Guardian Of The End

'So it does work on locations as well.' Jason thought while sitting in the carriage again.

He stretched his body once before deciding that being in the driver's seat was a bit dangerous while they were traveling inside the forest.

Though Jason had faith in Issac that he would protect him, he didn't want to be a part of any other mishap.

[ If any bandit decides to try to loot us, I will feel sorry for them. ] The system commented.

'Well, at least I know that I will get to see my grandparents in action again. I will ask grandpa to use his lightning element while fighting so that I can take some pointers.' He replied while staring out of the window in his room.

Little to no sunlight was passing inside the forest but since night was approaching, Jason couldn't exactly tell whether it was due to the low sunlight or due to the thick canopy overhead.

'Good thing my bloodline allows me to see in the dark.'

Jason had never really understood how his ability worked but one thing he was thankful for was the option to toggle his ability on and off.

Otherwise he would have faced many difficulties in trying to sleep.

Hours slowly passed by as full night appeared around the forest. Ray had switched positions with Issac as he continued to drive them through the cover of the night.

Jason, who was trying to sleep, groaned. 'I guess I am not having any sleep tonight.'

A flock of birds who were suddenly active at night were screeching right outside the carriage.

Jason couldn't fully blame the birds for his inability to sleep. His churning stomach wasn't helping him anyways.

[ Maybe try licking a lemon for that? ] The system suggested gently as Jason sat up with a low groan.

He then stood up, slightly shaking due to the shaking of the carriage. He activated his night vision as the interior of the carriage suddenly became clear to him.

However, his vision was fifty percent as good as it was in daylight. His surroundings were also barely lit as though someone had turned on an old style CFC bulb.

'Well, not like I have to fight someone.' Jason thought as he started making his way to the kitchen.

But no sooner had he taken a few steps that the carriage jerked to a halt.

Jason barely managed to prevent him from falling by using his lightning mana to stabilize himself.

"Ugh…" Jason clutched his stomach while looking out of the window in the room.

The carriage had basically stopped in the middle of nowhere which seemed to confuse Jason.

He quietly made his way to the living room to investigate and instead found Risa standing near the door of the carriage.

Jason took a quick scan of the other bedroom to see Nora sleeping soundly while Zara and Ray were missing. But what irked him most was the fact how Nora was soundly sleeping.

'How can he be asleep in such a situation? I thought demi-humans were supposed to have better senses…'

[ He is a demi-demi-human so maybe it had the opposite effect on him. ] The system suggested, feeling a bit weird while saying that name.

Jason agreed with the system too as he made his way to the carriage entrance.

"Why did we stop?" Jason questioned aloud as he now stood right beside Risa.

She seemed surprised to suddenly find Jason standing right beside her. This was due to the fact that the interior of the carriage was pitch black.

Though Risa wasn't completely blind like a bat in daylight, she could only see clearly by using her light element inside the carriage.

"I guess your bloodline really comes in clutch during the night." Risa muttered before tapping the door. "Something is wrong with the carriage wheels. Ray and Issac are out there trying to fix it while Zara is keeping guard."

"I see…" Jason replied as he opened his MJC menu. From there, he went and accessed the skills and chose a particular one.

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< Night's Blessings (Passive) >

- During night time, all of your status will become twice their original amount.

- Does not apply on HP.

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'If this applies to everything, does that mean my senses also double?' Jason questioned curiously.

[ Well, I have no idea. Maybe you can try focusing on one of your senses? ] The system suggested. [ Also, how the hell did you forget that this skill has been applied for quite some time? ]

'I don't really do anything at night system.' Jason reminded before closing his eyes.

He then focused on his hearing as he heard his heartbeat echoing through his ears.

Jason focused more on his surroundings and after some time, he was able to hear Risa's heart beat clearly.

'Its quite taxing but I can definitely do it. Combined with my natural hearing and eyesight, I can use this skill to its full potential.' Jason replied before reading the description of the skill again.

'Wait, shouldn't this be possible automatically?'

[ If it was active all the time, how hard would it be for you to continue doing everything normally? ] The system asked, shutting Jason up.

He instead focused his attention onto his eyes and concentrated for a few seconds. His vision suddenly exploded as the entire carriage went white.

'What was that?!' Jason shut his eyes immediately yet his vision still had a few white spots.

He turned his natural ability off and lost the focus of the skill as his eyesight slowly returned to normal. He had to blink a few times to clear his vision before he could turn his ability on again.

[ I don't think that was twice the amount of what you could see… That was something else. ] The system said uneasily as a system panel suddenly opened in front of Jason.

< A new skill has been created. >

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< Vision Control >

Passive skill(Can be turned on and off)

- With the use of mana, you can control your vision freely.

Note: Using this skill may result in temporary blindness, bright flashes, white or black spots in your vision, bad normal vision or can even lead to permanent blindness. Use with caution.

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"Now that is an overpowered and extremely dangerous skill…" Jason was awestruck after reading the details of the skill.

Vision control could potentially grant him the ability to see almost anything that others couldn't see yet he would be put in danger as well.

'The potential of this skill is unlimited…' Jason thought again before looking at Risa.

She hadn't noticed the sudden outburst he had and Jason was thankful for the cover of the darkness.

"Does changing a wheel take that long?" He finally asked a few minutes later.

According to the system, more than twenty minutes had passed by in such a way.

"I don't think they are just changing the wheels. The chances of a new carriage's wheels breaking down this soon are quite less." She replied.

Jason immediately realized what she was hinting at. "Someone deliberately made sure that our carriage will break down. Could it be bandits?"

"It could be bandits," Risa agreed. "The only was of knowing it for sure is to check outside. Stick close to me."

Risa then opened the door of the carriage and stepped out, Jason following her closely.

The outside of the carriage was surrounded by a thick mist of sorts that had spread across the entire place.

The mist was so thick that Jason could barely see a few feet in front of him. He got a bit closer to Risa who seemed to be struggling with the same thing.

Jason debated whether to use his vision control to see through the mist but soon shut the idea down. Going blind during a situation like this wasn't a good idea.

"Uyaaa!" Suddenly, a crying sound pierced through the cover of the mist and entered the duo's ears.

Jason and Risa both looked around with guarded expressions, ready to attack at a moment's notice.

"UYAAA!" The cry came louder this time and sounded as though it belonged to a little girl.

Jason took a quick glance at the surroundings and didn't find Issac, Ray or Zara anywhere near the carriage.

Could they've succumbed to some bandits or was something else going on?

The mist around the forest started swirling as it revealed a path to the two of them.

Risa and Jason were no fools to walk on the path as they thought it was meant for them.

However, they were wrong as the silhouette of a child around Jason's age was made visible. The child seemed to be walking in their direction while wailing loudly.

The fog seemed to part in front of the child as it got closer to the duo.

"Jason be prepared to attack, dodge or bring out lolipops as soon as we can see the girl." Risa suddenly said as she lifted her right hand in the girl's direction. "After all, its not daily that we find little girls stranded in the middle of a forest."