[Bonus chapter thanks to Killerquaker and BobTheEngineer :)]
The aura around Sylas calmed. He looked down at his hands to see the same bony protrusions in place of his fingers. He felt entirely different, but it was impossible to benefit from it entirely when his body wasn't whole right now.
While it seemed like using the abilities of the Ruby Ouroboros came with an infinite escape-death glitch, it still had its limits.
When Sylas created the Ruby Ouroboros, he didn't have the same understanding of Will Manifestation that he did now, his ability to craft and transfer what understanding his Vipermancy Profession gave him into a viable path for his new contract was limited.
Simply put, if there was a universal Arcane Madness-like Will for evolution, then there existed one for infinity as well, and he hadn't truly grasped or incorporated that into the Ruby Ouroboros.
