Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 673

Chapter 673: Scandalous Headlines [Bonus]

Sylas wasn't very surprised that Lucius was nowhere to be found.

It had to be remembered that the tundra region wasn't far from the Evergreen Territory where Sylas had left Morgan, and this was also the region where Lucius had set up his Territory.

Now, there was no longer a convenient path to the Africor Continent, but the Portal to Paradise was still there.

Sylas hadn't forgotten about Professor Fembroise, her family, and the skateboarding thief, but he couldn't spare the time to go and get them right now. On the way back to his Woodland Territory, he would. Or maybe he could task Cole with that job.

He wasn't even a City Lord, but he felt like he had too much on his plate.

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Before the Summoning, Sylas fancied himself a law-abiding citizen. But after... well, he had done quite a few things that were far from so.

Today, he found himself stealing a boat for the second time, tethering it to the Basilisk King, and having it carry them toward Cassarae's island.

This time, despite his thievery, he found himself being quite lucky compared to his first stint across the ocean. At least this time, there were no raging storms. And maybe, because the Basilisk King was so powerful and large now, there were no attacks they suffered... at least not yet.

Sylas knew that the underwater Portal was coming up. The creatures here would certainly be attracted by it. Unfortunately, that wasn't all either.

Back in his Woodland Territory, he had shot Cassarae a message, so he had a general understanding of what was going on here, and it couldn't be said to be the best.

His speculations about there being a traitor in the Terranova government were bearing out. The System City was growing stronger, and it wasn't just because of Level increases.

A System City would always maintain a certain number of Levels above the citizenry of a world. However, they would remain capped at Level 50 for a while. Sylas wasn't sure just yet what would allow them the chance to break into E-Grade, but he knew that the moment they did, a lot of things would become far more difficult to manage.

That aside, the main issue this time wasn't the City Lord of Guiz, but rather the large number of humans joining.

After Cassarae mentioned it, they both agreed that this was far from normal.

Sylas had been to several System Cities now, and not only had a population of humans as thriving as Guiz City's.

Usually, those that had to rely on System Cities, to begin with, weren't very powerful. System Cities were, by definition, crutches.

Using them from time to time, especially when you could pay for their more premium services, was good. But it was the sign of someone poorly adjusting to this current world if they relied on it too heavily.

That was to say that the most powerful of Earth's warriors almost always had their own organizations, own cities, or own backers to rely on outside of System Cities.

Sylas actually felt that this was a push by the system. It tended to reward those that did things on their own, so that was where the strong would gravitate.

This made sense. If the system was aware that the System Cities were tampered with, it was in its best interest to guide Humans toward other opportunities.

That meant that if the reverse was happening...

Someone was putting their thumb on the scale again.

This would be fine under usual circumstances. After all, Sylas was a noble of Guiz, a Baron to be precise. The power he had over the city should supersede most...

Unfortunately, therein lied the problem.

He was no longer the highest-ranked noble of Guiz. Well, that had always been the case, but now he was no longer the highest-ranked non-spawned Human.

The good news was that Cassarae hadn't just been sitting on her hands. She had improved her own Noble Title to Viscount, and this gave her a level playing field. But there was one other Viscount to contend with, and though this person hadn't bared their fangs, the undercurrents spoke for themselves.

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Sylas stepped foot onto the island Cassarae's Portal rested on, but this time, rather than wild beasts, he had actually been greeted by a patrolling unit.