After meeting up with Technoblade, and friending him. They also told him about the labyrinth that Izu suggested them to search into. So they all started to walk to the mountain, that where The Poison Dragon's Labyrinth layed.
The trio of friends was on the road, sorrounded by grassy plains as far as the eyes or render distance could see.
"Finally, our first time exploring a dungeon." Maple smiled "I feel like we're going on an real adventure!"
"I really does feel like that." Dream nodded as he smiles. "Thanks for waiting as I train for a bit, though."
"Hey, we're friends. We'll do anything for each other." The black haired girl said as she turns to the blond.
"Yeah, whatever." This cause Dream to smile at his friends' choices of words. Technoblade seem to remember something. "Oh yeah, after I finished fighting some monsters. I bought a fishing rod with the remaining gold I had."
This cause his friends to look at him weirdly. "Really?" Maple asked, simply wanted to know why her friend did that.
His only response was that he reached out his hand to summon a normal fishing rod.
"That seems like bit of a waste, don't you think?"
"Meh, what done was done."
Dream chuckled at that.
"It's The Poison Dragon Labyrinth, right?" The girl asked his two male friends.
"Yeah, what of it?"
"Well, I wonder if there's a poisonous dragon in there." Maple explained. This cause Techno to look at her with a deadpan expression. "It's in the name, Maple. What'd ya think?"
From hearing this response, the black haired girl nervously laughed. "O-Of course, uh, sorry."
"Don't mention it."
Maple shakes her head. 'Would we get into trouble? Nah, I'm resistant to poison, and I have potions too, so I'm sure, we'll be fine.'
But from thinking this, she turned to her friends with a concerned look. 'But they're not resistant to poison.'
"What's up with that look?" Dream asked. As he, and Techno saw her expression.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Oh, it's nothing. It's just, we're going to a dungeon that might have poisonous stuff. I know, I've told you before about the poison resistant thing. But you guys don't have it. So, I'm a bit worried." From hearing her explanation. The two laughed.
"Huh? What's so funny?" She asked. The girl was a bit concerned about her friends' sudden laughter.
"Oh ho, Maple, Maple." Dream said as he tries to get a hold of his breathing. "Techno, and I have played many games before. I'm sure, we'll be fine from a little poison."
"Yeah, it's like you don't believe at us, at all!" Techno added with a smile.
"Oh okay. I guess you're right. I was a bit concern is all."
"Oh don't worry about it. Let's just go to this labyrinth already." The brunet waved it off as the others nodded. So they continued their walk to the mountain.
"Is this the entrance?" Maple asked as they were infront of a cave entrance, with roots going into the cavern.
"I think so." Dream says as he was next to her.
"If we beat the boss here, that equals to clout." Technoblade told his friends. Who just looks at him weirdly.
"All right, clout here I come!" without even hearing his friends' responses, Techno sprints into the cave.
"Techno!" Dream runs after the brunet.
"Wait for me! I thought we were doing this together!" Maple tried to catch up with the two, who was leaving her behind.
"Clout! Where are you?!"
"Damnit, Techno! Slow down!"
"Wait up! I'm so slow!"
Technoblade was running infront of his group. Dream was catching up with Techno. While Maple was trying to catch up to the two, with her very low speed. So, she was struggling... A lot. Okay, not a lot, a lot. But a lot.
"Clo-"
"Stop!"
Techno was tackled to the ground by Dream.
"Ugh... Why?" The brunet groaned out as the blond gets off of him. "Because, we're suppose to do this together. And not for clout."
"Ugh... Fine..."
"Ahh..." Maple finally caught up with them, after she did. She faceplanted onto the ground in exhaustion.
"Maple!" Dream ran to her side. He kneels down to her fallen body. "Hey, are you all right?"
"yah... em fime." Her muffled response was met with a chuckle, and a smile.
"You need help?"
"...yah."
"All right, let me help you up." Dream grabs her shoulders. "Aaand aaaalleyoop." He brings her up, while the girl held a small blush. The blond removes his hands from her shoulders.
"Well, you two seem to have fun." They turned to see Technoblade, who had gotten up, was staring at them.
"Huh?"
"Oh nothing." The brunet waves his hand. "Come on, let's find out, what monsters are in here."
He turns to walk further into the cave as the two follow him.
As they gone further into the cave, they saw some kind of gas around the area. But it seem to be ineffective towards the group.
Suddenly they heard something weird, they looked ahead of them.
"Slimes!"
Techno, and Dream held out their weapons as Maple grabs a knife from her pocket. That she bought earlier. They started to battle with the slimes.
Dream brought down his axe onto one of the slimes. Techno swung his sword, cutting some of the slimes.
"Hiya!" Maple slashed at the slimes. She stops after noticing her slashes were not doing anything to them. Because of her low attack stat.
She stares down onto her shield. Now knowing on what to do, she hides her knife. "How about... This!" She bashes the slimes with her shield as her friends finish off the other slimes.
"Take this!" Dream destroys the last slime with a swung of his axe.
"We managed to beat them." Maple wipes her forehead of sweat as a panel appears infront of her, that says .
'You have acquired [Shield Attack]'
"I want a more proper skill, that can be used to attack monsters..." She said as she clicks the panel to make it disappear.
"Well, at least you can damage them." The axe user comforted the shield user.
"That wasn't enough! We need more! For more clout!"
"Techno..."
"Ugh, you're no fun."
"Come on guys, let's go farther into the cave. There might something to beat." Maple said as the two turn to her, nodding, agreeing with her.
After fighting more slimes. Finding some weird plants, opening some kind of egg, that held monsters, and finally bit of exploring. They stopped on a three way path.
"Oh, this'll suck." Dream said.
"Dibs on the left!" Technoblade ran into the left corridor.
"Techno! Come back here!"
"I called dibs!" The echo of the brunet's voice echoed to them from the corridor.
The two stared at the faraway silhouette of Techno.
Dream turned to Maple, who turns to him as well. "Well... We'll meet up here after we're done exploring each corridor." He told the girl, who nods.
"I'll take the right, you take the middle." The dirty blond haired teen tols the black haired girl. "Got it?"
"Loud, and clear."
"Good, I'll meet you later."
The blond starts to walk to the right corridor. "Goodbye!" Dream waves at Maple, who waves back.
"Good luck!"
"You too!"
Maple turns to the middle corridor. "Okay, let's do this." She walks into the hallway, alone.
"Wohoo! Clout here I come!"
Technoblade runs through the stoney halls of the corridor. Then he stops infront of a two wooden doors.
"Oooh, wooden doors, fancy." He remarked as he opens it.
He went inside of it. He looked around, the area looked like a throne room of sorts.
"Ooh, fancier."
*Growl*
He looks at the throne infront of him, something was on the throne.
It was bipedal boar-like beast, sporting ashy gray skin, long pink mane, big tusks, and as for it's eyes were only glowing pink. The most interesting part was that it was wearing king like attire. A giant red king's robe covering it's back, with white fur on the rims of the robe like feathers on a wing, also a golden chain of some kind attaching itself to the other collar of the robe. White tunic, black pants, and finally a giant golden crown rested top of it's head.
It roared at the brunet as it gets up, hoofs hitting the floor. It then summons dual giant broadswords. It grabs them, then swings it down with a huge roar.
"Woah! That's goddamn awesome!"
Techno smirks. "And it seems like you're a king, huh?" He slowly walks over to the boar-like beast, while drawing his sword. "I'll get some great loot from killing you, right?"
The only response was a snort from the boar king.
"Very well. Let's do this, Porky!"
Dream went into a room, the wooden doors behind him, swung shut. Locking the blond inside.
"This is interesting."
Right as he said that, the room started to light up with torches on pillars near the walls. As the room did light up. Dream looks down as he notices that, he was on a platform.
"Woah."
He looks around the battle ground. Well, if you can call it that, it was some kind of course. Pillars brought up as lava fills the floor. Platforms rising from the lava.
Dream then heard walking. The axe user looks up to see a higher platform. He heard someone walking up to the edge. What he saw, confused him. It was a man, or it looked like a man. He wore a green hoodie of some kind over a gray undershirt. Above the hoodie was two brown brown strap, one along the shoulder going to the other brown strap, that went across his middle area to his side. Black pants, brown boots. The most interesting part was not his clothing, but his face. It was just pale. It was like a mask, two black dots acted were at the place where his eyes were suppose to be, and a black line shaped like a smile was on where the mouth should be. It's skin was not the color of normal humans. It was green. This was not a player.
On his back layed an axe, it was a two-handed battle axe. The head of the axe was a color of cyan, and also it was glowing in green energy. Additionally, he had an shield next to him, it was a square, it looked like it was made out of wood with steel on it's sides. Actually there was two, one on each side.
The man-like creature grabbed the one on the left, before throwing it at the blond, who quickly catches it.
The pale man grabs the two-handed battle axe with one arm, and using the other to grab the shield.
"Okay, so this is how we'll fight?"
It simply nods in a form of yes.
Accepting the challenge, Dream gets himself ready for this fight.
The pale man, seeing that the fellow axe user ready, jumps at him.
(Play:The Score:Unstoppable)
Technoblade was thrown into one of the pillars. He grabs his head, groaning a bit. Before getting up, and rolling away. Barely evading a charge from the beast. He evaded a few more charges from the boar King.
"Damn, this is harder than I expected."
He gets up with sword in hand. "Doesn't matter, I gon- No."
He closed his eyes. "Dave is not here... Right now. At this moment."
He clutches the handle tighter. "I am Technoblade... And Technoblade..." He opens his eyes, that was filled with determination. "Never dies."
He charges at the beast king as it roars at him, before charging at him as well.
"Grr!"
Dream growled as his Advisary's weapon was pressed onto his shield, forcing him to the edge on one of the platforms. The pale man's health bar had only twenty five of it's bar left.
"I can't-!" He stopped as the man pushes his axe more. "I can't!"
"I can't- No." He closed his eyes, with gritted teeth.
"I WILL NOT LOSE!" He pushes the pale man away with his shield. The man, who was not expecting Dream to do that, made him unbalanced.
The blond, seeing his moment, charges at his foe with axe ready. The man-like creature, seeing Dream's upcoming attack, raised his shield in an attempt on blocking. This only cause the shield to get knocked off his hands, and to the lava below.
Seeing Dream, recover from his attack, he tries to kick Dream away, but only causing to hit his shield as he saw his attack coming from a mile away.
Noticing he had the disadvantage. The man got up, and started to parkour away from the teen. "What the?"
Dream notices that his foe was running away. "Hey! Come back here!" He yelled as he parkours after him.
Technoblade dodges another charge from the boar king, who had only fifty percent of it's health left. Thinking quickly, he summons his fishing rod.
'I hope this works.'
The brunet casted his hook at the boar's royal robe, he pulls on it. The boar didn't move, but it quickly turned, pulling Techno in. Technoblade, seeing this new opportunity, quickly adjusted himself to wrap around the boar king's chest, excluding it's arms, with the fishing rod.
The king noticing Techno, it tries to slash at him, but Technoblade throws his sword into the beast's eye.
It roars in anguish as it thrashes around from the pain of the sword being inside of it's eye.
The sword user was getting thrown around, he then tries to reel his fishing rod back, but it snaps as it disappears into purple particles. 'Oh, you cheap piece of shi-' His thoughts was cut off by hitting the ground, then going into a full-on roll. He hits the wall.
Dream was parkouring after the pale man. 'Can't believe, he isn't attacking me, when I'm at low health.'
The green hooded man parkoured until he landed on a big platform. There was no more platform to parkour to. He turned to go back, but Dream parkoured onto the big platform, blocking the way back.
"Nowhere to go now."
In response, the pale man readied his battle axe for battle. From seeing this, Dream readied his axe, and newly gotten shield.
His foe swung his battle axe, Dream blocks it as he swung his axe at the hooded man's back, decreasing his health.
The man quickly recovers as he started to circle Dream. In retaliation, Dream does the same thing with his shield up. They circled each other in a stand still.
The man attacks first once more, swinging his axe. Dream shields the attack with his shield. Swinging his axe once more. This hit the pale man, sending him kneeljng. Dream then kicks him. This cause him to get to the edge.
Dream brings up his shield as he slowly walks over to the hooded man.
The pale man rubs his head in a bit of pain. Seeing his opponent closing in, he quickly gets up, but Dream jumps, slashing him sending the pale man off the platform, and into the lava below.
The blond walks over to look over the edge, seeing something burning. Before multiple purple particles appeared, indicating that his foe was defeated.
Multiple panel appears infront of him, but the first one was his level.
"What?! I jumped up to level 19?! From all that?!"
He suddenly starts thinks of it. "Well, I only got hit once during that battle as I let my shield take almost all the hits. He could definitely killed me, if I didn't use the shield properly."
He clicks the panel away, before assigning his points into his other stats. "Huh?"
The last panel said.
'Determination'
'You can wield the power of The Lost Hero as you wish.'
'When at low health, your senses will increase several times folds, your jumps will increase as well as your speed.'
'While Determination is active, your equipment will slowly regenerate itself. And when in battle, a sense of dread will be given to nearby players, teammates, foes. It will not matter, all will be effected.'
'Requirements. Defeating The Lost Hero with low HP.'
"Huh, that's cool."
After a few short moments. The teen heard something, he looked down at the ledge. The lava started to drain away, confusing the teen. He turns to see a platform rise with a chest on it.
Dream raised a brow at that, but parkours to it.
Technoblade quickly evades a downward slash from one of the boar's broadsword.
'Okay, I have another rod. But I have to keep it hidden. It'll try to hit the rod, if I bring it out.'
The boar roars with the sword still in it's eye. Seeing the boar recalling his weapon, he quickly summons a fishing rod, and casting his hook. Wrapping his sword's handle. He pulls, while winding the rod. It pulled the sword out.
This cause the boar reel back in agony. Dropping It's dual broadswords to hold his pierced eye. The Seeing the now blinded beast reeling in pain. Techno readies himself, and throws the sword into other eye. Cue more pain, and agony roars from the king.
Without wasting anytime, he reels his rod back, and cast it again. Wrapping around of one of the broadswords' handle. He fishes the sword, then he starts to spin around counter-clockwise, making the broadsword spin around as well.
"Hey! Porky!"
The beast snorted at that, before looking on where it heard the shout.
"Eat this!"
Technoblade let's go of the fishing rod, that hooked the broadsword to beast. Not noticing the broadsword coming at it, it didn't defend itself, when the broadsword pierced into it's wielder's chest. This caused it's health bar to drop into nothing. It dropped down to it's knees, before falling to the ground. Then succumbing to it's damage, and fading into pink particles.
"Technoblade... Never dies." Was his only response.
(End Song)
Techno tried to get his breathing normal, before he could finish. Multiple panels appeared infront of him.
He read the first panel. "Boyah! I gotten to level 19!"
He clicks the panel, before sorting his stats up. After he was done with that, another panel appeared that said.
'Pig King's Mighty Wraith'
'You can wield the powers of The Pig King.'
'You can use your MP to use Pig King's Phantom Rend, and Pig King's Phantom Wraith.'
'Lowers damage of MP based attacks.'
"A pig? I thought it was boar!" Techno laughed. Before collecting himself. "But Pig King's Wraith sounds great."
He didn't even notice that his hair had grown longer than before, now sporting a long braided hair. His hair, and eyes were now pink.
Before he could comment anymore, or notice his new features. A light shimmers to the throne of the now defeated king. A chest appeared on it.
He raised a brow at that, before walking to the chest. He looked at it cautiously. But opened the chest anyway.
"Woah."
Right as he opened it. His eyes widen, and a mouth agape as he read the panel.
'You have acquired [Pig King's Royal Mantle].'
'You have acquired [Mask Of The Pig King].'
'You have acquired [Crown Of The Pig King].'
'You have acquired [Grand Bane].'
"Shit, this lit!"
He touches the panel again as more info flooded in.
He starts to read everything. What he read, shocked him.
"Whaaaat?! It makes me strong, fast, tougher, and fabulous?! Also it's one of a kind?! That equals to clout! right there! That equals to clout!"
Dream parkours to the chest. He opens it as a panel appears. With mouth opened, and eyes widen as he read the words.
'You have acquired [Lost Hero's Clothing].'
'You have acquired [Mask Of The Lost].'
'You have acquired [Defender].'
'You have acquired [Hunter].'
Dream puts a hand on his mouth as he clicks the panel, to show the next. He reads the stats of the equipment.
"Oh my god! It has the ability to disable shields, when it hits them?! Ignores thirty percent of armor?! Makes me faster, and tougher!? Also this clothing can make potions once everyday?! And it's one of a kind?!"
"I gotta try this on!"
Maple walked back to the three way halls with her new set of armor.
She wore a black suit of armor with red around. It has a symbol of a flower, it's image of a rose, on the armor's chest piece. Some of her skin was exposed as well, her armor also draped behind her like a cape of sorts. But the interesting part was what she held.
It was huge shield. It was mainly black, with red patterns on it. At the center of the shield, there is a large red gem that is engraved into the shield. It was cool-looking shield for sure.
"I can't wait for the others to look on what I got." Maple smiled as she got closer to the entrance of the three pathways.
She saw her friends? They didn't look like her friends.
One of them had long pink hair, that was tied into a long ponytail. A pig-like mask, that had tusks on the side. She could see his eyes, they were colored pink. He wore a red king's robe with a row of fur on the rims of the robe, also a yellow colored-robe like chain attaching itself to the collars of the robe, keeping them together. A white tunic, black pants, and some kind of pink heels, that seem to be hoof-shaped. Finally a golden crown rested on top of his head. He also had sword, it's blade was a shade of cyan like a bright turquoise color. The grip was brown, but the pummel, and guard was the same shade of cyan.
The other, judging from their physical physique, they were a boy, wore a green jacket with a hood up, hiding his hair, over a gray undershirt. On the hoodie was two brown brown strap, one along the shoulder going to the other brown strap, that went across his middle area to his side. Black pants, brown boots. He wore a round white mask, there was also dirty blond hair coming out from the top of the mask, and hoodie. The mask only had two black dots as eyes, and a black line forming a smile as it's mouth, it was slightly above the mouth, but it seem to be able to cover the entire face. But wasn't. On his back there was a two-handed battle axe. The handle was brown like wood. The head of the axe was a color of cyan as the other person's blade. Additionally, he had an shield next to him, it was a square. The shield seem to be made out of some kind of steel.
The two seem to notice her. So they turned to her. She finches as she about to grab something on her waist.
"Maple?" The voice of Dream asked.
"Dream?" She stared at the hooded person, before he removes his hood, and moves his mask to the side to reveal the face of Dream.
"Yup, it's me."
She turns to the pig mask wearing person. He removes his pig mask to reveal the face of Techno, except for eyes being pink.
"Techno! Your eyes, and hair are pink?"
Technoblade nods. "Yeah, it seem to have changed due to what I acquired." He uses his thump to point at Dream. "He laughed at me from the moment he saw me."
"What? It's funny!"
"It is not, honestly I don't care. I just care that we got this cool equipment."
"Yeah! By the way, those are cool outfits, and weapons, you two have." Maple said with glee.
"Hey, you also have a cool weapon, and armor." Dream smiled as he complimented the girl, who lightly blushes at the praise.
"T-Thanks." She thanked, before pulling herself together. "Anyway, I think we can just log off, right now." She suggested as Dream nods at that.
"Whaaat?! What about my clout?! Let's just go to town, and show our stuff, then get some clout!"
"Techno, maybe tomorrow, but not today." Dream says to the now pink haired teen, who just sighs. "Fine."
They all open up a panel. "All right, I'll meet you in the call." Dream says as they nodded, before all logging off.
They all turn into purple particles as they disappeared.
=Right? It's fun, right?=
Risa's voice ran out as the screen shows Maple, in the real world, in her room.
She is wore a white, and pink striped hoodie sweater with matching shorts.
She held her phone, revealing that she was in a camera call with Risa, Dave, and Clay.
"Yeah, I'm still on my second day, so I'm not that strong yet. Dre- I mean Clay, and Dave have caught up with me already." She laughs slightly.
=Don't worry about that, Kaede. It was only because, Techno, and I beat our boss. That we caught up with you.= Clay told her through the phone.
=Yeah, even though, I would've just stayed all night to train to catch up, but from all the fighting, I needed to take a break, it sucks.= Dave's voice said.
"Risa, hurry up, so we all can play together already."
=Yeah, screw studying, do that later.= Dave said.
This cause a nervous giggle from the brunette. =Wait, just a while longer, guys. Once the proficiency test is over, I can log.= She explains with a smile.
=Oh, but don't forget to study too, you guys. You wouldn't to get banned from playing games.=
Kaede gasped at that. "You're right!"
=Oh, all right.=
=Ugh... Fiiinneee...=
=That's the spirit.=
This only cause the group the laugh, except for Dave, who just groaning at the thought of studying.
Oh my, this was a tough chapter to do. Since I had to figure out on what I wanted for Technoblade, and Dream. Anyway the outfits of the two are from the Dream vs Technoblade animation By SAD-ist. You should go watch it. It's amazing. Anyway, if you haven't the edit from the last chapter. The next chapter will be this story once again, instead of my other story. FYI Grand Bane is a reference to Bane Of Pigs in Minecraft. It's a modded weapon. And you should why Dream was named Hunter. Also props to anyone that can guess, what's The Pig King based of. And also The Lost Hero can be a reference as well.
Anyway, that should be all. I'll seeya all, when I update the story. Peace!