Chapter 607: Answer

Chapter 607: Answer



Sylas didn't respond to Lauren's words. He only calmly analyzed that she was a person capable of speaking such words but didn't take them very seriously. In fact, he only began to calmly observe her.

Lauren's gaze flickered. There was something about Sylas' gaze that made her feel

particularly uncomfortable. He was staring at her like he was analyzing any other thing; she might as well have not been a person at all.

She could see through his thoughts. He, in one part, wanted to keep an eye on a dangerous enemy, but he also wanted to observe why she was so confident.

When she got here and saw the state of their progress, Lauren was quite confident that even if Sylas observed her actions, he wouldn't gain anything from it. That was why she had spoken so boldly. Though... that wasn't entirely just to take jabs at Sylas either.

She knew the kind of pressure this place put on the psyche. Words that some might be able to easily shrug off in other situations would be amplified to the umpteenth degree here.

Even though Sylas was sitting there calmly, she had no way of knowing if he was truly so calm on the inside. Plus, even if the words were ineffective against him, what about those following him?

She could easily see that not a single one of them was as calm as Sylas.

However, now she felt like she was the one being pressured.

Lauren took a calm breath. From start to finish, none of these apprehensive emotions of hers showed on her face. She knew that it wasn't entirely because of Sylas that she was feeling this way. That statue in the distance... it played a large role.

"Let's begin," she said, no longer paying attention to Sylas. She could feel his gaze still on her face, almost like a burning sensation trying to bore a hole through her, but she pressed those feelings down.

Sylas' eyes narrowed as he felt a resonance forming between Lauren and the four companions that she had brought along with her.

It seemed that until now, he had been looking at Will too simply.

The reason he could draw Runes was that the Will of the statue stifled it. The reason he couldn't use skills wasn't because he couldn't circulate the Aether within him, but rather because the Aether in the outside world was suppressed by the Will of the statue. The reason his telekinesis was so weak was not only because his Charisma and Will were unbalanced, but once again because its presence was being suffocated by the Will of the statue.

Some of these things made sense to him. It was only natural that one will could suppress another if it was powerful enough.

But what about his Aether? What about his Runes?

What Sylas hadn't considered was what Ithkuil had already taught him. Anything that had to be triggered by his intent relied on his Will in some form.

When he cast a skill, he did it with his intent, even if he relied on the system to complete the cycle for him. As he increased his Mastery over the Skill, his intent would become more refined, and he would rely on the system less and less until the skill itself was being driven by his intent entirely. Or...

His Will.

It was no wonder the system had such a hard time quantifying Will properly. From the start, Sylas had been correct. Will wasn't something you could just put a number cap on. And it was also precisely because of this that his telekinesis had so many odd variations and variables to it that he couldn't quite grasp.

If Sylas wanted to accomplish what he needed to here, he had to start using his Will as it was

meant to.

A flare came from him, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

Aetherflow permeated through him.

He had had the answer in him all along.

All at once, a green-violet glow enveloped all five of their platforms, the Ithkuil Symbol of Illumination shining forth as they suddenly accelerated.