Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 443

Chapter 443: They Died?

Lucius stood slowly and began to pace.

"So what is your plan?" Lucius asked.

"You seem to be trusting me a lot more than usual," Nathan said with a chuckle. "I'm

probably even more dangerous than Sylas in your eyes, no? Why else would you keep me so close?"

Lucius gave Nathan a glance but didn't reply.

"If you want to deal with someone like this, you can't do it directly. And you also need to really weigh whether or not you want to do such a thing. He is too smart for you to get away with it if it ends in failure, so you need to be ready for the fallout.

"In addition, you need to decide if it's not really better to just be friends despite what risks might come with that."

Lucius stared off into the distance.

Friends with Sylas?

If Sylas had no ambitions at all, that would have been possible... but every aspect of him was completely antithetical to that.

The fact he entered the Trial at all was enough of a red flag. But somehow he had managed to defeat a Quasi Bronze beast against all odds, become a Noble, and disappeared off the face of the planet only to return with Merits Lucius couldn't even fathom.

Someone like Sylas would certainly take control of the Grimblades if he was given the opportunity, and what made all of this worse was that he had the pedigree to do so.

Although some would be dissatisfied with the fact his grandfather had married someone who wasn't approved, with Sylas' current performance, he had already begun to hear murmurings.

They were minor, and definitely in the minority, but they were there.

However, the only reason they weren't louder was because Sylas was obviously too independent as well. No one wanted to put all their cards into such a basket. But...

Sylas' actions also had a direct impact on him. Because it was clear he couldn't control him, his status in the eyes of the ancestors was only plummeting by the day.

Astrid had already started with a lead and she was only leaving the two of them further and further behind.

"That's impossible," Lucius eventually said.

If he couldn't lead the Grimblades.

Then he would rather die.

His fate would be in his own hands and no one else's. _{ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com}

"Well... alright," Nathan said.

"What do you have in mind?"

"When you're dealing with variables, the best counter is something even more variable." "You want to throw numbers at him?"

"Numbers won't work. He's just one person, and with his power, escaping an encirclement only takes one slip-up. If there's not the requisite power, it's all useless."

"Then the System City."

"You're going to have to give up something to gain something. This won't come without a cost," Nathan replied without directly refuting.

"... The Multi Quest."