I hope the novel get's more original. So far it's a 1:1 rip off of Assassin's Apprentice written by Robert Hobb with sprinkles of eastern fantasy. Copying his writing style is flattery, copying his plot is scummy.
I've seen enough street quizzes on YT to accept his rationale .
Max wasn't sure whether he was in the future or a different world, as he didn't really like history and couldn't differentiate what happened in the past through literature and records.