Chapter 188 - Leave Of Absence

Seeing everything clearly, Jason was aware that Greg would be able to perceive him too, if he only spread his mana far enough, which was what he wanted to test!

Was Greg even able to think clearly with his Berserk ability utilized or was he completely under the control of his wild instinctive?

Even though they sparred with each other, Jason was still curious about Greg´s ability.

Due to this curiosity, he was almost immediately defeated within their first clash but fortunately enough, he could barely save himself, by pushing himself away, by erecting an ice pillar below him.

Unfortunately was however only that his current mana consumption couldn´t be recovered with his passive mana gathering, while creating a large ice mist area around him.

This meant he had to act faster, even if he didn't want to rush too much.

Normally a berserk ability had a short effective period which was not that long for lower ranked beasts like a mid-evolved reinforced horned bull.

As such, Greg´s ability should wear off quickly.

WIthin the ice mist, he manifested multiple smaller and larger icicles that could barely be seen within.

At the same time, Greg tried to find him by forcefully charging through the fog, only to be pierced by differently sized icicles, from all sites.

Nevertheless, Greg´s skin seemed to be even tougher than before and the shallow cuts caused by the smaller icicles were almost negligible.

But Jason could only shake his head, disappointed because Greg´s control over the berserk skill was almost non-existent as he saw him furiously punching in every direction an icicle pierced him.

Under normal circumstances, he would have already won their fight, because the icicle´s he created only hit non-vital areas and not areas, like his crotch, tendons, eyes, neck and so on which he would do in normal fights in order to kill his opponent as fast as possible.

However, it seemed like Greg couldn´t control himself for the time being, which caused Jason to take his time within the ice mist, as he actively exerted the passive mana gathering technique, which increased the efficiency of his sub-area passive mana gathering by a large margin.

In the end, two minutes passed until Greg´s skin turned paler, with his legs giving in.

`3 minutes… not bad` Jason thought as he ran towards Greg, who seemed to be extremely exhausted as if he would faint at any moment.

Taking out an energizing potion, Jason handed one over to Greg, who gulped the content down without wasting a single moment.

His pale face turned slightly more red as he admitted

"Well….maybe it was a bad plan to use my new ability without being able to control it"

"Yep...At least you know now" Jason said without any surprise in his voice which confused Greg slightly.

"You already know about Taurus´ ability?" He asked and Jason nodded as if it was nothing special..

`I haven't told anyone about my ability yet?!? Only some students I fought with know about it, but even they don't really understand my ability?`

Jason only smiled, before he said

"It doesn't matter if I already knew it or not, more important for you should be to learn how to control this [Berserk] state-like ability, right?"

Understanding that Greg´s ability increased his physical abilities and senses by a large margin, Jason felt jealous in the beginning, but losing his reasoning for a short duration with a backlash that exhausted Greg visibly, was not really something he wanted to have for himself.

He was happy for Greg to have such an ability, but thinking clearly was much more important for him than a few level increase in strength for a few minutes.

This duration would be longer once Greg´s soulbond would evolve, but even then, Jason wouldn't want to have such an ability, without staying clear-minded.

They spared only one round, but this single round was more than enough for both of them to figure out their flaws.

While Greg´s flaw was obvious with his weak control over his ability, Jason noticed that he was still too unfocused before a fight began.

He wasted too much time until he entered his mind and entered the battle-function, which could be extremely dangerous during the expedition with Malia or another journey Jason would have in the future.

Thinking about this issue, some time passed until Malia came home with good news.

Jason was accepted into their team and they decided to venture into the four-star rift at the end of the week, once it materialized completely.

They wouldn't be the first to step through the rift, because the government would check everything first before they would allow others through.

In Jason´s opinion, this was only to secure the most powerful treasures for themself, if that was even possible with the restriction Cyro-City´s particular materializing four-star rift had.

Only master-ranked individuals and below were able to step through the four-star rift and with this harsh restriction, it would be hardly possible to defeat magical ranked beasts, that guard high-grade treasures.

Suddenly it felt as if a bolt of lightning hit him, as a certain thought entered his mind

`Will this restriction apply for soulbonds within the soul world? If that´s not the case...Will there be a master rank with a magical ranked soulbond?`

The chances for someone at the master rank to possess magical ranked beasts were low, but it was not impossible and he expected to see a few of these to enter the four-star rift!

Jason himself was confident to increase his soul energy enough in order to hold magical ranked beasts while being at the master rank.

With his current increase in soul energy, it wasn´t even considered a challenge.

Considering the possibility of a magical ranked soulbond to enter the four-star rift, Jason felt uncomfortable, yet weirdly safe because humans would rather save other humans, while beasts would just attack him indiscriminately.

However, Jason had a bad feeling and he wasn't exactly sure where it came from, as the thought felt eerie and uncomfortable.

Nevertheless, he was happy to hear that he could join Malia´s expedition team before he went into his room once again.

*

It was the next morning before 7 am when Jason entered Till´s office in order to request his leave of absence.

This shocked his teacher a lot and he wanted to decline it when Jason calmly said.

"I´ll leave even if I don´t receive the leave of absence...please don´t even try to obstruct me."

Sighing, Till had to accept Jason´s request. It wouldn't matter, even if he didn't accept his request to receive a leave of absence.

There was no real reason to deny it then!

After receiving his leave of absence, he decided to practice the Heaven's Hell technique before he would have to overcome his most difficult challenge for today

Only slightly more than an hour later, Jason left his soul world once again, while his soul energy reached 157.2 units.

Walking slowly towards the forest that seemed to grow humongous large, Jason felt uncomfortable, because he was sure that he would have to either survive a tempest or endure silent torture from Shane and Dalia because they told him not to enter the four-star rift due to its dangers.

Even if he disregarded their good-meant opinion, Jason would do whatever he found suitable because he was his own king.