[{"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-489":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},418129,682,"Chapter 489  Tartarus' Annoyance","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-489",489,"\u003Cp>After Nyxtharion #2 finished explaining, the cavern went quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall guardian dragons stared at Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood still, his body cracked and sore, waiting for their choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hivemind hummed as the dragons started talking to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still don't trust him. How do we know his memories are not fabricated?\" grumbled Nyxtharion #4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough,\" Nyxtharion #2 snapped. \"Do not be blind to the bigger picture. His Darkness isn't just destruction—it's potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he devours the Protectors and takes their Tartarus fragments, he will becomes a Pillar in their place. An immortal one. With it, Layer 4 will be able to survive Jack Hanma's assault.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Survive?\" Nyxtharion #4 hissed. \"The Great I will gamble our existence on this vermin? What if he turns on the Great I? What if he's working with the necromancer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's test him. The Great I will bring back a Protector. If he can take its power and stay sane, the Great I will help him. If he fails, the Great I will kill him, then fight the necromancer alone,\" suggested Nyxtharion #69.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. The Great I can use the Protector from our zone. It's dead now. We will revive it, and make him fight it,\" agreed Nyxtharion #28.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he fails, the Great I would've wasted time. Time the Great I can use to prepare to fight Jack Hanma,\" growled Nyxtharion #4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that happens, the Great I will turn back time. The Great I have done it before. Right now, the Great I need to try. Neo could save Tartarus,\" countered Nyxtharion #2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragons kept talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some didn't want to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others thought it was worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo stayed quiet, feeling their thoughts brush his mind a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't let him hear everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if he uses that power of Protector against the Great I? He has attacked us before. There is no guarantee he would not do it again,\" said Nyxtharion #34.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he does, the Great I will crush him. Individually, the Great I are weaker than a Protector, but together, the Great I are much stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though, the Great I think Kane Williams sent him to help us, and that the Great I need him,\" answered Nyxtharion #2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hivemind got loud with their voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They argued for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Nyxtharion #2 spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's vote. Do we help Neo or not?\" proposed Nyxtharion #2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragons spoke telepathically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one sent their vote into the hivemind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was quick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine. The Great I will help you. But you have to prove you're worth it,\" warned Nyxtharion #4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. What's the plan?\" replied Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Great I will be taking you to a place you know. But first, listen. The Protectors of Zone 1, Zone 2, and Zone 3 are dead. They've been gone for a long time. We'll need to bring them back,\" explained Nyxtharion #2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The way you said it sounds like other Protectors are alive,\" questioned Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, they are,\" said Nyxtharion #2 through the hivemind after lowering the blockage. It did not explain further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you're saying you will let me take their powers?\" asked Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. You will start with the Protector of our zone, Zone 2. It's dead too – half dead. It's spirit is forcefully kept alive by the Great I as it is a Pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Great I will bring it back fully, kill it, and you will take its power. If you can do that and maintain sanity, the Great I will help you with the others,\" confirmed Nyxtharion #28.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. Let's do it,\" agreed Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragons started flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo followed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tartarus POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tartarus might not be able to intervene inside the Nightmare World as he wished, but he could see any location within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, it was staring at the Elder Dragon pieces about to defeat the Protector of Zone 2, so that Neo could devour it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...are they stupid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tartarus wondered if the Elder Dragon pieces had gone senile after staying in the desolate Zones for millennia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were helping the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Tartarus knew Neo was a Heavenbreaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his mastery of Intent, Neo could fuse fake thoughts and make a fake memory that was no different from real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no wonder the Elder Dragons were tricked after seeing his memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Tartarus had expected more from an Elder Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should I let Kane enter the world?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tartarus turned its gaze to the man in Layer 2. There a week had yet to pass since the Grand Expedition entered the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All Layers were a creation of Tartarus' Nightmare Concept imbued in his Nightmare Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tartarus could control the relative time between the Layers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not time manipulation, and was instead a byproduct of Nightmare ability. This allowed Nightmare users to trap people in a hundred year nightmare, despite only an hour passing by in the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I slowed the time of Layer 2 since I didn't want Kane to enter the Nightmare. But that might've backfired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Disasters were strong enough to pose danger to Tartarus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Second Great Disaster was fiercely loyal to Tartarus, and the First Great Disaster, Nyxtharion, was no longer strong enough to harm Tartarus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was Kane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was naively kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no knowing when he might change his mind, and decide to join the ones planning to destroy the Nightmare World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane's dangerous personality was why Tartarus did not want him to enter the Layer 4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Layer 4, he would see others sacrificing themselves to destroy Tartarus and it might push him to have a change of heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tartarus had thought the Grand Expedition would send Ava out if he stalled for enough time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long Ava was alive, Kane would hesitate to fight against Tartarus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not only did Ava was not sent out, she joined Neo's party, and ended up dying to Tartarus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can revive Ava, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She was fused with my Core fragment. Reviving her will be hard, unlike normal people, and will take time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1015,"2026-05-30T08:00:57.451Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","394140e90350d4769730f6eb68f8f407229224774bd91e80a43ab2cc35fc2d56","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-490","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-488",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]