[{"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-396":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},418359,682,"Chapter 396  Sword Saint","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-396",396,"\u003Cp>\"I was just asking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percieval stared at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to doubt whether Neo would truly work with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence settled between them for a few moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is your mission, Neo?\" Olivia questioned, and continued the conversation naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blood Sea War is going to happen within a few years. Our continent will be invaded by monsters of Tartarus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My mission is to delay the war and to stop it from happening if possible,\" Neo said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he wondered if the others would catch his lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sphinx was no selfless being who would want to protect Luminera after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, it seemed they were used to Sphinx assigning them strange missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not question the authenticity of Neo's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blood Sea War…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olivia's gaze clouded with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clenched her fists as if struggling to hold back words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, she remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many monsters will invade?\" Nicolas asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thousands of them will come in the first wave. The weakest among them would be Paragon,\" Neo revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words were like a bucket of cold water poured over the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't help but glance at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That means some of them will be Exalted,\" Percieval said, his usual smirk disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not some of them,\" Neo shook his head. \"A lot of them will be Exalted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All Senators—or Senior Templars if you would call them—were Exalted Demigods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including them, Luminera had around one hundred Exalted Demigods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, against the monsters of Tartarus, their numbers were nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This answers our question about the First Executioner,\" Percieval muttered. \"If Tartarus is so strong, no wonder he hasn't completed his mission yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The First Executioner? Who is he?\" Neo questioned, his interest piqued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way they spoke of him, this 'First Executioner' seemed to be a formidable figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sword Saint, Kane Williams,\" Olivia answered. \"He left the continent centuries ago. We only discovered a few hundred years back that he was in Tartarus. However, we don't know what he's doing there right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…What did you say was the name of the Sword Saint?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sword Saint, Kane Williams. Why are you so curious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing,\" Neo replied. \"I just wanted to know our senior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo leaned back in his chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Kane is alive? How?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He had the Fate of the Fallen Star.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'No matter what we—Daniel and I—did, Kane could never survive.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He would always perish after fighting a strong monster.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers drummed lightly against the armrest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had been disappeared from the past, Kane always managed to survive his first few encounters with Anomaly #79.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was thanks to him awakening his Trait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he would die later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo had given Daniel multiple quests to save Kane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had never borne any fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the Fate was determined to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The best ending for Kane was trapping him in the Eternal Dream, like what happened to him in my timeline.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In Daniel's last timeline, he made sure it happened to Kane, and that Kane didn't die.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Kane should be trapped in that dream.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How did he wake up?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps another Demigod or Awakener had awakened a Trait capable of destroying Eternal Dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a powerful Demigod, at Peak Paragon or Exalted, could shatter those dreams—even if they did not have a Trait that worked specifically against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eternal Dreams were created using a device found inside a Window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, no one could wake up from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But maybe that changed in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Kane is alive.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of excitement pulsed through Neo's veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grip on the chair's armrest tightened slightly before he exhaled and let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the meeting ended, Neo stepped towards the ship's upper deck to breathe some fresh air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The planks groaned softly beneath him as he climbed the steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp, salty wind greeted him as he emerged under the vast, starless sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark clouds loomed overhead, stretching endlessly across the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As much as he wanted to reach Tartarus quickly, he had to be patient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Olivia, they would arrive as soon as they encountered a 'Shift Point'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood Sea was a ginormous water body, present in several worlds and dimensions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was possible due to the bending of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The points where space twisted and linked the Blood Sea across different worlds or dimensions were named 'Shift Points'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Shift Points were unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New ones were created and destroyed every second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a lost traveler—with high negative karma—travels on the Blood Sea, a Shift Point leading to Tartarus will open before them and swallow them.\" Neo recalled Olivia's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the Blood Sea bubbling ominously below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick mass of dark-type Elementals churned over its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their high toxicity forced the Executioners to remain inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't want to get a stomachache, as Percieval had put it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, stomachache was a mild way of saying death by internal corrosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathing the air above the Blood Sea for too long could erode one's lungs from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Touching the water?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone took a dip, it wouldn't take more than a second for the Blood Sea to consume them alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo took a deep breath as he stood on the deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 'fresh' air entered his lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, someone who was attuned to Underworld, the air of Blood Sea was no different from the breeze of a spring garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark-element-infused surroundings—except for the grudge-filled wails of the Blood Sea—calmed Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the wails, Neo was used to the Voices of Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not affect him much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo ignored the wails and focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes, and he tried to activate his Empathic Transcendence trait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elementals remained quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not respond to his call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo furrowed his brows and increased his focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His senses stretched beyond the ship and into the surrounding energies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The results did not change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when he thought he had failed, a calm, old voice called out to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Your skill is weak.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'At your current level, you need to concentrate hard, be present in a high Elemental concentration environment, and the Elementals must be willing to talk to you.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Only then can you talk to us, given your skill activates successfully.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silvery motes of light floated around Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Space?\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'You are nearing the Shift Point. That's why we can talk.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shift Point was where space bent, linking worlds and dimensions together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, it had a high concentration of Space Elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo wanted to speak with them, to understand more, but suddenly, his Empathic Transcendence skill's output started to fluctuate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The connection flickered like a dying candle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill's effect was weakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Remember our promise, child.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of the Space Elemental began to fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silvery motes trembled before dissolving into the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Help our Loved One.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If you do that, we will give you another favor.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Elementals for your flower—we will help you talk with them.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their voices disappeared, leaving behind only the howling winds and the bubbling sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo tried to use his skill again, only to be met with silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A notification appeared before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>",1205,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","7abcebd607010919cd8d2bfbf3726cbb1dc51acf19cae5b250a821d50947eef2","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-324","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-323",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]