Stolen (A Grumbo/Vampire Mumbo fanfic)

Chapter 13-Grian

"Thanks for letting us stay here, Techno."

"No problem. I'd love to have this king overthrown, and if a friend took his spot, it'd be even better."

"Uh... excuse me?" said Etho.

"Yes?" askes Technoblade

"Why is this king so bad?"

"He's brutal to everybody, not just misbehaving watchers," responds Technoblade. "You're Etho, correct?"

"Yes, sir. Are you really the legendary Technoblade? I've heard so many rumors!"

"First off, don't call me sir, second off, yes."

"Real quick I'd like to ask a question, then I'll let you and Grian get back to your conversation, if that's okay?" Etho looks over to Grian to see if it was okay.

Grian nods his approval and Etho continues.

"How in the world are you so good at PVP? I try to get really good, but I'm just not that good."

"Train for 10,000 years. It's what I did."

"Ah..." Grian could hear the disappointment in Etho's voice.

"I'm just kidding on the 10,000 years of training bit, but it does take a lot of time and constant training to get to the point that I did. I've got really good training dummies that I'd be happy to lend to you if you need it, but it'll probably happen after all of this craziness."

"That would be amazing. Thank you, Technoblade."

"Call me Techno."

"Alright then..."

"OH! One more thing?? Please?" Etho looks over at Grian with hope in his eyes.

"Go ahead Etho." Grian says with a sigh.

"OH THANK YOU!!! Real quick, is it true that you defeated the warden and still had 9 hearts?"

"Yes, and no. I did defeat the warden, but was down by half my bar, not 1 heart."

"HOLY COW!! Okay, I'll shut up now!"

"Thanks, Etho." Grian says.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Technoblade says, trying to get back on track.

"Positive. I'd assume that if I got caught, I'd be executed. Am I wrong?"

"Oh, multiple times, just to make sure you're actually. He hates everyone, and power has gone to his head."

"Like all past watcher kings."

"Promise me that you'll be careful? You being the King of the Listeners, you have an entire race of people to take care of as it is, and if you become the King of the Watchers, you'll have to deal with both. It's only been done once, and even then it wasn't successful."

"I'm aware. However, it is the only way to ensure that Etho gets out of here safely. You need to get him out as soon as I defeat him. It'll be the only way that you can get him out before the shields go back up, preventing him from leaving. Promise me you'll do that?"

"I'll try, but I don't know what I can do when that time comes."

"Sounds good."

"I'm going to go get some weapons, for myself and for the two of you. Watcher magic doesn't work super great here, because everyone uses it, and if someone finds out that you're the Listener King, or a listener, you'll be killed immediately." Technoblade starts to leave the room.

"Sounds good. While you're at it, would you grab two bottles of water, a brewing station, blaze rods, two vials of warden blood, a nether star, a dragon egg and some gunpowder?" asks Grian before Technoblade gets to the door.