Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 540

Chapter 540: (???) [Bonus]

[The Rune Master Guild has taken an interest in you. Would you like to accept a System Conference?]

'A System Conference?'

Sylas wasn't sure what that was, but after convening with the Madness Key, he realized that it was just a formal method of connecting two separate branches of the system. Essentially, it was a voice call...

Obviously, though, whoever was on the other side was footing the bill. And judging by the hints that Madness Key dropped, this bill certainly wasn't a small one.

Not only was it a matter of distance, but the fact Earth was still in the middle of its Summoning meant that its connection with this tier of the universe wasn't solidified yet. Meaning, the cost was easily thousands of times more than what one would expect.

[What is the Rune Master Guild?]

[The Rune Master Guild is not a single Guild, but rather a network of them. They work under the same umbrella, using the moniker of Rune Master Guild as a facade to allow free exchange of ideas and trade.]

The explanation was quick, but Sylas got the gist of it. So it wasn't actually the Rune Master Guild that was contacting him, but more than likely one of its many understudies.

The Rune Master Guild would probably be more accurately seen as an alliance of various smaller guilds.

His thoughts only seemed to be proven more correct when there was a second notification, and then a third.

'I see... They're probably using the official umbrella of the Rune Master Guild as a little white lie.'

It was almost like a subsidiary mentioning their parent company. Technically, it was true that they were one and the same, but in practice, were they really?

The same notification repeated again and again, and Sylas was quickly finding it annoying. They had probably found out that he was from a world in the middle of their Summoning and wanted to take advantage of him.

But to Sylas, every connection made with the outside world cost him time he couldn't afford to lose.

The balancing between the time dilation here on Earth and in the outside world would have to be compensated for somehow.

And by now, he had already asked enough questions to the Madness Key to know that there was a great deal of danger lurking on the other side if he made a deal with the wrong guild.

Young and talented Rune Masters getting locked up into contracts that practically signed their souls away wasn't an uncommon occurrence at all.

If it was just as simple as reading the contract and calling it a day, Sylas would certainly do so. But these people were experts in Runes that were far beyond him. His experience in the Rune Breath Secret Realm had made him realize that there was a far taller mountain to climb out there.

The contracts of the Rune Master Guild weren't written in plain language; otherwise, anyone smart enough to be acknowledged by a guild would be able to see through the tricks.

The problem was that the contracts were constructed in Runes, and unless it was formed by two parties with equal skill, it was like handing control of your life over to another.

And Sylas certainly wasn't going to try to rely on his Will to form a contract. Who knew how many quadruple, quintuple, or sextuple digit Will masters there were lurking around in the universe?

Luckily, the system had a function for muting only certain types of notifications. _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}