The peacock soared through the skies for hours. Although its Speed cap wasn't very high, because it wasn't limited by the ground's terrain, the time it was making was exceptional.
Sylas slowly stirred awake, a sharpness glistening in his pupils.
The benefits of Hibernation Halo shouldn't have been able to trigger while he was asleep. It needed his Wisdom to keep it active.
However, this was yet another benefit of Synergy. Hibernation Halo came from One Kind For Me, but thanks to his Fusion ability from Were-For-The-Invincible still being active, there were parts of Sylas' brain that were still active even while he was unconscious.
Of course, that activity came from the Bone-Tailed Lizard and the Glasirith.
The Bone-Tailed Lizard was too simple-minded, but the Glasirith, even as a newborn, was anything but. It still didn't have complex thoughts, but doing something as simple as ensuring his Fusion didn't cancel and Hibernation Halo remained active was easy enough.
And once again, because Sylas fused with two of his Contracts, the recovery he benefited from was double, approaching 30 000%. That was already better than the vast majority of Elixirs. These three hours of sleep he had was the equivalent of almost a month of recovery time.
But the fact he needed this much sleep in the first place just showed that he had maybe pushed his body much too far.
'No, it isn't my body that suffered the most. My wounds healed well enough already. It's the pressure on my mind...'
Even if his mind had been a rubberband it should have snapped by now.
First he suffered the continuous attacks of the Snail Queen, then experienced several mental breakdowns before he suddenly unlocked Demonic Will. But rather than making him feel better, Demonic Will placed even more pressure on his Mental stats. He chewed through his Will faster, and the constant introspection sapped up his Wisdom like a desert might a drop of water.
Before he could even get used to that, he formed yet another Will.
This Martial Will was odd... it felt like it was both a part of him, and yet not at all.
And its abilities had a great deal of potential. Experiencing it, Sylas felt that it was foolish of him to ignore it for so long.
If he had had his Mixed Martial Arts Comprehension with him the entire time, his combat prowess would be leagues beyond what it was now.
The more powerful opponents he faced, the more powerful his Martial Will would become, and the more skilled he would grow in combat.
If Madness gave him his telekinesis and the ability to target the minds of others while controlling his own...
Then Mixed Martial Arts allowed him to grasp the combat style of the opponents with great ease and even incorporate their abilities into his own. This allowed him not only to grow stronger in combat, but also helped him in seeing through the flaws of his enemies.
But much like Madness, it had another ability as well.
Supression.
'There are parallels here... Telekinesis and this Martial Sense are more tangible abilities, while the latter two abilities are both mental attacks. Do all Comprehensions come with a set of one each?'
After having this thought, Sylas tossed it to the back of his mind.
A Demonic Will stirred in his body and he became incomparably focused.
The snow capped mountains of the Grimblades family compound flew past beneath him.
Sylas stood to his feet and took a step forward.
When he was just 30 meters from the ground and it seemed like he would splatter across the mountains, he slowed until his toes lightly touched the iced soil. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
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