Hermitcraft Short Stories

Biffa's Second Head Hunt Part 2

Description: Biffa continues to hunt down The Hermits who joined after Season 3.

Four Hermits met in secret in The Black Pearl one dark night to discuss what they were going to do about Biffa.

"With all the personal projects we all have going on, I honestly don't think we'd all want to stay together. Plus I doubt it will do any good with some of our fighting capabilities." Grian said.

"How dare you doubt my fighting capabilities," Zedaph exclaimed.

"Isn't your plan just run away until he gets tired and is easier to kill?" Scar asked.

"Didn't Cub already kill him without your help?" Zedaph asked with a sly grin.

"Shut up. It was only fair to have Biffa deal with only one Vex at a time." Scar said, trying to puff himself up.

"Well I was more referring to myself when I stated teaming up won't work, but since you both took it so personally, I can assume I'm not the only reason that would not have worked out," Grian said.

The other two turned and glared at him before all three began shouting at each other. Stress, who up until this point had been relatively calm, drew in a deep breath.
"Enough!" she shouted, and the now frightened trio glanced at her. "Infighting is not going to help, and right now I doubt we can work together to kill him," as she said this, Scar, Zed, and Grian lowered their heads, "So we're going to fall back on the original plan, so if you see him, try your damnedest to try and kill him and buy the others some time. Is that clear?"

The other three nodded and the group dispersed.

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As Scar walked on the nether ledge, he noted scent of sulfur and smoke was particularly strong in this area, and the lava ocean down below glowed a brighter orange than any other lava he had seen. The whole hellscape looked kind of beautiful in its own strange and fiendish way (which is probably one of the reasons Tango decided to build an entire base based around the nether last season). However, there was only one thing Scar actually found beautiful in this death trap dimension: was quartz.

As he rushed towards a big patch of surface quartz a particularly large an arrow planted itself in the ground in front of him. Immediately he started running away, knowing who shot the arrow. As he ran, Biffa fired another arrow, digging into his leg as it made contact with the flesh. Biffa shot a few more times, each one missing as Scar dodged and weaved out of the way. He turned a corner and ducked into a small crevice in the netherrack, holding his breath and trying not to make a sound.

"Why are you hiding? Your friend was brave enough to make me a parkour course." Biffa teased. "Are you a little coward?"

At that Scar leaped out of the crevice and pushed Biffa off the ledge. The only thing Biffa had time to do was pull out his bow and shot one final shot into Scar's chest before the lava consumed him.

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This was Biffa's second time visiting this icy place during this game, and he hoped it would be his last as he made his way to the palace on the iceberg. Once he set foot on the main burg, he stopped, in case it's inhabitant had a nasty surprise in store for him. Nothing happened, and Biffa started to climb the ice mountain. As he climbed, the palace's owner silently emerged from the water and snuck up behind him, drawing her sword and slamming it into his back as hard as she could. She knocked him to the ground and pushed herself back a little as the force of the blow forced her to slide on the ice.

"Thought you could sneak up on me, did ya? I could see ya from a mile off in that glowy enchanted armor of yours." Stress said.

Biffa climbed to his feet and swung his sword at Stress who gracefully slid out of the way, taking a swipe at him in the process. They continued this, occasionally hitting each other until Biffa decided to put a lot of strength in one swing. Stress darted out of the way, and Biffa stumbled over, leaving his back exposed. Stress took the opportunity and swung her sword as hard as she could, killing him the moment the blade touched his spine and sending his gear sliding across the ice.

She gathered all the gear and stood on the ice.

He flew in from the sky and landed right in front of her. "You did great, dear," he said as Stress handed him back his stuff.

"Thanks. What are you going to do now?" she asked.

"Well I was going to see if I could get Zedaph on the way back, but since you killed me I'm going to take a day off. Tell Zed he's lucky if you see him," he said.

"I will," she said. "You also have to get Grian, if I remember correctly."

"Oh yes, I remember, but don't worry. I'm sure I'll get them both."

"Well good luck." Stress said as she waved goodbye.

"Thank you dear. Goodbye."

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Zedaph saw that battle, and after Biffa left, he decided to leave his Glacier and hide in his jungle base. To Biffa's credit, he was a fair hunter. The last time Zedaph ran from him, he was killed by a pigman in the nether, and Biffa was nice enough to pick up his stuff and not count that death against him, despite the possible temptation it brought. With all the running away Zedaph did during the game, he was probably one of the main reasons the head hunt had gone on for as long as it has. Two weeks had passed since the start of the game, and it probably would have ended sooner if Biffa could actually catch Zed, but he would not allow it.

'He'll get tired of chasing, and then I can kill him' Zed thought. 'Besides, I have a day to plan.'

That idea was killed the minute he set foot in the top room of his treehouse and saw Biffa standing there bow in hand, firing the starting arrow right at his feet.

"Why are you here?" Zedaph squealed.

"Well I was going to rest, but then I decided it would be better to get rid of you so I'd be done with all the running nonsense," he replied, unsheathing his sword.

Before Biffa could even strike at Zed he ran, darting to the lowest level of his treehouse and pushing a button. A boat appeared in a hole in the floor and Zed jumped in it. Biffa caught up to him and grabbed at his head to pull him out of the boat, but only got a few hairs as the boat fell down the hole and shot down an ice track before Biffa could even process what had happened.

Zedaph rowed as fast as he could to his pyramid base, reaching it by midnight. He went in through the wrench door and trudged across one of the catwalks to his sarcophagus-inspired bed. The whole experience drained him, and the bed practically beckoned him over to rest and recharge. Zedaph, of course, answered the call and slipped into bed.

As Zed was about to go to sleep, a figure stepped out of the shadows, slipped its hand over his mouth, and repeatedly stabbed him in the stomach with their sword until he died.

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After Biffa dealt with everyone else Grian knew he was next, and after hearing what happened to Zedaph, he was not looking forward to it. In the two weeks, he had to plan, the only thing that came to mind was kill him by making him fly into a wall too hard, and unless he could think of something that he can set up real quick that was the default plan.

And that was the plan when he heard the familiar sound of rockets and saw the arrow fly past his head. Grian readied his elytra and rockets before taking off to the shopping district, an area he knew was full of places to smack your face on and die, but he chose to fly toward Big Rocks Docks and The Black Pearl to seem less suspicious. He weaved under the Docks before shooting up and circling around the giant pickle jar. He looked behind to see Biffa following close behind. Then he decided to be a bit risky and fly the gap between the Moustache Removal Shop and Tango's Rocket Shop, just barely skimming the ground and avoiding splatting on the grass below. Biffa also managed while trying to fire at Grian, who responded by weaving out of the way. Grain decided to fly in the storm above Scar's Landscaping tree, but Biffa decided to fly around the outside and fire it at him. Grian flew out of the storm and flew full speed at the nearby mountain, pulling up just in time to avoid hitting it. Biffa was not as fortunate, slamming into the mountain before gravity took over. He only had enough time to fire one last shot before he hit the ground and died. The arrow hit Grain's elytra, causing him to wobble and lose control before his elytra tore from all the force and sent him plummeting to the ground.

The death message in chat read "Grian was shot out of the sky by Biffa."