Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 90

Chapter 90 Spawn

"These rewards are excellent," Morgan said, helping Alex out a bit so that Cassarae didn't have the time to figure out what the latter had really wanted to say. "I have no objections."",

"None here," Alex seconded.

"None here as well," Lauren confirmed.

"Good," Cassarae nodded. "In that case, we can talk about more of what we expect out of this sort of cooperation. But first…"

She smiled and held out her hand, shaking each one of theirs one by one. There was a bit of a lull and Sylas could tell that they were checking their new Affiliations, so he pretended to do the same.

This change was a protection for both parties.

Now that they were under Casstle Main, Cassarae was beholden to them to an extent. At the same time, there was no easy way to get rid of an Affiliation one had one, that was a conundrum that Sylas himself was in right now. And, Cassarae should be able to see all of their stat windows as well as their Favorability.

It could be said that it was a two-way relationship, one slightly skewed in Cassarae's favor. Which was also why Sylas took note of the fact they had all accepted it so easily.

If there was a spy amongst them, he would have expected for one of them to escape in the night, or something to that effect. But everyone was still here, obvious. It seemed that what happened last night was deeper than what it appeared to be. And worse than that, whoever remained was likely supremely confident in their abilities, even after watching his feats.

'… We'll see,' Sylas thought.

…

Not long afterward, Sylas found himself in the small shack promised to him by Cassarae. It was small, but it was cozy.

'It's no wonder she was so stingy with her funds. I wonder how many coins she had to spend to get all of this up and running…'

Sylas only had a vague idea about how cities worked, but there seemed to be a ton to balance. Even the "talents" she spawned would only start with a slight favorable impression of her. If she didn't perform well, they could easily turn on her.

This was why Sylas had noted the existence of Gregory. Compared to Maya, even though Gregory was of lesser talent, he was far more dangerous.

Maya was pretty widely unliked. But if Cassarae slipped up with her relationship with Gregory, then she might soon find her entire village turned against her.

There was another reason Sylas was so put-off by Gregory's appearance as well. It wasn't exactly his existence, per se, but rather how he existed at all.

This system was creating all of these people, but was it from scratch? Were they essentially newborns? Or could it be that they were from other worlds? Could the system fast track maturity and even select people's personalities?

Whatever the true answer was, it was definitely an uncomfortable one.

It was all so eerie and…

Sylas sighed, closing his eyes.

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[Where do the beings spawned by the system for cities come from?]