Sangria (A DSMP + Hermitcraft Kingdom au)

Chapter 4

The town was busy as usual, but it was quiet. They sighed. They had hoped the baker's helper wouldn't cause such a stir, but oh well. Their plan was flexible. They stepped into a bar, and walked into the backroom, giving the bartender a slight nod.

"Took you long enough! What took you so long D?" A person asked as they stepped into the room.

"Finding the place where They are gonna be next. E told me they were leaving, and we should be able to get them." They replied.

"Let's go."

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Ranboo sat down by his brewing stand, placing three bottles of water in their respective place, and put some blaze powder in the stand. He pulled out a jar of nether wart, taking a bit of the plant and crushing it a bit before putting it in the brewing stand, he left that to sit for a bit before adding a chunk of glistering melon. Ranboo watched as the liquid in the potion bottles turned a pinkish color. He smiled. He took the potions off, and set them in a chest. The chest was starting to get full, and there were only six spots left. Ranboo knew he should probably start working on the order of poison potions, but making them almost never went well. He was about to pull out some of his last glass bottles when a sharp knock was heard. Ranboo walked over to the door and opened it.

"Hello Ranboo!" Xanthi said, as Ranboo smiled.

"Hey guys!" Ranboo said, "what's up?" He motioned for Xanthi and X to come in, and sit on the couch.

"We need to talk about the battle that happened last week," Xisuma replied, sitting down on the couch.

Ranboo nodded, and grabbed a notebook from the desk. "According to Impulse, this is what happened. Wels told him to the castle after he heard something preparing a bow. He took flight, but an arrow pierced his wing, and Hels emerged. Wels and Hels fought for a bit, and Wels hit Hels in the side. Hels got up, and threw an ender pearl, and Wels tried to heal Impulse's wing with a healing potion, but it didn't work. They had to use instant damage to heal the wing."

"So, we are dealing with Hels having ender pearls." Xisuma said, worry lacing his calm voice.

"I know," Ranboo replied, sighing a bit.

"How would he get them? The only way to get ender pearls-" Xanthi started, then stopped. "Someone in the court is giving them."

Xisuma sighed, "So, we need to figure out who that is."

Ranboo opened his mouth to speak when the door opened, and 4 hooded figures burst into the room.

Ranboo yelped and jumped under the table. Xisuma unsheathed a sword, and Xanthi pulled out a small dagger. Ranboo decided to run into the backroom to see if there were any potions he could use. He locked the door behind him as he ran in, and grabbed the 1 good poison potion he had made earlier that day, and ran out the back door, one potion was not enough, and he hoped that Xisuma and Xanthi would be fine. When he came back, Xanthi was on the ground, and Xisuma was shocked. Xisuma dropped his sword, and stood still, heavily breathing. The hooded figures took advantage of this, and grabbed X's wrists, and used an ender pearl to teleport away. Another did this as well, and the last two turned their attention to Ranboo. He hurriedly threw the potion. He ran back to the backroom and locked the door again. He didn't know how long he stayed there, but when he came back out he found a cloak on the ground with a messily written note. He picked it up, and tried to read the handwriting. All he could make out was:

"Ender, Drea"
He put the note on a table and put his face in his hands. What had happened?

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The room was damp and cold, and X opened his eyes. He tried to move his hands, but they were chained to a staple in the wall. It was dark in the room, it was near impossible to make anything out. He tried to remember what had happened, and it all came back in a flash. Xisuma hoped that Ranboo was alright, the last he saw of Ranboo, he was running into the back room. A lantern was lit suddenly, and he squinted at the sudden burst of light. Xisuma blinked his eyes a bit as they adjusted to the sudden brightness.

"The one of the end. Finally." a voice echoed through the room, and Xisuma's face scowled.

"Who are you?"

"You know me."

Xisuma thought for a few moments, before saying, "Hels."

"Took you a bit. Ranboo is smart. Talking to Impulse, and Xanthi. Too bad we have him."

"You WHAT?"

Hels snickered. "Shut up."

Xisuma had a bunch of thoughts going through his mind, what was Hels planning? What was he doing to Ranboo? As he was thinking, he felt a weight loosen from his hands, and was forced into a standing position. "Why?" Xisuma asked, his voice shaking a bit.

Hels didn't respond, and Xisuma felt pressure to walk forward. Xisuma walked forward, not really having any other choice. As he walked, he recognized the hallway, but he couldn't place it. Xisuma was too worried about Ranboo and Xanthi to pay much attention to that. He walked into another room, and Xanthi's voice called out "X?"

"Xanthi!"

Xisuma was forced into a sitting position, and he felt his hands chained into another staple. All Xisuma could think of now was, "Where is Ranboo?"

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