Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 370

370 Decision

Sylas' gaze flashed with a determined light. It was the same reason he was taking the risk of remaining a Level 0, the same reason he put himself in dangerous situation after dangerous situation, the same reason he was about to make the choice he was now…

Immediate power sounded nice, but he knew that rising to the top of Earth was merely a start, merely the beginning.

No one had ever told him, but he didn't need to be a rocket scientist to figure it out. And ironically, he just might be one of the few people on Earth smart enough to be exactly that.

Earth was only a Grade 10 Bronze world. That meant that there were other much higher order worlds out there. Just like he was born with an unranked Blade Aura Gene, there might be others out there who had complete Silver Genes from birth, maybe there were even some with complete Legendary Genes from birth… babies that had stats in the quadruple digits before they were even potty trained.

Sylas wasn't naive. The dangers he faced now were just small fry compared to what he was sure he would have to face in the future. And if he wasn't even content with being a Grimblade subordinate now, how could he be willing to be under a much bigger thumb in the future?

What would decide how far he went would be the choices he made right here and right now.

He had no assurance that he would be able to remain Level 0 until he unlocked Legendary Genes. However, he had to ensure that he did everything he could to maximize his foundation now so that in the future, when he inevitably had to compromise on something, it wouldn't be as big of a hit.

A green fire blazed in Sylas' eyes as he calmed.

He began to observe the strongest of the Runes around himself and began to make distinctions between them. Eventually, he had divided them into eight.

These eight Runes were neither stronger nor weaker than one another, but they were all incomplete in one way or another. In addition, they were all around 50 or so Foundations in size.

Sylas gave them all colloquial names like he had done in the past. He named them as follows: Slow, Freeze, Decay, Life, Order, Balance, Disorder, Divine.

The Slow Rune seemed to constrict everything in its surroundings. It wasn't as simple as seeping into one's muscles and making an opponent slow, but it slowed down even the Aether in the air, even freezing over Runes themselves.

One could imagine that at an extreme, this Slow Rune might be able to delay or even disrupt even Skills, or Gene Talents.

Freeze seemed similar to Slow in that they acted very much the same. In fact, so did Decay and Disorder. The differences between them all was exceptionally subtle, and they wouldn't become more obvious until Sylas began to progress them down their paths.

Still, Freeze was also able to attack the Aether and Runes in the air, but it didn't make them languid. Instead, it separated them, making them seem a world away and locked in a separate space.

By comparison, Decay and Disorder assaulted Rune and Aether in the same way, but rather than just disrupting them, they began to damage them. Sylas wouldn't even be surprised if part of what happened to Earth's Runes were related to other Runes much like these ones.