[{"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-376":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},418317,682,"Chapter 376  Late Awakening","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-376",376,"\u003Cp>Emotions surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo kept his presence suppressed, which kept him hidden from the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man looked to be in his late 40s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shoulders were slumped. He had dark circles beneath his eyes, and his tie was loosened, hanging awkwardly over a wrinkled shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked back to his home, with his worn office bag in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His steps were heavy, dragging behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stopped his skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled back the tide of emotions he had been ready to inject into the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I'm going to do it, might as well do it properly,' he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended his hand subtly and activated Mind Invasion to look into the man's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flashes of a bright childhood surfaced in Neo's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man had once been a top-performing student. He turned from a genius into an average person as he grew older. No, as he grew up, he realized he wasn't a genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The face of hammered further as the man passed the age of 20 without awakening Godblood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would never become a demigod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awakening past the age of 20 was almost unheard of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were exceptions, of course—rare cases where individuals awakened after 20. These outliers were monstrous geniuses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said their Godblood was so powerful that their bodies and souls couldn't handle the strain of their awakening until maturity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their dormant powers only awakened after their bodies and souls had reached their peak. That is a few years after the age of 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man had hoped, once, that he might be one of those rare cases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But deep down, he knew better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was normal for someone like him to remain unawakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one in 10,000 people awakened, and late awakenings were even rarer—a one-in-a-billion occurrence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His life trudged on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He graduated from a local university, earned a certification, and landed a job with an average income and a slightly toxic work environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't change jobs due to his limited skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five years later, he got married.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four years after that, he had a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory recollection ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man continued his slow journey home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to rest, but he never stopped moving, not because he had purpose but because stopping felt pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was exhausted, but he didn't complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind, dulled from years of exploitation, had no intentions of changing the flow of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An average life, in other words,\" Neo muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used Empathic Bond and transferred hope, passion, and optimism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man's feet came to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bustling noises of the city seemed to quieten for a moment as he blinked, confused, and looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dullness in his eyes vanished, replaced by a faint sparkle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as if he had just woken from a long, dreamless sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo observed him silently, suppressing his presence so thoroughly that the man remained unaware of his watcher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yawn, when did I reach here?\" the man muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed the back of his neck and glanced in the direction of his home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tired lines on his face eased slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of continuing his walk home, he returned to the main road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze lingered on a row of small food stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember Olivia and Ava saying they wanted to eat out today. I completely forgot about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The shops will be closed by the time I go home and return with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess I'll take something good home today,\" he murmured with a faint smile, his voice tinged with affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man reached into his pocket and pulled out his device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tired expression softened further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly typed a message to his wife, Olivia:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A reply came almost instantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reply must've been sent by his daughter Ava,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, takeout it is today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although tired, he headed toward the food stalls with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo remained motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the man's figure grow smaller as he disappeared into the lively crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stopped speaking and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused on inwards in an attempt to distract himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was evolving even at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rank-up from Grade 3 to Grade 1 in Emphatic Bond had triggered two breakthroughs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every cell in his body was being torn apart repeatedly. His mastery over his Life element allowed him to heal himself almost instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he absorbed the excess energy from the breakthrough with his Darkness element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to his masterful control, Neo could go through the breakthrough right in the middle of the road without losing focus on his surroundings—or his task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Emphatic Bond, Grade 1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess I need to use the skill on someone else for a better increase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never used the skill much, which was why he was unaware of such a basic rule until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man was an unawakened, so it was easy to influence his emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By that logic, I would find it difficult to influence the emotions of high-ranked demigods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They should give me good progress if I use the skill on them,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powerful demigods he could target for his skills were….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Veldora can be a candidate,\" Neo thought, \"but he returned to the Underworld quite a while back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should I go meet him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Neo drowned in his thoughts, a screen sprang before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Use your skill on Elizabeth. With her strength, just one successful activation of your skill will help it reach its peak.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Neo frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not using my skill on—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[She is having nightmares every day. You can help her with your skill, and it's beneficial to your progress too.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You are the reason why she is injured, Neo Hargraves. You used her, and now you don't want to take responsibility?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sphinx's replies came fast, cutting Neo off mid-sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>",991,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","856e466c36dd643ea1d93bec8e2fb2665334b9cfa6dad7fae8cadac862b3de59","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-377","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-301",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]