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nJason was always curious to figure out new things and hearing about the possibility to customize his soul world, he was intrigued, even if it may take a while before he would be able to do something like this.

nMark said that there was no benefit in it, but Jason felt different because Gabriella said that it may thicken the soul connection between him and his soulbonds, which was definitely a huge advantage!

nBecause he already formed two fortified soul conjunctions with a different thick connection, Jason was fully aware of the positive aspect of a thicker soul connection had, even if it may not seem much from others' perspectives.

nAlone the difference in manifesting his soulbonds body parts when they occupied his mana core was more than enough to tell him, that a thicker soul connection was important, while the same seemed to apply for affinities.

nApparently, not only his own proficiency towards the utilized affinity was important, but also the soul connection to the soulbond that provided the affinity, which was something Jason figured out only recently.

nAs such, a small difference in the thickness of the soul connection between each other may even result in barely surviving a dreadful encounter or dying by a hair length, which Jason obviously wanted to avoid.

nNoting down the possibility to customize his soul world, Jason felt satisfied, as the Fler's changed the subject, and Gabriella asked the three what they planned to achieve during the next year.

nMark and Gabriella looked at the three youths with interest, wondering what their goals were, and hearing this question, Jason began to ponder because he never really thought about that.

n'What do I want to achieve throughout the next year…..?'

nWithout being sure what he wanted to achieve, Jason decided to hear out what Greg and Malia wanted to accomplish before, but even that didn't really seem to help him out.

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"I want to break into the Master stage, be the strongest 15-year-old on Astrix with Taurus' help, before going to Canir to widen my horizon and search for my second soulbond!

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nHearing this, Jason couldn't help but smile, because it was roughly the same goal, he initially picked out for himself, before his whole worldview was shattered with the arrival of the foreign races and him being able to decipher the universal language all races seemed to use.

nThe knowledge he received from the two blessed or rather Terra grade manuals, was too shocking and Jason was not sure If traveling to Canir could be labeled as 'widening one's horizon'

nAverting his gaze towards Malia, she seemed to hesitate, as she uncertainly said

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"I want to break into the Magus rank before the end of the year

", which caused the remaining Fler family members to halt in their tracks for a moment before they nodded.

nIt was good to be ambitious, even though it would be difficult to break through six levels in the Master rank and compress the gaseous mana into a liquid drop in only one year because it took a huge amount of effort to do the latter.

nIf it was before, Jason would tell that this was extremely difficult to achieve, but thinking for some time, he figured out that the plan he formed in his mind was even more ridiculous, the more he thought about it, which caused him to smile lightly.

nStill pondering for a moment, if he should say it or now, Jason lifted his head before he seriously said

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"I want to break into the low-Lique state…eh Magus rank until the end of the year!

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nSaying this, Jason stopped saying anything else, while the Fler's seemed to behave as if time itself stopped, as they neither moved nor said anything at all.

nSuddenly a loud

"HUH? You want what?!

" voice through the room, and it was Greg who was completely stupefied about his best friend's announcement.

nIt would already be extremely difficult for Malia who wanted to reach the Magus rank before the age of 18, but now, Jason wanted to do the same when he was 15 years and several months old?!

nThis shocked the Fler's extremely and even if Jason would receive a lot of support from his mysterious master, he accepted, it would still be a miracle because he was currently barely at the 6th Adept rank.

nHe would have to break through three more levels in the adept rank before he was eligible to break into the expert rank and then Jason wanted to break through two additional ranks in order to become a Magus by compressing and liquefying his mana?

nIf it were someone else, the Fler's would label him as someone insane, without a single trace of sanity left inside his brain, but it was Jason who announced It, which complicated everything somehow.

nLooking into his eyes, there was not a single tinge of a joke in his eyes and he was obviously completely serious about this, causing everyone to be utterly shocked.

n'Maybe he fell on his head during the last month? Or maybe it was already inside the four-star rift?!' They thought, and Jason couldn't help but think that their mindset was right.

nIn the end, he himself found it unlikely that he would be able to liquefy his mana into a mana drop, but it was a goal he set himself and he wanted to achieve it.

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nEven if it was not likely that he would achieve that, there was something else he was confident in achieving!

nHe definitely wanted to reach the combat prowess of a Low-Lique state, which was equivalent to a human Magus.

nWith his newly acquired body refining manual, his high soul world core amplification he received from his soulbonds that had yet to mature, high mana aptitude, and comprehension ability, Jason was sure to reach at least a high combat prowess during the next year.

nIf his estimation was not completely off, Scorpio would completely mature during the next year, reaching the Magical beast rank, while Artemis should also reach the magical rank, even if Jason was unsure if this was already her matured state.

nMeanwhile, his black origin flame would most likely reach the required amount of soul energy units allowing it to evolve into a Tier-1 Origin flame.

nThis would also give Jason the chance for his second baptism, further cleansing his body from impurities, while at the same time strengthening his mana veins, physique and enlarge his mana core.

nThere were more than enough factors playing into his hands, and Jason wanted to accept and digest everything greedily in order to become strong enough to cope up with the foreign races or particular nasty and disgusting humans.

nEven if it was not enough for Jason to reach the Low-Lique or Magus state, it was a good starting point, allowing him to be one of the strongest amongst his peers, if there was even a human at the age of 15 or 16, who was capable of achieving the same feat

nHowever in order to attain this feat, he had to leave Astrix island as soon as possible, and it was already fortunate that the Big-Three tournament had only 3000 participants for each year.

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nAs such, it would take one month in the worst-case scenario, which Jason wanted to use to increase his physique, mana core size, and soul energy to a certain degree, without attracting too much suspicion.

nIn the end, he was still unsure if he should use the messenger crystal in order to figure out if he should win the Big-Three tournament if possible or if holding back and reaching a lower rank to make it seem as if he was weaker…

nBut this was something, Jason would think of later because it was already new year's eve, and thinking too much about possible schemings Old Drake prepared would only depress him, which was definitely nothing that should be.

nAfter the Fler's calmed down slightly, they continued to talk about all kinds of things, before they switched to playing board games, which seemed to be a tradition in the Fler family.

nNever having played something like this, Jason felt that some board games required extremely high strategic thinking, while others heavily relied on luck, which was not something he adored.

nNew year's eve passed quietly, without another incident, and they celebrated it joyously while the same applied for many families, all over Canir and the Archipelago.

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