[{"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-558":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},418598,682,"Chapter 558: Rank Multiplier","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-558",558,"\u003Cp>\"Ward technology was created during the height of the war,\" Yaleth said. \"It was necessary to fight the leader of Forgotten Suns, since he was the Loved One of Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These days every God worth their dime has Wards for Space, Time, and Fate for themselves and their planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only problem is that these mass-produced Wards can only stop up to Stage-5 Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for Wards that can affect Stage-6 Gods, they are called military-grade Wards. It's not easy to get your hands on them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth and Neo reached a city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They entered a castle, and walked into the giant room at the top floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth began operating the Rune Lock's panel on the wall behind the photo that hung over the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So there is a Ward for every element?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Yaleth replied. \"This is one of the reasons why Gods now focus on creating Divinities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each Divinity is unique so a Ward for them hasn't been created. However, if it's a Divinity of a famous God, then that's a different story.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that why Divinities are preferred over Elements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's part of the reason, but there is a bigger reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth explained as he worked on the Rune Lock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know Pseudo-Element Resistance everyone gets from their planet? Even the youngest Stage-4 planet is normally a hundred thousand years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have sky-high element resistance. It makes it impossible to affect them using an element, which is why Divinities are preferred.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo frowned when he heard the explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the hole in Yaleth's logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just as he was about to question Yaleth, the Outer God opened the Space Lock successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opened with a swish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, there were several black gemstones, and several rectangular slabs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth took out all gemstones, and six slabs. He took three slabs for himself and gave three to Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are Wards for Space, Time, and Fate. They are better than the mass-produced ones but they still can't stop Stage-6 Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still, they should be enough to hide your identity as a Heavenbreaker as long as you don't make a breakthrough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fate Ward to hide his Fate threads, which made sure no one knew he was a Heavenbreaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space and Time Ward for safety in case they got in a fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo was looking at the Wards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he heard, it was a fascinating technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Their ability to resist all elements sounds a bit similar to Eternal, though it seems to work differently,' he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are we going to get the military-grade Wards?\" Neo questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have some connections within the Alliance's army. We can buy from there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth kept the black gemstones, which Neo thought of as money, inside his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go. We will use my planet's teleporter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them moved to another section of the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a giant room with a Space-Teleportation Rune on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yaleth activated it, he spoke to Neo,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will say it now, but do not – I repeat, do not – under any circumstances let anyone know that you are a Heavenbreaker. It won't end well for both of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about my dual Traits? Should I hide them too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have dual Traits!? How the… Never mind. I'm the stupid one to expect something normal from you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth sighed, then shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't reveal if you can, but it's fine if you want to. Dual, or even multiple Traits isn't exactly unheard of. For one, all Apostles have them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Runes on the teleporter began to shine. Energy in the surroundings rose exponentially.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's your awakener rank, and what is your God rank?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grade 1 Paragon in both Traits, and I'm not a God yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awakener Path of Ascension, and Elemental Path of Ascension were both different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awakener Path of Ascension was easier to walk on, and more diverse in abilities, but it was weaker than the Elemental Path of Ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why awakeners could not kill Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Paragon…? And not a God…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A day with Neo overturned the entire common sense Yaleth learned through his long life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How the hell was he able to fight multiple Peak Stage-3 and win easily!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made no sense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And if he is only Paragon…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth shuddered when he understood the consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each breakthrough increased the multiplier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To explain, when moving from Grade 5 Awakened to Grade 4 Awakener, your overall strength might increase by 1.1 times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Grade 4 to Grade 3 Awakened, and similarly up to Grade 1 Awakened, each subrank would make you 1.1 times stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This number '1.1' was the multiplier for Awakened rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Mythic rank, this multiplier would be 1.4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Empyrean rank, it would be 1.8.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Paragon rank, it would be 5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Exalted rank, it would be 9.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These numbers were not accurate, but they were good enough to give a rough idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Neo's strength would roughly increase by 80 times upon becoming an Exalted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'When he becomes Exalted in both Traits, wouldn't he be able to fight Stage-4 Gods?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth's words would make anyone think he had gone senile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he thought the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the truth was in front of his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Insane.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'These brothers are insane.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I thought The One Above All was a monster, but this guy is more dangerous than him!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you waiting for?\" Neo questioned, interrupting Yaleth's thoughts. \"Hurry up, and activate the teleporter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"O-okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brightness engulfed Neo and Yaleth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt a shift and they appeared on a glass platform hanging high in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below them stretched a planet so vast that Neo couldn't even see where it ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if someone had merged countless worlds into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of gigantic metallic rods, each thicker than mountains, pierced into the surface and stretched into the clouds, humming faintly with unknown energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of portals, swirling with different colors and shapes, hovered in the air like organized chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People moved about everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were as small as ants, scurrying in groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were titanic—larger than cities—walking carefully among the landscape. They treaded through different roads to make sure they didn't step on anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then there were the moon-sized ones, floating above all with slow, graceful movements like living planets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above Neo, several planets slowly revolved in a massive ring, orbiting the colossal planet they stood upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this one world, where they stood, was packed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Billions—maybe trillions—of people, each one unique, were scattered across every mountain, plain, and city tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaleth's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The crowd is… much bigger than I remember…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they both noticed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone—every being—was looking up at something in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gigantic holograms hovered above them, projected across the atmosphere like divine announcements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holograms showed a dimly lit and circular stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On it knelt an alien figure, bound by radiant chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin was dark blue, his veins glowed silver, and his hair was long, white, and braided into dozens of tiny threads that floated behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four curved horns extended backward from his temples, pulsing with weak starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands were tied tightly behind him, and multiple silver rods were stabbed into his skull, anchoring him to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the rods there was no blood running down his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-How is he here…?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know him?\" Neo questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. He is the Loved One of Space I told you about… the leader of the Forgotten Suns – the hostile army that the Alliance has been at war with for a million years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he muttered in disbelief,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So… the Alliance won the war while I was on Earth…\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1283,"2026-05-30T08:01:10.126Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","b6b869b7e0a9dd69ffebb99147658988000248e86fd98cb24a3519ca9956ce66","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-559","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-557",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]