The Albert City Hall was located right beside the Magic Union Branch, and it was even busier than the Magic Union Branch.
The reason for the popularity of this or any City Hall was because, in the Magic Union, these City Halls serve two important purposes.
First, the City Hall controlled the dimension gates under a city which means they had full control over who entered the dimension gates and when. They issued a Dimension Entry Pass (DEP) of three levels, Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
Each DEP represents a different time period one can spend in a dimension in the cities of three regions.
In the Outer Region, third-grade cities, Bronze level DEP would last three days, Silver level DEP would last seven days, and Gold DEP would last ten days.
Everyone took the DEP seriously because the magic union has absolute laws instated upon the violation of these DEPs.
The first and most important law was any dimension that has a DEP system should not be destroyed under any circumstances, and their dimension heart zones were forbidden and highly guarded as if armed to the teeth.
Another noteworthy law was if anyone overstayed their DEP time limit under any circumstances, they had to pay a heavy fine as well as one month in prison.
If anyone was okay with the DEP laws, then they had to sign another contract which his three main conditions. First, the person who entered the dimensions will be checked upon entering and exiting.
Second, any loot acquired, like the materials from dimension creatures, magic herbs, ores, and such, during the DEP stay will be split 60/40 among the person and the city hall.
Third, if the city hall found something, they want from the acquired loot of a person, they have full right to buy it above the market price, and the person can't refuse as long as the price isn't equal to or above the market price. This is where the first rule came into play as well.
The second purpose of City Hall was it was to issue missions related to the dimensions to the dimension divers, like collecting a particular material or herb.
Normally those citizens would commission these missions who can't handle entering a dimension for a certain price, and the city hall would definitely charge 10% according to the commission worth.
That's why every City Hall was as popular as the Magic Union Branch. They were two sides of the same coin.
Even at nighttime, the City Hall receives quite a lot of visitors because a dimension space has its own static environment, so it doesn't matter if they dive with a dimension in day or night.
At this moment, a tall man was walking merrily through a silent alleyway, and he was clad in a black light armor while a five feet long broad sword was sheathed on his back when his footsteps came to a halt all of a sudden because a tall silhouette blacked his way.
The man's eyes turned cold as he didn't look afraid since he was a Rare Sorcerer and also a Rare Rank Dimension Diver, which meant he was one of the elites in Albert City and was clearly not afraid of getting mugged.
"Punk, get out my way before I change my mind and put you out of your misery." He menacingly declared as a blue glimmer flashed past his eyes.
eaglesnov?1,сoМ A dismissive voice rang at this moment, "Just tell me if you have a Rare Dimension Diver License appropriate to enter the only Bronze Rank Dimension of Abler City or not?"
A hint of surprise flashed past the man's eyes as he replied with a vicious grin, "What if I have it and what I don't?"
"Sigh… I didn't want to kill more than one person today since it wasn't necessary. But I guess you guys like wasting my time, so I should just kill you, and I'll get the answer anymore…" The impassive voice rang again in perplexity.
"What a wack job, ha…" Before he could even finish his words, they were cut off because suddenly, he started to feel lethargic before his vision started to get blurry.
The last thing he saw before his vision vanished were glowing eyes in crimson and purple colors, and they were as beautiful as they were ruthlessly cold.
Cyrus looked at the cleaved head of that man falling down while it started to turn into SP, and the system's voice rang.
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[You have killed a Mortal (Tier-12)]
-Reward(s):
-SP: 20
[Spirit Points (SP): 40/20,000]
-LXP: 0
[Lust Experience Point (LXP): 11,413/20,000]
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The person who just killed that man was naturally Cyrus, who used an extremely sharp wind blade to cleavage that man's head before he could even react.
As for why he was killing someone in this silent alleyway…
"I never thought I would not only need an identity card as well as a Rare Dimension Diver License to enter a Dimension above Iron Grade. Not to mention those absurd prices on those DEPs.
"Now I understand why the Magic Union is so united, and no one seemed to be interested in anyone else territory. These guys are earning so much by just sitting on their asses. Why the hell do they need to fight for territory among themselves when they can earn everything from everywhere."
Cyrus scoffed disdainfully as he felt whoever placed this system was either a capitalist or just wanted to make those people in power drunk with power and lose their ability to work hard for resources.
This way, the people with talent would also turn into wealthy people's slaves, and those wealthy people will build their fortune upon other people's hard work.
Just that absurd contract with three conditions was enough to make Cyrus unhappy about the Magic Union's way of doing things. He got to understand that this world was going in a very bad direction under the Magic Union Rule or, more accurately to say, ten overseer clans' rule!
Cyrus then started to search the man's belongings he had left behind since his body had already vanished. He was wearing a small bag pack on his back which had some healing medicine and magic recovery medicines as well as some gauze and jerkies.
It became even clearer that he was going on an adventure by gearing up and with all these medicines and rations. So, Cyrus didn't choose this guy wrongly to rob him of his identity and money.
It was the easiest way as well, as it was only temporary, a stepping stone in Cyrus's much bigger scheme.
When he probed his pockets, he finally found a wallet, and within, he found two crystalline cards. One was a white identity card like the one he gave to Rita, while the other was a black crystal card with golden words.
When Cyrus read the words on the black crystal card, his lips curled up, 'Violent Black Sword,' a Rare Rank Dimension Diver, huh? That is a good catch, indeed. This name also suits my style, and I'll use his sword until my lust sword is done upgrading. I started to feel empty without holding my lust sword…'
Cyrus sighed as she missed Eve all of a sudden, and he never thought he would miss her in just three days after her upgrade started.
Nevertheless, Cyrus picked up the broad sword, which was actually a Bronze Grade Sword. Although it was larger than his lust sword, he didn't feel any discomfort from the sword.
So, he took the sheath as well and placed it on his back before the color of his long hair started to change into black, and a half-black and half-white mask appeared on his face. Even his eyes were hidden under that mask.
His clothes turned into a black windbreaker and black leather pants while his chest was bare underneath, showcasing his carved muscles.
Furthermore, right at this moment, in the center of his chest, a long scar suddenly started to emerge as if it was left behind by a deep sword blade wound.
This was Cyrus's new disguise as Violent Black Sword.
Satisfied, Cyrus then left toward the exit and headed in the City Hall direction, which was only three blocks away.
'Let's see how the Magic Union reacts after tonight's event. Suppose everyone goes according to my assumption built upon Hilda's information about the Regal World. In that case, I don't need to worry about the ten overseer clans' personnel in the slum districts right now. On the contrary, they shall be my pawns.
'This will be my first step towards the establishment of my cult…'
Cyrus's eyes shimmered deviously as he felt quite confident about his scheme, which he hatched after acquiring all the essential information about this world!
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