Secret room

Gladi has been thinking a lot lately about the artifact he wasn't sure if it is anything important. Now that a question about it has been posed to him, he has no idea how to answer the question. He hesitated for a while and started to speak. "Look I would love to tell you everything concerning that artifact but I can't," Gladi said., "Why can't you," Jadi said, with a little anger in his voice. "Chill man, I can't because I don't know anything about it". "How did you even get such a thing". "It's a long story but to tell you I just got it recently," Gladi said. "We've got all the time in the world, Start talking," Jadi said.

Gladi proceeded and explained everything that had happened to Jadi. "If that's the case then we shall look into it after this" Jadi said after he had listened to what Gladi had to say. He knew Gladi did the right thing when he decided not to give the artifact to Phill

On the girls side, they are doing pretty well with the martial arts, it's not that impressive like Jadi's but it's better than an average human who knows nothing about martial arts. They are currently sparing with each other using a few kicks and punches they learned from Christian. There's much more power in Unnah's punches and Kicks than Eslier she seems to lose stability while blocking Unnah's attacks. Even still she manages to land some punches of her own showing her determination.

The fight came to an end with Eslier receiving punches to both sides of her chin and an uppercut that sent her flying. She injured herself when she landed. "That's enough," Christian said walking towards Eslier. He gave her a hand and she got up holding her back. "That's impressive Unnah but you should work on your footwork. Eslier your defense is good but you are too slow to attack, improve your speed" Christian said. "Now let's go again".

"Wait!" Jadi said. "I think it's Gladi's turn now". Gladi moved to the center of the room where the girls and Christian are. He stood opposite Christian and took a weird fighting stance. "Hey man, , what's that," Jadi said and chuckled. He moved to him and repositioned his body well. Gladi's hand was stretched forward with a fist and his left leg slightly sent back a little. He bent his torso down slightly and was ready to fight. "Now that looks better". Jadi felt like Gladi is in a perfect position to fight Gladi didn't feel that way. He felt uneasy it was as if he can't move his body properly. His waist is in a locked position, he felt like he would fall if he tries to move.

Without any hesitation, Christian was onto him, and a big fist was directed toward Gladi's face. He tried to talk but he was too late the punch landed on his face. He stood well breaking the stance Jadi gave him and stood up straight. The punch hurt him he had bruises on the spot the punch landed. "Damn! That hurts" Gladi said rubbing his hands on his cheeks. Now he stood well and in a position he felt was convenient. Christian started to attack him, he dodged some of the attacks but still, he got hit multiple times. Christian would stop and explain some of his attacks to him, show him to perform them, and defend them. The girls who stood by were picking some new moves themselves.

One thing they noticed was, Gladi was getting better and better from every attack he blocked and landed himself. He didn't allow any attack he knew how to block to get the better of him. With all this improvement Gladi wasn't still anywhere near the level of Jadi. As expected, the fight had ended and Gladi was on the floor trying to catch his breath.

"Nice work guys, I think it's time for a break," Christian said. He is also out of energy himself but it's not bad as Gladi's. They moved to the dining hall and had a meal or two. During the whole time they were eating Jadi was thinking if he should tell them about the mysterious room, he no knew anything about except him. This thought was running wild in his head, he wanted to know about the artifact but he doesn't think Gladi is going to give the artifact to him. After hearing the story he is not supposed to entrust it to anyone. But still, if Gladi is there with him he would not have to worry that much about it. Now he had made up his mind he is going to tell them about it.

He told them that he wanted to show them something so Gladi, the girls, and Christian are following him toward the training room. He entered the training room with them and moved to the large screen on the wall. Tapped on the screen and it turned on. Four columns had headings. Jadi tapped on the column that had SR as its heading. A sound was heard from the right side of the room. With curiosity, they all turned to look at what at all is happening. All they could see was a red light that had formed the shape of a door showing in the wall. "Was that there before?" Eslier asked. "No," Jadi said and walked past them.

He moved straight to the wall and a mechanical sound was heard. It was the same as the one that had spoken earlier. "Welcome, Mr. Vonstrucker," a female voice said. Immediately the white lights in the room turned red and started blinking. "Threat Identified, Permission to eradicate the threat," the female voice said again and from the ceiling, a beam shooter could be seen. All of them except Jadi started to look at the beam shooter in fear. "Stand down," Jadi said calmly. The beam shooter retracted and the red blinking lights turned white and remained stable. They sighed to show relief from what just happened. For a moment they thought they were all going to be fried.

"Algee, register participants," Jadi said. "Each of should state your name and add 'Rank ST' to it" They all did ad they were told. The part of the wall where the red could be seen moved right revealing a hallway. They all entered and were amazed by what they saw. Along the Hallway, they walked through rooms filled with machines that could be seen. The rooms are enclosed with a glass door allowing them to see. Gladi and the rest kept looking at the machines while they walked through the hallway. The end of the hallway could be seen, two paths were also visible. Jadi took the path that led to the right and they also followed.

"This is amazing," Eslier said. A big room with a long table that had chairs around it could be seen. The top of the table is made of glass. Jadi sat on one of the chairs when he was there. They also did the same. Jadi cleared his throat and started. "This is a secret room, as it goes with the abbreviation.

It was mainly built for research". Jadi said. "That explains why it's so fancy and amazing," Gladi said looking to have a view of the white lights that brightened the room. "At this point, some of you may know why we are here," Jadi said looking in the direction of Gladi. All of them were looking at him because of his speech earlier except Jadi. So, when he looked in his direction the girls knew what Jadi was talking about. "Can you do the honest in bringing it out"?

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