Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 282

"Maybe you are right," Neo spoke after a few seconds.

His voice carried a faint note of unease.

He closed his eyes and tried to sense any change in the surroundings.

The rooftop was eerily quiet, save for the distant rustling of leaves and the faint hum of city noise far below.

Minutes passed, and nothing happened.

Just as he was about to let out a sigh of relief, Gaia coughed.

Her coughs grew violent.

She doubled over, and blood spilled from her lips as grabbed Neo's hand with a trembling grip.

"N-Neo….."

Her eyes were bloodshot.

She kept opening and closing her mouth, as if trying to say something, but unable to do so due to the coughing.

Before Neo could react, her eyes went wide with panic, and her body slumped forward as she lost consciousness.

There was no time to rest.

The air grew heavy, and Neo felt an unnatural shift in the world around him.

A cold shiver ran down his spine as his instincts screamed that something was terribly wrong.

"The Divine Energy disappeared from the air…?" Neo muttered, his voice barely audible.

The rooftop doors burst open with a deafening crash, splinters of wood scattering across the floor.

Kronos stormed in.

"There is bad news! None of us can use mana anymore!" Kronos exclaimed. "We can't use any ability without mana—"

His words faltered as his gaze fell on Gaia. His eyes widened in shock as he crouched beside her.

His hands moved swiftly to check her pulse.

Before long, his brows creased and his face hardened.

"It's just as I thought," Kronos said gravely. "Something happened to the World Core."

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

He glanced around, sensing the commotion below.

Inside the building, the awakeners were panicking.

The disappearance of mana had rendered their abilities useless, and confusion spread like wildfire.

For reasons Neo couldn't understand, he could still sense the Divine Energy within himself.

He hadn't lost his Divine Energy like others

"The World Core is responsible for creating ambient mana. Since the mana has disappeared, it means something happened to the World Core," Kronos explained with a heavy tone. "Gaia is connected to the World much deeper than any of us. The damage to the World Core must've been transferred to her too."

As the two talked, faint purple cracks began to spiderweb across Gaia's pale skin, emitting a faint, ominous glow.

'Beelzebub,' Neo called telepathically, his mind's voice urgent. 'Come back here. Quick!'

The caterpillar spirit, startled to hear Neo's voice after years of silence, hesitated briefly before sensing the urgency in his tone.

It abandoned the notion of protest and rushed toward Neo's location.

"What is this…." Kronos muttered.

His brows furrowed as he noticed the cracks spreading across Gaia's body.

He carefully lifted her into his arms.

"We need to get her to the healers," Kronos said.

Without mana, he couldn't use his time affinity to halt Gaia's injury or regress her condition.

The two rushed into the headquarters.

Their footsteps echoed through the halls.

Ignoring the curious whispers, the duo entered the medical wing. _{freёwebnovel.com}