( 2 months later )
" And the winner of the under 19, Earth's strongest warrior tournament.... BENEDICT DIVINORUM ". The announcer screamed as Benedict raised his right hand in glory.
*Cheers* *applause* *screams* rained from the 1.2 million-strong audience as Benedict finally felt like he had redeemed his pride.
Rudra also clapped his hands, as he descended onto the fight arena, a smile on his face as he first praised the warrior who had lost the finals and then proceeded to congratulate Benedict on his win.
"Thank you, mighty Shakuni ". Benedict bowed respectfully before Rudra.
" What do you wish for young man? money or do you have a special request? " Rudra asked Benedict
" I would like to have a special request granted, your excellency ". Benedict said, as ' Oooooo ' sounds could be heard from throughout the crowd.
" Speak, if it's reasonable it shall be granted " Rudra replied
The whole idea of the tournament was to bring a sense of joy to the world and invest in all promising prospects of humanity so that they don't fall behind their development curve due to a lack of resources.
" Although I have won the under 19, I don't feel like my victory is complete, because clearly the best of the under 19 division, your younger brother, Max Rajput, did not participate in this competition.
My wish is to exchange pointers with Max, so that I may learn where my flaws lie and can improve going forward". Benedict said in a very polite tone, however, anyone with half a brain could sense the underlying sarcasm beneath his tone.
" Oh, I see ". Rudra said as a threatening smile appeared on his face, his aura surging slightly causing Benedict to be drenched in sweat from the pressure.
Rudra had lost all respect for the brat at this moment, however, looking at the cheering crowd he knew that the kid had chosen a very opportune moment to ask for this wish.
Rudra swept his eyes across the crowd as his superior sense of hearing could make out what the majority were murmuring and thinking, as he closed his eyes and retracted his aura.
" Of Course, this can be arranged provided Max has time for it, I will get in touch with him, but I cannot guarantee his cooperation afterall he follows his own will". Rudra said after some deliberation
" Your assurance is assurance enough ". Benedict said with a smile and quickly walked away fearing the wrath of Rudra Rajput.
Benedict had played his card perfectly here, and now Rudra was forced to inform Max to come and fight because if he did not, he would appear as a coward who wanted to avoid a fight, but if he came, he was to fight Benedict who was a formidable champion having gone through an intense tournament sharpening his senses.
" If Max agrees, we will have a fight one week from now, in the same arena ". Rudra announced, as the crowd cheered, everyone wanted to see what Earth's golden boy was up to in the past few months and how strong he had become.
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( Meanwhile Max )
" This makes no sense grandpa Drax,* Huff* *Huff*, this just makes no sense ". Max mumbled as he dodged high-speed projectiles inside the gravity chamber at 9 times gravity.
According to the principal, while it varied from race to race, a typical stat maximization at tier 0 saw one getting anywhere from 10-15 extra stat points for every stat, but never more than 20.
Max had hit stat maximization around week 6 of his training for 4 of his basic attributes - Intelligence, Dexterity, Endurance, and Strength, gaining 20 attribute points in every single one of them, putting his primordial vampire race as a peak race with more potential than 99% races out there, however, the shocking part was that his constitution and agility stat, which had gained +30 attributes each still showed no signs of being maximized as Max continued to improve on them every passing day.
' The Primordial Vampire race is definitely mysterious, I've never seen anyone gain more than 30 attribute points through training at tier 0.
Even the demi-god buddy of yours with his god genes maximizes his potential at 27 points '.
Grandpa Drax said as Max had been continually rotating his agility and constitution training every alternate day for the last 2 weeks.
Max had already reached the level cap for being promoted to tier1, at level 30, 10 days ago, however, his stats showed no signs of being maximized whatsoever.
" Speaking of Sebastian, don't you think he has been acting weird ever since he got promoted to tier 1? He barely talks to us these days and even his tone has become different". Max asked Drax
' Why are you worrying about him boy, the lad has clearly overtaken you, he is already level 35, I advise you to focus on yourself! '. Drax reprimanded Max
" I'm just worried that he may have gotten a shitty class that's E or D rated and maybe ashamed of talking to us now. You know like I was in my past life ". Max countered, he was just genuinely worried about his friend.
' The kid is a demi-god, If I were you, I'd worry about what would happen when you are assigned a class by the queen after reaching tier 1.... , while you are definitely more driven and of a different race, you are still the same manaless trash that you were in your past life, you may only get 'F' ranked footsoldier as your career path all over again '. Drax said, clouding Max's mind with dark thoughts as Max's focus slipped and he got hit with a projectile.
-67 HP
" Ouch, godfuc****** dam*** ". Max groaned in pain as Drax sighed and said ' Never lose focus boy, come let's start over again '.
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/// A/N - It's official, today will be a 3 chapter day, and just as we did with Rebirth Of The Strongest Guild Master, there will be an important question at the end of chapter 3 for all of you to debate and vote on, when Max gets his class
So please make sure to read and comment without fail. ///