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nCleaning up the mess he created, Jason couldn't wait to rush to the Fler's, who were probably also waiting for his arrival impatiently.

nHe was also expecting how exactly the reinforced horned bull would change, after digesting the evolution solution, in addition to a large supply of mana stones.

nThinking about this, Jason halted in his tracks for a moment, as he suddenly asked himself.

n'Have the Fler's even purchased enough mana stones?!'

nShaking his head, he doubted that the Fler's disregarded the importance mana stones had towards a beast's evolution and even bloodline unsealing.

nIn the end, with a high mana supply, the reinforced horned bull might even directly metamorph without the need to evolve over a longer period like it was the case with Artemis.

nIt would be much better for Greg, if his soulbond evolved like Scorpio, which was more likely, due to the fact that both used evolution solutions, while Artemis had to process everything by herself, without any support, backing her.

nAs such, Jason rushed out of the Artisan tower once again, leaving the cleaned basic-alchemy room.

nInside the shuttle, he gazed out of the window, only to see that the sun already disappeared, to which he could only sigh

n'The lifestyle occupations are all too time-consuming…'

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nIt was not that Jason didn't want to learn all four lifestyle occupations his masters could teach, but his time was limited and if he wanted to make his goal about reaching the Ligue-state before the end of the new year, there was no time to practice all of them at once.

nEven if a single day was 48 hours long, Jason would rather focus on other aspects than practice four lifestyle occupations at once.

nThinking about it, he thought that learning two lifestyle occupations to a higher degree and the others at a lower proficiency would already be the limit when he remembered the basis practice as a blacksmith, which he had yet to continue.

nWithin the shuttle, Jason had more than enough time to think about everything that was about to happen soon, as the Big-Three tournament would start two days later.

nStill pondering, how much he should reveal about himself, he concluded that his fortified soul conjunctions would attract everyone's attention, because it was even uncommon to see something like that, from someone at the age of 30, even less from young men and women in their 20s.

nExplaining how he achieved a fortified soul conjunction, barely seven months after his soul-awakening, was not possible, because Jason was also not sure how he achieved such a terrifying feat in such a short period.

nNevertheless, it happened and Jason was the last who would complain about something that benefited him.

nAs such, there was nothing bad about it, while hiding the fact of his fortified soul conjunction wouldn't be much of a problem.

nMeanwhile, his physical strength compared to the average Expert stage was extremely high, as it already reached the 3rd Expert rank, even though it only barely crossed it.

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nAs such, Jason could fight against an average 3rd Expert rank just with his physique, which was terrifying enough, and he wondered if this would happen to be the case in the first-year Big-Three tournaments.

nAt least it was not highly likely, without adding the amplification of Astrix's most prodigious soul-awakenings.

nWith their soulbond's share, enhancing their mana core size and physique, Jason was extremely sure that quite a few students would be able to reach the same strength he currently possessed.

nThis excluded however the fact that he was barely a 6th Adept rank with three soulbonds at that.

nArriving at the Fler's, Jason immediately jumped out of the shuttle, after paying, only to rush towards the house, without halting his step to bother about taking his shoes off, as his excitement ignited.

nHe already knew how an evolution would be like, but he couldn't really focus on the whole process, because he shared Scorpio's pain at the same time, preventing him from noticing minute details that he wanted to note down now!

nInside the house, however, Jason couldn't see any of the Fler's which puzzled him, as he looked around with his mana eyes fully utilized, only to see all four mana cores with their mana fluctuating restless, which caused him to go outside, where he was almost immediately surrounded and heartily greeted by the others.

nNoticing this, Jason smiled weirdly, as he took out the two bloodline unsealing solutions, which he placed in Greg's trembling hands, who was barely able to control his mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety.

nTaking a glance behind Greg, he noticed that the Fler's purchased a one-time mana isolation parchment, with a mountain of grade-2 mana stones next surrounding it.

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nScanning through the mana stones, Jason wondered if this was really enough, and estimating everything, he concluded, that it might be enough to unseal the bloodline with some extra.

nJason doubted that the extra would be enough to forcefully metamorphose the four-legged bull into a bipedal Lesser Minotaur, which caused him to show a slightly worried expression, and Malia noticed this.

nShe was still skinny, but she looked much healthier compared to her haggard look, when they left the four-star rift.

nStaring at Jason, she asked unsure what he was worried about

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"What's wrong Jason? Is there a problem with the evolution potion or something else we forgot?!

" Nobody of the Fler's ever evolved one of their soulbonds, while their knowledge about Beast-Creators and the requirements for an evolution was shallow, to put it simple.

nAs such, Jason whose soulbonds already underwent an evolution, while he was a Beast-Creators disciple to add on, was much more knowledgeable in this field as each of them.

nHis age didn't matter to any of them at this point, as Jason noticed everyone's expression, filled with worry and hope at the same time.

nClearing his throat he explained

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"There is nothing wrong with the evolution solution, and the mana isolation magic circle seems fine.

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nHowever, I'm not sure if Taurus will be able to metamorphose with the supplied mana stones…There might be too few of them to achieve that.

nNevertheless, it's definitely enough to unseal his bloodline completely, even if the rest has to be adjusted over time. In the end, that's only my guess.``

nHearing this, Mark and Gabriella looked at each other, before they sighed in relief, as they emptied their whole stored grade-3 mana stones into the mana stones mountain, with Malia and Greg following their parents' steps.

nPerceiving the sheer amount of mana in front of him, Jason estimated that it should be more than enough, as he nodded his head towards Greg.

nEveryone except Greg stepped back, leaving him some space, as he summoned Taurus next to him, who roughly understood what was about to happen.

nActivating the one-time isolation magic circle on the parchment, a bright white light emerged, creating a dome with a radius of roughly 20 meters in diameter, as Taurus approached the parchment, halting its tracks above.

nEveryone noticed Greg's shaking hand, as he opened the first vial with the evolution solution, before he approached his soulbond.

nHis trembling hand worsened, as he fed the vial to Taurus, who sensed that the content within the vials benefited it a lot.

nGreedily gulping down the first potion, it started pawing with his hooves indicating Greg to calm down and give it the content of the remaining vial calmy.

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nAfter Taurus gulped down the content of the last evolution solution, Greg immediately left the dome, only to see Taurus, roaring out, as it loosened the threads of all mana stones around it at once, which caused them to solve at once.

nWith the mana stones dissolving, gaseous and liquefied mana was released, creating thick fog, which enveloped the reinforced horned bull, whose skin began to turn red.

nThe veins below Taurus' skin began to bulge, protruding out of the thick bull hide, as its eyes turned completely red, without any white left.

nGreg felt suddenly scared, as his eyes turned similarly red, as he roared out, causing the Fler's to approach him worriedly.

nLooking at Greg, Jason who was the most familiar with his friend's Berserk ability noticed that he entered the same state.

nThinking for a moment, it looked like Greg was about to go rampage, only to be held back by his father, as Jason approached his friend.

nUsing brute force, he knocked his friend out with a single punch, only to be eyed weirdly by his family

nShrugging his shoulders, Jason calmly said.

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"It's better this way. He won't even feel his soulbonds pain and we can simply observe everything without the need to look after Greg in the Berserk state.

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nNoticing how Jason reacted felt weird to the Fler's because they thought that the two youths were best friends, only to see Jason knocking out their son without any hesitation.

nGabriella was the most shocked because she never saw Jason using violence like this, which was incomparable to the time the two youths sparred with each other.

nLooking at him with widened eyes, Jason felt similarly weird, because he never thought that Greg would be forced to enter the Berserk state while his soulbond evolved, even less that he had to knock Greg out.

nShaking his head, Jason decided to focus on the reinforced horned bull's evolution, who was already completely enveloped by the thick mana fog.

nOnly the bright gleaming red color could be faintly perceived through the fog, radiating a perilous aura, causing Jason to look even more intense at the whole process.

nHours passed and the sun rose, when Greg finally woke up, only to see that his soulbond was still evolving, even if he already felt a devastating difference inside him, causing him to mumble in disbelief.

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"Taurus' bloodline is already completely unsealed, he reached the low-unblemished rank and it's still not done?!

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