Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 672

Chapter 672: Layers

Sylas stood over a familiar Aether Stone mine.

Not much had changed in the Woodland Territory at all. Because of Sylas' efforts, everything had remained stable, and there was no sign of an overflow of Demons just yet.

If there was anything that changed, it was the fact that Tasia had successfully made him a very rich man once again.

'The mines can be very dangerous,' Sylas said lightly.

He had left Cole and his family behind in the System City for that reason. He didn't have any real confidence in mining this Aether Stone mine himself, but he would have to at least give it a try. Maybe his Luck would be able to warn him.

But he would only do this if he found what he needed down below.

Sylas needed two things from this mine. The first thing was enough Aether Stone to help the Basilisk King complete its next evolution, and the second was the 10,000 F-Grade Gold Aether Stones he needed to use his Temporal Lock Treasure.

He was fairly certain the mine had enough for the first, judging by his Insight Path Talent, but not for the second. In fact, he wasn't sure if the mine even had a single Gold Aether Stone to begin with. He had only seen Fragmented ones at the surface.

The only way to find out was to go in himself.

Sylas entered the mine and began to make his way deeper.

According to his understanding, the mine would only be dangerous if he started to dig. So he should be fine for now.

'Deadend...'

Sylas went another direction, but he continued to find dead ends. _{freeweɓnovel.cøm}

'About as expected. If there were going to be any higher-level Aether Stones, they would be buried deeper. The ones nearer the surface had the chance to dissipate some of their strength somewhat...'

Sylas brought out a booklet.

**[Introduction to Geomancy (F+) (Secret)]**

The only requirement of this booklet was to have some level of Earth affinity, and Sylas had that.

A flood of knowledge entered his mind, and soon he was nodding to himself.

It had to be remembered that Aether Stones were once normal rock. Much like how diamonds were compressed into their form by the pressure of the earth, Aether Stones were the product of stone being in the presence of pressurized Aether.

This forced the Aether and the stone to fuse into one, resulting in these crystalline, shimmering rock formations.

However, this made it more difficult to just use Earth-type Skills or abilities to deal with these stones. That was because the Aether neutralized much of the inherent character of the stone. It would take a lot of skill and talent to use Earth-type Skills on these sorts of stones anyway.