# Chapter 6: Family
After that battle, although one Admiral, four Vice Admirals, and several CP0 agents survived, even those who lived could be said to be crippled, suffering severe lifespan loss.
Those with weaker strength had less resistance to the Death Force because their Haki was weaker. As for the stronger individuals, they were precisely Jaeger's primary targets.
It is said that the Marines Admiral was severely aged after that battle, his bodily functions rapidly declining, unable to maintain his position. He retired within two years.
Two years later, he died of heart failure. This was unimaginable for a top-tier powerhouse; even at an old age, they still possessed terrifying vitality far exceeding ordinary people.
While other body parts could average out the damage received through Life Return, the heart was very difficult, and the brain was even more fatal. Moreover, Life Return was not omnipotent. Under the continuous erosion of the Death Force, the body's deterioration was irreversible.
What was worse was that their Potential was completely depleted, let alone recovering it.
From this, one could see the terrifying power of the Death Fruit ability.
The Death Fruit's erosion, its plunder of life, represented ultimate death.
All things are constantly in motion, not just living things; even inanimate objects have their lifespan.
This is because matter is composed of molecules, and molecules are constantly moving.
This was Hades' view from his previous life.
In this world, the opposite of this is the Voice of All Things.
All things have their own breath.
The delicate tiles beneath his feet were constantly corroding under the Death Force, their function weakening.
Hard things became soft and fragile, elastic things became stiff, and things with strong life were corroded.
Reaching a certain degree, they would all decompose, turning into dust and ash, and then be annihilated by the Death Force.
But soon, the Death Force stopped spreading, maintaining a certain range, then slowly receded, beginning to be gradually controlled by Hades, allowing them to return to his body.
He clenched his fist tightly, carefully feeling this powerful force.
Hades understood the Death Fruit's ability very well. After all, it was his father's ability, and he had witnessed his father use the Devil Fruit ability many times firsthand.
Naturally, he wouldn't be like those who were lucky enough to eat a Devil Fruit and be completely at a loss about their abilities at first.
In a short time, Hades could simply use the ability.
The Death Force flowed within his body, slowly emanating and surrounding his form.
Hades felt very novel about having such a force within him. Just one fruit allowed him to gain an ability.
Even having truly come to this world and experiencing it personally, he still felt it was very magical.
The flow of the Death Force did not affect his clothes, which he found amazing. He could control the Death Fruit's ability within a small area around his body.
In Hades' eyes, this was already a type of domain, although the range was very small.
The grey mist disappeared. The tiles under Hades' feet were dim in color and shattered with a step, turning into powder.
If more time had passed, there wouldn't even be powder; it would have been directly annihilated by the Death Force.
"This is the notebook your father left behind. It contains his experience in developing the Death Fruit, as well as experience regarding Haki and physical techniques. It should be of some help to you."
Bane walked forward with a box, took out a small notebook, and handed it to Hades. This was left by Jaeger. He hadn't expected that everything Hades needed would be here, nor had he expected his child to inherit his ability.
Perhaps it was destiny's choice; Hades ultimately embarked on the same path as him.
In the past, Hades didn't need this, but from now on, it would be very important to Hades.
Not to mention the Death Fruit development experience, Hades hadn't awakened Armament Haki yet.
As for Observation Haki, he awakened it at birth, possessing the ability to perceive emotions and a super wide range of Observation Haki.
As he grew stronger, his Observation Haki would continuously expand, and the area covered would appear in his mind, as if he possessed a "God's perspective."
As for Conqueror's Haki, it burst forth even more so, stimulated by his father's death at age four. Now he could skillfully control it.
In the Rocks Pirates, there were no teachers who carefully taught you how to train; it was all based on combat and learning by oneself.
What was beneficial was that it allowed you to come into contact with profound things. If you didn't know, then you could never awaken it in your lifetime.
The Rocks Pirates was such a platform, giving countless self-taught individuals a path upwards. Therefore, the future sea's top pirates basically came from the Rocks Pirates.
Rocks was arrogant and extremely confident. He never hid anything and didn't worry about others learning and surpassing him. He was just such a person, and precisely because of this, he was able to establish the sea-shaking Rocks Pirates.
Taking the manual, Hades looked outside the great hall. "Uncle, please help me collect more Devil Fruits."
"What's the use, Hades?" Bane was a bit confused. Hades had already eaten a Devil Fruit, so why collect so many more?
"Is it to train subordinates?"
The Kronos Kingdom naturally possessed this ability. Whether it was financial resources or influence, they also had some contact with the Underground Business in the New World's Underworld.
"I will eventually return. I need to expand my Tartarus Family. The number of our family members is still too few. Although I will establish my own force, besides blood relatives and a small number of people, I won't trust others." Hades said calmly.
Whether it was his previous life or this life, the only ones he could trust were his own relatives.
Carrying the grand aspiration of his previous life, he wanted to expand his own Bloodline.
Titan and Zoro were also his family; they belonged to the retainers, so naturally, they were also his family.
But the most trustworthy were still one's own blood relatives.
The experiences of two lives made him especially close to family.
The current era is still more than fifty years away from the start of the plot; he has enough time to expand the family.
Bane was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Hades meant.
It took a while for him to react. He hadn't expected Hades to have such a plan and couldn't help but applaud in his heart.
How could he refuse such a request?
The family's growth was what they, the elders, hoped to see.
If it was Hades' Bloodline, it would definitely be able to produce many excellent descendants.
Moreover, just as Hades said, the number of Tartarus Family members was indeed a bit small. Adding up the few branches passed down to the present, there were only just over sixty.
Although each one was an elite, for the family's development, it was ultimately not a good thing.
If there were more family members, the Kronos Kingdom wouldn't have been so easily incited into rebellion by the World Government.
This also made him see that although the Tartarus Family's rule was stable, it was not impregnable.
He was also thinking if he should urge the family members to procreate a few more descendants. After all, he is currently the Tartarus Family head before Hades returns.
Although it hasn't happened yet, Bane has already started preparing for the worst.
With more family members, the chances of surviving in the end are also greater.
He was very clear about the World Government's methods.
(end of chapter)