Genetic Ascension

Chapter 1140: First Born [Bonus]

[Big Thanks to Niceee9842 King Slayer]

[A Slayer faces a dauntless task. To fell the strongest of the strong, and to do so with an unfazed spirit and a fathomless heart. Standing before the powerful, you are unmoved and unbothered, the depths of your Will carrying with it the strength to face the true menace of the world with the gaze of a Hero.]

[Ignore D-Grade Suppression]

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[System-Wide Message]

[The Hero Line System has been modified. The official Wife of Sylas Grimblade, Cassarae Grimblade, has successfully completed a Hidden Hero Quest, awakening her own Royal Line.]

[Grimblade Lineage has been Re-established]

[All Grimblades will be Elevated to the status of Bronze Royal Hero, effective immediately]

[Should no Progenitor of the Milky Way be born, the First Born of Sylas and Cassarae Grimblade will be given this position by Right]

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Cassarae exhaled a smoky breath, her body overheating to the point it felt like her heart was pumping molten lava through her veins. Despite this, she stood tall, her blade pierced into the ground.

While everyone else was enamored with the new System-Wide Message, she was paying attention to something else entirely.

The Gold Leg of her Destiny Quest had been cleared. Now… there was only one path that lay ahead, one more hurdle to clear.

Her Legendary Leg. So long as she could clear that, the guillotine hanging above her head would be hers and hers alone to control.

She was the Executioner—who was anyone else to decide her life and death? Only she had a right to pass judgment on others. Who was the system to claim such a right for itself?

There was a rumbling the moment she had the thought.

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[You have suffered a Demerit]

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A bolt of lightning fell down from the skies.

**

Sylas wasnʼt paying much attention to the battle down below. Or rather, he was more focused on his own thoughts and only giving it just enough attention to be aware of what was happening.

However, he forgot everything else when he saw the notification. And it was clear by the odd change to the pattern of blow exchanges down below that the same was true for the others.

A small smile quirked Sylasʼ lips.

This was the ending he expected.

When the Petals of the Seeing Thorn got involved, they had no choice but to use Soryntha. Outsiders to the galaxy couldnʼt participate, and Soryntha was objectively their strongest candidate. But even if she wasnʼt, there was another reason they had to use her.

Matriarch Valeria.

The Petals of the Seeing Thorn might have banned the use of the Seeing Thorn to bolster their abilities, but from Sylasʼ research, he had seen the fingerprints of the Seeing Thorn all over their improvement. In fact, he wouldnʼt be surprised if there was some small elite group within the organization still testing out methods to make using the Seeing Thorn safer.

For the Petals of the Seeing Thorn—well, for any powerful organization or family, but especially in their case—a powerful blood-related next of kin was probably the easiest way to boost someoneʼs power by a great deal.

It was just never done because it was almost never worth it… except in special cases like this one.

After having her Blood and Bone Essence drained for the sake of her daughter, Matriarch Valeria was practically just the shell of a D-Grade. Her body was more fragile than many E-Grades, and if not for the Skills she could just barely trigger, and some treasures she could carry with her, she would be all but helpless.

Sylas had been confident Cassarae could pull it off. The real question was the numbers the Florineth had to work with—but obviously, she had managed to deal with that as well.

The only problem was that the mention of a First Born put a target on his unborn childʼs back, and that… Sylas didnʼt like at all.

It seemed he would just have to claim this Galaxy Progenitor title first.

Sylasʼ sphere suddenly popped.

But the battle down below wasnʼt even finished yet.