"Your friends? People from Sky Sword? Are you crazy?!" snapped Salsabi.


    "They have nothing to do with Sky Sword 15th. We''re from the 10th floor and have one primary purpose: the raid."


    Arthur sharpened his eyes as he lowered both eyebrows, threatening to crush the woman''s body and bones in the firm grip of his monster hand.


    Salsabi could feel the magic grip of Arthur''s monster hands strengthening, making her suffocate.


    "How? I won''t bother with your business. We just want to find shelter and a proper ce to stay."


    ''Letting the enemy stay in my territory will always make me worry. However, if what he says is true, then it''s the only way to save my life,'' Salsabi replied, confused.


    "If I allow you to stay in this town with my protection. Do you promise not to kill me?" asked Salsabi, Arthur was silent in response to the woman''s words.


    She assumed Arthur''s silence was his response to Salsabi''s question earlier. Salsabi had no other choice, nor did she want to die a miserable death at the hands of Arthur or Tris.


    If this was the only way she could convince Arthur not to interfere, then she would do it. She didn''t mind if Arthur and his friends stayed temporarily in the town until the raid notice was opened again.


    "Very well. We will allow you to stay."


    "But, due to the strict nature of my members, you must follow all the rules in the town. I will not reveal your identity to them," Salsabi exined, showing no sign of rebellion or resistance.


    Arthur nodded. He loosened the grip of the monster''s hand on Salsabi''s body, letting the woman breathe a sigh of relief for a moment.


    The monster''s hand magic faded and disappeared, allowing Salsabi to walk and move around freely.


    Salsabi stared intently ahead, curious about Arthur''s true identity. The woman tried to confirm whether Arthur was the mage with the flying talent this afternoon or not; Arthur confirmed it was him.


    "I didn''t think there was a flying talent," Salsabi replied.


    "It''s not a flying talent, but Gravity Maniption."


    "Gravity Maniption? I''ve never heard of that talent. What rank is it?"


    "That''s S-R."


    "You have an S-R rank talent?" surprised Salsabi.


    There were undoubtedly mages with such rank talents in Dark Pir Tower, given that many S rank talent slips were sold and avable in the shop —though they were very pricey. Still, as Salsabi recalled, mages with rank S talents were mainly found on the 25th floor and above.


    For herself, she only has rank A talents in the 3rd stage. If her TP was full, she would have to climb to Lilith City or return to the 10th floor. Once again, the power of the ascended S rank differed greatly from the pure S rank talent.


    ording to Salsabi, Arthur probably got a pure S rank talent, not the Ascension result. That''s because she never knew Gravity Maniption talent was on the rank A or B talent list.


    "That''s not important. What does matter is how you keep your word," Arthur said, stepping closer to the window of Salsabi''s office, looking at the backyard where Arthur had arrived before.


    "What if I break the promise?"


    Arthur smiled. He took the g of Authority in his right hand and showed it to Salsabi. Not only that, but he also showed the white servant pattern on his forehead. Arthur was really not messing around with his threat to Salsabi.


    Salsabi was speechless, her mouth gaping wide with rounded eyes, surely looking forward. It was clear from her eyes that Arthur was holding a ck and purple-patterned g of Authority, an ancient pattern.


    "You and the entire town will be destroyed in a single night."


    ''How can he have the g of Authority?'' asked Salsabi, fixing her gaze on the item.


    "Do you understand?" asked Arthur, confirming.


    Overwhelmed with resignation, Salsabi nodded while taking a deep breath. She was forced to ept Arthur as the g of Authority seemed to emit a strong magical aura. Salsabi didn''t want to take a significant risk by betraying Arthur.


    "I understand."


    Arthur nodded in agreement. He began to activate his talents and turned on his ultimate sub-talent.


    [Talent Activated]


    [Sub Talent Activated]


    [Dimensional Dark Portal]


    [MP -80000]


    [Name: Aaron]


    [MP: 197000/357000] [-80000]


    Purple magic light appeared on the tips of Arthur''s two fingers of his right hand. He swung his hand sideways from left to right, bringing forth a dimensional rift that managed to split the dimensional boundary. Salsabi frowned at the sight of his ability.


    "What is it? Isn''t that another dimension?" asked Salsabi, looking into the dimensional rift where a dark-colored ce full of energy flowed like a magic portal.


    "We will travel here in the morning. I hope you can wee us at the south gate," Arthur pleaded.


    "Just let me know through my guards. I wille and pick you up."


    Arthur said yes. Without saying goodbye, he stepped into the dimensional rift with steady steps. Slowly, the dimensional rift disappeared and closed on its own.


    Salsabi was curious and tried to touch it. Still, the slightest touch caused dimensional resistance magic to arise and knock Salsabi''s body strongly backwards, breaking the wall of the door to her room and shocking many people.


    The traces of Arthur''s magic fluctuations vanished as the dimensional rift closed. The guards heard a small explosion from inside the base.


    They rushed inside and saw Captain Salsabi in the corridor, her study door damaged.


    Her body was steamy, like she had been in a sauna for a whole day. Salsabi coughed up blood until streams of blood flowed from the corners of her lips; the womanughed loudly and apuded.


    "Terrible power! What a terrible power."


    "What happened, Captain Salsabi?" asked a top official of the 15th Night Liberators.


    She turned to the side and smiled. Salsabi was back on her feet after being helped up by two female guards.


    They were confused and panicked. The Night Liberators base should have been safe, but there was an unexpected explosion from their captain''s office instead.


    "Is this because of that new guy?" asked the middle-aged man, remembering Arthur''s presence.


    "Quickly find him and bring him before me. He''s from—"@@novelbin@@


    "There''s no need," interrupted Salsabi, cutting the middle-aged man off.


    "What do you mean?"


    Without exining the situation to the man, Salsabi stepped into her office, which was a mess from the dimension''s resistance magic.


    The woman seemed to behave strangely as she smiled,ughed, and nodded her head. It wasn''t very clear to everyone.


    "It''s best not to get into trouble with him. He''s truly terrible."


    ***


    The next day.


    Sky Sword 15th Guest House.


    Sara and the others had prepared with their equipment. Arthur asked them to bring all the stuff since they would probably stay in town longer.


    The woman asked aboutst night and Arthur''s n to kidnap Salsabi. Arthur smiled. Let''s just say that the n failed, but the objective seeded. The man was confused about how to exin it.


    "I''ll exin everything when we get to town."


    Sara agreed. Once everything was ready, Arthur and the 13th Squad left the guest house on foot. This morning, Sara asked Tris about the Ascension Talent. The Sky Sword 15th base couldn''t do it. Their best option was to do it in the town cathedral.


    That made the 13th Squad decide to leave that morning from the Sky Sword 15th base. Arthur stopped walking when Tris found out about the 13th Squad''s intentions. Tris stood at the east gate, stopping Arthur and the others.


    "I don''t see Salsabi here. What are you doing?" asked Tris, impatient.


    "The town is guarded by hundreds of people. It''s not easy to sneak into Salsabi''s ce and kidnap her."


    "Of course, it''s easy. You''re strong, aren''t you? Why don''t you create chaos there and kidnap Salsabi in your fight?" asked Tris, proposing a reckless idea.


    "That''s an interesting n. Maybe I''ll drag our fight to this ce. Isn''t that more exciting?" asked Arthur, threatening Tris.


    Tris and Arthur locked eyes in a simr feeling of hatred. Both clenched their fists in anger, covered by their fake smiles. Sara noticed their dispute and broke it up.


    "We''ll go into town and go in disguise. We''ll use the opportunity to kidnap her," Sara exined.


    "Sure. You should do that."


    Just before Arthur and the others left, Tris stopped Arthur again, asking Karen and Mona to stay in the guest house.


    Arthur refused, Karen had to go as she needed to perform the Ascension talent. So Tris asked Mona and Miki to stay.


    "I''ll take them as your guarantee. If you intend to betray me, I''ll kill them!" said Tris.


    "What did you say, bitch?!" snapped Miki.


    Arthur stepped closer to Miki to calm her down. Then he turned his eyes to look at Tris again.


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    He touched the two women''s shoulders gently, "Calm down. I have a n for this."