Chapter 157: Aaron Inside The 15th Dark Pillar Maze
[ATRIBUT STATUS]
[CP: 13259418] [+12950000]
[STR: 421987] [+420000]
[AGI: 421906] [+420000]
[INT: 852424] [+850000]
[LUCK: 252061] [+250000]
[DEX: 652039] [+650000]
[Ability Point: 0] [- 2590000]
[DING! Congratulations on getting a new title]
[23. Supreme in Youth]
[Has CP >1,000,000 in less than 20 years]
[24. Potential Great Ruler]
[Has CP >10,000,000]
Aaron clearly saw his ability point count increase drastically due to the many levels he managed to gain up to the Venerable Sage point.
With that many ability points, Aaron believed that the increase in his CP was so significant that it impacted his magic ability.
With an increase of this amount, Aaron felt impatient to test his magic on the monsters he would face later. Yet, he had to be careful in controlling this great power. It could easily destroy the city.
Aerith explained that Aaron had been unconscious for eight hours in the Dark Dimension, which was 16 hours in the real world. That surprised Aaron, as he had promised to go on a raid with the 13th squad.
Aaron tried to open the message panel, there were several incoming messages that were muted due to Aaron being too busy having his big battle.
[You have five unread messages]
He opened the message and saw that three messages were sent from Sara while the other two were sent from Karen. Both were asking the same thing: Aaron's condition and their raid plans.
Sara sent the last message to Aaron, about two hours ago. It said in the content of the message that the 13th squad had arrived outside the floor boss room.
Miki helped them a lot to arrive at that point, but as planned, they would wait until Aaron's arrival.
"They're waiting for me," Aaron replied.
"Are you ready? With your current abilities, I don't think the floor boss will be able to threaten you anymore," Aerith said, still standing before Aaron.
"That's right. However, I still have to be careful," said Aaron.
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Aerith agreed, caution was necessary so as not to turn back to threaten his life. The death of powerful and arrogant people was usually caused by their carelessness in taking action.
She swung her hand to the side to split the dimensional boundary, creating a dimensional rift aimed at the place she had set. Aerith pointed out the dimensional rift and showed it to Aaron.
"The dimensional rift leads outside the Dark Pillar gate. You can go through the maze and find the boss room on that floor," Aerith said.
Aaron said yes and thanked her. Before leaving, he looked back and saw Isabella's figure. Aaron was determined to find the best way to increase his Soul Essence Level to be able to provide soul transmigration to Isabella.
'Hang in there, Isabella. I will try my hardest for you,' Aaron explained.
He entered and left the Dark Dimension, leaving Aerith with Isabella's body in that place. Aerith flew slowly into the sky, sitting back on her black rose throne. Aerith cast her magic forward, confining Isabella's body in a cage.
"Alright. Let's see what surprises you'll come up with again, Aaron," Aerith said, smiling as she watched the image of Aaron's eyes flash before her, like a projector image.
Aaron flew between the dimensional rifts to the rifts that opened in front of him. Within seconds, Aaron arrived outside the entrance of the Dark Pillar with the group of adventurers who were starting to exit the labyrinth, finished with their task.
The appearance of Arthur —Aaron's pseudonym— surprised many adventurers. They had never expected anyone to be able to go beyond the dimensional boundary.
The man was wearing a black shirt suit with abstract purple patterns. Arthur turned to the side, seeing that the gate was still open with 8 hours left in the raid.
That much time was more than enough to defeat the floor boss, especially with Aaron's abilities that had improved drastically to the Venerable Sage stage of mage.
Upon Aaron's arrival at the place, he immediately activated his Venerable Sage abilities. Two of them are the abilities of Magic Armor and Sky Power.
[Special Ability activated]
[Magic Armor activated]
[Buff: Defense increased by 75% || Reduce enemy damage by 50%]
[Sky Power activated ]
[Buff: AGI and DEX increased by 45% || STR and INT increased by 25%]
Slowly, the purple magic from Arthur's body radiated out and condensed throughout his body, forming a pattern of magic armor that hovered over his body, but was able to protect him strongly.
The magic armor formed on his chest, back, sides of his thighs, knees, elbows, shoulders, and neck. The sight surprised many people. They assumed it was a talent, not a special ability of a Venerable Sage.
Arthur floated through the sky without activating his gravity manipulation talent. After feeling stable, he flew fast accompanied by a powerful magical boom, capable of pushing anyone near or in his path.
"Why do I feel such a strong magic aura from him? Who exactly is he?" someone asked.
"I don't know. But it's better for us not to get into trouble with him."
Arthur activated the compensation slip; he still had it to enter the Dark Pillar, considering he still possessed the red title above his head. Yet, something interesting happened when the compensation slip panel appeared before him.
[Compensation Slip:]
[Host with red title detected]
[Name: Aaron]
[Level: 325]
[Host allowed to join raid]
[Host nerfed]
[Error!]
[Mage Tier Host level too high to be nerfed by slip compensation]
[Top priority: Venerable sage Special Ability]
[Number of available compensations: 2]
[WARNING!]
[Killing another mage within the compensation period will make the compensation slip destroyed]
Arthur smiled. Between the nerf of the compensation slip and the high buff of the Venerable Sage's special ability, the system would detect the top priority of the higher buff and nerf.
The system detected the Venerable Sage's special ability as much higher in authority than the compensation slip nerf.
That's what made the nerf not work on Arthur, but a warning still popped up for Aaron not to kill any more adventurers within the slip compensation period. Aaron had to comply before he used the authority flag to restore his red title.
He flew in the sky of the Dark Pillar maze accompanied by a powerful blast of purple magic energy. Adventurers saw the moment Arthur flew over the sky, always followed by a purple trail in his path.
Using the map he obtained, Arthur was able to easily locate the 15th floor boss room. He saw that the monsters along the maze path to the room had been cleared of monsters, a sign that Miki and the 13th Squad had done their job well.
Sara and the others were still waiting, sitting under a leafy, black-branched tree. They vaguely felt a strong magic fluctuation emanating from the direction of the maze, Miki smiled when she felt that the magic fluctuation was so familiar to her.
"It's Arthur," Miki said, startling Sara and the others.
"Arthur? Is he coming back for real?" asked Sara, being the enthusiastic one.
Sure enough! Arthur arrived quickly and powerfully in their midst. He flew in the sky with magic armor attached to his body, armor that was purple in color. Miki squinted, feeling Arthur's magic aura much stronger than the last time they met.
"You? Why does your aura feel so strong?" asked Miki.
"Thank goodness you're alright, Arthur," Sara replied, smiling widely.
"Putting that aside, we should challenge the floor boss soon."