Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 837

Gralith sat in silence as Sylas closed the tome, the latter’s face marred with sweat and fatigue. By the time they got to the tenth or so page, Sylas had a hard time even breathing properly. It was so terrible that he found himself only vaguely looking at the pages for the longest time, and rather than observing along with Gralith, it became a competition of trying to hold himself up until the end.

And he just barely made it.

After a long while, Gralith’s gaze flickered upward to find Sylas staring down at the table, heaving for breath in a mock sort of silence.

’Truly arrogant,’ Gralith chuckled to himself.

"It is unfortunate," Gralith finally spoke, though Sylas didn’t seem to realize that it wasn’t that it took him so long to gather his thoughts, but rather that he was allowing Sylas the time to gather himself.

Several times, it looked as though Sylas would pass out entirely, but he was able to gather himself at the last moment and force himself to stay awake.

This happened at least three times over the course of the last 20 minutes. Gralith wasn’t sure why Sylas was so obsessed with remaining conscious and could only seem to wave it off as another matter of ill-trust between master and disciple.

But that didn’t cause him to hold back on his next words in the slightest.

When Sylas looked up to meet his gaze, he continued his words.

"I have no fate with this sort of tome, even though I really wish that I did." This time, the insignificant quirk of Gralith’s lip was just a tad bit more prominent. "The secret to this, well, Ancient Secret, is in the description that you’ve already read."

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[Rune Enlightenment Fundamentals (—) (Ancient Secret)]

[An echo of the past to form the strokes of the future]

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Sylas suddenly frowned. "You mean… literally."

Gralith had to hold back from his smile becoming wider.

"You may be the first student I’ve had that’s actually smarter than I am. Indeed, I mean literally. This Ancient Secret is, from what I can speculate, a Rune Inheritance. It doesn’t just teach you Rune Mastery in the normal, vague, and curriculum-based way but focuses instead on a very particular, very Arcane Path.

"In this case, as you might have guessed, this Rune Lineage relies on having a time-based Will Ability."

Sylas’ gaze sharpened. He had never considered this possibility at all, but deeper than that, he was thinking about something else.

When he was receiving his Secret Realm rewards, he had gained the distinct feeling that all of the rewards were perfectly tailored for him, as though the system—or Ancient System, rather—had read his mind, and his body and soul for that matter, to craft the best possible rewards for him.

But the thing was… he didn’t have a time-based Will Ability back then—or, rather, Progenitor Flame Ability.

Maybe if he had a better Scouting Skill, it would change the description of what he saw into something more concrete? _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}