Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades-Chapter 441 Missing World

They waited for Neo. Seconds turned into minutes and suddenly an unfathomable pressure descended. 'He came out of his Shadow Space,' Zera realized. The source of the presence was walking towards them. It surprised her that Neo was not holding back his aura like he usually did, but she chalked it up to his control being not good enough to hold back his newly grown presence. "Congratul—" Ava clamped her mouth shut when she looked at Neo. He was expressionless as usual. But his aura was different. She turned to Zera. "Is it me, or is he…" "Yeah, he looks irritated." Neo walked up to them. "Where is Elizabeth?" "She is undergoing her breakthrough," Zera answered. After Neo ranked up to First Step Heavenbreaker/Ascender, which was equal to a Stage-2 World, Elizabeth could complete her breakthrough to Exalted rank. "There is some good news at least," Neo muttered. "I wonder if she will be Grade 4 or Grade 3. I doubt she will reach only Grade 5 with her talent." His words could've given a heart attack to anyone. People could only do one breakthrough at once. His words could've given a heart attack to anyone. People could only do one breakthrough at once. But Elizabeth was different. She had talent, and for the past year, she was stuck at Paragon rank due to Neo, who was her world. She used the time to strengthen her foundations. In her own words, she was a stronger Paragon now than the first time, and her being stuck on Paragon had helped her instead. "Something is definitely wrong with him." "Yeah." Neo ignored Zera and Ava and entered the house. Zera found some time to talk alone with him in the evening and approached him. She put a bottle of alcohol in front of him and smiled. "Care for a drink?" "Yeah." She poured him a shot. Neo downed it without saying anything. The two continued to drink in silence for minutes before Zera finally approached the topic. "Why are you in a bad mood?" "I'm not… fuck," Neo muttered, feeling tipsy. The alcohol Zera took out could affect Stage-3 Gods, let alone him. He could purify his body at any moment and erase the effects if he wanted to. But he didn't do so now.

"I'm not almost as strong as a Grade 5 Fabled. Not quite there yet, but infinitely closer." "What?" Zera was surprised at the revelation. During the past year, she had become good friends with Neo and Elizabeth. The time they spent together and the training she put them through helped her realize Neo was not an avatar of a World but a Heavenbreaker. Even so, he was a First-Step Heavenbreaker who just ascended. He shouldn't be stronger than a typical Grade 5 Exalted. 'How is his combat power far above his rank?' The difference between ranks increased as one ranked up. In Exalted rank, a Grade 5 Exalted defeating a Grade 4 Exalted, or a Grade 3 Exalted defeating a Grade 2 Exalted, was nearly impossible. Ranks and sub-ranks were there for a reason. If one could fight enemies who were higher ranked than them, then there would have been no need to make different ranks. 'It sounds like insanity that he can fight a Grade 5 Fabled at his rank.' Neo had said he was infinitely close to being a Grade 5 Fabled, and he wasn't there yet. Before this, he was as strong as a Grade 1 Exalted. Rank-wise, there was no difference. But the current Neo could fight ten Neos from before the breakthrough, and he would have a landslide victory. "Why are you irritated? That sounds like good news to me." "Because I fucking can't use my World." "What?" "I need to know my World's name to deploy my World, and I have no fucking idea about how to do that. I can't even tell what my World is, or where it is. Inside my body? Soul? Mind? Fuck, where is it?" Zera blinked. She had only drunk a bit since she wanted to be clear-minded to talk with Neo. His words confused her. "You said you were almost as strong as a Fabled. Was that without including your World, or with it?" "Without it, of course," Neo snapped. 'So he can't use the powers he gained from the breakthrough, and he is still that strong? I did hear Heavenbreakers were strong, but this is beyond my imagination.' 'No wonder even Outer Gods are afraid of them.' Zera chuckled, understanding that Neo was pissed off for a small reason. "You will find the name of your World over time. There is no need to rush. It's common for people to not be able to control their abilities after a breakthrough." Neo clenched the glass. There was a need to rush. They had to get out of this hellhole as soon as possible. After he made the breakthrough, he sensed an incredible amount of Death. So much Death should've killed most of them, if not everyone. Yet they were perfectly fine. Neo didn't understand what was happening. He needed to gain the ability to deploy his World. Only then, when he became a being on par with a World, he might be able to sense what was wrong here. "She is here," Zera suddenly said. The two of them came downstairs. Elizabeth noticed Neo's flushed face as soon as she saw him. "Congrats—" "Were you drinking?" "Yeah?" Neo answered, confused. "Is something wrong with that?

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"No, it's not. I apologize if my question was rude." Neo didn't push for answers. Later, he cooked some dinner for everyone and found out Elizabeth reached Grade 3 Exalted. He had made some desserts to congratulate her. After the dinner, he left the house to train. "What happened to him? He doesn't drink unless it's something serious," Elizabeth asked Zera. "It's nothing, just…" Zera recounted what Neo had told her. Since they were moving through the Abyss together, it was necessary to know how strong their ally was and if they had suffered mental or physical injuries that reduced their combat strength. The group returned to their journey after completing the breakthroughs. It took them four days to reach the base of the tree. "So what you are saying is that we need to enter the Nightmare Tree?" Zera asked Ava to make sure she hadn't misheard. "Yes, that's exactly what we need to do. Abyss is the only place where Tartarus' Core can be, but we didn't find it anywhere. The only place left is inside the Nightmare Tree." "We need to dig into the tree?" "No, I mean," Ava put together her thoughts before voicing them. "The Core must be hiding inside the nightmare of one of the people caught here." The group nodded. The World Core could be a physical object or a spiritual object. Since they had not found anything yet, there was a high chance it was a spiritual object present inside one of the nightmares. Ava came up with the theory after careful deliberation, and observation of the environment in the Abyss. "Isn't that a checkmate for us? We have to enter the nightmares to find the Core, and Tartarus is the one creating those nightmares. It can control everything inside that place and defeat us easily," Elizabeth said. "I suppose I didn't explain it properly. There are two types of going inside the Tree of Nightmare."