Chapter 194 - Are You Ready?

Jason saw multiple different dishes on the table when he finally gathered his strength to lift his body in order to sit down on the chair in front of him.

He would have never believed that the Heaven's Hell's third level wouldn't be painful but rather extremely energy-consuming, requiring an astronomical amount of nutrition which were converted into energy at that.

In order to compensate for this, he knew for sure that the previous rather scarce amount of food he normally ate, wouldn't be enough.

All dishes radiated a large amount of mana and when the three started to eat, Jason felt his energy replenishing extremely fast, while the mana entering his body circulated vigorously in his mana veins.

Not only was the food delicious but also extremely beneficial for him.

As such he ate for half an hour without saying anything until his stomach felt as if it would explode any moment.

Satisfied with the result, Jason wanted to stand up in order to wash the dishes, as Shane used his mana to lift the plates and clean them with a single motion before they were magically placed into the shelf.

Not knowing what exactly he should do now, Jason messaged Malia to tell him, when their journey into the four-star rift would begin.

He didn't receive an immediate answer and it was most likely because she was still in school, attending her practical class.

As such, Jason had to think of other ways to figure out what he could do in order to be perfectly prepared.

Shane and Dalia gave him several advices which he wanted to use to be fully prepared, as he opened the holographic screen of his quantum bracelet in order to search for multiple items.

In the beginning, he wanted to purchase a mana grade-1 bow with tempered high mana conductivity arrows, but he wouldn't be able to kill unblemished beasts like this, forcing him to disregard this plan immediately.

As for soul weapons, Jason decided to ignore purchasing such things, because he wanted to make them by himself for a much cheaper price, as he would be fully aware of his soul-weapon/armor's capabilities, while a soul weapon that adjusted itself to Jason's current strength was not something he needed.

In the end, he just purchased a mountain of preservable dishes, which he would throw into the preserving section of his storage device, while the most important purchases he made were made for Scorpio and Artemis in order to feed them nutritious food.

A few weeks ago, he forced Artemis to eat the remaining Wild and Awakened beast cores he purchased weeks ago, only to receive a deprecating gaze, even though she listened to him.

Jason figured out that she wouldn't be satisfied with any incomplete mana cores below the unblemished rank, while ice elemental magical ranked complete mana cores were her loved and favorite delicacy she could digest without being forced to enter hibernation to digest everything.

Purchasing a bunch of magical ranked mana cores and many different kinds of poisoned meat for Scorpio, were his preparations for his soulbonds food.

He wasn't sure what exactly happened with Scorpio, but after he underwent the incomplete evolution, he wanted to improve his poison affinity and demanded poisonous meat to eat, which caused him to feel weird, yet extremely proud, because his soulbond was adamant in becoming stronger.

Scorpio wasn't capable of communicating with him in human language but their fortified soul conjunction enabled Jason to understand everything his second soulbond wanted to tell him.

This ability was extremely beneficial and he wondered when Artemis would finish her fortified soul conjunction because they were already together for a few months while he raised her up from the moment she hatched as one of the weakest possible wild ranked beasts to the present.

However, Jason had the bad premonition that Artemis would always nag with him, only that he would finally understand her once their fortified soul conjunction was established, which was not really something he looked forward to.

In the end, he was extremely impatient with her forming a fortified soul conjunction only after being together for several months, while others required several dozen years to do the same as he did with Scorpio in a short period.

Nevertheless, Jason was rather excited because he wanted to test so many things out.

When he was done with his purchase for his soulbonds' food, and other miscellaneous items, Jason looked out for a better mana gun that he wanted to purchase in order to protect himself at least slightly once they ventured into the four-star rift.

Thanks to the unique mana sphere bracelet Shane gifted him, Jason would be able to supply more than enough mana in order to fire a grade-2 gun, several hundred times without issue.

The only small problem he registered was the immense recoil, grade-2 guns had, which could even shatter his shoulder if he were to purchase a gun he couldn't handle.

As such, Jason had to search for a pistol without much recoil, while it should still be powerful enough to use armor-piercing and other types of bullets, allowing him to kill unblemished beasts.

Time passed slowly, as Shane and Dalia decided to retreat in order to let him alone when he finally found something interesting.

[Mana grade-2 Five SeveN- 4 Magazines] Price: 1 Star-note/100.000.000 Credits [Only for today!!]

Sighing deeply, Jason knew that the price was rather high, compared to other grade-2 weapons.

However, being able to construct a grade-2 mana gun without much recoil was mostly bough for the younger generation in order to protect themselves.

As such, Jason had to bear with the price, as he paid 1.2 Star notes for the pistol with a large variety of bullets.

Sighing deeply, he told himself that he had to search for a bunch of treasures in order to compensate for his expenditures today.

The food he purchased for himself, Scorpio, and Artemis were already worth 1 Star-note while Artemis' portion was the most expensive, due to her high demand.

In the end in addition to the miscellaneous items, food expenditures and the grade-2 mana operated Five-SeveN Jason purchased was worth 10 star notes, with the miscellaneous items being the most expensive with 8 star notes...

From his whole fortune, this was less than 5%, but Jason didn´t have a stable income for now and because of that, he wanted to act more economically.

But his life was more important and if Shane or Dalia didn´t gift him such precious treasures like the unique mana grade-1 daggers, potions, and high-quality mana-grade-2 leather armor, Jason´s expenses would be graver.

It was already 5 pm, when he finished everything, as he ordered the parcel to arrive the Fler´s home, where he would go now.

He still wanted to discuss with Malia what exactly was going on now and when they would enter the four-star rift when he received a message from her.

"The rift will be completely materialized tomorrow and we´ll be able to enter it on Friday. Come home first and we´ll talk about the rest later, okay?"

Reading her messages, he was already expectant what would happen in the next few weeks, as Shane teleported him out of their hideout.

*

It was Friday morning when Jason and Malia were impatiently gulping down their breakfast.

While a single plate with a toast and a sausage could be seen in front of Malia, Jason devoured one plate after another with a satisfied expression, causing her to unintentionally laugh out.

Releasing her tension, Greg could be seen walking down the stairs, as he stared daggers at them because they would leave him alone.

Not even his parents were at home, which annoyed him a lot.

When he heard that Jason was allowed to join his sister´s expedition team, he wanted to join too, only to be immediately rejected, which felt like a heavy slap.

In the beginning, Greg couldn´t understand his sister's reason until he was almost forced to acknowledge that his best friend's ability was just too beneficial.

Sighing deeply, Greg couldn't do anything against their decision, when he stared at Jason, who seemed to be extremely calm on the outside as he gobbled down his breakfast.

"Jason, Why are you eating so much since the last few days? Are you scared to enter your first rift?" He tried to tease, as Malia looked worried to Jason, thinking that he might disguise his insecurity by eating so much over the last few days.

"Are you ready?" She asked hesitantly, only to receive a slight nod from Jason, when he finished his meal