[{"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-167":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},418407,682,"Chapter 167: Manifesting Time [2]","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-167",167,"\u003Cp>Neo stared at her, unable to believe her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason you can't control Time is because you haven't manifested it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin stream of water materialized around Elizabeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It circled her in a loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Death manifests as Red lightning. What do you think Time manifests as?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"River.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo answered while staring at the water stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time flows, just like water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's how most people imagine Time. It's not what I want to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm asking what image according to you suits Time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo did not understand what Elizabeth was trying to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unlike most elements, Time has no fixed shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are some Time Wielders who manifest Time as sand, and some as lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's their image of Time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo understood her a little bit after the explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled that, before his first regression, Professor Daniel asked him if he had water element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did he ask that question because he wanted to know if I could associate Time with the image of water?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo felt his guess was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor Daniel didn't teach you about this because he was probably unaware of the concept of 'Manifestation'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a relatively new theory of elemental awakening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After elemental awakening came elemental manifestation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most elements had fixed forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire as flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water as water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had no fixed shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People needed to give a shape to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most Time wielders followed the teachings of Kronos, and manifested Time as a River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the explanation Elizabeth stared at Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think of Time as?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a etherical question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth didn't believe Neo could answer her question now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Associating Time with an image could take months or years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was too inexperienced —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Time elementals present in the air churned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gathered around Neo as if he was the eye of a storm and entered his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He is manifesting already…?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't believe her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo sensed the Time elementals entering his core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since his core was emptied by Elizabeth, he had easier time absorbing Time-infused Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is Time for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo thought about Elizabeth's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes and recalled the years he spent while regressing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the meaning of Time didn't come from those years for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were long but, compared to the eons he spent in the fourth vision of the Sphinx, they were short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time is an unending eternity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the fourth vision, he was forced to live for billions of years while he trapped in a body he couldn't control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time is…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had wanted to kill himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had raged, cried, begged to the Gods, to the Akashic Records, to save him, to let him die, but nothing gave him the salvation he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had lived, for eons, against his wish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to float in that void where countless bugs tried to eat him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Despair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The storm of Time elementals rushing into Neo's body shook the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was the center of the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elementals caused the floor to age at an accelerated pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The training room was decaying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How is he fine after absorbing so much Time?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth never saw anything similar before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's like he… he is devouring Time.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick amount of Time elemetals entering Neo's started to make him age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grew older.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And older.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body reached the physical age he was before he was Eroded by the regressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Elizabeth thought he would continue to grow older, his body stopped maturing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time couldn't accelerate his age anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Agelessness? Is that one of his bloodline skill?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She watched in amazement as every last bit of Time elemental entered Neo's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze carried a profound aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you manifested Time?\" She asked caustiosly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his palm and showed her the caterpillar in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is that? A worm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's my manefistation of Time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was the synonym of Despair for Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a unreckonable force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he thought of an image to associate time with, the maggots came into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were his only companion in the unending eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He despised them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was thankful to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's a… unique form.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth knew Neo would manifest a unique form of Time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a caterpillar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a first in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What can it do?\" Elizabeth questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Different manefistation of Time have different abilities and weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The River manifestation makes it easier to regress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the Time wielder becomes prone to Time Slipping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Sand manifestation can stop Time more easily than River manifestation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, it doesn't work if their opponent has same or higher elemental mastery — in any element — as they have in Time element.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth pointed at the caterpillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What can your Time do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo tried to wake up the caterpillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green thing opened one of its eye, stared at him, scoffed, and returned to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did it just insult me?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's eyebrow twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't control it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'For now.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems like it has its own ego,\" Elizabeth spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She became more confused when she saw Neo's manifestation of Time act on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo tried to make it do something — anything — but the lazy worm refused to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's quite whimsical.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, you've completed your awakening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two stared at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth spoke first,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What will you do now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you regress again? Or will you keep living here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo pursed his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was fine without regressing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he never complained, he hated regressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They erased the relationships he had with people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was why he stopped meeting his friends and entered Labyrinth as soon as he regressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would return to the past despite his qualms about regression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had left too many things unattended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth spoke before he could answer her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's the right decision. Don't blame yourself too much for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo bit his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could nod and move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he forced the words out of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you so calm? You'll forget everything that happened. Even this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once I regress all the choices you've made in the past month will become meaningless—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice cut through his rambling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why weren't you sad when you were about to die in the Labyrinth?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo didn't understand the intent behind her question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He answered nonetheless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because Death isn't something to be afraid of. I've accepted it when I decided to master the element of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I die, I die. That's all,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The same if true for Time. If you want to master it, you have to accept it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can't keep dwelling on small matters, wondering if others will be negatively affected when you regress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is nothing wrong with using yours powers — the powers you've worked hard to gain— for your choices.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo clenched his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth could tell Neo had a hard time accepting her answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped closer to him and hugged him awkwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tip of her ears turned red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making sure Neo couldn't see her face, she spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't need to worry about me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you are happy, that's enough for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are just as important as Amelia to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'd rather see you use your abilities for yourself than waste them because of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now go. I'm sure you have things left to do in the past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth let go of him and stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right on cue, a silvery portal appeared inside the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The principal and her two puppet maids stood beyond the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There was a large shift in Time elementals around the mansion. What happened?\" Charlotte questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neo manifested Time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Already?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charlotte stared at him with a deep gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She beckoned him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you've awakened, go meet Professor Daniel. He doesn't have much time left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He'll soon Time Slip again and I doubt he can control it anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the puppet dolls entered the training chamber and created another portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goodbye,\" Neo said without looking back and stepped into the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared in the corridor outside of Professor Daniel's office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The portal closed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice came from the other side of the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He met Professor Daniel's gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man looked as young as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, after manifesting Time, he could sense the unstable Time elementals around Professor Daniel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've awakened Time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Daniel didn't praise him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just acknowledged his achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo followed his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two stared at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo broke the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the reason you gave me a deadline was because you couldn't keep up anymore?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo pursed his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you been purposely sending me back to only D-180 ~ D-120 days?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I send you further back, it would've put heavy strain on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not doing that was why I could send you back so many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was either sending you far back inito the past only a few times, or sending you to a near date multiple times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Neo could question him again, Professor Daniel spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry. I'll send you back to your original time after this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn't matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Daniel shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It does matter to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emotional attachments? You should stop putting importance to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's shameful for a wielder of Darkness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Daniel berated him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That wasn't the question I asked.\" Neo leaned over. \"What will happen to you after you send me back to the past?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Daniel sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He massaged his brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll Time Slip. Probably wake up a few hundred years later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo had no words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't even imagine how Professor Daniel was calm after knowing what was going to happen to him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1672,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","af460916f8ce0b6d6146b25e6aac294b624e848f0099bb7d99332a41106e50c7","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-168","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-166",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]