Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 189

Henry did not answer Neo.

He went up to the stage through the backroom.

'Look at him ignoring me.'

Shaking his head, Neo followed behind him.

The stage lights and hundreds of camera flashes instantly assaulted his eyes.

He frowned slightly, his eyes taking a few seconds to adjust.

The stage was wide and empty with only Neo and Henry on it.

There was a few meters of gap below the stage and the seating area.

The guards and the butler stood in the gap.

Henry wore a microphone to enhance the volume of his voice.

He gave a ceremonial speech – without any curses, much to Neo's surprise – before he reached the main topic.

"Today, we, the Hargraves Corporation, are launching a new weapon series 'The Soul Weapons.'

"We'll give a short demonstration before we get down to the selling points of the new weapon series."

A few crew members arrived on the stage with ten thick metal blocks and a few swords.

They left after placing the metal blocks and the weapons on the ground.

Henry walked up to the metal blocks.

He patted them.

"45% purity adamantium.

"It can tank up to a hit from 125 Strength Stat and is almost immune to common elements like Elementary-mastery fire, ice, and lightning.

"These things here have the same defenses as a peak Grade 3 Mythic monster that has its stats geared towards constitution."

He picked up the sword and tapped its blade.

"It's a standard blade made by our company for Grade 5~Grade 4 Mythic Demigods."

Henry slashed the adamantium metal block with the sword.

"As you can see, an unawakened like me cannot put a scratch on it.

"The Mythic Demigods will be able to damage the metal blocks if they attack it instead of me.

"However, even they would find it difficult to destroy the blocks."

Henry placed the sword on top of the metal block.

He stood beside Neo and placed a hand over his shoulder.

He spoke to the audience,

"Today's demonstrator will be my brother, Neo Hargraves.

"I'm sure many of you know about him. He has been quite famous for doing some vigilante stuff."

The reporters chuckled.

"No, I'm being honest here.

"His actions, no matter how correct, were illegal. Quite a few media stations are painting him in an 'antagonist' light.

"Calling him names, calling him evil, since he uses dark elements.

"But look at him now. Does he look like a villain?

"No, he looks like he has seen a ghost because I haven't cursed in the past fifteen minutes."

The chuckles grew louder.

Henry smiled.

Neo could tell Henry was enjoying his job.

"And that's what he is. A normal highschooler who entered the Academy through his hard work and became the Divine Ruler."

Henry was satisfied with the result of his digressive talk.

He stood away from Neo and spoke,

"Neo, what are your current masteries in your primary elements?"

"…Adept, both."

Neo wanted to roll his eyes.

No one told him he was the demonstrator.

"That's awesome. It's rare to see anyone with such high mastery in Death and Darkness.

"I'm sure it took a lot of hard work on your part?"

"…It did."

Neo pursed his lips.

He could tell Henry was shaping his public image.

"That's incredible.

"Now, can you create an Aura Blade? An 'actual Aura Blade,' of course."

Neo nodded.

Although he hadn't made a proper Aura Blade before, it wasn't hard with his mastery.