Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1157

Chapter 1157: Kill Me Now!

Cassarae still didn’t understand what was going on, but the moment she raised her sword to do as Sylas asked, trusting him implicitly, she felt the change in her gut.

Suddenly, she wasn’t standing on Planet Florineth, nor was she beside Sylas. She had forgotten everything but herself and her blade, the arc of its tip moving all on its own as though she was being guided by a law beyond herself.

And then, her mind was consumed by the thought that triggered all of this… the desire to control her fate with nothing more than her sword alone, to sever the skies that stood before her if need be.

Who was to decide her path but herself? Any woman that tried to steal her man deserved to have her head lopped off her neck.

Everything else felt so profound, but this final line, this final thought, was the true driving force that was pulled out from the depths of Cassarae’s gut.

But that was the Executioner’s power. It was inherently selfish, inherently greedy, inherently marinated and steeped in the densest sort of carnal pursuit of evolution.

It was what the All-Seeing Eye wanted most: progression at no matter the cost, no matter the sacrifice, no matter the morality.

That was what it wanted to see the most.

And yet, it was also what made its hatred of the Sin Seeds so peculiar. Weren’t the Sin Seeds exactly that…? So why was it that it seemed to want to eradicate Sylas because of their existence?

Unfortunately, Sylas was only barely on the fringe of what was going on. Caught between the two streams, he was like a leaf being buffeted by the winds, holding his Enlightened Will to a firm standard that stood far beyond what his minor frame, in comparison to all the things around him, could possibly match up to.

However, he knew enough to understand what was happening.

It was no wonder the system was so furious. Before it arrived here, Cassarae had been moments away from setting the Legendary Leg of her Quest as its destruction.

If the All-Seeing Eye hadn’t appeared in time, taking on the task in its stead, Sylas would have lost Cassarae forever.

There was simply no amount of intelligence, no amount of quick progression, no amount of Luck that would have allowed for Sylas to grow strong enough to help Cassarae eradicate the Crimson Eye before what was ultimately their less than two years remaining was up.

Once that time was finished, he would just have to stand there and watch the woman he loved die at the hands of her own Destiny Quest.

Maybe.

A thought flickered in Sylas’ eyes. Was it possible for him to use Taboo Bond to transfer a Quest like that? If not, the Gluttony Seed certainly had this capability. What if he used both of them together in some sort of esoteric way? Could he manage a method?

Sylas clenched his fists.