Genetic Ascension

Chapter 196 Subterfuge

[One-time bonus thanks to RolaySalt Extricate Genes]

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[One Kind For Me]

[Level: 4]

[Experience: 560/800]

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[Path Talent: Beast Totem Lv4; Insight Lv4]

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[Beast Totem (Path Talent)]

[>Suppress Serpentes Beasts by ]

[>Forms Hibernation Realm where recovery increases by ]

[>Increase Fusion speed by ]

[>Buff Contracts by ]

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[Insight (Path Talent)]

[>Observe Gene Sequence of Contract]

[>Sense Evolution Triggers]

[>Comprehend Contract]

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[Were-for-the-Invincible]

[Level: 4]

[Experience: 300/800]

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[Path Talent: Fuse Lv3]

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[Fuse (Path Talent)]

[>Fuse with your Contract and gain of their stats]

[>Fuse with Contract at a time]

[>Fusion process takes to complete]

[>Fusion lasts ]

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Sylas shook his head when he saw this. He had simply forgotten to clear the Quest, so the Experience never kicked in, and he didnʼt gain the benefit of the bonuses they gave.

Such a foolish mistake, and it had made his attempt to save his life that much more difficult.

Suddenly, Sylas had more respect for those professional gamers that could remember every little detail of their favorite games and take into account every variable. Sometimes, the difference between players, especially in strategy games, wasnʼt obvious to a layman. Only those who were experts could feel the difference clearly, especially when it came to multi-

tasking and things of the like.

Sylas had never really been a gamer; he sought after discipline, so he avoided such indulgence. He never thought that thereʼd be a day when he regretted such a decision.

With a breath, he shook it off and began his first attempt. Slowly, he pulled at the Gene Crystal.

The first attempt failed. However…

A flashing echoed through Sylasʼ mind. freewebnσvel.cѳm

He didnʼt try to absorb the Enchanted Scribe Gene the normal way. Instead, he used Extricate.

The orb of light was much larger and much more complex than the others, and even when he failed, the broken insights felt like a rush of information into his mind.

With a burst, it felt like the sides had suddenly been painted by runes. They were vague and illusory, and he was certain that if he tried to reach out and grasp them, they would slip through his fingers.

However, when he looked back toward where the portal must have been, they seemed to explode in number as though they could only thrive in Aether.

Sylas subconsciously reached out with his telekinesis and solidified the flickering runes. They condensed beneath his might and suddenly bloomed in the world.

ʼHuh?ʼ

Just as Sylas noticed something weird, the feeling vanished into the void. His grasp on the runes also vanished.

Sylas blinked, feeling a sense of loss.

He returned to that feeling in his memories, and he felt that in those moments, it was like his Charisma had changed in type, rather than increasing in quality or something like that.

The reason he felt that so clearly was because this was the same feeling that Voice of a King had given him. It was just that he hadnʼt felt it anywhere near so clearly until he used Extricate on Enchanted Scribe.

ʼCharisma has types? Does choosing one cut off the path to another?ʼ

Sylas couldnʼt help but feel curious. Still, he had to make it back to Bloom and Markʼs home soon and he couldnʼt just waste time standing around like this.

He immediately re-upped the Gene Crystal and tried again.

This time, Sylas could almost feel the success before it happened.

The orb was pushed into his body and the explosion that echoed through his mind was several times more violent.

Then came the rush and he saw exactly what he had missed before…

The runes of Earth were covered in subterfuge.