Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 444

BANG!!

The enraged Su-ho smashed Girard’s Finger with a heavy blow.

He couldn’t help it.

Every skill being restricted was one of his main skills.

And that wasn’t all.

Judging from the pattern, he could more or less predict what would be restricted next.

‘No, don’t get worked up. I need to calm down and prepare.’

From the time Rage Mode was restricted, he had destroyed a total of two fingers.

Since the system did not say how many of Girard’s Fingers remained, he could only assume, counting the one in front of him, that the maximum possible remaining number was seven.

‘In other words, up to six more skills could be restricted from here on.’

He needed a meticulous strategy.

Shaaah!

Sand poured down.

There was no time to dawdle.

At this extreme final stage, Girard’s trial was dumping sand in massive heaps.

If he didn’t keep his wits about him, the room would fill up in no time.

After agonizing for a moment, Su-ho decided to try his first strategy.

[ Memorize is activated. ]

What he activated was Memorize.

Naturally, it was packed full of nothing but Weakening.

Among Su-ho’s skills, Weakening was the one that required the most mana.

Su-ho immediately tried using the Weakening stored in Memorize.

[ Activating the skills stored in Memorize. ]

[ Weakening is activated. ]

“Got it!”

Weakening activated.

Seeing the system notification, Su-ho grinned.

How about that, you dumb bastard.

You never thought I’d be able to use Weakening again like this, did you?

Using the activated Weakening as a base, Su-ho went to town beating the hell out of Girard’s Finger.

Slash! KWA-BOOM!

At last, he managed to destroy Girard’s Finger once again.

[ You have successfully destroyed Girard’s Finger. ]

[ The accumulated sand disappears. ]

[ Girard extends a new finger. ]

[ Girard begins to send out new sand. ]

[ Girard’s Finger is strengthened. ]

System notifications.

Swallowing dryly, Su-ho waited for the next notification.

[ Girard restricts your power. ]

[ The power being limited is ‘Enhancement’. ]

“Nice... huh?”

It was Enhancement that got restricted, not Memorize.

So he was happy for a split second, then stopped.

“Damn.”

It wasn’t as bad as losing Weakening, but Enhancement was still an important skill.

But what could he do?

What was done was done.

Biting his lip, Su-ho raised his sword again.

And just as he was about to use a skill, a thought occurred to him.

‘Wait a second.’

Since he had the rice cake in front of him, he might as well hold the ancestral rite—on that whim, Su-ho activated Memorize just in case.

[ Memorize is activated. ]

Then he tried designating Enhancement in an empty slot.

[ Recording ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) ‘Enhancement’ in Memorize. ]

‘Huh?’

It worked.

He’d managed to store Enhancement, even though it had been restricted from use.

‘So this works.’

Su-ho grinned and immediately used his skills.

[ Weakening is activated. ]

[ Enhancement is activated. ]

[ Steel Severance is activated. ]

[ Enhancement is applied. ]

[ The power of Steel Severance grows stronger. ]

Su-ho went on relentlessly pounding Girard’s Finger.

[ You have successfully destroyed Girard’s Finger. ]

[ The accumulated sand disappears. ]

He succeeded in destroying Girard’s Finger yet again.

“Ha-ha! How do you like that, you damn bastard!”

He raised his middle finger toward the sky.

He had no idea whether Girard would see it or not, but he flipped him off anyway.

At the very least, Hera had gotten riled up when he’d communicated like this.

[ Girard extends a new finger. ]

[ Girard begins to send out new sand. ]

[ Girard’s Finger is strengthened. ]

Soon, additional notifications popped up.

[ Girard restricts your power. ]

[ The power being limited is ‘Memorize’. ]

This time, it was unfortunately Memorize that was restricted.

“Well, would you look at that?”

Had he provoked it for nothing?

No.

That was a beating he would’ve had to take sooner or later anyway.

Shaaah!

The sand waterfall poured down again.

There were five fingers left.

Looking at the new finger that had appeared along with the sealing of Memorize, Su-ho prayed.

‘Please let the remaining number be under five.’

Weakening, Yeouhwabul, Rage Mode, Enhancement—everything had been sealed.

Even Memorize, his brilliant trick.

Now, the only things he could practically use were Blessing and Steel Severance.

‘I do have Giantification, but the rebound risk after using it is way too big.’

So Giantification was out.

Activating Blessing, Su-ho began pounding Girard’s fifth finger.

Crack!

[ You have successfully destroyed Girard’s Finger. ]

[ The accumulated sand disappears. ]

After he pelted it for a while with a barrage of Steel Severance, Girard’s Finger broke.

It wasn’t sliced—it broke.

Even though his blade was in blood-forged state.

‘So from here on, it really is just a stupid contest of brute strength.’

Tensing, Su-ho kept his eyes on the system notifications.

[ Girard extends a new finger. ]

[ Girard begins to send out new sand. ]

[ Girard’s Finger is strengthened. ]

[ Girard restricts your power. ]

Gulp.

And then—

[ The power being limited is ‘Blessing’. ]

“Ah, this is fucking insane...!”

Seeing which skill had been restricted, Su-ho couldn’t help but raise his voice.

He was about ready to lose his mind.

This was bad.

Of all things, it had to be Blessing.

Of course, he’d more or less expected this to happen.

The damn Girard was deliberately picking out and restricting nothing but core skills, as if to show off.

‘Ha, seriously... what now?’

Almost all of his surefire strategies for dealing with Girard’s Fingers, those ultimate shields, had been restricted.

The only thing that had managed to survive was Steel Severance.

Because of that, Su-ho naturally had no choice but to review the skills he had left once more.

Shaaah!

Sand poured down.

The volume had increased too.

Meaning, he couldn’t afford to take too long to think.

Those were things he couldn’t use carelessly. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

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