Chapter 86 - Boots On The Ground (2)

They continued walking and making it past the first clearing seeing another path that was filled with the ruins of what could only be have been from a previous attempt to make a settlement here. They continued walking and came across more Grimm this time it is 20 Creep Grimms and 2 Alpha Creep Grimms.

Weiss sighed seeing the Grimms and seeing that it only seemed that the numbers were increasing.

Weiss: "And I thought today would be relaxing."

Ren: "And so it begins again."

They were ready to go with Team CFVY being pretty impressed so far with the younger years seeing that the juniors below them are stronger than the others they go to school and class with. Weiss rushed out this time leaving after images learning her lesson after crashing from not adjusting. She can use these weaker Grimm to get better control while in combat.

Weiss moved with her Myrtenaster ready to stab out and pierce that Alpha Creep to deal with it first. She arrived directly in front of it piercing Myrtenaster directly into its skull. Coco was surprised at the skill showed by someone on Shallot's team and thought that she made a good choice letting him train Velvet while also getting Blake to help them with some things.

Blake was standing near the rest of team CFVY not wanting to go through Shallot's professor mode. She got enough of that when they were growing up. He would go on talking for hours if you didn't understand and was glad that he calmed down recently in these years.

Blake was watching how Weiss was fighting and Fox also went out to help deal with the regular Grimm. The path they were in was between two rocky mountainsides. They had about 10 meters of space and the most that could walk side by side were 6 people.

Weiss had an easier time using her speed and darting from one place to another attack the Grimm while Fox was in close quarters sending his aura into them making them pop like a balloon. It only took them a couple of minutes to deal with them and Weiss wasn't exhausted. She could see the real benefit to what Shallot had her doing.

They started walking and everyone including Ruby was getting distracted seeing all of the ruins and things here.

Ruby: "Wow! I wonder if Dr. Oobleck knows about this place."

Weiss was feeling better after fighting and feeling that she was getting better control over her body. She heard Ruby and also looked at the ruins.

Weiss: "This looks like it has seen better days."

Blake was also interested since she spent most of her time reading books about the history of Remnant and all the things that have happened over the years.

Blake: "Who do you think built these?"

Yang also chipped in getting distracted from the explanation about ki and all of its uses which she learned was a lot. It was far more versatile than aura since it could only be used in burst attacks or protecting you with a shield.

Yang: "I wonder how old this stuff is."

Yang was walking away slightly while touching some of the vases that could be found all over this place. Some were still in good conditions while others were already cracked.

Nora had her own opinion while Pyrrha had another.

Nora: "Someone had fun destroying this place."

Pyrrha sighed hearing Nora while also thinking that the area around them.

Pyrrha: "These structures are beautiful!"

Coco was studying everyone thinking that she should pay attention since she may also have to fight against them in the vital festival and the more information she has the better she can prepare.

Coco: "This area has always had a lot of ruins and has been told that they have stood the test of time and are reminders of the past."

Ren hearing what Coco said was surprised at how Coco described them.

Ren: "These ruins must be full of history."

Port: "Ah yes, the Emerald Forest is filled with ruins of ancient kingdoms. Keep an eye out for artifacts. Dr. Oobleck is always looking to expand Beacon's collection."

They continued walking and Shallot was standing next to Ruby. He placed one hand on her back and one on her stomach. He started circling his ki through her body making her feel more energized.

Shallot: "Feel the energy I'm spreading through your body."

Ruby started concentrating while they were moving forwards and came from in between the rocky ravine. Ruby had started to feel the energy circling in her body and she thought it felt familiar. Her silver eyes glowed slightly as she tried pulling on this feeling it was hard but after another 10 minutes, she could feel and move it.

Shallot was surprised at that since even he wasn't sure if she would pick up on it so soon since it took Blake around an hour to feel and move the ki. Shallot then removed his hands and watched as Ruby was feeling for the ki feeling it was getting further away.

She then felt that same similar feeling she had and could feel the ki inside her body. Once she got a grasp of it she could feel like a shackle was released from her and the dirt around her started being pushed away. She felt a lot stronger than she was previously and Yang could see the change in Ruby and was also curious about Ruby's eyes glowing slightly.

The longer she was exerting her ki the fainter her eyes were shining until they went there normal silver with no glow. Ruby opened her eyes and could feel the energy coursing through her body. The ki made her feel like her body was in its best shape while aura made her feel from inside her body.

Yang was the next to come over-excited to go ahead and learn what she could. Just from looking at her little sister, she could see that she had become stronger. Shallot was going to help her as they continued walking making it to a pathway heading up the mountainside. They could see some shacks here and there before Shallot started explaining again to Ruby.

Shallot: "Ruby, you now have to gain control over your ki so you can determine how much you are pushing out from yourself. People can tell how strong you are even if they can't sense ki. It's on an instinctual thing on people's part that they can tell how strong someone is especially people who are battle-hardened.

Controlling your ki can give you the appearance of someone who is weaker so you could get the jump on them. If you are far stronger than other people your ki could become similar to a type of pressure that could physically affect people or terrorize them. Ki control is still needed in these cases if you are far stronger than others.

Shallot went through the same thing with Yang with helping her get used to feeling the use of ki and she also did it but it took her 40 minutes. They hadn't come across any other Grimm for close to an hour and were wondering if there weren't any more Grimm. Yang got the hang of it while she immediately tried adding the ki to her fist.

She could feel that her fist became stronger but also noticed that her Ember Celica started to crack and she stopped using ki knowing that what Shallot said about controlling their ki must also be for using their weapons.

Ruby was going to work on controlling her ki when she saw a Grimm ahead. After using ki all of her senses were enhanced. Ruby got exciting wanting to test out her increase in strength and pretty much everything.

Ruby: "Beowolf!"

Yang was also ready to get into the action to use this new strength she has.

Yang: "Kiddie gloves are comin' off!"

15 Beowolves, then 14 Creeps came tunneling out of the mountainside with the creeps in the front making a path for the Beowolves. Coco, Yatsuhashi, and Fox were always prepared after knowing that some Grimm will attack from a blind spot and they almost fell into a similar trap like this in their last mission.

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