Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 470

Chapter 470: By Me

Sylas took a moment to recalibrate himself. The beasts around him were still in a slight state of confusion, many not having completely woken up from the suggestion of the Clypsians.

His breathing slowly settled down and he stopped his thoughts from racing.

Trying to control every variable when he wasn't even aware of how many there were to begin with was foolish. He wanted to be the King of the chess board when he didn't even know how many pawns there were, or if he was a pawn himself.

As much as it seemed like things going awry weren't his fault, Sylas didn't believe it. In fact, even if every variable was out of his control, he would still self-reflect like this.

All of this started only because he chose to try to press the issue and deal with Orciulius City as quickly as possible. However, he should have known that opening up such a gate would lead to trouble. Now, he was facing off against a high-ranked General with the backing of a government, and the variable he had hoped to rely on to turn the tides had just vanished.

He should have waited for a better opportunity, or maybe he could have set up a Planar Convergence Gate somewhere else so he could check the situation on the other side first before making a decision.

The reason he didn't was because he was too greedy. He knew that he would need to use at least two of his three attempts to set one up in the middle of the city. If he also used one to check the situation on the other side, he would be all out of attempts.

But in a world like this one, could he afford to save up his trump cards like this? Now, because he had entered this situation blind, he was stuck.

Should he return to the city, take control, and then hope for a points victory? Should he turn back and try to kill his way to General Song and at least save the Basilisk King should he fail?

Not even an hour had passed through the ten-day limit, but for some reason, he felt like he had hit a dead end.

Sylas closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.

<Maddened Enlightenment> circulated and his mind reached an unprecedented state of focus.

This was the line he was looking for.

When it came to his body, he always chose to save or bet on future potential. He chose the Dual Class Constitution over having an immediate Legendary Path Class; he chose Gene Crystals when he could have had a boost to his Gene State; he chose an upgradeable Title when he could have gotten an immediate one...

Every step of the way, he was biding his time for the future, knowing that unless he could reach a Level where even the Clypsians and Dogons were like ants before him, then he would just end up in the same exact situation as they had...

A loser who was under the control of another.

However, this time, he had gone too far.