Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 102

Their watches rang.

"It's the alarm for our Shadows."

Neo swept his gaze to see how many among them would have a Shadow.

"Us two."

Clara and Sean, members of Team Lumen, revealed their watches.

Harrison slightly raised his watch to show he had a Shadow and stayed silent.

"Three Shadows. It should be manageable," Felix muttered.

They surveyed the surroundings.

Broken pieces of lands, with destroyed buildings, floated in an empty void.

The gravity was messed up.

Some pieces of lands floated upside down and some floated directly at a right angle.

High above, there was a swirling mass of shadows.

"That's the door to the Depth Level 2.

"Use your equipment to check if there is any Corner at our current Depth Level."

Neo commanded.

He looked around and failed to see any Shadow monsters.

Shadows and Shadow monsters were different.

Unlike Shadow monsters, Shadows could use the abilities of their original counterpart and copy their battle tactics.

Suddenly, another watch rang.

"My Shadow is near," Arthur spoke.

The group fell silent.

Their nerves grew taut.

They kept an eye on the surroundings when Shadows of Harrison, Clara, and Sean appeared.

"All three of them are close quarter combatants.

"Use long range attacks to deal with them," Neo said.

"Let my team handle—"

"I… I'll do it."

Leonora cut off Lucas and stepped up.

"Remember our p-promise." She whispered when she passed by Neo.

She chanted spells.

Three magic circles appeared in the air.

A powerful water beam shot out of them each.

The Shadows dodged the attacks nimbly when suddenly the water beams changed their directions and followed the Shadows.

It was easy.

Too easy.

…As if they were a distractions.

Neo senses rang.

He turned around and saw Arthur's Shadow walking towards them at a leisure pace.

It held daggers in both hand.

'Arthur is an assassin. Why is his Shadow attacking us so openly?'

'Don't tell me—'

"Everyone set up your defenses!"

They were slow to heed to Neo's warning.

Arthur's Shadow opened its mouth.

"Unique Skill: Invincible."

Black lightning gathered around it.

A heavy presence slammed on top of the three teams.

Christian stood before Neo and used his defensive Magic Spell when—

Arthur's Shadow disappeared and reappeared behind Christian.

Black lightning crackled.

And.

Christian's head fell off from his body.

Blood spurted from Christian's headless body.

There was no time for anyone to react.

Everything happened too quickly.

Arthur's Shadow disappeared again.

Lightning crackled.

Neo had barely enough time to use Ocean's Embrace.

A sharp pain surged through his heart.

The dagger pierced his chest, but failed to pierce his heart.

Neo clutched his chest.

Arthur's Shadow appeared far behind him.

It turned its head, surprised to see Neo alive.

Before it could attack him again, a fire dragon and a condensed water beam attacked it from different sides.

The attacks connected.

Black lightning crackled and the Shadow disappeared again.

It reappeared before Leonora, unscathed.

The dagger in its arm swiftly attacked her heart.