[{"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-283":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},418073,682,"Chapter 283 True Despair [5]","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-283",283,"\u003Cp>It was a problem he would confront when the time came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo activated his Shadow Movement Spell without further delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He removed his bloodline debuff and activated his blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His speed increased exponentially, and in the blink of an eye, he began his journey northward, cutting through the desolate landscape with swift speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a day later, Neo was forced to stop when the entire world shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath his feet fractured with deafening cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oceans churned and boiled, releasing thick plumes of steam, while the frigid air grew sharp and bitter, freezing everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ancient cry tore through the air, echoing across the globe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound carried a power that seemed to shake the very foundations of the continents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the seafloor buckled and split open, creating an enormous chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A colossal bone dragon, larger than the mountains, emerged from its depths of the chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon's skeletal form radiated an oppressive aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swam upward, breaching the ocean's surface with a thunderous roar that sent shockwaves rippling across the seas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one swift motion, it soared into the sky, spreading its cracked, broken wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature's bellow shook the world and shattered mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite its injuries—broken wings, a missing leg, and a partially crushed skull—it exuded an aura of overwhelming menace and power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient bone dragon, Veldora, extended his senses across the globe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His perception was vast and unrelenting, brushing over every living being on Earth like a suffocating wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The awakeners froze in place, paralyzed by fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weaker ones collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies trembled as they felt the dragon's gaze pierce their very souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as quickly as it had come, the oppressive feeling disappeared when Veldora retracted its aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having located his target, Veldora flapped his tattered wings, sending powerful gusts rippling through the air, and flew straight toward Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, who had already sensed Veldora's approach, stood motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned, not out of fear but due to the arrival of Veldora's on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veldora was the guardian of the Forest of All Beginnings in the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't leave his location unless it was absolutely necessary, not to mention coming to the world of living wasn't something Veldora was allowed to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't take long before the dragon appeared on the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo saw Veldora, who seemed to cover the sky every time he opened his wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant dragon was flying towards Neo when suddenly its injured wings broke completely, and it crashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rushed towards Veldora.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Veldora! What happened to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he neared the giant dragon, he noticed purple cracks on its bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-young master…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veldora's voice was like an old tree. Ancient, but filled with wisdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to raise his broken body and bow before Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop it. Don't force yourself,\" Neo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant dragon chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't not give a proper greeting to the Child of Monarch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his upper body with his single front leg and lowered his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm happy to s-see you in health, O Great Child of Monarch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veldora was one of the few people in the Underworld who knew Neo was Thanatos and that he was from the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Neo could ask why he had come to the world of the living, Veldora dropped shocking news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Underworld has fallen, and the Monarch has been slain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's mind blanked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't process the meaning of Veldora's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god of the Underworld, the Monarch who had looked over the Afterlife since ancient times, had fallen…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veldora chuckled despairingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We couldn't protect the Monarch. I came here to warn you o-of the incoming danger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hades had sealed the Underworld to make sure 'they' couldn't come to the world of the living.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, that was only a half-truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real reason the Underworld had been sealed was to protect Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hades and the Grim Reapers didn't want Neo to participate in a battle that could endanger him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disgustingly easily at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry,\" Veldora repeated his words again, his voice choking. \"The sole reason for my existence was to protect you. But I am leaving before you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if Neo could see the tears flowing down the bone dragon's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regret was clear in his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, stay alive, young master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veldora crumbled into dust before Neo's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just his body that was destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His soul and his Seed of Existence – the core of one's existence – disappeared too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veldora had died a true death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having his Seed of Existence erased, he couldn't be revived, not even by Hades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Veldora was completely erased,' Neo thought mechanically with a blank face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew who were capable of such feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if on cue, the world shook again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giant pillars, as wide as cities, sprang from the ground all over the globe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They emitted a nauseating presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their purple surface looked like a mesh of decayed flesh of unrecognizable monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pillars shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They let out an ear-piercing noise, and suddenly hundreds of eyes opened on their surfaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes looked around erratically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo felt as if his eyes were set on fire when he met the gaze of one of the eyes on the pillar near him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood began to leak from his eyes and a sharp pain stabbed into his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around him grew heavy and oppressive, filled with a thick, nauseating stench that seemed to cling to his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-vibrant skies turned into a swirling mass of dark purple clouds, flashing ominous lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Void corrupts you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin began to crack, and his Seed of Existence trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath him fractured, leaking an eerie violet light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo sensed the living presences around him die helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cries of help entered his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could move, those living presences were snuffed out with no hopes of revival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple gaze from the pillars killed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mental attacks caused the living beings to explode, or the corruption from the gazes erased them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Void corrupts you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes on the pillar nearest to Neo turned to him after killing everyone around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under their focused gazes, the pain attacking Neo's mind increased severalfolds.\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","5f8d129ffbd8d4c18ec5180f03c0a6fd0f271d5f80c09759215cb5cc0b07d0ae","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-284","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-282",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]