Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 707

Chapter 707: Kill or Spare

The first thought Sylas had was...

Is the system serious?

He just went through all of this, put his life on the line, was still in the middle of suffering what was probably some warped form of PTSD, all to get this sort of ridiculous choice?

It was clear that the system was obsessed with sparing Professor Fembroise, and it found her to be extremely important, but Sylas simply didn't know whether the system was even trustworthy in this situation. _{frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓}

Even if it rewarded him for sparing her, would it be worth it?

But what almost made him lose control of his temper again was that this very same Quicktime Event could have been given to him the first time. But instead, he had become public enemy number one and was labeled as a traitor by the system.

Even if by some miracle he managed to survive all of this and carve a path out of here, that label wouldn't just vanish. What happened here would be spread to the rest of Earth, and those that wanted to take advantage of it would do so to suppress him, while there would surely be a large number of individuals targeting him because they blindly believed the system.

Sylas usually thought himself to be a cool and level-headed person, but this matter was well and truly testing his patience.

The system had long proven itself to be fallible. Sylas had benefited from its protection greatly before, but he had also suffered at its hands several times.

It was exactly what one might expect a robot or an AI to be like. It was very good at very specific tasks, but it could easily find itself tricked and muddied by things that humans or other intelligent species with more mental plasticity could easily see through.

Now, it had screwed him over and it had come back with hat in hand to try and make him reconsider his decision.

The worst part of all of this was that even if he decided to spare Professor Fembroise, there wasn't likely to be any reprieve. The system wouldn't just cancel the other Quicktime Event, at least Sylas didn't think so...

That meant that saving Professor Fembroise now meant that he might actually have to go as far as to protect her and ensure that nothing went wrong.

That was the worst-case scenario, anyway. Considering the choice was to "spare" her and not "save" her, it was much more acute in function.

But that would still mean that for the next 11 hours or so, he would have to protect himself while trapped in this cage while there were surely more experts on the way.

And then there was the last matter to consider...

What if he ignored the system again and chose to kill? Would it really end just like that? Or would he gain another, heavier demerit?

Would he be punished not just once, but twice over?

If it wasn't for the fact he was frozen in time, Sylas might feel as though his entire body was overheating. The mixture of rage, frustration, and indecision was truly irritating him.

It was that feeling of lack of control again.

The system was having the wool pulled over its eyes by an outside party, and between that and his Silver Demerit, Sylas was just running into brick wall after brick wall.

'I really... really want to kill him.'