Chapter 655: Why Not? – A Turning Point in Genetic Ascension by Awespec
In this chapter of Genetic Ascension, Awespec introduces major changes to the story. Chapter 655: Why Not? shifts the narrative tone, revealing secrets, advancing character arcs, and increasing stakes within the Fantasy genre.
When he read that the Mancer Scape was virtual, he was somewhat disappointed. After all, he thought he needed to kill real creatures in order for his Quest rewards to trigger.
But this wasn’t the same.
Although it was known as a "virtual" world, the Mancer Scape used very real Blood Essence. One would truly lose their lives if they weren’t careful.
One of the reasons the Mancer Scape was so valuable was because its Rune Laws were incredibly unique and functioned very similarly to the Split Realm Dungeon Sylas had just been in.
When you killed a creature inside, their Mature Aether would come to you just the same, but this wasn’t all. You would also naturally gain their Blood Essence.
This world was so invaluable because it was a shortcut to improving one’s affinity. If you targeted beasts of your own Path of the Mancer, you could increase your affinity by leaps and bounds, not to mention lay a foundation for future Grades.
Right now, Sylas’ affinities seemed quite high. He even had a Gold Grade affinity to rely on. That was incredibly shocking.
But useless the moment he stepped foot out of the F-Grade.
What Sylas hadn’t known until just now was that his affinities were very surface level.
There was a difference between him, someone who gained affinities through an F-Grade Class, and someone born to a higher Grade Race who might naturally be in tune with Ice or anything of the like.
If Sylas entered the E-Grade without an improvement to his Class, his Ice, Poison, and Wood affinities wouldn’t even be Common Grade.
By comparison, a Sylph, as a part of an E-Grade Race, could have a Class far worse than Sylas right now, and still come out with a higher affinity purely because their Race Grade was superior.
The complexities of Genes were multi-layered, so the strengths of people and their talents or potentials were all equally as complex.
This Mancer Scape, however, gave an opportunity to change that and unlock a Legendary Class.
Sylas wasn’t a fool, so he could see the writing on the wall.
In order to unlock his Bronze Class, he had to kill a Level 30 Beast… now, he had to kill a Level 40 one in order to unlock his Silver Class.
If he took a step back, he had to kill a Level 10 beast to unlock a Fragmented Class, and a Level 20 one to unlock a Common one…
Then wouldn’t that mean that he had to kill a Level 50 creature to unlock a Gold Class?
But wasn’t Level 50 the limit of F-Grade already?
Sylas had already felt the vast differences between the F-Grade and E-Grade… it was only in passing, but the old man at the bonfire felt to him like an impossible-to-scale existence.
If he needed to kill an E-Grade beast to unlock a Legendary Class… it would simply be impossible. Honestly, the gap was so large that Sylas wasn’t sure if Leveling up would help him all that much. It felt like there was a qualitative difference between the two.
Sylas had been trying to not think about this problem. He hadn’t even found a Level 40 creature that followed his Path of the Mancer yet, let alone a Level 50 one.
But now it seemed that a solution had fallen into his lap.
If he could target an E-Grade Serpentes beast, he just might have a chance at bridging the gap between the Grades with his Vipermancer Profession.
This Gateway Treasure should give him the ability to refine what he needed from the Mancer Scape and target the exact beast he needed. If that was true, then now he just might have a legitimate way of clearing this impossible Quest.
Sylas clenched the token and then carefully put it away. This Split Realm Dungeon was truly giving him exactly what he needed. He wasn’t sure if this was on purpose or not, but it felt like a guiding hand was trying to help him.
’This Split Realm Dungeon… it feels like a warning more than anything else… The Thryskai…’ frёeωebɳovel.com
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