powerful nation?" Ella asks. "I'm the commander of its military." Worpin responds. "I'm allowed to." "He's right." Pig says before taking a bite out of his carrot. "You're having a snack while the most powerful troops in the Nether Army are charging up the stairs?" Chaos asks. "Relax, we beat them once." Pig says, staying calm. "With the help of a darkness-fueled Guts." Chaos reminds his teammate. "Oh crap." Pig realizes as he throws his carrot off of the roof. "You didn't have to do th-" IGE is interrupted when the Butchers finally get upstairs.

"Give us Lord Piaccu, or we'll kill every last one of you!" Porkus orders. "Then fight it-" IGE is once again interrupted as he conjures his kusarigama by Piaccu stepping forth, hands in the air. "I surrender." he says. "That was easier than I thought it would be." Hellsnout remarks. "You sure this isn't a trap?" Hoghead asks. "I promise." Piaccu assures the sword-wielding piglin. "Worpin, Endrys, drop your weapons." "What?!" Worpin asks, surprised. "Just do it, brother." Endrys tells him. He drops his Endersteel spear. "Fine." Worpin responds, dropping his spear. Piaccu is handcuffed by Fungar. "Thank you for surrendering." Porkus says. "However, we lied about stopping the attack." Hoghead leaps forth, wrapping his arm around IGEBM, and putting his sword to his neck. Fungar readies his fungus, and Hellsnout aims his flamethrower. Porkus pulls out a dagger, preparing to kill Piaccu, but then the Lord of the End takes everyone by surprise, cutting his handcuffs in half, ducking under the dagger as Porkus slashes it across what was supposed to be Piaccu's neck. Piaccu himself picks up Endrys' spear off of the ground and slashes Porkus' chest, before tossing the spear to a confused Endrys. "What the hell just happened?" he asks as he catches his spear. "I don't know, but it's time to fight!" Pig cheers, throwing a grenade at Fungar, which explodes, knocking back the Butchers.

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT EXCITING CHAPTER OF PMC: WAR ON THE NETHER - BATTLE IN THE VOID



Cast (in order of appearance)
AxolotlArmy as General Axo Playz
IGEBM as IGEBM
OrderOutOfChaos as Chaos
TheMcPig as Pig
Pixella_9487 as Ella
Commander Worpin, Head of the Ender Royal Guard
LeLovesJazz as Lord Piaccu of End
Noncommercial as King Noncommercial of the Nether Empire
Sgt. Porkus
Private Hoghead
Private Fungar
Tzyber as Tzyber (brief cameo; no mention of his name)
Lieutenant Endrys of the Ender Army
Private Hellsnout

Mentioned (in order of mentioning)
Guts N Pixels as Guts
Silabear as Silabear
Private Acidus
Private Chainclove

Writing completed at 4-3-2023 at 6:29 PM ET
Published 4-4-2023 at 3:35 PM ET
Written by IGEBM


Bonus Material - Time Zones
Overworld Time (OT) is the standard time used across PMC.
Nether Time (NT) is used in the Nether. It is an hour behind OT.
Void Time (VT) is used in the end. It is two hours behind OT. (In the stories, it was originally an hour ahead, but I changed it.)



No early access this time. I didn't finish writing 2 days before the release of the chapter this time.
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I love to tead these
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04/05/2023 7:00 am
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*read

Glad you're enjoying these! You'll be in the next chapter and the finale!
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Ok
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Love it
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04/04/2023 5:47 pm
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I like to think of the Butchers as the DJD from the 2005 IDW continuity: a team of remorseless killing machines (or hogs, in this case).
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04/04/2023 5:46 pm
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Up next: A fight atop a spire
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Heh, "Worpin" XD
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04/04/2023 4:05 pmhistory
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The process of making his brother's name:

What's something End-related?

Of course! Ender eyes!

Endereyes. No. Too obvious. It has to be a subtle reference.

Endreyes. Yes! I like that. It's still too obvious in terms of spelling, though.

Aha! E-N-D-R-Y-S! Pronounced "en-dris!" Genius!
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XD 👏
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