46 Unintentional Domination
His parcel arrived and Jason sprinted to the door where he saw the drone with his packets attached below.
After showing his ID and signing on the delivery receipt, he took the heavy parcel inside and opened it expectantly.
It didn't take long for Jason to completely change his attire. He quickly wore his black leather garment which adjusted itself perfectly to his small build, while the small black automatic knife holder box was docked at the lower back.
It was operated by mana, but the amount needed was so marginal that Jason could easily fill it.
A faint rattling noise could be heard as he inserted 50 knives, before one knife after another vanished inside the small box.
The knives filled the knife holder, as the handles could be seen sticking out on each side.
Jason also got some black dagger sheaths and he was happy with his purchases.
His new daggers were gleaming with a jade green color and one was slightly curved while the other one was straight.
The curved one was 28 centimeters in length while the straight one was 30 centimeters long.
After admiring his new toys for a long time, his shuttle arrived and he went down not forgetting to store everything away.
The shuttle would bring him to the plain one-star wild zone and Jason was already eager to know how his future battles would take place with his new weapons.
He was wearing all black while the green color of his daggers drew some attention to them. However, his golden eyes were the center of attraction and he pondered if he should buy contact lenses for the future.
While inside the shuttle, Jason had already raised a request to camp close to the plains wild zone again which was approved immediately. Afterward, Jason began playing around with a throwing knife in his hand.
He had seen many martial arts videos since he had regained his eyesight and apparently it was good to improve one's hand's mobility and flexibility while doing some tricks with a knife.
Jason was quite clumsy and cut himself a few times but he could avoid more serious injuries as he simultaneously practiced his control over mana by forming a small membrane over his hand.
It was almost lunchtime when Jason arrived at his camping place, and he set up his tent before practicing the Heaven's Hell technique.
He had a quick lunch and stood up to enter the one-star wild zone.
Jason wanted to practice his knife throwing, but before that, he had to do something else
Jason was still agitated about him crying in front of Greg's mother and he had to find a different way of providing an outlet to his emotions.
Artemis was, as usual, circling above him and notified him about large beast groups.
A certain large pack of two-star wild fanged coyotes drew his attention and he thought that he might even be able to learn knife throwing while settling his agitation.
This thought might seem cruel, but this world was not for the faint-hearted as every individual aspired to get stronger.
And Jason had no other choice but to get stronger to survive in this world. Even the cities that were supposedly 'safe' were not what they seemed to be as his mother had been unjustly killed and the killer was still on the loose.
Jason wasn't sure if he wanted revenge or justice, by punishing the mysterious heir but he knew that neither was currently possible. He was determined to get stronger to force the government to punish the culprit responsible for his mothers' homicide.
If nothing worked, Jason would just do it by himself... the government could f**k off in this case.
While he thought about his mother, he retrieved two knives from the box and injected a marginal amount of mana in them so that they wouldn't be deviated from their trajectory due to stronger currents of wind.
One would normally not handle knife throwing like him and adjust the angle so that the knife would utilise the wind in their favor to hit the target with the same amount of force. But, Jason used his mana to brute force his way through the slight gust of winds, even if it was only a small amount of mana.
There were around 12 fanged coyotes charging at him, but when they noticed Jason's enraged golden eyes flickering coldly, the fury glimmering in their eyes was instantly replaced by fear. They changed their course midway and tried to run away, only to notice that the predator behind them was hot on their heels, following with fast strides.
One coyote after another was attacked by flying knives, even if only half of them hit their target while even less hit the beast's vital spots.
Jason continued running after them, and five minutes later, the blades of all the knives that had been thrown had tasted blood. His knives were slick with blood as red splattered the ground before he calmed down.
It might look cruel but Jason's mind visibly relaxed after he had killed these 12 fanged coyotes.
As every knife was injected with a marginal amount of mana, he could trace all of them.
After 15 minutes, all knives and corpses were picked up and Jason used another five minutes to clean the knives properly ensuring every fleck smear of blood was removed from the shiny blades.
He placed all of them back in the box as Jason got ready to continue his training. He wasn't agitated anymore and could concentrate much better.
Scanning each and every beast for their potential, Jason couldn't find a single wild beast with potential. He understood yet again, that wild beasts had the worst of the worst potential.
But, hands down, his eyes were definitely superior and exceptional as they were the sole reason he had found Artemis. Though, he was still unsure of her true potential as he couldn't really figure out her color.
It seemed blurry and was comparable to the color he saw radiating from humans...some kind of translucent color was it, but Jason wasn't sure.
Hours passed and Jason was getting more and more proficient with throwing knives and after a few hundred throws, his accuracy improved to a large extent.
He didn't even need to inject mana into them anymore as he could faintly sense how the winds would adjust to the knives during their flight.
Jason was also getting more proficient in wielding two daggers at a time, and his fights against most wild beasts wrapped up without him having an adrenaline rush.
He wasn't fighting any five-star wild beast groups as he was still not completely confident in defeating them, but with his good equipment, even four-star wild beast groups weren't much of a difference compared to three-star wild beasts.
Jason employed a small tactic to throw a few knives to injure his opponents before overwhelming them with his speed and dual-wielding.
It was a rather crude plan but it worked fine nonetheless.
Facing five-star wild beasts wasn't as scary as before with his good equipment. He would throw knives at them to inflict injuries which would only worsen during the battle while retreating to stall more time.
Jason was almost toying with these beasts and even five-star wild beasts like the greater horned wolf with their superior speed were no match against him. Every once in a while, he threw knives while backing off and Artemis continued to distract his prey as they ran after him.
Once he injured a beast, it would only increase his advantage if it moved around without caring about the injury it sustained, as the blade would only sink deeper in the flesh with every move.
Because of the low intelligence of most wild beasts that was probably even lower than that of children in kindergarten, Jason had a great time practicing.
It was relatively relaxing even for Jason who was merely at the 4th Novice rank.
In normal cases, it was believed that beasts at the same rank and level as a human were stronger because the increase in mana and physique was more likely for beasts.
And normally, Jason should only be able to defeat a two-star wild beast according to his mana core rank.
Including the amplification received from Artemis, he would be able to fight against a three-star wild beast.
Considering the fact that the gap between two consecutive levels or stars wasn't that much at the novice and wild beasts rank, it wouldn't be impossible for him to defeat a wild beast at four stars.
But, Jason could massacre through the groups of beasts as if it was a cakewalk, because he also had a weapon advantage, and his keen observance made it almost impossible not to evade beast attacks.
Adding his increasing combat experience, it seemed as if he could reign over the one-star wild zone without further ado.
A beast had to be extraordinarily fast to hit him as Jason's eyes could foretell attacks to a certain extent.
One could say that Jason had mastered lightning-fast reflexes and his improvement while wielding all kinds of weapons was terrifying. He could notice the flaws even during his battle and after each fight, he would inspect his flaws and fix them during the next fight.
If that was impossible, Jason would try solving the issue after entering the dome where he had enough time to slowly fix his mistakes with an iron will.
