Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 117

Lucas stopped him.

"You can't. Neo ordered me to make sure no one, especially you and Mars, try to rescue him."

"But—"

"I don't know how but the Shadow revived too quickly.

"Maybe there is another Shadow at their base and it fused your Shadow's elemental seed with another elemental seed to speed up the revival."

Lucas added,

"It means the Shadow is weaker than the last time you faced it.

"Still, are you sure we can win against your Shadow?

"Harrison used his skill to defeat his Shadow.

"I used mine to help Neo fight your Shadow, but we lost, and I had to escape while Neo shielded for me.

"Leonora is dead.

"You are tired.

"Mars is strong, but he is a poor matchup with your Shadow."

"There is no way we can win. If we don't use the time Neo brought us to close the Window and escape…"

Lucas clenched his fist.

He bit his lips until they bled.

"His sacrifice will be useless."

"I…"

Arthur gritted his teeth.

"I'll recuse Neo."

He was about to leave when suddenly Lucas spoke,

"Tell Arthur I'm sorry for what I said about everyone's death," Lucas said. "Those were his last words."

Arthur froze.

His face contorted.

Tears simmered in his eyes.

He knew he could not rescue Neo and he would be himself killed by his Shadow.

Trying to rescue Neo was a suicide mission.

Arthur was prepared to throw his life away.

However.

Arthur's Shadow would kill not just him but everyone if they did not escape as soon as possible.

"Dammit…"

No one deserved to die even if they were weak.

Those were Arthur's ideals and it was why he argued with Neo.

"Is this your way of saying I shouldn't throw my life away?"

Arthur struggled to compose himself.

He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms and drew blood.

"We'll close the Corners and escape," he said.

Arthur felt disgusted with himself for saying those words.

His heart was filled with regret.

The last thing he talked about with Neo was not a friendly banter, a heartfelt talk, or even a casual conversation.

It was him blaming Neo.

He had been angry with Neo.

Because Neo claimed Leonora's weakness was the cause of her death.

Because he seemed to disregard the value of life.

But now?

Neo, despite disregarding the value of life, was sacrificing himself to given them a chance to live.

And Arthur, the one who acted like a justice incarnate, was running away and leaving Neo to fend for himself.

In the end, he was just a hypocrite.

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Depth Level 5

"Fuck, I feel like shit."

Neo pulled out the sword from the corpse of the Shadow monster.