The glaive crossed a huge distance within a single moment, proving to Jason that its velocity was extraordinarily high.

Instinctively, Jason's body began to move, despite his mana veins having already taken a huge toll.

His Celestia aura and stigma were fully unleashed, shining brightly while overwhelming the surrounding with all their might.

A moment later the glow and aura shot back towards Jason infiltrating him, enveloping his veins as huge streams of mana, provided by Artemis spread through his body.

Initially, this was deemed as impossible because Artemis' mana was different to his, but under certain circumstances, it was unavoidable for someone to use their soulbond's mana.

This was exactly the case right now!

Jason and Artemis' stigma were glowing brightly and it was only a moment later that Jason had converted every trace of Artemis' mana into his body.

After he exerted the Floating sky movement technique to the highest possible degree, Jason's speed increased drastically.

Meanwhile, his mana veins that were enveloped by his Celestia aura, screamed. However, they sustained no major injury and the damages were drastically reduced.

Despite that, Jason didn't feel a tiny bit relieved.

Rather, he stared at the thunder-enveloped glaive that was only a meter away from him as he twisted his body while trying to move back with all his might.

The glaive's speed and force were several times stronger than Jason's, and it was only fortunate that he had sensed it early enough.

Through his eyes, he was able to see everything down to the finest detail.

By knowing the exact trajectory of the glaive, and the amount of mana used for the thunder that enveloped it, Jason had a huge advantage which he employed.

Time seemed to move at a slower pace, and Jason moved to the side while the glaive shot towards him, grazed his arm before it advanced further, narrowly missing his wings.

The cut on his arm ruptured, and the thunder enveloping the glaive invaded Jason, paralyzing him for a moment.

Only his eyes were able to overcome the paralyzed state by using some of the mana stored within the mana storage that was behind his eyeballs.

His eyes traced back the direction from which the glaive had shot at him, and he saw a group of five men and three women.

One of the men seemed to have shot the thunder enveloped glaive towards him, while the others had used their affinities in order to eradicate the chimeras within the following minute.

Meanwhile, Jason was able to slowly regain control over his body within a few seconds.

Not knowing whether the newly arrived humans wanted to attack him or not, he decided to retreat.

However, even before he was able to do anything, Jason noticed that his body was screaming in pain, and every effort to move resulted in excruciating agony raging through every nerve in his body.

Just a few seconds later, the middle-aged man who had attacked him emerged in front of Jason, with another weapon in his hand, ready to kill Jason at any moment. He glared at Jason and asked while gnashing his teeth,

"You're that monster, right?? What are you scheming?? Did you open the rift, to make everyone think that you are a samaritan??"

His voice caused chills to spread over Jason's body, and he felt like it was impossible to talk to the man.

Nevertheless, he couldn't let just him assume the worst of him. As such, he tried to open his mouth, only for the middle-aged man to interrupt him once again before he could finish his sentence, "I"

Jason's words trailed off as the man barked at him, "Don't even try to fool me! We won't believe you, not even one bit!!!"

Despite fear enveloping Jason, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. 'Why the hell are you even asking then?'

Knowing that he would be able to clear the air without the need to speak, Jason could only do his best in order to survive.

Solaris had absorbed some of the energy and mana from the dead corpses in their proximity.

As such, it was able to manifest two large fireballs below Jason's feet.

They exploded, and Jason was catapulted higher into the air.

Just like that, another batch of small fireballs manifested right above him.

Turning his entire body in a sudden movement, he did a half roll.

His feet came in touch with the flames as they exploded once again.

The explosion propelled Jason toward the ground as he passed the middle-aged man who was at the 7th Lique stage!

It was fortunate that he was able to take the man by surprise, but Jason also knew that it would be extremely difficult to survive the next few seconds.

The moment he thought of it, a huge mass of compressed earth was thrown towards him from above.

While his own speed was already fast, the mountain-like mass of earth rushing towards him was even faster.

This forced Jason to divert his trajectory. Through this, he avoided the mass of earth by a hair's breadth, only to notice that a different man had appeared next to him.

The man was only at the 6th Lique stage, but his physical enhancement was terrific!

He was holding a huge hammer, and Jason could only see that it swung down on him with a shocking velocity.

Just as he thought everything in his body would break apart, Jason heard Artemis screaming in fright.

Suddenly, she was pulled out of Jason's mana core, weakening him for a quarter of a second, as his physical strength skyrocketed.

Black scales containing golden threads, manifested on his body, enveloping him completely, taking most of the brunt of the impact caused by the warhammer that struck his abdomen.

The sheer force of the attack flung him straight into the city, tearing through a building apart, as he smashed into the street, which cracked due to the huge impact.

Coughing out blood, Jason gasped for air.

He hadn't realised that Petri had finally completed the fortified soul conjunction which he had been working on for months, coming to his aid at the very moment he'd needed saving.

His stigma had released strong signals to both Artemis and Petri, forcefully completing the fortified soul conjunction to help Jason when he was in dire need of reinforcements.

Petri had entered Jason's mana core, enhancing his body physically that was equivalent to 3000 drops of mana, if not more!

Nevertheless, the bulky man who had attacked him with a warhammer was still much stronger, and though Jason was still breathing he had been severely injured.

He had already been incapable of moving smoothly after saving the three city protectors, but now, it looked like his end was near.

Unable to even move a single inch, Jason, who was enveloped in a thick layer of Petri's scales, could only stare at the group of eight that was moving towards him slowly.

One woman was at the Prismar stage with one solidified prismarine crystal, while the others were at the Lique stage.

However, Jason couldn't care less because he was trying to think of a way to save his neck at the moment.

He wanted to survive after all!

Jason was able to see events of his life flashing past him, and the more memories resurfaced, the less he was willing to accept other humans killing him.

Having given his best to save them, Jason didn't want to accept that he had made a mistake by trusting them unconditionally.

'Was everything a mistake?'

A moment later, he saw how the woman at the Prismar stage nocked an arrow on her bow, before she lifted it, aiming at Jason.

However, just as she was about to say something, they heard an unknown voice.

"STOP!!!"

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