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Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 631

Chapter 631: Deathbound

Barbatos POV

Barbatos reappeared in the jungle with a flicker of spatial light.

The air was humid, thick with the scent of overgrown foliage and the muffled sounds of distant beasts.

In the center of a flattened clearing, Zagreus sat on a large stone.

He looked up as soon as Barbatos who arrived alone.

"Did you let them run on purpose?" Zagreus asked. His voice was far from calm.

Barbatos dropped to one knee without hesitation.

"I’ll accept all punishment," he said.

Zagreus didn’t move.

His expression was cold, and unreadable, as if carved into stone.

Before this, he had been prepared to chase after Nameless Death himself. But Barbatos had stopped him. Told him to trust him. Said he would bring them both back.

And now, he had returned with nothing.

For several seconds, neither of them spoke.

The silence stretched.

"Search every single Space-Time Prison in the Site," Zagreus finally said. "Find out which one they’re using to hide."

Barbatos gave a short nod, stood up, and vanished again.

Once he was gone, Zagreus tilted his head back and stared at the cloudy sky.

The jungle seemed quiet, but not peaceful.

His hands curled into fists.

Perched on his head, the demon octopus shifted slightly. Its tendrils twitched, and a voice echoed in his mind.

’Why are you so angry? Don’t you trust Nameless Death?’

Zagreus didn’t respond. His thoughts churned like a slow-moving storm.

’You should’ve known there was little chance of rescuing your mother’s soul. Berserker could’ve used her as a leverage against us. Maybe Nameless Death betrayed you and sided with Berserker just to save her so as she wasn’t put in danager—’

"Or maybe," Zagreus cut in aloud, "he was playing us from the beginning."

The demon went silent.

Zagreus didn’t speak again either.

He simply sat there, staring upward, feeling the uncertainty pile onto his shoulders like heavy armor.

He didn’t know who to trust anymore.

Nameless Death had seemed like his brother.

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But the betrayal—if that’s what it truly was—left Zagreus with too many questions and no good answers.

Footsteps approached.

Asmodea stepped into the clearing.

Her usual composed demeanor was softened by sorrow.

The female Grim Reaper had always acted strict, but anyone who knew her well could see the difference now.

Leonora wasn’t just a disciple to her. She was like a daughter.

Not being able to protect her made Asmodea felt like she was being drowned with guilt.

Asmodea stopped a few steps away.

"Prince. Please give your next orders."

"We’ll have to fight them when we find them."

Asmodea’s gaze dropped. She said nothing, her thoughts likely spiraling toward Leonora.

Zagreus continued, "I still have this octopus bastard with me. But as you saw... Nameless Death had the ability to prevent me from asking for more strength. If he can block that now, he might eventually learn to take away borrowed strength altogether."

That snapped Asmodea out of her melancholy.

She looked at Zagreus, realizing why she hadn’t been sent with Barbatos earlier. He wanted to ask for ’it’.

"Prince, I can’t—"

"Tell me how to use my dragon blood."

Asmodea froze.

"...Prince..."

"Why do you always refuse to teach me?" Zagreus sighed.

Asmodea looked torn.

For years, she and other Grim Reapers had deflected or given half-truths.

This time again, she opened her mouth to speak, but paused as a new voice echoed in her mind.

’Tell him.’

It was Barbatos. Even though he had left, he was watching to make sure a mistake like last time was not repeated.

Asmodea closed her eyes for a moment. Then, when she opened them again, her voice was steady.

"Your blood... it’s the blood of ancient dragons, and you are the last ’known’ Ancient Dragon to exist."

"I know that much."

"Have you ever thought where the other ancient dragons have disappeared? Why no one has seen them in any Eon since the Universal Creation Era?"

Zagreus frowned. "I thought they were extinct."

"They’re not. They went into hiding near the end of the Universal Creation Era. Because they were being hunted down, and were almost wiped out the Monarch."

"...What?"

"The ancient dragons had become arrogant, and oppressive. They believed themselves untouchable. So the Monarch of Death decided they were a threat to the balance of creation. And he decide to erase them."

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