Max tried to focus on the mana around him , and it should have been easy considering there was 100 times the mana in this room than compared to the natural environment. However no matter how hard Max tried he could not feel a thing.
For the first two hours Max thought he would eventually get the hang of it , however he did not. After hour 3 max's senses went into superdrive as he could feel the disturbance in the air caused by his light breathing , however still not feel a single drop of mana.
Eventually Max tried and tried , making imaginary forces travel within his body alongside the mana path again and again , however when even after 6 hours of trying continuously he could not achieve breakthrough Max felt disheartened and his pysche began to get affected.
In the end after 10 hours of trying non-stop Max decided that he was better of researching about this first and trying this promotion test another day , as he had already reached the threshold for tier 3 and knew how to pass other tests.
Hence deciding to quit the tier promotion Max failed the test and logged out of the game and dejectedly researched the forums for tips and news.
Even still Max thought he was missing something fundamental about the understanding of mana which is why he failed , but never in his dreams could he have imagined that he was actually 'manaless'.
Spending hours trying to see influencers explaining how to pass the mana room test , max took notes on how the first experience with mana felt to the other people , and how they were able to understand this mysterious force.
Max also realised that mana was going to be a important force going into the future of Omega when the mana barrier breaks and earth is integrated into the mana universe , which is why it was absolutely imperative that max learnt how to control mana.
Max would have continued to research on the mana project for longer however he was interrupted by a sexy picture by his girlfriend Sophie who was inviting him for a lovey Dovey session.
On his way out , Max watched Rudra drive the car into the garage and for a brief moment the two brothers locked eyes.
It was the first time since their fight that the two were face to face , however Max chose to not greet his brother. Plugging his earphones into his head and pulling up his hoodie , Max walked off without greeting Rudra as the leader of the elites watched him leave with a expressionless face.
Angry , Rudra slammed the door of his car shut and the force with which he did so caused the car to slam into the side of the garage and break the garage wall apart , as the air bags within were deployed and alarms started to blare.
Rudra looked at his hands for a second as he was reminded of the immense power within them , he needed to have better control over his emotions because a little fit of Anger like this could potentially hurt someone precious to him if he did not control it.
The noise startled Naomi who with an enormous bulge on her belly walked out of the house barefooted , looking shocked when she saw the destruction in the garage and her husband stand there with grey wings on his back.
However all questions were put aside as she could see the exhaustion on her husband's face as she slowly snuggled upto him and wrapped him in a hug.
Rudra also hugged her back gently , his wings unconsciously wrapping around Naomi making her feel like she was cuddling a cozy blanket as she smiled and melted into Rudra's embrace.
" Wings? " Naomi asked surprised
" Wings .. " Rudra replied exhaling sharply.
Naomi asked no further questions as she knew Rudra would eventually explain it to her in his own time.
For her Rudra's appearance did not matter much until he was the same person inside , which is why she did not react shockingly to his transformation.
Rudra heard ambulance and police sirens in the distance , apparently they were here to check on the emergency signal that the car sent out due to the crash , however Rudra waved them off from a distance and nobody dared to come closer once he signalled them to leave.
Holding his wife's hand , Rudra started walking into the house , as Naomi peeked at the car and asked
" Max? ".
Rudra nodded and said " Max "
This time it was Naomi's turn to exhale sharply , she loved the kid almost as much as Rudra did and she knew that at heart Max was a very good child. However his behaviour lately was turning into that of a typically problematic teenager and Naomi had a good idea as to why.
Naomi initially tried to be nice to Sophie and she even brought her out for shopping after Rudra's fight with Max, trying to figure out if the girl was worth fighting for and talking in a positive light to Rudra , however it did not take Naomi long to realise that she was an extremely toxic and fake girl.
While on the surface she was the most energetic and bubbly girl who would shower Naomi with compliments at everything she tried and was amiable and intelligent to talk to , her fatal flaw was that she did not have an ounce of kindness within her , and Naomi noticed that by her behaviour towards the staff .
Although she was kind to Naomi , she was beyond cold to staff making their jobs difficult and talking down to them as if she owned them and the seven generations of their families.
Naomi had a very simple way of gauging people which was to see how they treated those below them.
Rudra was a rare person who treated those below and above him equally. He would not bow to a higher power and he would not make a lower person kneel to him.
pHe would be kind to those who were kind to him , and kind to those who were new to him. Only people who came to his wrong side would see his coldness and nobody else .
Max was also the same sweet kid , however he was too smitten with Sophie who was not.
While Rudra was away , Max met with his girlfriend often and on a daily basis , sometimes not even coming back home and it was growing into a real problem.
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