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"Have you literally just been fisting people?" Shadow looks down at Technoblade's bruised fists as they knock off Yellow Team's players from their base and into the void.
"I wouldn't phrase it that way, but yeah when you think about it," the pink haired man replies, pouring a health potion onto his knuckles. Flexing his fingers as the sting from the potion removes the bruises all together.
Shadow breaks Yellow Team's bed, effectively eliminating them and making him and Techno a step closer to winning the game.
Until they receive a notification, the holographic screen appearing in front of their faces followed a low grumble echoing through the map.
[ BLUE BED has been destroyed ]
"Man, I knew one of us should've been on our bed!" Shadow huffs out, readjusting his grip on his sword.
"Don't worry, I'll head over there now with my lack of armor and sharpness one fist," Techno remarks, sprinting across the thin bridge Yellow Team made and onto the main island, collecting diamonds and emeralds along the way.
Pink team catches the corner of Techno's peripherals as he sneaks into their base, breaking their bed before realizing the one there owned a diamond sword. Backing up onto the bridge, Techno narrowly avoids the sword swings, his hair and armor unscathed as he knocks the other player off balance and into the void. "Boom. Sit down."
[ PINK BED has been destroyed ]
"Mate I'm just messin' around with some blocks while you're out here gettin' kills," Shadow laughs as the two meet up at the main island, "What? Did he have a diamond sword and you have a fist?"
"Yup, weapons are for casuals," Techno nonchalantly declares, shrugging slightly, "This is how you assert yourself as a man."
As Techno begins to make his way over to another base, his ears pick up the sound of approaching footsteps behind him as his teammate lets out a short mix of a gasp and a yelp.
Swiftly spinning around, he sees Shadow clash blades against a player from White Team. He hated to admit it, but the player against Shadow was an actually skilled fighter with no weak points in their stance or openings he could exploit with his bare fists alone–maybe weapons were needed sometimes.
"Oh I'm getting low," Shadow grits out. If Techno weren't a piglin hybrid, he doubted he would be able to hear it from where he was. Unfortunately, the player Shadow was fighting could hear him perfectly clear.
Shadow dragged his blade against the other player's sword, allowing him to push himself back away from them and sprinting in the other direction. The player chased after Shadow as Technoblade chased after the player.
Techno manages to gain a lead onto the players heels, managing to get a crit punch onto them, but it only benefitted them in the end as they were knockbacked closer to his teammate, "Oh that was a bad idea–"
The player successfully knocks Shadow into the void.
"Techno!" Shadow calls out, throwing his iron sword into Techno's general direction before falling too far in the abyss. Catching it by the grip, Techno chases after the player who swiftly turned on their heel after getting rid of his teammate and was sprinting towards the main path in which he chases after them. As if accepting their fate to fight against him, the player turns around and faces the piglin hybrid with a face he is all too familiar with.
Techno readjusts his stance with his friend's iron sword as if it were second nature, brows furrowed.
'Blood.'
'Drop the sword. Use your fists.'
'They can't be that good.'
'Easy dub.'
'E.'
This certainly won't be the last time Technoblade disagrees with the voices in his head. The player in front of him strikes first, iron clashing against iron, trading blows but not actually doing any damage to one another. The player clicks their tongue whilst the piglin huffs out a sigh, one out of annoyance and the other's in respect.
It's been a while since Techno was able to find someone who stood on equal footing against him, especially in Hypixel. The adrenaline rush was almost addicting to feel after so long.
"Were you the one who broke my bed?" the crowned man raised a brow as their swords continue to clash.
"Yeah, first time?" the player responds with a scoff.
Techno doesn't reply to their taunt, instead angling his body where his sword wasn't in their immediate line of sight. Switching his hold onto his sword into a reverse grip, he successfully knocks the player off balance.
They stumble slightly, but stumbling in a fight is enough of a fatal mistake when facing against him. Losing health at his blade, the players form disappears and Techno gains the emeralds and diamonds they had.
"Not even close," he mutters to himself, not taking another glance at the three hearts remaining. "Where is this last pink guy, Yellow Base?"
It doesn't take long for Techno to fight the player off with a simple push with the pommel of his sword off the island and into the void. He sighs internally at having to cross the yellow wool bridge back to the main island again just to fight White Team who's holed up in their own island.
'Ez.'
'Cowards.'
'That one player was pretty good though.'
'Not good enough.'
'Of course we have to come to them first, as usual.'
Bridging up a staircase from the original straight white wool path made by the other team, Techno jumps down to the right only to be met with an iron golem. Biting back a scream when the iron golem knocks him into the air, he rolls onto the top of the protected bed.
Jumping from the wooden planks, he hurriedly runs up the cobblestone steps to the top of the makeshift cave themed base Hypixel decided to have the map, only managing to get a few breaths in before facing another problem.
This was meant to be just another simple and easy going game of Bedwars as usual. Solo game, let off some steam with little to no consequence, win, go back to doing whatever outside of Hypixel.
Somehow, you managed to accidentally load yourself into a team game with two players instead of the typical one. Your teammate also did nothing but protect the bed and purchase an iron golem, you didn't know whether it was out of caution or distrust of your PVP skills, regardless, you felt insulted.
It wasn't ideal, but you could roll with it. Same thing as a solo game just with more players to fight off to win.
Except for one variable you didn't factor in, a variable you doubted could ever occur.
Technoblade, an infamous player known throughout Hypixel and other servers alike, earning a crown and praise from the owner of Hypixel himself.
Tall, strong, brutish, and pink–according to other players who have been in the games as him before.
You were intrigued of course, how could you not have been? A renowned piglin hybrid with remarkable skill is bound to garner attention. You didn't think a game of Bedwars would be the way you first meet him though.
Managing to break his bed too? This had to be an omen of some kind.
When you first clashed swords with him you were enthralled, the way his teammate fought was nothing in comparison to him. Long strides and quick movements, you were barely able successfully trade blows due to his sheer skill.
The blue leather armor did very little to hide the muscle he had, you were able to feel it first hand from the punch he landed on the back of your shoulder, yet his movements weren't overly aggressive or showy like others had described. They were fast and efficient, one wrong move and you would've been cut down from where you stood if you calculated any move with a flaw.
It felt like his entire being with a flex in it of itself. You click your tongue at how absurd his mere skill as a player was. His hair was loose and free, pink strands and golden crown catching the sun's light, reflecting how confident he was in himself to not feel the need to even tie it when you're fighting another player.
"Were you the one who broke my bed?"
"Yeah, first time?" It was more arrogant than you wanted it to sound, but the words you spat out didn't matter in physical fight, especially not in one against Technoblade.
Your reply didn't matter though, it wouldn't have mattered regardless of how you said it to him in the moment. It happened in the blink of an eye, reversing his grip around the sword, he caught you off guard and made you fall into the void.
It was a lot colder than you expected.
Now, as you stand before him with your enchanted blade you feel a pool of unease settle into your stomach.
Dark red eyes that seem to have the capability to dissect your very being with just a glance now bore into your own, his tall figure stood with his back against the faux sun of the map, casting a shadow that seemed to loom over you–so this was the Blood God.
The loud thumps of the iron golem's feet climbing the staircase didn't phase you as you held your defensive position, eyes focused on his every move.
The footsteps get closer, the iron golem is beside you now, and you don't flinch when Technoblade makes the first move and charges towards you.
Your body moves faster than your mind when he takes a final leap, closing in.
You quickly raise your sword to swing it, desiring to meet him midair until you realize the arc of your swing won't reach him.
He was never targeting you.
He was waiting for the iron golem.
Technoblade lands a hit on the iron golem with his fist, sending the golem who was already on the ledge on the top of the base to fall backwards and tumble off the stairs it just climbed and into the void.
The moment leaves you stunned, just for a moment: but a moment too long. You attempt to pierce your sword into his side when he landed back onto the stone, but he seemed to have already foresaw your actions.
Unsheathing his, your blades clash once more. Forced to go on the defensive, you unknowingly get closer to the ledge as he corners you.
With a final swing from Technoblade, you hear the leather tunic given to you rip before you feel the cut on your side as you fall down next to your bed's wooden protection.
The impact made your back ache, and your already bruised shoulder hurt even more. Letting out a pained groan, you attempt to sit up right to even get a chance to grab your sword which clattered near the void, but he doesn't even allow you that much.
Your eyes immediately meet his as he jumps down from the top of the base, sword pointed downwards, and the the sharp end of the blade meets your chest.
The pain was excruciating, a burn like sting throbbing where the middle of your chest should be. Blood dripping from your lips as you could only think of how you were somehow able to tell that your own bone was cut through as your heart stops beating. At least, it should've been.
You sit up with a gasp, frantically pressing your hands against your side where the cut should've been and your chest where a sword was supposed to pierce through. Breathing a sigh of relief, you remember that it was just Bedwars on Hypixel.
No cuts, no bruises, no consequences.
You look towards the big holographic screens, which displayed Technoblade standing there at your base alone and victorious. Everyone else erupts into a polite applause, biting back distaste for losing to his literal hand whilst his teammate rejoices, hyping his teammate up with praise and smiles.
It was unfortunate you couldn't really relate, your teammate didn't even try to fight.
Planning to leave the game silently, you begin to type out a "gg" to send to the chat just like everyone else until you see his message.
[ Technoblade whispers to you: guess you lost ]
[ Technoblade whispers to you: first time? ]
You scoff at his message, waving away the holographic screen only you could see before opening a new one, and leaving the game without another thought.