The thoughts would be enough to drive any man mad, but Sylas just kept eating. His body was like a bottomless pit as he circulated his Gluttony Seed and [Primal Gut] at the same time. He devoured one F-Grade beast after another because Nosphaleen didn't have the strength to bridge that gap on her own.
Eventually, Sylas just released all of his contracts, letting them hunt for him. It was Gogo who finally managed to bring him some E-Grades to devour, but as the minutes turned to hours, Sylas still didn't have any solutions.
He had several methods of becoming stronger immediately, but none of them would give him the chance to consistently crush the sort of enemies he was facing.
Sylas gave up on trying to find a pinpoint solution to all of his problems. It was clear that he wouldn't be able to spot such a thing in this situation—the chessboard was too big, and his plan to shift things in his favor had failed. In that case… he needed more information.
