[{"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-25":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},418015,682,"Chapter 25: Ocean's Embrace","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>It wasn't Amelia's fault they were penniless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she could've brought money if she wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't completely blameless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their reason sounded reasonable… As if!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia sat in the corner of the underwater cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you return so quickly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth got out of the pond and wore clothes with slow yet hurried pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't have money and I didn't want to use my bank account because…\" Amelia pursed her lips. \"I don't want to use anything from that country anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have some cash on me. We can use it for now,\" Neo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He checked his wallet only to remember he left his wallet and Academy Id with the scuba diving gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia noticed his actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are looking for these?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled out his Academy Id, smartphone and wallet from her backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did she take those before removing my clothes?' Neo thought. 'That's why they weren't surprised when I revealed I was an Academy student. They knew already.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was planning to use your money, but I thought I should ask you first. So I returned and found you two being very nice to each other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia's words were dripping with icy contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can use my money. Now, go away,\" Neo spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was doubtful if Elizabeth would give him the weapon in front of Amelia, since it meant revealing its existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Neo wanted to send her elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah?\" Amelia let out a cold smile. \"I'm not leaving. If you have to do anything, do it in front of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Neo had been forcing himself on her Mom by leveraging his actions in the Mermaid Country, Amelia might've taken action against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia knew her mother's personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of being blackmailed, she was the type to blackmail others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was painfully clear who approached who.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What are you doing, Mom!? He is my junior in the Academy! Why did you have to set your eyes on him of all people!?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia shouted in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'You never showed interest in the opposite gender! You used to reject all marriage proposals regardless of their bloodline or strength!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why now!? Why him?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to pull her hair out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One fact was clear, she could not leave these two alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A disgusting chill crawled down her spine when she thought what they would've done if she did not come back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo did not care about her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Elizabeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you teach me the Terror-ranked Spell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat crossed leg next to the pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he wasn't inside the pond, he should've faster Divine Energy regeneration at this distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth sat behind him and told him take off his shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't try to do anything funny,\" Amelia spoke from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth placed her palm on Neo's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll use my Divine Energy to use the Spell with your body. Don't resist the flow and try to remember the sensation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was about to begin when she suddenly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was one thing she had to confirm before teaching him the Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have a Water Affinity? You can't use the Spell without it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She puckered her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have Death Affinity too. Do you have multiple affinities?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's surprise. How many affinities can you use?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo didn't answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only use Death affinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He changed the topic to save himself from the embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought only two people could inherit the Ocean's Embrace. Will you lose the Spell if you teach it to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you know the Spell's name...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saw Amelia using the Spell during last year's tournament…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a believable excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth felt something was wrong, but she decided to let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To answer your question: No. The part about only two demigods inheriting the Spell was a lie. I created it to stop the ones approaching me for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So it was a lie.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo didn't know what to feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was another fact different from what he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the novel, Amelia actually believed the lie and told the same to the protagonist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at her expression, which was like a fish unable to close its mouth, it was clear Amelia took a bigger hit than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found an important secret related to her before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His smile was like rubbing salt on Amelia's wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew he was taking revenge for the dragon prank, but what she wouldn't have done to fire an arrow at his smug face right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll start.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elizabeth pushed her Divine Energy into Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe, he moaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes, not wanting to see Amelia looking at him with a disgusted face, and focused on the foreign Divine Energy inside his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It moved through his magic circuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo tried to remember the path of Divine Energy and the activation sequence of magic circuits inside his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They repeated the training with short breaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took Neo three days to use the Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ocean's Embrace]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rank: Tremor]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mastery: Apprentice]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: Grants the protection of the Water Spirit, Undine.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin blue layer appeared around Neo's skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It increased his resistance against heat, cold, and allowed him to breathe underwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movement speed under the water increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could tank physical attacks, and magical attacks to a minor degree, without taking major injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an all round defense spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best part was the Divine Energy expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ocean's Embrace consumed a lot less Divine Energy compared to Necrotic Touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could use for it five minutes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time would increase with training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Ocean's Embrace, he had two Tremor-ranked Spells in his arsenal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo might've been the first person to learn two Tremor-ranked Spells as his first Magic Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was normal for demigods to start with low-ranked Spells and slowly move towards higher-ranked Spells after they gained sufficient mastery over Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've given you the reward for the Divine Water pond,\" Elizabeth said while panting slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The technique she used to teach him was very burdensome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only an Exalted Demigod like her could pull it off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the reward for saving me…\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1040,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.171Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","570e55700403efca13cdad67d599847c96aafb58e7e633da6485947469276c1e","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-26","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-24",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]