Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 699

Chapter 699: Army

Linzie coughed as all the air in her body seemed to be forcefully expelled by a single blow. PENG! PENG! PENG!

Three Fire Monkey arrows crashed into her body. Luckily, her armor saved her life, but the dimming of the energy seemed to awaken her to her situation.

She sensed several more arrows coming her way, but she didn't have the time to orient herself.

Luckily...

PENG!

A burly man appeared behind Linzie, raising a shield to block the oncoming rain of arrows. Linzie fell to the ground, gasping for breath for barely a split moment before she hopped to her feet.

"He went that way! I almost had him!" She roared out and then grit her teeth.

Without giving her team a chance to reject again, she rushed off.

The burly man looked toward the others and they were forced to follow after.

It was clear to them that Linzie wasn't quite in her right mind, but they had also seen the scene from before. She really had almost killed Sylas. If not for the fact he had used a rare Skill, his head would have already been pinned to the tree.

They didn't reject Linzie this time because her battle sense was clearly still there. And next time, she would be ready for that Skill and wouldn't fall for the same trick.

Plus...

They all wanted Sylas' head too.

This sort of person was the kind that disgusted them the most. They were soldiers, putting their life on the line for the sake of the common people. And yet the likes of Sylas only seemed out to fight for themselves.

He deserved the worst kind of death.

"Let's go, Butch." A skinny man shot off after knocking the burly man's shoulder. "We have heads to hunt. The Fire Monkeys are yours."

Butch slammed his tower shield onto the ground and a ripple of light shot out in all directions.

The screeches of the Fire Monkeys filled the air as they were sent flying away. Then with a stomp, he rushed to catch up with everyone.

...

Sylas dashed through the forest toward the location he felt the Portal in. His gaze had already long regained its composure, but the erratic beating of his heart was taking time to calm, not to mention the overheating of his body.

Keeping up this pace for even several hours shouldn't have been a problem for him, but right now, it felt like his body had already been pushed to its limits and couldn't take much more.

It felt like hot coals were running down the length of his throat and his body's efficiency was down in the dumps.

'I need a solution.'

He didn't even have the time to consider what it meant that he could feel Demonic Runes now. Instead, he pivoted his attention and knew exactly what he needed.

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