??? ?????????? || Karl Jacobs x Reader

45|| Tower of Knowledge

Karl surveyed his surroundings, a shiver creeping down his spine at the arrow lodged on the wall beside him, the shiny front rusted. There was a gap in front of him that separated the outside and the beginning of the tower, a small two blocks jump.

He also found himself staring at the backs of his three friends who has already crossed the gap, seeming to notice his absence, Sapnap sprints back to the bridge to hold out his hand.

Karl's hand tightened around his friend before leaping over the gap, Sapnap's grip felt like iron, unwavering and sturdy as hell. How did he get his muscular?

"Shouldn't you guys be more careful?"

"We are careful," George replied as he carelessly slashed the string traps and vines in his way with his newfound power.

"Dream!" The man looked over his shoulder to look at Sapnap's worried face before shrugging his shoulders.

George's laughter echoed in the tunnel. "Don't worry, it's not like we'll die anyways! We all got three lives, remember?"

"Except Dream!"

"What?" Karl and George exclaimed in unison, turning to Sapnap.

"Yeah, it's a long story."

Not the type to back out, George insisted. "No, tell me."

"I don't want to remember it." The man in question sighed.

"How did you die?" Karl asked, eyes jumping from Sapnap to Dream.

Sapnap looked over his friend before continuing. "Before Cogchamp and Herobrine, we met Wilbur when he was a pacifist and a village guardian."

"So you did meet..."

"What do you mean?" Dream questioned the British male.

"Before we- Fundy, Sam, Ranboo and I, came here, we heard voices and Wilbur sounded relieved to see you both."

"What did he say?" Dream prods further.

"It's something like, 'It's good to have you, Dream'."

"Anyway!" Sapnap cuts in, attracting the attention of the others. "We discovered a monument, and it's like a rip off of an Indiana Jones movie. And since I control fire by default, I dodged death but Dream fell into the lava."

"How about Wilbur?" asked Karl.

"He got poison darted."

Finally, the other two caught up to Dream and George whose heads were tipped back as they looked up the parkour course that filled the hollow tower. Karl looked down and felt an inkling of fear creep up to him. His different focus made the others follow suit. 

George even with the racing heartbeat, dared to kick the rock that got chipped off of the ceiling, almost tripping over his own feet in the process. Dream and Sapnap then snapped into action, holding his shoulders.

"Don't do that!" Dream then pulls the impulsive friend to the back of everyone.

"You got the grappling hook Karl?" Sapnap inquires, it didn't take long before the time traveler has procured the item needed.

Sapnap took a step forward into the plunge, falling into the pit for a brief moment before blasting his way to the top.

"What a show off..." George mumbled.

When the rope eventually fell, they equipped the right items for climbing up. Nobody said they need to parkour their way up the damn course.

Once they all arrived at the top where they were met with the an overgrown tunnel of sandstones, the particles of yellow infecting every crevice of the floor. They were quick to spot the blue fire torches set on the pillars and a few red lights here and there.