Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1174

Chapter 1174: Rewards (11)

Sylas sat in silence, the two tomes in his hands. They continued to shake, and then they changed. But he hardly seemed to notice at all, his mind still lost in thought.

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[Rune Breath Fundamentals (—) (Ancient Secret)]

The depths of presence and breadth of mass to carve out one’s stroke of greatness

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[Rune Breath Fundamentals (—) (Ancient Secret)]

An echo of the past to form the strokes of the future

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’Is there a third tome...?’

Sylas frowned. For some reason, he was very sure that there wasn’t. He didn’t know where that assuredness came from, whether it was the Pride Seed doing the talking like the little girl warned, or if his Luck was really just that potent with the effects of his Progeny Title stacked on top of it.

But regardless of all of that, he chose to approach it with the assumption that there was no third tome. In that case, what would he do?

In a rare moment, Sylas’ mind actually went blank. He had no solutions to something like this; he didn’t even know where to start—and maybe that was part of the problem.

The two clashing tomes, when their principles were used together, also seemed to clash in his mind, adding some dissonance to his Rune Spark Mastery that hadn’t been there before.

However, Sylas was able to ignore it, suppress it with his strong Will, and force it to act in his favor nonetheless. But he could see how this would be straining, especially if it was done by someone else.

Someone that lacked the flexibility of mind and strength of Will he did would certainly suffer.

’It’s not just that. The True Pride Seed is also helping—my eyes as well. They’re both acting to suppress it. So long as they stay far ahead of where my Rune Mastery is, I’ll be able to continue speed drawing and comprehending Runes in this way. But the moment they slip up, falling away... I’ll be forced to choose one or the other to use at a given time...’

For now, it wasn’t a problem. Sylas’ Rune Mastery had taken an enormous leap forward, and it was clear that the tomes agreed by evolving into something completely new.

However...

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[Clashing Destiny Quests Detected]

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[Lineage of Time: The Strokes of the Past and the Future]

OR

[Lineage of Space: The Depths and Breadth of Strokes]

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Sylas looked at the Destiny Quests and shook his head, dismissing the notification and ignoring it.

How could he just pick one?

But that all but confirmed things. This Destiny Quest would be highly unlikely to appear if there was a third tome to take advantage of. It was forcing him to choose one or the other. And...

Sylas tried to open the covers of the tomes, only to find that they were sealed tight. This time, they hardly budged, almost as though they were clamped shut.

But there was very clearly no latch or anything of the sort.

It seemed that until he took on one of these Quests and completed it, the tome would refuse to open for him.

Sylas was about to shake his head again when his eyes suddenly sharpened.

"Can you swallow my own Destiny too before I accept it?" Sylas suddenly asked.

"... Maybe," the little girl said slowly.

"Good. Do it. Swallow the Spatial Destiny Quest."

"This... probably isn’t a good idea."

"Do it," Sylas said.

The little girl’s brow twitched. This was what they would call a very stupid decision, but talking a True Pride Seed vessel out of something was practically like talking to a brick wall. There was really no point to it at all.