( Planet Radiance )
Learning from his past experience of being swarmed by common people during his visit to Radiance, Max decided that he would very modestly approach the guild grounds from the teleportation centre by covering his entire body with a hooded robe.
He had mulled over the decision to get involved in this matter a lot of times, since this was not in-line with his personal goals and even if he did win this battle there was nothing substantial for him to gain out of this.
In the end, he decided to come anyway because even if this was not a project that could bring him personal benefit, it was something that he had to do for his pride as a human from Earth and as a Rajput.
In life, time and time again he had taken the help of the Elites, the help of his brother and the help of their connections.
He owed the guild a debt of gratitude and if by participating in this event he could pay it back even a little, he wanted to do so wholeheartedly.
As he walked through the streets of planet Radiance, he could overhear almost every common citizen discussing the upcoming fight.
From vegetable sellers, to random groups of school going students, everyone was only discussing this one topic fervently which greatly surprised Max as he could feel the emotionally charged atmosphere as the mob expressed their opinions on the matter.
Sitting inside Dombivli, Max did have a general idea that this had become a heated matter, but only by coming to Radiance did he realise how big of an affair this really was and how much it meant to the netizens of Earth.
Soon, Max reached the guild grounds where he was stopped by the security guard at entry who spotted that Max was not wearing the guild issued robes.
" Your guild ID please " the guard said, requesting Max to quickly present the guild ID if he wished to pass.
" Sir, if you are not a member of the guild, I'm afraid the visiting hours daily are between 4-6 pm only, I cannot allow you to pass through right now for new admissions inquiry" the guard said as he guessed that Max was just one of the many people who visited the guild daily looking to get recruited.
Max said nothing, but just lowered the hood on his robe as he looked into the eyes of the guard with a calm expression.
The guard sucked a breath of cold air when he looked at Max's face, recognising him instantly as he stumbled to open the gate in a hurry while immediately giving the passing man a tight salute that he only gave to the guildmaster otherwise.
" Welcome home sir " the guard said as Max nodded politely before entering the guild grounds as the act of the guild guard saluting the entering man who was not wearing guild robes immediately drew a lot of attention towards the individual who had just entered.
" HOLY SHIT! MAX'S HERE! " Someone shouted as he recognised Max's face and pointed in his direction, immediately stirring the masses to glance at where the man was pointing.
Some people could not believe their eyes that the aloof warrior Max, the God-Slayer had just entered the guild grounds as the crowd neatly arranged into two massive groupings, leaving everything that they were previously doing to only leave a narrow path in between for Max to walk through.
Maintaining a straight face, Max walked through the crowds unperturbed as he made eye-contact with anyone who dared to look him in the eyes.
Internally, Max was very conscious about walking into a crowd without Vega's ring to conceal his stats fully, but with the highest individual within the True Elites guild only being at the tier6 strength, he did not need the additional concealment as the Agni-Astra and Drax had him covered for all inspection spells up to two tiers above his level.
But while he was a little nervous internally, none of it appeared on the outside as he walked through the crowd of guild members like a boss.
" GOD-SLAYER! ARE YOU HERE TO HELP US? " One of the guild members shouted in anticipation.
" It's a shame Guildmaster Shakuni is not here, but it's all good now that you are back home " another said as the crowd began bombarding him with comments.
Max maintained a stoic face as he soaked in all the crowd's energy and emotions but said nothing as he headed straight towards Amelia's office.
Unlike last time where he was invited by Amelia to have a chat and lectured for coming unannounced, this time she looked elated that Max had come back home and was waiting for him outside her office having been informed of his arrival by the commotion ongoing outside.
" Come, guildmaster is expecting you " Amelia said as she guided him into Neatwits office.
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( Meanwhile Rudra )
Because his connection with the universal queen was severed after his implanted A.I. blasted in his head, Rudra did not receive updates about the on-going iterations of Omega like the other god's did.
What he did feel however was an odd connection to some human who lived in some far corner of the universe, very distant from his current location.
Rudra had tried various methods to understand what exactly this connection was, but he had been unsuccessful in his attempts to establish a direct link.
Today, he had a breakthrough in his attempts and while he was unable to establish a direct link, he successfully understood the cause behind his link to this human, and it was a very unexpected phenomenon.
During his Omega day's, he had only created one self made attack after mastering the laws of gravity, space and time.
The attack he had created was called [ Elite Blast ] an attack which drew power from an ongoing supernova explosion by making use of a worm-hole to compress into a one of a kind attack that could one-shot even the strongest tier6 god's with the best defensive capabilities.
To make the process of deriving power from that supernova permanent and fast, Rudra had constructed a soul-linked mechanism around it, accessible only by him.
Uptil now, he was the only individual who truly understood that move, but now the universal queen had seemingly handed down a watered down version of his ultimate attack to some tier4 human.
While the connection was not strong enough for Rudra to influence the individual tapping into his domain personally, it was something that seemingly the human and even the queen did not fully understand.
Over the last few days as his body's reconstruction was entering its final phase, Rudra had begun to be concerned about finding his way back to civilization, he was not sure currently as to which corner of the universe he was floating in, as for as far and wide that his senses could sense, there was not even the most remote trace of a star or some form of solid matter, but that headache had now been solved thanks to the link he shared with this individual.
As long as the link remained active, he would be able to find his way back home somehow.
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/// A/N - Chapter 18/30, end of day 6///