Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 485

Chapter 485: Mastery

Sylas sat in silent meditation, trying to recall that feeling from earlier.

Before, he had been communicating with the Arctic Emperor Cobra through their link, sensing the changes in its body, and controlling it with great purpose.

However, that feeling of controlling something that wasn't his body so precisely left him in an elevated state.

Then, he had even felt like his eyes and that of the Arctic Emperor Cobra's felt like they were one in that same moment.

It was a feeling that was nigh impossible to describe, almost as though he was floating on a cloud in a far-off distant land, and yet had full control of his original body at the same time.

[Quest Received]

[Surging Madness Control (Common)]

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[Your Madness Control has reached the Legendary Mastery Realm all on its own, your Madness allowing you to peak toward an unprecedented Realm that exists beyond its normal Bounds. Grasp this chance to enhance yourself]

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[Fragmented Reward Requirements]

[>Create an FFF- <Madness Control> Skill]

[Common Reward Requirements]

[>Create an FFF <Madness Control> Skill]

It had been a long while since he received this Quest, but he had made no headway at all until that moment.

He had no foundation or understanding in creating Skills. Manipulating already existing Skills was one thing. But crafting them from scratch? That was more than a little bit of a stretch for him.

Truthfully, Sylas was underestimating himself. Being so close to Rune Essence, and having absorbed more Genes through Extricate than he cared to count, by now he had a deep enough understanding of his Aether Pathways and Runes to create a few weaker tier Skills.

The problem, though, was that this Quest wanted him to create an FFF- Skill which was still a far cry from his current abilities.

However... Skills were created through four paths.

The first were experts of higher order. The second was through the system itself. The third was through alterations in Genes that could happen through Classes or Professions. And finally, the fourth...

Sudden enlightenment.

Sylas sat in complete silence, a web of thoughts forming in his mind.

Subconsciously, he began to think about Fusion again. But this time, the actual process of it. He recalled every sensation of his body's composition changing.

Thoughts of <Cryobane Elevation> flashed in his mind as well, and the bout of enlightenment only seemed to deepen.

His interaction with Grin led him to one conclusion. The man was definitely relying on a Gene Skill to become invisible like that. There was no normal skill that could possibly allow such a thing. And even further than that, it was almost certainly related to a high-level Class as well.

He believed that Grin's Class was at least Silver, if not Gold.

But that also awakened him to another fact. Compared to most, he was far ahead. Compared to the truest hidden experts, though, he had fallen behind. Or, maybe, he had never caught up to them in the first place.

He knew the Grimblades certainly had more experts hidden in the dark. The fact they could waste away time letting their three heir candidates fight it out like they did proved that they had something more substantial to rely on.