Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 291

Chapter 291: Reaching North Pole

Neo checked his traits.

[Monarch of Bloodline]

*Death

*Immortal

Eternal

*Primogenitor

[Mind Invasion]

Mind Invasion

Mind Control

[Primogenitor, Grade 5 Empyrean]

[Progress: 0%]

[Effect: Allows modification of the direction of the traits, skills, or even physical and magical attributes, to a certain degree, as they evolve and grow. (Max number of modification paths searchable at once: 3)]

The skill seemed quite dubious.

However, in Neo's opinion, it was better than Infinite and Finality.

Primogenitor allowed him to control his growth path.

He could use it to grow his Divine Energy reserves and increase his mastery of Death, thus getting something similar to both Infinite and Finality through it.

Before using the skill, Neo checked his other trait.

[Mind Control, Grade 2 Mythic]

[Progress: 0%]

[Effect: Allows user to forcefully control the mind of others as long as they have sufficient Willpower and Divine Energy. (Number of minds that can be controlled at once = 4)]

"The max amount increased from three to four."

The Mind Control skill leveled up from Grade 3 to Grade 2 when Neo's Eternal evolved into Primogenitor.

It was thanks to {Link Locks}.

The Link Locks tied his two traits together.

Whenever the higher trait leveled up, the lower one's progress would increase too.

Neo continued to fight while checking his status screen.

He used an Intent Clone to bait the maggots and hid in Shadow Space while they were attacking the Intent Clone.

The maggots became occupied with Thanatos.

Using the chance, Neo triggered the Shadow Movement Spell.

He moved towards the north pole through the shadows.

Hours, days, or maybe weeks passed.

He had no way of counting the time.

The sky was covered with ashes and dark clouds.

The sun hadn't appeared in a long time.

A chilling wind howled through the desolate wasteland, carrying the scent of decay.

Every step he took, the ground cracked beneath his feet, blackened and lifeless.

Everywhere he turned, he saw maggots eating the surroundings, devouring what little remained of the earth.

"This place is like the world I saw in the fourth vision of Sphinx."

Neo froze for a moment.

Was the fourth vision a recreation of this future of his?

The pause brought the exhaustion from previous days crashing on top of him.

He stumbled and fell on the cracked ground, his breath ragged, the oppressive darkness pressing heavily on his mind.

He stared at the sky.

He stayed there, unmoving.

Since he had baited the maggots only a few minutes ago and taken them away from his location, it would take time for them to find him.

"Everyone is dead."

The realization came to him as he lay there on the dried sea floor.

The air was filled with a pungent smell.

The seas had been emptied by giant maggots the size of several cities.

Mountains had disappeared, and the land had collapsed into itself.

He was alone on the dead world, trying to fight an entity that didn't even see him as a threat.

"No one is alive anymore."

Strangely enough, Neo wasn't saddened by the deaths as much as he had thought he would be.

Death was a natural part of life.

What has begun must end.

However, Neo wanted to save everyone.

It was contradictory.

He didn't think death was wrong, then why did he want to save everyone?

He closed his eyes and recalled the moments of their death.

Emma had been laughing, yet her eyes hid deep sorrow.

Ares was killed before he had time to react.

Kronos always put others before himself, and that's why he came out to help Neo. It ended up becoming the cause of his death.

Gaia had been unconscious, unable to protect herself.

After Neo's Intent clone died, the maggots must've swamped the association headquarters

and eaten her.

Athena could use a small portion of her powers.

She must've tried to fight back and fallen hopelessly. Apollo had the power to illuminate the world.

Yet there was no news about him.

It was easy to guess he had met the same fate as others.

Poseidon must've tried to protect as many as he could deep inside the oceans.

It must be why the maggots were hell-bent on emptying the water bodies, trying to see if someone else was down there too.

Kane, Rhea, Perses, Atlas, Zeus, his Father, Icarus, Barbatos, Paimon, Alaric, Cedric, Leopold, Edmund, Victor, Percival, Thaddeus, Godfrey, Reginald, Baldwin, Kael, Zareth, Draven, Fenris, Evander, Malrik, Lucian, Arcturus, Dorian, Thalion, Orin, Caius, Ryke, Tyne, Jarek, Corwin, Alden, Magnus, Riven, Silas, Theron, Hadrian, Cassian, Lysander, Galen, Valric,

Torin, Desmond, Eryndor, Callan.

They were all dead.

Neo had known them during his time in this world.

Not all of them knew who he was, not all of them liked him.

But.

They were undoubtedly people he would call friends.

"I don't want their deaths to be filled with sadness."

Neo was okay with death.

But he wanted them to die on their own accord.

Not at the hands of an eldritch entity.

Not while forcing themselves to smile.

He wanted them to die a peaceful death.