Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 384

Chapter 384: First

Vayu cursed in his heart as he commanded his team to move faster. This time, Sylas had really screwed him over, and the worst part was that Sylas shouldn't have even known. How Sylas managed to deduce it was beyond Vayu.

Sylas' token read 'III' while Vayu's read 'IV'. This might seem meaningless, but in the coming clash of team, 'I' would pair with 'II' and 'III' would pair with 'IV'. This essentially meant that the first opponent that Vayu would come across other than these wolf spirits would be Sylas himself.

This seemed not to be a big deal. After all, this should be a good thing. Sylas was just one person. He should be ecstatic that he basically got a free ride to the final round.

Unfortunately, Sylas had seen through him.

This wasn't a simple tournament where there would be two elimination rounds to crown a winner. Instead, depending on how things went, there could end up being multiple rounds where each team would do their best to accumulate points.

Once this staircase event was through, there would be a clash, and then there would be four doors. These four doors would likewise be numbered from 'I' to 'IV'.

The first to win would receive priority in choosing your next round's opponent. Meaning, if Vayu was matched up against Sylas in the first round and cleared an easy victory, then he would be able to pick Sylas again in the next round and secure an advantage all the way up.

If he killed Sylas, it would be even easier, because that would mean that he would have free reign all the way up to the final rounds where the largest and truest rewards would be.

However, because Sylas exposed him, things would be different.

Because a loss didn't necessarily mean elimination, Aerwyna and Brisa might choose to collude, allowing one or the other to gain victory so that they could be the ones to challenge Sylas first.

This wouldn't be ideal for them, but it would even out the playing field. That was because whoever "lost" would then proceed to collude with Vayu, and then they'd switch over. So on and so forth.

But if Vayu got there first, then it would be meaningless.

Eventually, by the end of the rounds, they'd have an even distribution of points and they'd be right back to square one.

At the start, they had all seen Sylas' number, so this could have been guessed... but it wasn't until Sylas pointed it out that they put two and two together.

Before, Aerwyna and Brisa might have been slow on the uptake and chosen to fight it out. By then, Vayu would have already had an insurmountable advantage.

But now, he had to go all out in hopes that he still managed to reach the doors first. Only then could he firmly suppress Aerwyna and Brisa.

Due to a few words from Sylas, the first round, which should have been more a leisurely feeling out process, actually ended up being a full sprint to the end. Victory might very well be decided right here and now.

A solemn expression couldn't help but mar Vayu's handsome brows. He didn't know how Sylas had managed to deduce this, but it had put him in a terrible position.

Trying to enslave Sylas under the pretext that he would one day be their clan's subordinate made no sense. _{fгeewebnovёl.com}