[{"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-203":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},418443,682,"Chapter 203: Terror-ranked Spell: Black Dawn Of Darkness! Entering World of Treacherous Shadows [3]","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-203",203,"\u003Cp>Watching him, Jack's father spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was our family's duty to defeat the Niles Radcliffe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, we were too weak to do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The burden that had been shackling our family for hundreds of years has finally disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's all because of you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This spell is our family heirloom. Please accept it as our thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo looked at the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked it up and flipped through the pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pages were filled with theoretical knowledge, subshell diagrams, and extra notes for detailed explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our ancestor made this Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since then, every generation's patriarch has made slight changes to the Spell and continued to improve it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can take it without worrying that it will be useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a Terror-ranked spell: Black Dawn of Despair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo looked at Jack's father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Terror ranked?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he didn't say it outright, his words were obvious enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, our family heirloom is a Terror-ranked spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, it's a powerful spell, but the user needs to have high mastery in the Darkness element to use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"None of our clan members could achieve it except the originator of the Hanma Bloodline, Nyx Hanma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And since it would've caused great turmoil if others knew we had a Terror-ranked spell, we kept the news hidden until now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read the Spell details written in the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Temporarily turns day into night, enhancing the power of darkness-based allies, inducing madness and causing spiritual damage to enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'…Turn day into night?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The description was astounding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo knew it was something to be expected from Terror-ranked spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" Neo said and took the Spell book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't need to thank us, Sir Divine Ruler. It's us who are in your debt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you need anything else, please do not hesitate to question us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is something I'd like to know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't the patriarch of the Hanma Bloodline defeat the Necromancer before he ascended to Godhood?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack's father stared at Neo for a few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fierce gaze bore holes into Neo, and he sighed a few seconds later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our progenitor was a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only a bit of time had passed when the Necromancer was sealed and she became a God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, our matriarch was one of the first Awakeners to become a God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She attained Godhood before Great God Zeus and Great God Poseidon, even before the Akashic Records were created.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo could feel the pride behind Jack father's words as he explained the details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Age of Gods, the world was going through an upheaval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our matriarch, Nyx, was one of the pillars who defended the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She didn't have time to unseal and defeat the Necromancer when worse threats were threatening the peace,\" Jack's father said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't she do it when the peace returned? Because she had ascended?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, it's because she was dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack, who was sitting on the side, suddenly sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack's father glared at him, forcing Jack to look away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man clicked his tongue and turned to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our matriarch died before the Akashic Record was created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no proof of any of her great deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything I've told you is an oral record that has been passed through our family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Age of Gods, cities were destroyed almost every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way any written piece of information could've survived the aftermath of the battles that happened between Awakeners endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only exception was the Akashic Record.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akashic Record, the compendium of all knowledge, was Eternal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything written in it could never be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was why the Akashic Record was called Hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discussion continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack and Neo left the Hanma Mansion few hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your parents are nice,\" Neo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know,\" Jack muttered, \"but my old man talks too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Well, so do you.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo kept his thoughts to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two took another bullet train to Solivara City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, Jack kept looking at his device nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are calling me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled bitterly and showed Neo the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The cat is out of the bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They know I'm trying to help you enter the World of Shadows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, good luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack wanted to cry when he heard Neo's uninterested answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felix was going to skin Jack alive for doing exactly what she had told him not to do, and Neo, whom Jack was helping, had no intention of saving Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at Solivara City, the two took a taxi for Oryanthar's south-side sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, a Shadow Window had appeared two days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you book that Window?\" Jack questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo muttered as he stared at his own device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>>HenryHenry\u003C\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo let out a helpless smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry knew where he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So…\" Jack dragged his words. \"I'm pretty sure the association's rule is that only a party of 5 demigods or more is supposed to enter the Window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are the rest of the people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They will come a few hours later. I have bribed them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo had joined a temporary adventurer team at Sir Sebastian's recommendation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they worked under his family, he could order them as he wished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo and Jack entered the Window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack winced when he felt the overwhelming amount of Shadow elementals in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face contorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the plan now?\" Jack questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll find a Corner, and you will use your [Key] to widen the Corner and open a passage to the World of Shadows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about the Window? If we don't close it, the Shadow monsters will invade our world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The adventurer team I'm affiliated with will close the Window a few hours later from now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duo scoured the Window and searched for the Corners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Be it Neo's luck or coincidence, they found the Corner only after reaching Depth Level 5, the deepest part of the Window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We ended up defeating the Shadow monsters on our own,\" Jack said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat on the ground, tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His limbs were sprawled, and his chest heaved up and down unevenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two were only a few meters away from the Corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should rest for some time and recover our Divine Energy before entering the Shadow World,\" Jack said in between his gasps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elemental Worlds don't have pure Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have only elemental Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know what that means right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The World of Shadows will have only Shadow element-infused Divine Energy present inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neo, you won't be able to recover any Divine Energy you spend inside the World of Shadows, since there won't be any pure Divine Energy for you to absorb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack's expression worsened as he talked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying those words was making him realize they were doing something completely batshit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can absorb the Shadow element-infused Divine Energy since I have awakened my Shadow element,\" Jack explained. \"Besides, Shadow element can mimic other elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I'm trying to say is, I can use mimic elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My combat ability will be more or less the same inside the World of Shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it will be different for you since you can't absorb Shadow element Divine Energy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry about it,\" Neo said. \"I've brought elixirs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's not really helpful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can use one elixir only once every 12 hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's the same as saying for every twelve hours you can go all out only once, or you'll risk emptying your Divine Energy pool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo wasn't worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While it was true a large portion of his Divine Energy was being used to nourish the Hell inside him, he still had an overwhelmingly large reservoir of Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't – shouldn't – have any problem inside the World of Shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've rested enough. Let's go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack sprang to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to the Corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crack in the space was as unnerving as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood next to it and closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black lines, similar to circuitry diagrams, appeared on his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His palms hovered above the Corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beads of sweat rolled down his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, nothing happened, then shadows suddenly sprang from within the Corner and engulfed them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head throbbed painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat up, looking around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floor made of black tiles and an endless dark sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is not the World of Shadows,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are correct, Neo Hargraves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his head towards the source of the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The life-sized cloth doll standing in front of him bowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome, Neo Hargraves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm A #22, a Gatekeeper of the World of Treacherous Shadows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stared at him in the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll's lifeless eyes and unmoving lips were unnerving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is my friend?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I presume you are talking about Jack Hanma who entered from the same passage as you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll nodded in understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>",1474,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","cdce7b5a0e9746d5900f3772a237b817f80f6388eecc3b95990f498187fcc0ee","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-204","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-202",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]