Tiffany: Simply put, yeah.

Max: Oh boy....

In his life, Max couldn't say he'd ever blasted something that huge with electricity.

He took a moment to think about it.

Luke: Hey.

Max: Huh?

Luke: Need me to break it for you or something?

Max: What!? No way!

He turned back to  the rock once more.

Rose: You've got this, Max.

Luke: (quietly, to Ken) Think he can do it?

Ken: Hmmm.... I don't believe I've ever seen him bring out that much power.

Max: Hey! I heard that!

Ken: My apologies.

Max nervously turned back to the rock.

In a sense, a test of one's  is a terrifying thing.

While some may say that they are simply in the want of some way to prove themselves, others may also say that such a test terrifies them.

After all, what could be more terrifying than the sudden realisation that you're not as strong, smart, or amazing as you'd earlier thought. Even more is the fear of what others will say about you.

That much being said, Max charged up the electricity in his right hand after taking a short, somewhat deep breath.

A sound of electricity, like several birds tweeting all at once, could be heard coming from Max.

Rose: Woah!

Ken: (thinking: That sound....)

Tiffany: (thinking: That's the same technique...)

She briefly flashed back to the time Max attacked Wolfram from the air in their battle right before he'd entered an overload state.

That same violent electrical surging sound.

He carefully aimed his hand at the rock.

And then... he fired it, directly at the boulders centre.

The resulting sound was that of an explosion. Not a very big one, but definitely a powerful sounding one, leaving behind a massive cloud of smoke, causing them all but Tiffany and Luke to close their eyes.

Rose: Did he do it?

Tiffany: No. But....

The smoke slowly after begun to clear.

Tiffany: He did do a substantial amount of damage to it.

At the centre of the rock lay a massive hole, with black marks around from the lighting bolt and cracks protruding from the point of contact.

Rose: Woah!

The smoke cleared, showing how much damage had been done to Max, Ken, and Rose.

Rose: That was awesome, Max!

She ran up to him.

Max: Awww.... man.

Rose: Huh?

Max:  I couldn't blow it up.

He was quite upset with himself.

Ken: Hmmmm... No need to be so ashamed of yourself.

Max: Mmmmmmmm....

Ken: After all, the only one among us who can destroy that boulder easily is Luke.

Max: Luke?

Luke: Hmph. Yeah. It wouldn't be that hard.

Several moments later, they were all gathered a safe distance from the rock.

All of them, except for Luke, of course.

Luke: Ok, here we go.

He simply walked towards the rock and, flexing his muscles once, destroyed it all in a single punch, sending smaller boulders all around them.

The act shocked Max more than them all.

Max: No way!

Rose: Awesome work, Luke!

Max: Yeah, no kidding... (thinking: Man.... Luke is strong. Real strong.)

Luke: It wasn't a big deal.

Tiffany: Now that that's said and done. Ken?

Ken: Yes, yes. His maximum voltage. That would be about.... enough volts and current to kill a normal human.

Rose: Woah!

Luke: Hey, wise guy. What about some numbers?

Ken: Meh.... they wouldn't mean much to you.

Luke: Tch.. Fine.

Tiffany: (sighs) Alright then.

Ken: (thinking: But that still wasn't anything close to what overload was capable of that day. Not even a little.)

Tiffany finally pulled her katana out.

Max immediately got excited.

Tiffany: Now that that's said and done, let's actually train.

Rose, Ken, and Luke: Hmph!

Max: Alright! Let's get this party started!

Electricity sparked out of his hands.

Tiffany: Not so fast, Max.

Max: Huh?

Tiffany: Luke, Ken, you're up. Sparring!

Luke: You got it.

Ken: (sighs) Oh boy, I was hoping I'd have more time to relax...

The two teen boys walked a distance from the other three.

Rose: Do your best, guys!

Ken waved back half-heartedly.

Tiffany: Max?

Max: (almost aggressively) Yeah?

Tiffany: I want you to watch.

Max: Huh?

Tiffany: Just to make sure you don't get the wrong idea about how sparring works.

Max: Mmmmmmm.... Fine! (thinking: Of course I know how sparring works. I've played a ton of video games that had that in the story.)