Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 263

"Please return quickly. If you don't return, you will be forever trapped in the Shadow World."

The gatekeeper didn't pay any heed to Neo's dilemma.

To it, a resident of the Shadow World, it didn't matter if Neo's world was destroyed or not.

Neo clenched his fist.

He had to think calmly.

Losing his cool in such a situation wouldn't help anyone.

He had to calm down and think properly.

What do you mean I successfully completed the Trial?

The Child of Mana is dead.

"You rescued the corpse of the Child of Mana, and you were the first one to do so," A #22 answered. "This is where your quest ends. Please enter this door."

Neo won the battle, but he lost the war.

He completed the Shadow Trial, but he doomed the world for his Trial.

Footsteps echoed faintly against the cracked earth as Jack entered Neo's senses.

He emerged from the shadows with an unreadable expression.

He came straight to Typhaon's Core after finding its location from Sovereign's memories.

"We've been had," Jack said.

He was surprised by Neo's appearance.

However, he hid it perfectly.

What do you mean by that?

"I digested the memories of the Sovereigns. According to them…"

Jack stood beside Neo and stared at the giant tree that loomed over them.

Its gnarled roots pulsed faintly with unnatural energy, and the air around it felt heavy, suffocating.

"Typhaon forcibly extracted the Child of Mana's memories on the same day we came to this world," Jack said.

He added bitterly,

"The moment we entered this world, we had only 8 hours left to save the Child.

"But we took over nine months."

He shook his head.

"Realistically speaking, it was impossible to save the Child of Mana from the start due to time constraints

"Just reaching Savage expanse take weeks and we had only 8 hours."

Daniel heard his sister – Child of Mana – call for help just weeks ago.

How was that possible if Child of Mana was killed months ago?

"It was Typhaon's plan," Jack answered. "I don't know what Typhaon saw in the Child of Mana's memories, but whatever it was forced him to eradicate the Awakeners.

"It decided to wake up."

Jack explained.

"No one knows it, but Typhaon needs to eat a huge amount of energy to wake up and…"

The air felt heavy, as if it carried the weight of the truth Jack revealed.

So that was what it was all about.

Neo understood why Jack said they had been had.

Since the beginning, they were playing on Typhaon's palm.

Typhaon made a telepathic connection to Daniel while disguising itself as the Child of Mana.

Since the monster had extracted the memories of the Child of Mana, it could impersonate the to-be Sphinx easily.

Typhaon knew the awakeners would be split into two opinions if it called for help.

One group would want to save the Child of Mana due to how precious she was.

The other wouldn't want to rescue her.

It would lead to battles between the awakeners inside Savage Expanse.

After all, this was where Typhaon was present and where the Child of Mana was held captive.

The battles between the two sides would release a huge amount of energy.

Typhaon would absorb the energy and use it to wake up.

Since no one was aware Typhaon needed to absorb energy to wake up, they wouldn't realize they were helping Typhaon by fighting inside the Savage Expanse.

Even the sovereigns Jack defeated were weak, as Typhaon had absorbed the majority of their strength to increase its progress of waking up.

Dammit…

Neo finally understood why Typhaon bothered to talk to him.