Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 776

Chapter 776: Patience And Suffering

Neo stayed still for a moment, eyes closed, ignoring the voice in front of him.

"Fine. Ignore me. But remember this: your daughter, Vivi Hargraves, is in the Shattered Horizon. If you choose to fight me, she will suffer at my hands."

Neo finally opened his eyes.

’I’ glared back at him with a fixed, cold expression.

A small sneer appeared on ’I’’s face.

"Don’t forget what happened with your Avatar, Heavenbreaker. Stop being stubborn. Or do you want your daughter to suffer like your Avatar did at the hands of Tartarus because you refused to listen?"

Neo’s expression hardened.

The mention of Elizabeth—his Avatar and the one he loved—hit him harder than he let show.

"I prepared for you long before this moment," ’I’ continued. "Your daughter is only one part of that preparation.

"Why do you think I guided the events so you’d put people inside your Cosmos? It’s so you can’t regress the universe without destroying the universe itself."

Neo didn’t speak, but ’I’ kept going anyway, his tone calm and confident.

"Once you try to regress the universe, every person will split into two versions. One in your Cosmos. One outside it.

"And this universe is already at its limits. A paradox that forces two versions of the same Life Flame to exist will shatter it completely."

’I’ stepped closer, voice steady.

"And if you try to remove them from the Cosmos before you regress, I’ll torment every single one of them. Their suffering will be on you."

He grinned, then added, "And that’s only the beginning. I can distribute techniques across timelines. I can create armies by looping through the past hundreds of times. I can repeat it until the army is perfect, until it’s enough to destroy you."

He stretched out his hand.

"So don’t be full of yourself. Take my hand while you still can."

Neo inhaled, ready to answer.

But the space around him twisted before he could speak.

Pressure built instantly. The presence of Space Elementals surged like a silent storm.

’I’ stiffened, taken off guard.

The Space Elementals spoke, ignoring him completely. Their collective voice echoed in every direction. "Hargraves, do you truly intend to regress the entire universe?"

"Yes," Neo answered.

"Even if it cripples you? Regressing at your level will drain your energy far beyond recovery. You will not be able to use even a trace of power for millions of years. You will be stuck at your current rank, unable to regain what you lose."

Neo nodded once. "I’m aware of the consequences."

’I’ snapped, "Space! What are you doing!? This isn’t what we agreed on! You can’t—"

Neo snapped his fingers.

The sound cut through the air cleanly.

’I’’s voice vanished, quieted by a simple seal.

The Space Elementals continued as if uninterrupted. "Hargraves, time is running out. You will soon need your true powers. You must be stronger than anyone in this cosmos. But if you cripple yourself now, you cannot fight in the final battle."

They paused.

"The loss then will be greater than the loss now. Are you still willing to sacrifice everything at this moment?"

"Yes," Neo said without a second thought.

He didn’t need to think.

Sacrifice now to save the future?

Neo had never been that type of guy.

True, he might regret his decision in the future.

But backing down now meant turning away from everything he had ever stood for.

His stubborn resolve, the will to push forward even with the world against him, the refusal to never bow down... that was who he was.

Heavenbreaker wasn’t a title.

It was his will.

"So be it," the Space Elementals said. "Helping you breaks the contract we made with ’I’. But if doing so protects our Loved One, then we will act."

Neo frowned slightly. "What do you mean?"

"We will protect your daughter. No harm will come to her. However..."

They didn’t finish the sentence.

Neo understood the rest on his own.

Vivi would be safe.

But the others—everyone else he cared about—would be exposed to torment if ’I’ pushed the timeline in that direction.

"It is enough. Thank you," Neo said quietly.

He wanted to ask about the contract between Space and ’I’, but the urgency of the moment pushed the thought aside.

The Space Elementals faded. Their presence thinned until everything felt normal again.

Neo released the seal on ’I’ just as the last trace of spatial pressure vanished. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

’I’’s voice returned immediately.

"So that’s your choice, Space? You’re willing to suffer a backlash for a Loved One you made only because you owed his ancestor a favor? If you want to suffer for a pathetic existence like that, be my guest."

His voice cut off as his form dissolved.

’I’ vanished.

Neo felt the shift in time.

’I’ had jumped into the past.

Neo ignored everything else and sat down. He closed his eyes again and focused only on the flood of Time Concepts, Time Worlds, and Time Laws he possessed.

He needed Beelzebub to grow.

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