Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 856

Sylas walked over and picked Astrid up by her collar. He didn’t believe that she was the type to be so listless after a loss, and it certainly wasn’t because she was so heavily injured that she was still lying in the same spot. But soon, it became quite obvious that she had taken some considerable backlash to her Will.

He had yet to look through the so-called Grimblade Inheritance, but what he did know was that it wasn’t a simple matter of just busting out Blade Aura to sever someone else’s Will.

Will was perhaps a person’s most protected aspect. If not for this, Sylas would probably already be able to walk around one-shotting all of the opponents he came across. Attacking someone else’s Will was a very involved process.

But, when two Will-related abilities clashed, it was obviously a different story.

Astrid had spent a lot of effort trying to protect her Blade Aura from a direct clash with him, only to be tricked at the last moment into a full-on clash. Right now, it was a miracle that she wasn’t already a vegetable.

Sylas’ gaze bounced between her eyes.

He remembered the first time he saw this woman. He wasn’t very commonly impressed by people, but this woman had reminded him of his mother. All things considered, that was probably the highest form of compliment he could give a person.

In another life, given a different upbringing, his mother and Astrid could very well be as close as sisters.

Astrid had an edge to her that his mother simply didn’t have—not because his mother wasn’t capable of it, but because Isolde was very slow to adapt to this world, while Astrid had been raised for this moment all her life.

Sylas stared at this elder cousin of his for a long while, trying to make a decision.

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There was no doubt that an ally like Astrid would be very useful, and she would certainly have knowledge that he didn’t have about certain things. Maybe she could even help him figure out who Archibald was and what his goals were.

But Astrid… was also very dangerous.

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[How long will it take her mind to recover most of its function?]

[Three days]

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’Is that so…’

After some thought, Sylas tossed the woman over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, then stood to his full height.

The world around them flashed as though the system sensed that Sylas was finished.

…

Sylas’ vision hadn’t even cleared before he sensed danger. He frowned, and his telekinesis flared out, Madness blooming. A pulse of power came from his Will, smashing against an oncoming arrow.

He reached out with his free hand, snatching the tip out of the air just before it tore into his chest.

When he felt the heft of the arrow, his frown couldn’t help but deepen.

’Heavy…’