Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 404

At Su-ho’s demand, Susanoo’s brows drew together.

Seeing his pensive face, Su-ho laughed.

“If you don’t like it, forget it. If you can’t even do this much for your own Apostle, why make that offer?”

- That’s not it.

“Then?”

- ......Fine. I understand; I’ll do so.

Susanoo couldn’t bring himself to say it was because he still couldn’t trust him.

If Su-ho were alone, maybe—but with three Transcendents on his back already, it was Susanoo who stood to lose.

Presently, Susanoo explained what state Amaterasu was in now, and what method had to be taken to restore her.

But the more he listened, the more Su-ho’s brow furrowed.

“Seriously unpleasant.”

- What is?

“Doing that to your own sister.”

- Ha ha, why should I care? Being weak is the sin.

At that, Su-ho’s brows knit again.

Susanoo’s words weren’t entirely wrong, but even so, Su-ho hadn’t gone around acting like a thug to everyone just because they were weak.

'This is why powerless justice is incompetence.'

Justice isn’t something you can protect by raising your voice alone.

Only by possessing commensurate power can you truly defend justice.

'We’re really incompatible.'

Through the conversation with Susanoo, Su-ho was once again certain.

Even if Tsukuyomi hadn’t asked him separately, there was no way he would accept Susanoo’s proposal.

Still, there had been—no, quite a lot of gains, so he decided to let the minor annoyances slide.

'It’s enough that I learned how to obtain the Small Sea and the strategy for Amaterasu.'

Information he hadn’t known even after regression.

Stuff you might never learn if luck’s bad or the pieces don’t line up.

Even the Su-ho of his previous life didn’t know these things.

Su-ho nodded and spoke.

“Then I’ll be off.”

- What do you mean by that?

“What about it?”

- I told you Amaterasu’s strategy—why are you just going? What about our contract?

Susanoo spoke with a frown, but Su-ho only snorted.

“How am I supposed to trust the guy they call the top delinquent of the Celestial Realm? The Apostle matter can wait until I fix Amaterasu’s problem. If you don’t like it, drop it.”

- Ha...... hahaha!

At Su-ho’s words, Susanoo burst into laughter.

Then, with a rather murderous look in his eyes, he said,

- Fine. Let’s do that. But you must keep your promise. I tend to hold grudges.

“How terrifying.”

Susanoo didn’t answer further; he only folded his arms and curled up the corner of his mouth.

'Bastard, keeping up the act to the end.'

Passing by Susanoo, Su-ho finally set off toward Amanoiwato.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Even though Susanoo had roused the sea in a great uproar, Amanoiwato wasn’t flooded; it was still producing booming thuds.

Maybe that’s why—watching Amanoiwato thud from a distance felt like looking at a cave sealing away a monster.

'No, now “a cave sealing away a monster” is the accurate phrase.'

If Susanoo’s words were true, Amaterasu was no longer a god but a monster.

Understandable, since Susanoo had said he contaminated Amaterasu’s body.

'Even if he handled her roughly knowing she was just an avatar...'

Shaking his head, Su-ho stepped into Amanoiwato.

Thud! Thud-thud! Thud-thud! Thud!

Upon entering Amanoiwato, he realized the booms he’d heard outside were louder and faster here.

And a very intense heat pervaded the cave interior; in that instant—

- HwaaAAAAAAAA!

With an eardrum-rending scream from within, a massive mass of flame thrust out toward Su-ho.

Su-ho nimbly retreated backward.

Thereupon, the fireball stopped right in front of where Su-ho had been, blazed, then soon self-extinguished and vanished.

“Wow.”

Had he not backstepped with the timing, he would’ve suffered a pretty nasty burn.

Hence the wry laugh.

He hadn’t even touched it directly; just being near it felt this hot. If he took that attack head-on, how much damage would it inflict?

'As expected of the Sun God.'

In terms of firepower with flame, it was a cut—no, at least several cuts—above guys like the Smelting Dragons.

Narrowing his eyes, Su-ho looked down at the spot beneath where the fireball vanished.

'So this is that place.'

Below where the fireball disappeared, some lines had been drawn—this was the sealing barrier called the “prison lines” that Susanoo made to confine Amaterasu here.

So Amaterasu’s flames couldn’t cross these lines and extinguished.

He found it truly bad taste.

As if contaminating Amaterasu weren’t enough, he’d even deliberately made a barrier to imprison his own sister here.

Thus, Su-ho thought he needed to deal with Amaterasu quickly and save her.

Presently, Su-ho began his full raid prep.

It started with swapping the two fragments mounted on the Blacksmith’s Hammer.

[ ‘Molten Dragon’s Ironclad Soldier Fragment’ has been equipped in Socket 1. ]

[ Fire Resistance increases by 23%. ]

[ ‘Molten Dragon’s Ironclad Soldier Fragment’ has been equipped in Socket 2. ]

[ Fire Resistance increases by 23%. ]

The Blacksmith’s Hammer currently had two sockets, so he could equip two material fragments.

So he took out the Chain Coffin’s Obsession fragments and slotted in the Molten Dragon’s Ironclad Soldier fragments.

Do that, and Fire Resistance jumps by a full 46%.

The remaining shortfall in Fire Resistance would be covered by the Avatar Body.

Since the Avatar Body provides a whopping 50% Fire Resistance, Su-ho was once again starting with 96% Fire Resistance layered on.

'This is basically all the prep I need.'

The opponent was the Sun God.

So first, second, and everything—what he had to watch for were the fire-type attacks.

Belting the hammer at his waist, Su-ho stamped his foot and wrapped himself in his self-buffs.

[ Blessing activates. ]

[ Holy Enchant activates. ]

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