Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 57

Chapter 57 The Flow of Battle

[200 GTs Bonus]

He knew it was stupid, but his rage got the best of him. He could feel that something was attacking his mind, and it was taking all of his concentration to fight back against it.

With his back turned to Sylas' location, Vorak didn't even notice the flying dagger until it was too late.

It shot downward and ripped apart the Achilles tendon of Drax.

Sylas pulled it back before it could embed itself into the ground. Using telekinesis at the moment, he could only output less than half of his current Strength. However, with the abilities of the dagger, it was just about enough to match him if he wielded a normal dagger without the Pierce ability.

His Will and Charisma average was around 110 or so, which was just barely double his Strength stat. That meant that he needed four times the Will-Charisma average to equate the same amount of Strength… and he would take full advantage of what he had.

The dagger embedded itself into a tree that was nearby, and the second dagger whizzed forward.

Vorak reacted quickly, releasing Snarl's wrist and pivoting. With a strong sweep of his bone ax, he knocked the dagger out of the air.

The force was much too strong for Sylas to get control of it in a short time, so he didn't bother, letting it fall directly to the forest floor as he fell from the trees above.

He hit the ground in a deep squat, not minding a six-meter drop at all. His knees absorbed the impact like a spring and he rolled forward, dissipating the rest of the force before jumping to his feet.

He accelerated forward.

The others weren't sure what had happened because Sylas had already dissipated Madness. He couldn't control who was and wasn't affected, so he had no choice but to do this to avoid friendly fire.

However, it was because they weren't sure what happened that they felt that everything was still going according to the original plan and they burst into action as well.

Sylas, though, was already completely focused on Vorak.

The truth was that he could have likely succeeded in sneak-attacking Vorak as well and taken out one of the largest concerns immediately, but he hadn't done so for two reasons.

First, if he used Olivia's weapons to kill or maim Vorak, it would be a question as to who could claim the Genes. Vorak looked like the best opportunity he had to find something other than pure Physical Genes due to how high his Will and Mental were. Sylas didn't want to muddy those waters.

Plus, Snarl's wrist was snapped, Nala had a nasty gash across its chest and it was quickly bleeding out, and Drax had a useless leg after losing an Achilles tendon.

He had done enough on that front.

And second…

He really wanted to fight him.

Vorak's eyes seemed to collide with Sylas' and a high-pitched squeal-turned-roar echoed.

The gnoll elite was about to attack when he sensed other humans suddenly rushing through the clearing. He clearly hesitated, his eyes churning with thoughts that felt distinctly more human than beast.