Obsidian Shadow

We all are surprised to see this kind of entrance to our secret training facility, but excited too. I can see the awe on others' faces while the lift started moving. It is moving at a speed that is almost equal to my bike riding, 40 kph.

It stops after two minutes and the doors slide open to show a facility that is far more advanced for a small town like Havet. The most surprising thing is this facility is not small, it is at least the size of a football ground.

We can also see more than seventeen people on one side monitoring the entire town on large screens that are in front of them. On the other side, there is a huge room with racks having weapons and armors.

I can sense all the people here are over Mid-D grade and the highest I can sense is Jack who is at High-B grade. This surprises me as I never knew there are these many high grade people in my town working in a secret underground base.

As far I can see and tell, this underground facility is very huge and we can see only the room we are currently in. The training room should be on the other side which we might use for training our skills and improve our combat power.

I wonder how huge the training rooms will be as we will have to train alone for our skills and train together to increase our coordination when fight against multiple enemies.

When everyone is looking at the marvel that is in front of us, Jacks turns towards us and says "Welcome to the 'Obsidian Shadow' where you will train and work till you leave this town."

"Obi what?" Clevis asks with confusion on his face to which Jack says "Obsidian Shadow. This is the main hall where we will be most of the time when you guys do not train or not on a mission."

After a small pause, he adds "This is the base of operations for Havet where we monitor everything that is happening in and out of the town for protecting its peace and lifestyle." I look at him with lot of questions in my mind.

Looking at this so called base, I know this has been here for a long time and still somehow it has been upgrade to be more spacious and many futuristic equipments which is brought here without raising any suspicions from the people who are living in the town.

Looking at my puzzled gaze on him, he says with a smile "You will know the rest of the details and what we really do here when you are ready for it. Till then, do the trainings, get the missions assigned to us completed."

I am also pretty sure that there is a higher power somewhere in the town or in one of the cities around the town. He will not be able to manage a facility when he is with us on missions. So, there is definitely a higher authority taking care of this place too and I just want to know who it is Jack taking orders from.

The uniforms which they wearing also looks expensive and powerful than the ordinary uniforms we get from the companies, the town security and the defence corp. These uniforms looks as if they are specially made for rough terrains which are around Havet. I can also see that everyone in the 'base' are having their weapons displayed which is against regulations in every village, town and cities.

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All of a sudden we hear sounds from a far corner of the room and see people coming out of a large arch shaped gate which is glowing brightly in white. We have never seen anything like this and it immediately attracts all our attention which is interrupted by Jack who is waving his hands in the air trying to distract us.

I try to look past him, but unable to as he creates an ice wall in front of us blocking the entire view for all of us. I look at him with frustration as he is blocking my view of what is happening and to find who those people are.

Everyone who came out of that gate were wearing identical armor with a mask that looks like wolf baring its teeth in anger. Their eyes were covered with a black glass that reflects everything in front of them clearly.

I wish the armor we get will be similar to theirs as it looks cool and fancy. Looking at the futuristic appearance of the underground base and its structure, I can say this is going to be awesome and dangerous. Gaining my composure, I ask Jack "Who are they? Where are they coming from?" To which he replies "You will know when the time comes."

I know this is what I will get from him, but still I feel a little sad as I am not as strong as them as I can learn more about their secrets and increase my power along with it. "Enough sight seeing people, time to start the practice." He says in a loud voice bringing everyone back to the present.

I see a few people monitoring the screen look at us for a second before going back to monitoring the screen. I wonder what they are looking for as some of them are just watching streets and wilderness that doesn't have any activity. Hopefully, I will not become one of these guys monitoring the screen as it looks difficult as they are not looking away from the screens for more than a few seconds.

They keep looking at the screens as if something might happen in the second when they are not watching the place. It looks a little weird when someone new like us look at them for the first time.

I just nod at him and he takes us to a door that is on the far side of the room that is close to the gate. For a second I though he will be taking us through the gate before noticing the door that is only about 5 feet away from it.