Arrival
Arrival
Greg, who wasn't aware of what had caused Jason to be flustered, took out a few mana stones to gather mana into his mana core.
Hours passed and the flying car slowed down significantly, which was noticed by everyone.
As they gazed out of the window, a terrifyingly huge dome appeared in front of them, and a wall that was at least 400 meters high ran across its perimeter….
Jason couldn´t see the radiating mana from it as it was still too far away, but he didn't think that the materials used to build such a glamorous white silver shining wall could be low grade.
The materials would have to be at least sturdy enough to defend against strength-type magical beasts, more probably Guardian-ranked beasts.
Nobody could afford to slack off within a city with at least 80 million citizens, and once their car entered the dome various requests to verify their identities were raised by the city's AI.
The security screening took less than a minute because the Fler's were nobles and Jason was registered as one of their employees, allowing his entry into the city hassle free.
The flying cars' speed decelerated even more and they had to use the driving mode once they reached a certain radius. Mark gently lowered the car as it hit the asphalt and began driving because it was not allowed to fly within the city without special certification due to various reasons.
It was not only shocking for Jason to see the gigantic size of Cyro city that was more than double the size of Jiro-City but every district looked grander and splendid than the districts inside the C-grade city, he had previously lived in.
As Mark drove on the 30 meters wide main road, Jason looked around to see that everything was radiating mana, including the concrete below him.
Mana with some kind of dots radiated from it, and Jason guessed that a durability reagent was mixed with the concrete, making it long-lasting, which was apparently quite common in higher graded cities.
Jason couldn't sense the mana of the city, because they were sitting in the peak grade-2 flying car that had an insulating quality to it. The car was made of some nonconducting material that prevented the transfer of mana, but he was able to see the mana streams and his eyes shined in a greedy light.
Upon looking down, Jason let out a scream as he was forced to deactivate his mana eyes with blood trickling down them due to the thing he saw.
`OHHH MY FUC**** LORD` "What is that??"
"What's wrong Jason? Are you not feeling well?" Malia and Greg asked worriedly, and Gabriella who had heard Jason´s scream and the question turned around in astonishment.
"Can you see the natural mana vein below the city, Jason?" She asked, not hiding her shock.
"Natural mana vein?" Jason wiped away the bloody tears and looked at Gabriella in confusion.
"Yes… Cyro-city is the Capital of Astrix mainly because it was built on a natural mana vein that empowers the high-grade mana dome.
This is attractive for humans and beasts at the same time, and normally many high-ranked beasts would attack this city because of its innate high mana density. But the specialized high-ranked beast repellent which we use on a daily basis, terrifies most higher-ranked beasts, keeping them at bay, while the beasts below the magical rank can't sense the mana vein at all.
But even if these beasts hadn't been scared by the repellent, you wouldn't have to worry, as many powerhouses reside here to defend the city along with its citizens because of the city's high mana density.
Over the last 100 years since this city came into existence, there has not been a single time where beasts broke through the wall in front of you.
It looks like you can´t handle the pain associated with looking directly at the mana vein, but the fact that you can see it, is a considerable achievement, to begin with. Just try avoiding looking directly at it for now. Maybe you´ll be able to look at it, once you get stronger, but for now don't look at it, ok?"
Gabriella seemed to be concerned about Jason´s health, and as such he could only nod.
"Hmm...ok." Jason looked up and began using his mana eyes again because he was just too curious and everything should be fine as long as he avoided peering at the ground.
Jason wanted to know what the weird colors that he saw right next to the mana vein were, but he was too scared to try it again.
But based on his shallow experience he had gained over the last few weeks, Jason thought that the color had to do something with a living being…
Until now, Jason had only seen colors radiating from beasts and the Holy white baruci fruit!
The main problem was that there were even colors among them, which Jason had never seen before and goosebumps appeared all over his body while he tried hard to review the situation again.
`Are these beasts or plants?...they weren't moving and the mana looked calm, but I couldn't see it for a long time and it was very vague...ughh scary!!`
Sighing, Jason decided to try it later again, after he had increased his rank because now it would be comparable to a suicide.
`Nice welcome present, thanks Cyro-City!!!`
They continued driving for more than an hour until they reached the outer area of the noble district that seemed oddly `normal`.
Many houses could be seen dotting the cityscape and they drove for a while along the street until they stopped at a three-story tall house. It had an unimpressive aura spreading from it, compared to their previous house as well as the houses they had seen before.
The front yard was around 300 sq.m. large, while the interior looked exquisite but not exactly impressive.
One could say that the house was well suited for a family of five with soulbonds, because the backyard was 2000 sq.m. large with a big pond, combat area, and enough space for soulbonds to graze.
There was also a large tree providing ample shadow for one and Jason immediately fell in love with this house.
He hadn't liked the previous Fler mansion, but this house looked like a real home to him that didn't waste too much space.
Greg was also in the backyard and a large transparent circle appeared in front of him with black outlines and a red hue spread out of it.
Suddenly a 2 ½ meter tall dark brown bull with two thick and vicious-looking longhorns curved to the front appeared within the circle before it charged towards the green patch as its hooves echoed against the floor.
"It looks unimpressive, right? Haha...If it wasn't for the professional potential test, I probably would have labeled you a fraud."
Greg said, laughing lightly, but Jason could see something hidden deep in his eyes as he wondered what had happened.
"Well… luckily you believed me... Now you only have to find a way to evolve Taurus and everyone would be happy, right buddy?"
Jason smiled brightly and looked at the smiling Greg… They could communicate perfectly well with just a few words, but there was something that had been annoying him for quite some time since he had learned that the weakest wild zone in his surroundings was a two-star zone.
"Greg… can you somehow help me increase my combat prowess? Maybe, I need to learn another martial art technique or just someone to train with. I am struggling to increase my proficiency with the dual master modification of the Azure feisty ape technique.
Greg understood what Jason meant and gave him the signal to follow him.
Jason wasn't sure what was going on but he followed Greg without saying another word.
They entered a small area designated for combat training, and Greg got into position without changing his clothes or saying anything at all.
Before Jason could even say anything, Greg announced.
"Ready?...3...2...1 GO!"
Greg restricted his strength to be at Jason´s level but he seemed to be extremely agile, as he appeared in front of the unguarded Jason within a second.
Jason barely managed to evade Greg´s straight punch with a jump to the side and Jason struggled to match his speed when Greg´s kick into his stomach sent him flying a few feet away.
Greg distanced himself from Jason again and stated in an emotionless voice.
"Stand up!"
Jason stood up while lamenting in his mind.
`How can someone change his attitude so fast?!?!`
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