"The power of Azazel? What kind of power is that?"


    Aaron moved one step ahead. In the blink of an eye, the young man''s form was already standing before Elvan.


    Elvan gasped; he tried to jump behind to avoid Aaron. But, Aaron''s great strength made Elvan unable to dodge.


    Aaron''s left hand reached out, pulling Elvan''s body, who tried to avoid him. His palm gripped Elvan''s neck firmly, choking him with his ck eyes staring forward.


    "Let me go, goddammit!" snapped Elvan, rebelling.


    "You killed my friend, hurt Isabe, and humiliated her. I will not let you go," Aaron replied, his voice echoing over Elvan''s noise.


    With a powerful fist-palm strike, Aaron crushed Elvan''s neck, and his head was violently severed. His body and head fell with blood sttering on the ground in that ce. It was a pretty horrible sight, ording to Isabe.


    A total of 21 people were killed by Aaron on that night in the Dark Pir maze. It was the same number as the number of victims on the red panel that popped up. Aaron was stunned into silence while standing tall, looking at the panel.


    [Victim: Elvan]


    [Age: 24]


    [Level: 57]


    [Total number of victims: 21]


    [EXP +854000]


    [TP +427000]


    [300000 RL]


    [DING! Congrattion on leveling up]


    [Level 57]


    [DING! Congrattions on being promoted to the third tier as a Young Sage]


    [DING! Guild Feature Unlocked]


    [Hosts can create Guilds with many more members]


    [With Guilds, Hosts can invite cooperation, trade, or war with other guilds]


    [Further exnation can be seen in the Guild menu]


    Aerith set her foot on the ground, stepping gracefully towards Aaron, still affected by Azazel''s power. Aaron turned his head to the side with a slow head move, watching Aerith''s face intently.


    "You always surprise me, Aaron. I didn''t expect you to have powers of your own."


    Aaron closed his eyes, the red horn on his left forehead began to fade and shrink. The veins along his left hand began to fade.


    Unexpectedly, Aaron fell unconscious and was immediately caught by Aerith. Isabe stepped worriedly forward.


    Aerith stared sharply to the side, wanting to push Isabe away from Aaron''s side. But, her attention was diverted to stare at Aaron, who was still unconscious.


    She checked the young man''s condition, especially his heartbeat. Aerith felt his heartbeat slowing down, but she didn''t know what to do about Aaron''s current condition.


    Isabe volunteered to recover Aaron''s condition. Yet, both had to leave the maze immediately for Aaron''s safety.


    Aerith initially refused to believe Isabe, but the same anxious expression was clearly disyed on Isabe''s face.


    "Alright. We''ll leave here," Aerith said.


    Aerith took Aaron, Liel, and ra to leave the ce. They came out faster from inside the Dark Pir, not after fighting the floor boss, but after fighting the evil guys from the Night Liberators group.


    They went through the route from the forest, re-entered the city and arrived at the inn where Aaron had previously stayed.


    Isabe took care of the administrative fees while Aerith continued to carry Aaron, who floated using her magic ability.


    Arriving in the room, Aerith ced Aaron directly on the bed. Aerith was still watching Aaron''s face thoroughly; she had never thought that a young man like him could master the ability of Azazel.


    ''Not even a single person on the Visiri has managed to obtain Azazel''s power. Why should the person who has to get it be you, Aaron?'' asked Aerith.


    There was a specific reason why Aerith had this attitude. Azazel was one of the three main dark elemental entities in the universe.


    Azazel is the strongestpared to the other two entities; many witches from Visiri sought Azazel''s artifacts or relics just to gain his power.


    However, Azazel''s power fell to Aaron, a foreigner and not a Visiri native. He doesn''t even live there. The distance between Earth and Visiri is billions of light. Of course, it was quite an anomaly for Aerith.


    Isabe arrived after taking care of the administration. She saw Aaron limping helplessly on the bed, with Aerith faithfully apanying from the side.


    "Would you mind apanying him for a while? I need to bury Liel and ra''s bodies," Isabe said. Aerith chose to respond with silence.


    The woman assumed Aerith agreed with what she said. Isabe called some funeral officials to bring ra and Liel to be buried in the city cemetery.


    Three hours had passed since they left the Dark Pir. Aaron began to move and open his eyes slowly.


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    He was shocked to find he was already in the inn with Aerith sitting on the sofa talking with Isabe, the two having a friendly conversation without any awkwardness like before.


    Aaron tried to sit on the bed. Still, the pain all over his body made him wince in pain. Aaron''s voice made Aerith and Isabe''s attention shift to the side, seeing Aaron awake faster than expected.


    "How are you feeling, Aaron?" asked Aerith, curious.


    "It hurts in some parts of my body. Why am I here? Aren''t we on a raid? What about Elvan?" said Aaron, his mind haunted by hundreds of questions after seeing the current situation.


    Isabe patted Aaron lightly on the shoulder, trying to calm the young man down. She exined that the situation had changed during the raid, and Isabe recounted when Aaron killed all of Elvan''s men and Elvan himself.


    Aerith added a few things, but as she thought, Aaron didn''t remember that he had the power of Dark Azazel. That made Aerith relieved.@@novelbin@@


    At least she must not continue to let Aaron rely more on Dark Azazel''s power than her own Dark Dimension power.


    Shrouded in curiosity, Aaron opened his individual system panel and looked at the profile menu. Sure enough, there were significant changes in level, EXP, RL, and specific sections.


    [PROFILE:]


    [Name: Aaron Lewis]


    [Age: 18]


    [Level: 57]


    [EXP: 107907/110000]


    [HP: 26500/26500]


    [MP: 60000/60000]


    [Additional MP: 24000 MP]


    [Mage Level: Young Sage]


    [Race: High Human]


    [Title: Murderer]


    [Red Title Duration: 06:20:54:45]


    [Money: 418230 RL]


    "So that''s it, huh? As killing them increases EXP and everything, even my mage level is at Young Sage."


    "However, you are not allowed to join the monster raid due to your red title," Isabe replied.


    "Who said that?" asked Aerith, confused by Isabe''s words.


    "That''s written in the system."


    "HAHA! You don''t know anything about this. There is apensation slip that is sold for a limited time. You can use it to join the raid."


    "Compensation slip?"


    Aerith clearly exined her meaning. A Compensation Slip was a green-colored metal slipmonly used by criminals.


    It cost around 300000 RL in selected guilds, but it was much more expensive if bought in a regr shop, even if they sold them.


    One of the benefits ofpensation slips is that hosts with the Murderer title can join monster raids under specific conditions: Nerf 10% STR, INT, and DEX, and the frequency of usingpensation slips can only be used three times.


    For example, Aaron was banned from joining monster raids five times, but with this slip, Aaron could join three raids.


    However, due to the item''s rarity, Aerith asked Aaron not to immediately spend thepensation quota the slip provided.


    "In short. I can use thatpensation slip even if Imit another crime in the future. Is that right?" asked Aaron. Aerith cleared her throat in response.


    "Are you gonna kill people again, Aaron?" asked Isabe, surprised to hear a statement from Aaron.


    "This world is more dangerous than I thought. I can''t be good and naive forever."