[{"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-158":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},418398,682,"Chapter 158: Becoming Grade 1 Awakened Demigod","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-158",158,"\u003Cp>\"I don't need credits. Pay me with your patience. It will double as your training.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's face hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ominous premonition crept into his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How will I pay with my patience?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay outside of my office until I leave my office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you can do that, I will help you in awakening your Time element.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Are you doing this because I stopped you from closing the door?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn't do something as petty as that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was exasperated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did was everyone here petty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't refuse the payment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was genuine, even if it was just to fuck him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can I know you won't leave through a backdoor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no backdoor in my office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Can I check?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Daniel didn't like Neo's attitude, but he stepped aside, and allowed him to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The office was small and cozy with plenty of sunlight entering through the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo used the Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He commanded it to cover the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Darkness entered the gaps in the drawers and seeped into the cracks on the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo recalled the Darkness after a few minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"….There is no backdoor or a hidden door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The first time I came here he disappeared from the office. I'm sure of it.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If there is no backdoor, did he teleport outside?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't have Space element. I can't teleport,\" Professor Daniel answered as if he had read his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry. I won't use any petty tricks. I will leave my office through the front door only.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He agreed to Professor Daniel's demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat on the bench outside the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia and Felix came to find him in the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't you come to the Student Council office?\" Amelia questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm busy with the Professor…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo told them about his deal with Professor Daniel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see. Good luck,\" Amelia said. \"I'll explain everything to the Student Council members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are an understanding bunch. They won't have any problem if you miss the student council work for a few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for the trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the night, Neo, bored, killed himself, then revived himself as soon as he arrived in the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He received the notification of Immortal's exp rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can continue my training at the least while I wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ten in the night when the group came to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are all of you here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We thought we would bring you dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we thought it would be weird if you ate while the other person stared at you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One thing led to another, and all of us decided to eat together here,\" Jack grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long will you guys keep this up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Until your test ends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo almost sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could sustain himself with the Divine Energy he was devouring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was no need to reject the kind intention of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dinner was more rowdy than Neo would've liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he couldn't deny he enjoyed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His friends continued to bring him food for all the time he was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the midterms began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo skipped them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could afford it thanks to being in the student council.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he waited for Professor Daniel to leave, he continued to train his Immortal skill and Death and Darkness elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second semester began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New teams were made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack recruited more members after Neo told him about whom he could invite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their team was famous and there was no shortage of students who wanted to join.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo reached 150\u002F150 exp in Immortal and became Grade 2 Awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grew stronger and his masteries over Death and Darkness continued to improve along with his Spell masteries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few months later, Neo lost his position as the Ruler due to his falling grades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not participated in a single activity ever since he came to the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the Student Council let him pass the exams, he still received minimum grades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second year began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo missed Amelia's graduation ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should've been kicked out of the academy by now due to the number of mandatory exams and events he skipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was thanks to him being the former Ruler and a member of student council that he was not expelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was sure Elizabeth had a hand too in stopping his expulsion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack, Arthur, Felix, and others came to tell Neo to give up on the Professor Daniel's test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They told him he was wasting his precious time in the Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo persisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time element was important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the power that could help him become the strongest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ready to sacrifice his academy life for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new first year students started to visit the meditation hall to see the crazy Ruler who gave up on everything for no apparent reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo became a laughing stock as time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Divine Ruler to a Fallen Genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Immortal reached 200\u002F200 exp and he became a Grade 1 Awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack visited Neo one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not come at the usual time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were swollen, his gaze was blank, and he looked as if he had exhausted his tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat beside Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should've listened to you and not accepted the mission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he started to tear up and doubled over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mars… Mars is dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo did not say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected it when he heard they were accepting the Labyrinth S-rank mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We couldn't do anything. We were helpless against the Minotaur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That thing wouldn't die. It was Immortal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack's voice cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to give the mission report to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mars decided to stay back and buy time for us to escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack was broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had surpassed Mars long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he had been helpless when he was needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blamed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't Jack's fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Neo's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only he had been there….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only he had given up on his own selfish needs and went with them on the mission….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack wiped his tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-we are holding a funeral for Mars tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1029,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","b6aa09153f62dabba0ee1720937d2207985aa1b29f49533a51a6010b294c95b4","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-159","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-157",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]