When Jason left Merl Arths' office, an oppressive feeling began to weigh him down.
It was not as if someone utilized mana or their aura to oppress him, but Jason's gut feeling was telling him that something was about to happen, and it was worsen than it had been with the Yaslörn caves!
This caused Jason to be vigilant about everything. As such, he rushed towards Shane and Dalia as fast as possible.
His mana eyes were fully utilized but he was unable to detect anything odd.
Inside the camp, he, his masters, and Emily resided, nothing bad seemed to have happened.
The only thing that had changed was that everyone had left their large, mansion-sized tents to take a look at what happened outside.
Nobody knew what was going on, but similar to Jason, everyone could tell that something had changed.
When Jason was nearby their tent, his mana eyes perceived that his masters were healthy and full of vigor which was everything that counted.
Emily was also present, but Jason cared more about his masters if he had to be completely honest.
The moment he entered the tent, Shane and Dalia looked at him in confusion because his hair was disheveled and a sweat pearl was poured down his temples.
"What happened Jason? Is there something wrong with Argos or did something else occur? Did you already finish talking to Merl Arths, or did you just return because of the earthquake?"
Dalia seemed worried about Jason, and he could just sigh in relief when he saw this.
'They're still fine!'
Smiling at his masters he said
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})"Nothing happened. I was just worried that the earthquake might have been a bad sign… I finished my business with Merl Arths and he already handed me mana stones in exchange for a few translated neutral body refining manuals!"
Seeing that his masters were fine was the only important thing for Jason.
He didn't even bother that the deal with Merl Arths was not as profitable as he had wanted it to be.
Shane and Dalia were not sure what was going on with Jason, but they tried to calm him down.
"Today we will have a blood moon! This will allow you to absorb mana at a much faster pace. Let's calm down and absorb mana in order to become stronger. The faster you become stronger, the better, am I right?"
Jason just nodded his head and entered his room in the mansion-sized tent.
He didn't want to worry his masters too much. Thus Jason decided that he would absorb as much mana as possible today!
'I'll liquefy my 24th drop of mana today and absorb more mana during the Blood moon!'
After he made his decision, Jason tried to focus on the task at hand, but it was more difficult than he imagined it to be.
His gut feeling told him that something was about to happen, and it took him almost 10 hours before he had liquefied his 24th drop of liquefied mana.
Only then did Jason rush to his masters telling them that they had to be careful before he asked them if it was not better to stay inside the Ariyor race's camp.
This astonished Shane and Dalia, and they noticed that something was wrong with Jason.
However, instead of accepting his offer, they simply told him that if something were to happen in the Shiabi clan camp, the Ariyor race wouldn't be able to help them either.
Jason and his masters knew that this was not the entire truth, but instead of forcing them to do something against their will, Jason knew that his masters were old enough to make their own decision.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Nevertheless, his heart began to thump wildly and he decided to fly towards the Ariyor race's camp to ask Fasro and Midra if they were fine with spending a few days with him and his masters.
This might be selfish of him, but that was the least worrisome for Jason right now!
The number of camps the Argos alliance had was large and Jason took more than five minutes to cross half the distance.
He had barely reached the center where the grand meeting had been held earlier as every single feather on Artemis' wings stiffened.
In the beginning, he hadn't noticed anything, and it was only now that he saw the blood moon's light shining on him.
Suddenly, Jason smelled an overly familiar fragrance that caused him to widen his eyes.
The scent of iron permeated the air!
Goosebumps covered Jason's body and he instinctively supplied his eyes with more mana before he seized up everything in his surroundings.
At that moment, what he saw caused cold sweat to run down his back.
His body was unable to move and Jason was just levitating in the air. Only after a few seconds was he barely able to access his spatial ring.
A small stick that looked similar to fireworks appeared in his hand that trembled lightly.
Jason was unable to divert his gaze from the terror he witnessed, but he knew that he had to warn everyone about what was happening.
Within a few moments, everything had changed and it was as if he was caught in a nightmare, only to use exert his strength to slap his cheeks.
This allowed him to move again and Jason manifested a fingertip-sized flame to ignite the firework before he threw it into the air using all his might.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})The last step was unnecessary but Jason knew that he had no time to waste.
He didn't even care about the Ariyor race's camp anymore and the only thing Jason felt was the need to return to his masters
'Please be safe!!' Jason prayed inwardly, hoping that nothing had happened.
What Jason had seen earlier were that several dozen beings of an unknown race infiltrating the tents of the surrounding camps his mana eyes were able to perceive.
However, worse was that those unknown beings with a water and ice affinity, Jason assumed to be the unknown Burance race, were extremely strong! Even the weakest invader he had seen had five solidified prismarine crystals!
This means that they were stronger than even the strongest human was!!
Jason knew that the Ariyor and Lyran race had stronger powerhouses, but he didn't think that the Burane race was targeting the foreign races right now!
Instead, the leader and other higher authorities of the big clans and sects should be the targets of the unknown Burane race!
It was unknown whether Shane and Dalia were included in this section, but knowing that Jael Drake was a cruel man, Jason couldn't help but become worried.
'Why did I have to leave the tent????' Gritting his teeth, Jason couldn't help but think that his timing had been the worst possible.
Without caring about anything else, Jason released his entire Celestia aura and stigma at once, enhancing his body and mana circulation by a large margin
At the same time, he circulated a large amount of mana through Artemis' wings, accelerating his speed further.
His aura spread through the surrounding, attracting the attention of the Burane race assassins.
Yet, instead of halting in their tracks and pursuing Jason which he had expected, they started to increase the pace at which they hunted!
"How can someone that has already awakened a stigma enter this planet? Are the restrictions not working???" The leader of the Burane race's assassins, who saw Jason, spoke in a small device.
Worry could be seen in his eyes, but the reply he received was unpleasing.
"A stigma? The Elvyr race emerged from the world bridge that has been forcefully awakened, but none of them should be able to form a natural stigma!
Don't try to make up excuses and kill every clan and sect leader you can find! The more the merrier!"
Just at that moment, the Burane race leader heard a voice that was filled with wrath
"Don't forget to kill Shane and Dalia Blair too!! They're also on the list!!"
While the screams of dying people filled the surrounding area, Jason became more desperate with every passing second.
His gut feeling had been proven correct almost every time and the same was the case this time as well!
'Why didn't you two listen to me??'
Blaming anyone was useless, but he couldn't help himself.
Jason's mind was filled with terror trying to figure out what was going on, while his hope was slowly dimming with the sight below him.
His mana eyes made him see everything and he witnessed how dozens of the most powerful humans were massacred.
Each camp Jason flew past with his highest possible speed looked worse than the one before and the adrenaline rushing through his veins made it impossible for him to hear anything around him
The moment he reached the Shiabi clan camp, his eyes were instinctively drawn to their tent.
At that moment, his mana eyes perceived the mana fluctuations of a Burance race assassin with six solidified prismarine crystals within!
However, even worse was that he perceived how his master's life force was decreasing at a rapid pace!
Something had happened and without being able to think about anything, Jason dived towards his masters' tent, not caring about his own safety at all!
Unbeknownst to himself, his golden-silverish eyes had turned crimson and there was not even a single trace of white left in his eyeball!
