Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 110

Depth Level 3, Extreme west-side

Neo and Nathan stood at the edge of a small road.

The world around them was broken while the gravity defied the laws of nature.

Floating debris and crumbling ruins were scattered around.

The road beneath them was cracked and fragmented, and every few feet, chunks of pavement hovered in the air.

"The place is worse than other locations.

"Lucas' Shadow must have come here since it's easy to hide here," Neo said.

He gazed at the surroundings.

Some of the buildings were ripped from their foundations entirely.

They hovered at odd angles and casted flickering shadows over the chaotic ground below.

Wreckage of buildings, vehicles, steel beams, chunks of concrete, shattered glass.

Everything drifted without purpose.

Nathan pointed at the roof of a building that hung upside down in the air.

It was as though the structure had been torn from reality and flipped on its head.

"Lucas' Shadow is there."

"Can it see us?"

"I doubt it. This place is filled with broken wreckages that are hiding us.

"Besides, the Shadow is assisting other Shadows in their battles. It doesn't have leisure to search for us," Nathan answered.

He pursed his lips.

Lucas' Shadow was dangerous.

It was only slightly weaker than Lucas.

Moreover, its ability to use portals made it nearly impossible to defeat since the Shadow could run away when it was on the verge of losing.

"So what's the plan?" Nathan questioned.

Instead of answering, Neo posed another question.

"Can you use Noctis Burst Spell?"

"How did you even know I can use that…. Sigh, nevermind."

Nathan massaged his nose.

Back in the academy, he used the Spell once during the missions.

Felix uploaded the videos of their mission to the private website of the Academy.

Neo might've seen the Noctis Burst Spell in those videos.

"The one I can use is not very powerful since my mastery is low.

"It is far weaker than the standard version you can see other Shadow wielders using and—"

"Can you use it or not? A simple yes, no is enough."

"Yes, I can use it.

"But why?" Nathan asked.

"I need you to attack Lucas' Shadow with the Noctis Burst Spell.

"Since it's a long range Spell, you should be able to use it from this distance," Neo answered.

"Wait, wait, wait! What!?"

Nathan's eyes shot wide open.

He took a step back and shook his head.

"Impossible. You want me to attack Lucas' Shadow? I'm too weak to fight him."

"Calm down. You can retreat after the first attack. I'll handle it from there."

"....What do you mean by that?"

"Noctis Burst Spell can stop Lucas' teleportation ability for a few seconds.

"That's the only moment when we can defeat Lucas' Shadow."

Nathan understood what Neo was trying to say.

Noctis Burst Spell was a condensed sphere of shadow elementals.

It exploded upon contact with the target.

The high concentration of shadow elementals released from the explosion would disrupt the elementals in the air.

That included Space elementals.

Let alone Lucas' Shadow even Lucas would not be able to manipulate the Space elementals to create portals after he was hit by Noctis Spell Burst.

But….

"I can't stop Lucas for more than five seconds!

"How the hell are you going to defeat the Lucas in five seconds!?"

Nathan pointed at the path between their location and Lucas Shadow's location.

"We are several hundred meters apart!

"And the path is filled with debris and shadow monsters!

"Look at that."

A massive shadow monster with long arms and sharp claws slept on the ground.

"That thing is as strong as the wraith we fought. There are dozens of monsters with similar strength around the building where Lucas' Shadow is hiding.

"The Shadow chose that location because it knew the monsters would act as alarm for it in case it was ambushed.

"Five seconds will be up before you cover half of the distance.

"There is no way you can defeat Lucas' Shadow when you can't even reach it.

"You'll just… die."

Nathan bit his lips and looked away.

"We should make another plan."

"It's fine." Neo smiled at Nathan's concern. "Just trust me."

He put his hand over Obitus' hilt.

Since he could fight at his full strength after Obitus awakened, he was confident.

It was not easy to convince Nathan.

But Nathan had to agree to the plan after Neo remained firm on his decision.

"I'll start."

Nathan chanted the Noctis Burst Spell.

Motes of black energy gathered above his palm.

They formed a condensed, swirling mass of shadows.

The Spell flew through the air and struck the building where Lucas' Shadow was.