Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 541

Chapter 541: Smarts Aren't Enough [Bonus]

The Breath Master List was based on one thing and one thing only: how fast the Rune Breath Secret Realm was cleared. Any existence younger than the age of 51 and within the F-Grade was allowed to be on it. Though there was no universal list, the logistics of documenting so many Secret Realm entries across so many quadrants were far too great.

Instead, this list was based by District, while there were probably hundreds of Districts in just a single galaxy and about four to five solar systems to a District.

To Earth, it seemed as though most solar systems were lifeless, but this was only because most of the universe was closed off to them due to their failure to complete the Summoning.

In reality, of the thousands of solar systems in the Milky Way, all of them had at least one planet with life on them, maybe multiple planets and moons at that.

Each one of these solar systems would have anywhere from millions in population due to situations like Earth, where the Summoning was not long ago and most had died, to tens of billions.

Situations like Earth were still relatively rare because it wasn't every day that a world underwent a Summoning. As such, one could expect about 10 to 30 billion people a solar system, which meant about 50 to 150 billion people a District. When you elevated the scale to a galaxy, there were probably upward of a few hundred trillion people.

This was all to say that making it into a top thousand list for one of the most commonly challenged Secret Realms was no joking matter...

However, to make it as an Unsummoned was another matter entirely. To do so as a Human, well...

There were probably a dozen or so Races on the list, many of whom could be found dotted across the universe, appearing in many galaxies and Districts.

But the number of Humans? Or more specifically, as they were known across the universe, Primitive Humans?

Sylas was the only one on the list.

There was not a single other Primitive Human.

This reality made Sylas a hot commodity. As he had expected, the number of individuals who wanted to take advantage of him could wrap an entire line across the District.

In fact, there were some spies from other Districts who had spies within theirs who perked up as well, wondering how they might take advantage of this situation.

The trouble was that in this sea of fishermen fishing in troubled waters, there were those that genuinely wanted to bring Sylas into their fold as well.

Unfortunately, Sylas simply didn't have the time to properly vet these people and could only make the one choice he could.

And in typical Sylas fashion, his action of directly ignoring this throng of invitations was poorly received.

The scammers from unverified guilds were one thing; they just shrugged their shoulders and moved on to their next target.

But as the messages from Verified Guilds began to pile up, and then Named Guilds began to get involved soon after, followed by Ranked Guilds...

The legend of Sylas' arrogance piled up.

No one seemed to care about his reasons. In fact, those that could become Rune Masters were all smart enough to see through them. However... did they have a reason to care?