Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 463

- Gyahahahahaha!

At the look on Su-ho’s face, as if he had let go of everything, the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth burst into wild laughter.

But the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth should not have done that.

Truly enraged, Su-ho raised his hand toward it.

[ Weakening is activated. ]

[ Seal of Pain is activated. ]

[ Enrage is activated. ]

[ Blessing of Rage is activated. ]

[ Curse of Rage is activated. ]

A downpour of skills.

But the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth was still overflowing with composure.

- Gyahahaha! What a pointless thing you’re doing!

[ The Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth uses Filth Breath. ]

Bwoooooooooosh!!

With a full-on mocking laugh, the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth used Filth Breath.

As the Filth Breath, made even stronger by the effect of Rage, came crashing down on Su-ho, he likewise began to counter it head-on with a skill of his own.

[ Mini Breath is activated. ]

Fwooooooooosh!!

Within the parted Wave of Filth, Su-ho began spewing Breath as if pouring out all of his anger.

There was no attribute change.

He breathed it out with the same Fire attribute as before.

- Gyahahahahaha!

The Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth laughed.

It was still full of leisure.

No wonder—its filth was not only smelly and dirty but also had a powerful toxicity that drastically reduced the target’s strength the moment it made contact.

That was why it was so confident.

However—

Kwoooooooooooooosh!!

The scale of Mini Breath grew.

In that instant, the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth’s eyes widened.

A bad premonition began to creep over it.

And most ominous premonitions tend to come true.

It thought it was just in its head, but at some point, its Filth Breath was clearly being pushed back.

- What the—!

It tried to squeeze out more power, belatedly.

But by then, it was already far too late.

Kwoooooooooooooosh!!

- ?!

Bwoooooooooooosh!!

The massive Breath became a tidal wave and crashed down over the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth.

The Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth hurried to escape.

It tried to employ its characteristic regenerative power as well.

But for some reason, its body did not recover.

- What is this!

And that was the end.

[ You have successfully slain the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth. ]

[ You have leveled up. ]

[ All stats have increased by 1. ]

[ You have acquired 1 bonus stat. ]

[ You have successfully completed the 5th task. ]

Brief notifications floated up.

Just like that, the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth was entirely burned away and vanished in the flames of Mini Breath.

Fwoosh.

Only then did Su-ho, having blown away the Great Spirit of Centuries-Old Filth, exhale shortly and gather the flames, like blowing out a candle.

“Fuuuu...”

Even so, his anger did not subside easily.

Su-ho sighed and shook off his surroundings.

“For a piece of trash that was nothing special, it was really disgusting enough to kill me.”

Sometimes, something that soils your mood is more fatal than something that hurts.

This had been one of those times.

In that sense, if this was what Hera had been aiming for, then it was Hera’s victory.

Su-ho scrubbed his body thoroughly with mana and waited for the next stage.

“Ugh, I’m sure I washed everything, but it still feels like some of it’s left.”

He never wanted to run into something like that again.

Before long, the surrounding scenery changed.

[ ■■ gives you the remaining tasks. ]

A system notification.

Now it would be the 6th task’s turn.

What was the 6th again?

He remembered.

‘Hunting the birds of Stymphalos.’

Hunting those crazy birds made of bronze.

That was the 6th task.

‘If my memory’s right, Hercules wore the hide of the Nemean lion when he took them down.’

Then I should at least wear the Blood Suit.

No matter how strong they were, they wouldn’t be tougher than his mana.

It was around the time he was thinking that.

[ ■■’s task begins. ]

[ ■■’s 6th task begins. ]

The next task began.

At the same time, the scenery changed, and Su-ho was standing atop a cliff with the sea below. And at the same time—

[ A boss monster appears. ]

A boss monster appeared immediately.

Fwoooooooosh!

The wind blew harshly.

Su-ho narrowed his eyes, and at the same moment, something enormous began to reveal itself from below the cliff.

They were the Bronze Birds of Stymphalos.

“Of course.”

As expected, the Twelve Labors of Hercules were proceeding faithfully along the original tale. But when he saw the bronze birds, Su-ho momentarily doubted his own eyes.

“Those things... why are they so big?”

He hadn’t seen wrong.

The bronze birds rising up from below the cliff were, without exaggeration, insanely huge, like some phoenixes.

And it wasn’t just one or two.

Could they have come out wrong?

- Bronze Bird of Stymphalos Lv.???

- Bronze Bird of Stymphalos Lv.???

- Bronze Bird of Stymphalos Lv.???

......

No.

They had come out just fine.

Their nameplates were accurate, and since there was nothing particularly different about them, it seemed all those dozens of birds were counted together as a single boss monster.

‘It’s not the first time the boss mob hasn’t been just one, but still...’

Well.

In the original myth, it had also said that Hercules handled dozens of birds by himself.

At that moment, the bronze birds all began to screech at once.

- Kyaaaak! Kyaaaak!

[ The Bronze Bird of Stymphalos uses ruler-grade Fear. ]

[ Dragon Blood is activated. ]

[ Due to the Dragon Mind effect of Dragon Blood, the Fear is not applied. ]

[ Due to the effect of ruler-grade Fear, all buff effects on Players are removed. ]

As expected, ruler-grade again this time.

It was fine.

He could just cast his buffs again.

Su-ho patiently waited for the Fear to pass, then immediately re-applied his buffs.

[ Blood Armory is activated. ]

[ Blessing is activated. ]

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