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He still had the gnoll elite's Gene Core even though he hadn't gotten anything from Lurk, and he had the reward orbs of three more gnolls on top of that.
But Sylas was a bit hesitant.
The reason he didn't absorb Vorak's Genes was because, unlike with the Madness Key, he couldn't directly pass Genes from himself to the Gene Crystal. This seemed to be a unique ability the Madness Key was capable of, but the Gene Crystal could only absorb fresh Genes.
This wasn't actually entirely bad. That was because the Gene Crystal could absorb Genes with a 100% success rate, so there would be no loss.
However, the drawback was obviously that any Genes he gave the Gene Crystal, he couldn't take in himself.
Vorak had two Common Will and three Common Intelligence Genes. Only Intelligence was needed for unlocking Basic Aetherflow, but he needed a whole 15 of them. These three would obviously go a long way to helping that.