"You want to give me ancient knowledge?"


    <Yes, I''m very sure that''s the reason you are here in the first place.>


    I mean, it wasn''t specifically for this, but I wasn''t going to stop him from teaching me some forbidden knowledge.


    The question was if he had something useful for the upcoming battle.


    "I don''t know how time works in here, but in the Overworld a few hundred years have passed. Do you think you have more valuable information than what the world has now?"


    The Enderman began to laugh weirdly with a few others in the back.


    <Just a few moments ago you would''ve given us those blocks by the kindness of your heart. But now that you have something to gain, you''ve got a change of heart. I can see why she was so amused by your situation, you have a natural talent for getting into trouble.>


    That was a complete change in his personality and I didn''t expect this.


    I mean I indeed wanted to get more information out of this, but he didn''t have to spill the beans to everyone.


    Should I prepare for a fight?


    <Don''t worry, I''m not mad at you, and I''m still willing to trade with you even if we''re at a disadvantage. But I wanted to warn you that you''re not dealing with countryside bumpkins anymore, but the people who managed to reach the pinnacle of a brutal society. And don''t forget, we were powerful enough that the System felt threatened by us.>


    The System didn''t feel threatened, it was just pissed that Noah opened a way to The End and destroyed a few continents.


    And it''s not hard to get hated by the System. I managed to do it in only 2 years and kind of got rid of it in 3.


    "Ok, then I''ll try to get the most out of you old man."


    He laughed out loud before he turned his head towards the crowd that had some angry Endermans looking at him.


    <Looks like I''ll have to talk with you later, or the youngsters will rip me apart, no matter my status.>


    Then he disappeared making the crowd look at me now.


    "Well, I placed all the items that I have from my inventory. So unless you want me to craft some stuff, we can continue to the next question."


    But the crowd was more interested in the blocks, completely forgetting the interest they showed me beforehand.


    Seeing that I didn''t have any other choice, I decided to craft a few stuff for fun, such as sticks, crafting tables, doors, trap doors, different kinds of armor, a furnace, and everything that I could craft with my limited supply of items.


    The group of Endermans got bigger and bigger, and some fell in love with the items at first sight and tried to steal them and run away.


    Only to be quickly caught by their elders and given a stern lecture about their actions.


    I wondered If they had something similar to the Internet with how fast the information was spreading, and I was kind of right about that.


    From what I managed to gather from the younger Endermans when a large group is forming, their brainwave connects and manages to reach larger distances in the Void, which alerts other Endermans that something fun is going on here.


    But when a large number of Endermans connect, there''s a high chance that chaos would ensue since they tend to act on emotions instead of rationality.


    That''s why Elders were so Important in this society.


    They had enough experience and were mature enough to keep everyone in control if things got bad.


    I don''t know how they did that, but they were highly respected, even though incidents like this rarely happened.


    After some back and forth with the Endermans, we reached an agreement where I would get some of their unique equipment in exchange for my blocks.


    With how desperate the young Endermans looked, I think they were willing to sell their soul if necessary, but the Elders were there to keep everyone in check.


    After everything was done, they were shooed away, and only a few Elders remained with tired expressions on their faces.


    <Sorry about that, we don''t usually have exacting events like this. So things got out of hand really quickly.>


    <Last time anything similar happened, was when she came back from the Overworld, which was thought to be impossible. She has grown quite powerful since the last time we saw her. I think she''s more powerful than us at this point, but don''t tell her that.>


    Another Elder spoke while winking at me.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    <Yeah, but it was nowhere near this level of attention. So your name would not be forgotten for quite a few decades, young man.>


    Oh wow, now I''m a celebrity in another dimension.


    Maybe I should sign some autographs before I''ll leave.


    "Speaking of Violet, have you seen her?"


    <Violet? Is that how you named her? And interesting play of words, but no we didn''t see her. We expected to be near you all at all times, but since she didn''t appear at all. That must mean she''s not here.>


    Did she not get here with me when I was teleported?


    She did get stronger recently, but I don''t know if it was enough to cross dimensions.


    Especially when there was a seal made by the System to keep them as far as possible from each other.


    Well, she''s strong enough to take care of herself. I''m the one most likely in danger anyway.


    "I can''t help but notice that you all, Violet and Noah, look very different from each other."


    Some of the old Endermans teleported on my bed while I was away, clearly enjoying the softens of the mattress.


    <So Noah told you his name. I guess he wouldn''t like you to call him Father. As for why we look so different, it''s because of how our bodies works.>


    The last time I checked the Crystal with Alexa, it told me that the Ender body was the pinnacle of what the Crystal could create.


    But if that''s the end, then why do they all look so different and have different powers?


    "Can you elaborate?"


    <We, the Enderman species have an interesting life cycle. We have a long lifespan of an unknown amount, so we don''t find the need to make children, most of the ones that you see on the streets are made because the parents are bored and want to be busy with something for a few decades. Not the best parents but that''s how it is. As they slowly grow, they learn how to teleport and absorb the Void energy to grow more powerful. That''s when they split into 2 groups: the ones who want to find the item that would complete their soul, and the ones who decided to create their own item through the Crystal.>


    Wait, so they know how to use the Crystal as well?


    Maybe I should ask them to teach me instead of Noah, to get a different perspective.


    <Violet, as you call her, chose the first option. She was a smart girl but wasn''t interested in learning how to use the Crystal, so she explored the whole reachable Void with no success. That''s when she made the decision to go into the Overworld to make her life more exciting. We, the old folks, see it as a punishment, but the new blood who didn''t know the whole truth of the horrors we did, saw that as a dreamland. She passed the Father''s test and was sent to the Overworld. Now the reason why we all look so different, is that we are creatures made to evolve. We consume a lot of Void energy and shape our bodies in a way that would help us pursue the other half of our soul. We look like this because we found our soul in blocks or common items, and it was easy to keep it safe in this form. Your owner, instead, found a living being as her soulmate. Not only that, but this part of her soul was very reckless with his life, which forced her body to change and adapt in such a way that it would keep you safe. That''s why she can turn invisible, to not bother your social life and teleport living beings, which only Father can do. As for her size, it''s mostly likely because of the Monster Lords, she needs to compete with them after all.>


    That was a lot of information in one go, what I''m I supposed to do with this new found knowledge?


    She changed so much because of me?


    Why did she choose me in the first place?


    Was she really that entertained by me, or did Noah send her to keep an eye on me?


    I didn''t know what to think anymore, so I asked more questions afraid of the true answer.


    "So are you saying that she sees me as an item?"


    <Not really, if she did see you like that, you wouldn''t had the freedom to get into more trouble. She most likely fell in love with you but didn''t realize it, which is a very dangerous thing for Endermans to have such strong emotions.>


    I knew that as well, I just didn''t want to face the truth.


    She was the definition of a stalker if you think about it.


    "Wait a minute. Why do you think she dosen''t know she loves me? Didn''t you say that your species make children and raise it together? Aren''t they choosing their partner out of love?"


    Now most of the Elders turned away in embarrassment.


    <Well you see, we are former humans that have lost our loved ones in the Nether incident. That made all of us very closed emotionally, and after our changes it became even worse. So when I''m saying that Endermans choose to raise a kid becouse their bored, I meant it. They search for an Enderwoman with similar feelings and just hang around with each other while they keep themselves busy with the kid. They don''t know love, beacouse nobody showed it to them.>


    Some of them were embarrassed to say this, while others didn''t care.


    Clearly this was a problem that wouldn''t be solved in one day, and I already had enough problems on my plate.


    "Then why did you say that it''s dangerous for Endermans to have strong emotions?"


    <Hate, sadness and other temporary emotions are not that bad to deal with. But when it comes to love, especially the one that completes your soul, it''s a different matter. Let''s just say that there are 2 Endermans in our whole history to properly fall in love. One is Violet, and the other one is the Father.>


    That new information froze my brain for a moment.


    "And who did he fall in love with?"


    If Violet got so big and powerful to protect me from danger.


    What kind of danger was Noah trying to protect his loved one?


    The Elders looked at each other not knowing if they should continue.


    "You''ve already told me so much, what''s the point of stopping now?"


    After a few more glances, they decided to spill the beans.


    <He fell in love with the Ender Dragon.>


    That was shocking but it also made a lot of sense.


    <We observed that when he fell In love with her, he slowly drifted apart from us and concentrated on her. It''s been a long time since we last saw him. At this point, I think the Dragon is his real family.>


    Is this why he calls them the extended family and the real one?


    That would be rough to hear, so I would keep my mouth shut.


    But then, why was he chained up to those obsidian pillars?


    I assumed that he was punishing himself for that happened in the Overworld.


    I saw it more as a symbol since those chains couldn''t keep him in place.


    But if he loves the Void, then that action would make no sense.


    I was missing some crucial information, and I had to find out as soon as possible.


    "Ok dear Elders, things got a lot more complicated then I thought. And I need your help with something that could save the Overworld."


    An unknown spark was suddenly lit in their eyes.


    POV: Violet


    I was teleporting from island to island while being invisible so the others won''t bother me.


    My human suddenly disaperead when he was trading, and I felt that he was here in The End.


    But no matter how much I looked I couldn''t find him!


    It was so hard to get in here as well, I was unconscious for a few weeks from using all the energy.


    But I couldn''t stop now, if Father is the one who has him, he was in manse danger, I needed to save him no matter the cost.


    Suddenly, I felt my soul being pulled.


    "Found you!"


    Then I teleported away.