[3rd POV]
Turns out giving upgrades to a Lord of Order and Lord of Chaos was a lot easier than Gwen was initially expecting. Like, way easier. Mostly because all the universes she had to travel to were dead or dying, meaning, they were very very easy to work with.
All she had to do was find and hunt down the Helmet of Fate and Klarion of the dead or dying universe, and then help Teekl and her Helmet of Fate absorb them. Most of them were weaker than her own, and were absorbed into them with little difficulty, and in return they got a big power boost with each and every single one absorbed.
She had even boosted the others by finding other Lords of Order and Lords of Chaos and helping them absorb the others. The boosts they were obtaining were growing smaller as the more they absorbed the less it helped them.
But, it had also strengthened her, but not by a ton, not like it was hosting the Lords of Order and Chaos that she was host to.
During her time traveling to other universes, she had been gathering the lantern rings and lantern batteries that were needed for the future. Her symbiote absorbing them all as her control over the different emotions growing more and more with every single one.
She had even managed to find a number of Mother Boxes and Father Boxes, which combined with her symbiote, boosting it even further as the symbiote was growing stronger and stronger with each and every universe.
So far she had found a few thousand beetle scarabs thanks to her clones, but couldn't absorb them just yet, as she wanted to finish gathering them and then use her symbiote to absorb them in mass.
She was a bit disappointed to not find the Worlogog or Mobius chair just yet, but she wasn't entirely surprised. They were both immensely powerful artifacts and incredibly hard to find. Not to mention the entities that they were connected to.
But she would find them eventually, she knew that much.
So instead she focused on growing her Lord of Chaos and Order, gathering lantern rings, and just boosting her symbiotes power over all.
That, and enjoying her time with her father and brother.
But finally, after nearly a week of living in the DC universe again, Gwen decided it was time to start to connect to the different forces. To begin to grow her connection to them as well.
She had wondered if she could use them outside of the DC multiverse, but found that she in fact, could. Her system acting as a mediator to allow her to utilize the forces outside of their home multiverse.
At the moment she was sat on the surface of Mars, after telling her father she'd be out for a bit, mostly so he wouldn't worry.
Standing on the surface of Mars, Gwen let out a deep breath before speaking "3x2(9YZ)4a" Her voice echoed, and as she spoke the Speed Force equation, everything began to...stop.
Time slowed to a crawl as Gwen blinked, before glancing to the side, finding a figure of lightning and speed standing there.
"So you're the speed force, huh?" Gwen said, as she stared at the cosmic force in front of her, the force was silent, as if it was trying to see if she was worthy or not. If she would be permitted to utilize its incredible, immense power, more than she already was.
"Not very talkative? Not surprising. I guess I'll let you make your decision in regards to me. I just hope you'll allow me to use your power, so that I can stop the threats that are coming for both this multiverse, and the other" Gwen spoke, knowing that this entity in front of her was knowledgeable on the existence of other multiverses.
Afterall, DC was the sister multiverse to Marvel.
Eventually, after the entity in front of her stared at her for a little while longer, she heard a deep powerful voice that sounded like a million other voices, and said voice said only a single word.
"Worthy" It spoke, before Gwen let out a gasp, as she felt it.
The speed force. But...so so so different. Stronger, faster, better. If Gwen was to compare it, it was akin to going from a bicycle to a lightspeed spaceship. It was like going from a old run down truck from the 40s to a modern super car.
It wasn't even remotely in the same level.
Taking a single step, Gwen appeared on the other side of the universe...through pure speed. Moving faster than an instant as she began to literally blink across the universe through pure incredible speed.
Gwen wasn't even sure how fast she was now, but she was very very confident that it was approaching the levels of Barry Allen of the mainline universe. Hell, she was pretty certain that she could now reach the levels of Wally West if given a bit of time.
And considering how fast he was...that's an impressive thing.
Considering Wally West was so fast that he could run faster than death. Outrun thought and reason. Break the laws of the multiverse, running faster than the speed force itself. Moving so fast that nothing and no one could keep up.
The fastest man in the multiverse.
His speed was so incomprehensible that not even Gods of Speed could hope to keep up. And Gwen was beginning to encroach into that territory, and could if she used her boost enough. Hell, she hadn't even used her Negative Speed Force, which she could tell was also being boosted to it's comic levels, making her even faster if she truly went all out.
But she wasn't there just yet. All she needed was time and she would be.
At the same time as the Speed Force flowing through her, Gwen could feel two other energies fill her being.
The Strength Force and the Sage Force.
Her strength expanded and grew further than ever before, and her mind began to move even faster, her psionic capabilities boosting by quite a bit, around 25% which was insane considering how powerful she already was in terms of pure psionic power.
And she also noticed a notification in her vision.
[The Forces]
[Details - Connect to the Speed Force, Sage Force, and Strength Force of the mainline DC multiverse, boosting your power in each area massively]
[Rewards - 250 SSL Tickets]
[250 SSL Tickets > 5 SL Tickets = 40 SL Tickets Total]
Breathing out as she reappeared back on Mars through speed, Gwen looked down at the lighting arcing at her hands, a smile on her face "Thank you, Speed Force" Gwen spoke out, knowing that the entity could hear her.
With her power boosted by so much, Gwen decided that it was now time for the harder part.
Connecting to: The Green, The Red, The White, The grey, and all the others. Each of them being closely connected to her, thanks to her being a God.
And once she connected to each of them...it would be time to go after the remaining objects of power, and attempt to obtain a White Lantern Ring. And once she finds that, then she would connect to the Life Equation, and a huge boost in power would ensue.
Only after that would she go after Trigon, as she needed to complete all her different tasks before going after him. Mostly so she can leave right after, just in case she pisses off anyone stupidly powerful like Trigon. Or hell, even Spectre.
The latter would be a more likely candidate for targeting her. As he's pretty much the Living Tribunal of this multiverse, but weaker (usually), and a hell of a lot angrier.
Moving, Gwen crossed her legs as she began to get into a meditative position and shut her eyes, one thought on her mind as she began to connect to the different natural forces.
'...Let's see how this goes'
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That's the end of the chapter!
Next chapter will be a bit more family bonding, and some timeskips as ain't nobody want to sit here for 5 chapters watching her gather a bunch of artifacts and items of power.
Gwen is officially insanely fast, like, way faster than before. As in, she is probably the fastest being in Marvel once she goes over there, and is one of the fastest in DC. Wally is still faster at base (for obvious reasons, because that dude is just stupidly fast at this point) but not forever.
Anyways, have a good day!