Gabriel and Cassius slowed down when they approached the Indian subcontinent and flew even higher to not be detected by radars, they landed in a secluded part of a mountain range covered in snow and all he could see till the horizon was just glaciers and barren mountains covered in nothing but snow, Gabriel immediately recognized the place to be the Himalayan Mountain range. It was about to be sunset and the journey from Rio De Janeiro took less than 5 minutes to complete. It seemed like they landed in the middle of a blizzard and Gabriel started to feel the cold slowly creep up to him, so he created extra layers of darkness on his skin, instinctively, Cassius too had a thick layer of darkness surrounding his body. Both of them had to do this so that they're body won't be hurt by the wind when they travelled so fast. "You kept up pretty well, young man" Cassius appreciated Gabriel.
Cassius examined his surroundings and seemed to stare at a shack in the middle of nowhere and shouted and pointed towards the shack, indicating Gabriel to come to the shack. They both leapt at doorstep of the shack and once they got a bit closer they realized the shack was.....glowing from the inside, both Gabriel and Cassius could tell it was Arnav's light energy, he was doing this to keep himself warm and not let the shack fly away due to the violent gusts of the blizzard. Gabriel knocked on the door and the wooden shack, which looked poorly assembled, but still resilient nonetheless, seemed to fall apart, to reveal a robed monk, who was Arnav. His body too, quickly was engulfed in layers of light to protect him from the harsh weather. Arnav greeted the both of them and told them that they'll fly to another place and he wanted them to follow him.
Gabriel, Arnav and Cassius flew out of the mountain into the sky and Arnav, who was flying in front of them, stopped. And said, "This should be the best place to set up camp for now, what do you say Cassius?". "Hmmm, it'll suffice for now." Cassius replied. "There's no way we are gonna set up camp here." Gabriel said, but he was shocked to see both of the other people started to materialize an entire floor and some furniture to sit on, which was a bit yellowy and red, which helped to differentiate it from the sky. They were literally making a base in the sky.
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Once their base of operations, near to the exosphere than the surface of Earth, was set up. Arnav said that they should buy some food from the surface and bring it back to their base and enjoy the food while they chatted under the gentle moonlight. Cassius and Gabriel both agreed and Arnav took them to a city in India called "Mumbai" famous for it's street food.
They made sure to land somewhere isolated and blend into the crowd and get some food, once they had what they came for, they went to the secluded spot they landed at and they took off to their base in the sky. They enjoyed the delicious food under the beautiful grace of the full moon light. They chatted about normal human stuff like how work was too tough for Cassius and Gabriel and how life's just been. They spent some time together like this and after a while, they got up and Arnav said to Gabriel that from now on, he'll be in the last phase of his "beginner training" for using the force. Cassius said that he'll teach him how one can use the force and make it one with the user. Meaning, the user is human and a biological being but the way they're gonna use darkness is that they'll become one with the darkness itself, they're gonna integrate every cell of their body with darkness.
Gabriel: "How the hell is that gonna be completed in 30 days?"
Cassius: "You've already made peace with yourself and your body already uses darkness on a cellular level, you might've already noticed that, since you've seen how fast your wounds heal. How you require less sleep than others, less water and less food. Your body automatically uses darkness as a fuel, as a base to nourish your cells and your body. We don't really know why and how it works but it does, and we can only learn to control it."
Arnav: "That's right. Your body is quite the strong one. Especially yours, Gabriel. You are scary. The strength you had gained just from your awakening was...mind boggling. I have never seen a newbie with that strength and believe me I've seen more than 350 users and no one's awakening was as strong as yours. Not even ancients awakening strength is this good."
Cassius: "Since the topic about ancients came. Gabriel, please start the jog down memory lane today, so that we can fully start your training tomorrow. Reminisce each and every detail your previous masters have taught you. And the reasons and moral obligation they passed on to you by preaching their knowledge to you."
Gabriel acknowledges Cassius's words and nods to him.