Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 2408

Chapter 2408: Help

Tomoe followed them out of the World of Spirits almost immediately, appearing behind Sylas with so little hesitation that it was obvious she had never seriously considered remaining with the Beast Sanctum.

The only thing she had wanted from the beginning was a fight, and now that the event was over, there was nothing left standing between her and the person she had chosen.

Elara looked back at her, glanced toward Sylas, then tilted her head as though something obvious had just occurred to her. "Why don’t you fight Rhykan? He just got way stronger, and he stole something pretty valuable too."

Tomoe blinked, then looked toward Sylas before turning her gaze back to the fading entrance of Rhykan’s world. Her eyes moved from one to the other several times as her brows slowly drew together, and it became increasingly obvious that she had genuinely never considered that possibility until Elara mentioned it.

A moment later, Tomoe turned around and headed straight back.

Sylas looked toward his sister, and Elara immediately smiled at him with a sheepish little expression. "You’re welcome."

"I was more worried about you," Sylas replied as he continued forward. "Less time here means you have to face Mother and Father sooner."

Elara froze in place as the meaning settled in, then a small whimper escaped her before she slowly turned away and began skulking toward the deeper sections of the Hollow Ship. The confidence she had shown while stealing one of the five Representative Thrones vanished surprisingly quickly now that the consequences waiting for her at home were much closer. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Nosphaleen greeted Sylas with a smile when he returned to the main section of the ship, though his attention shifted past her almost immediately when he noticed Vaelith was nowhere to be seen. That didn’t surprise him either, especially after what had just happened within the Beast Sanctum and what Rhykan’s victory now represented.

If Sylas was right, Rhykan’s success would soon begin benefiting every Thryskai across the Demi-God Plane, though only if they were willing to subordinate themselves to the path he had established. Anyone who followed Slovenly Madness through Rhykan would naturally strengthen his position as Progenitor while tying their own futures more tightly to him, which meant the real cost of those benefits wouldn’t be obvious until much later.

When Rhykan finally rose toward the God Plane, there would probably be quite a show.

The Thryskai had spent too long believing their bloodline and inheritance placed them above most forms of submission, yet Rhykan had just created something valuable enough that refusing him would now come with a very real cost. Sylas had little doubt that many would bend, while others would rather tear the entire structure apart than acknowledge that someone else now stood above them.

More importantly, that same development meant much of the heat that had once been concentrated on Sylas had shifted elsewhere. Rhykan was now the Progenitor of a new path, the future ruler of a world with a direct route into the God Realm, and the center of an inheritance that could eventually reshape an entire Plane.

Compared to that, Sylas leaving quietly after losing the Beast Sanctum suddenly made him far less interesting to many of the powers watching him.

For the first time in what felt like far too long, Sylas found himself in an odd position where nothing immediately demanded his attention, and he decided not to manufacture a problem simply for the sake of having one. So he returned home with Elara, Nosphaleen, Fanelei, and Yamero following along.

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