[{"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-634":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},418574,682,"Chapter 634: Path Of Achievement","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-634",634,"\u003Cp>Leonora followed behind him into the forge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls were dark, rough, lined with the bare skeleton of equipment scattered across the wide space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... how are you going to start?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death didn’t turn around. He walked to the center of the forge, then came to a stop. \"First, I’ll acquire the knowledge of every Path I can currently use.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonora tilted her head, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean by that? Don’t you already know how Paths work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know how the Path of the Awakener works,\" he said. \"I know how the Path of the Elementals functions. But I still don’t understand the Path of Achievements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned. \"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to devour it,\" he said plainly, as if it were obvious. \"That’s the only way I can learn how it works.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonora blinked once. Then again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t believe her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had barely been a few minutes since he’d said something that already sounded ridiculous, and now he was topping it with something even more absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re going to devour the Path? How—how do you even plan to do that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Universal Codex System is connected to me,\" he said. \"That’s how the Path of Achievements manifests. I’ll devour that connection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know how it’s connected to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" he admitted. \"But I have an idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death sat down in the far corner of the forge, resting against the wall. \"Don’t disturb me until I’m done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonora watched him for a moment but said nothing more. She walked to one side of the forge and sat down quietly, her eyes flicking over to him from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dove inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through body, through soul. Through Core and even into his Seed of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sign of the Universal Codex’s connection in any of those places. But that only confirmed his suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s connected to the one place I haven’t checked yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked deeper. Past the layers of Seed of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside it lay the Intent of Existence—the source of his being, his foundation, the concept that defined him at his core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one thing he hadn’t devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might die permanently if I try to devour this,\" he murmured to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he had no idea what would happen if his Intent of Existence was destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was reckless beyond measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had always walked on edges where death was a frequent visitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have the time to be careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing gained, nothing ventured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a breath, he cracked open the Seed of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agony bloomed across his body the moment he started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin tore open. His blood turned hot, seeping out of every pore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he remained alive, forcing his own Death element to stabilize himself, keeping him conscious even as his life was slipping though his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached for his Intent of Existence and began devouring it, a fraction at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Intent didn’t stay passive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It trembled, tried to retreat, to flee. That surprised him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the Intent of Existence had a mind of its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nameless Death didn’t let go. He gritted his teeth, grabbed hold of it, and tore away one-tenth of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain shot through him like molten spikes shoved into his bones. His jaw tightened. Nails dug into his palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he’d finished devouring the first tenth, he stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited for the Intent of Existence to regenerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he repeated the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had created a method to devour it without killing himself: devour, wait, recover, repeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was painful, and reckless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for him, who was used to pain, it brought unimaginable agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—when he’d devoured half of his Intent of Existence—he touched something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unlike anything he had felt before. A distinct, foreign presence buried inside the core of his being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, suddenly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you trying to do to that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice echoed inside his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His consciousness blanked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he came to, he was standing in a place that was quite different from the forge where he had been meditating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A modern apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clean floors. A wide living room. A large window letting in soft light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His powers were gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt... human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frowning, he turned toward the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, he saw a neighborhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simple homes. Children playing on the street. The distant sound of cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A human world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned toward the door and opened it. Before he could step out, he heard a voice from inside the apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing the door, he turned back and walked deeper into the apartment, following the source of the voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It led him to the master bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, a young man sat on the floor, leaning back against the bed. He was holding a controller and playing what looked like a Mario Kart-style game on a huge screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth glanced at Nameless Death once, then focused back on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just let me finish this race before we talk,\" the young man said casually. \"You can go outside if you want, and look around until then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death stared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Cole Calloway?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know why but he could guess who the person before him was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man didn’t even look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. I checked your memories, and saw what you were trying to do. We’ll talk in a minute. This is a hard level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere was... off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite how stupidly the boy was acting, Nameless Death’s instincts screamed only one word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t sense the bottom of Cole’s strength. It was like looking into a void that had no shape, no form, no end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death didn’t go outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he walked to the small balcony and stood there, looking over the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Children laughed. Birds chirped. The distant ice cream truck’s jingle echoed faintly through the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a peaceful world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, the sounds of pixelated victory erupted from the TV inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole stood up, stretched his arms overhead, and let out a satisfied sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His slippers scraped softly against the polished wooden floor as he walked into the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soft hum of a coffee machine followed, along with the sound of mugs clinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Cole stepped out onto the balcony holding two steaming cups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here,\" he said, offering one to Nameless Death without looking at him. \"This one’s bitter. I didn’t add sugar since you seemed like the type who didn’t like sugar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death hesitated, then took the cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aroma was unfamiliar but pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole leaned against the balcony railing, sipping casually as he looked out at the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my world,\" he said. \"I was born here. It’s not the same universe as yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death took a sip as well. He didn’t reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was also called Earth,\" Cole continued with a quiet chuckle. \"Though we had no dragons, no mana. Just humans. We lived, worked, struggled. Then the apocalypse came.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death’s gaze shifted to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"People started dying. Structures fell. Government collapsed. Cities turned to ruins. We were forced to fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long silence followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The peaceful street below didn’t match the images forming in Nameless Death’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You might not remember it but your world was also destroyed by an apocalypse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not a coincidence,\" Cole said slowly. \"Fate has a strange way of tying things together. When I crossed over to your universe, I didn’t just bring myself. I brought the fate of my world with me. It followed me. And eventually... it caught up to your Earth too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death stayed silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no point arguing over something he couldn’t verify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not going to blame me?\" Cole asked suddenly, glancing sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would that change anything?\" Nameless Death asked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made Cole laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good answer. Actually, it would. My powers are... let’s just say they are beyond anything you can think of. I can stop the apocalypse that destroyed your planet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re talking about the Path of Achievements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, no,\" Cole said with a casual wave of his hand. \"That’s just something I made up once I got to your universe. The Eternals were annoying me about using powers from another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I used a few tools from home, dressed them up, and called them the Path of Achievements. The system was just something so the Eternals would stop pestering me around.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That actually stunned Nameless Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You created the Path of Achievements for just this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death turned fully toward him. He stayed silent for a few seconds before h asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve met the Eternals?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How strong are you?\" Nameless Death asked finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole kept staring into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me?\" he chuckled, and looked back at Nameless Death. \"I’m the strongest there is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1502,"2026-05-30T08:01:10.243Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","c8a4d7e96bd52129851059bb0c5860bba7b76acd40d12506dcfffac412abc272","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-635","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-633",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]