Chapter 931 - Custom Mission
It was great to know that true powerhouses were about to reach the Ninad beast realm soon.
However, that didn't really help Jason to figure out what to do if one of the Soul Monarch's Guard were to control or even protect the Soa crystal mine.
As such, he wanted to ask more questions, only to understand that the reason for two dozen or more Specta stage powerhouse to be sent out was solely to tackle the Soul Monarch's Guards.
Sending out more would be suspicious, even more so because the Soul Monarch, himself, might still be lurking in plain sight and roaming around disguised in Liun.
Fortunately, this was unlikely because they had already searched through every nook and cranny in the last week, conducting thorough research.
Thus, everything should be safe on Liun's side, and the only issues at hand were the Soa crystal mine, in addition to the enlarged portal, if one were to exclude the Soul Monarch and his Guards for a moment.
Given the fact that the Yinar race sent out true powerhouses, Jason could only expect that they wanted to annihilate the Soul Monarch and his Guards for good.
From the looks of it, the foretelling of events he had done with the help of Sira's blessing had been more than enough to scare them witless!
This was great, considering that even the true powerhouses and higher authorities felt that the Soul Monarch was a threat to reckon.
With that in mind, Jason didn't really have a problem joining the mission to reclaim the Soa crystal mine.
It was still dangerous, but given the fact that young Elite of different cities was brought together, while still being at or below the Mid rank of the Ascendion stage, Jason figured out that they would be able to fight off the dangers easily.
The Yinar race wouldn't sacrifice their young generation just to train a few survivors and give them practical experience.
The authorities must have put in a lot of thought before asking the relatively inexperienced warriors to reclaim the Soa crystal mine despite the prevalent dangers.
"I'm fine with giving a helping hand to the young Elite of Liun, and the other cities that will join hands. But will we be considered to have joined the rescue mission like everybody else, or will this be considered as an additional mission?"
He had not bothered about the rewards before, but this time, Jason felt different.
After all, he and Jennifer would have to enter dangerous lands in order to support the young Elite of Liun.
This was completely different to the time in which he used his foretelling ability just to find out the truth behind the Shapeshiting ability of the Yinar race's traitors.
In the end, the foretelling ability had revealed a harrowing possibility, but the thought of asking for a reward had never crossed his mind.
After all, he did everything of his own accord.
However, now the situation was different, and Elder Ben, who had been informed about Jason's deed, was aware about what Jason wanted very well.
"While both of you will receive the normal rewards for the reclaiming mission, which is already a small fortune that neither of you should underestimate. Additionally, protecting the Elite of Liun is a personal request from my side, as well as the City Lord.
If you help everyone's safe return from the mine, we will double the rewards the two of you will receive!"
By recalling the rewards of the reclaiming mission that had been handed out not too long ago, just before Jason and Jennifer had left for their mission in the morning, he could only nod his head.
Now that he thought about it again, he realized that if both of them were to receive double the amount of rewards for the reclaiming mission, they wouldn't have to go on anymore missions!
As such, with only one more mission Jason would have enough Soa crystals to have secured one of the main ingredients for his True Soul awakening.
This was great, and after giving Jennifer a short glance to figure out what she was thinking about this, he nodded his head, agreeing to the Elder's proposal.
"I'm fine with that, but what if your disciple acts recklessly and charges into the fray of wandering souls, only to be heavily injured or killed?"
Jason wanted to figure out how serious Elder Ben was, and the question he asked was the best to achieve this.
Yet, seeing the Elder's expression that stiffened before turning eerily serious, Jason seemed to understand what the old man was hinting at.
"I have already stated my condition. Even if they make a mistake, you either save them, or there will be no additional reward!"
Nodding his head, Jason indicated that he understood everything and agreed to notarize the additional mission, the demands, and the rewards.
In the end, Elder Ben even added that he would even consider adding an extra reward if he managed to ensure the safety of the young Elite of the other cities as well.
However, Jason was not sure how confident he should be in himself.
Protecting a bunch of impatient youngsters was already a hassle.
As such, he couldn't protect a large number of youngsters who were bound to act recklessly owing to their excitement.
Fortunately, the Elder was already aware of this, and he just added this clause so that Jason wouldn't ignore the other young Elite of the different cities.
This was not what Jason had planned to do, to begin with, but he felt that it was quite nice of the Elder to care about the other cities' Elite.
After all, it was not that anyone would voluntarily pay a higher price for ensuring someone's safety whom they didn't even know personally.
Yet, what Jason figured was that Elder Ben was likely to approach the other cities after the reclaiming mission in order to demand some money for rescuing the kids.
But that was just a fleeting thought and something Jason couldn't be sure of, at all.
Nonetheless, it was not his business, to begin with.
Instead, his business were the youngsters who were already preparing themselves to gather in the Yinar race governed city that was the closest to the Soa crystal mine they wanted to reclaim.
'Traveling to Niarn will take two weeks, and it will take another week until we arrive in front of the mine… that will be enough time to lecture everyone to not act reckless, right?
If required, using a little force to make them understand their weaknesses should be possible to…'
Jason was already thinking of ways to prevent anyone from being dumb.
Unfortunately, this was easier said than done, because the youngsters were simply reckless.
They would probably take his lecture as guidance. Thus, he had to show them how much they had to improve, and what kind of traits they had to pay most attention to while training.
Because of that, Jason thought of a few things, only to tell himself that overwhelming the youngsters might be the best way.
Little did Jason know that would also turn futile and that the young Elite of the cities who were about to gather in Niarn were the most reckless bunch of youths the Yinar race had trained until now.
Elder Ben was fully aware of this, which was also the reason he had approached Jason, to begin with.
If it was possible to protect the young Elite of their race by providing double the rewards of a simple reclaiming mission, the price was insignificant.
Even paying four to five times more than the rewards of the reclaiming mission would be fine in exchange for the survival of their Elite, after all!
However, Jason was oblivious to all of this, including the most important information about the young Elite of the Yinar race.
He would only find it out slowly and learn about things when it would be too late to turn back.