The brutalist concrete architecture of the subterranean Academy of Shadows was designed exclusively to forge the ultimate instruments of terrestrial violence. For decades, the massive, hyper-cooled training compound had echoed relentlessly with the deafening roar of unsuppressed ballistics, the sharp clash of heavy carbon-steel blades, and the brutal, visceral sounds of physical combat. It was the absolute crucible of the underworld, the exact location where Boss Solis had systematically hammered the Vanguard of Shadows into the most terrifying, unyielding strike force in human history.
Today, however, the sprawling concrete floor was completely, entirely silent.
