[{"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-32":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},418022,682,"Chapter 32: Land Beyond The Mist","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-32",32,"\u003Cp>Neo heard the splashing of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...It's a river.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He got down from the corpse and gulped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the beach, the Gulwaks became frenzied due to his blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn't wash himself, he did not know what he might attract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking of facing multiple mantis monsters was enough to make him search for the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved through the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was crying in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The healing seemed to have disappeared with the blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This damned body…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using five stacks of Necrotic Touch and Ocean's Embrace left him with less than half of his Divine Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would regain the Divine Energy slowly in normal situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't possible anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he hadn't eaten anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Energy came from the God Blood flowing in a demigod's veins. It replenished by consuming food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathing Divine Energy rich air might help, but it would still take a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo noticed the mist thinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurried his steps and came out of the white fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest was full of large, ancient trees with thick vines falling from their high branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clouds floated in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Neo realize he had no problem with his vision even though Underworld was under a perpetual night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest was silent save for the noise of the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached the bank with a heavy breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The river, full of blood red water, looked ominous to say the least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo slowly lowered his hand and dipped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water was not harmful to skin at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He removed his clothes and washed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After rubbing himself thoroughly, he tore his jacket and tied it around the wound on his chest and the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the reflection in the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cheek healed and the bleeding stopped before he lost the blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his right ear never regenerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tips of three fingers of his left hand were crushed. He could hold a weapon but his grip was weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shoulder had bite marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was wondering if it might get infected as he had no medications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest's injury, a gash from the top left shoulder to the right waist, was the lightest wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked vicious, but it barely hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It would've better it have been if I used the Ocean's Embrace from the beginning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His low mastery of the Spell was the reason it took him long to active the Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, it didn't fail like his first time with Necrotic Touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting out of the river, he sat under a nearby tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused inwards and checked the information Barbatos left him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was knowledge of how to use Darkness element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Underworld was where Dark-type elements were present in high concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spending a long time in Underworld, the souls get tainted by these elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Darkness element had the property to \"devour\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness was a colour that took the colors from others and painted them into its colour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, those tainted by Darkness, or with an affinity for it, could absorb other souls\u002Fbody into themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Depending on the mastery and luck, they could gain stats, skills and more from the consumed objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was why the number of souls in Underworld did not overflow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They consumed each other and kept growing stronger for eons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo had to do the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If wanted to survive Barbatos' training, he needed to devour his enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His emotions were calm, but his mind told him it was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until a few weeks ago, he was a normal person. He shouldn't accept something like this so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But another part of his mind rationalized his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who spends too much time in Underworld is consumed by insanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters were no longer their previous self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were now just monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mantis he fought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, tremors appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They increased in intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silent forest shook loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do earthquakes exist in Underworld….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo could not complete his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were struck in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The source of tremor was moving towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His senses were crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His death affinity warned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing approaching him was strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As strong as Elizabeth, if not stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An Exalted Demigod….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tremors stopped and a huge shadow that seemed to cover the sky fell over Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't move, he didn't breathe, and he didn't run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did his best to hide by trying to melt into the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest beings in the world of livings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were Exalted Demigod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way he could do anything against someone who was as strong as Exalted Demigod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo did not raise his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One second, two second, three second….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge hand came down from the sky and gouged out the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo, fearful, raised his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't believe what he saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A humongous humanoid being, someone so giant his torso pierced the clouds, was the source of his death affinity's warnings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The being drank the river it scooped into its palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My blood… is it trying to drink the blood I washed into the river…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo recalled Barbatos' words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood was a nectar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It called out an Exalted Demigod to his location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant finished drinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't leave and stood there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is it searching for me?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo could feel his heart thumping crazily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Death Affinity was warning him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, everything went silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warnings disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tremors appeared. The giant covered an unimaginable distance with each step and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo lost strength in his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was breathing heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn… that was scary…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up when the gouged out land began to refill with the help of the flowing river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I'll consume the mantis corpse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The encounter with the giant straightened his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Underworld, his morals would not protect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting stronger was the bare minimum if he wanted to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>",1006,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.171Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","d1f9d6f6d24bc599286d662aa9f2ce62ffc72e29e6945a777ecbf080df7773be","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-33","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-31",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]