Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 744

Chapter 744: Upgrade

The two things Sylas had taken out were the thick hide of the Scorpion King and the small husk that remained of the Glass Monkey after it had been sucked dry of all its Essence.

The Scorpion King was basically no more after Sylas used it to protect his life against the Rotten Serpent in the Split Realm. Back then, it had been blasted to pieces and Sylas hadn't been able to scrounge up much of it at all.

However, given how large the creature had been, just having a pierce or two of its remains was invaluable.

By extension, the fur of the Glass Monkey spoke for itself. It was beautiful, like millions of tiny little fiber optic cables weaving together to form a soft mesh in one direction, and a prickly death trap in the other.

"You are close to a breakthrough, right?" Sylas asked.

Maya was heaving for breath, looking at the hides as though she might make sweet love to them right in front of everyone's eyes.

Rather than replying to Sylas, she looked toward Cassarae. Sylas didn't mind it, just waiting patiently.

"What do you want to do, Sylas?" Cassarae asked.

"I just want some normal clothing. No need for Runes or to forge it into a treasure. I just want you to weave out some normal wear for me."

The more Sylas learned about the Scorned Wraps, the more he understood about intention and the value of it. In fact, there might come a day where his Will was strong enough that he could overwhelm the rules of the Scorned Wraps entirely.

Somewhere deep inside, he even felt that that was the original purpose of the Scorned Wraps. By the time he was strong enough to ignore it, it would have already done its job of making him strong.

This was all to say, the dividing line between what was clothing and what was considered Treasure had blurred considerably.

Would the Scorned Wraps consider kevlar a Treasure? Technically, it shouldn't. But a bullet could harm the current Sylas, while a kevlar vest could block one. Who was to say it wasn't a Treasure?

In the end... all it came down to was intention.

All this time, Sylas had been restricting himself to clothing that had basically no Durability of its own. But this seal skin skirt wasn't rejected by the Scorned Wraps, and it had also lasted the longest out of all his clothing.

When he realized this, the answer was obvious.

However, when Maya heard his explanation, she actually became disappointed. What was the point if she didn't go so far.

Rather than trying to convince her, though... Sylas said something unexpected.

"Sometimes you have to take a step back to take a step forward."

Maya's head ripped toward Sylas' direction, confusion and a fiery light in the depths of her eyes.

With only a brief instant of thought, she rushed up, snatched the work pieces from Sylas unceremoniously, and charged over to her workbench, not caring who she knocked over in the

process.

"What did you just do?"

"It wasn't me." Sylas said lightly. "It was Morgan."

A realization came over Cassarae.

Morgan had only been here for a little over a day so he had yet to integrate properly into the village. But if Sylas was telling the truth...