Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 352

"Old Gods…?" Jack hesitated. "You mean ’them’?"

"Yeah," Neo said. "The continent’s crust was made from the Titan Oceanus. She wants to excavate it and use it since Bones of Old Gods are precious materials."

"Oh."

Jack relaxed upon finding that the bones didn’t belong to someone he knew.

"Why are you even worried?

"You are a Necromancer. I didn’t take you to be the type who would hesitate to use bones of someone you knew," Neo said.

"And you are the Inheritor of Death, who is planning to revive our friends who died in Shadow Window," Jack said.

Neo could almost feel Jack rolling his eyes.

"About that…."

"What?"

"Never mind," Neo said. "Anyway, I called you for a different reason. I want you to take everyone and go to Luna Barten."

"So you want us to help her excavate the bones?"

"No," Neo said. "To be honest…

"You know what? Let’s meet up. I’ll explain everything in person."

Neo hung up before Jack could question him.

The two met in a private café a few hours later.

The café was tucked away in a secluded corner of the bustling city.

A soft hum of a jazz melody played in the background, and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee filled the air.

Neo had booked a private room to ensure they weren’t disturbed.

The room’s walls were adorned with abstract art, and a small chandelier cast a cozy glow over the table.

"Hey," Neo said.

"Hi," Jack replied, sitting across the table.

His eyes were red and puffy.

Neo could sense Jack had cried a lot, but he didn’t say anything.

Jack glanced around.

Neo’s choice of a private room showed he wanted this conversation to remain confidential.

"What did you want to talk about?" Jack asked. _{freёweɓnovel.com}

"I’ll explain everything to you about the excavation mission, and why I want you to go with others."

Neo opened his Shadow Space.

He reached in and pulled out a world map and spread it on the table.

"Let’s look at our world first.

"It’s a single, supercontinent consisting of 79 countries, and two island countries."

Neo pointed at the center of the continent.

"What’s the size of the continent?"

Before Jack could say anything, Neo answered himself.

"63,579,000,000 km²," Neo said. "With that size, roughly 150 old ’Earths’ can fit inside our continent."

Old Earth was a way of referring to the planet before it underwent any ascension.

"Old Earth was a Stage-0 Planet, then it ascended during the end of the Age of Gods, becoming a Stage-1 planet.

"Our world ascended again a few centuries ago and became a Stage-2 planet, which is the current rank of our world."

Neo explained everything to Jack.

When the world was a Stage-0 planet, the peak of strength was Empyrean rank.

This rank was a gene limit.

No one could go any higher than Empyrean rank until the world ascended.

After the world ascended, the next generation’s gene limit evolved.

The people could grow up to Paragon rank.

This included only those who were born after the Earth became a Stage-1 planet.

Those who were born earlier could not go beyond Empyrean rank.

Later, the world ascended to Stage-2.

The gene limit evolved again, allowing the next generation to reach as high as Exalted rank.

Neo’s finger traced the map, stopping at the continent’s edge.

"Since our current continent’s size is so large, do you really think Oceanus’s corpse can be the continent’s crust?" Neo asked.

"Maybe? I mean, Titans did become Gods.

"Gods are different from the Awakeners, and us Demigods.

’I don’t think it’s weird for someone among them to be larger than planets," Jack shrugged.

"Maybe it’s time for you to start using that empty head. Gods aren’t invincible. They have ranks too."