Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 271

Chapter 271: Three

Because Sylas' forward momentum suddenly came to a stop, Alex's counter was mis-timed. Before, his peak strength would have exploded right at their contact point. But with this current momentum, he would have to slash out before his blades reached Sylas.

He realized the issue, but it was already too late. He immediately began to calculate what he could do to deal with the aftermath. What he didn't expect was that Sylas had his own plans. <King's Bind>.

The bracelet activated once again. It was an instant cast, something that Sylas shouldn't have been able to do with the space between them being so close. Despite the previous deployment of <King's Shield>, it seemed as though Alex had yet to realize where that skill had come from. Sylas' relentless pursuit hadn't allowed him the ability to think about anything else.

However, Alex still snorted. A bind skill this powerful was rare, but he still had the ability to counter it. He didn't hesitate to use his strongest Dispel Skill.

But Sylas' timing was simply far too good.

He activated <King's Bind> just as Alex's crossblade attack Skill reached its climax. There was a clash of Aether that made Alex cough up blood, but he was still able to tank it. He was already prepared to activate yet another Defensive Skill, but out of the corner of his eye he caught a shine of the sun.

He barely had time to register that it wasn't the sun at all.

The second ballista that Sylas had set up fired. But this time, there wasn't a normal ballista bolt on it, but rather the Wind Reaper Javelin.

[Wind Reaper Javelin (FF)]

[Level: 10]

[Ability: Swallow (Wind)]

[This treasure swallows Wind Aether proportional to the Speed it travels at. For every 50 kph, Piercing power increases by 100%]

Even a ballista of ancient times had an exit velocity of upwards of 90 meters per second, which translated to over 300 kilometers an hour. At such a close distance, and with such a powerful ballista created by Archibald the engineer, it would easily reach over 500 kilometers an hour, increasing Piercing power by 1000%.

With such Piercing power, even if it was in the hands of a child, Alex's Constitution would be nothing but wet tissue paper before it, let alone here and now.

But what was maybe the most shocking to Alex was that not only had Sylas triggered such a thing, but he had dared to do so when there was less than two meters between them.

Alex had, of course, seen these ballista on the roof. But who would shoot a ballista at themselves? How confident did you have to be in your aim to dare to do such a thing? With how fast that javelin was...

There simply was no room to dodge.

Alex tried to twist out of the way, but the javelin drove right through his upper right chest, shattering his collarbone. It was so fast that it exited the other side of his body before he could do anything at all.

He was stunned for a moment, and then the pain hit him in waves.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood and then collapsed, his body shuddering.

At that moment, Sylas appeared before him, driving a powerful fist into Alex's hip just as he keeled over.