Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 228

"Weren't you saying he would find it difficult to win today's battle? Why are you suddenly saying he can fight the Anomaly on my behalf?" Read latest stories on freewebnovel.com

"Well, because I misjudged his strength. Severely."

"…?"

"Let me tell you what happened while you were fighting the Anomaly #79."

…

Vila Real de Santo António, Portuga, Memory Shadow World.

"Not… yet…"

Emma's clone tried to maintain the barrier.

But it turned out to be futile.

The sea of bones swallowed the clone and shattered the barrier.

The clone, moments away from being crushed under the weight of the bone sea, self-destructed.

A brilliant surge of crimson light erupted beneath the grotesque sea of bones.

The creaking silence was shattered with a deafening roar.

Shockwaves rippled outwards.

Bones rattled and shifted, some melting while others turned to dust.

Nevertheless, only a small portion of the bone sea was destroyed.

The endless sea moved and filled the gap created by the explosion.

Cities away, a towering mass of bones and flesh stood motionless.

The towering mass looked like the silhouette of a grim reaper beneath the dark clouds.

It suddenly moved, digesting the memories of Emma's clone.

"Stronger… Enemies… Food… Coming…"

The voice echoing in the air was a mix of jarring cacophony, sounding like the mix of thousands of voices.

The towering mass moved.

It raised its foot and stepped towards the Strait of Gibraltar where the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea met.

Portugal had a lot of 'food.'

But something much better was coming its way.

…

Ksar, Morocco, Memory Shadow World.

Emma whistled.

"Guys, I have news. Bad news and good news."

The group turned towards her.

Neo was drinking the Divine Energy Elixir after defeating the Anomaly #79. Today was the fifth day in the ninth month, and the Anomaly had gotten multiple times stronger.

Apollo was away, scouting the city.

Athena was writing on her laptop while Kane was meditating, running hundreds of simulations to create the perfect sword technique for Neo.

He opened his eyes and turned to Emma.

"Apollo, come back," Emma said into her device.

The pale gold-haired awakener returned.

"What happened?" he asked.

"My clone was defeated."

"Isn't this earlier than you predicted?" Apollo asked with a terrifying calm. "It should've taken a few more days."

"The Necromancer's growth rate was too explosive."

Even Emma was surprised.

The Necromancer was devouring everything on its path.

It was wonder how he hadn't self destructed. Though, becoming a monster - which the Necromancer had become - was certainly worse.

Apollo bit his lips when he heard her.

'If he didn't become a monster, we could've gained a powerful ally,' he thought with clenched fists.

"The good news is, we don't need to cross the Atlantic and enter Portugal anymore.

"The Necromancer is coming towards us.

"If we wait two days, he will reach the strait."

Emma looked each of them in the eye before adding,

"We can set up an ambush and take him out in one full sweep."

"Yeah."

Apollo's thoughts churned.

He had been thinking of a method to defeat the Necromancer for weeks.

"Isn't defeating a Necromancer impossible?" Kane interjected. "They can store their souls within phylacteries and revive themselves endlessly.

"Since the Necromancer is covering the entire Spain, there is no way we can find out every phylactery he had prepared and hidden."

"There is a limit to how much one can divide their soul," Emma answered. "There are exceptions to this rule. But I doubt the Necromancer is one of the exceptions."

She added,

"Five phylacteries. Seven at best. That's the limit."