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

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Ten minutes after Mona managed to defeat the Snow Fang Bear monster, Karen and Sara did so. Sara got the last hit and managed to level up to level 66, while Mona didn't due to lacking 10000 EXP.

Sara stepped closer to Arthur and Mona. The woman congratulated Mona for getting the last hit earlier, also praising the ability of the purple light sword released by Arthur.

From the power emitted, it was certain that the power could kill other monsters that had lower levels. However, Arthur didn't want to do so as his current duty was only to help Mona.

Getting the last hit from the monster they killed made Arthur happy, at least the three women already knew the purpose of refusing the 14th Sky Sword raid team to help their raid.

Thalenia stepped up to Arthur, with Miki at her side. The woman wasn't helping, but she continued to supply Arthur with HP and MP regen. If Sara and the others were injured, Thania would help them recover.

Miki was the same, but since her initial goal was to stay with Thalenia, Miki felt no obligation to help the 13th squad kill every monster.

With Arthur's abilities, Miki felt confident that Squad 13 would be fine until the 17th floor.

After recovering enough, Arthur asked them to continue their journey. Sara nodded, as did Karen and Mona. The three walked after Arthur from behind.

Sara drank the MP Elixir and managed to recover her MP count. She asked Arthur about the route to the floor boss room. To ensure Sara, Arthur opened the maze map again.

Arthur stopped his steps, Sara glanced to the side and saw the digital map that appeared on Arthur's system panel.

There were green arrow-shaped directions leading Arthur and the 13th Squad to the original destination, the floor boss room.

"According to these directions, it is certain that there are five or six monsters left," Arthur replied.

"Six monsters? Didn't you say there were 15 monsters at the beginning? We've only killed three, so there should be twelve, right?" asked Karen, arriving near Arthur.

"That's right. But the red dots along this path are monsters. If I count carefully, there aren't as many as before," Arthur replied.

Sara squinted as her right hand rubbed her chin, trying to figure out what was going on. Arthur thought the same thing, there are two possibilities for this.

First, the monster is moving in search of other humans. Second, the other monsters had already been killed by other adventurers.

However, between the two, Arthur couldn't be sure. The most important thing for them was that the number of monsters decreased before reaching the floor boss room.

"We'll find out as we walk forward," Arthur explained.

Sara and the others responded with a nod. Arthur took another step forward to arrive at the third intersection. There, Arthur had to take a route to the left to reach the floor boss's room.

Between the third and fourth intersections, there were no monsters threatening them. Traces of monsters were visible, but they were directed in another direction at the fifth intersection.

After passing the fifth intersection, Arthur halted his steps and looked ahead. There, he saw three medium-sized snakes with white tufts like chicken tufts along the snake's back.

Arthur again told Sara and the others to take advantage of this. Arthur said that he would help from behind.

The three women immediately summoned their beast servants, appeared before them and lunged forward according to their master's orders.

Arthur nodded, it seemed that the snake monster was much weaker than the previous two types of monsters.

Just when Arthur was about to help, Karen managed to solve his problem. The woman immediately helped Sara and Mona without taking their last hit.

Thirty minutes into their tense battle, the three women finally won with a sense of relief in their hearts.

Arthur applauded, congratulating them for improving so much from before. The man gave each of them HP Potion and MP Elixir, and they immediately drank it without hesitation.

"Arthur," Sara called, Arthur turned his head while looking forward, watching the maze corridor path.

"It looks like me and the others won't be able to help much when fighting the floor boss. I think, it could be—"

"Don't worry, Sara. I'll take down that floor boss," Arthur replied, interrupting Sara's words.

Sara nodded and smiled in relief at that. She stepped back to return near Karen and Mona. There were only three monsters left that needed to be exterminated before arriving at the floor boss room. The three women could do it without Arthur's help.

At intersection nine, they encountered three snow ogre-shaped monsters. Arthur squinted, the monster matched what Niam had described to him the other day. However, Sara and the others showed no sign of fear whatsoever.

They attacked with confidence, bringing out their sub talents to the fullest. Arthur stood near Thalenia and Miki, keeping a close eye on the battle in front of them.

"It seems they can handle this without any help from you anymore," Thalenia said.

"That's right, just to raid the maze monsters. However, they're still not fit to fight a floor boss," Arthur said.

"What exactly do you want to do with them, Arthur?" asked Miki.

Arthur sighed with his arms crossed. For now, he just needed to help the remaining squad of 13 get stronger before arriving at Lilith City.

After arriving there, Arthur would leave it up to them to either continue up the floors or return to the 10th floor.

However, Arthur's definite purpose was to go up to the 100th floor and obtain the Dark Ruler Title, no matter what it took.

The man explained to Miki so that she would understand how great a burden Arthur was currently carrying.

"When one manages to ascend to the 100th floor and becomes the Dark Ruler, he has the power to rule over all dark creatures."

"Mythological races include dark creatures, though not as dark as monsters. It's like we are the result of crossbreeding humans with monsters in the ancient past," Miki replied.

Arthur was curious about Miki's first remark, about being able to command all dark creatures.

"Does it mean that if I leave the Dark Pillar Tower and return to the surface, I can summon wild monsters and wreak havoc on the Integrity Knight headquarters?" Arthur asked.

"I don't know what the Integrity Knight is, but it can be if you hold the Dark Ruler's flag."

'This is interesting, really interesting.'