[{"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-153":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},418393,682,"Chapter 153: Responsibilities Of The Blessing","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-153",153,"\u003Cp>\"I'll take care of the ad Hound. You only need to distract his minions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene took out a tiny black ball from her Shadow Space and gave it to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a Black Pearl fruit. The corrupted monsters love it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The minions of Mad Hound are all corrupted monsters. They'll follow you as long as you have that fruit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo took the fruit from Selene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded to him and activated her Shadow Movement Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body turned into a drop of ink and fell into the shadows on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She'll search for the Mad Hound and defeat it while I distract his minions. It's a simple plan, but I don't dislike it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He unsheathed Obitus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minions, dozens in numbers, were small monsters of misshapen shapes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them looked like humans with twisted limbs and crawled on all fours while their stomach faced the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had the head of a bear, the hands of a grasshoppers and the body of a beetle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo kept the black fruit inside his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minions rushed at him from all sides, their claws drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to react in kind when suddenly his blessing reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It activated on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, surprised, was forced to dodge the monsters and retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped back to put some distance between the minions and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obitus, what are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I did not trigger the blessing, Master…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blessing was activated from the other side….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The other side?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minions caught up to him and attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo ducked to dodge the overhead swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slashed at the minion's thigh and kicked it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who gave you the blessing activated it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blessing was given to him by the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does the Underworld want from me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blessing was draining his Divine Energy at a frightening pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't deactivate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll finish this before my Divine Energy empties out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo slide the sword back into the sheath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the stance and wrapped the blade in Aura of Death and Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He compressed the auras and let them build up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minions attacked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as their attacks were about to land, Neo unsheathed the blade and slashed, too fast for the eye to see, in wide arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around him ruptured and the ground shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minions dropped at a frightening pace as the Death reaped their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo returned the blade to the sheath with a soft click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the corpses around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was quite easy. Looks like Selene was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mad Hound didn't have time to refill his stash of minions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo thought everything was over until he saw his blessing still activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It refused to deactivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master, the blessing wants you to….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. I noticed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo could hear — feel — why the blessing was going out of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wants me to give a closure to the minions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The minions, corrupted by the Darkness, would become a part of Darkness after their death in Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would suffer for eternity while experiencing the insanity of Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same madness Neo suffered while he used Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the voices of Darkness for a few seconds was painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo did not want to think how it would feel to hear the voices for the unending eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Underworld wants me to make the minions a part of myself instead of letting them suffer under the True Darkness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always planned to do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way he was letting go of free stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Darkness hidden inside his shadow bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It devoured the minions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>see ,em,pyr for more\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voices returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo could feel a faint presence of minions settling inside him just like everything he devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Giving the closure to the dead, huh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This must be the responsibility of the blessing Barbatos and Paimon were talking about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Neo was focused on devouring the minions, his senses suddenly warned him of an incoming attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo blinked and an arrow wrapped in golden lightning was already in front of his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time to dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come out, Mad Hound. I know you are here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene walked through the forest at a slow pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spread out her senses and kept her eyes out for any ambush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sound came from the above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little spider, you are back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her head and looked at the tree branches, but no one was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many times has it been? Two, three, five?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice was coming from different directions every time it spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene couldn't pinpoint its source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should know by now you can't defeat me, little spider.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won't know until one of us dies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, what can I say? I always try my best to kill you. You are just awfully good at escaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your friends, though, are not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Hound's words made her recall the horrible past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene forced herself to remain calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Hound continued to speak,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still remember the first time we met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was surprising to meet a soul who did not want to survive and was prepared to go along with the Reapers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bah, I tell you. There is no paradise. Those reapers are just lying to everybody. You should stay in the Forest of All Beginnings and enjoy your life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dying still better than watching yourself slowly become a monster,\" Selene retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, well, well, little spider, you are talking as if it's my fault you became a monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is your fault!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene lost her cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't stay calm after the hearing the provocative words of Mad Hound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn't have stayed here if you didn't Corrupt my friends and turn them into your minions!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How's that my fault? Keke, you wanted revenge and you refused to go with the Reapers until you killed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's your damn fault you became a monster since you are too weak to kill me—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Hound couldn't complete his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene suddenly entered her shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, hidden among the branches, looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did she go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Behind you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Mad Hound could react one of Selene's leg pierced his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The werewolf, Mad Hound, howled in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You…! How!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was talking to you find your location.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't stupid enough to be agitated by Mad Hound's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You damned spider, let me go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't you laugh now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene stabbed another leg into his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too weak to fight without your minions? I bet you never thought I could get another teammate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft, I know you brought a teammate with you. He'll die to my minions, while I kill you finally for once and all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Hound's words were ominous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Selene could respond, Mad Hound melted like a wax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a—!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A double.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Hound's voice came from behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword in his hand pierced her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can't believe you fell for the oldest trick in the book. So much for defeating me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Hound smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed one of her legs and snapped it before she could run away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selene clenched her jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to ignore the pain while searching for a way to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little spider, O my little spider, what do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Hound grabbed her head and muttered in a glee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you escape again while your teammate dies at my minions' hands? Or will you die along with him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered in her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would recommend dying. I'm sick of fighting you already. We don't need to do it anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mad Hound twisted the blade inside her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>",1287,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","61697583b7dd2997ce4790cc0aa9992574b8981512374d5341d484a6e24e2a9b","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-154","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-152",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]