Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades - Chapter 596 - 596: Familiar Yet Different Chaos Elementals
Nameless Death POV
Nameless Death sat quietly, eyes closed, breathing steady.
Currently, he was preparing for his battle with Berserker.
Only one minute remained.
He went through his preparations once again.
Firstly, he had destroyed two Cores of his, one of which his own original Core and the one from the ant he’d defeated.
In their place, he created two more Cores, both modeled after Ikuru’s. That brought the total to six. All six were now based on the Time Dilation monster’s Core.
These Cores had had been modified heavily.
They contained Ikuru’s Concepts, Nameless Death’s Concepts, and the techniques of the ants and some of their Concepts, namely the Concept of Earth (Stoneheart Bulwark), Concept of Blood (Burstflow).
He didn’t touch the ants’ Concept of Darkness. His own Concept of Darkness was much more stronger.
The same applied to their Concept of Death. His own sensitivity to Death was already stronger than their which they gained from Concept.
As for their Concept of Space, he didn’t need it. He already had his Space Lock technique, which served a similar role without burdening the Core, since it was stored in Abyss Mirror.
From their techniques, he only took Burrowed Shell. It was a defensive technique.
It wouldn’t work against Berserker in its base form, but he was planning to use it with other defense increasing Concepts and techniques, which would allow him to stand on par with Berserker.
His mind moved back to his own Techniques and Concepts.
The True Death Sword technique defined him. It was who he was. As such, it had already fused into his Seed of Existence. It no longer needed to be stored in any Core.
His other techniques—his Breath, Space Lock—were all stored inside the Abyss Mirror.
“This much should be enough. Any more and the Cores will crack,” he muttered.
That was the limit. He had reached the threshold for Ikuru’s Core design, without ranking up the Cores.
They couldn’t handle more layering without destabilizing. If he forced more inside, they would fracture under pressure.
Still, six Cores, each containing Ikuru’s Time Dilation World, his powerful refined Concepts, and selective additions from the ants made him extremely powerful.
He stood up and took a slow breath.
He reached out, and the six Ikuru Cores floated around him, forming a rotating ring behind his back. Each pulsed faintly with a soft blue hue, the color of warped time.
He nodded slightly to himself.
“Now I’m ready.”
He didn’t need to wait long.
A storm of motion surged through the jungle. Trees cracked and splintered as something massive rushed toward him. Branches tore from trunks, the ground shook with each impact, and then she arrived.
The Queen Ant.
But not her.
Her body stood at the center of the clearing as her limbs twitched unnaturally. Her eyes glowed a dull crimson. Berserker’s presence spilled from her in thick waves.
“You,” Berserker growled. “Why did you run?”
Nameless Death remained silent.
Berserker took a step forward, then lunged, using the Queen’s body with full intent to kill.
His blows were fast and wild, but there was precision buried beneath the chaos. He moved like he was used to overwhelming his opponents.
He struck using the Queen’s innate techniques. Stoneheart Bulwark coated her limbs, making her strikes heavy and crushing.
Burstflow surged through her veins, giving her sharp speed boosts between attacks.
She also used Hardened Carapace, a lesser version of Burrowed Shell that added resistance to her body.
Nameless Death took each blow without countering. He kept his feet planted and weathered the assault. Bones cracked. Pressure dug into his arms, into his ribs. But he remained silent.
When the barrage finally stopped, Berserker stepped back.
“Why aren’t you fighting properly?” he demanded. “Where did your resolve go? Why are you weak now?”
“Why are you controlling the body of an ant? What did you do to them?” Nameless Death asked instead of answering him.
A grin spread across the Queen’s face—Berserker’s grin.
“I killed them. All of them.”
Something in Nameless Death broke.
In an instant, his six Ikuru Cores deployed their Worlds.
The time around him bent and twisted, six-fold Time Dilation layering upon itself.
His speed exploded.
He vanished and reappeared just behind Berserker, delivering a heavy strike to the back of the Queen’s skull.
Abyssal Bone Overdrive, the technique of Ikuru, activated. His strength and speed increased by another five times.
Then he activated Concept of Earth of the ants, making himself heavier, annd tougher. Burrowed Shell followed, reinforcing his bones and muscles.
He wasn’t done.
Frenzied Instinct Fear. Berserking Will Rage.
Both activated. His body ignited in power.
He summoned his True Death Sword. The moment it appeared, the air warped around him.
And he charged.
The clash was loud and fast.
Berserker met him head-on, still wearing the Queen’s body. They exchanged a flurry of blows, each one capable of crushing planets.
Flesh tore. Blood sprayed. Neither backed down.
Nameless Death wasn’t stronger. He wasn’t faster. But he didn’t retreat. His movements were sharp, efficient. There was no hesitation in his moves, only cold anger.
“You’re angry now?” Berserker sneered mid-fight. “Good. Let me show you something.”
He gathered power.
The air thickened with black-red mist. It swirled violently, and then the familiar presence of Berserker Death Elementals surged.
But something was wrong.
Nameless Death paused for a moment. His instincts warned him to dodge.
“Do you know what these are?” Berserker asked.
Nameless Death didn’t answer. He pressed forward, slamming his shoulder into the Queen’s torso, trying to stagger her.
“These were never Berserker Death Elementals,” Berserker laughed. “These are Chaos Elements.”
He grinned wider.
“And do you know what they can do?”
Berserker punched him hard in the gut.
The impact rippled through Nameless Death’s body. A wave of distortion pulsed in his mind. For a split second, everything blurred.
His Consciousness wavered, and was almost annihilated.
“See?” Berserker said. “They corrupt. Just like Chaos.”
Nameless Death stumbled back, steadying himself.
He focused.
He forced the thoughts back into order. But the sensation remained.
These Chaos Elementals weren’t the ones he knew. They didn’t contain Void, yet they had the essence of Chaos.
They still felt like Berserker Death Elementals, and Death Elementals.
But Nameless Death could their composition was different.
This wasn’t the Void-Death born Chaos he knew. This was something unrecognizable.
He didn’t have time to analyze it.
Berserker rushed again.
His body twisted unnaturally, using the Queen’s form to its limit. He slammed his fists into Nameless Death, each hit powered by those Chaos Elementals.
The air around them shattered. Cracks spread through the ground.
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