Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 51

Henry followed his gaze.

"tsk, you can talk to them. They were pretty worried about you."

He opened the door, revealing Arthur and Felix behind it, and left.

Felix ran up to Neo with an excited face.

"You defeated Morrigan! I saw the fight! It was awesome! Everyone's going crazy over your battle!"

Arthur came behind Felix.

He stared at Neo awkwardly.

"Congratulations."

"Thanks."

Felix noticed the awkwardness.

He didn't understand the reason for it.

"Congrats for the first rank!

"You might not know it but you are the first Ruler who isn't from Zeus Clan or Poseidon Clan. You've made history!"

Felix was evidently excited.

"What about you two?" Neo asked.

"I'm glad you asked."

Felix grinned.

"The Zeus Clan members couldn't find us until the end.

"And since, I stole their rank tokens, they had a hard time in the tournament."

Felix's actions in the tournament were more or less as Neo expected.

He continued.

"Also, guess our ranks?"

"Top 10…?"

"Yup! I'm Rank 2 and Arthur is Rank 3!" Felix laughed. "Though, in my case, Arthur let me have the second rank."

"It wasn't much," Arthur commented.

Neo clicked his tongue.

'Look at him acting humble.'

'I bet he would've attacked me during the last days for the first rank if we were together,' Neo thought.

Arthur noticed Neo staring at him.

He let out an embarrassed smile.

"I don't know if I should be happy or sad. The students are calling us 'The Fraud Triad'."

"…?"

Neo was confused.

Seeing him, Arthur explained.

Neo used trickery to defeat Morrigan.

Felix became Rank 2 because Arthur helped him.

Arthur, despite having Kingsley in his name, wasn't from Zeus Clan.

All three of them were frauds.

Hence, the Fraud Triad.

"Heh, let them be. They are just jealous," Felix snorted.

Neo nodded.

The three ate lunch together.

Arthur and Felix left after it.

"Rest well."

"We will come to pick you up tomorrow. Let's go the entrance ceremony together!"

Neo waved at them.

After they left, Neo checked his rewards.

[Essence Breath]

[Rank: Tremor

[Mastery: Apprentice]

[Effect: Allows user to breathe in ambient Divine Energy and purify it.]

"Another Tremor-ranked Spell..."

Neo massaged his forehead.

It would've been better if it was a low-ranked Spell.

Tremor-ranked Spells required tremendous time and effort to be learned.

On the other hand, Whisper-ranked and Echo-ranked Spells could be learned effortlessly.

It was easy to raise their masteries.

Moreover, low-ranked Spells would help him learn Divine Energy control.

High-ranked Spells were too complicated to be used regularly as a practice tool for Divine Energy control.

[Immortal]

[Exp: 103/100]

Neo could start his breakthrough any time.

He decided to wait until he received the Starplum fruit.

Consuming the fruit before the breakthrough would increase his gains.

Neo closed his eyes and practiced the Essence Breath Spell.

He took a deep breath.

Small motes of Divine Energy entered his lungs.

From there, he pushed the Divine Energy into the blood vessels.