Glory in War [EDITED VERSION - SHORTER CHAPTERS]

Chapter 4.2

The Council of the Underground City

21:06

Now seems like it's the time for the meeting of the Council. As for what the Council is, it is said that it's the most powerful group of people from this city. All the Leaders and one of their Officers standing together to discuss about the problems of the Underground City. Besides them, there should be also the ruler, the Great Leader, the one responsible for anything that happens in these lands and with His people, even ruling over the Leaders themselves. All of them, they work together to protect the Underground City at all costs. As for the names, each of the Leaders are using a formal name to address themselves in this room, even if each of them have a simple name as well.

The Central Base Leader has the name EM3RY, specialised in all the equipment the military bases have. Each sketch made by the soldiers arrive in this base's hands, which later on is made into a real equipment given back to the other bases. The North Base Leader goes by the name of M1SH4M, specialised in the rescue missions around the City of Above. All the survivors of the executions that now live in this city were once people that got saved by his team. The Northwest Base Leader is N3MES1O, specialised in justice. Anybody that doesn't obey to the rules of the Underground City is punished by his base, and put "behind the cells". The East Base Leader goes by R4YMOND, specialised in protecting the entrances to the City of Above, the direct ones and the ones from the tunnels. Since each entrance is being hidden in the City of Above, his people are making sure each day that nobody from the people who live there manage to find these entrances. The South Base Leader is M4EK0, specialised in spying around the City of Above to collect information of what's happening around there. Most of the missions and all decisions depend on what her people find around the city.

And lastly, the Southeast Base Leader, who is supposedly RY4N LENKOV in this room, even if in reality, his brother is the actual Leader. They are specialised in collecting official documents from the M soldiers from the City of Above, a reason behind the dangerous missions of theirs, even though nobody from this room knows exactly how are they getting their hands on the documents. But strangely, for them, the one that rules over this entire city is just a simple man that the room knows by the name of M4TTH3W LENKOV, the Great Leader of the Underground City. Even though, this is not the truth, because the true current ruler is someone else, that being CHE5TER LENKOV. Besides all of those names, there are the Officers from each base that are only assisting to help the Leaders, as well as the Clan Leaders with the same names of their clans, the XANTH3 Clan and the EZR4H Clan.

But as you look at it, it's just a room full of people that don't seem to get along that well. You can notice the Leaders of each base along with one of their Officers as said, as well as the important clans that help with the balance of the city, arguing between each other by any kind of subject possible. To think that this is the legendary Council of the Underground City... It just gives you the vibe of a school class where the students hate each other no matter the case.

The people seem to argue about something before the Great Leader arrives, ending even in chaos. Seems like even the people from legends can be childish in the end. But as time passes, three figures enter the huge room. From them, you can notice Officer RY4N and Officer KYR4. But alongside them, there is an unknown figure, not seen before, at least by us: a tall man with white hair and blue eyes, with a long white coat with the symbols of each military base that exists, as well as the clans from the Council. When He enters, the chaotic atmosphere becomes one quiet and organised, almost as if people fear Him.

["M4TTH3W"]-It seems that everyone is present. Should we start the meeting then?

Everyone approves silently. They do seem to respect this man at all costs, for whatever reason.