621: Neutral City

Neutral City

A distinct glow in Jason's eyes was proof enough of his interest in the topic of the human race.1

This was something most Manyrs and even other races were not really interested in.

Others would mostly use their eyes to determine the race of those they were seeing, which meant that Jason could be called a Manyrs as long as he retracted his wings and aura.

A stigma was still something everyone could create artificially, but that didn't seem to be the case with Jason at all.

As such, Alf Nas decided to ignore his doubts about the young man as he asked.

"Brat, do you want to come with us? We are going back to Lanro. It is one of the closest cities nearby, just a month's travel away from here!" 

Hearing this, Jason's eyes widened as he blurted out.

"One month? So long…but why were the Devir, Aeus, and Manyrs under their banner fighting so far away from the city then….?!"

He didn't even think while saying everything that was on his mind, knowing that there was nothing special he exposed.

Deep in thought, he didn't even realize that one of the other young men had answered his doubt.

"We are currently in a warzone between the Devir and Aeus territory.

Most Manyrs reside in this territory, which is the major reason for the Aeus and Devir to invade it.

In the end, they're fighting each other because they want to claim the territory to gain more benefits over the other!

As you might have seen, the Aeus and Devir are… not exactly on good terms, so there are quite a few difficulties, and even more so because we, Manyrs, have the suitable cultivation veins for becoming a follower of Devir and Aeus alike…

Maybe, you can already figure out the biggest problem here."

The young man, who had been the quietest before, had just given him a lengthy explanation, which caused Jason to smile oddly, only to carefully think about his words.

'If the Aeus and Devir want to reap more benefits for themselves, they're probably targeting the Manyrs with their respective awoken cultivation vein of the Spiral or Pryr path.

That should also mean that the Aeus would have to decimate those that awaken the Pryr cultivation path, preventing them from turning against them, while the Devir is probably doing the same, only the other way around…

But, would they be cruel enough to really do that?'

Jason was confused because he doubted that his assumption made sense, but looking at the Manyrs, their frustrated expression clearly showed that they were not fully supportive of what the two races were doing.

'Doesn't that also mean that the Manyrs are much weaker than the Aeus and Devir?!'

He felt as if everything was becoming more troublesome than he had expected, and his earlier relief dispersed.

At that moment, his eyes fell on Nan who appeared nervous. She forced a smile on her face as she remarked,

"If you ever come across the name Karna, or Earth, you might be able to figure out more about the ancestry of the main human race!"

She interrupted everyone's train of thoughts, and Jason just smiled lightly, nodding his head before changing the topic once again.

"I will remember that. Nas, I will gladly travel with you, but I hope that this won't create any problems for you or the others.

If I interpreted the faint holy hue earlier correctly, you guys are following the Aeus, and my aura might attract envy."

There was no need to make trouble for others, even less for Alf Nas and his students who were much nicer than he could have thought.

As such, he wanted to ask for a rough direction to find his way to Lanro, otherwise, he might waste time wandering while searching for the city.

However, contrary to Jason's expectations, Alf Nas shook his head as he explained,

"The situation between the Aeus and Devir is quite complex, but to put it simply, Lanro is a neutral city neither we nor the Devir and the Aeus are in control of. 

The Devir and Aeus are not fighting against each other because the city lord of Lanro is someone, they cannot dare offend.

Because of that, they only recruit Manyrs that accept them voluntarily by promising the most prodigious talents in exchange for more resources. 

That is also why we accepted the Aeus race as our leader, otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to get our hands on the first volume of the Shanira aura, which is probably the hue you were talking about."

Jason found everything extremely interesting, only to hear envy in Alf Nas's voice as he continued,

"You are quite lucky because there are not many existences the Devir and Aeus are not supposed to kill, and the City lord, and her disciple are two of them.

Maybe you will even attract their interest because of your aura, cultivation talent, or maybe only because of your appearance and eyes!" 

Not sure what exactly Nas meant, Jason wondered who the City lord and disciple, who he was talking about, were.

'Could it be the young female halfling?..Probably not, right? The Aeus and Devir would probably try to exterminate every possible threat before it could become too dangerous, and that girl had three awakened cultivation veins…'

Shaking his head, Jason realised that it shouldn't matter too much to him whether the young woman was persecuted, or whatever would happen to her.

As such, taking a deep breath he chose to travel with the others.

There were many things Jason wanted to figure out, and amongst the most important was the relationship between the Devir and Aeus race, in addition to the exact situation in which the human race on Manyr was.

He didn't bother whether they called themselves Manyrs or humans because it was essentially the same.

More important was knowing whether he would have problems in Lanro or not, owing to the fact that he had a stigma, a unique aura, and a mana core, which was by far the thing that could create the most issues.

Cultivating in the path of Maest while having a high mana aptitude meant that he should be interesting to both Aeus and Devir.

There were so many ways it could go wrong that even the slightest mistake would land him in hot water, attracting the wrath of either race.

In addition to them, there were the Manyrs and the unknown City lord, who seemed to be a female, and her disciple whose gender was unknown for now.

On one hand, he was relieved to know that Lanro was a neutral city, but that was also what made Jason believe that his own situation could become quite tricky.

Nevertheless, he smiled, ignoring his worries as he decided to cultivate throughout the month they would travel!

'Even if I cannot reach the Prismar stage, I can at least increase my combat experience, combat prowess, knowledge, and cultivation stage by traveling with the others.'

Jason hoped that the others would spar with him from time to time because it would allow him to increase his knowledge about the Spiral path while honing his skills.

With that in mind, Jason and the others talked about all kinds of things in order to get to know each other as their short journey towards Lanro began.

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