Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 106

"Harrison, Lucas, Sean, Arthur, Nathan and I will go to Depth Level 3.

"The rest will stay behind."

His words made them react.

"I w-want to come to the Depth Level 3," Leonora said.

"Let me follow you." Mars' voice flowed from the earpiece.

Neo pursed his lips.

'Looks like the deaths affected them greatly.'

He pressed the earpiece.

"No, I can't allow that.

"Mars, I'm taking most of the heavy hitters with myself. I need someone strong to protect the Corners after we leave."

"…"

There was a short silence before Mars responded.

"Okay."

His voice was off, but Neo did not purse the issue.

"Leonora, I can't take you either. You are in no condition to fight."

"I can fight. I defeated multiple monsters after the Shadows' attack and I dealt with the Corner."

She spoke in between her ragged breathes and stared at him with bloodshot eyes.

"N-Neo, I will go to the Depth Level 3.

"Either with everyone or alone."

"What…?

"You think this is a game? You will die if you encounter Arthur's Shadow in your current condition!"

The group flinched when Neo raised his voice.

It was their first time seeing him like that.

"Christian, Kendrick, Gwen, and Clara are already dead.

"We aren't sure if we can rescue Jack.

"People are losing their lives, Leonora. Stop acting like a brat.

"This isn't your Clan.

"We won't pamper your requests."

She clenched her teeth.

Heaven's Gifted…

Genius…

Leonora had been called with many similar titles.

Her natural talent was unrivalled.

It was why she could lazy around all day, skip training, and still stand on par with geniuses like Morrigan and Mars.

What if she had put in effort and trained diligently?

'I could've saved Christian.'

Leonora strengthened her resolve.

She glared at Neo.

"I d-don't care. I'm going to the next Depth Level."

"..."

He let out a sigh.

"Fine. But I don't care if you die."

When everyone became silent, Lucas spoke,

"Is it okay for seven of us to go and leave only thee here?

"The Shadows might attack them while we are away."

"That won't happen. The Shadows will attack our group since everyone who has a Shadow is coming with us."

"What if they are already at this Depth Level? I'm sure they'll go after Mars and others before following us to Depth Level 3."

"They aren't here."

"…Are you sure?"

"I am."

Neo added.

"Send Cassandra here. She will guard one Corner while Mars and Felix will guard other."

Since Felix was too weak, Neo decided to keep him with Mars for safety purposes.

Cassandra arrived at their location after a few dozen minutes.

Neo explained to her about the current situation of the building.

"There are no monsters at the moment.

"You should be able to deal with ones who are lured by the Corner since this is only Depth Level 2.

"If too many monsters come at once, use the narrow corridors to fight them one by one while Mars come to your location."

He gave her two slips of paper, one red and the other blue.

"These are one time use communicators. They will work even if we are at different Depth Level.

"Use the red one if you and Mars can't deal with monsters and need our help.

"The blue one is to time the destruction of the Corners."

"Understood."

She looked far from enthused to receive orders from Neo.

"Is there any problem?" he asked.

"No."

She clicked her tongue and looked away.

'Our teamwork is a mess,' Neo thought.

He left with Leonora, Arthur, Sean and Nathan.

They met with Harrison and Lucas at the entrance of the doorway to Depth Level 3.

"Let's enter.

"Again, keep an eye on your masks. Make sure it isn't broken or loose.

"We can't afford a careless mistake like that."

The mask created a translucent layer around their bodies.

It protected them from the high-concentration of Shadow elemental inside the Window.

They would die without it.

The group stepped into the swirling mass of shadows.

They felt as if they were stepping into quagmire.

Opening their eyes, they found themselves on the other side.

The concentration of shadow elemental increased by several folds.