Chapter 379: Instable curse
The Demonic Three-eyed Wolf seemed to pursue and hunt the horde of Debilitation Centaurs!
This astonished Jason a lot because he didn't expect to see the Demonic Three-eyed Wolf here.
'Was it forced to retreat that far from the reclusive area??' It was not like he flew through the whole Mythic Garden rift, but the distance he crossed was definitely not short.
Even more so if one were to add the fact that his flying speed was faster than what most Lowest Lique stage beasts could cross in the same amount of time if they were to utilize their highest speed.
There were many hindrances spanning over several dozen kilometers which he crossed by flying over or passing them, and now he should face the Demonic Three-eyed Wolf?
However, after observing how much wrath the Demonic Three-eyed Wolf had accumulated during the last few months he didn't see it, Jason could tell that something had happened.
Either that or the fight against the petrification serpent was so devastating to the Demonic Three-eyed wolf's pride that it had started to hate everything that had similarities to it.
This would include its curses and the Debilitation Centaurs harbored a curse that was similar if not the same as the petrification serpent harbored!
Jason felt bitter when he saw how the Debilitation Centaurs were torn apart because he wanted to test to see how strong their curse was on him, a halfling of the human and Celestia race.
Unfortunately, it didn't seem like he would get the chance to do that as the Demonic Three-eyed Wolf's wrath seemed to be endless.
From the looks of it, it would only stop after the whole race was annihilated.
Retreating several dozen meters, Jason knew that he was unable to approach the Demonic Three-eyed wolf and Debilitation Centaurs as he had heard too many shocking stories about the Demonic Three-eyed wolf's destruction curse.
Furthermore, he had also seen it himself inside the underground cave when he was nearby the exposed mana vein. It may have been by utilizing his mana eyes but it was more than enough for Jason to understand the destruction curse's lethality.
Right now the Demonic Three-eyed wolf refrained from using the curse as it was most likely saving up on mana if a stronger beast were to appear.
Instead, it used its superior physical strength and darkness affinity to wreak havoc in the Debilitation Centaurs' horde. Meanwhile, the Debilitation Centaurs had begun to split up, trying to escape in every direction except behind them as death awaited them there!
Splitting up was the best choice they could have done and Jason had to acknowledge that.
Unfortunately was only the fact that the majority of Debilitation Centaurs escaped in his direction!
Because the Debilitation Centaurs had split up, the Demonic Three-eyed wolf targeted a specific direction too.
Unsurprisingly it took the direction where most preys were headed to.
Jason couldn't help but exclaim "SH*T!" before he turned around to exert the weightless steps technique, accelerating his speed by 60%.
Fortunately, the Debilitation Centaurs were only at the Low- and Mid- Unblemished rank which made it possible for Jason to increase the distance between them, while the Demonic Three-Eyed wolf could easily catch up to every single Debilitation Centaur.
In no time, they were slaughtered and torn apart, when Jason felt a curse targeting him.
Goosebumps covered his whole body, thinking that it might be the Demonic Three-Eyed wolf's destruction curse, only to notice that his speed had declined.
After that, it accelerated again only to decelerate further.
Jason found that it was weird and turning around, he witnessed how the last Debilitation Centaur that runs in his direction was torn apart.
However, only a moment later, his mana eyes were able to perceive how the Centaur's curse had been utilized.
This told Jason that he was currently targeted by the Centaur's race-individual weakening curse which gave him the opportunity to see if and how much his soul world amplification had been decreased.
Nevertheless, surviving was his highest priority right now, yet, Jason couldn't help but size up his own body for a short moment.
Less than two seconds had passed, and a faint smile emerged on his face when he noticed that him being a Celestia didn't seem to matter much.
The race-specific curse he was targeted with decreased his soul world amplification by 3-10%. This was extremely good but also weird at the same time because neither Isga nor Milan told him anything about an inconstant decline in one's soul world amplification while being cursed.
As such, after trying to comprehend what was going on, Jason decided that the curse he had been targeted and the fact that his soul world was unique might be the cause for the soul world amplification weakening curse to move between 3-10%.
Another reason was that Jason belonged to two races at once which could have created a misconception for the curse.
It might be possible that the curse would weaken him by 3% if he were to be from the Celestia race, while the same applied for the human race with a weakening of the human race's soul world amplification by 10%.
But that was not something he could easily figure out and Jason couldn't help but wonder if the Debilitation Centaurs' curse was reliable for him, or if he should search for other cursed beasts to form a soulbond contract with.
However, more important for Jason, was the fact that a Low Lique stage beast with an extremely strong curse was several hundred meters behind him!
He could only hope that the Demonic Three-eyed wolf's wrath towards the Debilitation Centaurs was large enough to disregard his own existence.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to escape his inevitable death.
He didn't even dare to look back or breathe too loud as he rushed straight ahead, feeling as if he was enveloped by death itself.
Seconds….a minute….five minutes had passed and the Demonic Three-Eyed Wolf had not reached him yet!
This gave Jason the courage to take a look behind where he saw nothing except the wide flatlands.
Sighing in relief, he felt as if he won the lottery.
However, this didn't mean that he could slow down!
The Demonic Three-eyed wolf could still follow his scent which led Jason to manifest Artemis' wings before he ascended into the air.
Even if it was dangerous to remain in the air on the flatlands Jason was sure that there has yet to be an existence like the Demonic Three-eyed wolf in the flatlands' sky!
More than half an hour passed and Jason didn't encounter a single beast which was mainly thanks to his mana eyes.
Nevertheless, he felt weird because the number of beasts he encountered was fewer than he expected.
'Were there a few beasts like the Demonic Three-eyed wolf, wreaking havoc, or were all beasts trying to approach the exposed mana vein, which caused them to migrate to the adjacent areas?.... Or is it something else?'
Jason tried to get the hand of the situation he might have to face when his mana eyes perceived something that made him ponder for a moment.
There was a group of 10 young men and women surrounding a golden horned lion that had barely advanced to the Lowest Lique stage.
From the looks of it, the group of humans was much stronger than the golden-horned lion, but instead of killing it, more than 10 soulbonds tried their utmost efforts to inflict small injuries, targeting the lion's vital spots.
'Are they trying to catch the golden-horned lion? Ohh? Is that a blessing?!'
Seeing how the golden-horned lion's horn glowed up, which allowed it to release more mana for a short interval allowed Jason to understand that the golden-horned lion was a blessed beast and that the group of humans was trying to catch it.
After the lion was caught, it was likely to be forced in forming a soulbond contract.
Under normal circumstances, Jason wouldn't bother about the young men and women, but he wanted to know what happened in the flatlands.
There were just too few beasts, and only a few Lowest Lique stage beasts he saw through his mana eyes.
As such he descended before he retraced Artemis' wings as he ran towards the group of young men and women.