Genetic Ascension

Chapter 657: Glass [Bonus]

Cairith had become a land of ice and snow... or so it seemed. If one looked closely, the ice wasn't actually ice at all, but rather a beautiful, reflective glass.

The once bustling city seemed more empty than not now, buildings had collapsed, and a grey hue hung from the skies.

At the center of the city, Sylas could see a complex structure of crystals that seemed like a pyramid formed out of slanted pillars of glass. It looked like it had come right out of a comic book.

'This feeling... the glass monkey?'

Sylas' gaze flashed as he felt that he understood what was happening here. He had just made the assumption that the Glass Monkey would be killed by the Africor Continent's experts eventually. He didn't think that they would somehow allow their capital to be overrun like this by a single beast.

What could have possibly happened?

Even if the three monarchs were occupied by the Dungeon, and they took along with them four elites, would a nation as a whole really only have 15 powerful existences?

Even if they had taken all of the elites with them and there were really none left, just by virtue of their sheer numbers they should be able to crush a beast that Sylas had easily defeated without even much help from Alex.

All of that pointed to the fact this couldn't possibly be a simple matter.

Sylas found his heartbeat speeding up.

'What an odd feeling...'

It was like something was drawing him to that scene in the distance, as though his Luck had changed from just passively interacting with the world around him, to feeling it was more real.

'Ithkuil...'

Sylas realized that this was the first time he had interacted with the real world after he began to think in Ithkuil.

When he first started, he noted that his visualization was far brighter and grander than before. And his visualization, as far as he was aware, was an off-shoot of his Luck.

Maybe the two worked off of one another like this, and now the Sixth Sense of his Luck was far greater.

'In that case...'

Sylas shot forward, pressing a foot against the side of the pyramid and plummeting down its side. He raised down its body with a smooth effortlessness until he suddenly caught air.

<Surfing Frost> activated and a path of curving ice appeared beneath his feet.

'It's so easy...'

It felt like the cost of his skill had halved again, and that wasn't just because the Ice Aether concentration in the air was so high. It was something deeper than that.

He was being embraced by Earth in a way he couldn't quite put into words.

Sylas got closer to the pyramid of ice swiftly, crossing over the remains of the city until he felt like he could practically reach out and touch it...

But that feeling was nothing more than an illusion. The structure was so much larger than he could have ever imagined that it was almost unsettling.

Sylas' eyes narrowed as he felt the gravity of the situation. And then, his Will picked up on something.

[Glass Monkey (Bronze)]

[Level: 41]

Sylas had yet to lay eyes on the creature, but he could feel its power.

'Its Level actually increased by this much? How long has it been? It's definitely less than a year...'

Sylas checked his system and his eyes narrowed.

The time dilation wasn't nearly as severe as he thought it was going to be. He had expected to lose at least eight months, but it turned out that it had only been a quarter of that. He didn't know what caused him to only lose two months instead of the near year he was expecting, but he didn't get much time to consider that before a howl filled the air.

SKKKKRRRREEEEEEEEEE!

The world of glass shook and a pillar suddenly shot right at Sylas.

There wasn't time to dodge through normal means, but Sylas was quick on his feet.

The path of ice beneath him collapsed and the glass pillar shot over his head.

There wasn't the slightest hint of panic in his eyes, but his gaze was blazing with a fiery light.

This was exactly what he needed. A path directly to his Silver Class.

When he first saw the Glass Monkey, he had thought it was unfortunate that it was so low level. It was the perfect creature to consolidate his affinities into one, singular path.

He had felt that its lair was quite chilly before, but now that his senses were so much sharper, he knew exactly why.

This Glass Monkey had affinities of Ice and Sand. The fusion together formed this odd chilly glass that it could control like an extension of its body.

The creature itself was quite shockingly small. But none of that mattered if it had a city at its beck and call to control.

Sand was a Variant Earth affinity much like Wood was. It would easily overshadow his Wood affinity, taking it over and replacing it. As for the Ice... it spoke for itself.

But there was a hidden character here that was very much akin to Poison, but not quite. The unique combination that formed the glass felt like it was tailor-made for Sylas...

And it just might fix his issues of lack of attack power.

[You have entered the Dynamic Field Dungeon <Glass Fortress>]

A fiery intent blazed in Sylas' eyes as the Basilisk King fused into his body seamlessly. He landed on a ground crunching about beneath him. His tail slapped down and he shot forward.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Sylas shifted quickly from side to side, his body leaving streaks of black in its wake as he formed a zigzag pattern through to the heart of the Glass Fortress.

And that was when his eyes landed on it.

The Glass Monkey was just as small as always, but it seemed to have formed itself a mech

armor of frosty glass. It formed arms for itself that were comically large, and its tail was dozens of meters long now, pieced together by segments of glass.

And its stats...

[Glass Monkey (Bronze)]

[Level: 41]

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[Physical: 2954]

>[Strength: 2038]

>[Constitution: 1778]

>[Dexterity: 3999]

>[Speed: 3999]

[Mental: 3341]

>[Intelligence: 4003]

>[Wisdom: 3999]

>[Charisma: 2022] [Will: 833]