[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades":3,"chapter-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-117":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},418157,682,"Chapter 117: Hypocrite","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-117",117,"\u003Cp>Lucas stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can't. Neo ordered me to make sure no one, especially you and Mars, try to rescue him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know how but the Shadow revived too quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe there is another Shadow at their base and it fused your Shadow's elemental seed with another elemental seed to speed up the revival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It means the Shadow is weaker than the last time you faced it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still, are you sure we can win against your Shadow?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Harrison used his skill to defeat his Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I used mine to help Neo fight your Shadow, but we lost, and I had to escape while Neo shielded for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leonora is dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mars is strong, but he is a poor matchup with your Shadow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no way we can win. If we don't use the time Neo brought us to close the Window and escape…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas clenched his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bit his lips until they bled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His sacrifice will be useless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll recuse Neo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to leave when suddenly Lucas spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell Arthur I'm sorry for what I said about everyone's death,\" Lucas said. \"Those were his last words.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face contorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears simmered in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew he could not rescue Neo and he would be himself killed by his Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to rescue Neo was a suicide mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur was prepared to throw his life away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's Shadow would kill not just him but everyone if they did not escape as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dammit…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one deserved to die even if they were weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were Arthur's ideals and it was why he argued with Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this your way of saying I shouldn't throw my life away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur struggled to compose himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms and drew blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll close the Corners and escape,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur felt disgusted with himself for saying those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart was filled with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last thing he talked about with Neo was not a friendly banter, a heartfelt talk, or even a casual conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was him blaming Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been angry with Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Neo claimed Leonora's weakness was the cause of her death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he seemed to disregard the value of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, despite disregarding the value of life, was sacrificing himself to given them a chance to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Arthur, the one who acted like a justice incarnate, was running away and leaving Neo to fend for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he was just a hypocrite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Depth Level 5\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck, I feel like shit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo pulled out the sword from the corpse of the Shadow monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no way to avoid the battles without Lucas' help, and he ended up fighting every Shadow monster on his way to Depth Level 5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His clothes were torn, he was bleeding all over, and he was exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fixed his gas mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Depth Level 5, the mask was not enough to stop the contamination from shadow elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to use Ocean's Embrace with the mask to block the shadow elementals from contaminating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This whole place is shit, right?\" Neo asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up at Arthur's Shadow who was sitting on the edge of rooftop a short distance away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That aside, I didn't expect you to appear like this. I thought you would start with a sneak attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's useless against you. You'll probably sense the attack before it can even reaches you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could've used Invincible to deliver an attack fast enough that I couldn't react to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo pointed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A quick attack like that wouldn't have made it past your defense Spell. It blocked my attack last time too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they talked, Neo uncapped the Divine Energy Elixir given to him by Elizabeth and drank it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you are kind enough to wait for me, let me drink these.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He popped open the academy's Divine Energy Elixirs and poured them into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His stomach felt like it was burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immense pain surged through his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the overdose, he wondered if Leonora had felt the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's eyes turned bloodshot and blood trickled down his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the air barely had non-elemental Divine Energy at Depth Level 5, he could not use Essence Breath Spell to recover his Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the only way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to use everything if he wanted to have a chance against Arthur's Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait a second, I don't want to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you must be angry because I killed your friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But that was because it's our, the Shadows, instinct to consume the original and take over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wasn't in my right state of mind back then. I was driven by my instincts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's Shadow clenched its fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't want to do that anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand my actions were wrong, and I want to apologize for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll do anything to repent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to repent?\" Neo questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked Obitus to remove his debuff and unseal his blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a split second, he disappeared and reappeared before Arthur's Shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow, expecting the attack, dodged and used Invincible to create a gap between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped far back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So we have to fight in the end,\" Arthur's Shadow said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop being melodramatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can sense your hidden bloodlust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's clear as day you are just waiting for me to let my guard down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo covered his blade in Aura of Death and Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur Shadow's stopped the act when it realized Neo was not going to let down his guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both them stood still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They eyed each other, careful to not miss a single movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow moved first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It dashed towards Neo, leaving behind trails of black lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo leapt to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dodged the attack just in time and landed on a drifting chunk of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow followed up with a strike that sent another wave of sound magic towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It distorted the air and shook the wreckage around them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1038,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","e6933b11cc32c42fc5be3060554c8ae09f482cb818c679e27716040a2ec2444e","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-118","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-116",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]