Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 287

She didn't immediately return to the fight; instead, she leaned against the rocky wall to catch her breath while Thanatos kept the maggots at bay.

His sword moved like a storm.

"You were desperate to send Jack away, but you don't seem to care if I die here," Thanatos said suddenly,.

"…?"

"I mean it," he continued. "Do you hate me?"

Emma laughed softly, shaking her head as she retrieved her staff, having rested enough.

As she stepped forward to rejoin the battle, she answered him while swinging her weapon to release tendrils of Darkness that attacked the maggots.

"Yes, I don't like you," she admitted. "It's because I feel like Jack cares more about you than he cares about me."

Thanatos, still under Neo's control, chuckled, as he deflected a maggot's lunge.

"You sound like a jealous wife."

Emma smirked and retaliated against wave of creatures.

"And you sound like an arrogant ass."

"I do?" Thanatos smirked. "I don't like you either to be honest. Jack is going to be in despair because he left everyone to die. Especially you, whom he cared about a lot."

"Wouldn't he worry about you too?" Emma countered.

"No, he won't," Thanatos said. "Because I'm immortal."

Despite the grim situation, the two bantered as they fought, throwing quips and insults back and forth.

Thanatos did it purposefully.

He didn't want Emma to drown in regret during her final moments.

He couldn't protect her.

The least he could do was make sure she was laughing before her final moments.

Before his eyes, Emma's limbs were torn apart by the maggots.

"Emma!" Thanatos roared.

He fought harder, pushing the maggots back, but it was too late.

She was gone.

Moments later, his own body shattered.

The maggots swarmed him, and ate him.

...

Awakener Association Headquarters, Turkey

Thanatos gasped for air.

His chest heaved as he leaned against the blood-streaked walls of the broken headquarters.

His right hand had been destroyed, hanging uselessly at his side.

Corpses of awakeners littered the ground around him.

Their faces were frozen in expressions of pain and determination.

Despite the losses, the awakeners hadn't given up.

Even after the deaths of Ares and Kronos, they fought relentlessly, refusing to despair.

Thanatos gritted his teeth and raised his sword with his remaining hand.

The blade trembled under the strain, but his resolve remained the same.

Divine Swordsmanship Seventh Stance: Tenraizan

The sword descended with ferocity.

It carried enough force to level a hill.

But the maggots were unrelenting.

Their grotesque forms absorbed the blow easily.

'Not… yet…'

Thanatos thought.

His vision blurred. _{fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm}

He gripped the sword tighter, slashing again with all his remaining strength.

Gaia and a few surviving awakeners were still inside the headquarters.

He had to protect them. He had to hold the line—

A massive maggot rammed into his abdomen, sending him flying into the cracked walls.

His sword slipped from his grasp as he crumpled to the ground.

Blood dripped from his mouth.