Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 411

Chapter 411: Clypsians and Dogons

"Young prince, this..."

One of the elders following after Aurion leaned over to whisper in his ears, but Aurion held up a hand.

"This matter is too important to return now. Whatever the fallout is, it's already happened. Whoever it is can't act out boldly now even if they wanted to."

The elders still seemed hesitant, but in the end they were still forced to abide by this young prince's words.

Aerwyna sighed a breath of relief when she realized that they weren't here for her. In that case, she would just slip away with her team.

Unfortunately, things were never so simple.

"You. Stay."

Aerwyna froze, but in the end she, too, was forced to comply.

She knew that this wasn't a method Aurion was using to get close to her. It was a simple risk analysis. He knew that even if he was here, whoever was behind the scenes might be desperate enough to still kill him. However, if she was here... the heir of the Stormveils and heiress of the Galesongs... well, they would be hard-pressed to choose such a nuclear option.

As for why he was waiting, Aerwyna wasn't sure. It couldn't be to target Sylas; the system would never allow such a loophole. Plus, judging by his reaction to the corpse, he had nothing to do with what happened here.

In that case, it must be something else related to the Dungeon. Her gaze flashed. 'The last combat stair challenge... Maybe?'

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Sylas frowned. His instinct was to attack first, and he was going to, but the man across from him actually spoke first.

"... I can read your stats... You're from Earth..."

There was an odd mix of complicated emotions on the man's face. There was reminiscence... surprise... disdain.

The last seemed to be the most potent, almost as though he couldn't be bothered to speak to Sylas, but was going to anyway because he simply hadn't been able to speak to anyone in so long.

Sylas, though, had rarely ever bothered with such things. It was rather the implication of the man's words that shocked him. Did that mean that this man was from Earth? Or had he acclimated himself in an unknown way?

For example, Azrael and Lucirius had acclimated themselves in unexpected ways and Sylas could read their stats as well. But they certainly weren't people of Earth.

But another point of confusion was how this man could read his stats at all. Even Aerwyna and the others couldn't do so. The only person that managed to was the old man behind the bonfire, but due to the restrictions of the system, he couldn't tell the others about it.

Sylas had hardly felt any senses touch his own.

"I guess that since you've made it so far, I can't look down on you too much. But I don't know why you bother. It's going to end the same as it always does. Maybe one day you'll be standing in my place."

Sylas still didn't respond, but these words confirmed something else. This man was truly a person of Earth. But how?