Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades - Chapter 625 - 625: Hope
Nameless Death appeared on the Voraka Site. He could see Zagreus, Asmodea, and Leonora in the distance along with the demon.
He didn’t approach him immediately and instead turned to the gatekeeper of the Sacred Gate.
“Are you and the Shadow Supreme of this Cosmos the same people?”
“I apologize. I cannot answer that.”
The shadowy being was not surprised Nameless Death had deduced the truth. Since he was a Heavenbreaker he must’ve heard the demon and him talking.
“I see.”
Nameless Death returned to Zagreus and others.
“Welcome back, bitch. I thought you died there.” Zagreus grinned, and bumped his fist into Nameless Death’s shoulder.
Normally, Nameless Death would’ve cursed back.
But he stayed still.
And.
He asked,
“Did you find the soul Berserker took?”
“….”
Zagreus’ smile disappeared. He shook his head and clicked his tongue.
“We didn’t. Barbatos is still searching throughout the planet for the [Life Flame], but we still don’t know where the ant bastard took it.”
Life Flame was what Zagreus called the broken piece of Persephone’s soul.
“Anyway, what happened inside the Sacred Gate?”
“Nothing much.”
Zagreus frowned when Nameless Death dodged the question.
He wanted to argue, but sighed in the end.
“Well, we will talk later. First, we should prepare that Berserker. The hundred years he gave you will be finished in a few weeks. He is going to come.
“When he does come, we will capture him and force the location of the Life Flame from him,” Zagreus said with clenched jaw.
“Are you sure Berserker will come? We outmatch him by a huge margin. Forget Berserker’s current state, which I think will be Stage 4 Grade 4 Level 10 at best, even if he was Stage 4 Grade 1 Level 10, he wouldn’t have been able to defeat me.
“Even if he can defeat me, there are two Grim Reapers with us.”
Nameless Death’s words surprised Zagreus. He chuckled, since it was true.
After using his Darkness, Nameless had reached Stage 4 Grade 1 Level 10. In other words, he was at the peak of Stage 4.
But he was not a normal peak Stage 4 God.
He had all 108 elements.
He had countless techniques, which made him incredibly versatile.
Lastly, [Core Creation].
It was the technique where Nameless Death created multiple Cores, and activated them at once to increase his strength.
He could create nine Cores at his current level.
In other words, he could increase his power nine times exponentially.
Moreover, being a Heavenbreaker, his energy was pure and his energy reserves were at the level of a Stage 5 being.
Nameless Death was already this strong.
However….
‘What happened inside the Sacred Gate?’
Zagreus couldn’t help but take a second look at Nameless Death.
‘He was inside the Sacred Gate for a few decades only.’
‘However, his whole presence and temperament has changed.’
‘I can’t even see how strong he is anymore.’
Nameless Death always had a restless aura about him.
But his aura had become calm, and deep like an ocean.
“To answer your question, the Berserker will come. He will never back down from a fight, even if he is the weaker one,” Zagreus said.
“Then we should put some teleporters around the forest,” Nameless Death said.
“Why?” Zagreus questioned.
“There is a chance the ant would come with Berserker, and it might try to escape later when it starts losing against us.
“Even if the ant doesn’t come, Berserker himself can try a hit-and-run practice. Since he knows the entire area, he might have a way to travel around quickly.
“The teleporters will help us catch him if he or the ant tries to escape,” Nameless Death explained.
“That’s a good idea.” Zagreus nodded. “Asmodea, you and your disciple will take the north and the east, Nameless and I will take the south and west. We will meet at this location again after five days when we have put the teleporters in key locations.”
Zagreus quickly created a plan, and began to fine-tune it.
Since they already had teleporters around the jungle to help reduce their travel time, this wouldn’t take long.
Afterwards, Nameless Death and Zagreus were left alone.
While walking with Zagreus, countless questions arose in Nameless Death’s mind.
‘He really is my brother.’ Nameless Death was sure of it.
He could tell how much Zagreus cared about Life Flame, which was part of Persephone’s soul.
And since Nameless Death was Persephone’s son, it made the relationship between Zagreus and Nameless Death clear.
‘I shouldn’t tell him we are brothers.’
Nameless Death had gained a sufficient understanding of Zagreus.
If Zagreus knew Nameless Death was Neo, and that they needed to not breathe life into this planet to protect the Universe, then Zagreus would agree in a heartbeat.
He would do it because they were family.
And then he would fail his Shadow Trial.
‘If he fails the Shadow Trial, he would be forever stuck in the Shadow Dimension.’
‘No, there is a chance the Shadow Supreme would kill him for failing the trial.’
The Shadow Supreme must have an idea of why the Sites were important.
Void Supreme knew about it.
Water Supreme came to this place and acted nonchalant, so she must’ve known too.
If Nameless Death had to guess, all Supremes had knowledge about Sites.
So….
Why?
‘Why did Shadow Supreme give my brother the mission to save this Site?’
‘What is his goal?’
Nameless Death couldn’t understand Shadow Supreme’s goal.
‘I need to choose one.’
Either Nameless Death chose the Universe and stopped Zagreus from completing his Trial.
Or, he would help his brother, and doom the universe.
The Universe, or his brother.
He had to choose one.
“What are you thinking about?” Zagreus asked as the demon was setting up a teleporter.
“I’m wondering….” Nameless Death pursed his lips before he added, “What is your goal for this Shadow Trial? What will you ask the Supreme if you can complete the Trial?”
“My wish, huh.”
Nameless Death asked this question for a simple reason.
It might give him some clues about how to proceed.
“It’s to remove my bloodline curse, or to uplift a part of it at least.”
“What?”
“To be exact, I want to make sure all of my next siblings can awaken their bloodline at least.”
Nameless Death blinked.
He suddenly had an ominous premonition.
Zagreus, unaware of Nameless Death’s thoughts, continued,
“My bloodline’s first skill is Death. The only way to train the skill is to kill ourselves, but if we kill ourselves, then that’s the end.
“We can attempt resurrection of course, but it’s near impossible to do. There are too many rules and the Underworld wouldn’t allow a resurrection easily.
“So, I will ask Shadow Supreme to create a ‘ritual’, and make sure that all of the descendants of Monarch of Death somehow will gain the knowledge of this ritual.
“By using this ritual, they can strike the deal with Grim Reapers of the Underworld and resurrect,” Zagreus explained.
Nameless Death was frozen.
He had no memories.
But.
He knew he must’ve trained his skill of Monarch of Death bloodline – Skill Death – to rank up.
He must’ve killed himself multiple times and resurrected.
How did he do it?
How did the Underworld of his planet let him resurrect himself multiple times?
‘Zagreus succeeded the trial.’
The conclusion was easy.
‘He struck a deal with Shadow Supreme.’
But…
‘The Universe will end as soon as that happens.’
Nameless Death suddenly had a question. Would the end of Universe erase the past too?
If no, then that would explain how Zagreus had succeeded and the universe was still going on. The Universe will end for Nameless Death, but for Zagreus who would go to the past, the Universe will continue living.
If the past was erased when the Universe ended, then…
‘That means I somehow found a way to save both.’
Nameless Death clenched his fist.
His assumptions could be wrong.
But.
He had finally found it.
Hope.
To save his family, and their future.
