' I'm going to be a father? '
Asiva's words made Max's mind go absolutely blank. He had not planned for this to happen at all and the sudden news was sort of overwhelming for him.
It felt good for sure, but at the back of his mind there were also a million doubts that arose as a result of Asiva's words.
' Am I ready to be a father? '
' Am I even going to be alive to see my child being born? '
' Is my life even safe to bring a child to this world? '
' I haven't even wed Asiva yet….. '
' When will the war get over? '
' Will I be a good father? '
' Will I also be absent from my child's life like big brother? Will the burden of raising him/her fall on Asiva? '
' Is Asiva okay? '
Max's mental state was a mess but he could not show it to Asiva as all he could do was hug her tight.
After a good one minute of hugging her, he softly began to rub on her belly trying to feel her blood flow when he realised that the blood flow to her womb was different than usual, there was a little life blooming inside her.
The sensation was a little overwhelming for him but there was nothing that he could do to change it now.
All he could do now was accept the consequences of having unprotected s** and make the best out of this situation.
" So, don't worry my lord, you won't become heartless after you become a god because you will have a mortal family binding you to ground reality " Asiva said as she closed her eyes and gave Max the cutest smile possible.
A lot of doubts in Max's head disappeared when he saw that smile as he realised life would be easy if he was sharing it with Asiva.
She was terrifying when angry and a good prime minister which meant that she would definitely make an excellent mother.
Girl or boy, if it was her raising the kid they were bound to grow up alright just like his nephews were growing under sister in law Ruby and Naomi.
" My dad, mum and big brother would have been very happy if they heard this news today " Max said emotionally as he couldn't help but recall growing up in Rajput household under his father.
He was a naive and innocent kid back then but his childhood was probably still the happiest time of his life.
Since he could not share his joy with his immediate family, he chose to share the joy by writing a letter to his sisters in law informing them of the good news before he left to greet the army regiment ready for war dispatch today.
Unsure of when he would get his next vacation, Max left Dombivli City once more with a heart full of joy and a mind full of added tension and responsibilities.
He had to make it through this war anyhow now.
If not for himself, then for his to be wife and unborn child.
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( Meanwhile Rudra )
After so many days of idling by as a mortal, Rudra was now finally ready to start plotting his own personal revenge against Lucifer.
He had spent a lot of time studying all the powers across both sides and had realised that in terms of forces the light faction was superior to the dark faction because of the singular presence of the angels within their fold.
The angels were battle-hardened freaks of nature that could even kill dragon's with their bare hands.
However, the part where the dark faction held the advantage was the fact that they had independent tier8 god's participating in this war that did not lead any forces of their own.
Rudra counted 3 tier8 monarchs that were free to aid in both attack and defence for any party that needed their services and that was the edge that guaranteed that despite being the weaker force overall the dark faction could successfully pull off any disc raid.
Lucifer himself was leading the most formidable force and was probably the strongest fighter on their side having a tier10 treasure just like his own seed of chaos embedded into his sword.
This made Lucifer a hundred times more dangerous than he already was without the tier10 treasure and it was something that even Rudra needed to be cautious of.
While Rudra wanted a long and drawn out fight against the devil where he would consistently beat the devil up mercilessly for all the suffering he had caused him and his family, he did not have the luxury of revealing his identity and yet lingering around the battlefield for too long.
He needed to kill the devil swiftly and for such a scenario to arise he needed to draw him into a battle against someone else, but on his terms.
Naturally, he wasn't called the greatest strategist for no reason at all as he had already moved the pieces for such a scenario to happen in the vampire attack plan that he had proposed to Regus Aurelius.
If everything went as he expected it to go then when Regus Aurelius would be closing in on destroying the disc and saving Satan's life, Lucifer would be forced to show himself and bail his closest ally out.
He would try and outnumber Regus Aurelius in a gang-up attack by taking help of other tier8 monarchs, however, it would be at that moment that Rudra would make his grand return and take some of their heads off to tip the scale of this war completely in favour of the light faction.
Although he needed to iron out some small chinks in this plan, he was now finally prepared to liberate the universe of Lucifer for once and for all.
But for all this to happen, his brother would also need to play an instrumental part which could only practically be achieved if he became a tier6 god first.
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/// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the GT target, good job everyone! ///