Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 2281

BOOM.

The ship rocked and it felt like it might collapse any moment now.

It was little more than an illusion. The S-tiers weren't even close enough to do real damage, and even if they were, they would have to wail on the ship for weeks, maybe even months before they could do any real damage to it.

The ship was an S-tier item for a reason. It would take someone exceptionally strong within the S-tier to do real damage to it.

However… doing damage to the ship was one matter. Breaking its force fields and breaking in was a different matter entirely. The moment the shields ran out of energy and Sylas ran dry on Aether Stones, the S-tiers would be able to step onto the ship themselves.

At that point, it wouldn't matter how sturdy the ship was. What he wanted to protect most would be in the line of fire.

He leaned over the controls, his breathing steady.

Cheri was growing more worried with every passing moment, but when she looked over at the man and woman, they looked… oddly calm.

From what Cheri could tell, the both of them were just F-tiers. They shouldn't be this calm in front of her, let alone the S-tiers that were chasing after them.

At that moment, a huge screen appeared toward the ceiling of the ship, the faces of a pair of S-tiers chasing after them flashing into existence.

Maybe because of their senses, the S-tiers immediately looked into the camera, making it look as though they were staring at them through the screen.

Their lips relocated. They seemed to be speaking out some threats, but Sylas had them on mute. He had no interest in listening to what they had to say.

"Do you know anything about them?" Sylas asked.

Cheri shook her head slowly. She looked toward Sylas' back, but he was still standing over the controls. He hadn't looked at her at all.

Now that she thought about it… how was a D-tier controlling an S-tier ship with such deft control.

The speed of an S-tier ship was such that there was no way Sylas' senses should have been swift enough to react to it.

Granted… the depths of space was mostly empty nothingness. But one mistake and they'd end up in the middle of a star and kill themselves before they knew what happened.

'Dammit.' Cheri cursed herself. She kept spiraling. It felt like she was losing her composure every time she went down a path her thoughts led her down.

How could she not be as calm as a pair of F-tiers?

'Maybe they just don't know what's going on.'

As the saying went, ignorance was bliss.

Cheri pressed a hand to her chest and took a deep breath. 'Think, Cheri. Stop relying on other people. How do we get out of this?'

She came up with nothing.

Sylas was only covering all of his bases when he asked if Cheri knew the S-tiers. He already expected that she wouldn't, but it cost him nothing but a small piece of his mind to ask.

His main focus now was getting them out of there. There were only three viable choices, each one of which had their own problems.

The first was simply outpacing them. This ship should be faster than them, but Sylas wasn't pushing it at its full speed for several reasons.

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