Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 2021

Chapter 2021: Razed [Bonus]

[Bonus thanks to Chronotitan <3]

Earth trembled, a violent darkness streaking out from the corners of Sylas' eyes.

He vanished once more, the waters falling to silence. The only sign of his ever having been there was the claw mark left on the gravestone.

In a location unknown to space and time, a pair of eyes stared down through an orb of glass... or was it water? It was hard to tell through the sheen whether it was a water so still and pure it seemed like glass, or a glass so lively and amorphous it seemed like water in some lights.

A smile tugged on the edge of the figure's lips.

The sound of whipping wings unfurled in the surroundings, a pair of them as black as night moving so fast and with such force that feathers of darkness fluttered down from them.

The image in the orb shifted away from Sylas and returned to Nosphaleen's tomb.

"What a fascinating set of circumstances. Sylas Grimblade... oh, Sylas Grimblade... you're a real thorn in my side. Your weaknesses are obvious and you make no attempt to hide them, but your intelligence... it makes them hard to take advantage of.

"You're so very controlled, so very cautious. I didn't expect such a chink in your valiant armor..."

A hand stroked the orb. Somehow, it seemed to change continuously, as though variations of the same or even different people were the ones partaking in the same action, overlaid across space and time.

"Your little sister is a demon you've hidden well..."

The image shifted again to a sight of Elara. She sat on a stone, her body littered with wounds and her face turned into a frown, but the viewer understood well that just moments ago Elara had been grinning ear to ear, devouring a beast four or five times her size.

She was frowning now because she had sensed her brother's frustration.

"I know exactly where she is, and yet she's quite difficult to get a hold of. What a clever little girl..."

The image shifted again and a sight of Cassarae furiously cooking up a meal showed. However, the instant it did, her eyes sharpened and Cassarae looked up to the skies.

Chi.

"Oop." The voice chuckled and shifted the image again. "Truly a family that's so difficult to deal with. But this... this I can work with."

A grin appeared in the shadows, hovering in the blackness as though the body attached to it was hidden away in the void.

Its finger ran down through a crack caused by Cassarae's gaze, and slowly, that crack fused back together as seamlessly as water sloshing back into place.

"Let's pull on this thread... shall we?"

The image changed one more time. This time, it landed on Alex.

**

Sylas directly left Earth, returning to the chaos of the Sanctum as though he couldn't bring himself to care to deal with anything else. A cloud loomed over his head and his thoughts felt jumbled and messy.

His thoughts came in a rapid fire that felt more like the final burst of a firecracker rather than the usual smooth sync he was used to.

He ran a hand over his forehead and back into his hair, exhaling slowly.

At some unknown point, Yamero had appeared by his side again. The Spark Weaver didn't say anything at all, just floating there in silence, sometimes wrapping around Sylas, sometimes not.

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