" How can I do that," he said pulling her into his arms, she didn't help him even if he never asked for it.

" How was the dungeon?" she asked him curiously.

" It was okay," he answered vaguely then asked her," do you hack for a living or dungeon diving?"

" Both," she said pressing herself onto his chest," I get commissioned on the hacking part and I mostly go to dungeons justti level up a bit , I don't want to get rusty when everyone is trying to kill me."

Alaric nodded, with her capability it would be surprising if she wasn't being hunted down.

" How did you get here? I think I need to fix the security loophole," he changed the subject .

" Oh it was easy, I came through the front door sat in the lobby for a while until they gotused to seeing me left for the swimming area then the back door," she said proudly.

" The doors were locked so I had to pick them or hack into your system which is easy," she said excitedly," I also strengthen your firewall and now I'm the only one who can break through."

Alaric kissed her on the mouth pushing her tongue inside and licking her, he sucked her bottom lip before releasing her while she tried to take in her breath.

" Thank you."

He genuinely ment that, even if she was crazy at least she was helpful to him. He can take crazy when it comes with extra benefits.

"Close your eyes," he whispered softly to her and she did. A few moments later sleep took her. Alaric followed right after, he needed that sleep.

Alaric was woken up by movement . He sat up and turned to look at Ivory who was dressing. He looked to the windows and could see the setting sun. The sky was a beautiful orange.

" I'll contact you husband," she said and walked to the door," your wife has a job call."

" Sure," Alaric answered her before she closed the door behind him. He took a sigh of relief after he heard her footsteps fade.

He leaned over and picked his phone that was vibrating constantly. The moment he turned it on messages flooded his screen.

He clicked on of them and read it.

Hello Mr Alaric Theron I would love to invite you to join our guild. We have seen your outstanding performance and we have given you an opportunity to join our fighters guild. You will get topnotch resources.

Alaric wondered who had written the message. They clearly thought to themselves that they were the best. The guild was probably filled with narcissists.

He had gotten a lot of this messages and he got tired of looking at them. He searched about Laura's dungeon or if she had returned but nothing. It seemed their mission was really kept undewraps.

He fill her phone bumner but it went directly to voicemail, she was clearly still in the dungeon. A day had ended and he knew it would take longer but he couldn't help worry.

Alaric took out the awakener stones Laura had given and sat on the bed and held all the nine stones and closed his eyes.

He opened his eyes to find himself his mind space stones in hand. He sat cross legged and absorbed one stone. The familiar burning feeling came as the power moved towards his chest to his magic core.

The power moved around the core before it merged with the core, he could feel his power slowly improving as the stones power slowly spread and it dissolved.

(+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control)

He took the next one and absorbed. The power slowly filling the core.

(+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control)

(+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control)

(+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control)

(+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control)

(+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control)

(+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control)

(+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control)

Alaric looked at the awakeners stone he had left. He only had one and it would determine wether he could be a B class or not. He could feel his power was at the C threshold and it just needed a small push.

He took a deep breath and put the stone near his chest and absorbed it. The energy rushed into the core and the familiar pain started to come as the core became way too full. Alaric bent over in pain and excitement as he watched the stones remaining energy enter the overfilled core.

Then the core bursted into small little lights and then merged again together forming a core larger than the one he had.

He watched in fascination as it moved around and pushed most of the energy into his body as they followed the magic routes pouring mana into the muscles . He could feel himself getting stronger and this made him more excited.

((+55 spiritual , +20 Vitality,+10control,+5charm)

He was now a B class, although week he has finally crossed that threshold and had started to enter the world power level. Clearing the B class dungeon must have pushed his body to the limit.

( Core advancement - C→ B Class Achieved.)

( Reward: Severing strike)

Alaric pressed on the skill description.

[Skill Reward]

Severing strike

Type: Active

Grade: B

Weapon: Whip

Effect:

Condenses force along the edges of the whip mid-swing, turning it into a flexible blade. Cleanly slices flesh, tendons, and weak armor.

Bonus:

High limb and joint damage. Cuts can be felt a heartbeat late.

Limit:

Requires precise swings.

Bonus Reward (C-class clearing B-class Hidden Route)

Rank Suppression Immunity .

User may ignore one rank-based penalty per dungeon entry.

The skill card reward was really good but the condition kind of worries him since he had to be in the same environment with both ice and fire or he's cooked.

After admiring his accomplishments he stood up and left the room.

When he arrived at the lobby he found most of the people focused on the small tv at the corner of the bar. It was rarely used except for small voiceless movies or an SMR to just hypnotize the mind of most drinkers.

Right now the volume was up and everyone was concentrating on it. He tapped James shoulder who was at the back.

" Ooh, Alaric welcome back," he said briefly before turning back to look at the TV . Alaric looked up but there was just your normal news coverage, why were they looking at it.

Then his photo appeared on the screen. A photo of him leaving the dungeon site with the same beat up clothes and tired face.

" That's ugly," Alaric said out loud before he could stop himself. Everyone turned to look at him their eyes shining as the news anchor started.

"In an astonishing feat, C-class awakened Alaric Theron , a well known awakened male escort and a brothel owner ,has successfully cleared the B-Class Dungeon alone.

Witness confirm that he entered the dungeon alone and left alone solidifying the claim of solo clearing.

Guild officials have labeled this achievement extremely rare, as B-Class dungeons are typically cleared by parties of multiple high-ranking awakeners. Alaric reportedly sustained only minor injuries, highlighting exceptional skill and combat efficiency.

The awakener's performance is currently under review, and discussions are underway regarding possible rank adjustment or special recognition.

Awakeners worldwide are taking note, this unprecedented solo clearance is being hailed as a new benchmark for C-class capabilities in high-tier dungeons."

Now he understood why he was getting spammed with messages and he knew this was not going to be the end of it.

Everyone turned to him their eyes shining.

" Can you tell us how you did it, pretty please," June's voice came from the crowd.

Alaric sighed and chuckled softly.

" Sure,"

He told them about it but glazing over most of the details and changing the boss entirely since what he fought was probably a hidden boss.

After finishing tell his partially cooked up story he went to see Bethany. He found her still unconscious but fully healed, he touched her hands and brought it to his lips and kissed them before setting them gently down and covering her again.

" The doctor said she should be awake by today or tomorrow," Rhea's voice came from behind him. Alaric nodded he was happy she was healing okay and she had no major complications.

He left the room and went back to the lounge and sat by the bar. He looked around at the people busy running around getting organized plus the small amount of customers who seemed to be staying a little too long in the brothel.

But Alaric didn't care, the more they stayed the more money he got. Right now the brothel was running efficiently but this wasn't enough for him.

He needed awakened prostitutes if he was going to welcome more awakeners, Bethany's incident will not be the last and he wanted a clear divide on awakened and the normal people. This will prevent future incidents.

A sudden commotion filled the lounge as at least twenty men in black came into view and locked on him before walking towards him. Alaric frowned a little. What's the problem now. He seems to be attracting them lately.

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