Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 451

‘So it’s finally the final chapter.’

The Big Gate’s boss monster had a total of four phases.

At least, the boss monster Girard that Su-ho knew did.

That structure didn’t change even with the difficulty reduced by 90%.

‘Doesn’t matter. I’ve already prepared for the very last phase anyway.’

Girard, with all his limbs severed.

Su-ho had thought he would simply die out like fading embers, but suddenly his whole body turned yellow and began to blaze.

Crack! Crack! Craaackle!

The sound of something breaking.

It was the sound of Girard’s massive body breaking apart.

Su-ho watched that and began swinging his sword to use a skill.

[ Heat-Transmuting Blade is activated. ]

Fwoooooooosh!!

He fired off sword slashes like a madman.

The reason he unleashed those sword slashes was simple.

‘Only the dumb villains in sentai shows wait for the transformation to finish.’

Of course, in his previous life, he had been stupid.

Not just him, but the entire strike squad.

Back then, the strike squad had just stood there blankly, simply watching Girard’s transformation.

They did have their reasons.

How many people wouldn’t just stare blankly when one of humanity’s final boss-level enemies was using some so-called ancient power?

On top of that, the strike squad back then had only just managed to finish the third phase and were quite exhausted.

In other words, they were so worn out, and the spectacle itself was so mysterious, that they couldn’t help but stare without realizing it.

But once was enough for that kind of experience.

Now, Girard’s final phase was no longer mysterious.

He wasn’t all that exhausted, either.

And the effects of Rage Mode and Foxfire were still ongoing.

He had no intention of wasting that precious duration just watching for fun.

That was why he used Heat-Transmuting Blade.

Kwagwagwagwagwa!!

The pouring Heat-Transmuting Blade slashes exploded against Girard’s breaking body.

Clashing and detonating in the darkness, they produced thick clouds of dust.

Did that finish him off?

No.

It did not.

Amazingly, above the dust that had been swept aside, Girard—no longer a gigantic statue, but now shrunk to about the size of an adult man—was floating in midair.

His arms had increased as well.

A full ten arms.

Seeing that, Su-ho clicked his tongue. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

‘So he’s invincible during the transformation, huh.’

Otherwise there was no way he’d be that unscathed.

It seemed the difficulty downscaling applied not to the number of arms, but to Girard’s power.

He had only two of his arms folded across his chest, and then, guiding his floating body down, he landed at Su-ho’s feet with a rather sanctimonious air.

“Impressive.”

He opened with praise.

“Truly worthy of praise.”

More praise.

“To have pushed me this far. And all by yourself, at that.”

Yet more praise.

“But now, that too is over. Now that you have seen my true form awakened by ancient power, no matter what you are, this moment will be your last.”

“I see.”

“What?”

“If you’re done talking, how about we hurry up and start?”

“Haha! I’m quite curious to see how long that confidence of yours lasts.”

“Doesn’t it embarrass you to talk like that? Considering you’ve lost three times even with me going easy on you?”

“Shut up!!”

[ Girard becomes enraged. ]

[ Girard uses ruler-grade Fear. ]

[ Dragon Blood is activated. ]

[ By the Dragon Mind effect of Dragon Blood, Fear does not apply. ]

[ By the effect of ruler-grade Fear, all buffs on Players are removed. ]

Fwaaaaaaah!!

Well, well, look at him—acting all benevolent before, and then getting triggered by one last taunt, huh?

He let out a roar and used ruler-grade Fear, and at the same time unleashed powerful mana pressure that blasted Su-ho far backward.

‘Yeah, that’s how you should’ve come out from the start.’

Man, thought my eardrums were going to burst.

Su-ho reapplied his self-buffs.

[ Blessing is activated. ]

[ Holy Enchant is activated. ]

[ Mana Perception is activated. ]

[ Endurance is activated. ]

[ Enhancement is activated. ]

[ Eye of the Blacksmith is activated. ]

[ Sword Aura is activated. ]

Reapplying buffs wasn’t hard.

It was just a bit of a waste that Foxfire and Rage Mode took some time before they could be used again.

Su-ho then tried to use Enrage on Girard.

At that moment—

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Girard closed in on Su-ho at ultra-high speed and started throwing punches.

[ Girard uses Rock-Crushing Fist Barrage. ]

The skill he was using had changed.

Because with more hands, both the power and the speed had increased.

Kwagwagwagwagwang!!

Girard’s fists, shooting out like a Gatling gun, were not something easily blocked with a single sword.

So instead of meeting him head-on, Su-ho immediately backed off and started using skills.

[ Weaken is activated. ]

[ Mark of Pain is activated. ]

[ Enrage is activated. ]

[ Blessing of Rage is activated. ]

[ Curse of Rage is activated. ]

With more new skills added, not only his self-buffs, but his debuff barrages had increased dramatically as well.

But Su-ho wasn’t bothered in the least.

If all it took to neutralize the enemy was using a few skills, he was more than willing to chant them like a monk reciting sutras.

“You damned bastard!!”

Girard grew enraged.

The reason the bastard, who just moments ago had been calmly oozing arrogance, suddenly started ranting was all thanks to the effect of Enrage.

Thud!

He stomped down with a powerful step and shot toward Su-ho again.

At the same time, he brought all ten fists together and thrust them at Su-ho like a spear.

‘Damn it!’

Su-ho couldn’t dodge it.

Because under the various rage effects, not only Girard’s attack power but also his speed had increased.

So he blocked it with the Blood Sword, but—

Kwooooom!!

From that overwhelming force, he could only be blown far back and slammed into the wall.

Rattle-rattle!

Su-ho pulled his body out from where he’d been embedded. In the process, broken chunks of rock and debris tumbled down in a shower.

“Ugh, that hurts.”

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