[{"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-412":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},418252,682,"Chapter 412  Uncontrolled Evolution, Monsterization, Limiter","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-412",412,"\u003Cp>'We will help you, but the return will not be instantaneous, and it will be filled with dangers.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo nodded, having expected this answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking to Elementals and having them manifest their powers for his use cost him mental energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Movement between dimensions would cost even more—draining him to his limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo would have to take breaks on the way back to recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would take time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might also encounter a powerful enemy while he was resting. Hence, it was dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for explaining everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It was nothing.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver motes flickered one last time before disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stood still, contemplating the words Space had left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes shifted to his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, a sun—Sunshine—floated in the air, casting a bright radiance over the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was probably night, given how the original sun of Tartarus had disappeared, leaving only Sunshine behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice rang out, breaking the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've been dying for seven hours!\" Percival's voice boomed, filled with frustration. \"Seven hours! I'm dying! Dying! And dying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival grabbed handle of his massive warhammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscles tensed, veins bulging as his patience snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm done playing nice!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar, he surged forward at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Dorothy—the ostrich—even appeared, he swung his giant hammer toward the empty space on his left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force of the swing sent shockwaves rippling through the air, distorting the space around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't sense the ostriches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he attacked was his battle instincts. It told him that was where Dorothy would appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attack was perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Seraph, he had lived multiple lives and stacked battle experience from countless battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It came as no surprise that he struck the exact spot where Dorothy was about to emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ostrich suddenly teleported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't teleport. The Space Elementals never moved. Percival was sure of it since he had been keeping an eye on the Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the ostrich moved from his left to right instantaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How? The Space Elementals did not show any sign—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could complete his words, Dorothy delivered a quick stab to his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain exploded in his skull, and his vision darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, instead of resuming his mindless charge, Percival sat down at the starting point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression said he was contemplating over something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you stop?\" Neo questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to change my approach. This isn't helping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the last skirmish, Percival had grown confident he could defeat Dorothy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ostriches were fast, but they were neither strong nor durable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, he could have used his hammer to bash Dorothy's face in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'There are two more ostriches. I'm sure they are faster than Dorothy. I would've been stopped even if I defeated Dorothy.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading Percival's thoughts cleared Neo's doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having realized he could now defeat Dorothy—the bird that had been drinking his brain juice all day—Percival felt there was no need to continue his reckless assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had his revenege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he needed a plan to actually progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'm not peeking into his thoughts. I respect others' privacy,' Neo rationalized his actions shamelessly. 'The only reason I read his mind now is because I need to understand why he's acting like he isn't Apollo.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he didn't find the reason behind Percival's strange behaviour, there was annother thing didn't make sense to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'His growth is too fast.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He was barely able to react to Dorothy's speed. Now he can react to it easily.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'All this happened within a day.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How is that possible?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems like you realized it,\" Kane suddenly said. \"His growth speed is fast, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo turned to Kane with furrowed brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the reason behind it?\" Percival asked, voicing the same doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had realized something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The growth speed was unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's because of your Soul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soul is the source of evolution, and your body is a limiter, or a cage if you want to call it that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Staying in a soul state—a state without a body—allows you to grow faster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"….?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why doesn't everyone train in a soul state?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because it's dangerous. The soul evolves quickly, true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it is an uncontrolled evolution. Most of the time, you gain mutations that are both harmful and powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The body is present to prevent that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It limits the evolution speed and makes sure the evolution isn't uncontrolled. Instead, it ensures the evolution follows a proper direction,\" Kane explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words made a lot of sense to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo finally understood why the Underworld of Earth gave bodies to the souls of the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It delays monsterization.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Uncontrolled evolution means they will grow with haphazard mutations. That's how souls become monsters.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Having a body slows down the evolution, preventing people from becoming monsters.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'These haphazard mutations must be why monsters are stronger than Awakeners and demigods of the same rank.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo smiled bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people, if not all, blamed Darkness for souls turning into monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was to believe Kane's words, Darkness did no such thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all the doing of uncontrolled evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Kane explained everything, Percival was staring at him with a stiff expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you are saying I'm growing faster because of uncontrolled evolution. But doesn't that mean I'm more prone to monsterization at the same time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are,\" Kane nodded. \"This is a very dangerous training method. For you, and for us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you become a monster, you will be an Immortal Monster—praise Tartarus—and taking those monsters down is hard. Very hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why I hope you don't fall to monsterization.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival no longer had the energy to get angry after the day's events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just gave a deadpan stare, his warhammer resting beside him in the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not my fault. This is the only way you can be strong enough to join the Grand Expedition in only five days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if you want to die less, just work together with Neo,\" Kane said with a chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll think about it,\" Percival said, his usual enthusiasm nowhere to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>",1018,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","e81b7d98c4b7b2f64a74443dea262e7101cf008e3e83617ba1630233b921de1f","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-413","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-411",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]