Being accepted by the majority of Malia´s group was already something to be extremely proud of, which caused Jason to smiled brightly at them.
At this moment, they heard another voice from behind and was familiar to Jason as he was immediately aware, who ran towards them
"Sis… Jason? What are you doing here?" Greg rushed towards them immediately after he saw the two of them with the ten exchange students from Tenebris island.
One of the first years beat him up during their special combat class seat challenge, which was still apparent in his mind, as he stared at them threatening and at the same time cautiously.
"Nothing special... I had something important to ask Malia and some of her classmates." Jason said, without adding his request to enter Malia´s expedition team, because Greg would most likely want to join too then.
This would make everything more difficult, causing Jason to hide this fact until they were about to venture into the four-star rift.
Jason decided to say goodbye to the ten related exchange students and Malia while talking to Greg in order to distract him from the reason he entered the main vanguard school.
He shouldn't become suspicious about anything and Jason could only hear Malia asking.
"We haven't decided whether to enter the four-star rift or not, but if you two can trust Jason´s capabilities enough, we should give it a try… I'm confident that he is more than capable of securing our safety. If both of you have some issues trusting his abilities, you can test him in whatever way you two want. "
Hearing this, Jason wrote Malia a message, which she opened, as her eyes widened before she added after clearing her throat.
"It seems like Jason heard me talking right now… I should relay that Jennifer has a peak-evolved beast as a soulbond with a darkness affinity, while Theo´s soulbond is either also at the peak-evolved rank or barely a low unblemished beast with a darkness affinity…. Quote:[This is a small present to show my sincerity for all ten of you...ps please tell me more about your soulbond choices because they seem to be the same?]...Well… "
Malia wasn't sure what to say, as she had never seen or heard anything about any of the 10´s soulbonds which they kept a secret.
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What exactly Jason meant with "sincerity for all then of you" was mysterious to her, but seeing a shocked expression appearing on all ten exchange students, caused her to be suspicious.
The first thing she heard came from Theo who gathered his thoughts the fastest.
"How did he know?? We have never shown him our soulbond or elemental affinity?.... Is that all because of his mana eyes?!!" He asked Malia, who could only nod, as she never talked with Jason about the exchange students.
Jennifer pulled herself together, as a bright smile appeared on her face, as she almost shouted to Malia.
"We have to venture into the four-star rift! Let´s convince Lux and Lin to let Jason join us!!"
She roughly knew what Jason meant with "all ten of you" and it was obvious that the handsome youth with his golden eyes was not normal, as he could roughly tell the strength of her and Theo´s soulbond, even though it was slightly off.
Theo had the same soulbond as she had and the only difference between both of them was that her brother´s soul amplified him slightly more than it was the case with her, as his soul world core was better.
This annoyed her for a long time but Jason´s estimation was still roughly correct, which spoke bonds about his ability while it amplified his importance for their expedition, even though his combat prowess was slightly off.
But if Jason was able to ensure their safety, was there even a need for a high combat prowess?
Not really!
Considering that their own strength would be more than enough to finish their exams, the three of them began to smile lightly, as Jennifer dialed a number on her phone.
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Meanwhile, Jason tasted the first ride on a soulbond, which was rather uncomfortable because he rode with Greg on the reinforced horned bull towards their home.
The whole trip didn't even take 20 minutes due to the shortcuts they could use, as Jason fell from Taurus back at the end.
His butt ached and he told himself that he would never ride on Taurus again, even though he looked dejected about his behavior.
Greg saw him and laughed lightly, as he told him seriously, almost sulking
"Let´s spar later, okay? It has been a long time since we sparred…."
Seeing Greg's behaving like this, Jason almost vomited his earlier lunch, as he was unsure what to reply, causing him to nod silently.
`Is he a baby or a student from one of the Big-Three main schools?` Sighing deeply, Jason wasn't sure what to say, seeing Greg´s behavior.
Walking inside the house, Mark and Gabriella couldn´t be seen and Greg just told him that they would leave for a few weeks because of some new hunting missions they received.
Nodding, Jason predicted that something like that would happen soon, as he went into his room in order to change his clothes.
Today he would give his best in order to win against Greg.
Even so, he wondered how much Greg´s combat prowess increased and if he finally learned about his soulbond´s partially unlocked bloodline.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Meeting in the combat arena, Artemis could be seen cleaning her plumage on the bench outside the combat arena and she didn't care a tiny bit about their spar.
Jason took out his self made daggers that gleamed lightly after he supplied them with mana, while Greg wore already his gloves
As they stared into each other's eyes the fight started and Jason was immediately left speechless, as he noticed Greg´s strength increased by a few levels.
His initial mana core was only at the 6th Adept rank, while his soul´s amplification enhanced his mana core size by almost two levels, while his physique should have easily broken through the 8th Adept rank because Greg possessed a physical soul, or rather only a single soulbond which amplified his physique.
But from what Jason perceived right now, Greg´s physique seemed to be even stronger, as he pushed himself from the ground, only to appear in front of Jason a moment later, with his skin seemingly burning in crimson red color.
Shocked by what he perceived, Jason used his ice ability to push himself from his current position, as he instinctively erected a pillar of ice below his feet.
Right as he was pushed away from his position, Jason heard the ice-pillar being shattered, as Greg turned around to rush towards the spot where he would land without wasting a second.
Greg´s reaction speed and perception increased by a few folds which was unbelievable for Jason, as he summoned a black fireball which he threw to Greg while releasing a dense ice mist that began to envelop his surrounding with a fast pace.
While Greg punched the black fireball without caring about any possible tricks, it exploded which covered his view completely.
Black smoke emerged from the black fireball, only to be replaced by a thick white mist.
Greg couldn't see anything at all, even though his eyesight improved, as Jason continued to release the ice mist while using his mana eyes to see everything perfectly clear.
`So Greg can already use his newly acquired technique…. Isn't that some sort of [Berserk] ability?` Jason thought, astounded as he praised Greg´s new ability in his mind.
