189 Gift?!

Only a few minutes later, Jason found himself standing in front of the familiar lake within the lush forest when space in front of him twisted. 

Before he could activate the covered rune in order to notify Shane about his arrival, he was sucked in through the manifesting spatial portal.

Artemis looked at him and dove straight into the portal in order to follow her master.

Looking at Shane and Dalia in confusion, Jason immediately noticed that something was off.

"What's wrong?" was the only thing he could ask, because there was not a single clue on his masters´ faces, telling him anything at all which was uncommon.

Only one particular thing would've created such a weird atmosphere.

`Are they already aware of my decision?` Jason dreaded in his mind when Dalia gave him a knowing look and asked,

"Nothing special, but maybe you want to tell us something? Like something about the four-star rift and a leave of absence?"