The Vanguard...

Rohan was still in that dark, multidimensional room created by that man, who named himself George. Even his stony sister was present along with them. The man had introduced himself as the Commander of the Vanguard of Earth's Magical Forces. Rohan was in a great fix as that man was continuously giving him huge respect and honour which he had never got from anyone till now. He even bowed down before him as well as apologised for his harsh behaviour for turning his sister into a stony like structure and forcing them into this place. On the order of the boy, Rohan, the man had now raised his head and stood before him to answer his Lord's questions. Rohan now thought that most of the answers to the questions on his mind would come from this man standing before him.

The man continued his speech, "As I have said, my lord, myself George, the Commander of the Vanguard of Earth's Magical forces. We are the forces who are responsible for controlling the wrong use of magic as well as protecting the Earth from any type of disaster. According to the Legend of Froncia---A powerful and formidable magician will be born on our planet Earth who will be able to hold the powers of one of the eleven Legendary Weapons, The Black Suit. I searched for the wielder for a long time, but now I know that my search is over. "

Rohan was a little more surprised to hear the prediction. It was his first time hearing that word. He interrupted to know about it, "What is Froncia?"

"Froncia is the legendary magical book written by the great magician-Sir Frank Toss. He was a popular magician in his time and was known as one of the fathers of the ancient Vanguard, the First One. "

"Fathers?"

"Yeah! Fathers. There were twelve fathers of the Ancient Vanguard of Earth's Magical Forces. They were superior in their respective fields and none in the universe could defeat them, not even aliens. "

"What? Did you say aliens? "he asked with fear.

"Ay, you are right. Aliens do exist... Moreover, the twelve mages were the ultimate legends who were born on our planet, Earth, and remained uncomparable till this time. They were still considered to be heroes in our vanguards. "

"So where are they now?"

"They are no longer alive."

"All twelve of them?"

"Yes, all twelve of them. However, to be precise, their deaths are still a mystery to us. It was an away mission for them to eliminate the ultimate thread of our universe hanging upon us at that time. The most dangerous and the most powerful thing that ever happened. I wish it would never happen again. The twelve legends were recruited by the Universe's ten masters' clan to help them eliminate the thread. But alas! Once they left their home, they never came back again. We have even tried to make contact with them, but every time we fail. But suddenly, we received communication from an unknown communicator after two weeks. He had a grave and uncleared voice. However, according to his report, the twelve guardians, along with the rest of the forces of the Ten Master's clan, were attacked by some mysterious being on that planet, Garua, on their way back. But suddenly, the signal began to fade away and it didn't persist any longer. Ultimately, we were never able to see them again. And that's what we know for now. " with a sigh.

He continued, "It was not even found by anyone what that mysterious thing was and who was that unknown communicator. Besides, as a coincidence, according to a statement from a spy, the thread to our universe vanished at that same time. Plus, no clues about that disaster had been identified by the team. Till now, none of us knew what happened on the planet Garua and whether any of them were able to survive or not. So, it was reported that they were killed in an action. Everyone was in deep water for a month.

However, a great person took over the rest of the Vanguard's proceedings and guided it through that darkness that fell upon us upon the sudden death of our legends, the Guardians. He was considered to be the new leader of the newly formed Vanguard. After that time, everything was running back normally again, safe and sound, but one day, everything changed abruptly. The leader of that vanguard had suddenly disappeared and he had never been seen by anyone. Because of that incident, the Vanguard foundation was disturbed to its very foundation. The death of the twelve guardians of the earth already had a great impact on their further linage and the absence of the Leader of the Vanguard provided an opportunity for ego, corruption, and power to divide the Vanguard into twelve groups each under the head of powerful leaders. These leaders were none other than the great, great-grandchildren of the respective lineages of the twelve guardians. Due to this impact, the twelve groups made separate Vanguards of their own. As a result, the Ancient Vanguard has been divided into twelve new Vanguards in the last fifteen years. Thus, making it weaker. This was the history of the Vanguard. "

Rohan asked him, "So which Vanguard do you belong to?" with an interrogating set of mind.

He replied, "I am in a neutral position in all the twelve groups. As I said earlier, after the division of the Ancient Vanguard into several small, powerful groups, However, there was no immediate relationship between any of the two teams, so they created a diplomatic centre for all the twelve Vanguards known as the ROGIANAL COLONIAL. "

Rohan thought, "What a name!" in a doubting way.

He continued, "It is used by all the twelve groups as their connection and has constant standing forces from each one, in case of any emergency which might fall on us. Moreover, the centre is also used for recruiting new capable magicians who have just passed the magical high schools all around the world and are strong enough to protect their mother earth. However, the standing forces are not allowed to join in any kind of war and are not allowed to facilitate or provide any information to any country. Even so, there are many strict regulations within the Vanguard and the candidates have to get through strict exams before they can be recruited. Moreover, once you join it, you will not be able to leave it until you retire or die. "

Rohan felt that the Vanguard must be an influential place and a powerful one for the Earth's Defence. He even wished he could be able to visit that place along with his friends at any time. How interesting it might be!

The man continued again, "Now my lord, your last question."

Rohan was snapped out of his dream by his words. Rohan didn't reply to anything, instead he nodded. The man continued, "According to our Ancient Legendary Book Froncia, there was one more statement which stated that--"Once the Black Suit is acquired by its master, evil powers will seek to gain its power and at that time, if its master is not able to save his belongings, our planet ought to pay a great price for it."

Rohan was a little confused by this statement. So, he tried to clear up his doubts. He asked, "What evil powers? What price do we have to pay? And to Whom? "

The man replied with a sigh, "Sorry Master, it even remained a mystery to us. Our foreteller had tried several times to find out the answer, but the thing that we can do now is to wait. "

The man's answer didn't satisfy his question, though he now knew that they had to wait a little longer to get their answer. George continued, "Master, now your last question is why I have brought you here." Rohan nodded again.

"Being a commander and a civilian of my planet, I could not stand but to find you and tell you everything so that you could help us in the future."

"Help us? What do you mean? "

He again knelt and said, "Master, I urge you to join the Vanguard and bring back the broken groups into a single unit... I know that it is a selfish request, but please, please help us, otherwise we would not be able to defend our Earth. Please... Please become our hope and bring back the Ancient Vanguard. "with joined hands.

Rohan had never turned down anyone before, but the request that the man was posing was a great deed and if he agreed with him, he would not be able to lead the usual life that he was leading. He thought for a while before answering. Even though he asked for Wimon's advice, the answer that he got was, "I know that it is a great responsibility, but I would suggest you take your own decision so that you will not regret it in the future." His response had increased Rohan's tension by leaps and bounds, and he was now in the horns of a dilemma. Neither he can accept nor can he refuse as his decision would affect his earth's future. After five minutes, Rohan broke the ice and said, "Sorry, but could you please give me some more time to think about it before I answer?"

The man replied, "No prob my Lord. You may take your time before answering, but one thing, please do not cite any of the information I gave you to anyone as things may go in the wrong direction. "

Rohan was somewhat relieved, but even that relief vanished as he couldn't take anyone's advice. He replied, "Hmm... OK, I will take care of it."

"Ok, my lord... So I will take my leave then. "

Hey! Wait, my sister. "

"Don't worry my lord, once you two are out of this chamber, your sister will turn back to normal."

Rohan got a little relief. The man continued, "So my lord, please let me know your answer. You can take this card. " He gave him a card and continued, "You can call me at this number and I will be right there in front of you." Then he turned back and disappeared in that chamber after some walking. "

After some time, the dark chamber vanished and the things which were present around him got their colour back. Even his sister was turned back to flesh. She continued her walk and praised her brother. However, after some walking, she noticed that her brother was no longer on her side. So she got frightened and looked at her surroundings. Suddenly, her eyes fell on her brother, who was looking towards a narrow, dark lane.