[{"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-697":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},418687,682,"Chapter 697: Bastard","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-697",697,"\u003Cp>Neo lowered his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...!\" Amelia’s voice cracked, but her glare burned with fury. \"How dare you do that!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layla had already slipped behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers flashed through a quick series of hand signs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo noticed it and frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his mouth to speak but paused when something felt wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes fell to his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They... felt different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around him and his brows creased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky Barrier was intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area he had torn apart moments ago by him was completely restored, as if his attack had never happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, he was still standing inside the Sky Barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia stood far in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shoulders were straight, and her expression calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was uninjured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than that, she hadn’t even deployed her World yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far behind her, Earth floated quietly. Perfectly unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo’s mind ran in circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had time been turned back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No... he could guarantee it hadn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had prepared for that very possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Amelia or Layla tried to drag things to the past to save Earth, he was ready to intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he was seeing now didn’t match that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if time had been pulled to an earlier point, the moment he first entered the Solar System after breaking through the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet... it wasn’t exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not everything had reset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sky Barrier was perfectly fine, even though it should’ve been damaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nullhour Firmament remained trapped in his Shadow Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can defeat us,\" Amelia said evenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her hand, and her World flared to life around her. \"But you can’t win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that so?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clenched his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space around Earth bent violently, compressing with crushing force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The planet was obliterated instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia screamed as backlash struck her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood spurted from her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the last fragment of her Divine Energy burned away, she finished another set of hand signs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same strange feeling swept past Neo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Earth was whole again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia stood uninjured, as if she hadn’t been bleeding since a few seconds ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It happened again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had destroyed Earth twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet... the result was denied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his hand and snapped his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nullhour Concept rippled outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Solar System was erased into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Again, huh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Solar System reappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Planets circled the sun as if nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia’s eyes locked onto him. She was wary of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo’s thoughts raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This time, Earth and everyone else was destroyed before they could use hand sings.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the hand signs are not necessary,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia and Layla had pretended the hand signs mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cycle repeated whether they were used or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then why use them? Why make him think they were part of it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The hand signs were a distraction.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They wanted me to waste time on thinking that hand signs mattered.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the smallest distraction was still time bought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re stalling me. Who are you trying to buy time for, Amelia de Beaufort?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She faltered for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you know my name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia’s brows creased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man before her looked young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Amelia knew such strength meant he had lived for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was an apex predator who was acting to be young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo froze, reading her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her suspicions, her guesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had the same thoughts the very first time they met thousands of years ago in the Divine Energy Pond cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint smile appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bloodlust dimmed, settling like coals cooling after a blaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This much should be enough.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth had survived multiple assaults from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its defenses weren’t flimsy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen what he needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia, still braced for another strike, tilted her head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confusion edged into her features as she watched him lower his bloodlust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo opened his mouth and froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was he supposed to say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He literally destroyed Earth several times to check the defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t worried because he could reverse the damage, but would the other side accept his lousy explanation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo spoke, \"Uh, so I’m here—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The World.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words weren’t Amelia’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rang from somewhere else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice, familiar yet foreign, cut through the still air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Solar System’s quiet scenery warped and bent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A graveyard spread out across the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gigantic black trees rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their trunks were jagged and scarred. Their branches were twisted and barren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their shadows stretched endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo turned slowly towards the source of voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jack Hanma.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo’s emotions surged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unaware of Neo’s thoughts, Jack kept chanting at a rapid pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadows at his feet surged outward, stretching across the graveyard-like world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From them, the dead rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undead creatures dragged themselves from black soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground split apart as skeletal hands clawed free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behemoths of bone and rotting flesh lumbered forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragons with skeletal frames and empty eye sockets descended from the skies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liches appeared. Their hollow gazes glowed with sinister light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dullahans rode headless horses with their blades raised high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, countless undead poured forth like an endless tide of death and decay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neo’s eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack was still only Stage 4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet... among the summoned army, some of the undead pulsed with far stronger power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their presence revealed their strength of Stage 5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack hadn’t created those undeads alone. Someone must’ve helped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reinforcements, knowledge, resources, or whatever it was, he had borrowed help from a greater hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia’s shoulders eased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relief washed over her features for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army kept growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trillions of undead soldiers filled the transformed space, until the graveyard was no longer a backdrop but a battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entire species of monsters, twisted and corrupted, stood among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of the towering figures radiated Stage 5 strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s met Neo’s gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s face was calm. There was no hint of fear in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned his eyes briefly toward Amelia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave her a small nod, signaling he would handle everything from here.\u003C\u002Fp>",1021,"2026-05-30T08:01:13.698Z","2026-06-01T04:30:42.299Z",1,"novelbin.me","8b63015506de5f94f34ab6b18be9dacf3dce3b02c5eddb2eb1ff20426a19c2b2","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-698","extra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-chapter-696",839,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fextra-s-death-i-am-the-son-of-hades-cover.jpg"]