Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 66

Chapter 66 Spoils

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He still had the gnoll elite's Gene Core even though he hadn't gotten anything from Lurk, and he had the reward orbs of three more gnolls on top of that.

But Sylas was a bit hesitant.

The reason he didn't absorb Vorak's Genes was because, unlike with the Madness Key, he couldn't directly pass Genes from himself to the Gene Crystal. This seemed to be a unique ability the Madness Key was capable of, but the Gene Crystal could only absorb fresh Genes.

This wasn't actually entirely bad. That was because the Gene Crystal could absorb Genes with a 100% success rate, so there would be no loss.

However, the drawback was obviously that any Genes he gave the Gene Crystal, he couldn't take in himself.

Vorak had two Common Will and three Common Intelligence Genes. Only Intelligence was needed for unlocking Basic Aetherflow, but he needed a whole 15 of them. These three would obviously go a long way to helping that.

Unfortunately… he couldn't pick and choose which he took. It was either he tried to absorb all five, or he took in none of them. That also meant that the Gene Crystal would directly discard the two Common Will Genes and they would vanish. _{frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓}

That was a +40 Will gone into the wind. That was a huge amount, almost 50% of Sylas' current stat total.

'In base, that would be a whole +5 to my telekinesis' Strength. If I added +150% when Madness is activated, that would be an additional +25 Strength just from those two Genes alone…

'Of course, I also have to consider that the odds I succeed in absorbing both of them are only 25% considering my Soft Gene State only gives me a fifty-fifty chance…

'The hardest thing to ignore is the potential boost to my Intelligence. Madness Control runs out too quickly. If I could use it for longer...'

What made all of this harder was the fact Sylas had lost a gnoll elite corpse. If he had two of these Gene Cores, it would have been an easier choice to make. But scarcity made it more difficult.

On the one hand, he needed more immediate strength. But on the other, he needed to improve his future potential as well.

'Let's check the other stuff first to see if it'll tip things one way or another.'

Sylas took out the reward orbs of the three gnolls, crushing them one after another.

Between the three of them, he gained a total of 50 coins.

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[Coins: 220 (F)]

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Then there came the Gene Cores.

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[Common Gene: (3) Strength (F); (3) Constitution (F)]

[Common Gene: (3) Strength (F); (3) Constitution (F)]

[Common Gene: (3) Strength (F); (3) Constitution (F)]

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