Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 860

"You don’t regret that?" Nathan asked, taking a seat at Mortimer’s old desk.

"What is there to regret?"

"Isn’t he your son or something?"

"My grandson."

"And?"

"He hath lived his life, yet knew not when to yield. A chance I did grant him, yet he didst persist in clinging to power. The world beyond is vast enough, yet to strive for dominion over so small a corner, even at the cost of sinking the vessel, is naught but pitiful. Such a blight must needs be uprooted."

"And you’re different?"

"Mine aim is not to lead; mine purpose is to grant Earth a chance to endure."

"Sylas doesn’t seem to believe so."

"Sylas trusteth me not, for he knoweth naught of me."

"I don’t think I know much about you either."

"Mayhap. Yet Sylas treadeth a path apart. Leadership is not his calling from the first. I shall not marvel if ere long—"

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[Affiliation Head Transferred]

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[Affiliation Head Assigned]

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[Grimblade Lineage Head: Cassarae Grimblade]

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"—Well, there it is."

Nathan blinked at the notification screen. "That’s possible too? Where are the restrictions?"

"In the eyes of the system, they art wed. ’Tis wholly reasonable and well within the bounds of the rules and restrictions."

"I didn’t think that he was a man who would trust others with so much power. It seems that I’ve misjudged him."

"Those who knoweth how to delegate tasks art the most fearsome of all."

"Now what?" Nathan asked.

"Now ’tis upon thee to sway him to yield the Metarock. Whether we sink or swim shall rest upon his compliance."

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"Do you think that’s going to be easy or something?"

"Thou art a negotiator. I place mine faith in thee."

"Do you ever do anything but tinker? I have a feeling we’re all in this situation because you’re lazy."

"We shall all have a chance to endure precisely because I am not. Now go and prove thyself more than a wretched descendant who doth vex me to mine utmost limit."

"Yes, yes. Right away."

Nathan sighed, rubbing his face. He was very much not looking forward to this.

The last time he brought up Metarock to Sylas, he almost lost his head to a glance. He did not want to meet that gaze again, but here they were.

That said… Nathan knew that this time would be different. All of the cards were in Sylas’ hands, and there wasn’t much room left for Earth to maneuver.