Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 609

Chapter 609: Toppled [Bonus]

Sylas no longer found the pressure to be an issue. The closer they got, the more refined his fusion of Will and Aether became until they meshed as though they were just a single existence. He had a feeling that the previous limits on his telekinesis, though still there in part, would most definitely be lessened by a good margin.

A part of him even wanted to see what sort of effect it might have if he used the Gluttony Seed right this moment. However, he chose not to bring it out.

He was already forced to slow his speed down in order to remain behind Lauren and her group, and he also didn't know how much someone at Lauren's level could sense from him. If it wasn't necessary, he would keep his Gluttony Seed hidden for now.

If he was correct, Lauren was a person who had also had her fair share of experiences off of Earth. In that case, her eyes were much sharper than those that Sylas had come across until

now.

Unfortunately, these weren't the only problems that Sylas had to contend with.

He turned his attention to Jake.

By now, his parents had seemed to have recovered a bit, but Jake himself was struggling. The boy had quite some tenacity, holding on with grit. But it was also clear that he might collapse at any moment.

And while Cole and his wife seemed to be doing somewhat better, that was only relatively speaking. Cole's wife seemed to be performing better than he was, but Cole himself didn't seem to have improved very much.

'Interesting... in that case, their Twin Moon Healer Class works a bit differently than I thought. I can see why he would want to hide that from me as well. But regardless, it isn't a big deal.'

Sylas wasn't a fool. He didn't expect Cole to outright trust him with everything. The status screen move was clever, but only someone incompetent would think that that meant he had a grasp of all of Cole's cards.

His wife might be precisely the reason Cole dared to do such a thing. And if their Class worked like Sylas thought it did, he might even have some clever cards up his sleeve.

However, regardless of what they were thinking, their weakness was obvious and still on the tail end of puberty.

Unless Jake was an actor so great he could fool even Sylas' eyes, nothing about this situation would change.

'It doesn't matter.'

Be strong...

Those were the only words that mattered in the end.

Jake suddenly coughed and swayed.

"Jake!" his mother called out to him, trying to get him to stay focused, but she had already done this several times by now. Eventually, it would just fall on deaf ears.

Sylas gave Alex a look and the latter understood.

The two had been working together seamlessly all the while. The only reason Alex could use Skills in the first place was because Sylas' Aetherflow had taken control of the region and allowed him to.

Tendrils of darkness caught Jake before he fell off of his platform, tying him down.