Rudra gained new perspective about the god's once Beniogre explained the secret to ascend to tier 7.
It was not something he would need for a very very longtime and probably he would never reach that threshold in this life , but it was invaluable information nonetheless and one that could sell for a crazy amount of money in Sigma should he ever find the need.
For the next few days , Beniogre taught Rudra about the history of various races and their origins as well as fundamentals of alchemy and theory of life. Although it was not combat training or stuff that could help him defeat Lucifer it was an invaluable trove of knowledge that would give Rudra a HUGE headstart going into Sigma.
Rudra very much doubted the value of the time he would spend with Beniogre before his 14 days started however once they ended he was actually feeling like 14 days were too short of a time.
The things he learnt with her were absolutely amazing and it gave him a newfound perspective in life that made him feel anchored to his goals much better than before.
As Rudra's time to depart came , all four angels including ozriel and Beniogre came to see him off , and Sariel even hugged him and wished him the best before opening a portal for his return.
Rudra's walked through the portal with 0 hesitation , however he had a smile on his face as he left heaven.
He had learnt a lot in his time here and improved beyond leap and bounds, now it was finally time to put this thing to bed and bring the fight to Lucifer!
As Rudra entered the barren lands of hell once more teleporting within the camp of the army of death , he felt a stinging sensation on his skin as if it were revolted by the environment.
It was his half angel side that was revolted by the atmosphere in hell.
His entry alarmed a lot of beings as the demon commanders as well as Omar walked out to see who was the unknown powerful angel to have entered the camp , and everyone was shocked to see that it was Rudra.
The grey angelic wings on his back and a robust body structure made him look like a heavenly being , which alongside his newfound dark angel armour made him look like an absolute gangster.
Omar inspected Rudra's progress and his eyes kept staring at his boots before a smile broke out on his face as he said " So i guess I won't have to save you anymore eh ? ".
Rudra returned the bright greeting and said " Nope ".
As Rudra went with Omar to meet Hades, the other commanders and players kept gawking at his new wings as within seconds it was all over the forums.
Rudra was currently ' THE ' most popular celebrity in the world and any news regarding him became popular within split seconds , garnering millions upon millions of views.
However the leader of the elites cared for nothing , as after meeting with Hades and reporting his progress he held a meeting with karna to understand the situation of troops and was extremely pleased to hear that Karna took charge and successfully captured the fort of Mirzapur.
The duo talked for a while regarding army size and future plans before Rudra logging out of Omega for the last time before the big fight.
Rudra knew he needed to meet Naomi once to check on her situation , because it will take him 20-25 days before he could see her again now and he did not want to dive into the madness of the capital fight before atleast spending one last day with her in real life.
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( Meanwhile Max )
Max was currently attempting his tier 3 promotion test after he reached the peak of tier 2.
Everything seemed to be going well for him as the Assassin's hall was evaluating his performance and he seemed to clear the first two stages of the test easily.
On the third stage however, he was to sit in a room and look at a scripture infront of him and figure something out , and the Assassin's did not tell him what.
The room was actually filled to the brim with mana and to pass the test max needed to learn how to cycle mana once. However no matter how easily Max understood the diagram , without his body feeling an ounce of mana it was impossible for him to understand what to do.
Max sat there for 36 hours trying to figure out what to do , he searched every corner of the room , every nook every cranny , searched for a false tile or a secret room , however there was nothing to be found there.
After 36 hours , an elder came in and offered to give him an hint if he accepted a lesser grade for promotion and Max hesitated . However once he realised that it did not matter anymore what evaluation he got for promotion, he did not need to impress any guilds or go much further , just raising the tier was good enough, so he accepted the help and the elder explained the process.
The elder said " This room has 100 times the concentration of mana than in nature , in here you should focus on the mana around you and learn to cycle it within your body as shown in the diagram infront of you.
You will be considered to have passed the test if you can successfully cycle it once ".
Max seemed enlightened, he had not yet tried to feel mana around him and this was a new revelation.
Max closed his eyes and tried to feel something around him when the elder said " This is a huge opportunity young man , learn this cycling technique perfectly and it will take you a long way in life.
Every profession has their own cycling technique, the one for the Assassin's nourishes your body in a way that it becomes lighter and more flexible.
So that you can run fast and soundlessly while being able to perform athletic feats no common man can.
Use this opportunity well .... ".
Max felt excited, he had read about this in the forums , apparently this was how many of those who became cultivators after reaching tier 4 started.
Maybe if he perfected it , he too could become a cultivator.
Closing his eyes Max started to breathe deeply as he tried to feel the mana around him. Little did he know that all his mana veins were blocked and no matter how hard he was going to try , he would never be able to feel an ounce of mana....
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( Meanwhile real world )
When Rudra saw the familiar low green light of his pod , he pressed eject to open the thing , however he was immediately stung by the smell of dead skin and blood as Rudra panicked as he went out of his pod .
Rudra prayed and prayed that he did not want to feel wings on his back , but alas he did . He had wings on his back now , the same grey shade as he looked remarkably different from what he did just a few days ago.
" No ... No ... No .... No .... No ". Rudra said , he did not wish to become a half angel in the real world, this was absolutely ridiculous, just what the hell was this game to alter his dna and body in real life?
Rudra then noticed his pod , and saw how it had many modifications done to it which he did not recognise. His pod had went from being a coffin to a full-blown behemoth of a container with alien looking technology.
" What the hell is going on here , SECURITY, SECURITY". Rudra called for security as although he did not open his room he asked them if someone had entered his office while he was playing Omega , but they replied that nobody had.
Rudra immediately searched the forums for alien sightings, but there was nothing ground breaking , just useless sh**.
It only struck Rudra later to check his rooms security footage and only when he saw the galactic patrol walk straight through his rooms walls as if they did not even exist , did he finally realise the universe he was truly living in.
For 1 hour Rudra watched them work and talk, as they modified his gaming pod as Rudra noted down parts of their conversation trying to gain some context into the wider universe.
When it was revealed that one of them was a vampire and one of them was an elf , Rudra was truly strike breathless for a moment.
He had always suspected that there must be mythical beasts in the wider universe however his first time seeing them was still exhilarating.
Although Rudra swore to tell this incident to noone , not even his wife for the stability and security of the planet in these last few days , there was one thing he realised for sure and that was that he was going to have a really really tough time ahead even after Omega.
/// Special shoutout to Antonn_Karttunen for 13,000 coins in gifts total!!!!
I'm truly humbled by your patronage and extend my heartfelt gratitude for this support.
Bonus series for this gifting will be given tommorow. ///