By the time he returned to the mass of the Oceanfolk's army, they had already advanced quite a bit.
Nevertheless, they were much slower than he had first assumed.
That was great and it gave Jason the necessary intel to understand that the army's speed adjusted to match that of the slowest units.
In the end, the marine beasts at the Lique stage might be deemed as useless but the strategist of the army wouldn't let them enter the army if he were to allow his other units to run them over.
This was not how one waged war, and Jason couldn't help but feel thankful that the Lique stage beasts spread through the entire army of the Oceanfolk.
Nonetheless, that didn't mean he would show mercy once he faced them because even the Lique stage marine beasts had their orders- to kill the Mewi.
There was something in the valley that attracted their attention and the Mewi were in the Oceanfolk Lord's way.
As such, they had to be removed, which would have happened long ago if he hadn't been present to warn and fight them last time.
Bringing the Mewi together was the best thing he could have done because the small fraction of the Oceanfolk army that had already emerged outside the artificially created ponds and riverbank appeared to be in the tens of thousands.
Jason was not sure how large the entire army was, but he wouldn't hesitate to destroy the entire army if it was necessary.
With that in mind, he resumed using his moonlight affinity followed by sending out the volley of hundreds of icicles in order to kill as many opponents as possible.
It was a simple tactic but attracted the attention of many beasts while killing even more.
Some Elite noticed that Jason was being pursued by other Elite units, and they had assumed that the nuisance, that is Jason, would soon disappear.
Yet, only a few minutes had passed before Jason returned, and there was no sight of their comrades.
Because of that, the Elite units became more vigilant with Jason, thinking that he had a plan on how to overcome the threat of their Elite who were at the Peak of the Prismar stage.
Thus, they decided to attack him with other means such as conjuring water jets using some of their Elite's water affinity.
Shooting them after Jason, some of the Elite were precisely targeting him, while others tried to predict his next step after evading the first attack.
Because of that, a total of 30 Water jets shot towards him from multiple directions.
Their velocity was shocking considering that some of the water jets were shot from two kilometers away.
Yet, Jason couldn't help but frown after recalling that marine beasts had to fight inside the sea where the water pressure drastically reduced the speed at which they could attack using water jets.
'I forgot to consider this variable into my plan…'
Sighing inwardly, Jason evaded the water jets by inserting more mana into his Emperor Eyes.
At the same time, he increased the pace at which he exerted the Floating Sky movement technique. Owing to this, and the foresight blessing that allowed him to roughly gauge the moment the water jets would reach him, Jason began to move.
Flapping his wings, he evaded the attacks as he reached a higher altitude before moving one meter to the front.
After they had followed these two simple movements, Jason averted his attention back to the Oceanfolk Elite who were befuddled to witness how each of their attacks missed the young man, who had nonchalantly avoided the water jets.
This caused them to become even more nervous and vigilant around Jason, and the number of water jets they fired increased substantially.
Jason realized this quickly, and he knew that if the number of water jets shot by Peak Prismar beings was to increase further, he wouldn't be able to avoid them all while reserving his mana.
With that in mind, Jason told himself that it might have been long enough for him to preserve his mana.
The Elite of the Ocenfolk didn't ascend into the air anymore, and instead fired water jets which shattered their entire plan.
In retaliation, Jason first fired a large black fireball into the air that exploded dozens of meters above him.
Through the sound and the sight of black tiny flames covering a part of the sky, Brell, and the other Elite Mewi, who had just defeated their opponents, realized that their plan had already been interfered with.
Because of that, they returned to the shelter, knowing that the fight that followed would be far more dangerous than what they had just gone through to defeat a few Elite.
'They're much stronger than we expected...the Elite is truly fearsome...fortunately we don't have to fight them in the water, otherwise, we could just give up…'
Even if he was reluctant, Brell had to acknowledge that the Oceanfolk army's Elite was extremely powerful, despite fighting in a territory and environment they were unfamiliar with.
Under normal circumstances, Brell would be flabbergasted, and excited about this, but not if they possibly had to defeat hundreds of Elite just like the ones they had fought.
Trying to come up with a new plan, Brell's mind was rattling, only to realize that someone was missing when they had returned to the shelter.
"Where is Jason? Our plan B was to return to the shelter and fight from there if the Oceanfolk's Elite wouldn't act as we wanted them to...What the hell is he planning?!"
Meanwhile, Jason, who had gone against their initial plan, was currently greedily absorbing the moonlight that shone onto his white-silverish hair.
His golden eyes had turned sky-blue owing to the fusion he had entered with Artemis, yet, just at that moment, a silvery tone was spreading through his eyes, replacing the sky blue color.
Having activated the moonlight ability, Jason felt an unknown strength coursing through his entire body that began to shine in a bright silver color.
Even the Arctic aura that was normally glowing in a sky blue tone had transformed into a silvery hue.
At first, this had astonished Jason, but considering that his strength was increasing, there was nothing to complain about.
Rather, he wanted to absorb even more of the moonlight that shone on his entire being. Only now could he truly understand what Artemis had felt for the entire time since the full silver moon had emerged.
Jason's strength was increasing with every single moment that he was exposed to the moonlight of the full silver moon, without affecting his vessel.
This was something that had never happened.
Before, Jason had already been confident to defeat individuals of the Oceanfolk's Elite, but this had changed completely.
Right now, he was confident of fighting against the entire army of the Oceanfolk.
Upon raising his arm he was able to see tiny runes enveloping his mana vein, enhancing it in every possible way.
Yet, the further the moonlight affected him, the lower his control over the degree at which he fused with Artemis became.
Jason noticed that the black horns that protruded out of his forehead had already turned silver in color, and the itchy sensation above his right eye made him feel like the outlines of his stigma were currently changing too.
At the same time, his fingers were slowly turning into razor-sharp claws, while his white-silverish hair turned into something that looked similar to plumage.
The plumage only appeared on the back of his hand, with a single feather tightly holding onto him before the transmutation process was finally completed.
Thus, when he cracked his fingers, the sound followed by a shockwave resounded through the surrounding, attracting the attention of every single marine beast that heard him.
Taking a deep breath, Jason smiled brightly before he began to activate his moonlight affinity that was already eagerly awaiting to be used with the strongest form of the ice affinity.
Yet, instead of randomly throwing around icicles, Jason disappeared from his previous spot, before he landed on the ground only a moment later.
Without wasting any time on the beasts in his surroundings, he unleashed his transmuted Arctic aura, followed by his stigmas that glowed up, intensifying the Arctic aura that froze the surrounding beasts without distinguishing between strong, weak, friends or foes.
Thus, it was great that every single being around him was his opponent, giving Jason no reason to be worried about hurting innocent people.
Instead, he released a large amount of mana into his Arctic aura followed by the ice affinity, which he released in front of him where the majority of the Oceanfolk army was situated.
It was God who had descended in the valley of the Mewi race, protecting them from the evil beings that planned to deprive them of their lives and home that day!
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