Technoblade in Tensura

Chapter 11 - Speedrunner VS True Dragon

"My apologies, but I-"

"Don't know." I sighed, accidentally cutting him off. "Why did I even ask if I knew you had no way of knowing it?"

Turning towards the door of the Sealed Cave, I called the kids. "Kids, come on."

The earth began rumbling, so everyone ran outside. No one wanted to be inside a cave in the middle of an earthquake, lest it cave in.

When we got outside, we saw the source of the seismic activity - a massive beam of magicules shot through the heavens.

"That was definitely from Dave."

...

Dream's POV

"Hey, I'm going to die if I stay here. I'm respawning." I told the Wither as I was ejected from Techno's body.

"No. You'll set free all of this soul mass." It replied.

"Sorry, but I don't care about a couple of souls more than about my own life. I'm leaving." I didn't really know the Wither, and I didn't trust it enough to let it seize me.

"Wait, don't-!" It didn't get to finish whatever it was saying since I burst out and away, tearing any barrier between me and my respawn location apart like mincemeat.

I felt disconnected from the world for a moment before I was pulled back in. I was no stranger to it, since that was how it felt to die and respawn.

As my body was reformed, I immediately looked around. I had spawned in the border of a forest and vast plains. I headed into the woods and immediately started punching a tree to get wood.

I had to leave Techno and the rest of the guys to avoid my demise, but I knew this world held beings far more powerful than us. Even with my ultimate skill Puppet King Somniator, it was likely some entity like Guy Crimson would show up to get me to join them.

With that in mind, I had to rush any and all gear I could aid myself with. I had to get my hands on fully enchanted diamond gear since I didn't know if I was safe or if I could even afford the luxury of running. I did have a trick up my sleeve if I needed it, but I'd rather not use it.

So I went through all the motions I had already memorised. Tear a tree apart with my bare hands. Fully, of course. Only the scum of the earth leave a log behind.

With wood in hand, I made a crafting table and a pickaxe. I didn't make many sticks since Probability Manipulation made those drop from the decaying leaves like orphan tears. 'Heh, someone has been influencing me.'

I quickly dug down to find stone and gathered enough for a furnace and an upgrade in tools. It didn't take long before I had found iron and coal.

I came back to the surface in search of sugar cane and a cow while I left the furnaces smelting. I needed an enchanting table to get at least some form of power up. My gear had sadly been used to reinforce Techno's own before the whole reincarnation thing, so I was back to square one.

I didn't know if I had enough time to get bookshelves to empower the enchanting process, so I settled with butchering the one cow I found with an axe and three sugar cane from a pond within the forest.

By the time I came back, all my iron was smelted. I once again upgraded my axe and pick, and got a shovel. I didn't bother with mere iron armour, a shield, or a water bucket since neither would save me if an actual threat showed up.

I picked up my furnace and crafting table and kept mining down. It took a couple hundred blocks as opposed to the usual in our old world, but I eventually found a massive chasm bordering stone and deepslate.