Ruler's Awakening: Inheritor of the SSS-Rank Dimensional Talent-Chapter 185: Return to 10th Floor
Ascension has succeeded, both on the SS and SSS talent ranks. Aaron felt pleased, like he had a new power and a new reliance to face the monsters.
He stepped closer to Stephanie at the registration stand. Ascension had been done and it had worked well.
Stephanie said that she planned to record Aaron’s name in the City Cathedral archives, written as a mage who had performed Ascension at the two highest talent ranks.
"Can we talk, Sir Aaron?" asked the Great Elder, curious about the man’s abilities.
"What do you want to talk about?"
Great Elder stepped gracefully over to the registration stand, Stephanie excused herself to store the file in the city cathedral’s archive book.
Now, only Aaron was on the second floor of the ascension room, along with the Great Elder and the three elder women of the city cathedral.
Liruca was already on the first floor, guiding the mages who were about to perform the Ascension talent.
The noise was over, they all returned to focus on their tasks and work. But not Aaron. His steps stopped when the Great Elder wanted to talk to him.
"It would be our honor if you would join us as one of the Knight Templars," said the Great Elder.
Aaron raised his hands to shoulder height, asking the woman to stop talking. Knight Templar, Night Liberators, Dimension Justice, or even Sky Sword did not appeal to Aaron. The man had no interest in joining any of those groups.
"Thank you for your invitation, but I don’t have the slightest interest in joining."
As the two were talking, they were startled by the sound of the ascension room door opening. The Great Elder, the three female elders, Aaron, and the rest of the Ascension room visitors turned their heads in that direction.
They saw three people coming with their trusted person. The three people were Max, Jovanni, and Eloise.
"Where did that golden pillar appear from?" asked Max, curious.
Eloise turned her head to the second floor. To her surprise, she saw Aaron staring at her, the man standing tall in front of the Great Elder. Aldo confirmed that it was Aaron, the man who healed Emily and took her home.
"Aaron?" asked Eloise.
"Eloise. How’s your sister?" asked Aaron, stepping closer to the iron railing on the second floor, looking down at the woman.
"She’s doing well. Her level and EXP are increasing again. I’m very grateful to you. You helped her get rid of the curse," Eloise replied.
"I didn’t do anything. Emily did."
Max still remembered the humiliating moment when Aaron defeated him in the skies above the Night Liberators district.
Now, the criminal man appeared and boldly performed an ascension in the city cathedral. Suddenly it made Max furious.
"I haven’t forgiven you for destroying my territory!" Max snapped.
He activated his magic aura and leaped powerfully from the first floor to the second floor. His right palm was tightly clenched, filled with flames and blazing. People scattered away in panic, the three cathedral elders trying to neutralize the situation.
"Stop it!" said the Great Elder.
A persona again spread in the form of a sphere throughout the ascension room area, everyone was affected by the persona, trapping them in the illusion of the majestic figure of the Great Elder. However, Aaron was not affected.
The Venerable Sage’s anti-persona ability instantly worked effectively to reject any form of persona that was active around the host.
When the Great Elder activated his majestic persona, Aaron was unaffected and saw people fall silent in their hypnosis.
Even Max, who jumped strongly, seemed to float freely without falling even though his consciousness had been taken over. This was the first time Aaron saw the impact of the persona from the outside.
"Do you have anti-persona abilities?" asked the Great Elder, curious.
Aaron nodded. He didn’t tell the details of the ability, but what was certain was that the skill was closely related to his mage tier. The Great Elder nodded, there are indeed some abilities that a mage has if they reach a certain tier.
Still in the persona area, the Great Elder invited Aaron to step down the stairs. Aaron suddenly asked the time limit for activating the persona talent, Great Elder explained that the talent would remain active if he was in the persona area.
"So, they will be trapped forever if you continue to be in this place?" Aaron asked.
"That’s right. But I won’t be here forever, so it’s unlikely," replied Great Elder.
The woman again asked Aaron’s decision, whether he wanted to join the Knight Templar or not. Aaron smiled a little, then responded by shaking his head. That response was more than enough for her to know what Aaron wanted.
"Is that so? The path of one’s adventurer cannot be determined. I can’t force you either," replied Great Elder.
"After this, what will you do?" asked the Great Elder, halting his steps before opening the ascension room door.
Aaron squinted, his right hand reflexively holding his chest, the slave seal was still on his chest, clearly imprinted and yet to be released. It was difficult for Aaron to remove it, he needed approval from Andrew to do that.
"I don’t know, I don’t know either."
"Alright. You might be uncomfortable with my presence, I’ll be returning upstairs soon," replied the Great Elder, Aaron assenting with a smile.
FLICK!
The flick of the woman’s hand was enough to deactivate the persona magic affecting the place. Those who were affected began to be freed, their heads felt dizzy throbbing with the Great Elder’s figure still vividly in their minds.
Great Elder and Aaron were outside the Ascension room, the man said goodbye by stepping towards the elevator that led to the first floor, while Great Elder stepped into a special elevator that was only intended for her alone.
Max fell after losing his balance and focus. He looked up to the second floor and saw that Aaron was not there.
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Eloise and Aldo noticed Aaron and the Great Elder’s departure, both of them immediately stepped out of the room.
"Where is he?" asked Eloise.
"Looks like he went down to the first floor."
The two stepped closer to the elevator and descended from the third floor to the first floor. Eloise and Aldo ran quickly after the elevator doors opened, both were outside the cathedral and did not find Aaron’s whereabouts.
’Tch! He escaped from me again. Why is it so hard to catch him?’ asked Eloise, annoyed.
From afar, Aaron squinted and saw the figures of Eloise and Aldo searching for his whereabouts. Aaron was uncomfortable with it, they didn’t have to search for his whereabouts all over the place.
"They won’t find me again."
***
Three days later.
10th floor city.
City repairs continued after a month of city destruction. Andrew became the one who led them to build a new city, a peaceful city without any disputes.
Andrew only hoped that the construction of the city could be completed quickly, so that the economy could return to normal.
Silviana continues to help Andrew. If Andrew worked to conceptualize the city, Silvianna would be in charge of allocating finances and so on.
For a while, the construction of the city used joint funds from Dimension Justice, Sky Sword, and some guild staff members. Goods were purchased from the nearest city, the fourth floor city.
Those with the ability to manipulate earth elemental magic were needed. They would be very helpful in repairing this town, much more helpful.
For the time being, they managed to set up a temporary hospital, as well as small houses that could accommodate the city people who still wanted to live in the city. Henceforth, they would build the core of the economy, the fields and farms.
"Use the district in the north as a food region. Focus all the city crowds in the south," Andrew replied.
"We need to build those farms soon, the longer we wait, the food supply will soon run out," Andrew countered.
The city-building teams of the two groups nodded in agreement, obeying Andrew’s orders. After understanding the next order, they hurriedly left the command tent.
A few minutes after their departure, a Sky Sword member came up to Andrew. He said that he saw Aaron’s figure floating freely in the city sky, emerging from the dimensional rift.
"What?! He’s back?!" asked Andrew, shocked.
Silvianna glanced to the side, wondering what he was about to do. Andrew shook his head, the man knew nothing.
Not wanting anything bad to happen, he stepped out of the command tent to get outside. Aaron looked over to the side below, seeing Andrew’s figure outside the command tent.
"Andrew!" said Aaron, echoing.
"What do you want, Aaron?" asked Andrew.
"I have business with you!"
