Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 529

Chapter 529 Tartarus' True Body

Neo's Darkness surged.

It covered the crumbling form of Tartarus.

But Neo didn't devour it.

A strange discomfort appeared in Neo's heart. The body looked too much like his father for him to comfortably devour it.

He had to repeatedly remind himself that it was a body that looked like his father, and it was not him.

Suddenly, Neo felt two presences surge inside him.

[Lady of the Springs nudges ???.]

[??? grunts and says he can't be bothered.]

[Lady of the Spring gives ??? a deadpan stare.]

[??? clicks his tongue and says to you he doesn't really care if that body looks like him, so you shouldn't mind it.]

Neo blinked.

It had been so long that he almost forgot he could talk to them.

A bitter smile appeared on his face.

"I would appreciate it if you two talk a bit more, you know? Even I feel lonely when I am always alone."

[??? says you should grow up and…]

[Lady of the Spring tells ??? to watch what ??? is saying.]

[??? clicks his tongue and leaves.]

[Lady of the Spring tells you that ??? is just worried about you, but ??? doesn't want to show you.] _{freewebnσvel.cѳm}

[Lady of the Spring says they can't manifest much due to the bloodline curse, or else 'they' would notice them.]

Before Neo could ask who 'they' were, the presences had already returned to their dormant forms.

His senses focused of the lingering warmth of his parents before he shook his head and devoured Tartarus.

As the last trace of Tartarus disappeared, a flood of spells, techniques, and memories surged into Neo's mind.

"As expected, the bodies that were fused to create this one lived in subconscious nightmare worlds, so most of their memories aren't worth much."

Still, a few pieces stood out.

"Stage 2 Time Dissonance Spell, and Stage 3 Time Ripple Spell."

Time Dissonance let him create an orb of warped time, capable of accelerating or slowing anything nearby.

Time Ripple was different.

It allowed him to retain memories from pre-altered timelines.

He could not understand why the spell was only Stage 3. From the memories he had gained, it seemed even time regression could be divided into ranks.

Neo had never heard of anything like that before. Even the memories didn't provide much clarity on it.

For now, he let the thought go.

He looked up.

"Come on," Neo said. "Let's meet Tartarus' real body."

Both vanished, reappearing high above Layer 2.

Far above, Kane fought remnants of the nightmare world. The sky shimmered with twisted shapes and formless terrors closing in on him.

Neo lifted a hand. A flicker of the Nullhour Concept sparked in his palm.

He waved.

The nightmares vanished, completely erased from existence.

"Nullhour and Beelzebub really are broken," Neo muttered to himself. "When they win an elemental clash, they can one-shot everything. If they lose though…."

Neo shook his head.

Kane landed beside him moments later.

"What the hell was that? You just…" Kane waved his hand, copying Neo. "did that and erased half the nightmare world. Since when could you do that?"

"Since now."

He stared at his own hand for a moment.

If he wanted, he could erase the entire nightmare world.

Even if he didn't, now that all the Pillars had fallen, it was already collapsing on its own.

"Come on," Neo said. "Let's meet Tartarus' real body."

Both vanished, reappearing high above Layer 2.

There it floated—a massive, rectangular slab of obsidian black.

Its size dwarfed even the tallest peaks. It was a door to whatever unknown layer where Tartarus' true body was present.

"When did you evacuate the people here?" Kane looked below at the silent landscape.

"Thanatos handled it," Neo answered. "He went to Layer 2 after clearing Layer 3. Everyone's safe."

At least, for now.

If they destroyed the nightmare world, then a lot would change.

Neo didn't say his thoughts out aloud. He flew toward the door.

The moment he passed through, space twisted.

The world changed.