[{"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-231":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},418471,682,"Chapter 231: Choosing the Path of No Regrets","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-231",231,"\u003Cp>He opened his eyes when he located Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack was far from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of vengeful souls flew in circles around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The souls pounced on Neo when he approached the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go died. Die. Die. Monsters like you two should not live. Why did I die? You should be the one to die. Kill yourself. You are disgusting. You do not deserve to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The souls could do nothing but shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were not harmful to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped before Jack, who was crouching on the ground, holding his knees with his back facing Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wails of souls echoed between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, after a dozen long seconds, Jack opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Why are you here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make a guess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack remained silent for a few seconds before he answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not coming back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look around you. I don't deserve to live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The souls shouted when they heard him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is right! You do not deserve anything! Rot here for eternity! Give us your body! Compensate for killing us!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are listening to them?\" Neo said. \"Those souls have been corrupted. They are just spouting bullshit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But they are not wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, is this where you stop?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of answering, Jack turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eye sockets were empty and tears of blood and pieces of flesh poured out of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't go back anymore. I've become a monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Monsters don't talk like you do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the last remaining piece of my soul. It won't be long before I'm corrupted completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo raised his head and stared at the thousands of vengeful souls flying about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The corruption will slow down considerably if you stop feeling guilty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".....Why aren't you blaming me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've… I've killed tens of thousands! Even if they were shadows, they looked like humans, they talked like humans,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They lived like humans!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful wave spread out from Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's clothes fluttered wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This isn't going to work.' Neo closed his eyes. 'He is drowning in guilt. I can't help him if this continues.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clicked his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, should I kill you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't want to live, then the next best thing is to die. The souls you've devoured will only continue to suffer if you are alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! He will live! He needs to feel our anger! He needs to give up his body—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time you interrupt me, be ready to be devoured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The souls shrunk back when they heard Neo's cold voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness bloomed beneath Neo and created a Coffin of Darkness around him and Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dome made of darkness stopped the voices temporarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at Neo with hollow eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh,\" Neo massaged the back of his neck with one hand. \"I wasn't planning on telling you this, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this helps you make up your mind about whether you should live or die, then I'll do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The world we've come to isn't a normal Shadow World.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack reacted when he heard the word 'Shadow World.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haven't you noticed something weird? Everything here is too similar to the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shadow Worlds are visibly different in normal cases. It's easy to tell them apart from our world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this world is different. The level of mimicry is too high,\" Neo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are… you explaining this… to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jack, when do you think a 'Shadow' becomes a real person? When it devours the original body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack didn't answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind had been weakened, and he was unable to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, a Shadow becomes real when there is no difference between itself and the original. They do it by devouring the original.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This world is... Everything here is the same as the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no difference. That's why, this world is 'real' too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No… This world is different… This place isn't our world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack denied Neo's words instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel what Neo was going to say, and the consequences of those words horrified him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Resonance]. When the World Core and a demigod's Core resonate, the demigod gains pseudo-elemental affinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think will happen when two different worlds, similar to each other, resonate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Worlds won't share pseudo-elemental affinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something else happens. You should able to guess it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! No! No! No! No! No! No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They become one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop talking!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The entities living in the Shadow World don't know they are Shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They think they are real and that they have their own will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And still, everything they do is what has happened in the real world already. Why do you think this happens, Jack?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said stop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the worlds resonate. They've become one even if they are two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please… Stop… hic hic…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happens in the real world happens here, and what happens here happens in the real world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No… hic hic… I've killed them… hic…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shadow Worlds like this one are called 100% Synchronized Worlds. The Shadow Sovereign doesn't open this place to many as any change you do here…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will affect reality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo continued mercilessly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've killed thousands of real people, not Shadows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack's nails dug into his skin as he held his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He banged his head against the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching his pain and suffering, Neo's blessing nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blessing told Neo it was right for a Sinner—especially one who tormented the dead—to suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My mastery of Death is returning,' Neo noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impartiality\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if teaching him this was how he should behave, Neo's bloodline began to return his Death to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Don't make me laugh.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This isn't my Death.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Impartial Death belongs to my Father.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It was never mine.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That was why you could take it back when I refused to follow your teachings.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's blessing realized something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignored its confusion and crouched, staring into Jack's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should I kill you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Do it. Kill me. Please. I beg—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it. But first…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo canceled his Coffin of Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wails of vengeful souls returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack shuddered. His breath hitched, and he curled, as if trying to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo opened his palm and…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to devour the souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They tried to escape, but it was futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh… what are you doing…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack raised his head and looked at Neo with wide eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly broke into a sprint and pushed Neo down before he could devour more souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't! Why are you taking my sins!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you are my friend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's mastery of Death began to fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why does it matter?! If you devour these souls, you will be taking the negative karma I've accumulated! You—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His control over Death was disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he spoke with a calm voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The least I can do for a friend is make sure he doesn't get sent to Hell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll kill you. Because you want that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In exchange, let me do this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But…\" Jack's voice cracked. \"You will have to hold the weight of my sins. You will have to go to Hell in my place!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm Immortal. I won't be sent to Hell if I won't die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo let out a small smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will regret making a choice like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1227,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","26c9a869b2bb249c748eee1e1189fd73b8baf43a66d9e855146e21b8cfcc1d4e","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-232","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-230",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]