The Grimm's Assassin

A Day of Tests part 3

(After landing Harley's POV)

After folding my wings back in and rolling along the ground then skidding into a crouched stop I evened my breathing and using my enhanced senses of hearing and smell, I knew that while my target location was due north from my current stand point, I did not find any grimm currently near my position. So I got up and quickly dusted myself off then started making my way towards the temple. If I remember from last night, Ruby and the others told me that during their own initiation they were forced to go up against both a Nevermore and a Deathstalker. As I was walking along the path I noticed that even though it was midday, by the position of the sun, because of the lite overcast and the heavy canopy down on the ground it was quite cool. So that was an added bonus.

By the time I had been walking for a solid ten minutes, I noticed something off. Where, are, all, the, grimm. Surely I should have at least run into a Beowolf or an Ursa by now. But the further in I go, the quieter it seems to... get. 'Hold on a minute.' I thought. I then took out my bow and knocked an arrow as I scanned the tree tops and then did the same with the surrounding tree line while also continuing to move north at a sedated pace. The less noise I made the better. That's, when I heard a slow low movement of leaves on the ground. From the pitch I could tell it was a King Taijitu, but because the wind was blowing to the south the sent was being carried away from me. So I crouched down and made sure to have a grip on my bows draw string ready to pull back and then release. Within the next sixty seconds both large snake heads lunged at me from the foliage. But Before they even got halfway across the small clearing I was in I let my arrow lose amplifying it with wind dust for extra speed and a cleaner slice the arrow found a home in the middle of the white heads forehead.

As it dropped I quickly folded my bow and then drew my hunting knifes waiting for the second head to come closer. Another ten seconds later and I dodged to the left slicing along the grimm snakes side while doing so and then did a one eighty spin while also turning my knifes into a reverse grip. Over the course of the next minute the large sleek grimm continued to lunge at me with the intent to swallow me whole. But every time I would either slide to the left or right while also sometimes doing a slight undercurve simultaneously leaving cuts along its belly. Seeing as though it was about time to end the bout I sheathed the knifes and then drew my dual katanas and with great speed (half as fast as Ruby's semblance speed and that's holding back) I ran towards the half dead grimm and in one quick motion sliced along its neck. I came to land in a crouch behind the large snake and at first nothing happened. But then a second later the entire second head slide from its body landing with a thud on the ground below.

Sheathing the blades I then took out one of the few storage cubes I had brought with me and released me salvagers tool kit. So with post hast I made quick work of removing the fangs from both heads and then wrapping them in a cloth and then stored both them and the tool kit. Little known fact, even after death, if the fangs of King Taijitu or the stinger of a Deathstalker are removed before the body dissipates they remain. But also at the same time both items for a short period of time will continue to produce venom. Thus allowing for harvest and study.

By the time I made it to the temple (battling, killing and harvesting from the few Beowolfs and Ursa unlucky enough to cross my path) I found that while there were many pedestals in front of me, only one of them had an item sitting on top of them. And it just so happened to be this:



While outwardly I looked at the necklace confused, on the inside I was trying to hold back my laughter. It's tradition for an assassin who has just joined the brotherhood (unless they haven't had the proper training, then they will be mentored) to be given a challenge that at the end has their personal assassin's brotherhood necklace. So without further delay I pocketed the necklace (to not rouse any extra suspicion from any templars watching the feed) And then did a quick 180 and started walking back towards the cliff.