Unlike every other battle Dream did today, I was a different opponent.

I didn't charge forward.

After watching the way he fought, I made sure to not make the same mistake his other opponents made.

Attacking first without a plan.

If I charged first, I would've surely got countered one way or another, causing me to get more of my health taken away and not having enough of a distance to run if I needed to heal.

If Dream attacks first, it'd put me at the better advantage since I have better access to the high ground.

And even if my plan gets flawed and he doesn't come forward, I've got a good sense of how the area is mapped so I could lure him to different parts of the map... Or attack from certain points if he continues to use his shield.

Sadly, Dream was smart to be cautious of me.

"If they're going what I think they're doing...." Dream's voice sounded from his stream "....I'll just wait"

Well, we both can't just play on the defensive Dream.

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--fineeee. I'll play by your rules and attempt to go on the offense first. Thanks Mr. 900 Mil IQ.

I loaded up my crossbow and held out my axe in my main hand while having the shield in my offhand.

I then charged forward to Dream, him also following my lead.

We both held up our shields, circling eachother to search for an opening. Dream continued jumping, getting him a better chance to try and crit me. All while I stayed on the ground, holding up my shield and spamming my left click button just in case if he makes my shield go into it's recharge slate.

Dream slowly got closer to my character, putting down and up his shield as a way to tempt me into attacking him.

And because of his constant taunting, I even mimicked and tried my luck a few times with putting down and putting up my shield too.

He ended up trying to attack when we were forced to take a sharp turn, but he missed in doing so.

This kinda repeated a few times, and after the third time, we started trading hits. Only doing about 2 hearts worth of damage to me the first time, then 2 and a half the second time, then the third time he got me to half health.

I'm sure we pretty much did the same amount of damage to eachother. The sounds of the hits were also a dead give away. I'd at least got him to around half health.

Dream began to run away from me after my last hit on him, I followed after him and placed my shield up just in time to see an arrow leave his crossbow, bouncing off my shield like a rubber ball.

Though even with the missed shot, he continued to run. So, I took my chances to shoot him with the normal bow and arrow.

deflected arrow.

We both stop and shield for a while, watching eachother very closely.

Honestly, I felt like we're both starving caged animals fighting to the death. Weird simile, but it's true.

I slowly made my way forward and took my chances with using the crossbow's arrow-- which missed horribly.

And because of my awful miss, and because I was on the low ground, Dream shot me with his crossbow, only dealing 1 and a half hearts worth of damage.

As Dream ran away again I switched my shield out for my crossbow, loading it up as quickly as I can as I use my bow to send an arrow at Dream, which missed but it kept him moving.

Once Dream decided to stop, he turned around I quickly switched my shield back to my offhand. We both slowly got closer again, trying to stay cautious of one another. We circled and taunted eachother.

But, I got a little greedy and tried to attack, which lead in Dream getting a hit on me. Only half a heart, but still. These hearts are precious, so out of panic, I ran away.

Dream ended up shooting me in the back, getting me down one and a half hearts.

I silently cursed at myself for the reckless mistake, turning back around and shielding myself up once again.

Dream once again slowly made his way over to me, putting up and lowering his shield as an attempt to get to me faster. We circled a bit and at the same time, we traded hits with the diamond axes, him getting me lowered to one heart of health.

Running away from eachother because of how low we both were, I turned around and shot my last arrow which missed him by only a pixel. My hand began to shake and I desperately tried to dodge any incoming arrows from him. I suddenly took a stop and raised my shield, my eyes tracking Dream.

He shot an arrow which bounced off my shield, and he began to run away too.

He was really low, I could tell.

So, I took my chances.

Neither of us had any arrows left, we shot all of them.

I slowly made my way over to Dream. Us both having our shields up and cautiously keeping an eye on eachother.

My heart was racing. My palms were incredibly sweaty. And I was shaking so much from excitement.

We circled eachother once more, and when I saw an opportunity to crit him from behind....

...I took it.

I let go of my shield, holding down my W and D keys hard as I managed to get behind Dream. I held my space bar as I turned my mouse quickly to my left and smashed down my left click with the axe, causing my axe to slash down.

After the action was done, my eyes widened and my jaw dropped at the message that displayed in chat.

"OH MY GOD- THERE'S NO FUCKING WAY--" I literally screamed at the top of my lungs, jumping out of my chair

I clasped my hands over my mouth, continuing to stare at the death message in chat. Soon after I let out a squeal.

"NO FUCKING WAY!!!" I cheered throwing up my arms "DID I ACTUALLY JUST KILL DREAM!?"

I felt the most goofiest smile come across my face. I was so in shock about what just happened... I was so shocked in fact, that I didn't even hear Dream's own screams and raging from his stream.

I turned off the stupidly funny speed run music and ended up laughing uncontrollably, me trying to calm my breathing and my yelling because I probably am going to get noise complaints from my family and neighbors otherwise.

After a few minutes, I decided to look back at Dream's stream and tune in.

"Okay- okay- okay- that was a very close one. Y'know what? I'm actually glad that was the outcome. They did extremely well with that fight." Dream admits "Okay.... lemme just get them in a call"

wait- what?

My eyes shot over to the discord to see that the other call that was empty before now had Dream in it.

WAIT--

And without any chances to let me breathe, I was moved into Dream's call.

"Hey, hello? You there U/N?" Dream asks

I was spazzing up for a quick moment, unable to speak because of my sudden sense of being star struck... but after biting down on the inside of my cheek, I forced myself to speak.

"Yeah I'm- I'm here." I spoke

"Good! good. Uhh- yeah. I just wanted to say congratulations on winning the duel!" Dream said "that was a very close match. How much health were you at?"

"I am literally at- like- one heart, Dream" I replied, a little out of breath

Dream let out a chuckle.

"No- You don't understand. I was shaking that whole time...." I admitted

"Yeah, I could tell" He laughed "Anyways. Congratulations once again, we can discuss about your entry to the Dream SMP after the stream, if you'd like"

"Yeah- yeah- yeah... that's fine" I answered

"Good! good... Anyway- let me just end my---"

"HEYYYYY BIG MAN D!!!" A very loud voice erupted through the call we were both in

"Wha- TOMMY! How did you get here!? You don't have perms!" Dream barked

"Dream-- That is the least of your worries!!! YOU LOST TO A WOMAN! I thought you were one of the best there is!!" Tommy exclaimed "You lost to Techno, now you lost to one of your viewers!-- a girl mind you! That is one of the biggest L's there is, Dream!!"

Quietly sitting in the call, I decided to take a screenshot of this amazing moment.

I'm in a call with Dream AND Tommy!!! What are the fucking chances!!!

"OH MY GOD- Tommy, I'm going to ban you if you don't leave" Dream said

"TRY AND GET RID OF ME YOU GREEN SON OF A BI---"

"...you- you actually banned him?" I questioned

"Yep" Dream simply replies "Anyways... Let me just end my stream and we can go ahead and talk about the details"

"Okay" I said

Dream then goes on defen and I await patiently for him to end his stream.