Boost

" Finally, I can check what has happened to me?", Max said as he entered the water for a bath.

He let the cold water brush past his body before finally closing his eyes and concentrating his consciousness on the changes in his body.

There was a transparent crystal which had formed in his naval region and was giving a blue colored glow. This was the place where humans had their cores normally.

In Max's case though it was not so. Since Max never awakened, he never felt the presence of his core. But now he did.

" Is this my core? But I have never heard of any core being like this.", Max mumbled. 

After that, Max felt a cool energy around his temples. As he moved up his consciousness, he found that there was black vortex around his temples. But it didn't look harmful to Max. It was calm and gentle like a light breeze.

Max hesitated for a second before putting his consciousness towards the vortex. And the next thing he knew was being transported into a familiar scenery.