Jason was not sure if he had ever heard of the Mayrod Soul wood, but he knew from Shane's teaching and the large variety of books he had read that almost every item that had 'Soul' in its name was rare and good to create soul weapons, -armors or -accessories with.
As such he was a little bit astonished when he heard his master asking Haepha about the Mayrod Soul wood.
Even Haepha seemed to be a little bit astonished which was something Jason hadn't expected from an Old one as she said
"Nobody should be able to control Mayrod soul wood with their soul?? You know how hard it is to nurture it...without being able to control and nurture the Mayrod soul wood it's almost worthless and less durable than a simple branch from an oak wood!!"
'There is something like that?' Jason asked himself inwardly as his interest was ignited.
"The Mayrod Soul wood is not the only material I need from you! If you have a few kilograms of Yvaldranite ore and Affanyr ore, it would be perfect!"
"You!! What the hell do you want to forge? Can your soul take it? Your soul's world is already occupied and there is no space left.
The Mayrod Soul wood can't be nurtured without occupying a large part of your soul world...I don't even doubt that you have enough soul energy for a soul-grade weapon forged out of those three materials...but do you want to slay the big clans after nurturing a newborn soul weapon?"
When Jason heard Haepha talking about soul weapons he was reminded about the last few months where Shane had talked a lot about soul weapons.
However, from Jason's perspective, even though Shane liked talking about soul weapons, he had yet to teach anything about that to Jason.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})During the last few months, Jason had absorbed lots of mana, refined his physique and his soul energy had reached 150,000 units, thanks to the continuous soul energy cycle he had established within his second sub-area.
Other than that, Shane told him to improve his foundation of blacksmithing, thus Jason learned how to perfectly refine all kinds of grade-2. He also began to purify grade-3 ores which was not as difficult as Jason had imagined it.
It was definitely not easy but after Solaris had evolved to a Tier-1 origin flame, it was able to sense how high its temperature was allowed to increase before it would injure mana veins.
He had to learn how to perfectly purify grade-3 ores but Shane was confident that Jason was capable enough to do it.
After Jason had explained what exactly had happened to him during the primal awakening of his bloodline in addition to the overall advancement his whole body had gone through, Shane could hardly contain his excitement.
Now that Shane had also heard how great the augmentation of Jason's stigma was, Shane was reassured that nothing with his plan could go wrong.
There was a reason for him to teach Jason only the basics to purify ores during the last few months and everything was going better than he initially expected.
The only issue was if Haepha had the items he wanted or not
Mayrod Soul wood was the perfect material to use as a handle for a soul weapon, It was light, but durable like titanium as long as it was nurtured well.
Meanwhile, an alloy made out of Yvaldranite and Affanyr was the cream of the crop, that would allow Shane to forge one of the best weapons humanity had ever forged until now!
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})While Yvaldranite ore was known for their mana veins' high mana sensitivity, if perfectly purified and used properly, a blade made out of this ore could attain a horrifying high sharpness and durability with mana circulated through it!
On the other hand, Affanyr ore was an extremely rare grade-3 as Yvalranite or that was often used to forge weapons for someone who liked to use their affinity as it augmented affinities to a certain degree.
Merging Yvaldranite and Affanyr that were both labeled as extremely hard to come by, extremely difficult to purify, and extremely difficult to forge into great weapons, without damaging some of their mana veins which would reduce their capabilities drastically, was extremely difficult.
However, at the same time, it would allow those peak-grade-3 ores to become something extremely powerful! This was for sure and a fact that was already obvious for the impure alloy!
If Jason was able to purify it to a certain extent, the Yvaldranyr alloy made out of Yvaldranite and Affanyr would become something unparalleled.
At least if one were the exclude weapons made from foreign races.
Nevertheless, Haepha who was able to comprehend what Shane wanted to do, couldn't help but think that Shane's thoughts were not completely thought through!
Yet, Shane shook his head when he heard Haepha's lecture as he pushed his chest out before he proudly said
"I don't want to forge a soul-weapon for myself, but the young man next to me, my disciple, Jason Stella!"
Jason had not expected anything and had only secretly hoped that the materials his master wanted to procure were for him, but when he heard that what he was hoping for was true, Jason was unable to suppress his smile anymore.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})He wore a mask either way but when Haepha blurted out a shocked "WHAT?", Jason couldn't help but look at her in confusion.
"Shane!! You should know how much of a burden a normal low ranked soul weapon has to one's soul, but you want to forge this youth a soul weapon made out of Mayrod Soul wood, and Yvaldranyr alloy...did you hit your head while you've been hiding?? Even if...Jason, right? Even..if Jason seems talented, while the aura around him shows that he is someone special, how could you even think about handing him a weapon with so many potential dangers? That is if you're even able to forge it!!"
Shane, and Dalia, who was aware of what Shane wanted to do, from the beginning, were aware of the dangers a powerful soul weapon could bring forth, but Jason was different and not someone one should underestimate.
Suddenly, Haepha averted her attention from Shane back to Jason, whom she stared daggers at before she asked
"I don't know if you're aware of this fact, but soul weapons made out of one of those three items are already powerful and extremely dangerous for one's soul! That is if your soul can't cope with the burden such a weapon brings forth.
However, combining the Mayrod Soul wood will occupy a large space within your soul world, and the possibility that it will annex your soul energy is not small either! At your age, you won't have enough soul energy units left as long as you can bind even one more beast to your soul!
Meanwhile, Yvaldranyr alloy made out of Yvaldranite ore and Affanyr ore increases the necessary used 'soul' materials' demand for more soul energy and an even larger piece of your soul world!
It might have to occupy the area for three, maybe even four soulbonds could use!"
Jason was happy about the free lecture Haepha gave him, but it was...somehow unnecessary to hear all of that. At least for him!
His soul world was large enough and his current soul energy had reached around 150,000 units. He had yet to continue nurturing Solaris, but that could wait for some time.
At least until he reached a higher soul energy unit with which he would receive several thousand soul energy units from the continuous soul energy cycle per day.
Using some of the soul energy units from those few thousand, his growth wouldn't stagnate nor decrease. Instead, the exponential growth would be slightly less.
However, that was something Jason could accept.
As such, when Haepha said that a soul weapon would be nurtured by occupying his soul energy, he was fine as long as nothing would be burned.
Solaris was already enough to make him annoy him by absorbing three soul energy units in order to occupy the fourth soul energy unit.
This meant that instead of 1,000 soul energy units, Solaris required 4,000 soul energy units to increase the number of soul energy units it occupied by 1,000.
"As long as soul weapons don't destroy my soul energy or hinder the annexed soul energy units from being used with a soul energy strengthening technique, like the Heaven's Hell technique, I'm fine with it!"
Haepha looked at Jason when she heard his words as she wanted to add that one's physique would have to cope with the burden too when Shane suddenly said
"Jason, just take your mask off...why are you playing around like that??"
'I didn't play around but couldn't find the right timing yet!!' He lamented inwardly while talking of the pitch-black mask, revealing his golden-silverish glowing eyes and the white glowing stigma above his right eyes that had thin golden and silver strands within.
"Is that a trait?...Huh?"
