Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 34

Gremlins were social monsters.

They hunted when they were hungry, they stole when they found a target, they laughed when they feasted, they moved in groups to use the advantage of numbers, they used clubs as weapons.

They had emotions.

Not just joy, patience, and ambition.

Sadness, rage, fear.

They probably had those too.

His plan was simple and it target those emotions

There was just one problem.

It was a heinous plan no sane person would use.

But when he remembered how they ate the woman while laughing, Neo felt no remorse.

They were monsters.

And he was going to treat them like one.

Neo moved away from the camp.

He searched for solitary group of Gremlins with no more than three monsters.

Maybe it was because there was no predator in trees, and because the thick tree branches did not make noise when Neo moved on them, the Gremlins never checked if there was someone above them.

Neo climbed down halfway through the vine and angled himself above a Gremlin.

They were a group of five.

He used Ocean's Embrace before he let go of the vine.

The first Gremlin was crushed to death as he fell on top of it.

A shiver ran down his legs, but the impact was non-lethal, maybe thanks to the Spell or his demigod physique.

He grabbed the heads of the nearest Gremlins before they could react and smashed them together.

Their heads popped like balloons.

Suddenly, Neo felt a stinging pain on the back of his leg.

He turned around.

A Gremlin was stabbing him with a crude knife.

The last Gremlin pounced on him with a roar just as he was about to kill the knife-wielding Gremlin.

Neo allowed the Gremlin to bite his left hand.

These little critters weren't as strong as Gulwaks and couldn't pierce his Ocean's Embrace.

Neo flexed his arm and hit the Gremlin on his arm against the knife-wielding Gremlin.

They let go of him in pain and were swiftly killed by getting their necks snapped.

He fell to the ground as soon as the battle ended.

"Huff… Huff… My stamina is the real problem here."

The scene around him with the heads bashed open was straight out of a gore movie.

He looked at his blood covered hands with a sigh.

"I spilled too much blood. It will attract other monsters. These corpses aren't usable for my plan."

Although it wasn't his original intention, he decided to devourer them.

He suddenly stopped.

His ears turned red.

"Do I really need to do hand signs to use the element?"

After reviewing the information, he found out that using hand signs or words could alter the flow of Divine Energy through his magic circuits.

It was a must for an amateur like him.

"Fuck, I need to use them…"

Neo gave up.

He curved his fingers inward, while his thumb and middle fingers touched in a precise gesture.

"Devour."

Divine Energy rushed into his core.

Inside, it transformed into something heavier and burst out.

His shadow shook.

It suddenly stretched in all directions and turned the ground below him pitch-black.

The corpses slowly sunk into the darkness.