Genetic Ascension

Chapter 1169: Rewards (6) [Bonus]

[I hope both sides of your pillow are warm tonight, Chronotitan </3]

Sylas couldn’t help but fall into thought.

This deduction of his made sense, but it still felt so… well, it was almost unfair in an enticing way, the sort of way that made him want to figure out a method of doing it personally.

His thoughts couldn’t help but flicker to the Gluttony Seed, and thoughts began to flourish in his mind.

‘Would that work?’

Sylas stood, ignoring his rewards for a moment as he began to pace back and forth. He didn’t even notice just how much his speed had increased, the world warping around him as a single step was worth many more.

And then he came back.

Sylas didn’t think himself to be much of a pacer, but the improvements to his body made it hard for him to sit in one spot for much longer, so he chose this path—not realizing just how much of an effect his body alone was having on the Runes around him.

“So my Rune Spark Mastery won’t have anything to do with my Foundation either?” Sylas asked.

“Probably not.”

“Probably?”

The little girl was silent, and Sylas realized that it was once again something that was too expensive for him.

‘Rune Spark is just the beginning…’

Sylas’ gaze flickered when he remembered Gralith’s words.

It was interesting, because wasn’t this a lot like so many other things? From F- to FFF+, it seemed like the whole picture—until suddenly you realized this was the system’s method of breaking down what was ultimately just the Fragmented Grade, a Grade the Legendary System didn’t even deem worthy to consider.

What if it was just the same for Rune Mastery? What if the nine levels of Rune Mastery, from Rune Enlightenment to Rune Spark, were aligned with F- to FFF+… making Rune Spark just the beginning?

If the little girl was saying probably not, could it mean that Sylas had reached a level of Rune Mastery that was only acknowledged by the Legendary System, and now it was impossible to add it to his Foundation as well?

Sylas continued to pace, his body heating up as one thought came quickly after another. His new Title seemed to be putting in quite some effort as well, because the streaming lines of deductions only came faster and quicker with time.

Suddenly, Sylas came to a stop.

The Seeds, at the very least, were from the same era as the Legendary System. There was no other way to explain why the Legendary System would hate their appearance so much.

Though the Madness Key did hide itself from the impotent system as well, it neither seemed afraid of it, nor was the Crimson Eye triggered by its appearance like the All-Seeing Eye was.

In that case, the Seeds were connected to an era that the system was trying to replicate at every turn, but failing to.

Sylas had been rewarded by the impotent system several times for various reasons. But one of the most common reasons he was rewarded was for helping the impotent system to open up new paths it didn’t yet understand…

Paths related to the All-Seeing Eye.

So why couldn’t he do it again?

It was just that this time, he couldn’t do it on his own. This time… he just might need a Seed. And he just so happened to have the perfect one.

The Gluttony Seed.

The little girl’s eyes were glowing as she watched Sylas, her golden skin practically giving off a star’s radiance. She couldn’t read Sylas’ thoughts, but it was as though she could almost feel them.

Sylas rarely got into this state—a state where Greed and Gluttony seemed to overlap and he seemed to be wanting for more, pining for it.

He was someone far more in line with Pride, superseding his Sins of Gluttony by far. This bastard didn’t even like to enjoy sugar, and he hadn’t even seasoned his food in recent memory because he only ate for nutrients and nothing else. He was a fucking psychopath.

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But right now, he was tapping into exactly that feeling. Maybe he wouldn’t be a terrible Gluttony Disciple after all.

‘We’ve definitely got to get him to put on some weight. This shredded appearance is NOT what our Ancestors died for. They would be rolling in their graves right now.’

Sylas didn’t know what the thoughts of the little girl were, but even if he had known, he wouldn’t care.

He had thought while he was in the UniForge about creating a holistic Rune Armor, one that allowed him to be flexible, incorporating all the various Beast Auras that he seemed to be tied to.

This… almost felt like a first step toward that. He just needed to find a way to execute.

But that would require first understanding the Gluttony Seed, something that wouldn’t come nearly as easily to him as the True Pride Seed did.

The True Pride Seed was like an open book, an already painted canvas just sitting there, waiting for him to decipher and comprehend.

But the Gluttony Seed… it had been in him the longest and yet it felt like he wasn’t even touching the surface of it. By comparison, he had had the True Pride Seed for… a few minutes? And yet it was leagues beyond.

But the thing was that now that he had the True Pride Seed as a template, he knew what the Seeds were truly capable of if he paid attention. And that would make comprehending it far easier.

Right now, he could feel a world of possibilities opening up to him.

Sylas’ intention moved, and his next reward appeared before him. Reaching out, he grabbed it.

A crystal ball rested in his palm, perfectly round, perfectly clear, but there was nothing at all to see within it. It didn’t even amplify the Scorned Wraps beneath it to Sylas’ eye.

[Glyphspire Crucible (???) (Legacy Treasure)]

Sylas raised an eyebrow. He had seen this Treasure type before… it was the blood dagger he had taken from Grin, the very one that caused the Greed Seed to take root in him.

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