Chapter 822 Red Flags
Rudra and Max shared breakfast in uncomfortable silence after the fiance comment was dropped by Sophie.
Both tactically agreed to change the topic when Sophie pressed for it and Rudra jokingly said that Max was underage for marriage which is why this conversation was pointless for now.
Although Sophie was not completely convinced she knew better than to pressure Rudra or Max too much on this issue any longer lest she annoy them about it.
She knew she needed to be systematic in the carrot and stick approach to slowly break Max into marrying her. However it was not a one day process and she needed to give it time.
Max completely lost any appetite to eat as disturbing thoughts about engagement ceremonies clouded his mind when such things were unnecessary burden to a guy his age.
After the breakfast ended , Rudra offered to drop Sophie home and Max tagged along , as the trio made uncomfortable small talk about the weather and how ' University ' was in the car.
The moment she was gone however, Rudra absolutely flipped on Max , as he said " Look Max, i know you were always smooth with the opposite gender. Unlike your big brother you always had a lot of she friends since you were 4 and chubby.
What i want you to remember is .....
There are a lot of fish in the sea and you are an expert fisherman.
This fish you have caught is toxic , let her off the hook before she gives you mercury poisoning ".
Max felt bad for Sophie , she was his first real girlfriend and she had also given him her virginity. Max knew that she was very controlling and a bit manipulative, but he loved her nonetheless.
" I'm not planning on getting engaged big brother , but I'm not going to dump her either , i- i love her ". Max said
Rudra raised an eyebrow and reiterated " Max, this girl is not worth your time and i don't approve of her moral character.
I'm politely shedding light on this , and asking you to breakup ".
Max knew what Rudra said was true in his mind , however his heart did not want to hear any bad words about his girlfriend, so he raised his volume and talked back to Rudra " Big brother , respectfully. You don't know her , and it's petty of you to judge her moral character when you yourself have one wife in Omega and another in real world ".
Rudra slammed the breaks as he glared at Max.
Max panicked , he had said some words that he did not mean however he could no longer take them back.
Stuttering Max said " I-i sorry bi- "
" OUT ! ". Rudra shouted
" GET OUT OF THE CAR AND WALK THE F*** BACK HOME " Rudra ordered not wanting to hear one more word coming out of Max's mouth.
Max reluctantly stepped out of the car and Rudra drove off .
A myriad of emotions boiled inside Max's heart at the moment , however the strongest one of them was probably anger and regret.
One side of his mind told him all the wrong things such as ' He is not my father , he has no right to be acting like one ' or ' This is not 1999 , people don't judge others moral characters anymore , that's just backward of him '.
However the rational side of him knew that the only things Rudra said were because he cared and loved max and did not want to see him get hurt.
Max wanted to apologise, however he did not have the guts to face his brothers wrath. Hence not understanding what to do , he broke into tears as he walked back home.
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( A few hours later )
Naomi was 6 months pregnant now and wanted Rudra to be at home for the last ten days before she was due.
And Rudra promised her that no matter the circumstances in Omega he would be home ten days before her due date.
With this promise and a resolve to end things for once and for all , Rudra restocked his gaming pod with high end nutritional fluids and prepared himself for one last dive into the game.
He had 2 months to train in heaven followed by 20 days to wrap up the fight in the capital to make it back home to fulfill her promise to Naomi, and he intended to fulfill it by hook or by crook.
Every second he was away from home pained his heart and he would be damned if he was still absent when his wife needed him the most.
Hence when he re-entered the game he was there was a purpose and a passion.
He quickly wrapped up things with his guild members , giving them temporary roles and putting his legion on standby if the other incompetent commanders could not capture fort Mirzapur as intended.
Since Karna was back , Rudra made sure to assign him more backline duties lest he die once more and lose all his progress in Omega forever , which meant that the lead role of the guild assaulter fell in the laps of Jhonny English.
Rudra then convened a meeting with the commanders , gave his final inputs on war strategies and then had a meeting with the lifestyle division chief fatty Kalash as he restocked his inventory to prepare for heaven.
Only when he was ready did he seek Hades, who was expecting his arrival.
" So are you ready to go to the land of the angels? And god's? , A land where only 2 other mortal men have ever been? ". Hades asked Rudra
" Yes , yes i am " Rudra replied in a confident smile.
A portal opened by Hades 's divine powers and Rudra stepped in to go on his one last adventure in Omega.
/// A new month and new targets for you all to fulfill.
2000 PS = 1 BONUS CHAPTER
300 GT = 1 Bonus chapter
1 supergift= 1 bonus chapter
Every week we end within top 15 GT rankings = 1 bonus chapter.
Bonus chapters will now be dispensed the next day the target is completed instead of the same day. This is because sometimes to fulfill bonus criteria i have to rush writing the chapters , but i cannot afford to rush this last part as each the culmination of the entire books past and lore , so i need 48 hours to give them.
Enjoy ! ///