Ruler's Awakening: Inheritor of the SSS-Rank Dimensional Talent

Aaron swung his hand with the dagger forward, targeting Elvan's neck. Elvan looked pale-faced. He did his best to try and avoid Aaron's deadly dagger attack.

Just as the tip of the dagger was about to pierce Elvan's neck, someone blocked Aaron's dagger swing, and the dagger fell from his hand.

Aaron's eyes saw a woman standing before Elvan with the distinctive characteristics of an elf.

Aaron jumped far back, returning to his position before Isabella. The Area Gravity Control effect had disappeared.

Eight people fell limply with blood pouring unstoppably from the cut holes in their necks.

'Two servants of the mythological race. I don't know their level, but they're no match for my soul servants,' Aaron said.

"Now, it's my turn to attack!" said Elvan, glaring at Aaron.

[Talent Activated]

[Sub Talent Activated]

[Thousand Shadows Attack]

'Shadow talent? This is bad.'

"Get ready, both of you. He has the shadow talent. He can bring out his shadow in a low-light place like this," Aaron emphasized.

Isabella and Clara cleared their throat in response. They formed a circular formation with Liel in the center.

Isabella and Clara brought up a magic wall to protect them. Both were quite confident that their protective magic was enough to block Elvan's attack.

Sure enough, as Aaron expected, dozens of black shadows in the form of Elvan appeared from various places, targeting one spot, Aaron's group.

Aaron stretched his hands forward as well, creating a magic shield from his dark element.

They attacked by swinging swords at the magic wall. Isabella seemed fine, but it was different with Clara. She had trouble resisting the barrage of attacks from Elvan's black shadow.

"Hold on, Clara!" said Aaron, occasionally glancing back.

[Damage -1050]

[Damage -2540]

[Damage -2860]

[Three damage taken!]

In the end, Clara couldn't last much longer against Elvan's relentless attacks. She fell with her protective magic shattered into small particles falling down.

Isabella and Aaron tried to stretch out their hands to save Clara from Elvan's shadow attack. However, the fast moves of Elvan's black shadow and Clara's delayed response to the impact of fear caused her to fail to be saved by Aaron and Isabella.

STAB!

[Damage -5640]

[Critical -14300]

[Critical -15400]

[Three Damage received!]

Damage panels popped up from Clara's front just as Elvan's black shadow sword struck Clara's body. Aaron shouted loudly, feeling frustrated that two of his members were dead again, with Aaron unable to do anything about it.

The frustration peaked, and the threshold of anger exceeded in Aaron's mind. Both hands were clenched so tightly that they bled severely.

Isabella turned to the side, watching as Aaron's body began to be shrouded in a dense and hideous purple power.

"Aaron. Don't be affected by your dark power."

The distracted attention made Isabella also fail to maintain her protective magic wall. The magic wall shattered into small particles like broken glass, Isabella was pushed away, and Elvan's black shadow sword stabbed right into Isabella's stomach.

"Akh!"

[Damage -6750]

Aaron looked back, Isabella was hit by a fatal blow from Elvan's black shadow. Elvan laughed maliciously, noticing his position was completely advantaged over the situation this time.

Two members of Aaron's group were dead, Isabella was in a wounded state, and Aaron was in a guilty condition for failing to protect his friends.

"Wake up to this truth, Aaron. Surrender, and I'll treat Isabella well," Elvan said.

"Of course, spending one night with her before being sent home would be great. David will only know it was you, not me," Elvan replied.

"ELVAN!"

Aaron shouted loudly, accompanied by the force of a strong purple energy vortex in that place. The ground inside the labyrinth shook like an earthquake, making many adventurers stop their activities for a moment.

"Earthquake?"

"Since when is there an earthquake in the Dark Pillar Tower?"

The walls of the labyrinth seemed to be cracking, the roofs of the maze were falling even though they were small. Elvan had noticed something; his actions had provoked a terrible thing from Aaron.

Isabella recovered by downing HP Potion. Her bar was again full and green, from half left and yellow. She glanced forward, seeing Aaron still trapped in a swirl of purple energy typical of darkness that felt so negative.

'What did he want to do exactly?' Isabella asked.

Inside the Dark Dimension. Aerith was casually sitting on her black rose throne. Her eyes opened wide when she felt a strange yet familiar fluctuation. She rose from her throne, then stepped down from the sky like she was descending a staircase.

"This power, it's even stronger than mine. What exactly is Aaron doing?" asked Aerith, confused.

She decided to open a dimensional rift and stepped into it. Elsewhere, a dimensional rift appeared right in the area near Aaron, precisely on the ceiling of the Dark Pillar maze.

There, Isabella looked up at the ceiling and watched the mysterious woman reappear. Her appearance must have something to do with Aaron, who was seen behaving quite strangely, using the elements of darkness with a negative aura.

'She came again. Does it have anything to do with Aaron's current condition?' Isabella asked, curious.

Elvan continued to stare ahead. He directed his hundreds of black shadows to rush into Aaron's purple energy vortex.

But, before they could try to enter, their bodies were instantly blown away by the gusts of purple vortex wind.

"Tch! Is it a form of his magic defense? If so, I'll use my main power against it!" said Elvan.

[Talent Activated]

[Sub Talent Activated]

[Shadow Explosive Black Hole]Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Elvan released a black ball that was shrouded in a red aura, continuously spinning and flying into the sky with the ability to absorb anything and explode it when accumulated.

Isabella brought up the rose sword and stuck it firmly on the rocky ground, preventing it from being pulled up into the sky. Elvan laughed loudly, grinning as he knew Aaron would surely be trapped by his power.

Aerith chose to remain silent, paying attention to the mysterious dark energy power that Aaron was currently absorbing. It wasn't her dark power at all.

Within the purple energy vortex, a spear with a black flag stranded with a red diamond and four main stripes appeared. Aerith gasped in shock, not from the spear, but from the symbol of the flag attached to the spear.

"W-Wait! How did he get the power of the Heavenly Darkness?" asked Aerith, shocked.

The purple vortex that had initially been trapped Aaron began to fade away. The black ball of shadow puller also shattered into rocks that fell from the sky.

Elvan was taken aback, not expecting that Aaron could have the power to cancel his ultimate sub-talent.

Aaron's appearance changed drastically. A black cloak was wrapped around his body, with red horns rising from the left forehead. All the veins on the left side of his body seemed to glow bright purple; his eyes were jet black like holes.

"A-Aaron?"

"What is that power exactly? Why does it feel so strong and disgusting?!" asked Elvan.

"This is the first hatred!" said Aaron, his voice echoing until it became noisy for the people in the place.

[Talent Activated]

[Sub Talent Activated]

[Wrath of the Fallen Angel Azazel]

[WARNING!]

[Using cursed power will make the lifespan decrease]

[Need sacred recovery immediately!]

Aerith nodded. The power that felt familiar to her turned out to be the power of the Fallen Angel Azazel. He was the first entity to hold the Dark Element, the archenemy of God.

"He... He is the Master of Azazel's power!"