The golden glow around Sylas slowly faded, his gaze becoming a bit dim. Then he stood there in silence, hanging in the air as though the wind beneath his feet was flat ground.
Calm and almost gently, he breathed out.
Slowly, his gaze regained focus and his expression sharpened. The first thing he did was open his status screen to see that he hadn't imagined it. All of his Wisdom Genes were gone, swallowed whole by his Legendary Wisdom Gene.
It shouldn't have been a surprise that he had successfully absorbed it given he had an 80% chance of succeeding, but it was a relief nonetheless. If he had missed out on something so great, it would have been a shame.
He was in a situation too dangerous to pass up on opportunity because of such a small chance of failure. He had learned long ago only to maximize things as far as he could afford to.
