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

"The power of Azazel? What kind of power is that?"

Aaron moved one step ahead. In the blink of an eye, the young man's form was already standing before Elvan.

Elvan gasped; he tried to jump behind to avoid Aaron. But, Aaron's great strength made Elvan unable to dodge.

Aaron's left hand reached out, pulling Elvan's body, who tried to avoid him. His palm gripped Elvan's neck firmly, choking him with his black eyes staring forward.

"Let me go, goddammit!" snapped Elvan, rebelling.

"You killed my friend, hurt Isabella, and humiliated her. I will not let you go," Aaron replied, his voice echoing over Elvan's noise.

With a powerful fist-palm strike, Aaron crushed Elvan's neck, and his head was violently severed. His body and head fell with blood splattering on the ground in that place. It was a pretty horrible sight, according to Isabella.

A total of 21 people were killed by Aaron on that night in the Dark Pillar maze. It was the same number as the number of victims on the red panel that popped up. Aaron was stunned into silence while standing tall, looking at the panel.

[Victim: Elvan]

[Age: 24]

[Level: 57]

[Total number of victims: 21]

[EXP +854000]

[TP +427000]

[300000 RL]

[DING! Congratulation on leveling up]

[Level 57]

[DING! Congratulations on being promoted to the third tier as a Young Sage]

[DING! Guild Feature Unlocked]

[Hosts can create Guilds with many more members]

[With Guilds, Hosts can invite cooperation, trade, or war with other guilds]

[Further explanation can be seen in the Guild menu]

Aerith set her foot on the ground, stepping gracefully towards Aaron, still affected by Azazel's power. Aaron turned his head to the side with a slow head move, watching Aerith's face intently.

"You always surprise me, Aaron. I didn't expect you to have powers of your own."

Aaron closed his eyes, the red horn on his left forehead began to fade and shrink. The veins along his left hand began to fade.

Unexpectedly, Aaron fell unconscious and was immediately caught by Aerith. Isabella stepped worriedly forward.

Aerith stared sharply to the side, wanting to push Isabella away from Aaron's side. But, her attention was diverted to stare at Aaron, who was still unconscious.

She checked the young man's condition, especially his heartbeat. Aerith felt his heartbeat slowing down, but she didn't know what to do about Aaron's current condition.

Isabella volunteered to recover Aaron's condition. Yet, both had to leave the maze immediately for Aaron's safety.

Aerith initially refused to believe Isabella, but the same anxious expression was clearly displayed on Isabella's face.

"Alright. We'll leave here," Aerith said.

Aerith took Aaron, Liel, and Clara to leave the place. They came out faster from inside the Dark Pillar, not after fighting the floor boss, but after fighting the evil guys from the Night Liberators group.

They went through the route from the forest, re-entered the city and arrived at the inn where Aaron had previously stayed.

Isabella took care of the administrative fees while Aerith continued to carry Aaron, who floated using her magic ability.

Arriving in the room, Aerith placed Aaron directly on the bed. Aerith was still watching Aaron's face thoroughly; she had never thought that a young man like him could master the ability of Azazel.

'Not even a single person on the Visiri has managed to obtain Azazel's power. Why should the person who has to get it be you, Aaron?' asked Aerith.

There was a specific reason why Aerith had this attitude. Azazel was one of the three main dark elemental entities in the universe.

Azazel is the strongest compared to the other two entities; many witches from Visiri sought Azazel's artifacts or relics just to gain his power.

However, Azazel's power fell to Aaron, a foreigner and not a Visiri native. He doesn't even live there. The distance between Earth and Visiri is billions of light. Of course, it was quite an anomaly for Aerith.

Isabella arrived after taking care of the administration. She saw Aaron limping helplessly on the bed, with Aerith faithfully accompanying from the side.

"Would you mind accompanying him for a while? I need to bury Liel and Clara's bodies," Isabella said. Aerith chose to respond with silence.

The woman assumed Aerith agreed with what she said. Isabella called some funeral officials to bring Clara and Liel to be buried in the city cemetery.

Three hours had passed since they left the Dark Pillar. Aaron began to move and open his eyes slowly.

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He was shocked to find he was already in the inn with Aerith sitting on the sofa talking with Isabella, the two having a friendly conversation without any awkwardness like before.

Aaron tried to sit on the bed. Still, the pain all over his body made him wince in pain. Aaron's voice made Aerith and Isabella's attention shift to the side, seeing Aaron awake faster than expected.

"How are you feeling, Aaron?" asked Aerith, curious.

"It hurts in some parts of my body. Why am I here? Aren't we on a raid? What about Elvan?" said Aaron, his mind haunted by hundreds of questions after seeing the current situation.

Isabella patted Aaron lightly on the shoulder, trying to calm the young man down. She explained that the situation had changed during the raid, and Isabella recounted when Aaron killed all of Elvan's men and Elvan himself.

Aerith added a few things, but as she thought, Aaron didn't remember that he had the power of Dark Azazel. That made Aerith relieved.

At least she must not continue to let Aaron rely more on Dark Azazel's power than her own Dark Dimension power.

Shrouded in curiosity, Aaron opened his individual system panel and looked at the profile menu. Sure enough, there were significant changes in level, EXP, RL, and specific sections.

[PROFILE:]

[Name: Aaron Lewis]

[Age: 18]

[Level: 57]

[EXP: 107907/110000]

[HP: 26500/26500]

[MP: 60000/60000]

[Additional MP: 24000 MP]

[Mage Level: Young Sage]

[Race: High Human]

[Title: Murderer]

[Red Title Duration: 06:20:54:45]

[Money: 418230 RL]

"So that's it, huh? As killing them increases EXP and everything, even my mage level is at Young Sage."

"However, you are not allowed to join the monster raid due to your red title," Isabella replied.

"Who said that?" asked Aerith, confused by Isabella's words.

"That's written in the system."

"HAHA! You don't know anything about this. There is a compensation slip that is sold for a limited time. You can use it to join the raid."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Compensation slip?"

Aerith clearly explained her meaning. A Compensation Slip was a green-colored metal slip commonly used by criminals.

It cost around 300000 RL in selected guilds, but it was much more expensive if bought in a regular shop, even if they sold them.

One of the benefits of compensation slips is that hosts with the Murderer title can join monster raids under specific conditions: Nerf 10% STR, INT, and DEX, and the frequency of using compensation slips can only be used three times.

For example, Aaron was banned from joining monster raids five times, but with this slip, Aaron could join three raids.

However, due to the item's rarity, Aerith asked Aaron not to immediately spend the compensation quota the slip provided.

"In short. I can use that compensation slip even if I commit another crime in the future. Is that right?" asked Aaron. Aerith cleared her throat in response.

"Are you gonna kill people again, Aaron?" asked Isabella, surprised to hear a statement from Aaron.

"This world is more dangerous than I thought. I can't be good and naive forever."