Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 67

The path downwards was miles away.

Neo recalled something.

The hill was small.

He should've reached the top within a few minutes.

However, he completed only three-fourth of the way after twelve hours of walking.

It was impossible unless....

"This is the second trial."

An opponent worse than hundreds of Gremlins combined.

An enemy he couldn't defeat with physical strength.

The flag post was at the top.

Neo decided to climb upwards.

Minutes turned into hours, and hours into days.

After the second day, he did not feel like he was making any progress.

No matter how much he walked, the distance to the top wouldn't reduce.

"It's a good thing I can create water, or I might've died already," Neo said on the fourth day.

Surprisingly, Water element was the only element he could use.

He could only generate water and do nothing else with the element.

It was as if his ability was being restricted by a higher power.

A week went by.

Neo was starting to feel hungry.

As a Grade 4 Awakened demigod, he could live without water and food longer than humans.

There was, however, a limit.

"Fuck, should I just climb down?"

On the ninth day, Neo realized he might've walked over hundred miles.

The distance between him and the base of the hill continued to increase.

Besides, there was no guarantee he could climb downhill.

"There should be limit to how much this mountain can stretch. If I keep climbing, I'm bound to reach the top."

Twenty days passed.

Neo's stomach hurt.

He felt weak and fatigued.

He continued to climb.

After fifty days, the pain intensified to the point he couldn't stand straight.

He felt frail, his body shivered uncontrollably, and it was cold.

Neo started to lose his focus by the sixty-eighth day.

He would frequently go into daze and sleep walk.

He hit his limit on the eighty-fifth day.

Taking a breath sent throes of agony across his body, let alone walking.

By the ninetieth-day, the pain disappeared.

He felt emptiness gnawing inside him, eating at his emotions, leaving him numb.

'I have to reach the top.'

Neo repeated the same words to himself for the past three months.

He diverted all of his attention and energy to climb even a step higher.

Apex.

Zenith.

The Top.

He would reach it.

At the hundredth day, Neo stopped breathing.

He didn't even realize he died.

…!

Neo's eyes snapped open.

He fell to his knees, gasping for breath, drenched in sweat, and shivering uncontrollably.

[Time until you are forcefully revived: 5 hours and 26 minutes]

Neo was back.

To the base of the hill.

"H-how?"

He couldn't believe the screen floating before his eyes.

Three months ago, he started climbing when 5 hours and 29 minutes were left until his revival.

So…

Why?

Why did only three minutes passed when, in truth, he experienced three months?

Neo stared at the mountain.

He expanded his senses and…

…!