Genetic Ascension

Chapter 745: Minimize [Top 5 in Golden Tickets Bonus]

Chapter 745: Minimize [Top 5 in Golden Tickets Bonus]



[Special Talent: Maximize]

[Sacrifice 50% Durability to raise level of treasure to its maximum potential]

[Special Talent: Minimize]

[Durability Points are worth double that of usual]

Maya gained a new ability that synergized with her first one. Together, they allowed her to raise the standard of a Treasure while not sacrificing much of anything.

But more importantly than that...

The seamstress shop began to glow as well.

Cassarae was inwardly taken aback, but she was smart enough to keep a composed expression. Although this was mostly Sylas' doing, for things to work she had to be the one to take the credit or at least pretend as though she was the one directing things.

She had learned during her time shepherding this village that oftentimes perception was all that truly mattered.

She didn't like it because that meant she had to rein in her temper a lot of the time... but it was a necessary evil.

Still, her shock was causing waves in her heart.

The seamstress shop upgrading was huge, so much so that between its waves of shock, her heart was also doing cartwheels of happiness.

Specialty shops like this one were the toughest to upgrade because they not only required the city to reach a certain level, but they also needed spawns or Professionals that had reached appropriate levels as well.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The military encampment building, for example, was useless unless she had powerful enough officials, which was why Veron wielded so much authority in her city. By extension, this was also why Mathilda's role as an alchemist was so important as well.

But as difficult as it was maintaining the encampment and the alchemy shop, the seamstress shop was especially difficult because it was a unique Profession.

Every village had an encampment, and quite a number had alchemy shops by now even if they were inferior to Mathilda's. But seamstresses were often blacksmiths instead and it was much

rarer.

As time passed, Cassarae realized that she had actually understated just how lucky she was to spawn Maya. She thought that the great thing was that she was an FF+ Professional, not realizing that the value of this seamstress would present itself very evidently.

To understand why, one only needed to acknowledge one thing and ask oneself a single question...

How much easier was it to gather beast pelts than mine for ores?

Now, this trump card of Casstle Main was about to display itself in the truest sense.

...

methods of using it that didn't also feel wasteful.

Unless, of course... they went as far as to displace the city like some had suggested.

"Do you know the main problem you're facing right now?" Sylas asked.

Cassarae looked off into the distance, half feeling apprehensive, but half feeling some sense of security with Sylas by her side.

"... This land has no potential and it's only being suffocated more. Even if we can survive this, the salt water has really fucked everything up. Expanding from this point feels impossible."

Sylas nodded. "Displacement doesn't seem like it can be avoided. It's just that we have to do it

the smart way."

Cassarae sighed, but Sylas shook his head.

"Why are you sighing? What damage can your City Stele take that a System City's Stele

wouldn't shore up and then some?"

Cassarae looked over to Sylas. She reached up, placing a palm on his forehead.

"Do you have a fever? I feel like you're going crazy."

Sylas' reply, though... was very straightforward.

"Set Guiz City as your next Cult. I'll help you destroy them within three days."

Cassarae's heart shot, her eyes locked onto Sylas' side profile.

Sylas was never the type to brag. But what he was saying was too crazy.

The top figures of the Leaderboards were already approaching Level 40. That meant that City Lord Guiz was approaching Level 50. This didn't even include the fact that he was near invincible within city limits, or the fact he had a cohort of thousands that were deep into the

40s in Level as well.

None of this considered the involvement of the government or the appearance of a Warlord

either.

To say that he would destroy them in three days...

Sylas didn't seem to see Cassarae's shocked gaze at all. Instead, he was focused on a stirring

within himself.

Nosphaleen was about to awaken.