Chapter 499: Chaos

Chapter 499: Chaos



Sylas found himself subconsciously reaching out a hand. The Basilisk King looked at him in confusion, not understanding what was going on.

Honestly speaking, the Basilisk King's heart was practically doing cartwheels. Its blood pressure had risen to the point its large body was trembling like a small hill.

It had been ready to die just now, and it half expected a beam of light to calm out of Sylas' palm and crush him in an instant.

But that beam didn't come.

Sylas felt a bit awkward having his hand up like this. It was the first time he had acted without quite thinking things through, which was rare for him.

However, it wasn't long before the Basilisk King bumped its head against his palm, its gaze flickering with a hint of embarrassment as well.

When it understood what Sylas was trying to do, it felt a bit awkward as well. It was a mighty Basilisk, a Serpentes of Legend... not a puppy.

But it felt worse leaving its master in an awkward situation. Although it feared Sylas, that fear was built on a foundation of respect.

Sylas almost found himself chuckling, something even rarer for him.

"Never again?" he asked.

The Basilisk King nodded repeatedly.

"Deal. Let's go."

The Basilisk King vanished into the Hibernation Realm, and Sylas stepped out to find the world in chaos.

When he learned of what happened, his gaze flickered. He didn't have the time to mind Morgan for now and left him in the City Lord mansion before bolting off.

...

'The changes to the System City here shouldn't affect the situation so far away. But...'

He couldn't be certain just yet.

He had only touched upon the surface of the issue as well.

There was no way that the information network of the System City, especially after it had been disbanded, could possibly be robust enough to have information about those regions.

And because the City Stele was now sacrificed for Free Experience, he obviously couldn't use the Stele Ability to check on them.

So the question was, how had he known what was happening at two far-away locations? The answer was that he had deduced it.

And the reason he did was because the beasts in the region were going absolutely wild, surging toward those two locations.

Sylas had already used the bird's-eye view ability of the System City to scout out the region. He knew the locations of several Dungeons and had even thought of visiting them should his

time allow it.

That was why when he saw where beasts were coming from, and the flow toward where they were heading, he immediately put two and two together.

The fluctuations had triggered a Dungeon Break far earlier than it should have. Dungeon Breaks were triggered when a Dungeon spent too long uncleared. The accumulated Aether would go out of control, the rules would break down, and many of the laws restricting and controlling the beasts within would be unleashed.

It seemed that the Aether Plane shifting its coordinates and entering a tug of war with the out-of-place Portals had caused the entire region to be in disarray.

Soon, the two remaining System Cities wouldn't be able to keep up, and the Aether Plane would snap out of alignment like a rubber band. Then at the very least, this region would return to its original coordinates.

But once that happened, he would lose out on at least two portals... not to mention an excellent opportunity to take out the Ravenclaws.

WHOOSH!

Sylas ripped his way past a branch, and leaves were sent flying in all directions as he finally locked eyes with a swarming army ahead.