Sylas should have continued down the middle lane to the end of it all. At least from his perspective, he had already killed all of his enemies, and things were basically over now. He wouldn't know that Scarval was there, so there would be no reason to avoid him. Not to mention the fact that avoiding the man was actually impossible from the jump.
The issue was that Scarval hadn't even moved from the start; he was still reclining in the tree at the temple. Meaning, no matter what, Sylas would run into him. So, taking a detour didn't make any sense.
It made even less sense that Sylas wasn't just exploring the minor lanes—he was actually…
…
Sylas stepped into the danger zone, his eyes scanning the region.
He had found this place quite interesting from a bird's-eye view. It carried forms of Rune Mastery that he had never seen before.