Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1798

Chapter 1798: Fine

Zayreus didn't seem to react like someone who had just had their throat sliced. In fact, he was still kind of... hovering there. Well, he was still on his knees, trying to stand, or fall. It wasn't quite clear which one.

As for this red blood, it only seemed to grow darker and darker.

And then high above, the crimson eye split the skies.

The Rat hadn't expected to be suddenly healed by the grace of a Demi-God. Honestly, he had expected that it would take him decades more before he was back at full health.

Every day, he thought of that kid who had outplayed him and ground his teeth, but to think that he would get a chance at revenge so quickly.

Of course, he knew that he would eventually bite himself in his own ass with his Greed for more... but he couldn't exactly help it. If he wasn't the Rat, then who would be, exactly?

But in all this time, he had also thought of how to avoid this situation happening again.

The thing about being Greedy was that you wanted it all, to have your cake and to eat it too. He didn't want to compromise.

When he had been directed to Earth, he knew he was being used, but he went anyway because it was an opportunity. And when he was directed to go to the Golden Grove this time, he saw it as much the same.

But that didn't mean that he would make the same mistake twice.

This time, when he sensed his false Greed Seed detected once again, he frowned and shook his head, then he looked into the skies... And did absolutely nothing.

He knew for a fact that it wouldn't blow back on him again, but this was unfortunate. This Zayreus had been a very good candidate, the closest he had ever been to succeeding.

What pissed him off, though, was that it was the same person who had thwarted him once again. He had sensed it... but somehow they felt different.

Hadn't they smelled like a Glutton before? Why was that scent gone?

Beneath his hood, the Rat's nose twitched, what looked like whiskers peeking out for a short instant before vanishing.

There was nothing Rats hated more than the Gluttons. As far as the Rat was concerned, Gluttons were just Greedy fools who couldn't see the full scope of what the world had to offer.

Why focus on food when there was money and wealth, when there was life and immortality, when there were women and love?

You could have it all.

Every Sin was redundant and worthless before Greed.

And he was losing too many of his things to this Sylas Grimblade.

Sylas looked up into the skies and his eyes narrowed.

The connection he expected to be formed wasn't this time. He knew that the Rat was behind this, and expected to use the Crimson Eye to deal with him once again, but it actually didn't work. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Sylas had once had this false Seed within him, so how could he not recognize it when he saw it?

Something told Sylas that this hadn't been part of Rhykan's plans at all. But maybe Rhykan didn't care what methods the Rat used in the first place and just unleashed all of his enemies in this place.

Rhykan was probably more focused on the Seeing Eye Guild right now. He was more interested in making sure Sylas didn't interfere with him for the time being, and if that led to Sylas' death, all the better.

But now Sylas was playing a game of chess with the Rat, and though he had taken one of the latter's bishops, the Rat's King wasn't even in check yet.

It seemed that no one involved here could be underestimated.

Sylas pulled back the dagger, spinning it in his hands. The blood flung off and Zayreus collapsed to the ground.

Sylas didn't spare the Crimson Eye another glance. It was indeed as they said... it was impotent.

But that was fine. If this plan wasn't going to work, then he would just need another.

For now, he had other matters to attend to.

BOOM.

Niafon's palm descended from above.