Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1074

Sylas' stance changed as he felt that he had observed what was happening for long enough.

While Nosphaleen and her father were talking, he was observing more than just their words—he was also paying attention to the Wills of everyone else as well.

The oddity of this dungeon was that it was impossible to see anything, but if you had a strong enough Will, you could use it as a replacement for your senses. The beauty of it was that this was a great place to train your Will, and these few Clypsians were probably better than any single expert Sylas had ever met in this regard.

But by the same token, there was a great weakness to this method as well, and that was the fact that these Clypsians had long since forgotten how to hide their emotions and their inner thoughts.

The trouble with using Will like this was that it made one highly susceptible to being traced, analyzed, and even manipulated by the right person. It was as though they were baring their souls to the world and expecting no one to take advantage.

While it was just them and fellow Clypsians here, that much was fine. But there was a third party here in Sylas, and he had other plans.

Of course, Sylas didn't target any of them directly, although he very well could have. He hadn't forgotten that he had the Grimblade's Blade Aura on him. His ability to directly influence, sever, or even damage and take Wills for himself was quite exceptional.

But that wasn't his goal here.

His main target had been all about understanding the dynamics of the Clypsians, and he had grasped several things.

First, the Clypsians were exceptionally close-knit. Only Nosphaleen's father was reacting right now, but all of them expressed the warmest of feelings when Nosphaleen revealed herself, as though she was their own daughter as well.

Some of them here must have been punished in similar ways, losing their own children, but they didn't show any jealousy or things of the sort.

Second, they all seemed to defer to Nosphaleen's father.

This first tidbit was good enough to allow Sylas to do what he wanted to do, but this one made it almost assured that he would have his way.

Not only was Nosphaleen someone they all cared about, but her bloodline seemed to take precedent amongst the Clypsians.

This was a fine conclusion to draw with such a small sample size as well, because anyone whom the Sylphs felt was important enough to dungeon rather than just outright kill was assured to be among the best the Clypsians had, and yet they still deferred to Nosphaleen's father.

The question now was… what was Sylas planning to do with this information?

"Nosphaleen," Sylas said lightly.

There was a little hesitation in the young Clypsian's eyes, but she returned to Sylas' side nonetheless.

"Master, I…"

"Don't worry about it. I won't harm your family."

Nosphaleen's eyes seemed to light up, a beautiful smile spreading across her face.