God's Eyes

It was only obvious that he didn't want anything to happen to his soulbonds.

Not only were they the most important to him, but it would harm him and his soul world if they were to die too.

As such, he didn't like it when they fought as if Jason's life was on the line.

Nonetheless, they should be able to defeat all kinds of beasts at the Prismar stage without an issue.

Only Sira stayed back while the rest of his soulbonds had leaped forward as if they had been set free of their cages. 

She was calmly sleeping on top of his head, cultivating with the use of blessed energy.

While gathering the corpses of the beasts that were overpopulating in the territory of the Prismar stage beasts, he finished the second Tier-3 mission in no time.

In fact, traveling was what required most of his time!

Having procured the herbs and the corpses, he stored everything stored inside his spatial ring. 

Meanwhile, his soulbonds returned to Jason, before they all departed to finish the Tier-2 missions.

Within two hours, they traveled to the territory of Lique stage beings that was home to millions of beasts.

However, this time, he didn't release his soulbonds to slaughter the beasts that populated the surrounding area.

Instead, he first looked out for the infested area that was on the border of the territory of Prismar stage beings.

Finding out the issue was what he ought to do, and it shouldn't take him long to do so.

After empowering his Emperor Eyes with moonlight transmuted mana and divine energy he looked out for all kinds of unique energy fluctuations.

Thus, by flying around a little, he immediately found what he had been searching for.

As they neared the border, Jason's expression turned into a grimace as he smelled the reeking stench that permeated the air.

A few corpses of beasts were littered near the area of the infested land.

It almost looked like they had died owing to the reeking stench that permeated the air, killing them slowly.

If he was not interpreting the situation wrongly, they must have been fleeing towards the safety of their own territory, trying to escape the infested lands.

Unfortunately, it had already been too late for them, and they succumbed to the lethal effects of the reeking stench that damaged their respiratory system.

Jason, Jennifer, and even his soulbonds didn't notice any side effects, but that was owing to their cultivation base which was much higher.

As such, their body was much more resilient to harmful substances, which meant that the infested land would only affect weaker beasts.

'Maybe we'll notice the effects of the reeking stench only later, and it takes some time before the symptoms show up?'

Jason was not sure if he was concluding the situation correctly, but what he knew was the fact that the lands were being corroded.

Even the three types of cultivation energies were being influenced by the surrounding lands.

This was bad because it seemed like the infested area was expanding at a quick pace. 

This meant that the infestation needed to be contained so as to preserve living beings.

As such, Jason not only focused on his mission to figure out more about the root cause of the infestation but also if he could fix it somehow.

Unfortunately, even after he looked at the entire situation intently, his Emperor Eyes didn't see anything special.

It was possible for something toxic to be hidden somewhere, or a harmful substance had been released somewhere, only to infest the lands and spread out, killing everything in its wake.

However, all of this was something Jason had no idea about.

He was not a chemist, let alone someone who had learned a lot about harmful substances.

With that in mind, he took out a piece of paper, and a pencil before clearly writing down everything he could perceive.

Jennifer was throwing in all kinds of comments too, and they ended up writing an entire page of things they had noticed so far.

Noting down everything was important so as to not miss out anything crucial. 

After all, Jason's brain might be greatly refined, but that didn't mean he wouldn't forget one or two trivial things by the time they returned, thinking that they were useless.

Thus, to avoid such a likely scenario, he wrote down everything.

Having completed the first Tier-2 mission, Jason didn't waste much time.

Instead, he planned to finish all four missions today, for which he was required to find a young man, who had been lost in the Lique stage zone.

Jason was not sure if he was really lost because just anyone could have searched for him.

Yet, rather than simply sending a search party to find the lost man, some people had turned him into the object of a mission.

This felt weird because it was something Jason couldn't comprehend at all.

There should be at least one person who would want to search for the young man he was looking for.

Otherwise, nobody would have requested a Tier-2 mission to be pinned to the mission board.

In Jason's opinion, the fact that nobody was actively searching for the young man meant two things. 

Either something was wrong with the man, or his reputation was simply too bad for anybody to even bother about him.

This was intriguing because he couldn't really believe that such a Yinar existed, even less because the entire Yinar race seemed to be quite affectionate with each other. 

It seemed to be a tightly-knit community that cared for supported fellow Yinars.

At least that was what he had perceived based on the interaction of Elder Ben with his elite unit, and the servants they had.

Maybe, Elder Ben was an exception and not all Yinars were so compassionate, but Jason didn't think so.

Nevertheless, setting his doubts aside, he and Jennifer flew through the Lique stage territory, searching for the young man, who hadn't returned home from his mission for weeks on end.

This was also not really something rare to happen in Jason's opinion, but maybe it was for the young man.

In the end, it didn't really matter because he wanted to complete his mission as soon as possible. 

But the circumstances of a mission were also quite important as they could reveal many things that might come in handy  to find solutions to obstacles that might pop up later.

Nonetheless, they flew through the lands, searching for the mana fluctuations of a Yinar, that were quite specific owing to the fact that they cultivated with Soul force.

There was no wandering soul at the Lique stage in the territory of the millions of beasts, which made everything much easier…or so Jason initially believed.

"Jason…didn't you say that there are no wandering souls in this territory?? In that case, why can I sense the remnants of the crudely computed soul force that must originate from wandering souls…?"

Hearing Jennifer's confused voice, he quickly followed her gaze to look into the direction she was looking at.

This allowed him to figure out what she meant within moments as his Emperor Eyes perceived the fluctuations almost immediately.

"I…can really sense soul force fluctuations, from different beings at that…"

Confused by this discovery, Jason wanted to figure out more about that. But it was at this exact moment that he perceived the faint, soul force fluctuations of a living being that was nearby.

It was the young man they were searching for.

As such, he momentarily forgot the remnants of the soul force fluctuations that originated from beasts.

Quickly flying towards the young man, Jason immediately noticed that he was asleep, or unconscious.

Thus, appearing in front of the young man, he simply inserted some of his moonlight mana into his body to soothe possible injuries. 

But, the young man held Jason's arm with both his hands that were shaking uncontrollably.

"The monarch is coming!!! RUNNNNN" The young man suddenly cried out in fear as his eyes nearly popped out of his eye sockets.