Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 67

Chapter 67 Effectiveness

[350 GTs bonus chapter]

He remembered that while Madness and <Maddened Meditation> were both at Common Mastery, <Madness Control> was certainly not.

Having the Madness Key around his neck felt far more… intimate than observing the barriers had been. It didn't flicker in and out, and he felt that he could be immersed in his own thoughts and under its influence at the same time…

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[Madness Control (FF+) (Skill)]

[Your body is your temple and it listens to no commands other than your own]

[+ Dexterity]

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He focused in on that + Dexterity.

The more he came to know about this world, the more he understood that things weren't always as they seemed. There were obviously some things, often hidden in plain sight, that were obscured maybe by design, maybe maliciously, or maybe both.

There was no reason for the Grades of his Skills and such to be hidden. The idea of "simplicity" made no sense. The human race was an intelligent enough one to understand a simple nine-tiered system from F- to FFF+.

But as with everything in this world, information was at a premium.

They distracted you with Genes and fancy stats and Aether, when in reality nothing was more important than the information surrounding them itself.

And he felt that this was another piece of wool over his eyes. _{ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com}

He looked down at the Madness Key. This thing could give him the answer to any question he wanted, and yet there were so many weird things surrounding it. There was that odd glitch in the system, then there was him magically losing three months of time, and for what? Because there were certain things he shouldn't be allowed to know?

Even for the Madness Key, when he asked a question that he shouldn't, he was directly punished for it.

There were big players in this world, a world that was suddenly far vaster than he was used to.

'Efficiency…' Sylas suddenly thought. '… No, Effectiveness.'

Sylas' mind suddenly drifted to a thought, linking two seemingly unrelated things together. He had lost one of his daggers, but there was still one that remained.

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[Simple Dagger (F)]

[Level: 1]

[+3 Strength]

[Ability: Pierce]

[Makes applied Strength doubly as Effective]

[Durability: 10/10]

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That word "Effective" was capitalized, much like Strength was.

Why?