Chapter 416: A Chance

Chapter 416: A Chance



Nosphaleen didn't know how to reply to Sylas' words. For one, they didn't make sense, but it was only natural it didn't click for her.

After all, in order to do what he wanted to, Sylas would have to rely on not just one, but two Legendary Path Professions. He would need a Taboo Bond for Extricate, and he would also need One Kind For Me in order to make sure that he was on the right path considering he was about to attempt something he never had before.

Acknowledging this, it was impossible for most to just guess what he was going to do.

However, to his surprise, this somewhat silly woman nodded in the next moment.

"Whatever it takes."

Her words carried her will with them. One so pure that Sylas felt his own was wholly inferior. He had made great progress, but this woman was very clearly on a tier above.

Seeing this, Sylas nodded slowly.

He released his telekinetic control over her disk blades and she complied as well.

"I do not know what sort of changes this will cause to your body, but be prepared."

Nosphaleen nodded again. Although she didn't have the full picture of what Sylas wanted to do, she had a guess. The moment he said he wanted her to become a beast, she was intelligent enough to guess that he was a Beast Master of some sort who planned to use this Profession to sign a contract with her and take her out of here.

What she didn't understand was how Sylas planned on doing this.

Sylas walked to her front and held out a hand. Nosphaleen complied and placed her palm in his.

If there was a fourth aspect to Extricate, it would be the actual process of accepting a Gene. While Sylas couldn't pull a Gene out of a living being under normal circumstances or maybe because his Level of Taboo Bond was too low-he could put one in.

He had done so for Cassarae's parents and Cassarae. Now, he was going to take this gamble with Nosphaleen.

He would never put this cancerous Gene into his own body. But since he had a guinea pig here... why not try it?

He saw Nosphaleen's pupils tremble when she saw this Rune. Clearly, unlike others who only saw a blob of energy when he played around with Genes like this, she might have grasped a form of Rune Control herself, allowing her to see it.

And because of that, she could tell just how dangerous this Gene was.

Even so, she grit her teeth as Sylas pressed it into her chest.

Her body shuddered and she immediately went pale.

The first thing she experienced was discomfort. Her heartbeat became irregular on top of her heart rate increasing, blood seemed to drain and pool in places it shouldn't be, and to make matters worse, she felt uncontrollably weak all over as though the Efficiency of her stats had plummeted off a cliff.

For a moment, she believed that Sylas was just trying to kill her, but she was too smart to hang onto such an idea for long. If he wanted to do that, it would be easier to sneak attack her while they were so close rather than doing this.

'It actually worked...'

Sylas could feel that Nosphaleen had gotten several times weaker in an instant, but at the same time, he could finally feel her Genes loosen up.

It was still difficult, but he had room to maneuver.

If Sylas was capped at Extricating Bronze Genes, this would likely not be enough. But he had luckily upgraded his Taboo Bond Path to the point where it could Extricate Silver Genes.

Now his plan had a chance of working.