CHAPTER 4
Ash gave a calm sigh taking a good look at the room which weirdly was sure was going to be very comfortable having a toilet, kitchen and what happened to look like a living room or a free room which was a little larger than the others and the room is located in a separate section which is in the base library, it was furnished and a little equipped but was in a state of partial ruin; filled with dust, cobwebs, trash of all kinds even what looked like a decade old can of bean was lying around somewhere half eaten.
The only surprising thing was the fact that it wasn't infested with rodents or he hadn't noticed it at all, after surveying the room for a little while he decided to start cleaning up which was hectic to say the least "today is going to be a long day " he thought trying to wrap his head around how long the room must have been left abandoned and singular fact made the cleaning much more harder.
He got to work as soon as he got the cleaning supplies from the library clerk, who seemed somewhat friendly, handing everything before he even asked. It would take longer than normal before he was done, and he knew it.
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A loud, blaring sound woke Ash from his sleep, forcing him into an almost panic state. It took him a little while for him to realize that it was only the Alarm that was installed mainly to wake him up only for the scheduled time for the inmate to train; without exception, he was going to join them.
He was told by Kane that they would be given special training for a total of six months which to Ash was a lot time before they can join the main force of soldiers in the fight, the rift as it is known is a collection of many gates which accumulated over the years forming a more powerful a more destructive gate that takes years to clear off.
Twelve Major rifts exist at the moment, 2 currently occupied by humans, while the others are being held back by the other races, which include humans, beast men, and dragons, which, on one hand he hardly ever comes across in person, and he was sure that he was going to run into a few of them.
A package arrived not too long after he woke up as Kane as promised containing all of the essentials he was going to need except consumables having only the two pairs of bodysuits and two outfits very similar to the one worn by Kane, two pair of boots both of which were his size tailored to fit him correctly accompanied with a watch and a note attached
`You have ten minutes after the second horn to get ready and head out of your room, use the watch given to you, and follow the navigation to the sixth training hall and find the instructor known as Kruger, submit your credentials to him, and begin training. PS: try not to be late `
As if on cue the second horn sounded and he quickly prepared himself not really in a hurry but quick enough to be efficient, took him less than a minute before he was done the only problem he was having was the fact that he didn't know how to how to use the watch and the instruction wasn't even given in the letter.
And worse still he was running out of time, he decided to leave figuring it on his way out, it took some asking around from soldiers and utility workers who were surprised to see a kid in the bastion but still answered leading him to a not too large building which is known ' hurdle ' which is a multiway transport system connecting almost every part of the bastion and it was not too impressive on the outside but the beauty lies inside having am very large space having several doors which to Ash was acting as elevators.
He received help here from one of the kind hearted receptionist who told him that he just ad into inject mana into it which was the most obvious thing that he would have done but still didn't even cross his mind, 'sometimes think I might be dumb ' Ash thought with a face palm as he found the right route and made his way quickly reaching the hall which was already filled with people who are of different age and gender standing at ease, usually he was expecting it to categorized by gender but hell he was wrong.
" you are late "a voice called out to him as soon as he stepped in filled with authority and he could tell that it was filled with malice, the person that called him out happened to be a woman who looked like one in her twenties suited in similar jumpsuit but having and emblem which was that of a golden shield having three stars and two red lines crossed above the symbol, she had a scar that ran across her fore head and one little one on her cheek but this on no account didn't dull her beauty.
It took him less than a second to knock himself out of his trance trying to answer, "I don't need your excuse, take up a sandbag and run five laps, "the lady said with a tone of finality, not that he wanted to argue, since he was the one who arrived late to the hall.
He didn't waste any more time grabbing what looked like a military tactical vest but with more pockets and filled with clay which was strange since the sandbag he knew of from his past lives were filled with fine sand, he gave the lady a strange look trying to lift the sandbag which was practically more heavy than normal although it was tailored fit for him couldn't help but feel it was too much of his size.
"The faster you do that, the better for you because you are eating into your teammates' lunch time. "