Genetic Ascension

Chapter 766: Ticket [Top 5 in Golden Tickets Bonus]

Chapter 766: Ticket [Top 5 in Golden Tickets Bonus]



The peacock soared into the skies and shot into the distance, leaving a trail of shocked warriors in their wake.

How long had that taken?

Two hours? At the very most?

And yet, not long later, they would receive news that Ulite City had also been conquered in much the same way.

Suddenly, the situation seemed to have changed once again. Just as they made a move to attack, the support they should have gained from the Generals and the soldiers under them vanished in a puff of smoke.

The soldiers were still there, but they couldn't be commanded with nearly as much ease. And now that Sylas controlled the commerce of not just one city, but three of them, they suddenly realized that it was in their best interest if things continued in peace.

...

Conquering the two cities with a Commerce Victory wasn't difficult. Paul and the Memory Merchant had had a far easier time establishing their businesses there. They already controlled more than 30% of the market share.

In order to secure a Commerce Victory, though, one needed to control double that.

It would obviously be far more difficult... if not for the fact Sylas had pockets deeper than he cared for, it would have taken much more time.

Sylas had an entire mine of Aether Stones to work with, and exchanging them for F-Coins in the Nexus was very easy.

The result was tanking the economy of the cities with a great deal of inflation, buying up properties and businesses at way over market value, and the odds that he would make his money back in short order was next to zero.

Now, he had also basically used up all of his Aether Stones outside of his Gold Ones. After selling them all, at an unfortunate discount, he was able to scrounge up over 70 billion F- Coins in capital, which allowed him to execute this maneuver with speed and efficiency.

Of course, he had already set Tasia on this task when he left for Guiz City three days ago, ready for this outcome.

There was a very good reason why he didn't fear the Professor in the slightest. As prepared as he was... Sylas didn't feel like he would lose to anyone in a battle of wits.

Especially not when he had such an advantage on the ground.

Did his resources match up to that of the entire government?

Almost certainly not.

But one would never guess by his demeanor that he was worried about in the slightest. Thanks to his efforts now, the already loose pack of sand that was these coming armies had been knocked down another peg.

**

Sylas returned to Casstle Main, his mind still whirring with thoughts.

'I guess that it's about time... I go and see what my rewards have to offer me...'

Sylas hadn't forgotten about the ticket he received to an out-world market. Now that he had the Aether Stones he needed to trigger his timelock treasure, there was no better time than now to leave.

There would probably never be a point where his life was fully at ease. This calm before the storm was definitely the best chance he would have.

Professor Broussard would probably take some time to adjust the changes in the situation. While he was stabilizing him, Sylas needed to go.

The Access Ticket rippled through the air, but before it activated...

[Temporal Lock Point (Gold) (Gateway Treasure)]

[Exchange 10 000 F-Grade Gold Aether Stones to set Temporal Lock on a region]

[Durability: 999/999]

A flood of Aether Stones pooled out from the Madness Key and something that caught Sylas

off guard happened.

Time truly froze.

It was hard to describe how it felt other than Sylas could tell intimately from the feeling of his

Rune Vitality Mastery.

The Runes in this space almost seemed... dead.

Sylas' eyes glazed over as he seemed to be comprehending something.

He didn't even know how much time passed by the time he awoke, but deep inside, he knew

that it didn't matter.

That was because this Temporal Lock didn't just allow him to go to another space off-Earth without worrying about time dilation.

It literally froze the time he was experiencing, allowing him to return to the very same instant

as though no time had passed at all!

This was huge. Sylas had been worrying that even if time was one-to-one, he might still end up missing something important. But it seemed that he had vastly underestimated the value of this

Gateway Treasure.

However...

[Durability: 998/998]

It seemed that once the Durability was gone... there was no getting it back. Sylas exhaled a breath and calmed him. Looking around, he realized that the Golden Aether

Stones he had used already showed some signs of dimming.

It seemed that he had to get a move on.

With a thought, he activated the silvery-gold ticket.

The world around him flashed, and before Sylas could even see anything, he heard a sound of hustle and bustle that made what he had experienced at Sarap City feel like a joke.

When his vision did clear, he found an enormous, pockmarked red tongue dangling before his face, the foul stench of rotting meat hitting him in a wall of heat.