Zozo – I Survived 100 DAYS as an ICE SPIDER in HARDCORE Minecraft!

On day 1, I spawned in as an ice spider –  an arachnid as cold as the arctic reaches. “All eight of my legs are here – but why  am I so little? I’m only a baby spider.” That’s when I realized that I was  trapped inside of a magic circle.

An evil-looking necromancer stood on  the outside, casting a terrible spell. “A spider of ice, it will suffice.  So says me, necromancer Bryce!” Lights swirled all around me,  and the entire world shook,   but when it stopped, I felt  like I was able to move. “Great! I’d better get out of here while I can!”

I tried to scurry away, but Bryce  the Necromancer blocked my path. “Not so fast there, ice spider.  Your part to play is done,   so now I’ll destroy you and complete the spell.” “Hey, I have a name, you know. It’s Zozo. And I  

Don’t like it when people say  they are going to destroy me.” “Oh, it’s nothing personal. That  magic spell I just cast is going   to destroy the entire world 100 days from now.” “What? The entire world? You do realize  that doesn’t make it better, right?”

“But it does make it destroyed.  The ritual also says that I should   sacrifice the ice spider used  in the spell for best results.” “Well, it’s not going to be  this ice spider. I’m leaving,   and while I’m at it, I’m going to  find a way to counteract your spell.”

I bolted for it as fast as my eight legs  could carry. Instead of chasing after me,   the necromancer Bryce just  laughed wickedly to himself. “Easier said than done, my arachnid friend.  The world’s destruction is close at hand.” 

On day 2, I managed to get far enough away from  the Necromancer Bryce that I could take it easy. I looked around in wonder at the  glowing ancient forest around me. I also noticed that I had 10 hearts and  that my hunger gauge was lowering fast.

“It looks like running for my  life from a destruction-happy   evil necromancer really works up an appetite.” I searched around until I found a tree  that had apples in it for me to take. Then I ate the apples until my  hunger meter was full again.

“Surviving all alone in this  world as a baby spider isn’t   so bad. I’m really getting the hang of it!” I wasn’t alone for long though,   as I saw a couple of skeleton vanguards  appear out from between the trees.

“There you are, ice spider! We shall get rid  of you for our master, the necromancer Bryce.” “He must really want to sacrifice me if  he’s sending skeletons to do his bidding.” I tried to fend off the skeleton vanguards,   but my spider bites didn’t have much  of an effect on creatures made of bone.

“Give up, spider! The world is doomed,  and your sacrifice will seal its fate!” The mobs kept attacking, bringing  me down to my last few hearts. I thought I was doomed, but then  an energy blast distracted the   skeleton vanguards and made them run away. Out of nowhere, an Illusioner appeared. 

I realized immediately that they must  have been the one who cast the spell.   “Follow me, little ice spider. I’ll take  you to my camp. We’ll be safer there.” “You saved my life, so I guess I can trust you.” On day 3, the Illusioner took me to his campsite  

And cast a protective illusion barrier around  both of us so that the mobs wouldn’t find us. “You’re pretty good at  casting spells, Illusioner.” “Please, call me Alan. Illusioner Alan.” “Ok, Alan. You’re pretty good at casting spells.” “Thank you for saying that, but  unfortunately, there are mages  

Far more powerful than me in this world, and  some of them are using their gifts for evil.” “You mean like Necromancer Bryce. Is it  true that his spell will end the world?” “Not if we good mages have  anything to say about it.”

Soon after, another mage arrived at the  campfire. This one was a windcaller,   with the power to… well, call wind. “I am Windcaller Wendy. I’m  here to see the ice spider.” “That’s me! I’m Ice Spider Zozo.” “Ah, the winds are truly blowing in  our favor. You, my amicable arachnid,  

May be the key to saving the entire world  from destruction. Necromancer Bryce’s ritual   can still be stopped by a more powerful spell  as long as he doesn’t sacrifice an ice spider.” “So as long as I’m alive, there’s a chance  that you mages will be able to stop him!”

“We’ll need your help too. You can  battle his henchman and travel to   places which would be too dangerous for us.” “You can count on me! I might still  be a baby spider, but I won’t let the   entire world down.” From day 4 to day 5,  

I began to make use of the trees around  me to gather wood for a wooden pickaxe. Because my starting area was a forest, it didn’t  take long to have enough to craft the tool. But wood wouldn’t be good for long if I  could do better. I mined into the ground  

With my wooden pickaxe for some stone,  and quickly upgraded to a stone pickaxe. With the new and improved stone tool,   I was able to gather even more stone  to use for building and crafting. First, I made a stone sword to defend  myself with.. Next, I started building a  

Strong shelter where I could stay safe from  Necromancer Bryce and his undead minions. Illusioner Alan had chosen to come with me. His   illusion spells would help keep  me safe while I built the base. “Thanks for all the help so far, Alan.”

“Remember, Zozo. Do not rely on  magic. It cannot keep every mob away.” I soon understood what he meant when a  skeleton appeared and interrupted my building. “Good thing I crafted that stone sword!” I drew my weapon and brought down  the skeleton with a couple whacks.

My victory against the skeleton made  me stronger and more experienced,   and because of that, I grew out of baby mode  into a regular sized ice spider with 30 hearts. “I can shoot ice blasts  now. That is more like it.”  From day 6 to day 8, I was  out exploring in the nearby  

Gravelly mountains when I saw a friendly  Gorilla being attacked by a slimeball. “Get away from me, you slime ball!” The slimeball didn’t answer, it just  bounced and got slime everywhere. “You may be slimy, but this ice  spider isn’t so helpless anymore.”

I hit the slimeball with my stone sword over  and over. It did a good amount of damage,   but I was taking damage, too the longer  I stayed in contact with the slimeball. I retreated back to a safe distance and shot the  slime ball with an ice blast. It froze the mob  

Solid, so I was able to get in a few more hits  with my stone sword while it was immobilized. I repeated this two or three times with more  ice blasts until the slimeball was defeated. Once the battle was over, the gorilla  cheered and ran up to greet me.

“Brrr. I was cold just watching that,  but I’m glad you’re on my side.” “Of course! I, Ice Spider Zozo,  am all about saving others.” “You’re definitely the nicest ice  mob I’ve met. Say, do you think you   could talk to the other one I know and  tell him to stop trying to freeze me?”

“Sure thing. I’ll let him know that’s not nice.” “He’s just over here in  another part of the mountains.”  From day 9 to day 10, the Gorilla  showed to the lair of the icy creeper,   a powerful ice mob that seemed  to like to cause trouble.

Gorilla seemed worried for me. That’s  how I knew Icy Creeper would be trouble. “Are you sure you can talk  him out of being mean, Zozo?” “I can certainly try.” I left Gorilla behind and approached the Icy  Creeper. His attention was on me immediately,  

But he didn’t speak. It looked  like I would need to talk first. “Hey, I’m Ice Spider Zozo. I heard you’ve been   trying to freeze the Gorilla,  and they’d like you to stop.” “Well, that’s very nice. But I’m not  gonna. I’ll freeze anyone I want.”

“But that’s so rude. What did  the Gorilla ever do to you?” “Nothing. But this is a cold  world, and I’m one cold,   tough customer. If that Gorilla doesn’t  like it, he can go to another mountain.” “Don’t make me fight you, Icy Creeper.” “I’d like to see you try.”

I fired my ice blast at the icy creeper,   but it seemed like he was even colder  than me because it barely did any damage. His own ice blast took off a bunch of my  hearts. In a battle between ice creatures,   I was definitely the loser for now.

I ran back to the Gorilla, sad that  I couldn’t defeat the Icy Creeper. I promised Gorilla that I’d let him stay in  my base for now, and come back to the gravelly   mountains to defeat Icy Creeper at a later time. From day 11 to day 12, I returned to my base and  

Began renovating the living space so  that the gorilla had a place to live. I used a lot of stone bricks so it wouldn’t be too  different from the mountains he had left behind. Once I had built the room, I went to see the  Gorilla and showed him where he could stay.

“Thanks for letting me stay here, Zozo. I thought   you could use some more storage space,  so I did a bit of building on my own.” It turned out that the gorilla really had built  a room that was perfect for storing extra items.  

He also built a furnace that would heat up the  rooms where he and the mages would be staying. “Oh yeah! I guess you guys need to stay warm!  Either way, that’s very impressive work!” “I call it the home away from home.  

*sigh* I hope I get to see the  mountains again before the world ends.” “It’s not going to end, I’ll stop it.” “I hope so. That Necromancer Bryce has been  plotting world destruction for a long time,   actually. He’s tried all sorts of spells to do  it, and they’ve never worked. This one might,  

Though, and the idea of that is really scary.” It did sound scary, and I wasted no time getting   better materials to help defend  myself in case Bryce showed up. Down in the mining area of the base, I went  digging for some iron to upgrade my tools.

I found some iron ore, which I smelted into iron   ingots and then crafted into an  iron pickaxe and an iron sword. Back on the surface, I tamed  some sheep from the nearby   glowing ancient forest and built a farm for them. “If that furnace fails,  there’s always wool sweaters.” 

From day 13 to day 15, I sought out  Illusioner Alan for some more advice   on how to complete Necromancer Bryce’s challenge. “I want to save the world as soon as  I can, Alan. Is the spell ready yet?” “If only magic were that simple, Zozo.  The truth is that Bryce’s destruction  

Spell is linked to you now. The only way to  weaken it is for you to become stronger.” “How do I do that?” “When you defeated Bryce’s skeleton henchman  before, some of the spells magic transferred   into you. If you could defeat a more  powerful one, it could happen again.”

I went back to the gravelly mountains in the  hopes of finding another undead mob to fight. “Come and get me! I don’t fear you, skeletons!” As if answering my call to battle,   a skeleton vanguard came charging  across the mountain terrain towards me.

“Spider of ice! Spider of Ice!  The time has come for sacrifice!” I hit the advancing skeleton vanguard  with an ice blast which slowed the   undead down. I was able to hit him with  another before he got into melee range. “Time to get a taste of my new weapon.”

At that point, I brought out  my iron sword and slashed the   skeleton vanguard with some powerful hits. The skeleton vanguard crumbled, and  dropped a health potion to boot. “This potion must contain  some more of Bryce’s magic!” I drank the potion and felt my power increase  dramatically. My number of hearts doubled and  

Became 60, and I gained the magical ability  to turn invisibility like see-through ice.  From day 16 to day 19, I continued my  exploration into a brand new part of   the world that I’d never seen  before: the great lake isles.

As I crawled around this breathtaking new  biome, I came across an abandoned book that   contained information about the destruction  spell that Necromancer Bryce had cast. A spell of destruction cast by a necromancer must  be confirmed with the sacrifice of an ice spider.

For this reason, an ice spider that survives the  casting of the spell can prevent the destruction   of the world by being at the center of a spell  of life, which is made to protect the world. I wasn’t sure exactly what that meant,  

But it sounded like there was a way  to turn the tide of destruction. I excitedly began to leave the  great lake isles when some more   skeleton vanguards ambushed me to  try and get me to be sacrificed. “Spider of Ice! Spider of  Ice! The time has come for–”

“Yeah, yeah, sacrifice. You creeps must  have followed me from the mountains.” I used my iron sword and I pelted the mobs  with ice blasts until they were all destroyed.  From day 20 to day 22, I realized that my powers   were far stronger now that I had  grown into a bigger ice spider.

I tested my mettle against some  specters in the glowing ancient   forest, chopping them down with my iron sword. They weren’t that difficult to defeat,   but the fact that they were here meant  that bad omens were on the horizon. “Undead becoming more common could be a  sign of world destruction being on its way.”

I did some more mining for iron in  the base cavern and grabbed enough   ore to make the ingots for an iron chestplate. “Now that I’m this much stronger, I bet  I could stand up to the Icy Creeper!” I returned to the icy creeper’s  lair in the gravelly mountains to  

Confront the mob with my new abilities and gear. “Have you learned how cold  the world is yet, Zozo?” “No! I have learned that the  world has good people in it   that don’t deserve to be frozen or destroyed.” I fired my icy blast at the  icy creeper, and this time,  

I was the one dealing damage. I had  become a colder, more powerful being. “Never freeze the Gorilla or anyone else again!” “Alright, Zozo! I give! I’ll be nice!” The Icy creeper ran away, never to be  mean again and never to be seen again. Upon driving away from that other ice mob,  

I saw a flashback to Bryce as a younger  necromancer, just learning his first spells. “The world is a cold and cruel  place. I know! I’ll destroy it   so nobody has to live in a cold, cruel world.”

I guess he was similar to the icy creeper in a  couple of ways. If only he knew that the world   wasn’t as cold and cruel as he thought it was. From day 23 to day 26, I returned to the base,  

Feeling victorious. I made a beeline for  the Gorilla to give him the good news. “I taught that Icy Creeper a  lesson he won’t forget any time   soon. I promise you that you won’t  be having any trouble with him now.”

“Wow, you are one heroic Ice Spider, Zozo! I’m  really checking my prejudices right now. Also,   I made you a gift – In case you  didn’t notice it on the way in,   I made a perimeter wall to defend the base!” Somehow, I totally had missed the  perimeter wall – It was awesome,  

And would do a great job at repelling  the roving hordes of the undead. “The base is well-defeded, maybe now it’s  time to make sure my body is better-defended!” I went back to the mining cavern and collected  up some more iron ore, that I then took back  

To my base and smelted into iron ingots. I  used these to make the rest of my armor set. “You may not be able to see the armor  on me, but believe me, it’s there!”  From day 27 to day 31, I  returned to the Great Lake Isles,  

Wanting to make sure that I’d wiped out  the Skeleton Vanguard scourge completely. “The more territory I can take  back from Necromancer Bryce,   the less power and resources he  has to complete his dark ritual!” And it seemed like my earlier work  had paid off, because I couldn’t see  

A Skeleton Vanguard anywhere. Instead, what  I found was a large and smart-looking golem. “Hello there, good sir! Say, I’ve heard quite a   bit about a certain Ice Spider lately. Your  name wouldn’t happen to be Zozo, would it?” “Um… That depends, what  would you do if I was Zozo?”

“I’d congratulate you! I’m the Librarian  Golem, I travel across the overworld   giving books to those who need them, and  the Skeleton Vanguards working for that   blasted necromancer had gotten in the way  of my important mission for far too long!

If you are Zozo, then you are responsible for many  needy people getting the books they so crave!” “Well, in that case, I am Zozo! Why don’t you come   back to my base with me? You seem  like you’d be a valuable ally.” “Of course! As long as there’s  a place where I can read!”

I returned to my base with the Librarian Golem and  constructed a new room for him to sleep in. After   completing it, I realized how dull and drab  the base looked. It needed a personal touch. I harvested some wool from my sheep  farm and turned them into a bunch of  

Cool banners that I hung up around  the different buildings of my base. “Looking snazzy!” But my joy was short-lived, as  Illusioner Alan ran in with frantic news. “Zozo! You need to come with me immediately!  Windcaller Wendy is under attack!” 

From day 32 to day 35, Illusioner Alan  and I ran as fast as we could to reach   the campfire in the Glowing Ancient Forest  where the Windcaller liked to hang out. But by the time we arrived, it was  already too late. A vicious gang of   Skeleton Vanguards had already  outnumbered and destroyed him.

“Nooooo!” “Hahaha, we serve our master well! Everyone  who attempts to defend you will be destroyed,   Zozo. Nobody will stand in the way of your  sacrifice. We will destroy this entire world!” “Not if I have anything to say about it!”

Powered by pure rage, I went in there with all  my weapons and powers and wiped out every single   one of the Skeleton Vanguards. In the end, all  that was left was myself and Illusioner Alan. “This is bad, Zozo. The  Windcaller was a powerful mage,  

And an asset to our operation. Now that she  is gone, the danger grows significantly.” “But we can’t give up, Alan. If we give up, then  nobody will stop Necromancer Bryce. We need to   fight back against him with everything we have!” From day 36 to day 39, I went out to the  

Gravelly Mountains to wander  around and collect my thoughts. I was afraid about everything that had happened,   but I couldn’t show it in front  of anyone who was working for me. “Necromancer Bryce and his men are  way more dangerous than I’d thought…” My thoughts were interrupted when I ran  into an incredibly strange creature:  

A Melon Golem, which I  didn’t even know was a thing! “What, you never seen a Melon Golem before?  You don’t like Melons or something?” “No, no, I love melons, I’ve just never seen  a melon golem before. I’m sorry if I’ve upset  

You. If you have a favor you need doing, I’d  be happy to see to it and give you a hand!” “Well, now that you mention it, there was  an Obsidian Golem who was giving me some   real trouble. Would you mind taking care  of him before he hurts me or anyone else?”

“Of course! I’ll get right to it!” I turned on my invisibility powers, and used it to   search through the Gravelly Mountains  until I discovered the Obsidian Golem. I used the element of surprise  and approached him from behind,  

Attacking him with everything I had. In the end, I  managed to defeat him after a tough battle. Then,   I returned to the Melon Golem,  and told him his bully was gone. “Ayyy, that’s great news! I used to be able  to trust other golems, but a lot of them  

Defected to the Necromancer Bryce, cause most  of them are hardy enough to survive the cold.” “So some golems are working with the  Necromancer now? That’s not good news…” “You point out the obvious a lot, you know.” From day 40 to day 43, I returned back to my base,  

Pleasantly surprised by some improvements  that Illusioner Alan had made to the base. “Zozo! I’ve made very good friends with the  Librarian Golem, he’s a wonderful chap and   we’ve been doing lots of discussions around  the arcane arts – So I installed a sizable  

Collection of bookshelves and couches  so he can really enjoy himself here.” “It’s incredibly wholesome that you  two have become such good friends!” “And he’s not the only friend I’d like to stay  here. I improved the base by adding a barracks,  

So I could invite more of my Illusioner  friends. The more mages we have at the base,   the easier it will be to defend  you from the Necromancer.” “That sounds like a good idea to me, Alan!” Not long after, a small group  of other Illusioners arrived,  

And I greeted them, then  escorted them to their rooms. Not long after, the Librarian Golem  approached me with a new quest. “Zozo! As you may have heard on the grapevine  – or perhaps, the melon vine – Some golems   defected from the overworld and joined up  with that dastardly necromancer. Two in  

Particular are the Endstone Golem and Netherite  Golems out in the Great Lake Isles. Perhaps,   if you’re able to defeat him, it will weaken  the Necromancer’s power in another territory!” “That’s an awesome idea, Librarian  Golem. I’ll set off immediately!” 

From day 44 to day 49, I set off into  the great lake isles to find one of   the evil golems that had been  working for Necromancer Bryce. “I want to reduce the power of the  necromancer’s spell in whatever way that I can.”

I thought I saw the glow of magic from one  of the islands, and made a stealthy approach. To my surprise it wasn’t an endstone golem at all,   but Necromancer Bryce himself. He was muttering  something, so I got close to hear what it was.

“This pathetic world does not deserve  mercy. It only deserves cold destruction   and my spell will be that destruction.  Soon, the Hastening will be upon us.” I couldn’t let him stand there  and say such terrible things. “Take that back, you dastardly necromancer!” “Oh, it’s you. You’re the ice  spider that dares to defy me.  

It seems my undead have thus far  been unable to sacrifice you.” “Why do you want to sacrifice me so badly anyway?   What’s in it for you if the  entire world is destroyed?” “Destroying the entire world is a thankless  job, but somebody has to do it. Anyway,  

I’ve got a brand new caliber of minion  now. Prepare to meet my Netherite Golem.” The necromancer Bryce vanished  into a cloud of magical smoke,   and in his place a netherite golem  rose to its full towering height. “Greetings. I am the netherite golem  and I will be sacrificing today.

“The other golems told me that baddies like you  were bad news. Put up your big netherite dukes,   and let’s have a good clean fight,  said the spider to the golem!” I ice blasted my opponent, and scurried  around avoiding his attacks. I used my  

Invisibility to sneak in close  and attack with my iron sword. The netherite golem was very strong,  and managed to hit me a couple times,   dealing many hearts of damage. But I had hearts  to spare now, and this fight was far from over.  From day 50 to day 53, we briefly stopped to talk.

“You’re going to be sacrificed,   Ice Spider. I’m going to crack you like  ice, and then squash you like a spider.” “Oh yeah, well, you’re a netherite golem  and– Nevermind, I can’t think of anything.” I fired off a couple of ice blasts, then I  used my iron sword to hit the netherite golem.

With one more ice blast I froze  the netherite golem and brought   the fight to a close with a sword strike. The netherite golem dispersed, leaving behind   some mystical diamonds which were stronger  than any material I had gathered thus far.

“I had better hang on to these so I can make  a powerful tool out of these diamonds later.” With the netherite golem defeated,  I felt some of Necromancer Bryce’s   magic leaving the great lake isles. From day 54 to day 57, I found the  

Other evil golem that had chosen to serve  Necromancer Bryce – the endstone golem,   the exact Golem that the Librarian  Golem had sent me out to fight. This mean endstone fighting machine was  just as tough as the netherite golem I  

Had fought before, so I knew I had to  use similar strategies to take it down. “Ice Spider Zozo. Golem slayer!” My invisibility proved to be a  great way of avoiding attacks,   and a mixture of ice blasts and  iron sword attacks sealed the deal.

“Both of the golem defectors  have been defeated now. I can   feel the great lake isles are peaceful now.” I returned to my base in the glowing  ancient forest so that I could tell   the tale of my victory to the Librarian Golem.

“Well done, Ice Spider Zozo. Without his golems,  Necromancer Bryce has lost a major facet of his   evil forces. The destruction of the entire  world is that much closer to being avoided.” “I’m just doing my part to stop the spell.”

“In anticipation of your return, I did some  research into the original spell books that   contained the destruction spell. It  says that the ice spider needed for   the spell must come from the ice spikes  biome. Have you ever been there, Zozo?”

“Not that I can recall, but if it’s my  homeland, maybe I can learn something   more about the spell by going there someday.” From day 58 to day 62, I used the mystical   diamonds that had been dropped by the Netherite  golem to make myself a diamond sword. Once crafted  

The librarian gave me a frost walker enchantment  book to enchant my new diamond sword with frost. “What a neat enchantment and very fitting for an  ice spider. I guess magic comes naturally to me.” Because of my new sword, I was inspired to  seek out more diamonds down in the mine.  

Using my iron pickaxe, I dredged up a few more  diamonds and made myself a diamond pickaxe. I decided that was enough mining for  now, and I came back to see that the   living area looked much nicer, and  there was even a brand new fireplace.

Illusioner Alan was standing by  the fireplace, feeling its warmth. “It looks amazing here. Is this an illusion?” “I’m always telling you, Zozo.  Magic can’t do everything. These   changes to the base are one hundred percent real.” “Wow! Thanks Alan!”

“Building this base was such a great idea.  I really like living here, so I’m glad I   could help make it better for everyone.” From day 63 to day 66, I was doing some   more diamond mining when the Gorilla  who lives in my base came to visit me.

“Hey, Zozo. The Librarian Golem told  me that you’re originally from the   Ice Spikes. I actually know how to get there.” “You do? Well, that’s great. I have been  meaning to take a trip out there at some point.” “I’ll give you the directions. Maybe you’ll  find out if you’ve got any family out there.”

Following the Gorilla’s directions, I made  my way to the Ice Spikes. I didn’t see any   ice spiders, but maybe I would meet  a friendly face if I looked around. But the first face I saw didn’t  appear to be that friendly. It   was a Mountaineer with a wicked gleam in his eyes.

“I’m warning you, buddy. You  don’t want to mess with this   ice spider. I have the home field advantage.” “What? I don’t want to fight you. This  gleam in my eye is the gleam of adventure!   I’m Mountaineer Monty, and I’m looking to  climb the tallest peak in the ice spikes!”

“The tallest peak! I bet I could see  everything from up there! Count me in!” “Perfect! With an ice spider  helping me up, I’ll be able to   get to the top of the tallest peak in no time!” From day 67 to day 70, I joined Mountaineer Monty,  

And we both climbed around on the ice spikes  together, searching for the tallest peak. “How will we know if the ice spike that  we’re climbing is the tallest or not, Monty?” “We won’t know until we get to the top. Keep  on crawling on these walls, ice spider.”

We went higher and higher until we found a ledge   on the side of an even taller  peak. Could this be the one? That’s when a leapleaf jumped down from  the upper ledges and started to attack. I fired an ice blast at the mob,  

But it dodged away. This leapleaf was faster  than I expected, so I’d have to outsmart it. I turned invisible and waited  for the leapleaf to land on the   ground. I dashed in and hit it with my  diamond sword, dealing a bunch of damage.

The moment it jumped, I fired an ice blast  directly at it, defeating it for good. Mountaineer Monty was impressed with my win. “That was great! And also Leapleafs only live  on the tallest peak, so we must be there.” “Let’s keep climbing so we can found out.”

Within a few minutes, we had risen to the  top of the entire ice spikes biome. This   was the most beautiful thing I had ever  seen in all my days as an ice spider. “Thank you for being here with me.” Down below, I saw what looked  like the lair of a necromancer,  

A wicked and terrible base. Necromancer  Bryce must be here in the ice spikes. “Did he find me here?” From day 71 to day 74, I descended the peak of   the tallest mountain and began to travel through  the ice spikes in the direction of the evil lair.

“I never expected my history with  Bryce would go back so far. I need   to find out why his lair is here, what  happened to the other ice spiders,   and of course – how I can save  the world from destruction.” And if you want to help me save the world,  

Remember to search Z-O-Z-O to  find more of my adventures. Make sure to tell me what  you want me to play as next! Down at the base of the mountain, I  wandered through a snowy blizzard,   only to be confronted by Necromancer Bryce. “You’ve returned home, Ice Spider  Zozo. But it’s not your home anymore,  

It’s my home. And soon… there will  be nobody home in the entire world.” “Your destruction spell will never work,   Bryce! Not as long as I survive  without being sacrificed!” I drew my sword and turned invisible,  waiting for an opportunity to strike. Necromancer Bryce only laughed. He  was not threatened by me at all.

“Hahaha foolish Zozo. You don’t understand  what it means that I am here in the ice   spikes. It means that I’ve already sacrificed  another ice spider. My spell is secure!” I froze in place. Not from the cold, but  from the shock of what Bryce had said.

“No! You already sacrificed an  ice spider! You evil monster!” Bryce turned towards the sound  and blasted me with a powerful   spell that took off almost all of my hearts. He was about to fire off another,  so I ran away as fast as I could. 

From day 75 to day 78, I scurried back to base   and immediately shut myself away  in the coldest room of the base. I had failed. The whole point of going to the  ice spikes was to learn more about my origin,   but now I had learned something that  made me feel completely hopeless.

The entire world really was going to be destroyed,  and there was nothing I could do to stop it. “Never say never, Zozo.” It was the Librarian Golem. They had  come to visit me in my time of regret. “But all of the other ice spiders are  gone. Necromancer Bryce sacrificed them.”

“I don’t think that’s exactly what has happened,  Zozo. Bryce was trying to catch you off-guard so   he could sacrifice you. He still needs you for his  place, and when he comes for you, we’ll be ready.” The librarian golem showed me a watchtower  that had just been installed on the base. It  

Would be an ideal countermeasure to  any intruding undead sent by Bryce. “Thanks, Librarian Golem. And you’re  right. The world isn’t doomed yet.” Later on, I consulted Illusioner Alan to see   what magical spell he had been  working on during my travels. “Zozo, I have used all of my magic to create this  

Kythar. It is a weapon that will  make you unstoppable in battle.” “Thank you. That’s exactly what I need!” The moment I took the kythar, I felt  a great surge of power within me. I   grew into the ultimate ice spider,  the true king of the ice spikes.

I had 100 hearts, and the  ability to warp short distances. “I should try combining that ability with my  invisibility to really catch enemies off guard.”  From day 79 to day 84, I made my way  back to the ice spikes, trusting that  

The transformation brought on by Illusioner  Alan’s spell would give me ultimate power… ..and that the Librarian Golem wasn’t wrong  about there being more to learn about my past. In my mighty ice spider form, nothing in  the ice spikes could rival my strength. Some specteres tried to  swoop down and challenge me,  

But I effortlessly destroyed  them with my ice blasts. I traveled some more through the cold biome of the   ice spikes, eventually finding an  Iceologer native to this region. “Hello there, Iceologer.” “Please, call me Iceologer Ike.  It’s quite nice to meet a spider  

Of ice. There used to be a lot more  of you protecting the ice spikes.” “So I’ve heard. That was before  the necromancer sacrificed them.” “There was no sacrifice. Your  ancestors fought against him bravely,   down to the last spider. I kept one of  their helmets too, you should have it.”

Ike gave me a diamond helmet, which  I proudly equipped. I guess there   really was more to the story than I thought. From day 85 to day 89, my base was attacked by   the skeleton vanguard. I arrived just in time  to fend them off with weapons and ice blasts.

“Spider of Ice! Spider of Ice!  The time has come for sacrifice!” “Ha! That confirms it! You still  need a sacrifice! And I’m the   last spider standing! You’ll never take me out!” With the confidence I had developed in  my ultimate ice spider, I demolished the  

Skeleton vanguard one by one until the last  of them went running back to the ice spikes. “Spider of Ice! Your sacrifice! Will  now be done… by Necromancer Bryce!” “I’d like to see him try!” I chased the skeleton vanguard to the edge  of my base, where he kept running onward.

It was there where I met a Fungus Thrower, who  was standing next to a dug out pool of water. “Oh please Ice Spider Zozo! My swimming pool is   way too warm! Can you provide  an ice blast to cool it off!” “Why certainly, my fungus throwing friend!”

I shot the pool with an ice  blast, freezing it over. “Oops! Sorry! Now it’s more of an ice rink!” “No, I like this better. I’ll call my  friends, and we’ll play some hockey.”  From day 90 to day 94, I followed  the skeleton vanguard through the ice  

Spikes all the way to the necropolis where  Necromancer Bryce would be waiting for me. “Bryce! Bryce! We need your advice!” As the skeleton vanguard  approached the necropolis,   it was obliterated by an attack  from an armored pillager. “Never send a skeleton to do my job.” “And what is your job?”

“Killing spiders by the dozens. Me and  the rest of my pillager crew fought   the ice spiders in this area back when  they dared to defy Necromancer Bryce.” “You mean that it was you who  wiped out all of the rest of the  

Ice spiders and you’re working for  Bryce? I’m going to freeze on you!” I fired several ice blasts but the  armored pillager tanked them all and   hit me with the same powerful attack it  used to destroy the skeleton vanguard. It dealt a decent amount of damage so  I warped away to avoid taking more.

“I’ve faced many ice spiders just as big as you!” “But you’ve never faced me!” Gathering my courage, I warped back and swung  my diamond sword into the armored pillager,   returning the damage I took and then some.  From day 95 to day 97, the armored  pillager still wouldn’t let up and I  

Was starting to see that his claim of taking  down the other ice spiders wasn’t all talk. My ice blasts weren’t very effective, so I  mostly relied on my sword strikes to deal damage. My warp and invisibility powers helped me  dodge most of the armored pillagers’ attacks,  

So that I could hold onto my hearts. “Why can’t you just let me crush you  like those other worthless ice spiders?” “It’s time you learned that those lives  you trampled were never worthless.” I warped all around the armored pillager and   barraged him with sword attacks  until he collapsed at long last.

“Darn it. You have beaten me. Truth is,   you spiders fought very well. I was  the only survivor among the pillagers.” “If you lost everyone too, why are you being such  a mean guy about it? We could’ve talked this out.”

“Necromancer Bryce was going to destroy the world  anyway. We thought we had to listen to him or he’d   destroy us first. That Bryce is ruthless beyond  anything you’ve seen. After he hired us pillagers   to wipe out the spiders he had them save one  remaining ice spider egg so that he could use  

The ice spider that hatched for his destruction  spell. That ice spider must have been you.” The armored pillager died,   leaving behind a key to the lair. At that  moment I realized I had avenged my people. Well, almost… “Bryce stole me away, planned to use me  for his spell and destroy the world I’ve  

Only now come to know. I will stop him.” On day 98, I returned to the base to heal   my injuries from the battle  with the armored pillager. So much had happened since  I had started my journey,  

And we were only a couple days from the day  that the destruction spell would end the world. But the words that had carried me  all this way still rang in my ears. “As long as I survive, it isn’t over.” I spoke to the librarian golem,  

Who was also hopeful about our chances  of stopping the destruction spell. “No sacrifice was made, and if you  defeat Bryce, he’ll never be able to   cast another destruction spell. This could  be your chance to save the entire world.”

“I will do it! For the world and for all the  ice spiders that fought bravely against him!” I wanted to make sure the powers of my  magically induced final form were stable,   so I went to Illusioner Alan to confirm. “Your magical kythar seems to be working, Alan.”

“Oh, Zozo. What have I always said?  Magic can’t do everything. You took   that form on your own. My greatest illusion was  convincing you that my weapon was the reason.” “Wow! I didn’t expect that. You truly  are a skilled Illusioner, Alan.”

But I didn’t leave the base without  any new gear. The gorilla made sure   I had full diamond armor for the  battle with Necromancer Bryce. “You’re a hero, Ice Spider Zozo. I really  wish I could have met more Ice Spiders.”

“As long as there’s a world, there’s a way. I’ll  make sure the world is safe after I stop Bryce.” “Go get that evil creep. Remember the path I  showed you through the gravelly mountains.”  On day 99, I was traveling through  the gravelly mountains towards  

The ice spikes on my way to the  showdown with Necromancer Bryce. I was intercepted by a whole  bunch of skeleton vanguards,   who seemed really eager to sacrifice me as always. “Bryce really rolled out  the welcome mat early, huh?”

“Spider of Ice! Spider of Ice! Must we say it  thrice! It has to be time for your sacrifice!” Even though my strength, my hearts,  my gear, and my magic all surpassed   their’s, the skeleton vanguards  descended on me in great numbers.

“They’re slowing me down! I won’t be able  to reach Bryce by the day of destruction!” I had to retreat as quickly as I could. That’s  when I ran into the Mountaineer, and he wanted to   fight those nasty skeletons for me so I could  take down the big boss who started it all.

“Go on now, Ice Spider! We  climbed the tallest peak together,   now face your greatest challenge with pride!”  On day 100, I used the key to the lair and  entered the inner sanctum of Necromancer Bryce. “The day of destruction is at hand. And here  you are, allowing yourself to be sacrificed!”

“There will be no sacrifice and no destruction!” We traded a series of blasts, his  necromancy blast, and my ice blast. We each took a bit of damage,  then i turned invisible “You crushed my people, but I’m taking back the  ice spikes! And the entire world from your evil!”

“You would fight to protect a world  that took you away from your family?” “The world didn’t do that  Necromancer Bryce! That was you!” I reappeared and attacked his  blind spot with my diamond sword. He began charging up his most  powerful spell yet. It was the  

Same spell he almost defeated  me with the last time we fought. Necromancer Bryce let the spell of doom fly  at me. I waited until the very last second,   then I used my warp ability to move out  of the way and appear right behind him. “You missed me! And now it’s over for you!”

I swung my diamond sword  repeatedly with all my might,   destroying the necromancer before  he could destroy everything else. This world would live on, and so would I.