[{"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-180":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},418420,682,"Chapter 180: Ancient Necromancer","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-180",180,"\u003Cp>Neo walked through the black desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the door to Depth Level 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a swirling mass of shadows, about a day's walk away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tremors appeared on the ground. Bones of various colors—white, yellow, black—jutted out from the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revived corpses of monsters and mythical beasts began to unearth themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems like there's a Necromancer here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is he related to why Mira became so strong in the novel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of corpses emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of taking a stance, Neo continued to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red lightning crackled around him. It traveled from his core to his legs, entering the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red lightning pulsed through the earth, killing the revived corpses before they could fully emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're really weak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The journey was uneventful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghouls, ghosts, Dullahans, Wraiths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They continued to attempt becoming roadblocks for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo reached Depth Level 3 after several hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Energy in the air grew murky. Instead of Shadow elementals, the air was filled with Death elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black bones jutted out of the ground. Neo frowned when he laid his eyes on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel the grudges of souls embedded in the bones. A tear slipped down his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confused, Neo realized it was his blessing crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save them,\" it was telling him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Neo could do anything, he heard maniacal laughter. Dark clouds gathered in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've come, sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I must say, I was surprised to see you defeat my underlings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it ends now! You've stepped into my Domain! You are as good as dead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer, a skeleton in a majestic red robe, laughed from his throne far ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A giant orb of Darkness floated behind the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I commend your bravery, sacrifice, for coming to face me alone! As a—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer stopped speaking when Neo disappeared from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a gust of wind pass him and heard a voice behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Spirit Seed. So this is where Mira got her Spirit and became so powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I take it you used the grudges of the dead and their souls to empower the Seed?\" Neo asked, standing behind the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How did he get behind me?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I didn't see him move.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Teleportation? Space Warping? Perception manipulation?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grew nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I felt the gust of wind. Was that pure physical athleticism?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did he move at a speed I couldn't perceive?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was not good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was bad bad news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rings on his fingers glowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could attack, his vision tilted as his head fell from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bones of the skeleton's neck had been cleanly sliced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had beheaded the Necromancer when he passed him earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It could still talk, even though I beheaded it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems like a 'Lich' is quite hard to kill...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's words trailed off as he sensed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked toward one of the bones jutting from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone grew, like a sapling becoming a tree, and transformed back into the Necromancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you do?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did you attack so fast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gone was the majestic aura and pride the Necromancer held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five seconds were enough for it to realize the disparity between itself and Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo unsheathed his sword, ignoring the frantic Necromancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He infused his Aura of Death into the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Engravings of red lightning arcs appeared on the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Aura Blade doesn't look defective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, how are you still alive? That attack could've killed the Minotaur in one go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retracted his Aura, and the engravings disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his frown, the Necromancer realized he might not be as helpless as he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the power of my Domain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as I'm here, I'm Immortal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You might be strong, sacrifice, but you can never kill me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sooner or later, you'll exhaust yourself, and I'll end you when that happens!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer's confidence returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo looked at the bones jutting out from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It seems like he revives himself through the bones.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There are hundreds of thousands of them.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo returned the sword to its sheath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he could brute-force his way through and destroy every bone, it was time-consuming and exhausting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to use Death to overpower the Necromancer's Immortality directly was even more futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer had lived for centuries; his Death resistance was leagues above what Neo could muster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm stronger, but I can't win.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Neo was lost in thought, the Necromancer attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ring finger glowed as two giant bone hands erupted from the ground, crushing Neo between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer knew this was far from enough to kill Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The brat can use some sort of otherworldly sorcery to increase his defenses.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I better keep attacking until I'm sure he's dead.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being ancient, the Necromancer lacked knowledge of Spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not surprising he couldn't understand how Neo strengthened his defenses with Aura Manipulation of the Water element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water element wasn't supposed to increase defenses; that was the Earth element's domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take this, sacrifice! Let's see how much you can withstand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's eyes narrowed as he gauged the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer was indeed relentless, but his attacks felt less threatening and more… desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"'Sacrifice?' I'd say I don't fit that role,\" Neo murmured, brushing dust from his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone hands squeezed tighter, grinding against his aura-infused defenses, but Neo's presence only grew stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer's voice echoed across the wasteland as he raised both arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It chanted in an ancient tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That's not a spell.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That's...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Incantations.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo realized what it was trying to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Incantations were advanced form of Divine Energy manipulation techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were different from Spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark energy spiraled from the necromancer's throne, feeding into the giant orb of darkness hovering above him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air became even denser with death elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shook as bones, claws, and skulls writhed up in droves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army of revived corpses attacked Neo from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer smirked, assured in his domain's might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, this is your plan? To keep resurrecting the dead over and over, relying on numbers to exhaust me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo watched the oncoming wave, unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You'll see, sacrifice! This is the wrath of centuries of cursed souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one, not even you, can withstand it forever!\" the necromancer boomed, his confidence returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn't be so sure about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red lightning arced across the field, searing the earth and shattering the bones before they could fully rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of death elementals incinerated everything in a split second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer's grin faded as he watched his reinforcements crumble under Neo's relentless energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible!\" the necromancer screeched, stumbling back. \"Why do you have so much mana!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pursed his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The academy had felt like a cage to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His friends and acquaintances in the first year were too weak for him to go all out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three months of boredom nearly made him quit the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was why he entered the window alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To finally have a battle where he could go all out, a battle where he had to put his all on the line to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are too weak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed the distance in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His speed caused his figure to blur, and he swung his sword in a wide arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of red lightning coursed through the air, creating a massive gash that cleaved the necromancer's throne in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer let out a strangled cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His form shimmered and distorted, his head detaching from his body once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, silence reigned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stood, ready to strike, watching as the necromancer's body dissipated—only to reform yet again from another bone a few meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the power of my domain, sacrifice,\" the necromancer taunted, trying to reassert his dominance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You might kill me a hundred times, a thousand times, but I will always return! You are merely a temporary annoyance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wasn't in the mood to fight anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each passing second only increased his boredom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mars or Arthur would've been better sparring partners.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Weak as they are, they can still use tricks and surprises to injure me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile appeared on his face as he recalled his friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, Morrigan would've been the best sparring partner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But her demands are starting to increase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm worried my wallet won't be able to feed her for much longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo took a deep breath, focusing his energy inwards\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suppose I should end this soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Divine Energy started to fuse into the air at a fearsome speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer frowned when it realized Neo was doing something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark cloud, rumbling with red lightnings, gathered in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Analyzing the Aura signatures, the Necromancer stiffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words got stuck in his throat when giant swords made of compressed red lighting descended from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each sword was as big as the giant Shadow monster that Neo encountered when he first entered the Window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Necromancer desperately setup defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack, while fancy, was very simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pure compressed Death elemental Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing more, nothing less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the amount of Divine Energy imbued in the attack made it devastating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop this madness, fool!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You'll kill us both!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant swords hit the ground and the world shook.\u003C\u002Fp>",1565,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","7c2ef6dd9c51c35a5a45fe4fa9da1c05154e61b0c04b1107566dbed2288d3613","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-181","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-179",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]