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

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Two days later.

Dark Dimension.

Two days had passed in the Dark Dimension, Aaron was only focused on resting and improving his ability status. But, Aerith was the one who was always traveling across the dimensional boundary.

The purpose was simple, to find out whether the Monster Raid had started in the Dark Pillar or not. Today, three hours had passed in the Dark Dimension and Aerith had yet to return from the real world.

Aaron opened his eyes and stood up from sitting cross-legged on the floor of Dark Dimension. He raised his head and saw hundreds of Dark Souls waiting to be released —of course to become a servant.

Of the hundreds of red cages there, there was only one white soul cage containing a pure human soul. Aaron flew up to see who was inside the cage.

"Isabella?" Aaron greeted.

Isabella's soul was inside it, still wearing the same clothes she wore when she died. However, she was sitting on her knees, her head buried between her knees.

"I'm glad you're here safely."

"Don't worry. I'll raise my soul essence level and help you transmigrate souls," Aaron explained, reflexively holding the wall of the soul cage.

There was no reaction whatsoever because the cage Aaron touched was a type of white cage that confined one's pure soul, different from the dark souls that could potentially possess Aaron's body if carelessly touched.

Even though Aaron said so, Isabella's soul was still asleep in the comfort of the white cage. The woman was not disturbed by anything, whether other places or voices.

She would only wake up if the Soul Transmigration ability on Aaron's Supreme Soul feature was successfully used.

The dimensional rift appeared for the umpteenth time, Aaron glanced down and saw Aerith coming in her usual casual suit.

Aerith raised her head and found Aaron flying freely in front of Isabella's white cage. The woman decided to fly over to him.

"She'll be fine. I'll take care of her soul here," Aerith replied.

"I know. I'm just not used to seeing Isabella's condition in a soul cage," Aaron said.

"If you don't want to keep her trapped in that cage for long, then you should immediately raise your soul essence level."

Aaron knew all that, including Aerith's advice. After all, it was the woman who told Aaron the only way to bring Isabella back to life.

However, raising the level of soul essence turned out to be much more difficult and lengthy than Aaron had expected.

Every time he extracted the soul essence of a human or monster, the amount obtained was not too much.

"I have to get soul essence crystals to increase my soul essence level quickly," Aaron stated.

"There's only one place to get such a thing, the Visiri planet."

Aaron understood. He was sure he could get a lot of soul essence if he managed to go between planets from Earth to Visiri.

To do that, Aaron still had to activate the Ascend Planet ability in his Supreme Soul feature.

Putting aside the issue of Isabella's soul, Aaron asked for news about the conditions on the 45th floor. Aerith explained clearly without any cover-up.

"The situation is really chaotic. Eliane commands the entire group in the volcano valley. They were assigned to track you down," Aerith replied.

"The group leaders can't do much, if they refuse, they'll be killed by Eliane's attacks," Aerith said.

"So, what about the raid monsters?"

Aerith explained that the monster raid would open in three hours, meaning that in six hours in the Dark Dimension, the Monster Raid would be fully opened. Still, Aerith suggested something to Aaron.

"Since Eliane knows your purpose is to go up a floor, the inspection of every monster raid is tightened. They even order all participants to show their status panels," Aerith pointed out.

"I can disguise my identity with a fedora hat, but not my status."

"About that, you don't need to worry. Let me handle them, you can focus on the monster raid later," Aerith explained, having already devised a definite plan about this.

Aaron looked closely at Aerith, the woman's face looked serious when looking at Aaron. That was enough to prove that Aerith wasn't messing around with her words.

The man began to listen to Aerith's plan. The thing Aaron needed to do was to form a third clone, the third clone would be used as a way to attract people's attention until they thought that Aaron was in the mountain valley, not at the Dark Pillar gate.

[Additional Talent: Clone Manipulation]

[Sub Talent:]

[1. Passive Clone] [30000 MP]

[2. Combat Clone [40000 MP] Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire

[3. ShapeShift Clone] [50000 MP]

[4. Explosive Clone] [70000 MP]

[5. Origin Clone] [80000 MP]

The panel for additional talents appeared before Aaron, Aerith could see five sub talents of the additional talent. However, Aerith's choice was focused on the fifth sub talent.

"Since we're planning to trick them, the clone must be exactly the same as you, whether it's your face or your strength," Aerith explained.

"I see."

[Additional Talent Activated]

[Sub Talent Activated]

[Origin Clone]

[MP -80000]

[Name: Aaron Lewis]

[MP: 1445000/1525000] [-80000]

A purple magic aura emanated from Aaron's body, shining brightly with great intensity. Aerith moved away to avoid Aaron, so that the creation of the man's clone could proceed smoothly.

Aaron's eyes were closed, his palms clasped together as he focused on cleaving the magic energy from his body.

Sure enough! The magic aura that was emitted began to form Aaron's clone beside him. The magic energy condensed into a perfect body with the same pose as Aaron's original body at the moment.

The magic energy condensed the body of Aaron's third clone from the feet to the top of the head. Five minutes passed, Aaron's third clone was already fully formed.

[Cloning Completed]

[Number of Clones: 3]

[Input Name: Gerard]

[Level: 165]

[Mage Tier: Great Wizard]

[HP: 260000/260000]

[MP: 280000/280000]

Gerard opened his eyes and stood up while his eyes looked at his hands, feet, and the area around him. He realized that he was the third clone of Aaron Lewis, he had to obey what his original body commanded.

Aaron opened his eyes, then stood up and looked at Gerard. The reason why Aaron named him that was because he remembered the name of his childhood friend, Gerard Snow. However, he died of illness.

"You are me. However, for this plan, you must obey what Aerith says," Aaron explained, introducing Aerith to Gerard —though he already knew.@@novelbin@@

"I understand," Gerard explained.

The man in front of Gerard nodded. He turned to the side, specifically to Aerith.

"Go through with the plan. I'll hide in the forest until the situation at the monster raid is conducive for me," Aaron replied.

"Take it easy. He and I will give them an interesting surprise, something they might never imagine before."

"Alright. I'm counting on you, Aerith."