Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 1409

[Fuck you Chrono. May the lava waters of hell come out from your ass when next you pop a squat] "What is it?" the young man asked his sister.

His younger sister blinked for a while, her head tilting one way, then the next before a light bulb seemed to go off.

"Interesting."

"Stop being so mysterious. What's going on?"

"That ship… it's a bit, well… over-engineered. It's the combination of five vessels, fused together with different aspects. Whoever did it is at least skilled enough to make it run smoothly, but it was a complete waste of money.

"It's either whoever did it didn't have the time to wait for the raw materials to build out their own ship, or they didn't have the skills to build one in the first place and instead went this route."

The young man's eyes narrowed.

"You're saying this is the combination of five vessels? For that to be possible, it would have to—"

"Come from a much weaker Sector? Yeah. That's right."

The two siblings looked toward one another, interest in their eyes.

This was an Astral Dungeon, and they were well aware of the standard of the people in this Sector, though they hadn't had much interaction with them. Those people knew better than to antagonize them.

"Wait…" the young woman seemed to have an idea, and she tapped a foot at the air.

"You're connecting to the Nexus?"

"Yes. I want to see what ships this corner of the universe has to sell. Maybe…"

Her voice trailed off as her eyes zipped by.

"Indeed… it should be the combination of these five vessels. A crash landing, maybe? I find it hard to believe that this Sector would have people who'd spend money on something like this. Maybe it was someone from outside the Sector in dire straits…"

The young man frowned.

There was one problem with that bit of analysis. If it was someone who crash-landed, their situation wasn't good. Why would coming to this Dungeon be their top priority?

His little sister was smart—smarter than him, probably. But her overall understanding of people and emotions was a bit limited. She knew how to deduce things, but it was usually up to him to fit her thoughts into the world in a way that made sense.

In that case…

"Move over a bit. I'll check around the Nexus."

The young woman found her system booted from control as her brother took over. He scanned things even faster, ignoring what was useless as though he was looking for something in particular.

But he couldn't even seem to find what it was he was searching for before he was bombarded with a continuous stream, all coming from the same person.

Sylas Grimblade.

Sylas Grimblade.

Sylas Grimblade.

The name popped up so many times, so frequently, and so often it made his head spin.

"Hm? Warlord Sanctum 073…? What a coincidence…"

His eyes suddenly sparkled as he looked toward the ship.

And for an F-Grade legacy, for him…

That was a matter of a few minutes even without Andromeda.

Sylas' eyes flashed and the crystal cracked. The Whale unleashed a howl as it was released, expanding wildly.

Large pools of Aether rushed toward it as it swam around Sylas.

Sylas could feel a strong repulsion force coming from it, but the moment his Primus Luminaria Crown appeared, that resistance was immediately culled.

In his presence, no creation of another Rune Master had the right to be so arrogant.

Chi.

The Whale burst, its body surging into curtains of complex Runes forming into a beautiful mesh.

Sylas' eyes darted around, bouncing from Rune to Rune with the control of a seasoned warrior. There was nothing his eyes missed in the slightest, and seeing through these Runes felt no less difficult than reading the words in a children's book.

'I've got it. I've got it.'

There was a joy bubbling up in Sylas' heart. He knew he loved Runes, but this was a feeling that was beyond the mastery he had ever enjoyed before.

It felt like life itself was in the palm of his hands.

These Runes, simplified so perfectly, did exactly that… embody life.

And to him, even something so complex came with the ease of a breath.