Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 2075

Chapter 2075: Another Name [Bonus]

[Bonus thanks to BobtheEngineer. I think that's enough bonuses for now, don't make me take your toys away] Sylas looked at the floating creature for a moment. There was something unreadable in both of their eyes and it made him wonder just how much control the tortoise was exerting right now.

However, there was clearly not going to be a chance to ask the question. The tortoise rose into the skies, leisurely growing until it was simply enormous.

There was a shift and then the stairs before them solidified. The world was peeled back to make way for it.

'The one who defeats the final stair will have an advantage...' Sylas' thoughts drifted as the world shook.

Then a glow wrapped around him. It seemed that he was up first. Was it random?

He hadn't been the first to arrive at the final destination, he had been the second, right behind the Glutton. It was odd that it would select him to go first unless it was random.

Sylas stepped onto the first stair but before it could be triggered, a glow appeared around Alpine.

"I want this challenge." He said coldly.

"Nope." Deuvuo voted.

"No." Juxi voted next.

The Glutton didn't have a chance to make his opinion heard. It wouldn't have mattered one way or another. Between Deuvuo, Juxi, and Sylas, they had the majority so the Royal Blue Troll's challenge fell flat.

Alpine's expression darkened, but he didn't say anything else. Maybe the challenge would kill Sylas for him and things would work out.

His eyes narrowed for a moment and then he looked toward the Glutton. This man had killed his people. But if Deuvuo, Juxi, and Sylas insisted on banding together, then until one of them died, he would have no chance at a majority vote.

If he could get the Glutton on his side now, and then one of them died, he might at least be able to force a split vote. Then everything would come down to a battle, and that... he was far more accepting of.

He didn't believe a single person here could defeat him in single combat. Honestly, he didn't believe that the likes of Juxi had successfully defeated the 22nd either, at least not without tricks.

There were too many variables involved in the first round.

Alpine made a choice.

Sylas didn't know what Alpine was thinking, and at this point, he didn't really care all that much.

In front of him, an enemy was fading into existence, forming the oddest humanoid creature he had ever seen. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Its face was a glass encasing, the inner workings of its skull clear for all to see. Within it, golden and copper gears turned, forming the vague shadows of eyes and a mouth, not to mention a complex mechanism of parts that formed a brain.

The rest of the creature was dressed in a prim and proper suit like had actually come right from a corporate job. Its hands were covered in pristine white gloves.

When it finally formed, it smoothed out its black suit and then adjusted its tie, before its gears turned and curled into the approximation of a smile.

But because everything was behind its glass encased head, everything looked slightly off. And why wouldn't it? Its mouth and eyes were literally in its skull.

After adjusting itself, the creature's arms suddenly snapped outward and to its sides. A trio of throwing daggers appeared in its palm, sliding across the fabric of its gloves before stopping in the grooves of each pair of fingers.

'It has no tier or stats...' Sylas realized the creature had no real Will at all. It was constantly shifting and changing along with its rotating gears.

What Sylas did notice, though, was the fear that instantly gripped Juxi and Alpine's eyes.

"What is it?" Deuvuo asked.

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