Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 31

Neo scanned the surroundings.

There were three locations he could go to.

The beach, the sea, and the mist.

He was already on the beach.

The sea…

As soon as he thought about escaping into the sea, his body shuddered uncontrollably.

Don't go there, his senses screamed at him.

'The mist is the only way,' he thought and dashed to inland where the mist was.

Just when he was about to enter the mist, his death affinity warned him.

He crouched instantly.

Something flew over him.

And….

"Huh?

The Gulwaks behind him were cleaved in half.

All of them.

Dead.

"The thing had flew over… it was an attack?"

He looked at the mist.

"What's in there?"

Neo knew he shouldn't go into the mist, but more Gulwaks were crawling out of the beach.

If he remained there, the previous situation would repeat.

Staying in the beach was useless.

"Seems that you've warmed up, O Great Child of Monarch," the Grim Reaper's voice came out of thin air.

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"Do you mean the Gulwaks becoming frenzied? It was done by you, not by us."

"What do you mean?"

When Barbatos spoke, the Gulwaks stopped moving.

Neo used the opportunity to take a breather.

He asked questions to kept Barbatos talking.

"Your blood is a nectar. The Gulwaks, after smelling it last time, became like this."

Neo felt incredulous.

It seemed, from the next time, he had to make sure he didn't spill too much blood, or else, the monsters would gain a berserk boost?

He really wanted to cry.

"Since you've warmed up, we will reveal the content of the training."

Five flags appeared before Neo.

"In the land beyond the mist, we've prepared five flag bases. You have to insert the flags into them."

"…"

Neo grabbed the flags.

The training sounded simple.

But it was of nightmare difficulty.

Neo could barely survive the monsters on the beach.

He almost died when he tried to enter the mist.

The Grim Reaper wanted him to go into the land beyond the mist?

'Why doesn't he tell me to die?'

'…Oh, I'm already dead.'

Watching Neo's serious expression, the Grim Reaper added,

"We know, the training does seem simple. So, to increase the difficulty we've decided to do this…."

Neo heard a snap.

He suddenly felt the pressure of Underworld increase by a thousand fold.

He couldn't breathe.

His eyes watered and he felt he was under twice the gravity.

The Death affinity, which always warned him of the incoming dangerous, went out of control.

It started to claw at his throat.

He tried to breathe but, like a fish out of water, he could barely do anything.

"We have sealed your blessing of the Underworld. With this, you will feel as if you are in your body in the living world. The increased difficulty will increase the training's effectiveness.'

Neo's Divine Energy was reduced to a quarter and he became nauseous.

It wasn't training anymore.

He would die if he faced an opponent in this condition.

Without the blessing, he was as weak as his real self in the world of living.

Neo was on his knees, desperately trying to stabilize his breathing.

He felt like an asthma patient.