Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 470

Chapter 470 Punishment [2]

She stepped forward swiftly. The scene before her froze her in place.

Empty alcohol bottles littered the floor. The pungent smell of alcohol filled the air.

Neo was collapsed on the ground.

Her breath hitched.

He was drenched in sweat, and his chest rose and fell in ragged breaths.

More alarming, cracks covered his entire body, as if he were breaking apart.

"Neo."

She knelt beside him, reaching out, only for him to suddenly pull her into a tight embrace.

"What are you doing—"

"I'm sorry." His voice trembled. "I couldn't protect you."

Her breath caught.

She could feel the faint tremors in his limbs.

'He's regressed,' she realized. 'But why is he like this? He has almost no energy in his body… Did he come back to the past without fully recovering? What forced him to be in so much hurry.'

She didn't resist.

Instead, she let him hold her.

"It's okay," she said, trying to sound gentle, but not being used to the tone, she was quite awkward. "You're back. We can solve everything now."

"I—"

Neo suddenly stiffened.

A powerful shift in the ambient energy sent sharp vibrations through the air, which he sensed through his new improved senses.

Something was coming.

Fast.

A spear shot through the wall like a meteor.

Neo moved on instinct, pulling Elizabeth aside.

The spear twisted mid-air, and shot straight through her skull.

Neo's mind blanked.

Elizabeth's body went limp in his arms.

Blood sprayed across his face, hot and thick.

"Neo! Are you okay?!"

Two voices burst into the room—Ava and Elizabeth.

Neo turned, still in shock.

They froze at the sight before them.

Neo's aura flared.

The headache returned with full force. Embracing Elizabeth had helped him calm down, but not anymore.

He longer tried to calm the twisted, warped instincts of the tens of thousands of spider monsters he had consumed.

He let them become one with him.

"Come out."

His voice was quiet, but the command carried through the air like a thunderclap.

"If you wish so."

A voice responded, smooth yet devoid of warmth.

A moment later, Ava's body exploded.

Blood and viscera splattered across the room.

Then, the shadows in the room shifted unnaturally.

They twisted and coalesced into a form—Tartarus.

His gaze lingered on Ava's remains for a brief moment before he shook his head.

"She shouldn't have tried to go back if she wanted to live."

Neo didn't flinch.

Despite the uncontrolled rage burning within him, and the soul splitting headache threatning to make him go insane, his expression remained cold, indifferent.

He made no indication that he was going to attack.

"Why did you kill her?" Neo asked, his voice eerily detached. "She was one of the Pillars."

"Punishing you is more important."

Tartarus' gaze shifted to Elizabeth's lifeless corpse in Neo's arms. A slow smirk curled his lips.

"And I just found the perfect way to do so."

Neo's grip on Elizabeth tightened.

"I see," he muttered. "How are you able to remember the past timeline? I am the one who turned back—"

"I'm not obliged to answer your questions."

Tartarus interrupted him, then snapped his fingers.

The world twisted, and Time reversed.