[{"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-647":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},418587,682,"Chapter 647: Choice","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-647",647,"\u003Cp>\"Can we meet her again?\" Leonora asked, this time a little louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no hesitation in his tone, or sign of doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if she gets reincarnated into the past?\" she asked next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not possible,\" he said. \"With her talent, if she had reincarnated into the past, we would have heard about her. She would’ve risen to the top by now. And I would’ve felt the connection with her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am. She will reincarnate in the future. We’ll meet her then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonora hesitated, then asked again, \"What if she ends up in a bad family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I gave her techniques. They are enough for her to survive on her own. Even if the worst happens... she’ll manage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what if—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonora kept asking him questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand had moved without her realizing, grasping the cuff of Nameless Death’s sleeve tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her questions didn’t follow logic. But Nameless Death wasn’t surprised. She was worried about her daughter, and thus asking those questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at her hand, then at her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was trying to stay calm. Trying not to fall apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death gently placed his hand on her head and patted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he walked over to Vivi and crouched beside the bed. His hand brushed over her head too, softer than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stayed like that for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were countless thoughts in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was sad that they were going to be separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’As long as she’s happy... wherever she ends up... that’s enough for me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death had been alone before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the feeling well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had spent years alone in the reincarnations had had been forced on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had spent years going unnoticed in the Cosmos he had visited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’As long as she is happy, I am fine even if I’m not with her.’ He told himself again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bit his lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange feeling, one he had long forgotten, welled up in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the emotion could rise to the surface, he forced himself to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Leonora.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should take her away now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonora didn’t answer at first. Her throat tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water wrapped gently around Vivi’s body, lifting her with care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonora looked at Nameless Death again, hoping he wouldn’t make her reincarnate Vivi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignored her silent pleas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She waited a moment longer, as if hoping he’d change his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she activated her badge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of black light formed around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teleportation effect kicked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then they were gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death kept staring at the spot where they vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand curled into a fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, slowly, he forced it open again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should stop thinking about it,\" he murmured. \"There’s still work to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes dropped to the hand he’d used to pat Vivi’s head. It still felt warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Damn it,\" he muttered. \"If I knew it was going to feel like this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t finish the sentence. Didn’t want to say it aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in his thoughts, he couldn’t dare wish that Vivi hadn’t been born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he wished he’d never said that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Should I just....’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A part of him wondered if he should just seal his memories, cut away the emotions and thoughts tied to Vivi and bury them until after he had left Voraka.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe then, the pain wouldn’t be this sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next few months were quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death didn’t train, or focus on his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no energy for anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loneliness that used to feel normal now felt heavier without Vivi’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only moved when the badge in his pocket pulsed with energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It let out a faint shine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a device he had created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took it out and stared at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... she’s back,\" he said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonora had returned to the Voraka Site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their plan was already set in motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would tell the others that she had escaped from Nameless Death, claiming he’d been distracted when she slipped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d say he had taken her away to meet the Supreme of Water, only to be rejected by Supreme of Water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Vivi, they would keep quiet about her existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death considered his next move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should I tell them I’m Neo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he revealed he was Neo, then Zagreus would feel obligated to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would refuse to complete his Shadow Trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Nameless Death could find a way to bring him out of the Shadow World, he didn’t want to hear from his brother that he would ’stay in shadow world until Nameless Death can save him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very thought — the very possibility — of his brother sacrificing himself made Nameless Death’s heart shudder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself didn’t understand why he felt like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Maybe it’s something I’ve forgotten.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People he had promised to save.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People he had close to his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he lost them before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this why he was afraid that if Zagreus acknowledged he might need to sacrifice himself for Nameless Death, then that possibility would turn into a guarantee?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death didn’t want that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine. I can handle this alone. There is need to burden him with anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His goal was already within his reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Complete his Path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would force Supreme of Water to come. Ash her for information he needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Use that information to connect to his Cosmos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Send the ashes to that Cosmos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defeat Berserker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revive the planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could finish that, then the universe would be safe. And his brother’s Shadow Trial would be complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goal was infinitely near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if the Supreme of Water doesn’t come?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Supremes even care about the universe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they did, why hadn’t other Supremes intervened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idea gnawed at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe they had their own ’world’ which wouldn’t be affected if the universe was erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe they thought the rot had spread too far, and there was no point in saving it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to think that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the Supreme of Water didn’t give him the information he needed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I still have one way to get the information I need.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if Supreme of Water doesn’t tell me the answer, I can solve the problem.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was only the last case scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to use that if he could help it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After this fight with Berserker.... If Supreme of Water doesn’t come to talk to me, then I will use my last option.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his decision made, Nameless Death stood and turned toward the sealed Wombs of Devils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten cubes floated in a semicircle behind him, each housing a pseudo-universe and the last one housing a ’computer.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past few years, he hadn’t stopped corrupting and creating them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His emotions might have dulled his motivation, but his hands never stopped moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ’computer’ is nearly complete,\" he said quietly, eyes scanning the first Womb of Devil. \"And the pseudo-universes have been completed. I just need to create life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the final step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creation of Life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For that, he needed the [Flame].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At first, I thought the [Flame] was unique to this universe, and that it came from the Sea of All Consciousness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That theory had made sense back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something didn’t add up in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that’s true, then how did life begin in ’my’Cosmos?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Cosmos had no Sea of All Consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Life in that Cosmos needed [Flame].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did the [Flame] come into that Cosmos?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new idea had taken root in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that changed his understanding entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if the [Flame] isn’t bound to a single Cosmos... but is a higher power present in all of them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would explain everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life wasn’t an isolated accident. It was inevitable, because the [Flame] was omnipresent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to test it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He summoned a flicker of Nightmare Affinity and used it to shape an Intent in the air before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hovered, faint and fragile, and then slowly began to unravel, losing form and fading away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected,\" he muttered. \"It didn’t call upon the [Flame] like Leonora’s Intent did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now came the real test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to one of the Wombs and entered the simulated universe within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His senses expanded, adjusting to the laws he had programmed inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though artificial, this space functioned like a real Cosmos. Matter, energy, even time, all simulated but real enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He created another Intent using Nightmare Affinity—this timewithinthe pseudo-universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was identical in shape and form to the first one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, the Intent trembled violently, threatening to collapse. But he didn’t let it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured more energy into it, forcing it to hold together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then... it happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of white [Flame] appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shimmered around the Intent, then flowed into it, stabilizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death’s eyes widened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It actually happened...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remained silent for several seconds, staring at the slowly pulsing flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he had created an Intent outside the Wombs, it was ’fake’ when compared to the real Cosmos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here, inside a simulated world, both the Intent and the world were fake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, in comparison, the Intent was now ’real’ relative to its environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all about perspective.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To an ant, a human was a giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to a planet, a human was small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fake Intent was only fake when judged by the standards of a real Cosmos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inside a fake Cosmos, that same Intent became ’true.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And because it was now true, the [Flame] responded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this breakthrough, things moved quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nurtured the Intent using the [Flame], slowly developing it into a fully formed being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature looked human. It had an Intent of Existence similar to his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t a Heavenbreaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death wasn’t surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a Heavenbreaker’s child, born through spell-birth, was always a Heavenbreaker, then we’d have thousands of Heavenbreakers by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenbreakers weren’t born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wereforged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever made him different wasn’t passed through blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evolution would solve everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nameless Death had done it before with darkness element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no reason he couldn’t do it again here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Among the thousands—no, millions—of spell-birth children, one will carry the trait I need.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He created another Intent, and another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one was slightly different after the [Flame] healed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the [Flame] appeared, he began to corrupt it gently with Void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced mutations,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t just experimenting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was brute-forcing evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Billions of processes ran in parallel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most Intents failed to even form Seeds of Existence.\u003C\u002Fp>",1804,"2026-05-30T08:01:10.243Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","ee95abec67c3ed290b1dbbc9415d5269ac5c0d1e23d62d7ed6dac5569918312f","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-648","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-646",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]