Staring at Jason with interest and newfound respect, both Isga and Milan couldn't help but think that the golden-eyed youth was more mysterious than they initially thought.
Only a few seconds later, Jason's whole behavior changed from his cold and 'ready to start a slaughter' behavior to someone with a kind smile as he thanked Isga and Milan for their help.
He knew that they just fueled Suo's anger but on the other side they also helped him in not getting thrown out of the underground cave.
This was already helpful enough for Jason to think highly of the two young men that were only a few years older than he was.
They ignored Suo whose eyes were still filled with confusion and a trace of fear as they turned around to walk towards Isga's other friends.
However, before that, Jason couldn't help but stare at Isga's transmuted mana once again as he remembered something he missed out on when he listened to his explanation.
Slapping his forehead, Jason suddenly mumbled
"Soul amplification curse!!"
Isga who heard this lifted his eyebrow and said "What's wrong about a cursed soul amplification?"
He had just told Jason about his soulbond having a soul amplification curse which caused him to feel as if Jason was talking to him.
However, after a moment he noticed that Jason was just talking to himself which made him feel embarrassed.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})Suddenly Jason turned towards Isga as he asked
"You said that you contracted the Debilitation Centaur last year inside the Mythic Garden, right? There was also a large horde of them? If it's possible, can you tell me where the area they're living in? Their versatile curse sounds interesting!"
Isga didn't expect Jason to be interested in weakening curses when Milan suddenly exclaimed
"OH!! You asked me about weakening curses too, didn't you? We encountered the Dead-eye centipedes only a few moments ago, were they what you were looking for?"
Milan was still astonished about Jason's appearance and he couldn't even remotely understand why he wore a mask during the whole time.
Jason scratched the back of his head and tried to think of what he should answer as he said
"Someone in my family has a huge problem with his high soul amplification... It may sound weird but he has to bind a cursed beast that curses only his soul world amplification! If he didn't have a large soul world with many spots left, we would say that he should just cope with it, but his body is almost breaking apart...."
Isga and Milan were astonished to hear this but they didn't seem to be too shocked about it as Milan said
"So it's like the fairy tale 'Cursed prodigy?'"
Jason never heard about this story but Isga seemed to understand what Milan meant
"You mean the young prodigy who had a five-star soul-awakening with a high soul amplification. He bound a Guardian ranked beast as his first soulbond if I don't recall it wrong, right?"
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})When he heard this, Jason understood that they meant the same story that Dalia had told him
"It's similar to that fairy tale, yes. Unfortunately, its reality in that case…"
Isga and Milan turned serious seeing how Jason's expression changed
"Alright….let's think about all kinds of cursed beasts that could be suitable for you relative….A Dead-Eye centipede.... is not suitable because it curses everything and the curse is not strong enough for one's soul amplification to make a big difference…"
Milan said, pondering what else there could be as Isga said
"The Debilitation Centaur should be a good pick, it only curses the soul world amplification, by 10% at that...10% are enough..right?"
When he began speaking, Isga was confident that reducing one's soul amplification by 10% should be more than enough, only to see Jason thinking about his words seriously.
It looked like he was not sure whether it was enough or not which caused Isga to ask curiously
"How...high is your relative's soul amplification...if I'm allowed to ask"
Isga didn't know why, but he suddenly felt like he had to ask politely which Jason and Milan noticed with a faint smile.
Because it concerned himself and not someone else, which would have been something different, Jason could stay honest.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})"If we talk about the perfect outcome, around 15%-20% would be the best. Nevertheless, I think 10% would already be more than enough! However, what concerns me is the possibility that the Debilitation Centaurs could have already been annihilated after you contracted one! One year has passed since then and it's not like I can say for sure that I can catch one...Are there other beasts similar to the Debilitation Centaur?"
Milan suddenly shouted out
"One-eyed rat!! You can easily catch a one-eyed rat! They're at the evolved rank but their curse is extremely strong. This curse affects the soul world's size, the replenishing pace, and soul world amplification, but it's 20%, which is what you're searching for! At least if your relative can live with a 20% smaller soul world and 20% slower soul energy replenishing pace!"
Isga nodded his head as he added
"There is also the petrification serpent, but that's a beast in a completely different league... Its weakening curse should be the same as the Debilitation Centaurs because it is also weakening others according to their race!
However, to contract, even less catch one to take outside the Mythic Garden, you would have to be at the peak Grandmagus rank!"
Intently listening to the two young men's words Jason could felt their sincerity which caused him to smile as he suddenly thought of something which caused him to blurt out.
"Even if I were able to catch one of those beasts, will the Jual clan let me go, just like that?
During the time I lived in Terebrea, which was not long, I heard many rumors about fabricating evidence to enslave talented youths from lower societies.
There are even rumors saying that the Jual clan has firm ties with foreign races.
According to these rumors, the Jual clan tried to use these innocent slaves to create super soldiers by using addictive cultivation drugs that are said to increase someone's mana absorption temporarily!
Will they let me get away from the small island where the Mythic Garden rift is situated if I were to bring out a cursed beast?"
Jason had a reason to act like this and it was mainly to shock Milan who seemed to be unaware of his clan's schemings.
In the end, he couldn't be sure if his assumption about the fact that Milan might be oblivious to his clan's behavior, but in his opinion, it was worth a try!
He already witnessed the same with Max Drake and the Drake family.
However instead of allowing his family to manipulate and convince Milan that the Jual clan was doing everything for the bigger picture; to help the majority by sacrificing the minority, Jason wanted to drop Milan in the cold water.
Exactly as expected, one could see Milan's shocked expression while Isga seemed to be aware of everything which astonished Jason a little bit as it was somewhat unexpected.
"Jason, you don't have to be afraid of that. The Jual clan might be on the wrong track right now, but Milan will definitely change that once he'll be the patriarch!"
Seeing how confident Isga was about Milan's attitude allowed Jason to comprehend a lot.
Furthermore, Isga had also said that the Jual clan was on the wrong track, which meant that Isga, and most likely his family were also against the Jual clan's methods!
This was something extremely good as Milan's quiet and somewhat quivering voice was heard by Isga and Jason, who were the only ones left in their group, as the other four left them to take care of the beast corpses.
"Does that mean...what Jason said is true???? "
Isga, who was more level-headed than Jason expected noticed that Milan's whole worldview was about to crumble.
However, instead of consoling Milan, he could only sigh deeply as he said
"I don't know how you didn't notice anything about that....where do you think you received your body refining technique from? Isn't it weird that your family has coincidentally 'found' a light affinity body refining technique? A pretty strong one at that too! If you still don't believe me, or 'us' you can ask Jason where he received his body refining technique from!"
'Oi!! Do you to throw me into the same heap of trash as the Jual clan??' Jason thought inwardly as he stared at Milan who was visibly shocked.
It was obvious that his physique had been refined because it was hardly possible to create such a perfect, unmoving black flame mask without a fortified soul conjunction or fire affinity refined body.
Yet, Jason had both, but that was not something anyone knew about. As such Isga assumed Jason to have a refined physique which was also correct!
"Well, to be honest, my body refining technique belongs to an extinct race, and our family found it in ancient ruins. However, we have another Terra...eh...blessed graded technique which we received from foreign races...I don't like it but what can I do? I'm too weak right now to do anything either way!"
He had to lie a little bit in order to make Milan believe that the Jual clan was trash as he added
"If you can't accept the truth yet, visit Terebrean without your family or clan...one week... no...one day should be enough before you understand that we didn't lie to you"
One might think that Jason was a little bit too harsh on Milan, who was a kind and gentle young man. However, Jason wanted that Milan maintained this attitude and not that his family started to manipulate him.
He was already 17 years old and Jason doubted that his family would wait much longer before guiding him into their family's 'secrets'.
As such it was better for Milan to be aware of everything and it would be even greater if he were to see everything for himself instead of listening to others.
Trying to regain his composure, Milan could only desperately say
"Ok...I will visit Terebrean soon….I hope you two were just making a joke about my family….I really hope that's the case…"
