Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 614

Chapter 614: Boiling Blood

Sylas looked up at the long, winding staircase, feeling somewhat confused on the inside. As far as he could see, there was no pressure on him, at least not like there had been on the path to make it here.

So where would the danger come from?

"Let's go," Sylas said coldly, taking a step.

"Wait!" Lara seemed to have snapped. Her tears from the incident still hadn't dried, and though her husband tried to hold her back, she couldn't control her emotions any longer. "Don't try and stop me, Cole! If we're going to die at his hands, we might as well die now!" Cole was taken aback by his wife's sudden snap. He had known her for over twenty years, and the instances of her losing her temper could be counted on a single hand for him.

He wanted to tell her that it wasn't worth it, that they just had to endure, but the words seemed constrained in his throat by a mysterious power. And this power certainly wasn't coming from Sylas... it was his own dissatisfaction.

Sylas looked back at that moment, and Lara felt as though her furious tempest of rage was stifled all at once.

There was an overbearing presence coming from Sylas, and it was only now that they seemed to realize that the Will they couldn't even stand beneath was one that Sylas had taken on for the sake of all five of them at once.

If they couldn't withstand that Will, how were they going to withstand Sylas'?

Lara grit her teeth, her anger bubbling in her chest with nowhere to go, but she was having a very hard time even finding the words to speak right now.

"Don't delay me," Sylas said coldly.

With a step, Sylas began the trek up the mountain. Quickly, he was already in a run.

Alex followed after him and the family could only shudder as they realized they really had no choice in the matter.

"Mom... come on," Jake said weakly. "It's not what you think."

Jake's body still felt weak, but he grit his teeth, standing to his feet and pulling his mother into a run as well.

Cole took a breath, looking at his son's back. _{ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com}

As Sylas had speculated, Cole's Will was actually beyond that of his wife's. The only reason she had withstood the pressure better than he had was because he gave her the lion's share of their Will so that she could hold up.

As such... he was far more in tune with the changes to his son as well.

Maybe... Sylas had a purpose for what he did. Cole could make up the deficits of his wife, but he couldn't share stats with his son. If Jake remained too weak, then if not now, their son

would just end up dying the next time they ran into such a challenge.

But like this, Jake had more capital to protect himself.

Plus, his wife was too hysterical to see the subtleties, but after Lauren stopped Sylas the first time, the situation seemed hopeless already. Even if another person had had Sylas' plan in mind, the moment a hiccup like that happened, it would have been natural for them to

abandon Jake and cut their losses at that point...

But Sylas hadn't.