[{"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-295":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},418085,682,"Chapter 295: Enlightenment of Intent","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-295",295,"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, do you know about World Energy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's the energy generated directly by the World Core. We've named it mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeus explained it in simpler terms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World Energy and the mana used by awakeners were the same yet completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most eye-catching difference was purity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If World Energy was the river water at the beginning of the river stream, then mana would be the river water when it's about to enter the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The start of the river and the end of the river both have water, but the purity difference is completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now do you know how World Energy is created? Zeus asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you telling me all this?\" Neo questioned instead of answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can tell you aren't going to escape. Then, I will help you get strong enough to fight, Zeus replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World Energy is created when the world awakens its consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their consciousness is so strong that it can be used as fuel, as power, Zeus explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the explanation, Zeus added more words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since you are going to fight those 'things', you need all power you can get.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devour my corpse and any other coprses of our fellow awakeners-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's answer was direct and it left no room for negotiations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeus' Intent clone stared at Neo for a few seconds before it shook its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Intent clone disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't sustain its existence anymore, fading into nothingness with a whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Survive, Neo, Zeus' voice echoed in Neo's mind as his last words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo took one last look at the place where Zeus's Intent clone had stood before he turned around and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crazy bastard. Telling the guy whom he tried to kill to surive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Thank you.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words and thoughts were contradictory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no one around to notice it, no one to point it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo moved towards the World Time Spell magic circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around him was thick with pungent smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts continued to revolve around Zeus's earlier words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World Energy was the world's consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A world's consciousness was so powerful that it could be used as fuel. As energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consciousness...\" Neo murmured, his gaze unfocused, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began filling the World Time Spell's magic circle with Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind kept repeating Zeus's words, and his eyes shifted, staring at the three pillars that were near Zeus's corpse's location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The power of Consciousness...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single thought dominated Neo's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can use it too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every object and action had Intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a subtle force, undetectable to most, yet always present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Neo had first discovered it, he had thought it was a manifestation of thoughts, which was correct, but Intent was more than just that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Intent were only thoughts, he wouldn't be able to sense sounds, visions, and tastes with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't Intent the power of consciousness?\" Neo thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt he was on the right path, but something was still missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers trembled ever so slightly as he concentrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he had realized Intent was more than just thoughts, he had tried to store the techniques inside Intent, just like how thoughts were stored inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took him decades to be able to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could now create an Intent Clone thanks to his high mastery in Intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are Intent and World Energy different?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to what Zeus told him and what he knew, both seemed same to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconsciously, Neo's focus shifted from transferring Divine Energy into Spell to focusing on his enlightenment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enlightenment of Intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was on the verge of reaching a new stage that only a few had reached in the history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't realize this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was focused on comprehending the difference between Intent and World Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I doing something wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo looked around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding space was vast and dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could perceive his surroundings as Intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It allowed him to predict his opponent's move and peek at surface-level thoughts and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>emotions of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Intent can do this, can World Energy do this too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was obviously no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World Energy, or mana, was neutral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't colored by elementals or emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made another thing quite clear to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Intent has thoughts, emotions, colors, sounds, vision, taste, smell. But World Energy has\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nothing of the sort.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stared at the Intent around his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faint wisps of white lines spiraled around his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to strip the Intent of everything unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing to go was emotions, then vision, then taste, color, sound, and finally smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only thoughts were left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beads of sweat rolled down Neo's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing grew heavier, misting in the chill air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't realize, but the atmosphere around him was growing heavier, pressing down upon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Angel noticed something wrong with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thousands of eyes on the towering stone pillars shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their gaze abandoned Zeus' broken corpse to focus on Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Angel thought it was probably a new trick of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked like an entertaining toy, which was why the Angel left him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Angel froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stared harder, noticing the faint energy signatures pulsing around Neo in alarm and immediately commanded the maggots to attack him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sea of monsters surged forward, a tide of writhing, grotesque forms, shrieking with a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ferocity unlike anything they had ever shown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, lost in enlightenment, didn't realize what was happening in his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, his body moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His instincts, honed from countless battles, flared to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed his sword while his mind remained absorbed in his newfound understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Zeus' corpse moved again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its jumped between Neo and the approaching maggots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse turned to look at Neo before facing the coming monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, it raised its fist, preparing to meet the oncoming horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Condensed golden lightning in the form of eastern dragons gathered around his knuckles,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>crackling with a fierce radiance that illuminated the stormy sky above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder rumbled, echoing across the desolate battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He punched.\u003C\u002Fp>",1019,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","7a22074916b9e4e2afea5b54707152608bd8e0cc13d33dc49d0799e5850aa46d","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-296","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-294",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]