Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 657

Cairith had become a land of ice and snow… or so it seemed. If one looked closely, the ice wasn’t actually ice at all, but rather a beautiful, reflective glass.

The once bustling city seemed more empty than not now, buildings had collapsed, and a grey hue hung from the skies.

At the center of the city, Sylas could see a complex structure of crystals that seemed like a pyramid formed out of slanted pillars of glass. It looked like it had come right out of a comic book.

’This feeling… the glass monkey?’

Sylas’ gaze flashed as he felt that he understood what was happening here. He had just made the assumption that the Glass Monkey would be killed by the Africor Continent’s experts eventually. He didn’t think that they would somehow allow their capital to be overrun like this by a single beast.

What could have possibly happened?

Even if the three monarchs were occupied by the Dungeon, and they took along with them four elites, would a nation as a whole really only have 15 powerful existences?

Even if they had taken all of the elites with them and there were really none left, just by virtue of their sheer numbers they should be able to crush a beast that Sylas had easily defeated without even much help from Alex.

All of that pointed to the fact this couldn’t possibly be a simple matter.

Sylas found his heartbeat speeding up.

’What an odd feeling…’

It was like something was drawing him to that scene in the distance, as though his Luck had changed from just passively interacting with the world around him, to feeling it was more real.

’Ithkuil…’

Sylas realized that this was the first time he had interacted with the real world after he began to think in Ithkuil.

When he first started, he noted that his visualization was far brighter and grander than before. And his visualization, as far as he was aware, was an off-shoot of his Luck.

Maybe the two worked off of one another like this, and now the Sixth Sense of his Luck was far greater.

’In that case…’

Sylas shot forward, pressing a foot against the side of the pyramid and plummeting down its side. He raced down its body with a smooth effortlessness until he suddenly caught air.

<Surfing Frost> activated and a path of curving ice appeared beneath his feet.

’It’s so easy…’

It felt like the cost of his Skill had halved again, and that wasn’t just because the Ice Aether concentration in the air was so high. It was something deeper than that.

He was being embraced by Earth in a way he couldn’t quite put into words.

Sylas got closer to the pyramid of ice swiftly, crossing over the remains of the city until he felt like he could practically reach out and touch it…

But that feeling was nothing more than an illusion. The structure was so much larger than he could have ever imagined that it was almost unsettling.

Sylas’ eyes narrowed as he felt the gravity of the situation. And then, his Will picked up on something.

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[Glass Monkey (Bronze)]

[Level: 41]

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Sylas had yet to lay eyes on the creature, but he could feel its power.

’Its Level actually increased by this much? How long has it been? It’s definitely less than a year…’

Sylas checked his system and his eyes narrowed.

The time dilation wasn’t nearly as severe as he thought it was going to be. He had expected to lose at least eight months, but it turned out that it had only been a quarter of that. He didn’t know what caused him to only lose two months instead of the near year he was expecting, but he didn’t get much time to consider that before a howl filled the air.

SKKKKRRRREEEEEEEEEE!