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

'How did she know my identity? Is this mask not working?' Aaron asked, curious.

The woman stepped forward with confidence. Aaron sensed something strange about the girl, something that captivated him about her face and beauty.

'This incident. I remember it. It's similar to Rasputin's talent.'

"Hey. There's no need to worry. I can help you. I didn't come to arrest you," she said, her voice low enough to make Aaron's heart feel calm and comfortable.

"You only need to come with me somewhere."

The woman's figure stood gracefully before Aaron, then smiled broadly while reaching her hand forward. Her hand felt soft and smelled of floral perfume, something which suited him perfectly.

"Don't think about the three groups. All you need is a safe shelter. I know where it is."

Both of the woman's hands were draped right on Aaron's shoulders, her breath blowing right on Aaron's mouth with a sweet and warm breath.

Her body approached Aaron, the woman seemed to let Aaron sink into her beautiful persona.

However, because Aaron already knew low tricks like this. He could easily break away from the woman's magic charm.

Both of his eyes lit up bright purple, followed by the radiance of a purple energy aura that spread throughout his body. The dark energy was enough to free Aaron from the enchantment magic's grip.

Aaron stretched his hand forward, expecting to rub the woman's cheek. But, surprisingly, the man had a firm grip on the woman's neck instead.

The shadow of the enchantment magic disappeared, the real figure of the woman still stood on the road, but with exhausted breath.

The young man gripped her palm tightly, causing a small burst of purple light in his hand to destroy the remnants of her enchantment magic.

"What a lowly trick! Is that all you got?" threatened Aaron.

The woman had acted wrong. She thought Aaron was a fool who could be easily tricked, but his mind and heart were very strong enough to be able to resist her enchantment magic, even when it was successfully enhanced through the use of the necklace around her neck.

'Damn! He is so powerful, I didn't expect him to be able to destroy my enchantment magic easily,' said the woman.

"So, tell me. Where is the hiding place you told me about earlier?" asked Aaron sternly.

"About that... I actually—"

Aaron stepped forward in a flash of purple light. He was already right before the woman who was almost seducing him. His hand reached out and choked her again, strangling her real body.

"Akh!" cried the woman in pain.

"If you already know who I am, you should know what's coming to you, right?" Aaron asked.

"Please, don't kill me. I would do anything for you."

The young man stared ahead with narrowed eyes. The woman's presence posed a real threat to Aaron as she already knew Aaron's identity.

But, because of the situation like now, it was impossible for Aaron to kill her. That would make Aaron get the murderer title again.

There is no other choice. Aaron invited her to go with him to leave the place. Since the woman knew his identity, she would continue to stay close to Aaron as long as she was in this city.

The woman refused at first as she had other matters. However, she finally agreed after Aaron showed her his dark magic power.

Aaron knew her as Misa, a 23-year-old woman with a level of 52. Her talent was the beauty persona talent. That's why she was able to incite and seduce Aaron at first.

Aaron's purpose was to visit the City Cathedral, a religious building that actually functioned for two things, worshiping God and improving talents.

The cathedral doors opened, revealing a nun walking over in a long white robe suit. Her face was beautifully white, her eyes radiating a warm glow to anyone who visited. Aaron was taken aback, but he again had to focus on his main objective.

"Welcome to the City Cathedral. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"I want to increase my talent rank. Can you help me?"

"Of course. Please follow me, sir."

Aaron nodded, and Misa stepped behind Aaron. They walked in the cathedral nun's direction, heading to a magic room on the second floor. There, they could perform ascension talents.

Occasionally, Aaron turned his head to the side when walking in the cathedral corridor, seeing the city people who were Earthlings saying prayers and hoping for God's blessing.

It wasn't strange to Aaron that they asked for God's protection in a situation as bad as being trapped in the Dark Pillar Tower.

They continued to walk following the cathedral nun's directions. Arriving at the second floor, they stopped moving when they arrived in front of a room with a large door. The nun pointed to the room, asking Aaron to enter into it.

The door opened, the situation inside looked like the beast servant summoning room in the Daniels residence the other day. However, there was one circle in the room, and it was the largest.

The nurse explained that Aaron needed to register at the registration desk to perform talent ascension.

The talent ascension officer would tell Aaron the steps to do that there.

Aaron thanked her and walked over to the registration desk. There, he met a woman in a different set of clothes, similar to the suit of a city guild office employee.

"To do ascension registration, you have to register in advance through your talent status panel."

"Let me help you."

[TALENT STATUS]

[Main Talent: Dark Dimension Reality]n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

[Rank: SSS-R]

[Stage Rank: 1]

[Talent Point: 1200820/499999tp] [ASCENSION!]

[Efficiency: 301-400tp/h]

Right next to Aaron's total TP main Talent count, he saw a green button that stated Ascension. The employee told Aaron to press the menu and let the system work on scanning the requirements for Talent Ascension.

[Starts scanning for host readiness]

[Host in ready condition]

[Checking Host CP]

[Host CP met]

[Checks Host Level]

[Host Level met]

[Checking TP count]

[TP amount met]

[Ascension Talent requirements met]

The check panels of the panel system appeared, starting from checking physical readiness, to CP count, level, and TP count.

All of his factors met the general requirements for performing Talent Ascension.

The last panel that appeared before Aaron was the QR-Code panel commonly used as an ID to register for ascension talent in the city cathedral.

The clerk again stepped closer to the registration desk and picked up the scanner, starting to scan Aaron's QR code.

Aaron's talent status was displayed clearly on the screen of the female employee's scanner. One surprising response was clearly shown from her, a response of shock.

'H-He has an SSS-R rank talent? This will be the first time in the history of the tenth-floor city cathedral to have an SSS-R rank ascension,' said the female employee, looking at Aaron intently.

"What's wrong?" asked Aaron.

The female employee shook her head. Inputting the data from the scanner into a computer to perform the ascension. She also said the price of the ascension this time was different.

"For the Ascension price, let the patriarch of our city cathedral come to you."

"Alright."

Slowly, light began to shine on the circular floor of the room. The light was a bright blue color similar to sky blue and emitted energy particles into the sky.

Once everything was ready, the female employee asked Aaron to sit cross-legged in the middle of the circular floor.

"Make sure you stay calm and don't be rash. The system will detect a threat if you act aggressively. Your Ascension will fail."

"I understand."

Just as Aaron closed his eyes, a large panel appeared above his head with an inscription indicating that the Ascension Talent was being performed.

[ASCENSION TALENT]

[Name: Aaron]

[Talent: Dark Dimensional Reality]

[Rank: SSS-R]

[Stages: 1]

[Talent Point: 1200820/499999tp]

[Initiate Ascension Talent]

[Target:]

[Rank: SSS-R]

[Stages: 2]

The door to the Ascension room opened after the female employee told the patriarch of the city cathedral about the young man with the SSS-R rank. The old man with a long white beard arrived accompanied by two people in long white robes.

Their eyes grew wide at seeing someone performing Ascension Talent at SSS-R rank for the first time in the Tenth Floor City Cathedral.

"Hurry up and record this moment. This could be our competitive edge with the people."

"Wait, Great Elder. Do you feel familiar with that name?" asked one of the three elders of the City Cathedral.

The Grand Elder, who was the leader of the City Cathedral, looked sharply ahead, seeing Aaron's name prominently displayed on the panel.

Yet, the Great Elder immediately remembered the bulletin about the fugitive men of the three major groups.

"It's likely that he's a fugitive of the three major groups, Great Elder. If they find out Aaron performed the Ascension Talent here, our relationship with them will be strained."

"Don't let them know. This is our achievement; we must keep recording it."

"Yes, Great Elder."

Aaron's eyes opened after feeling some fresh energy enter his body. He looked ahead, and many people were waiting for his successful Ascension rank.

[ASCENSION TALENT]

[Ascension Successful]

[Name: Aaron]

[Talent: Dark Dimensional Reality]

[Rank: SSS-R] Read latest stories on empire

[Stage: 2]

[Talent Point: 700821/1999999tp]

[All Host Attributes Increased by +1000]

[Talent Attributes Increased]

[TP Efficiency Increased]

[Sub Talent MP Efficiency Increased]

[CP +100000]

[DING! Congratulations on Getting a new title]

[16. Mage Talented]

[Host successfully performed Ascension talent for the first time]

[17. SSS-R Ruler]

[Host successfully ascends SSS-R talent to stage 2]

Aaron stood up from his cross-legged position and then stepped slowly forward. Surprisingly, Aaron's figure was already present before the Great Elder. Aaron bowed his head to pay his respects.

"Congratulations on your successful Ascension. The 10th Floor City Cathedral is very proud of your achievement."

"Thank you. Still, I will perform Ascension again."

"Do it again? For what talent? What rank?"

"For my Secondary Talent. It's S-R."