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"Ahh, that's the name.. Sorry Seron..hehe... I didn't know how to win otherwise.

" That was a lie, but he couldn't tell Seron that he was too scared to use his killing intent, which was still not easy to control.

nThat was a matter of his pride, even if he didn´t have much.

nSeron looked suspicious at Jason and wondered how much of his families´ treasured Floating sky movement technique, he copied.

nThinking back on the time he fought Jason, Seron concluded that he only made use of the most basic level of the floating sky technique without trying his utmost with it.

nSighing in relief, he couldn´t help but jolt, thinking about the possibility of Jason copying more than that.

nOnce his brother or even worse his father found out, it would be horrifying.

nLooking at Jason, who was still slightly with serious eyes, he had to do something.

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"Jason, I think we have to talk about the last battle and your ability to copy techniques by looking at the mana circulation.

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nTill was still standing next to them and nodded his head while seriously looking at both of them.

nIf Jason just copied every technique he wanted to, it could be extremely dangerous for his own health.

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nBut that was not everything, if he copied techniques from big clans, guilds, families, sects, kingdoms, and multiple other monstrous organizations, it was more likely that Jason would be killed in the future before he could grow.

nWho would give a stranger the most treasured techniques a family had which they only gave their most promising offspring or disciples as copying them was not easy with the secret inscription inside the manuals.

nThese inscriptions had hidden meanings inside them in order to enlighten the reader.

nNobody! and listening to Seron, Till was sure that Jason copied the special movement skill floating sky, even if it was rough and only in the pre-origin state.

nBefore they continued their talk, they went to a separate room, while the others replenished their mana for the next Class battle.

nTill lectured Jason for quite some time and Seron tried persuading him to not use the floating sky skill anymore.

nBut something seemed suspicious to Jason when TIll and Seron talked to him…

nIt seemed like both knew each other for longer than one month because Till explained things about the floating sky technique and its uniqueness in order to show him how dangerous it would be to continue learning it.

nBecause the technique was so unique, Jason would like to learn it more in-depth but from Till´s explanation, it seemed like it was really dangerous.

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nIf this technique had similarities to other skills, Jason would have continued learning it, because he would still be able to say, he comprehended the additional sequences by himself.

nTill knew almost everything about the Floating sky movement technique and Jason was growing more and more suspicious.

nIn the end, he accepted the fact that he was not allowed to use the floating sky skill, but Jason grew more curious about their relationship as he asked.

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"Are you two acquaintances?

" Jason straightforwardly asked.

nWhile Till was about to create a story to cover the truth, Seron was only 14-years-old and still green behind his ears and acted naively in front of Jason

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"Yes, he is my master!

" Seron acknowledged and before he looked at his master.

nTill was shocked about Seron´s naivety….

n`Did I teach him wrong?` and upon seeing Till´s facial expression, Seron noticed that he did something wrong and an

"Ohh

" escaped his mouth.

nJason only looked at Seron and then his teacher.

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nHe was only slightly astonished about this revelation because he concluded something similar, but it was still different than he had thought before.

nHe was an emotional youth before but when it was important his rationality dominated his mind.

nSince he had refined his mind and overcome the torture from the devilish valkyrie-shield fruit, his train of thoughts had become much clearer and less emotional which helped him a lot.

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"Why are you two even here on Astrix? Shouldn´t Canir have a better environment to refine and absorb mana in order to increase one's mana core according to the mana density? Both of you are not hiding from someone and openly showing off your soul weapon and hundreds of martial art skills, whether they are unique, special, or tier-3… It doesn't make sense that nobody is wondering about both of you, except me….

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nWhen Jason said soul-weapon both, Seron and his master were astonished because they hadn't thought that he would be able to differentiate a normal graded sword from a soul-weapon, which was not easy.

nAnd wouldn't most people think that rather than a soul- weapon, one would have a mana-weapon?

nThe difference between normal graded weapons and mana weapons was the enhancement in sharpness, toughness, and some particular even had an amplification in elemental attacks.

nIf one attacked an evolved beast with a grade-1 sword, this weapon would most likely break or if one was lucky get repelled.

nA low-grade-1 mana weapon would still be able to pierce through the defense of evolved beasts.

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nWith a wand, which was also a mana weapon, elemental attacks could be enhanced and a simple fireball, for example, could double in its might, once the wielder applied everything correctly.

nWhile mana weapons were already special, soul weapons were the same as mana-weapons with the addition of the connection with the wielder and the adjustment in strength.

nAs such the wielder could handle the impact and mana consumption, while the soul-weapon would grow with its contractor.

nSoul weapons could not be used by other people, because these weapons were crafted and forged with the contractor´s soul in them.

nNot even reforging would extinguish the connection between both of them.

nMana and soul weapons couldn´t be easily distinguished and it took many experts multiple years of arduous afford to learn certain eyesight techniques in order to be able to distinguish between both.

nAs such, Till immediately adjusted his previous statement about Jason´s mana eyes in his mind, while Seron was looking at him with widened eyes and an opened jaw.

nThis time, Till was the one to answer Jason´s question. He wouldn´t omit or skip many facts because he wanted to tell Jason about it even if he wouldn't ask.

nHe was curious about Jason, which was also the reason he helped him out with the Splitting mind technique.

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nMaybe Jason could participate in his mission if he wanted.

nHe was slightly clueless about how to begin so Till just started

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"How do I begin…? First of all, you are right about everything you said. We are not hiding and to be honest, both of us are Canir´s citizens and not from Astrix which you already figured out.

nI'm curious how you found out about Seron's soul weapon but that's not very important.

nThere are multiple reasons we are here but it's mainly for Seron to see how humans live within the Archipelago and the difference of strengths all around humanity's territory.

nCompared to the citizens of Canir, the strength one can see here is almost laughable and humans have not suffered mana beast outbreaks, yet.

nThat's mainly because of the weak beasts we have here and Guardian-ranked beasts are already considered the stronger foes, which is a joke on Canir and the other mainlands.

nIf a single powerhouse would enter the forbidden areas here, they could easily annihilate these foes and prevent Guardian-ranked beasts to appear, but why is nobody doing that?

nI don´t know if you care about that, but I want to enlighten you.

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nThe answer is simple... Guardian-ranked beasts are guarding magical treasures, which need multiple years in order to grow.

nOnce these treasures are ripe these powerhouses come over to pluck them.

nGuardian-ranked beasts could be labeled as workers for these powerhouses, protecting these treasures until the stronger individuals come back to pluck them.

nAs you may know, the strongest humans on Astrix are at the Grandmagus rank and only a few tens of thousand at that.

nMost Grandmagus on Astrix or the Archipelagos are old and one could say they´re retired.

nYouths with enough potential won't stay on the small Islands, which are only used to exploit everyone.

nThe gap between the future development of someone within the Archipelagos compared to citizens on Canir is vast.

nThere are only a few things Canir and the Islands have in common.

nFirst, our origin is the same and we are all from the same race.

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nSecond, we all have the same enemies, which are the invading intelligent races and the beasts all over the wilderness, and third, every human underwent a soul-awakening and it's still not known how to influence these awakenings in order to improve them.

nThe awakening of a soul is not discriminating about humans origins, while the chances are only slightly higher to awaken better souls if one is from a great background, which might not even be true.... As for our mission

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"WAIT!!

" Jason interrupted Till and upon looking into Jason´s eyes, which looked cold, he noticed that something was wrong.

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"You want me to say that millions of people have to die and suffer because some powerhouses want to keep their treasures for themself? Are they even humans? Why don't they just clear a few islands for all humans, foster and fertilize some other islands to play gardener or something like that? Why do the weak have to suffer like that? Where is their humanity and kindness?

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nLuckily they were in a separate room, while Seron shuttered in fear, Till looked astonished at Jason´s condensed killing intent outbreak.

n`He really hates the rule of the jungle that much?` Till was raised up by loving families and the only time he really suffered was when he ate the devilish valkyrie-shield fruit while this memory was still imprinted into his mind.

nSeron was already familiar with some feeble killing intent, released from his master to show him how killing intent feels like, that he won't be scared once he fought with bloodthirsty beasts or other human bandits.

nHowever, the killing intent Jason released was multiple times stronger and more condensed compared to the most basic killing-intent, his master demonstrated him.

nTaking a few steps back, cold sweat poured down his back as he fell on his but, while his eyes trembled.

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n`Is that really Jason?´

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