"If this isn't the right portal I'm going home," Ranboo said half joking.

They had been looking for the right portal for over and hour.

Whilst Techno was getting more determined to find the right portal, Ranboo was just getting more tired.

It didn't help that Ranboo kept forgetting which ones they had already tried, they can't blame him though, he can't help his memory issues.

"C'mon mate I bet it's this one," Phil said as he followed Techno to the next portal.

"That's what you've said about the past 10," Ranboo replied rolling his eyes.

"I have a good feeling about this one," Techno said.

"You have also said that about the past 10."

They all clambered through the portal, it took a second for there eyes to adjust to the sunlight but once they did they all gasped in amazement.

This portal had lead to the most amazing place imaginable.

There were mushroom houses everywhere and a beautiful blossom tree place in the centre of t he square as well as a magnificent dragon statue.

"Holy shit this place looks awesome!" Phil exclaimed.

"Is this it?" Ranboo asked looking around at the scenery.

"This is it," Techno said as he walked towards the blossom tree in the centre.

"Doesn't Sapnap live here too?" Ranboo asked.

"Yes, I think he does," Phil replied.

"I wonder if he has any kids here," Ranboo muttered quietly to himself as he brushed his fingers against the knife and fork he had put in his pocket.

Ranboo and Phil followed Techno as they walked towards the centre of the town.

A familia, threatening voice spoke behind them "Well well well Techno, I was wondering when you were going to pay us a visit." The sound of a sword being unsheathed echoed around them.

All three of them spun around to see Sapnap's red eyes staring dangerously at them.

"I wouldn't take another step if I was you," he said

"We aren't here to hurt you Sapnap," Techno said as he placed his sword on the ground to try indicate this.

"Why should I believe you, you have killed so many people, what's two more to you?"

"Damn it no kids" Ranboo said quietly to himself.

Sapnap looked at Ranboo confused but decided to just ignore it.

"We just want to talk to Karl," Techno said as he tried sound non threatening.

"Talk to him or kill him?"

Techno could see the fire dancing behind Sapnap's eyes. He could tell Sapnap wasn't going to let them talk to Karl without a fight.

"Please Sapnap, we mean no harm," Techno tried to say again.

"I've heard those words before, I know what you really mean," Sapnap said confidently although Techno saw a shimmer of fear cross over his face.

"Sapnap please we just want to talk to Karl," Phil tried to reason this time.

"Not. Going. To. Happen." Sapnap said charging forwards towards the trio.

Techno quickly picked his sword up, dodging Sapnap's sword as it came down next to him.

Ranboo and Phil had unsheathed their swords and rushed forwards to join the fight.

"PLEASE SAPNAP WE DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU!" Techno shouted at Sapnap.

"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU," Sapnap shouted back.

Sapnap swung to his sword at Ranboo, he narrowly dodged, Phil jumped infront of Ranboo and took the next couple of swings.

"GO TECHNO, GO FIND KARL, WE GOT THIS!" Phil shouted to Techno.

"ARE YOU SURE?" Techno called back.

"YES NOW GO!" Ranboo replied leaping forwards to fight Sapnap again.

Techno spun on the spot trying to guess which house Karl was most likely to be in.

He spotted a large house in the corner of the square and decided that was the house he would look in as it was the biggest and looked like the most likely house for Karl to be in.

He sprinted towards the house, crashing throwing the door into a large open area.

At the back of the room was Karl, he was stood reading a book, it had a purple cover and a shiny golden swirl in the middle.

"Oh Hi Techno," Karl said glancing at Techno and then looking back at his book, "TECHNO!"

Karl dropped his book in surprise, he was not expecting Techno with all his armour on and maxed out sword to come crashing through his door.

"Karl I'm not here to hurt you," Techno tried to say reassuringly.

Karl looked at Techno's netherite sword then back at Techno. Fear was printed over his pale face.

Techno then looked at his sword too, it definitely did look as though he came here to hurt him.

Slowly, Techno put his sword back into its sheath that was attached to his belt.

"W-why are you h-here then," Karl stuttered, he was clearly still a bit scared but there wasn't anything else Techno could do to show peace.

"I keep getting teleported to this strange room with this stranger who I don't know," Techno blurted out in a rush.

"W-what do you want me to do about that?" Karl said, he was clearly confused.

"It about the person I have been meeting"

"What about them?"

"They need help, they're a butler for this man who seems like a real dick."

"Oh?"

"He hurts him, a lot, everytime I see the stranger he has more bruises and cuts on his face."

"Who's the man?"

"I don't know he won't tell me but he's the butler for this man."

"Butler?"

"Yeah he wears a suit and masque and all the stuff, oh and he looks like Ranboo" Techno went on, "and he claims to of met you, that's why I came, to see if u can help."

Karl thought for a second.

'Ranboo?Butler? Masque? Masquerade!' Karl thought.

"What- what's his name?" Karl asked.

"He doesn't have one apparently but I call him Ranbutler." Techno said, he was getting excited.

"Follow me Techno, now," Karl said as he turned around quickly and started walking towards a trapdoor.

Techno stood there shocked, he wasn't expecting that reaction from Karl.

Quickly, Techno ran after Karl who was half way down the trapdoor.

Techno carefully clambered down the ladder shutting the trapdoor behind him.

He followed Karl down a passage way that lead to a library.

The library was familiar to Techno.

It looked like the one we're here continuously met Ranbutler but it looked newer and cleaner as well as there being a door and way out.

Once Techno had fully entered the room, Karl turned to look at him.

"Do you know the person I'm talking about?" Techno asked after a minute of loooking around the room.

"Yes, I have met him," Karl said grimly, his memory with the butler wasn't the best.

"He mentioned that, he thinks your dead like actually dead." Techno said.

"I'm not surprised, he did kill me!" Karl said sharply, his face had turned harsh.

"He had no choice."

They both stood there for a while whilst Karl thought.

"I-I know," Karl finally said relaxing, "I do want to help him, I have seen what that man does to him, no one deserves it."

"Thank you Karl!" Techno said.

Karl walked over to a bookshelf on the far wall.

"If there is anyway to help Ranbutler then it will be here in one of these books," Karl said.

Techno walked over to the far wall to and started pulling out books too.

Techno paused and then said "what about Sapnap, Phil and Ranboo?"

"What about them?"

"Their fighting outside."

"THEY'RE WHAT? YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT!" Karl said.

He turned and started to sprint towards the ladder.

"KEEP LOOKING I'LL BE BACK!" He shouted back at Techno as he disappeared through the trapdoor at the top of the ladder.

Techno had managed to get through about 5 books when Karl came back with three tired looking people.

"You could've just told me that before y'know Techno," Sapnap said half sarcastically.

"Sure, are you gonna help?" Techno asked, the more people to help the better.

It was a big library they had to search through.

"Yeah sure," Sapnap responded walking towards a bookshelf and grabbing a book.

Phil sat down next to Techno, grabbing one of his books and whispered in his ear "for the record, me and Ranboo definitely one that fight."

"Well done," Techno whispered back, chuckling.

They had a lot of books to get through.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Damnnnn this is a longgggg chapter.

I HOPE Y'ALL R ENJOYING THIS BOOK!!!

ITS NOT FAR UNTIL THE END!!!

I have been thinking a lot about what my next one is gonna be about and I have a pretty solid idea that I hope y'all r gonna enjoy!