[{"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-427":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},418267,682,"Chapter 427  Choice of Void Dragon God","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-427",427,"\u003Cp>There was another thing Neo noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Tartarus was so strong, then why was it trying to hide the truth about the Abyss of Nightmares?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is Tartarus killing them?\" Neo mumbled to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't know?\" Zera asked, surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took deep breaths to stabilize her condition and kept her hands on her abdomen to stop her entrails from spilling as she spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did you wake up from the nightmares?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two days ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you do that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo suddenly became silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what she told him, everyone was inside a collective nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were having the same dream and could meet each other in that dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Neo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been in an entirely different Nightmare alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Tartarus must've done that to end me and to make sure no one can help me.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he remained silent, Zera chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine if you don't want to reveal it. Everyone has a trump card or two that they keep hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I want to know, though, is something else. How have you been surviving for two days?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The energy recovery must be a problem for you,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\" Neo frowned. \"Energy recovery problem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zera stared at Neo, wondering why he was trying to act clueless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took her a few moments to realize Neo was serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You… what are you?\" she spoke, surprise leaking into her voice for the first time. \"This place is near Tartarus' Core. All Energy and Elementals here belong to Tartarus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn't want us to recover. Thus, we can't absorb the ambient energy in the air to recover our energy reserves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eating energy-rich food is an option, but that would mean you realize you can't absorb energy from the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you not know that?\" she questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am used to recovering my energy from devouring the food inside my Shadow Space, not from the air. That's why I didn't realize it,\" he said with a calm tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's a lie,\" Zera said instantly. \"Could it be that….\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked Neo up and down as if she was evaluating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo tensed, ready to escape at a moment's notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane had warned him the Dragon Clan leaders might attack him if they found out he was a Heavenbreaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since they don't have any place to draw energy from except food or natural treasures that are rich in energy, they might try to use me as a battery.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no doubt the Expedition must've stocked up on energy-rich food and materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a Heavenbreaker was special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo's Energy Purity was off the charts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current energy purity was on par with a Stage-1 World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gods could never match that, since they were inherently weaker than Worlds at their same rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Paragon Demigod, Stage-1 God, and Stage-1 World were at the same rank, technically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Demigod was the weakest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason being their low energy purity and low element mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stage-1 God had Element mastery at the same rank as Stage-1 World, but their Energy Purity was much lower than the World's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stage-1 World had both: high Element Mastery in multiple elements and high Energy Purity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would take multiple Stage-1 Gods joining hands to fight a Stage-1 World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I might be lower rank than Zera, but my Energy Purity must be far higher than anything the Expedition could have brought.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I need to be careful.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo remained alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zera was injured badly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she attacked him, Neo should be able to escape. He wasn't sure though. After all, Zera was a Stage-3 God, which equaled a Fabled-rank Demigod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have a Sacred Treasure with the ability to provide energy, right?\" Zera spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sacred Treasures have unique and arbitrary abilities. The only way something as absurd as having its own energy will make sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said I consumed food.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you must have a lot of food in your Shadow Space. Can you show it to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo clicked his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having a Sacred Treasure like that would garner him attention, and maybe jealousy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to say he did not have anything like that, but Zera seemed sure of her guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's not digress,\" Neo said. \"Are you sure the Expedition members who died during past Expeditions did so due to lack of energy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's my only guess for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see,\" Neo nodded. \"Rest for now. I have to do something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo prepared to jump into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Moon's blessing, Elizabeth was above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing…?\" Zera questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone I know is there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before Neo could jump, Zera's hand transformed into a giant hand and grabbed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant hand was a deformed mass of flesh, similar to her dragonized form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held him with force to make sure he couldn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing?\" Neo asked the same question as her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take a look at my condition,\" Zera said, trying to ignore the burning pain in her body. \"I am a Stage-3 God, and I look half-dead after trying to rescue people from the nightmares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven't saved a single person. You think you can do that?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me go,\" Neo said, instead of replying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zera could feel the threatening undertone in Neo's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked above and then back at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That white-haired child up there. She isn't a member of the Grand Expedition. Is she the one you are trying to save?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo blinked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Child?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who was she talking about…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zera was a Stage-3 God. She must be a few thousand years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder she called Elizabeth a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dear, are you thinking something rude?\" she asked with a smile, while flexing the muscles of her transformed hand, as if saying she could crush him if he called her old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I want to save her,\" Neo said to change the topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can see why,\" Zera said. \"She has been corrupted by Void and doesn't have long to live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chuckled and let Neo go before transforming into her dragon form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll bring her down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo suddenly noticed a detail he had forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had Zera been trying to rescue someone from the nightmares?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She herself told Neo that those in nightmares were safe, and those who escaped nightmares would be killed by Tartarus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saving someone from the nightmare was stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You… did you get those injuries while trying to save Elizabeth?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1073,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.452Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","266b1773c263014ed8067ad5af2c32fab74e766e1952dcecd4051daa71fb33ad","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-428","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-426",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]