Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 639

Chapter 639: Suspicion

Streams of knowledge flowed into Nameless Death.

Techniques, truths, foundational structures of the Sacred Treasure.

It all poured in, shaping his understanding with such clarity that it almost hurt.

When the last fragment of the Abyss Mirror dissolved into knowledge, the core of it vanished.

The Sacred Treasure itself returned to Zarek’s possession.

Nameless Death exhaled slowly.

His body hadn’t moved, but his mind felt like it had run a thousand battles.

Cole clapped him lightly on the back.

"Alright, that’s one favor done. Freebie officially used up."

"So that was the freebie you mentioned?"

"Yep." Cole grinned. "I never expected you to burn it this fast, though. Then again, you used it for a perfect opportunity. It’s almost as if you aimed for all of this."

"...?"

"There is no point in acting clueless, you know," Cole chuckled. "I can see that you were trusting in me saving you from Zarek in case things went south."

Nameless Death’s gaze changed, no longer looking clueless.

There wasn’t any point in lying anymore.

"I didn’t know what the freebie was," he admitted. "But even if it had turned out to be something else... knowing you, you would’ve saved me anyway. And then said the freebie was used."

Cole looked at him for a second. Then he laughed.

"Smart guy," he said. "No wonder you keep annoying people way out of your pay grade."

Nameless Death let out a tired breath.

"It’s not like I go out of my way to do that."

"Sure, sure," Cole said, clearly not believing a word. "Well, you survived your first real brush with a Supreme’s anger. That’s something."

Nameless Death wasn’t happy about that.

The way the Supreme of Shadows easily accepted Cole’s deal after threatening to kill Nameless Death at all cost felt.... wrong.

It was almost as if this was what Supreme of Shadows wanted.

As if Shadow Supreme had been planning for this moment all along.

’I am overthinking it.’

Nameless Death must’ve gotten Abyss Mirror from a Shadow Trial.

Then, right now, he met Zagreus in his Shadow Trial.

The situation with Zagreus’ Shadow Trial was forcing him to create his own Path as fast as possible.

And due to that, he devoured Path of Achievement.

That led him to meet Cole, and gaining his favor.

And now, that favor that transferred from Nameless Death to Shadow Supreme.

Why did this happen?

Because Nameless Death was devouring the treasure given to him by the Shadow Supreme.

’Supreme of Shadows was involved in all situations.’

’Did he do manipulate everything so that he could get a favor from Cole?’

Nameless Death recalled what Cole had said when he met Shadow Supreme right now.

"You shouldn’t do things so brazenly reckless."

Did it mean that Cole already knew all of this was happening due to Shadow Supreme’s planning, and that angered Cole?

’No, there is no way Shadow Supreme can plan that far ahead.’

’I’m just overthinking things.’

After all, why would Shadow Supreme need the favor of Cole?

Was there something that even Shadow Supreme could not do by himself?

...

Nameless Death returned to the forge.

The world outside the Shadow Realm felt distant, like a dream he was slowly waking from.

The air here was heavier, warmer, and the ever-burning embers of the forge buzzed gently in the background.

It wasn’t silence, but it was the closest thing to peace he could find right now.

He took a slow breath.

His mind was still in chaos.

No matter how much he tried to ignore it, the fact that Shadow Supreme might be planning something big left him with many questions.

But none of that mattered right now.

He looked around at the tools, the stone platforms, the shelves packed with ores and refined parts he’d made before.

Slowly, his focus returned to the present.

After Abyss Mirror completed a 100% replica of a technique, it marked it internally as Technique No. 1.

Instead, it started building a second copy in parallel—Technique No. 2—in a separate space.

This time, between the two techniques (Technique No. 1 and Technique No. 2).

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