Chapter 741: Offset

Chapter 741: Offset



[Offset ALL Demerits]

A rush poured through Sylas. It was an interesting feeling, one that he had all but forgotten. It became obvious to him that this Demerit State was worse than what he had assumed.

It had festered and grown within his body, slowly raising the temperature as though he was a frog in boiling water. It wasn't until it was suddenly erased in a single go that he could truly feel the difference.

To his astonishment, this difference was not too dissimilar from being in a State of Expenditure.

But it wasn't really a direct impact on his strength like such a thing should be. Instead, it was more like Sylas was having his connection with the system strained and weakened.

Although it was a less obvious problem, as a result of it Sylas was suffering from a ubiquitous impact across all of his skills, from his Profession all the way to his Rune Mastery itself.

The only reason it wasn't even more obvious than it was happened to be because Earth was a constant subject of subterfuge. So much of its system and its laws were tweaked, rotted, and inwardly destroyed that much of what Sylas had grown used to in this State of Demerit was more commonplace for all the powerhouses of Earth.

It was just that he experienced this on a level that was orders of magnitude greater, especially since he had grown so much stronger since being saddled with these Demerits.

Finally, though... he was free.

Sylas exhaled, basking in the feeling for only a moment before he moved on to the next. He didn't have the time to consider these matters in too much depth.

His body felt much better now than ever before, and that was what was the most important.

The second reward he received, though, was just as odd and shocking. And once again, he found himself in a state of not quite knowing how to react.

[Choice Rewards]

[Gain a Silver Merit]

OR

[Progenitor Flame Quest]

The chance to be in the system's good graces, gather these Blessings, and use them at opportune times couldn't be ignored.

But...

[What is a Progenitor Flame Quest?]

[Progenitor Flame Quests appear when one's Will has reached the Sparked Realm. At that point, it has reached the bare minimum requirements to become a Progenitor Flame but has yet to truly bud into its own.]

[Accepting a Progenitor Flame Quest means signing a contract of equals with the system wherein you must make good on an unknown requirement set in the future.]

[Should you succeed, your Progenitor Flame will successfully form and your Will will reach untold levels.]

'A promise in the future? What does that mean?'

From the implications, it didn't seem like the system would give him this Quest right now. Instead, it was storing it away and triggering it at some unknown time.

Sylas wasn't sure how he felt about this. Unless...

'Is it waiting for the Summoning to be over?'

Now that Sylas thought about it, what good was being a Progenitor to a failed world? In fact,

it was probably impossible to truly ignite a Progenitor Flame unless the world had reached a

certain stage.

These two things went hand in hand.

Should he take it? But if it was so rare, why would it appear like this twice...

Sylas thought for a long while before he made a decision.

[Progenitor Flame Quest Accepted]