@onewayoutEminence smiled gently when Prue spoke her name, In all honesty, he thought it was a lovely name, befitting her beauty and her outgoing personality, though he didn't pay much attention to her looks, and instead took more notice of their surroundings, walking past the girl, looking into the darkness, which his Faunus eyes allowed him to see through, clearly noticing a few grimm hidden in the woods... surveying and inspecting them, though Eminence made sure not to let his fear get to him, his heart was at ease, he knew that fear would bring the Grimm closer, and would tip them off to his knowledge of their location within the thick forestry, and decided to continue listening to Prue, turning to her direction once more.
"If there's anyone in this forest who can't handle themselves against a bunch of stupid Grimm, well..." she cracked a grin.
"They don't need to be here."Eminence frowned at that statement, though she was right... partially. If you were not strong enough to fight the grimm, then you shouldn't be fighting grimm, as it would only lead to your death, though he was against her entire speech, and decided to put his own two cents into the conversation.
"Not everyone starts off as professionals though, Prue, not even we're capable of handling an army of Grimm, despite us having some experience... Some people start off at certain levels, all it takes is more practice to reach your hidden potential. If the headmaster just wrote off everyone by their first Grimm fight, i'd certainly think there'd be a lot less hunters and huntress' in the world..."When Prue insinuated they stick together and that Eminence would be stuck with her for the next few years, Eminence gave a light smile, and replied with polite confidence.
"Fighting by your side, I wouldn't call it being stuck with you, if anything I think lucks on my side to have been partnered up with a talented future huntress, like yourself Miss Prue."Eminence bowed respectfully to her, a hand placed over his chest, before arching up to look at her directly. It was then she proceeded onward, heading north towards the location of the relics, playfully insisting she'd leave him, without a second passing before her quick footed self was several paces ahead. Eminence chuckled lightly, liking her very upbeat attitude, and nodded his head, hurrying onward by her side, with one ear always on the Grimm around them...
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After a short journey through the forests, with Prue and Eminence still guarding the others' back, Eminence stopped. Clutching his chest, Eminence felt his aura reacting instantaneously, as if sensing the presence of more Grimm on the approach... and lo and beyond, surrounding them were a pack of Grimm, five beowolf's and two Boarbatusk's.
"Prue... We've got company." Eminence whispered, before pulling Claudia out from its sheath once more, the blade vibrating the tighter Eminence gripped onto the hilt, awaiting his foes to come towards them...
"Lets take care of this lot and move on...! I'm going to knock these grimm into the air, and you handle their weakpoints when their airborne!" Shouted Eminence, as he beckoned the Boarbatusks to come running for him, taking the bait, each one screeched and attempted to charge for the zweihander wielding male. Calm and prepared, Eminence slowly rested his Zweihander behind himself, waiting for the right moment for a rising swing... A second past, then another, when finally the two Boarbatusks reached his position. Using his slow yet powerful swing upward, Eminence was able to end up sending the two Boarbatusks high up into the air, deflecting their charges, both at once, allowing their bellies to become exposed.
To give Prue time to attack the boars, Eminence ran on ahead to approach the five beowolfs, to protect her. Eminence, upon activating his semblance, forged a large etheral shield in front of himself just in the nick of time, as each beowolf's claws rammed into it, reducing the amount of damage Eminence would have taken by almost full, though the amount of energy required to block FIVE beowolf blows was agonizing, though he managed to do it, knocking each of them back, and in retaliation, was able to make a diagonal swing leftward, just before a beowolf was able to dodge, completely slicing it in two, leaving four remaining.
"Your turn!"