Several hours passed before the Fler siblings had expelled the imprints of multiple soul pacts from their souls.

It was an arduous task, and it was only then that Jason realised that the Drake clan used several soul pacts in order to ensure the slave's obedience!

This was something he hadn't known beforehand, so he was astonished about it.

Jason found this to be an extremely cunning tactic, but it perfectly suited the Drake clan's behavior.

Nevertheless, it didn't really bother Jason anymore after the Fler siblings had been freed of the soul pacts that enslaved them.

Their souls had been much weaker than the God's Children which made it easier for Jason to control his two new, temporary soulbonds, forcing them to expel their soul pacts in a slow manner.

However, at the same time, he had to be careful so that he wouldn't accidentally injure their souls, which would be devastating.

During the last few hours they had been flying in a specific direction, and Jason was growing nervous by the second.

He was only glad that Greg and Malia were finally unrestrained, which allowed them to greet each other properly at last.

Their second reunion was successful and Jason was proud of having saved the siblings.

Now, they were about to return to Gabriella and Mark, who were said to be living an ordinary life in a small city.

Both the siblings and Jason hadn't seen the two in a long time, which was the reason for Jason to be so nervous.

It was to some extent his fault for the Flers' suffering.

Despite that, he knew that he had to meet all of the Flers because it would be the last time for him to be able to do something like that.

There wouldn't be a next time and Jason was fully aware of this.

While Greg and Malia were looking at Jason as if he was an otherworldly being, despite knowing that he had changed during the last few years, they could hardly believe that their cultivation base and strength had been higher than him long ago.

Jason's Celestia aura alone was already more than enough to suppress theirs if their friend desired to do this.

Meanwhile, Artemis had also become much stronger, and every flap of her wings was filled with a distinct force as well as faint mana currents.

Because of this shock, in addition to the book about Argos' insignificance which they had been reading only to figure out that it had been about Jason, they had been silent and reluctant to speak to him in the beginning.

However, after Jason had revealed that he would soon leave Argos, both Greg and Malia were shocked.

"We've just reunited, how can you leave already? Where are you going? When are you coming back? How can we meet each other again?!"

Malia seemed hurt as she bombarded Jason with questions, only to receive a dry smile from him.

Jason didn't want to answer those questions, but looking at Wisse, he knew that the young dragon was definitely not the patient type of dragon, if something like that existed, to begin with.

He had received Wisse's help and letting him wait too long wouldn't do them any good.

However, after he released a faint mana thread towards Wisse with a simple question, Jason received an answer that was to his liking.

[If you really want to stay longer with your friends, I can destroy the four world bridges you've been talking about before we meet each other again...but I won't wait any longer and there is no room for compromises!

Try to reject my proposal a few days later, and I will forcefully drag you through the world bridges!!!]

Wisse's answer sounded a little bit harsh, but the most important point was that Jason could stay with the Flers for at least a day.

That was if Gabriella and Mark still accepted him under their roof.

Jason didn't think that they would hate him, but it was possible for them to feel uncomfortable with a halfling around them.

As such, Jason prepared himself for every possible scenario, only to be interrupted by Wisse once again.

[By the way, I won't destroy the newly emerged world bridge you were talking about. Maybe we can take a shortcut, if the world bridge leads us to the world I think it is!]

This astonished Jason a little bit because a world that Wisse remembered had to have something special about it.

Intrigued, he could only stare at the young dragon, but instead of receiving an answer to any of the questions he asked afterward, Jason's connection was forcefully cut off by Wisse.

Jason averted his attention after that and he wanted to tell the Fler siblings what had happened to him during the last few years, only to halt in his tracks

They had already summarized their experience in the past years and shared it, and then heard him speak in rapt attention.

When they had met the last time, there hadn't been enough time to tell them everything in a detailed manner, which was now possible.

However, before Jason would have to repeat himself several times, Malia had proposed to wait before they had reunited with their parents.

As they reached a small city, Artemis landed on the ground, only to change into her small form.

At the same time, she returned to Jason's shoulder, and Petri, who had been digesting the information of the fusion he had undergone with Jason during the liberation tournament, appeared too.

He was in his small form as well and had coiled himself around Jason's waist which caused Malia and Greg to smile lightly.

They felt a lot better since the soul pact imprints on them had been expelled.

Jason had also terminated their soulbond contract, which had stung a little bit, but there were no major damages to their souls.

Entering the city, Jason was eyed weirdly which was nothing uncommon owing to two exotic beasts clinging to him as well as the Celestia aura and stigma.

He didn't care about restricting them anymore, and this didn't seem to be necessary, to begin with.

Wisse had already left before Artemis had dived back to the ground, and it was evident how impatient he was.

As such, Jason felt the pressure from the young dragon, thinking that he did not have much time to spend with the Flers.

Thus, without bothering about the glances lingering on him, Jason released a large margin of mana into the Emperor Eyes while fully unleashing his stigma.

A bright golden-silverish glow radiated from Jason as he searched through the entire city, focusing on the mana fluctuations he was familiar with.

It took him only a few minutes to find what he had been looking for, making him sport a radiant smile.

"I found them!"

With that being said, he set off and started to run over the sidewalk, with Malia and Greg following him, using their movement techniques to the fullest extent as well as the majority of mana they circulated through their bodies.

Just like that, a few minutes passed, and Jason halted in front of a little house that resembled the house he and the Flers had been living in Cyro City.

Jason abruptly halted in his tracks with the Fler siblings close on his heels while taking lungfuls of air. Panting heavily, they asked in unison,

"Couldn't you wait for us?" However, before they could continue to complain, they noticed that Jason smiled lightly in a particular direction as both Malia and Greg followed his gaze.

Looking in the same direction as Jason, they saw a middle-aged woman, whose face was streaked with tears.

"MOM!"

With that simple word, the Fler siblings rushed towards Gabriella, who couldn't contain herself anymore as she began to cry bitterly.

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