The Demon's Menu-Chapter 1142: The Self-Obsessed Jason

Jason muttered softly, and in his mind, the image of the Divine Dragon occupying the entire sky involuntarily surfaced.

That posture overlooking all things of time.

Those eyes.

That sound of breathing.

Eyes open for day, eyes closed for night.

The cycle of time shifts with each breath.

"What would such a dragon look like?"

Jason muttered to himself again.

Firstly, he truly hadn’t seen the full appearance of the Divine Dragon just now.

Though there was an outline, roughly.

It was very vague.

So vague that it was just the boundary of a ’shape’.

As for the rest?

Don’t even mention facial features; he hadn’t even glimpsed any scales.

Secondly, the skill’s description.

It was the first time that Jason had seen such a vague and unclear introduction.

"Is it due to some kind of restriction?"

"Or has it surpassed some kind of boundary?"

"Or maybe..."

"Both at once?"

Jason pondered.

Right now, he was absolutely itching to find an isolated place to test the transformation brought by [Dragon].

Undoubtedly, [Dragon] would be one of his trump cards.

However, any trump card must be understood in its utility before it can truly act as a trump card.

Otherwise, it would just be a joke.

As for the form and appearance of ’Dragon’?

Jason already had some guesses.

According to past experience, as long as [Dragon]’s level was upgraded.

The rest, he would naturally be able to see clearly.

Almost instinctively, Jason glanced at the upgrade requirements for [Dragon – Battle Runes – Pruse – Griffin – Shadow Forge Body Forging Technique (Peerless)].

Fullness: 500

Excitement of Feast: 100

Jason: !!!

Three enormous exclamation marks appeared in Jason’s mind.

While he had guessed that the [Body Forging Technique], which had gone through four fusions, would reach an incredibly terrifying level when upgraded, he had never imagined it would be to this extent.

Disregarding fullness.

What does 100 points of Excitement of Feast even mean?

Despite his recent streak of good luck, he had only accumulated 15 points of Excitement of Feast.

With such fortune, it happens just once.

To encounter it again?

That’d probably need another lifetime.

"Indeed, compared to my ’talent,’ all these upgrade points and level-up matters are like drifting clouds."

"What I rely on is my talent!"

"As long as I die a few more times and adapt, there’s no need for such complications!"

Jason quietly reassured himself.

His tone was resolute, his gaze steadfast.

This wasn’t self-hypnosis.

It was real!

This was how he had come through his journey!

Therefore, Jason firmly believed that he could achieve it!

Yet, in the next moment, Jason suddenly shuddered, frozen in place—

Fullness: 421

Excitement of Feast: 15

...

Jason wiped his eyes in disbelief.

If he remembered correctly, his fullness just earlier had been 3421 points.

How was it now down to just 421 points?

The 3000 points that were missing?

Were they consumed?

Huff, huff.

Even with Jason’s composure, at this moment, he couldn’t help but breathe heavily.

3000 points of fullness!

Not 30 points.

Not 300 points.

But 3000 points!

For Jason, 3000 points of fullness was undoubtedly a tremendous figure.

More importantly, with fullness plummeting sharply, the sense of insecurity in Jason’s heart was once again climbing swiftly. He glanced around, and although [Kaya Seal] and [Silence Technique] remained intact, untouched, Jason still felt unsafe. He still felt as if someone was watching this place.

It took several seconds for Jason to return to normal.

"Indeed, it’s easy to transition from thrift to extravagance, but hard to go back from extravagance to thrift!"

Jason remarked bitterly with a sigh.

At first, having fewer than three lives made him uneasy.

Then, it became thirty lives.

Then one hundred lives.

Now?

Having fewer than one thousand lives made him restless.

"Do I have paranoia?"

"No, it’s not me!"

"It’s not me who’s wrong but this world!"

"It’s too dangerous!"

"That’s what’s depriving me of my sense of security!"

Jason shook his head, denying that it was his problem.

This wasn’t the first time Jason had done such reasoning.

Facing swordsmanship talent.

Facing the condition of being born human.

These were his persistence, his obsessions.

Now, he added one more—security.

People.

While alive, they always need a bit of conviction.

Otherwise, what’s the difference from being a walking corpse?

"A man like me, with unparalleled swordsmanship talent, having 1000 lives, isn’t that perfectly reasonable?"

Jason took a deep breath, his gaze once again becoming steadfast.

The fullness was depleted, so be it.

He could just hunt again.

With 3000 points of fullness gone, more 3000 points would come.

As for the current dungeon world?

It definitely didn’t lack sources of fullness.

And it could even make the situation more advantageous to him.

Thinking this, he reached into his backpack and pulled out ’Uesugi’s’ business card, picking up the phone next to him to dial—

"Hey, Uesugi?"

"Hmm, it’s me, Jason."

"Is Hui Lijing still with you?"

"I need her to return as soon as possible."

"Alright, I’ll wait for her."

Then, Jason hung up the phone and quietly sat on the sofa waiting.

Of course, Jason wasn’t just waiting idly; he was also thinking.

Thinking about the recent occurrences, wondering if there were coincidences.

Thinking through his plans, looking for flaws.

Time ticked by.

Onodera wiped the sweat off his forehead.

He was a little nervous.

Even though he had joined a new power and gained a new patron, he still felt a bit anxious facing the unknown dangers—even though he knew his new patron wouldn’t let him die this easily.

Because he needed to demonstrate value.

He, along with Ryosuke, were both part of ’Zero Division.’

And both had joined ’Blossom Cherry.’

It was quite evident that their ’positions’ overlapped.