Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 519

Chapter 519: The...

Sylas hung from the last vestiges of the web of tree roots, his gaze flickering. There was nothing but a fall to darkness beneath him, but his visualization was also not obstructed by the dense web system either.

Thanks to that, he could see a full 100 meters below. Or, rather, what was effectively 15 meters

or so.

And that was enough to notice that there was an abandoned city beneath him, just as expected.

Of course, Sylas couldn't have been certain of this. He wasn't an oracle who could see the future. But he had had his guesses.

The first oddity was the fact he had almost fallen into this abyss before. The spider queen had tried to drop him down here, and if not for the barrier of the Field Dungeon keeping him in, the plan just might have succeeded.

But that was only one part. It truly was odd that there was a root system like this built so high above the true ground, but that could easily be explained away by the existence of the spider queen.

What couldn't be explained away so easily were Ragnar's odd decisions.

Why was he so willing to give up his city for the sake of taking him down?

It made sense for Lucius to make such a sacrifice, but had he really been such a thorn to Ragnar? He shouldn't even really know who he was. Even if he had figured it out, their interactions were too few and he shouldn't have built up such a hatred for him.

There was a chance that it was related to his partnership with the Sylphs, but that would only make sense if Ragnar was stupid.

After all, Sylas had already killed the best trump card the Sylphs had in the Evergreen Territory. And he had yet to confirm if the other two System Cities were under their control or not.

There was a very real possibility that the only foundation the Sylphs and Ragnar both had left in the Evergreen Territory was Ragnar's city.

So why abandon it?

Even more shocking than that, they should know that Sylas had failed the Evergreen Multi Quest. That meant that they should have a wide open door to take advantage of. So why were they eager to kill him to the point of allowing the portal to Evergreen to close on them?

Was his life really that important to them?

There were only two possible explanations.

Either the relationship between Ragnar and the Sylphs was built on more than just mutual benefits...

Highly unlikely.

Or... the group had found something else to rely on.

And clearly, the answer to that was two.

'A fifteen-meter fall. We can manage.'

Sylas rocked his body and then, with a sway, he let himself fall down after signaling to Nosphaleen to be as quiet as possible.

Nosphaleen obliged, and realizing this wasn't the right time to use Aether, she allowed herself to drop down in the direction of Sylas.