[{"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-564":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},418604,682,"Chapter 564: True Despair","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-564",564,"\u003Cp>The Seven Sovereign of Emotions snarled. \"We'll try again. He'll break. Even steel breaks when heated enough times. Even diamonds shatter under the right pressure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this wasn't steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this wasn't about pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death opened his eyes in the next nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he was a young man standing in front of a crumbling shrine. Alone again. He had no memory, or a guide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he had was an old sword and a sky full of ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because he remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because he knew what waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because something inside him refused to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One foot. Then another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind howled. The shrine collapsed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he kept walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the prison, the woman watched that cracked diamond pulse once more. It was a slow, steady beat, and the pulse was stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped back from the soul. Her fingers curled. The smile faded from her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He hasn't given up.\" She bit her nails. \"Does he even know the meaning of giving up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Seven Sovereign of Emotions narrowed their ever-shifting eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for the first time, they hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven Sovereigns of Emotion turned to the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We only ask for a little more time,\" The Sovereign of Despair said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sovereign of Joy followed, his tone pleading. \"There must be something else we can try. A different path, a delay, anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the woman's expression was unreadable. Her eyes, once patient, now carried the weight of finality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no time left,\" she said. \"The Nameless Death will be taken by the Alliance in a month. That's already been decided.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sovereign of Rage clenched his fists. \"We could stop them. Your Majesty, you should not listen to those—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silence.\" Her voice cut through him, calm but firm. \"You all had your chance. You failed to awaken him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sovereigns fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, they looked at her, hoping to find hesitation in her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they saw a cold, steady will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no room left for pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't have any use of you anymore,\" she said. \"Leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she looked at them, and they shivered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That gaze wasn't one they had ever seen from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the gaze of someone who had discarded doubt. Someone who was about to take a final step, no matter the cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sovereign of Anger vanished first, then the Sovereign of Fear, then the Sovereign of Hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, the Sovereigns disappeared, leaving her alone in the quiet chamber. Alone with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nameless Death still lay motionless, bound in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman walked forward and knelt beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands trembled for just a moment. Then they stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White flames emerged from her fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of Willpower Element flickered and surged into the air, coating the space around her with heatless intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, she would break a person's willpower before absorbing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the only safe method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a weak foreign willpower could pull her in, contaminate her essence, merge with her mind if she wasn't careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she had no time for caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she couldn't weaken his will even after trying to do so for centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His willpower was smaller than hers, but purer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was dangerous to absorb it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the woman had made her choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After absorbing others for eons, her own willpower had grown massive, layered with countless echoes of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the density and purity of his willpower, was unmatched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would make her a Heavenbreaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she began the fusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white flames around her intensified. Her body stiffened. She could feel the pressure of his will meeting hers. Their minds brushed, then collided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next breath, the chamber disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found herself standing in a vast and empty white space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was 'his' mental world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nameless Death stood a short distance away. His gaze was calm as he stared at her. There was no surprise in his eyes, or fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman frowned slightly and walked forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I expected you to be angry,\" she said. \"Or to attack me. After all, you must remember everything now. So why are you calm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really want to become a Heavenbreaker?\" he asked, instead of answering her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression tightened. \"What are you talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her with that same unsettling stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't remember anything,\" he said. \"But there's a voice inside me. It told me to say this: You can't become a Heavenbreaker through borrowed willpower. It has to be yours. You have to overcome your own weakness—not steal someone else's strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't speak immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside a mental world, lies were impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, everything one said was a reflection of their true self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If those words came from the Nameless Death, then they carried truth, even if he didn't understand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her frown deepened. But before she could respond, he continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll help you,\" he said. \"I'll help you become a Heavenbreaker.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised an eyebrow, cautious. \"You will?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will,\" he repeated. \"But the voice inside me says it will be dangerous—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do it,\" she interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever it is,\" she said. \"Do it. I've come this far. I won't back down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He studied her for a moment longer, then sighed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a hand and snapped his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white world collapsed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All light disappeared, swallowed by a chasm of silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman found herself in a black, bottomless void, without form or edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was suspended in nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke, though she couldn't see him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know why I'm not angry at you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was calm, distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's because I pity you. You touched something you don't understand. You want to become a Heavenbreaker, yet you've never seen despair. You don't know what it looks like, and yet… you've decided to embrace it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned, trying to locate him in the dark, but he was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no presence, or sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the emptiness remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman tried to move, but her body wouldn't respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to speak, but no words came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to leave, but there was nowhere to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that remained was thought. And time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to reflect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to see what it truly meant to seek the power of a Heavenbreaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to understand True Despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time in a long while, the woman felt something unfamiliar crawling at the edge of her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncertainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She continued to float in the void, stripped of sensation, voice, and form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time had no meaning here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds might have passed, or centuries. She didn't know, and couldn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness didn't shift, didn't stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't suffocating or loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, she waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed this was a test. This scene must be something the Nameless Death experienced, which helped him train his willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, this would end soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had said it would be dangerous. But as time passed she realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't danger, or a test. This was… despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to speak again. Tried to call out, even just to hear the echo of her own voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But nothing came. Her thoughts became her prison, and they began to fray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories floated in and out—faces, names, wars, victories—but even those felt distant. Detached. Meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she began to understand what True Despair was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not shaped by tragedy or loss. It was not born from sorrow or broken dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the realization that nothing mattered. That no matter what she did, no matter how strong she became, this emptiness would always be there—silent, patient, waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Despair didn't scream. It didn't need tricks or memory erasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only needed silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when someone finally met that silence, they would understand it was impossible to defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horror of True Despair broke the woman as she spent eternity in the dark, empty void.\u003C\u002Fp>",1363,"2026-05-30T08:01:10.126Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","e3b5cdddd0e5b121ab2c290734c34cb6820681897890937638f340af86a677b1","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-565","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-563",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]