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

She followed Aaron from behind, curious about what the young man would do. From afar, the woman saw Aaron enter the guild office.

Aaron stepped inside after he opened the 2.5m high wooden door. There, he saw people in different suits doing their activities, from talking, looking at missions on the wooden board, to eating food in the guild cafeteria.

The guild office was a place providing general quests for people. The mechanism was that people who needed the guild's help would pay a price to get help. The more difficult the help, the higher the price.

Each party or group had the right to choose their mission. If they failed, they wouldn't be punished or fined.

However, that was not the only power of a guild office. In large cities like the tenth-floor city, the guild office served as a place to organize the city's government, business, and security.

The leader of the guild office was chosen from the commoners, on the recommendation of all the groups that had established their branches in the city.

It was a complex governance. Aaron was sure these people were far more experienced in Dark Pillar Tower.

Aaron stepped near the reception desk; a female waitress smiled when she met him. The woman offered something while explaining how the Guild Office worked. It was due to Aaron being new to the tenth floor.

"If you need some information, you can get it at the guild office. If I can't tell you, maybe you should ask another mage," said the receptionist, wearing an employee uniform with a name pin bearing Liscia.

"If you want to see the general quest, you can see it there. I suggest you come early in the morning or late afternoon. During those two times, we always update the missions there."

"I got it."

"Am I allowed to know your name?"

"I'm Lewis. I'm new in the city," Aaron replied, again posing as Lewis.

Liscia cleared her throat in response while maintaining her smile. She was even happy to show Lewis about the guild office. That surprised Liscia's co-workers.

It wasn't without reason; Liscia was sometimes ignorant of newcomers. She usually asked her younger coworkers to show newcomers around the guild office. But, Liscia was acting differently today. She willingly became Lewis's guild office tour guide.

The guild office had four floors; the first floor was the main area for mages or adventurers to meet. The second floor was used as a meeting area, usually for rent to mage groups. The third floor was the administration area, and the fourth was the guild leader's residence area.

Although it only has four floors, each floor has a fairly large area, about 30x30m. That was enough to accommodate several other rooms that the mages needed, such as the talent consultation room, group formation room, mission acceptance room, and other rooms.

Liscia explained it in detail to Lewis. Lewis nodded and said that he understood every word Liscia said. That made Liscia glad.

The two stopped before the mission board, which measures 7x7m and can hold about 100-150 mission papers. Today, at 10am, 80 quests had been taken in total, leaving another 40 quests yet to be taken.

"The quest levels here are divided into five levels, starting from D, C, B, A, and S. For-"

"Level D is the easiest, and level S is the hardest. Am I right?" asked Lewis, interrupting Liscia.

"You're right, Mr. Lewis."

The rewards for each level of quests differed, as were the criteria for the group of mages or solo mages who would take them.

Liscia explained it in detail and with care. It wasn't because there were so many levels but because many careless adventurers decided to take on missions without comparing their abilities.

For example, B-level quests could only be taken by groups with a bronze rank or solo mages with a level below 40 or at the Intermediate Mage tier two.

For mage tier three as a Young Sage. Aaron can take missions with level A. Only those in the fourth tier can take level S quests.

Even so, the general quests displayed on the main board were not interesting to Aaron. His focus was only on climbing to the top floor and claiming the title of Dark Ruler.

"Do you have any questions?" asked Liscia kindly.

"Yes. It's not about the guild. My two talents have the full amount of TP. Can I perform talent ascension in this city?"

"Ascension? Of course, you can! Talent ascension is done at the city cathedral for a price that varies depending on the rank of the talent to be ascended," said Liscia.

"You can visit the place. It's not far from the guild office. You can find it easily."

Aaron nodded. He thought it was enough for him to walk around the area around the guild office. The young man said goodbye to Liscia while not forgetting to thank her. Liscia smiled, feeling happy to be able to help a newcomer like Lewis.

"Is that fugitive named Aaron dead? I never saw his face in the city."

"There's a possibility that he's still down there. I heard he killed almost the entire raid team from various groups on the fifth floor."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

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"He's completely out of his mind. Making enemies with one major group is already troublesome; he chose to be hostile to the three of them."

The young man had expected it. Information about the incident on the fifth floor had spread like a droplet disease. People who weren't members of the three major groups knew about it.

"Did you hear the news?" Liscia asked Lewis.

"About the guy named Aaron? I just saw a sketch of his face on the city bulletin. I don't know what he did."

"I got information from the Night Liberators that Aaron went and took away David's wife, the captain of the Night Liberators on the first floor. After that, he killed Denis, the captain of the Night Liberators on the second floor."

"The peak was when he committed a massacre outside the Dark Pillar gate on the fifth floor before the raid started. His reason was ridiculous; he wanted to kill them before they killed him."

Aaron clenched his hands together tightly. What Liscia said was true, but the truth behind every incident wasn't like that. The story made Aaron's image in people's minds even worse.

"Is that so? I'm not a mage with great power; there's no way I can take him alive."

"The best option is to stay away from him and not get into trouble with him. It could save your life."

Not wanting to continue staying in that place, Lewis waltzed away without Liscia accompanying him. To his surprise, the guild door opened, and he saw a woman with a familiar face. Aaron felt like he had met her.

"You? Weren't you the customer at the accessories shop earlier?" Aaron asked.

"Yes, and I know who you are, Aaron!"