Chapter 54: Several Weeks Later, New Characters, Beginning of the End
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[3rd POV] [?????????????]
Time had flown by after the talk with the League, a little more than 3 weeks in fact. During this time, quite a lot had happened.
For one, Gwen had assimilated the new knowledge and powers over night, and had gotten a good bit out of it.
Power Mans 107 absorbed people had proven to be an absolute godsend. The 107 people all had counted as souls, considering he had all their knowledge and experiences in his mind. Therefore...she got 107 peoples worth of aura, massively increasing her aura by several times.
The new senses had been quite useful, as had the new semblances and fitzegeralds ability. His power had been quite the addition, and was something she had already begun to take advantage of.
Doing so was quite easy, after she created a money printer that would use recycled/used paper to create money. Not only that, but it was pretty much untrackable and seemilngy completely and utterly legit. The printer had already mass produced a lot of money for her, which she had stored away for the future.
She had continued to train her different abilities, and had continued to train M'gann, Artemis, and Raven. The training had picked up quite a bit, after she had introduced the super soldier serum to the team.
It had gotten...mixed reactions, due to it's potentially painful assimilation, but after some thinking, Artemis and Dick had taken it. It didn't change much in terms of appearance, besides making them grow a couple of inches, and making them a bit more toned and attractive.
But it was what didn't show that made a difference. They were now able to lift roughly 4-5 tons, had increased speed, durability, regeneration, etc. More so than even Captain America himself. Not only that, but she had made sure to imbue a bit of magic into the serum, protecting their blood from being used in cloning or trying to replicated the serum. She had wanted to make it even better, but it would require a lot more time, and it would put them out of commission for quite some time.
She had thought about giving it to Wally, but decided against it, as she wasn't sure what affect it would have on him, with his super speed and unique body. Kaldur, M'gann, and Superboy didn't need it, nor would it work for them.
She had thought about giving it to the League, but had decided to wait until after the Light was taken care of, and then introduce it to them. Just to be safe, of course.
She had decided to wait on aura for now, until after the Light. She didn't want to deal with them digging into the prospect of the power, and looking into souls. Thankfully, she estimated that the Light would be wiped out within a couple of days or so.
The new super soldier serum had done wonders for Artemis's martial arts training, and had improved her already rapid rate of improvement, even more. As it also improved their mental intelligence, making them even smarter than they already were.
Thanks to this, Artemis was officially the best martial artist in the team, besides Gwen. Not only that, but she was probably in the top 3 of the entire League, not including Gwen of course. The other girls had continued to grow their martial arts, but not nearly as fast as Artemis was.
During this time, Gwen had begun to thoroughly train and experiment with her Green Lantern ring. She found that her ring, while not even remotely as powerful as it's comic counterpart, was still incredibly powerful in her hands. Thanks to basically having infinite willpower to pull on, she could create just about any construct she wanted, that the ring itself could handle.
The largest construct she had manifested so far, was the size of a Large mountain, in which she had made on a uninhabited island she found. She knew she could take it further, but doing so would be hard, without drawing attention to herself.
She wanted to get some of the other rings, like the Yellow Lantern Ring, the Blue lantern ring, or the Star Sapphire ring. Either of the three would be good for her, especially the last one. As her love was...sort of infinite thanks to her knowledge, and just how far she'd go to make sure M'gann was safe.
Sadly she couldn't just summon the damn things, so she decided to just wait for them to come to her. As sooner or later, they would, especially considering she was the best possible fit for literally every lantern ring, thanks to having all the knowledge of her characters.
She also wanted to get another green lantern ring to absorb, but yet again, she couldn't exactly summont the damn thing. So, she decided on an eventual interstellar mission to find one, and maybe some other neat items of use.
Besides her continued training, she had also went on a few more solo missions. None of them were particularly difficult or anything, and most of them were rather easy.
She ended up getting a quest reward for this though.
[Hidden Quest Complete]
Justice League Missions
Details - Complete a total of 50 Justice League missions, be it solo or otherwise.
Reward - 5 UL Tickets
She ended up using the tickets right when she got them, not wanting to wait until later.
Ricardo Diaz | The Dragon | Arrowverse [SL]
Ricardo Diaz, aka The Dragon. Due to using a super strength serum, his body has been improved to superhuman levels. He has enhanced strength, durability, reflexes, and drug resistance. He is also a master martial artist on par with the likes of Oliver Queen, and is a master of several different fighting styles. He is also a master knife wielder/thrower, master marksman, assassin, tactician, expert investigator and leader, a high level intellect, a skilled scientist, explosives expert, master manipulator and of deception, expert interrogator/torturer, is multilingual, is skilled in stealth and infiltration. He is also incredibly intimidating, has indomitable will, and a high tolerance for pain. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Aldrich Killian | MCU [SL]
Aldrich Killian, aka the Mandarin. Aldrich Killian, due to his tests, has extremis. A serum that grants him superhuman strength, agility, stamina, reflexes, a strong regenerative healing factor, heat generation, and fire breath. He is also a genius level intellect, master scientist, expert buisnessman, and expert combatant. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Bi-Han | Suberzero/Noob Saibot | Mortal Kombat [SL]
Bi-Han, aka Subzero (The elder one), aka Noob Saibot. Being a cryomancer, and Lin Kuei assassin, he is an immensely skilled individual. He has the powers of cryomancy, allowing him to control the element of ice, to deep freeze opponents with temperatures of -500 fahrenheit, to the point of making them brittle enough to shatter into pieces. He was able to flash freeze opponents with a single touch and had the ability to freeze the air in a large area around him by concentrating al hsi power into one blast. He could also create weapons from ice, such as swords, daggers, spikes, orbs, etc. As well as defensive ones, such as clones, traps, and armors. This also includes his powers as noob saibot. Which allows him to harness the powers of darkness and shadows. Noob displays a mastery over the powers of darkness and is able to turn invisible, create weapon constructs, and summon a shadow clone of himself to assist in battle, he can duplicate and teleport to his shadow clone for an advantage in numbers and mobility respectively. The clone can also be summoned inside live opponents to bypass external defenses by pouring dark energy into them, tearing them apart from the inside. Like most of his fellow ninjas, he has the ability to teleport, He could turn into liquid and reform elsewhere, use portals to reposition himself or his opponent, and even kill by crushing and disintegrating those who are caught in his portal. He is also a master martial artist, assassin, stealth master, etc because of his thorough and masterful training. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Kuai Liang | Subzero/Scorpion | Mortal Kombat [SL]
Kuai Liang, aka Subzero, aka Scorpion. Having the powers of a cryomancer, Liang has the innate ability to control ice in many forms. He is able to naturally resist the cryomancy of others. His ability to freeze is strong enough to turn the body's water content, flesh and bone into brittle ice with just a single tap of his fingers. He has even surpassed his (late) brother Bi-Han's freezing ability, whose ice can reach temperatures up to -500° Fahrenheit or -295.56° Celsius, which is way below absolute zero. Sub-Zero is one of the many combatants capable of teleporting by turning his body into ice and reforming his physical form of flesh and blood in another location. He has also been shown to control and influence the cold aspects of the weather, although this aspect of his powers seems to be tied to his emotional state.Aside from flash-freezing opponents, Sub-Zero also has the ability to instantly conjure up an ice statue of himself to act as both a scapegoat and a 'landmine' of sorts as any who touch it instantly flash freeze. He has created many different kinds of ice constructs for offense and defense. Such ice constructs include swords, daggers, hammers, axes, spears, shields, walls, spikes, statues and more. He is also the new Scorpion, allowing him to manipulate natural fire. He is also a masterful assassin, martial artist, etc. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Ko'atal | Kotal Kahn | Mortal Kombat [SL]
Ko'atal, aka Kotal Kahn. Due to being an Osh-Tekk, Kotal Kahn is incredibly powerful. As an Osh-Tekk, he can draw power from sunlight to strengthen himself and heal his wounds, while also being able to use it to directly harm enemies in beams of solar fire or even imbue his weapons with it for more damage. Kotal Kahn also has the ability to use telekinesis, but it is not as potent as other wielders, such as Ermac, since he is limited to restraining people only. Fitting to his Aztec/Mayan inspired design, Kotal has the ability to summon totems that empower him during battle. These totems can be used as sources of power that boosts his damage and reduces the damage he takes. One of his totems has the ability to absorb spilled blood and use it to heal Kotal himself. Said totems can be used as improvised weapons as shown in his Fatal Blow. Kotal Kahn is also capable of teleporting in a burst of smoke and flames. As the Kahn, and an incredibly powerful individual, he is also a master martial artist, befitting of his status. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Hanzo Hasashi | Scorpion | Mortal Kombat [SL]
Hanzo Hasashi, aka Scorpion. Scorpion, due to his background, is heavily associated with hellfire, the netherrealms variant of normal fire. Scorpion is immune to the element and primarily uses it to confirm the death of his opponents, spewing it from his skull while unmasked. He is very versatile with this element, for he can summon it under his opponent, light himself up with hellfire to create a damaging aura of flames and hurl fireballs that can explode. His other abilities include necromancy and summoning. After being betrayed by the Elder Gods when they resurrected his clan as undead, he still found use from his undead comrades known as Hellspawns, who are capable of summoning hellfire as well. His summoning abilities allow him to call upon demonic minions that can self-destruct and floating skull creatures that breathe hellfire and spew explosive projectiles.He is capable of resurrection, even if his physical body is fully destroyed. Scorpion has the ability to teleport and can activate this ability without doing a gesture but by doing a mere thought instead, often used in the form of surprise or ambush attacks, and can open portals to the Netherrealm at will. The scope of Scorpion's powers depend on how long he remains in his abode, the Netherrealm. Like many ninjas, Scorpion is well-versed in the art of armed combat. He has wielded various weapons throughout the tournaments, from axes to the most recent twin Ninjato. His most recurring weapon is the Spear, a kunai attached to a sturdy rope. Hanzo now has the ability transform into a fiery skeleton, incinerating anything he touches, along with breathing fire and touching the opponent with other Hellfire-esque attacks. His ability with engulfing himself in Hellfire has also made him immune to other aspects of fire. He is even able to ignite his Spear with Hellfire, causing it to burn opponents when he slashes or stabs them. His speed has also seemed to have increased, with him leaving afterimages of himself after teleporting and using various attacks, making his movements unpredictable. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Skarlet | Mortal Kombat [SL]
Skarlet, aka Mileena's rival. Skarlet, is not particularly powerful in the normal sense, but has some unique abilities due to her being made entirely of blood. Skarlet can utilize several blood-related techniques such as throwing orb-shaped projectiles composed of blood and can even morph herself into a red-liquid state which she can mold into structures. Unlike Noob Saibot, she utilizes this state for both offensive and evasive maneuvers. She has powerful regenerative capabilities, and powerful blood magic. As she is able to draw blood directly from her opponents out of their orifices as well as forming weapons from said blood. Due to being an assassin, she is an incredibly skilled combatant, and a master of assassination, dagger techniques, and martial arts. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Slade Wilson | Deathstroke | Arrowverse [SL]
Slade Wilson, aka Deathstroke. Just like his comic counterpart, Slade was boosted by a serum, called "Mirakuru", granting him enhanced strength, speed, agility, durability, senses, reflexes, and a regenerative healing factor. He is also a master martial artist, roughly as skilled as Oliver Queen, a master swordsman, master stick fighter, master knife wielder/thrower, master marksman, genius level intellect, master tactician and leader, master of deception and master manipulator, has an eidetic memory, is a master of stealth and infiltration, is a master survivalist, has indomitable will, and a high tolerance for pain. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Ermac | Mortal Kombat [SL]
Ermac, aka the one who is many. Ermac, due to Shao Kahn, is not a single individual, but in fact a combination of several thousand souls into one singular being. As a result of his very being composing of thousands of souls, Ermac possesses various powers related to them, most commonly in the form of telekinesis, which allows him to manipulate every aspect of living and non-living objects with his mind. In addition to his telekinesis, he is also able to manipulate soul energy because of his composition, which he utilizes in the form of both levitation and firing projectile attacks. Due to the thousands of souls he is made up of, he also has all their knowledge, making him a master martial artist and assassin. Ermac is immune to telepathy due to the many minds of the thousands of souls within his body. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
Kazuma Kiryu | The Dragon of Dojima | Yakuza/Like a Dragon [SL]
Kazuma Kiryu, aka the dragon of Dojima. While not having any real powers, Kiryu is an immensely skilled combatant due to his years of street fighting, making him perhaps the best fighter in the entire Like a Dragon universe (That is shown). He has several fighting styles, the first is: Brawler a basic style relying on simple brawling, hence the name. Fighting is somewhat flashy in execution and slow, especially in comparison to Majima, but it is quite powerful. The Second is: Rush, It is a speed-oriented style that is inspired by kickboxing, shown by Kiryu's upright stance with a high guard put up. All attacks in Rush style are performed at near-instant speeds, with even the slowest and most powerful blows still fast enough to hit enemies before they can put up their guard. The third is: Beast, It is a powerful style that focuses on brute strength and use of immensely heavy weapons such as motorbikes, shown by Kiryu's grounded stance with legs far apart to fortify his balance, and open-handed claw-like hands hinting at his focus on grappling. The Fourth, final, and perhaps strongest of his styles is: Dragon/Legend, It is a powerful combination of punches from boxing, kicks from Karate, throws from Judo and grappling from professional wrestling, with a simple fighting stance deceiving the massive power and impressive speed that few like Kiryu can possess to execute the style effectively. Includes all helpful/important knowledge and abilities.
The new characters were genuinely quite useful this time, especially the Mortal Kombat ones. As most of them had new teachings and martial arts of use, as well as new powers. Ermac was especially overpowered in her hands, thanks to aura going off the soul. And having roughly 6,000 new souls get combined with yours would massively increase your aura. By nearly 50x in fact. She assumed it would be more, but it was probably because of their souls strength or something.
Besides Ermac who was easily the best of the bunch for Gwen, the Subzero's and Scorpions were great as well. As the new addition from their powers, the new hellfire and cryomancy abilities, and the new regeneration from them was a welcome addition. All her fires were now strengthened to hellfire from Scorpion, making her fires quite a bit stronger than before.
The netherrealm sadly didn't exist in DC, but she was sure it would have been useful if it existed there.
She got some improved regenerative factors were pretty good as well, as the extremis virus wasn't insanely good or anything, but having knowledge of the MCU counterpart would be useful for the future, especially in regards to making Artemis stronger.
With her new powers, Gwen knew she was more than ready for the rest of the Light, Circe, and most other foes she could run into during the remaining time.
She planned on leaving the current universe soon, preferably after she got with Artemis and Raven. As she wasn't blind, and could very easily see the attraction the two had for her, easy as day. If the three accepted it, then they'd travel alongside her through the omniverse, to a new universe. She had some ideas, but there was one that she wanted to go to more than most others, but that would wait for later.
For now though, Gwen was focused more on the present, which was the fact that they had a new member joining the team, and she had something important to do with the League.
Standing on top of a large building that was bustling with reporters at the front of it, a press conference currently happening, discussing the new introduction of League members, Gwen breathed in deeply, knowing that the next two days or so would be...chaotic.
Gwen had one final thought as she swung down from the roof, to a shocked crowd.
'Let's hope these next two days go well...'
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That's the end of the chapter!
I am going out of state for a week starting Sunday, so updates may get a bit irregular because of that. Thankfully I can still write via my ipad, but still thought y'all should know.
I ended up adding a bunch of fighting game characters to the wheel, after realizing they all had some genuine use to her, and were mostly if not entirely SL characters (Even if it didn't really make sense, like Raiden from MK, a literal god, being only SL). So be prepared to see more of them lol.
I added characters from: Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Like a Dragon, Killer Instinct, and a singular character from Tekken (most are too strong for now).
Most of this chapter was the new characters, but I made sure to make the stuff that isn't related to the characters, roughly 1100 words long, as I try to do in most chapters that has a lot of new characters and their information in it.
Unique gamer will get updated tomorrow.
Next chapter is roughly 4300 words, with next to no UL info, so a lot more will be happening, promise. And starting from now, all Characters detail sheets will be minimized/made smaller (as small as I can make it, while still giving the necessary info).
Anyways, have a good day, see you tomorrow!