Chapter 106: Chapter 106: Initiation I
[3rd POV]
Landing in the grounds of the forest, Korra looked around, surveying her surroundings. She remembered Gwen had told her about the grimm, the types, and how dangerous they were, even to her. From what Gwen said, the forest was home to most of the weaker grimm, but there was a good chance that they'd run into some much stronger ones.
Hearing a low growl, Korra looked to the side, preparing herself as a Beowulf stepped out from the nearby bushes, as three more followed after it.
'These are the wolf ones Gwen told us about. They're supposed to be the weakest ones, but are agile' Korra thought, as she stomped on the ground, earth answering her call as it floated in front of her, and was promptly launched into the grimm, crushing it instantly.
Seeing the other three bolting towards her, Korra slashed at them with water, as it cut through two of them in an instant, leaving on the final one alive. This final beowulf grew close to Korra, before a burst of fire slammed into it, burning it into ashes.
Looking at the corpses as they dissipated, Korra smiled 'Gwen was right, these ones are pretty weak' Korra thought, only to stop as she heard more growls.
'...I've gotta learn to shut my mouth'
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With M'gann and Raven, they were walking together through the forest, having just finished off a dozen beowulf's.
"Those things are as fast as Gwen said" M'gann said, with Raven nodding along.
"Seems this universe will be good for our development" Raven replied, knowing that besides this being Gwen's "Vacation" this was also the universe that could be good for their growth. While Gwen was naturally going to breeze through this universe.
"Um, Raven, it looks like we've got more company" M'gann spoke, as she noticed a larger grimm approaching them. The grimm was an ursa, a bear like grimm that was much larger than the likes of a beowulf, but also much slower, and hits much harder. It was basically a tank, while the beowulf was a smaller but faster grimm.
Looking at the large creature, the two's eyes widened as two more stumbled into the opening where they were standing. As they realized that this might take longer than they thought, and there might be more grimm than they thought too.
Looking at each other, they both nodded, and got ready to fight.
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Walking in an opening, Artemis let out a sigh. She had been looking for the others for a while now, and had run into a couple of beowulf, but that was it. The fact that she hadn't run into any, was a bit strange, but she decided to not complain.
She hoped to run into Korra soon, as she saw Raven and M'gann landing together, so her best hope was to find Korra, who'd then by her partner. From that, they'd need to find M'gann and Raven so they'd get partnered, as she'd rather not be put into a team with people she didn't know.
Continuing to walk deeper into the forest, Artemis stopped as she heard rustling to her right. Without hesitation, she pulled out the proto-tool, as it formed into a blade. Readying herself, she prepared to strike, only to stop as a huffing Korra walked through the bush.
"Damn it Korra, don't scare me like that! I thought you were a grimm!" Artemis huffed out, as she put away the weapon. She was about to attack the girl, had she not stopped herself.
"Sorry, sorry! I was busy dealing with a crap load of grimm! Those things just kept coming" Korra said with a sigh, catching her breath after constant fighting with a load of grimm. They weren't hard to defeat or anything, but the sheer amount of them was what was causing the exhaustion.
"You okay? How many did you even fight?" Artemis asked, realizing that Korra must have fought a lot of them, if she was panting like she was.
"Not sure, I lost count after 35. Maybe like 60 or so?" Korra replied, mentally thinking over the amount, and she found that she couldn't really get a proper number.
Artemis looked at her with slightly widened eyes, understanding now why she was so exhausted. As while Gwen was able to decimate that many grimm with ease, they couldn't. Well, at least Korra and Artemis couldn't.
The two weren't able to continue their conversation as two more people walked through bushes at their left. Turning, the two let out small sighs as M'gann and Raven walked out.
"Hey guys! Are you okay Korra?" M'gann said, before noticing the look on Korra's face. She looked completely exhausted, and her hair was slightly frazzled, showing that something definitely happened while they were separated.
"Yeah I'm okay, just a little exhausted. I ran into some sort of grimm horde" Korra replied with a nod, as Raven frowned. The idea of a horde of grimm sounded...weird, not very normal or a forest like this one.
"A grimm horde? That is...rather strange, as from what I could tell, there wasn't groups that big in the forest. Perhaps our existence here is causing some sort of reaction?" Raven spoke, wondering if this was some sort of effect caused by Gwen's existence there, or someone else there.
Speaking of Gwen...
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Deep in the forest, a whistling Gwen was in the process of absorbing a writhing grimm. She had absorbed over 100 of them so far, as she zoomed around the forest, obliterating most of them from existence, while also making sure to absorb them, as they had some use to her. With every absorption, her aura grew stronger, and her souls strengthened. Grimm were quite the unique existences, and it seemed they had an affect on her.
And after the 10th, 25th, 50th, and 100th absorptions, she ended up completing some hidden quests. Each of them were pretty easy, and didn't give her tons of rewards, but any reward was better than none.
[Hidden Quests Complete!]
Grimm Absorption [I]
Details - Absorb 10 grimm
Reward - 1 NL ticket
Grimm Absorption [II]
Details - Absorb 25 grimm
Reward - 2 NL ticket
Grimm Absorption [III]
Details - Absorb 50 grimm
Reward - 3 NL ticket
Grimm Absorption [IV]
Details - Absorb 100 grimm
Reward - 5 NL ticket
Looking over the quests, Gwen grinned before claiming them, not bothering to wait. She wanted to continue getting NL characters for the next 50 or so summons, and then go back to TL characters. Just so she could expand her repertoire.
[NL Characters - Grimlock (Transformers, Bayverse), Bumblebee (Transformers, Bayverse), Protea Prime (Warframe), Ancalagon the Black (LOTR), Cole MacGrath (Evil Karma, Infamous), Shinzo Yozakura (Yozakura Family), Oscar Orcus (Arifureta), Cassandra Nova (616), Soundwave (Transformers Prime), Kidomaru (Naruto), Lockdown (Transformers, Bayverse)]
Assimilating the characters took only a few moments, before a sigh escaped her lips. Her "Spark" had grown even stronger than before. Cassandra, Cole, and the transformers were definitely the best of the bunch. Cassandra being a telepath on par with Xavier himself, as well as being his sister.
Seeing as she was finished absorbing the nearby grimm, and assimilating the new characters, Gwen decided it was time to find that relic, and get back to the girls.
Looking around, she focused her senses, before finding where she needed to go, and grinned.
'Let's go get that relic'
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That's the end of the chapter!
Next chapter will be the end of the emerald forest stuff, and some fighting and thats about it lol.
Anyways, see you later!