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nIt was already late at night but Jason was still fully awake eager to absorb more mana.

nThis condition was one of the advantages one would get by absorbing large amounts of mana.

nHe decided to make a night shift and solidify his mana core to prevent any flaws in his foundation while waiting for Artemis to finish her digestion.

nHe wanted to know exactly how much difference there was between five five-star wild beast cores and one of the lowest awakened beast cores.

nMaybe it would be helpful for the future.

nFurthermore, Jason wanted to practice the Heaven's Hell technique as soon as his soul energy was reproduced.

nHe continued absorbing mana out of mana stones and it was around 4 am when he was woken up by Artemis.

nShe had digested the awakened core in slightly more than 13 hours which was around 3 hours longer than she needed for five five-star wild beast cores and Jason took notes about it.

nHe had already bought many wild-ranked cores and would use them for Artemis, so he wasn't disgruntled or anything like that after finding out that the awakened beast cores were roughly 30% better and the one who had to suffer was Artemis and not him, so he was a little bit sorry for her but that was it.

nShe had to eat the wild-ranked cores for the time being and he would switch them out when the stock was used up, or the effect almost not strong enough anymore.

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nMorning came and Jason was still absorbing mana.

nHe had already used up three small mana stones and thus 150.000 Credits, which shocked him quite a bit.

nJason didn´t know that he would have to use so many mana stones for a breakthrough into the 5th Novice rank and to solidify the foundation…

nWith the 17 small mana stones he had left, Jason would probably be unable to enter the 7th Novice stage as only using mana stones was unhealthy for the body.

nOne would have to absorb a certain amount of naturally generated mana and not mana compressed into the stones, transmuted over the course of time.

nJason didn't want to absorb mana from mana stones during the remaining journey and he decided to read the beastarium while trying to improve his proficiency in passively gathering mana.

nHe was able to do it after almost a week but his reading speed was really slow compared to before and Jason was only able to even read at his current speed because of his extraordinary eyes.

nOtherwise, he might even not read because a sloth would be faster.

nEvery few hours Jason entered his soul world to practice the Heaven's Hell technique and practicing this technique somehow grew to his heart because he could improve his soul energy because of it, even if it was painful.

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nAfter practicing the technique three times they arrived at the borders of a large dome which radiated even denser and more formidable mana fluctuations.

nLooking through his mana eyes Jason noticed that the density of it was at least threefold the amount and he was astonished to see the walls of a large city.

nNormally one would ask why there were walls but Jiro-City was a B-grade City close to a few magical beast zones and the defenses of the dome couldn´t instantly kill batches of magical beasts once they attacked human shelters.

nThat's why gigantic and stupendous walls were built.

nJiro city was often attacked by beast tides but the walls were always enough to stop these tides with the help of mankind's artillery and other weapons.

nOne could ask if it was even worthwhile to live in such a threatened city as it could always happen that the defensive measures would collapse but the answer was simple.

nYES!

nIf one wanted to get stronger, one would have to enter more dangerous zones because of the thick mana, higher graded herbs and ores, and the possibility of natural-born treasures.

nIt was said that even inside Jiro-city the density would be much higher and almost comparable to that of a two or maybe even three-star wild zone.

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nJason was already astonished about the mana density of a one-star wild zone and he was expected to visit Jiro-City even if he was slightly frustrated about the situation with the greater storm eagle.

nHowever, there wasn't much he could do about it and he tried to think about the fox cubes which would find their new soul buddies soon.

nMark had already a few people who contacted him about the forum post only high-quality beast merchants had access to and they were reliable sources, so the scaled wolf and more than half of the fox cubs were quasi sold.

nThey could freely enter the city's dome but there was a fee one had to pay each time one would enter the dome but the price was relatively okay with 500 Credits.

nIf the same was to happen when he entered the dome of the C-grade City, Jason would cry a river because he didn't have any money previously and it was more likely daylight robbery.

nBut the dome had to be operated somehow and the fee was likely the main source of income for the operating of it, so nobody objected to the fee.

nUnfortunately for Mark was, however, that he had to pay the entrance fee for every unbound beast which was more than 150 beasts.

n500 Credits were not much but the quantity made a difference.

nOnce they entered the dome, the scenario changed slightly and Jason could see that the landscape was lusher and green more apparent than inside the c-grade city but it was still less wildered than the zones outside the dome which was typical.

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nEach magic dome was made out of materials which would absorb mana from its surrounding but that was the only way to provide enough energy to it as the dome was like a glutton.

nIt was unknown how much mana it could absorb, but it was definitely a lot.

nEntering through a futuristic-looking gate one could instantly see a huge difference compared to Artes city where they previously lived.

nThe streets had more lanes while even a few flying shuttles could be seen and the skyscrapers were ridiculously high and Jason wondered why they didn't collapse…

nThere was even a huge stadium-like shopping center with 30 floors which looked magnificient.

nEverything looked so expensive and Jason wondered where the slums were.

nBut after asking that, everyone looked at him with a perplexed expression, asking themselves why he would ask something like that.

nCompared to C-grade cities the slums were probably comparable to below-average districts but once one was too poor to sustain oneself a living in a B-grade city, one would rather move into a C- or D-grade city as most B-grade cities were used for companies, hunters, the government, above-average families, military training and so on to improve their mana core rank within the city and hunt outside the dome.

nHuman society nowadays was cruel and once one couldn't afford to live in a city, one would get passively removed with the next migration group...It was cruel but like that society had the thought that it would be easier to work hard.

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nOnce one would be able to reach a certain degree of strength or wealth, one would be able to move into a higher city and the other way around.

nEveryone in a B-grade city had a certain standard amount of wealth, strength or other advantages, most citizens from C-grade cities didn´t have, except they wanted to live in a lower graded city due to personal reasons like it was the case with the Fler´s.

nThey were wealthy enough to live within Cyro-city but due to Greg, they moved to a far away C-grade city, in order for Greg to recover from his elementary grade trauma.

nJason felt complicated when he read something like that but like always, he wasn't able to change anything at all.

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