They stay all through the night discussing the ruin that is about to open, and before they know it, it is already dawn, and they have to make their way towards the little town where they would have to go into hiding until the day of the selection.
During the time they spend hiding from the Wallace family, Jason has fully absorbed the fat man's soul and is almost done absorbing the soul Drago gave him. With the absorption of the two souls, Jason's soul has grown a little stronger and he was already at the second stage of the nascent soul realm.