Genetic Ascension

Chapter 486: Failed

[Skill Savant > Skill Progenitor]

[You have forged a path ahead, leaving your predecessors behind, albeit taken the path less traveled. Embrace the status of a man who walks his own Path]

[+200% Intelligence]

[Madness Control (F) (Gene Skill)] (Progenitor Mastery)

[Your body is your temple and it listens to no commands other than your own. Now you have grasped a much deeper meaning of this truth]

[+20% to ALL Stats, Skills, Gene Skills, Profession Talents, and Titles]

Sylas could feel his mind expanding.

Usually, when his Stat Limits were forcefully increased due to a Title, he would feel a great amount of pain. But ever since he unlocked the Dual Class Constitution, breaking his Stat Limits had become several times easier, and let alone pain, it actually felt quite good.

[Name: Sylas Grimblade]

[Species: Human (F)]

[Affiliation: Grimblade Lineage]

[Class: Arctic Royal (Fragmented)]

[Class: -]

[Profession: Vipermancer (FFF+)]

[Level: 0]

[Coins: 538 122 (F)]

[Titles: A Tangible Will; System Breaker; Legendary Tamer; Skill Progenitor; Surge of the Die; Baron of Guiz; City Lord of Orciulius; Madness Conqueror (FF-); Common Arts Enthusiast (F-); A Patient Stalker (F-)]

[Physical: 520]

>[Strength: 520]

>[Constitution: 520]

>[Dexterity: 520]

>[Speed: 520]

[Mental: 588]

>[Intelligence: 641]

>[Wisdom: 844]

>[Charisma: 280]

[Will: 999]

[Luck: 22]

[Skills: Basic Scouting (F-); Maddened Enlightenment (FF+); Astral Bind (F+); Momentum Shift (F+); Solidify (F+); Master Scouting (FFF-); Stunning Spike (FF-); Astral Will Fission (FF-); Mirror Step (FF-); Psychedelic Punch (FF-); Arctic Kingʼs Domain (FFF-); Master Counter (FFF-); Arctic Howl Mutant (FF+); Chilling Scythe Mutant (FF+); Chilled Rise (FFF+); Surfing Frost (FFF+)]

[Gene Skills: Cryobane Elevation (F-); Madness Control (F)]

[Comprehensions: Madness (FFF)]

[Gene State: Flexible]

[Fragmented Genes: Grimblade Lineage (F); Voice of a King (F)]

[Common Genes: (20) Strength (F); (20) Constitution (F); (20) Dexterity (F); (20) Speed (F); (20) Intelligence (F); (20) Wisdom (F); (20) Will (F)]

[Bronze Genes: Enchanted Scribe (F); (40) Strength (F); (40) Constitution (F); (40) Dexterity (F); (40) Speed (F); (40) Intelligence (F); (39) Wisdom (F); (17) Charisma (F); (40) Will (F)] [Silver Genes: Aetherflow (F)]

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[Gene Talents: Sudden Burst (F); Tail Whip (F-); Winterʼs Edge (FFF-); Aetherflow (FF+)]

Sylas took a breath and exhaled. He had gained more than an extra 200 or so Intelligence. Although his new Skill Progenitor Title came with a +200%, that also had to factor in the original 100% he gained from Skill Savant.

Even so, it was a great boost to him and his Mental overall.

What was most amusing about his stat screen was that he actually had far more Bronze Genes available to him than Common Genes. He had taken his time to max them out, but these days, finding Bronze Genes was actually easier than finding Common ones.

This was just a natural consequence of living on a world with top-tier Bronze potential. Most of the beasts that grew to this point would have Bronze Genes available to him.

If Earth had been a lower-tier Bronze Grade world, Bronze Genes would be much rarer than

they were.

The only Genes he had left to max out were Wisdom and Charisma, but they were unfortunately much harder to find in normal beasts. Intelligence, by comparison, was much

more common.

Sylas activated in its new form for the first time and felt a deep-rooted

control.

If the original only allowed him better control over his outer flesh, including his muscles, tendons, and ligaments, this version went a layer deeper. From his Aether Pathways to his blood vessels, and even his Genes.

ʼThis feels like the rudimentary form of Extricate, before I gained the ability to manipulate Gene Talents as well. Does that mean that if I manage to improve it further, Iʼll gain access to deeper levels of control?ʼ

After his time with Nosphaleen, he had realized that there was much more to his body than what was on the surface.

His flesh, related to his Physical Stats, were just the start. A layer deeper were where his Genes resided, and deeper than that was a mesh system where Gene Talents, and there were several more layers deeper than even that.

So long as he continued to progress like this, one day he was sure to be able to control his body down to the greatest depths.

Finally, he turned his attention to the notifications he had received while his mind was evolving. But what he saw left him without words.

[Quest Failed]

Sylas almost laughed. Almost.

He wasnʼt very happy with what he was seeing at all. The Quest did specify creating either an FFF- or FFF Grade version of . But he didnʼt expect to be dinged for going

above and beyond.

In the workforce, many jobs didnʼt like to hire overqualified people because it would usually mean that they were looking for a quick jump-off point. But Sylas could hardly see how that

logic would apply here.

In the end, he chose to comfort himself. After all, it was just a Common Grade Quest anyway. Hopefully, the reward wouldnʼt have been too great.

But this was a reminder that when the Quest was specific, he should follow it to a tee.

Sylas was about to close the window when there was a sudden flicker. It came not from his notification screen, but rather from the Madness Key.

There was a surge of light from it and he felt a suction force take root.

At that moment, the blaze of flames around him before, the very ones birthed from his Will

that he hadnʼt noticed earlier.

Suddenly, he recalled a line from earlier.

[You have unlocked your first Progenitor Flame: Progenitor Mastery]

Was this related to that?

This wasnʼt good. What would it mean for his Progenitor Flame if the Madness Key swallowed

it?

Unfortunately, Sylas could only watch with a frowning expression as it was sucked away.

But then he felt a surge deep within his body.

The Gluttony Seed was surging, its power bubbling forth.

BOOM!

A heart-shuddering aura erupted from Sylas.