The Nether (Lore)

The Nether book is a Lore Book which contains information about the Dargun's first experience in the Nether. It is the third chapter of the Rise of Dargun saga.

It was written by an unknown villager.

Contents
"We were hesitant to venture into the portal after Dargun, not knowing what was on the other side. It was decided we would enter to aid him, much like he has aided us. Some were excited at the prospects of seeing a new world, like ours, filled with passive and helpful beings, away from the dangerous creatures always seeking to kill us.

We entered the portal.

''The sensation of stepping through the portal was strange, as if our bodies were being ripped apart, but without any pain, and put back together again. It was incredibly warm, and the heat only greatened whilst we were being reformed.''

I then opened my eyes.

''Everything was red, the ground was radiating heat, there was no sky. There was fire and lava everywhere. There were faces imprinted on the dirt-like ground. We could hear screams. Familiar screams.''

''This was the place under the bedrock. The place we could hear screams, where the heat from the bottom of the world originated.''

''We were in a panic. This place is not where Dargun came from, this was a place of horror. Some of the Testificates that journeyed with us jumped back into the portal and left immediately. I quickly scanned the area around me, trying to look for Dargun.''

I caught something in the corner of my eye.

''In the distance I saw a body on the ground. It was Dargun. I called for the other villagers and we rushed over. He had collapsed from being exposed to the heat for such an extended period. It was beginning to overwhelm us as well, disorientating us and making us feel ill. We immediately went back to the portal, carrying Dargun, to retreat back to safety.''

''Once we returned, we scattered to find food and water to nurse Dargun back to health and to rehydrate ourselves. His skin was dry, and he had burn marks covering his hands.''

Just what on Testifium was that place?

''Dargun awoke a number of days after we rescued him from that place, the place below the bedrock, the Nether. Despite him being severely affected by the heat, he spoke of strange creatures that inhabited the place. Beings of pure fire, large floating beasts that shoot fire, and pigs that could walk like us, but were undead. We were horrified.''

''He wished to return. To find out more about the Nether, and to try to find a way back to his world. We could not stop him.''

Unfortunately for us, with Dargun being in the Nether nearly every day, we were vulnerable during the nights, when the monsters return."