Genetic Ascension

Chapter 1978: Decision

Fanelei remained in the skies with her arms crossed. She wore a cold and indifferent expression, but inwardly she was cursing Sylas.

She was one of the strongest A-tiers of the Mortal Realm, and here she was running errands for a little boy.

Granted, if she was honest with herself, this wasnʼt the real reason she was ticked off. In reality, she had already decided that she would follow and believe in Sylas. But maybe she had expected some sort of reward for that conclusion.

Instead, what she got was cold indifference as though Sylas felt that it was only natural.

On the one hand, the fact that she had made such a decision was already ridiculous enough and should prove the fact that Sylas deserved whatever inflated sense of ego he had.

But on the other, she still wanted her own ego stroked at least a little bit. This definitely wasnʼt how you became a good leader.

The most frustrating part, though, was that this wasnʼt just Sylasʼ personality at play. Well, it was, but it wasnʼt like this personality of his barred him from understanding people.

If Sylas wanted to wipe out the Scorpion Lineage, he could have. Given the level his Rune Mastery had just reached, just the same way he had triggered evolutions in the Genes of the disciples, he could also trigger the

reverse.

Genes would be far more resistant to negative changes, but given how powerful Sylas was and how intimately he understood the Scorpion Emperor, even if he didnʼt completely cripple them, he could have definitely weakened them considerably.

But he hadnʼt done any of that. Instead, he let them fall into their own trap and didnʼt even raise a single finger.

The problem with that from Faneleiʼs perspective was that this meant Sylas understood how to use soft power. He understood relationship dynamics and he knew that if he was too aggressive in wiping out the Scorpion Lineage the others would react poorly to it.

By comparison, if the Scorpion Emperors dropped their boulders on their own feet first, Sylas would be crowned and rewarded for what he wanted to do anyway.

And that led to her.

Sylas could probably see that if he was just a little nice to her sheʼd probably fall even further into the embrace of loyalty. Yet he hardly spoke a word to her and just directed her to do as she should.

It was one thing if he didnʼt understand and just did this because this was how he acted on a day to day basis. It was another thing entirely for him to understand and not give a damn anyway.

Fanelei gritted her teeth. ʼDeal with those damned meteors yourself, then.ʼ

She knew it was a worthless endeavor to say all of that. If Sylas hadnʼt asked her to help with them, it probably meant that he either knew it would overextend her or that he had a plan of his own already.

In truth, it was definitely a little bit of both.

While Fanelei didnʼt fear the Scorpion Lineage at all, the Thryskai to her back was a different matter entirely. They almost certainly had brought their own A-tiers.

The good news was that none of them were probably Legends. If a Thryskai Legend had been here, this battle would already be over.

Even so, they were probably people Fanelei had to take seriously.

If Sylas wanted her to handle things on this side-especially capturing them alive like he had asked-there was no way that she could spend any time focusing on anything else.

At least... she would have a chance to vent a little bit on these annoyances.

She raised a hand.

Sylas stood on the ground, not even looking at the situation with the Scorpion Lineage as though he knew how that would end already.

”Yamero.”

In a flash, a figure appeared by his side, snaking around him.

”I tried, but-.”

Sylas shook his head. They both understood that the formation had only crumbled due to internal interference. Yamero would have definitely lasted the three days Sylas needed initially.

”What do you want to do, then? The only reason you havenʼt died yet is because this temple here is pretty good, but if this continues for any longer, there wonʼt be any disciples left even if you survive.”

”For now, just donʼt let any of those meteors touch me.” Sylas said.

Yameroʼs form warped and then he nodded.

”Alright.”

In this current form, Yamero didnʼt have the A-tier strength he had in the Mancer Scape, but what he did have was still exceptional soft control over space.

While he couldnʼt craft massive powerful attacks, given time and patience, he could manipulate large scale areas of space to bend to his whims.

Something like reinforcing a formation or keeping an area protected was precisely what he was best at. Though, that was also what his Spark Weaver Race was best at-it naturally followed.

Sylas slowly closed his eyes.

To follow the Path of Madness or not. Which direction should he take The Sanctum?

Madness Disciples were supposedly kill on sight targets, and yet there were only two True Disciples, one of which was killed by him and the other of which was imprisoned by him... However, the Rat and Boar couldnʼt be considered to be real Madness Disciples. They followed paths never intended, replacing the Hippo and the Scorpion at some unknown time.

Although Sylas still felt like the Sloth was also pathetic despite following the true path, the Glutton... the Glutton was a different matter entirely.

Although the Glutton was still consumed by Sin, it was directed in the most destructive of ways. That was an enemy that Sylas was still watching out for, especially since he had had no choice but to make the Glutton even stronger than before.

This all left one question, though...

If Madness was such a big deal, why did they all seem concentrated here in the Mortal Realm? Had they just been wiped out to that point...?

Or was there another reason?

Sylas took a deep breath.

Escaping from hardship wasnʼt his style. But doing stupid things just for the sake of his ego was also not something heʼd do.

It had to be the right balance of satisfying his Pride and being worthwhile.

Sylasʼ eyes opened and Runes initiated to dance around him.

This was worth it.

Since he didnʼt understand what was going on with Madness Disciples, he would force the world to tell him.