Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 216

Ares' words made Apollo grit his teeth.

"What?"

"Look at this."

Ares threw the documents in his hands towards Apollo.

Apollo caught the stack of papers and looked through them.

His brows furrowed.

"…How is this possible?"

"Now do you understand why I'm not sending a search party for this… Neo Hargraves?"

Ares continued,

"I've sent his details to Gaia. She used them to read his Fate since it would help us know more about him before we try to recruit him. But—"

"Gaia said 'Neo Hargraves' doesn't exist."

"Yes, she didn't find the Fate of anyone named Neo Hargraves."

Apollo's lips were pressed together in a thin line.

He read the documents multiple times.

Their contents, however, remained the same.

"In the vision of the future, I saw Neo Hargraves holding the Child of Mana. How can he save the Child of Mana if he doesn't exist?" Apollo said with uncertainty.

"We still don't understand how your Trait works.

"It shows you the future, but the future can be changed if we use the information we have gained from the vision. This is just one example.

"Maybe this person, Neo Hargraves, is a symbol of something that will help us find the Child of Mana." Ares explained.

"You are saying the vision was a metaphorical vision instead of a literal vision?"

"Yes."

Apollo pondered over Ares' words.

He had calmed down and realized Ares' point made sense.

He scratched his head.

"Sigh, sorry about shouting at you. I'll leave."

"Wait, before you leave, I have a new assignment for you."

"…?"

"An Anomaly has been defeated three weeks ago in Algeria."

"…!?"

Apollo stared at Ares in shock.

"How!? Anomaly can't be defeated, only contained or avoided! This is why we classified them as Anomalies instead of normal monsters—"

"Calm down. I don't know the complete details myself."

Ares continued,

"One of the refugees has been saying the Anomaly #33 was slain."

"Anomaly #33? That's the Anomaly that controls Arzew. Is this information credible?"

"I'm not sure about that. The refugee found out about the information when he was traveling through Egypt."

"Huh?"

Apollo frowned.

Before he could voice his doubts, Ares added,

"The rumors of Anomaly #33 have spread as far as Egypt. The refugee heard the rumors on the way here."

"So it's not confirmed information."

"That's why I want you to go to Arzew and scout the place. If a Myth capable of defeating an Anomaly has appeared, we need to scout him and get him on our side before others."

"Fine."

Apollo shrugged.

"Who is coming with me?"

"Athena and Nyx."

"Oh, Athena and…!? Wait, what?!" Apollo was stunned. "Why is Nyx being sent out on a simple mission like this?! She is one of the few S-rank awakeners on our side!

"Send her somewhere where she is needed more. I can deal with this mission myself."

"Apollo…" Ares sighed and removed his glasses to clean them. "Someone who defeated an Anomaly isn't normal.

"We need to take precautions. Also, the reason I'm sending Nyx is something else."

"Something else?"

"Yeah."

Ares sighed again.

"A Necromancer has appeared in Spain."

"…!?"

Apollo never thought he could be surprised so many times in one day.

But it seemed he thought wrong.

He opened his mouth and closed it, unable to form words.

"The last time a Necromancer appeared, he razed Russia to the ground. We can't take risks like that again.

"It's best to nip the bud before it grows."

Apollo had no words to retort with.