Epics of Noche 5, Reflection

EON CH 27

SUPER WEIGHT.

1777, APRIL 10th, SUNDAY 11:47 am.

Snow crunched under Noche's shoes as she made her way towards the mountain. Giant rocks floated above her and Galloway as they made their way closer. For a moment the blonde was lost in the sight around her. The snow was so pure, so bright, and the world was so quiet. It was as if she was the only person in the world for a moment.

"This place is so cool," she muttered.

There was a loud roar, Noche turned to see a massive white ape the size of a building beating its chest at her. It ran towards her and slammed a fist down. She caught it with one hand and held it there. A smirk crossed Noche's face as the ape pulled its fist back up and brought it down again.

Snow exploded around her from the force of the impact. Unsurprisingly, the blonde was unharmed. In fact, she was partially amused. This thing was a giant, over twenty feet tall, while she was five foot ten inches. By all logic it should've been significantly stronger than her, yet she was toying with it. The giant ape was so weak.

"Man, my augment really is incredible," Noche chuckled.

Another fist came crashing down on her, but she caught it, and this time she grabbed onto it's flesh. Using both arms, Noche threw the ape a few hundred feet back the way it came. The gorilla vanished into the distance; the falling snow obscuring it after a certain distance.

"Hope that didn't kill it," she said.

"It'll be fine," Galloway said.

"That's nice."

As the two approached the mountain Noche's footsteps became heavier. It didn't seem by much, but it was noticeable. Which meant it must've been an incredible increase given how strong she was. A moment later they were at the base of the mountain and scattered about were the corpses of a few of those giant apes.

"The gravity is so intense sometimes creatures get trapped here," Galloway said. "If they aren't killed outright."

"Huh, neat."

"The next part of your training is simple. Climb the mountain."

Noche perked an eyebrow. "That's it?"

"That's it."

The blonde raised her head higher and higher. However tall the mountain was, it at least went above the clouds.

"Once you're halfway up I'm going to increase the difficulty."

"Increase it how?"

Galloway vanished in a cloud of black smoke. Noche grimaced and made her way towards the rock. She slammed her fingers into stone and they pierced it like clay. With a grin she did the same thing with her other hand, only slight higher, as if climbing a ladder. After climbing a hundred feet up there was a slight increase to her weight.

"Gravity mountain. Yep, that checks out," Noche nodded. "I wonder how intense it can get?"

The blonde continued her ascent. After about an hour, she had to begin putting in actual effort. It was kinda refreshing, she should come here to work out. Still it wasn't enough to wear her out. She had yet to break a sweat. It didn't take much longer for her to get to a point where that wasn't the case.