Thinking that the hibernating beast could wake up every moment, Jason couldn't help but gulp down his saliva before he regained his senses.

'It probably won't wake up just like that, otherwise, it would have already because of the Goblin King or multiple appearances from the foreign races.'

Reassuring himself, Jason was able to calm down, as he just told Till that there was nothing major to worry about and that he only saw a few strong mana fluctuations which astonished him.

Hearing this, Till was unsure whether to laugh or cry because he didn't know how strong the 'strong mana fluctuations' Jason talked about were.

'I doubt that Jason sees my mana fluctuation as strong since he perceived the fluctuations from sovereign ranks and the foreign races….Doesn't that mean that he saw mana fluctuations on par with a sovereign rank?!?!'

With this conclusion, Till couldn't help but gulp as his gaze followed Jason who remained calm as if nothing happened.

Seeing this, he could only think that his conclusion was wrong, otherwise, the young youth in front of him wouldn't be able to remain so calm.

Telling himself this inwardly, Till was able to maintain a neutral expression, as Seron called them over because he was already far ahead waiting impatiently.

Walking towards Seron, Jason was still thinking about the hibernating beast, trying to distract himself by further increasing his mana absorption.

His eyes seemed like a black hole, accepting mana without limit and Jason felt that he might even be able to absorb the whole mana vein inside his eyes if he only had enough time.

It sounded ridiculous to himself, but somehow, he was sure that it might work and he even felt as if his eyes wanted him to do exactly that.

However, he disregarded this desire within him, and silently followed Till and Seron, when they approached a 30-meter tall black door with several hundred complicated runes inscribed on it.

Seeing the runes, Jason could only name a few of them while he never saw such complex conjunctions between runes inside the books he read, as his curiosity was ignited.

Unfortunately, before he could even memorize a single rune, the large door was already pushed open by Till, with an odd odor permeating the air almost immediately.

'What is that?!' Jason began to wonder and he found the odor he smelled familiar yet completely strange.

Pondering about it, he couldn't really figure out what it was, except that it was something he already smelled somewhere else.

Suddenly he saw Seron and even Till taking out high-quality gas masks, and Jason almost immediately figured out what exactly the odd odor was.

'They use sedating poison to calm down the Earth Dragons?!' Feeling disgusted, Jason was unsure what to think about that.

He already understood that it was necessary to contract soulbonds in order to survive on Argos after the mana outbreak, and he could also accept the Beast Pagoda because they seemed to care about the beasts they sold to humans.

Otherwise, Jason wouldn't have been questioned so much about his reason to purchase a newly hatched Miniature Parascors, but permanently using sedating poison to calm down the Earth Dragons was not something one would normally do with the others after making a deal.

Furthermore, he doubted that the sedating poison was strong enough to permanently sedate the Earth Dragons, who most likely already established a certain degree of poison resistance after more than a century passed.

Shaking his head, he only saw Seron holding out a gas mask to him, but Jason only glanced at his friend whose whole head was covered as he shook his head.

Using his black origin flame, he covered his lower part of the head with the black origin flame ordering it to purify the air when he inhaled it.

Normally flames would use up most oxygen before he could even inhale it, but his black origin flame supplied itself thanks to the soul energy, allowing it to have a small mana pool within it, while Jason's mana was the second mana supply.

It didn't even need any oxygen, to begin with, thanks to its special composition, otherwise, it would have already been extinguished when it was enveloped in the black crystalline layer before Jason bound it.

Seeing that Jason didn't want to take the mask, Seron only shrugged his shoulder, while his eyes seemed to widen slightly, as Jason's appearance changed to somewhat evil-looking.

The lower part of his head was covered by a thin black flame that seemed to be extremely stable, while his golden eyes shone brightly.

The black origin flame didn't even flicker and one would need to look multiple times to figure out that it was a burning flame covering him.

Jason didn't think of himself as a Saint or even something close to that, but he didn't like how the big families treated some humans that were weaker than them, while the same could be applied for beasts, even those at the peak guardian rank, which almost caused him to chuckle.

'Treating other humans and all kinds of beasts as livestock, huh?....If they only know how the foreign races think of humanity…wait...don't the big families know that already?'

Thinking about this, Jason felt much better and he didn't know why, but he found that most big families were rotten to the core as he noticed that Till also looked like he was uncomfortable when he looked at Jason.

Sighing, he couldn't help but say

"Jason, I know what you think, and there is no excuse for any of that, but mankind would do everything to survive.

Anyone would try every single way to survive, or am I wrong? In the end, all beasts except those that are bound are dangerous.

If we were to lower our guard, who could reassure us that we would survive? In the wild zones, beasts and humans kill each other on a daily basis and you know that! Don't try to think too hard about the world's unfairness, alright? It's not worth the effort...

"

Hearing Till's words, Seron looked at his teacher for a moment, before he continued to walk ahead, leaving Jason alone, who was pondering over Till's words

'Am I a hypocrite then?' Jason suddenly began to wonder, but he still found it wrong to torture the Earth Dragons if it was not necessary, which however seemed to be the case, according to Till's words.

But even so, this doesn't necessarily mean that it was the truth!

He didn't have anything against killing beasts in the wild zones or inside the rift because it was normal to kill each other there, as the law of the jungle applied in these areas.

However, torturing possible soulbonds and other beasts without the need to do so was simply cruel and Jason wouldn't change his mind-set only because Till told him that it was a necessary means.

'If that's the case, then is slavery also a necessary mean? Don't f*ck with me?!' Jason was sure that Till Greil was nice, but hearing what he said right changed his opinion about him slightly, and he wouldn't let anyone else change his mindset without proof.

Following the others, Jason was still in his train of thoughts, trying to figure out if he was a hypocrite or if something about his mindset was wrong when he heard several thunderous roars revering through the whole small hall the three of them entered.

From the roars alone, Jason could figure out that the Earth Dragons were furious and definitely not beasts one could label as tamed or something even remotely close to that as he thought that it was most likely better for the big families to use sedating poison if the current ferocious and enraged roars were already in a calmed state.

Gulping down his saliva, he saw Till and Seron walking ahead, with several, more than ten-meter long brown-reddish scaled lizards shooting towards them.

The wingless Earth Dragons that could also be compared to gigantic, superior lizards suddenly stopped in front of the two and only roared threatening at Till and Seron.

Seeing what happened in front of him told Jason that it was probably necessary to sedate the Earth Dragons because he didn't want to see how they behaved in their normal state as the calm state was already more than enough for him to handle.

Hesitating, he had to gather all courage within him to walk towards Till and Seron who stopped at the end of the large hall, waiting for him, as they saw Jason approaching them, as they saw something odd.

If they didn't wear a gas mask both would rub their eyes, at what they saw as the two exclaimed at the same time

"Huh?!'