Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 2010

Chapter 2010: Peace

Sylas sat on a mountain peak in silence, his gaze hard to read. It didn't feel as though he was thinking about much of anything.

Part of him was realizing that if he just stayed right here, he would probably get what he wanted.

He would be strong enough that no one could bother him, but weak enough that he wouldn't have to worry about never having a challenge at all.

For the first time since the Summoning began, he almost felt like his truest self. The self that lived with his parents and little sister, waking up early in the morning for a run before showering and heading to work. Then teaching a sea of teens, grading papers, and then walking back home to enjoy the peace of family.

It was a state where he felt like he could take whatever he wanted, but was confident enough in his ability to do so that he didn't really feel the need to prove it to anyone else.

He could just... stop, and everything would be fine.

Any Demi-Gods that descended would be too limited to do anything to him, and the same would follow for Gods maybe even all the more so. Maybe there would be some plots or changes that could really push him to the edge, but they would inevitably fail as all plots against him did.

It had been quite a long time since he had had this level of confidence. It made his Pride Seed thrum and then settle down into a calm darkness.

Sylas looked down at his palm, a novel Virtue Madness Key sitting there.

[Madness Key (Treasure)]

[A key leading to a fortune of Madness. Detects other Madness Disciples and enlightens your path. Contains small spatial world within. Can answer one question in exchange for <1 Fragmented> Gene] [Virtue Status: Relentless Greed. Swallow one unique <Common> Bloodline to maintain Happiness. Requirements grow by the day. <7 days> remaining until Hunger increases] —

He tossed the three-dimensional key up into the air, spinning it on a single finger.

It was odd. This one didn't seem intent on forcing him to put it on. It was like it was his, and yet not at the same time. The Madness Key was in limbo.

That would change if he actually put it on, but Sylas didn't see a reason to restrain himself like that.

He just felt so... free. And that was the feeling he had been chasing ever since the Grimblades appeared that day.

And yet, it was still only a part of him that wanted to stop. The other part of him wanted to see that crimson lightning again. Not just a kernel of it, but its truest form.

Back on Earth, he had always believed that he could just have anything he wanted, but it was couched by the idea that there was probably always more he didn't understand.

There was so much of their own oceans they didn't understand, let alone the starry skies above.

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