[{"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-3":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},417993,682,"Chapter 3: Unique Skill","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-3",3,"\u003Cp>The sacrifice had to be a demigod, with the blood of a powerful god if possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine water was harder to get than a living sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a nationally guarded secret and only the strongest demigods had access to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting it was impossible for normal demigods unless they read the novel like Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He checked the map on the Akashic Record(Internet).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dammit, why is the Okahama Beach so far?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo took a bullet train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took him eight hours to reach the city where the Okahama Beach was located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting off on the station, he visited the beach and brought scuba diving gears from a rental shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before diving, he took a short break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel like shit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just travelling was enough to make him feel like he ran a 100Km marathon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wished he could get someone else to bring him the Divine Water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the place where he was going to get it was a secret that, if leaked, could start war between nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Water was too precious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone wanted to get it as much of it as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, I'm ready.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo took the boat to the location he remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore the oxygen mask and dove into the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sea was neither cold nor hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see schools of fishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some fishes were bright in colors, some had stripes while some were large and moved alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he was near the beach, he reached at the seabed fairly quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began his search for the sea cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he found the entrance to the sea cave, he felt he was about to die from the exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After making sure the entrance was not marked, he entered the narrow space in-between the coral reefs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had been a bit less thin, he would've not been able to enter it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo arrived inside a water cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was air inside the cave so he removed the respirator and inhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave was dimly lit thanks to the glowing funguses. It had a small pond in the centre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like the mermaids haven't found this place yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew it when he saw the cave's entrance unguarded, but seeing the empty cave confirmed his suspicions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the novel, this cave would've been found by the mermaid kingdom and become a part of their property.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not know when it was supposed to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place came into play when a villain, gravely injured by the protagonist, came across it by luck, and killed the guard mermaids to use the Divine Water to heal and strengthen himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villain wreaked havoc on the mermaids' country and was later defeated by the protagonist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the incident, the protagonist was able to grow closer to the princess of country of mermaids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now all of this Divine Water is mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo did not feel guilty for stealing the Divine Water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Divine Water = No way for the villain to save himself = The mermaid kingdom is not destroyed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was solving the problem at its source by taking the Divine Water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moved by his own heroic spirit, he poured the Braham liquor into the pond and threw the herbs into it as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The herbs quickly melted and a sweet aroma, containing the liquor's traces, wafted in the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He removed his clothes and stepped in the alcohol flavored pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing left was a sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, the sacrifice was….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo would sacrifice himself to revive himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a loophole in the ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Neo believed he, the son of Hades, the God who ruled over Death, should have at least this much leeway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grim Reapers would not nit-pick. Probably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it doesn't succeed, I'm dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took deep breath to calm himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth be told, he was not using himself as a sacrifice because he did not have a demigod to sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no shortage of bastards who deserved death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, to increase the chances of resurrection ritual's success, the sacrifice had to as close as possible, physically, emotionally and spiritually, to the soul targeted to be revived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who was the person who was similar to him in appearance, had similar values, and lived a similar life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo himself was that person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, sacrificing himself was the best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After submerging himself in the pond, Neo had completed all steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he had to kill himself, negotiate with the Grim Reaper, and return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here goes nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes and activated his Unique Skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo felt he suddenly appeared in a winter region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, his innards were burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The waves pulled him along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his eyes when he felt something touch his back and found himself on a beach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was pitch-black with three gigantic red eyes looking down from high above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand was black, sticky, and rancid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was hard. Everytime he took a breath, it felt like he was pushing solid stones through his lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place where the souls came after the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no heaven or hell, just endless pain in this hellish place after one's lifetime came to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are here, O Child of Monarch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grating voice screeched against his eardrums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw a figure cloaked in darkness rowing towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was hidden in the cloak's darkness; only the two spheres of blue flames were visible which Neo thought of as its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come with us, O Child of Monarch. We will help you cross the River.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure raised its hand to bring Neo over when it suddenly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This smell…. O Child of Monarch, why do you carry the scent of sacrifice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly its voice turned chaotic, like the screeching of a banshee.\u003C\u002Fp>",993,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.171Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","bcb4683f593b9d7ae440c90614a1e80734cb3f3a3123544c4f62b70c09e5c023","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-4","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-2",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]