Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 465

‘It’s coming.’

It was exactly as the words said.

The Hercules replica came charging like a bull.

But neither its gait nor its posture felt like some low-IQ third-rate avatar.

It was just that it felt as powerful as a bull.

‘But in the end, it’s still just a cheap knockoff.’

Before long, having closed the distance to Su-ho, Hercules swung his olive-wood club at him.

Vwooom!

The power behind it was enormous.

It looked like a simple swing, but the moment he saw that olive-wood club being swung, Su-ho felt it.

‘If that hits me, I’m really done for.’

Power you could feel even without crossing blades with it.

So even as a mere knockoff, was its tier just on a different level?

But if it was close-quarters combat, Su-ho was confident too.

Su-ho slipped past Hercules’s club as if he were sliding and immediately swung his sword.

[ Diamond Cutter is activated. ]

Slaaash!

His sword, swung like a flash of light, left a blue afterimage of sword aura and traced a red arc.

His target was Hercules’s arm, the one that had swung the club.

Before long, a long sword mark was engraved on Hercules’s arm. But—

Klang!!

The engraved sword mark seemed to shine for a moment, then shattered outward like breaking glass.

Naturally, there wasn’t so much as a wound, not even a scratch.

- Pathetic!

Vwooom!!

Having successfully defended, Hercules immediately attempted a counterattack.

Su-ho was briefly dumbfounded that Diamond Cutter hadn’t worked, but separately from that, he still dodged Hercules’s attack.

‘Diamond Cutter doesn’t work?’

That’s impossible.

Of all things, this was Diamond Cutter.

On top of that, his Blood Sword was forged using silver-colored mana as its base, and the sword aura layered over it was now in its absolute peak form.

There was no way that wouldn’t work.

As he dodged Hercules’s flurry of club strikes, Su-ho once again looked for an opening.

[ Diamond Cutter is activated. ]

Slaaash!

This time as well, the strike landed cleanly.

The blue sword aura engraved a long trajectory.

This time he had targeted the chest. However—

Klang!!

Just like before, the engraved sword mark seemed to shine for a moment, then shattered away like breaking glass without leaving even a single scratch.

‘What kind of ridiculous nonsense is this!’

He had deliberately avoided the lion pelt and gone for the gaps.

And yet he still couldn’t land an effective hit?

Flustered, Su-ho opened up a long distance.

‘You’ve got to be kidding me, seriously.’

So they merged several tasks into one, and this difficulty is supposed to be reasonable?

No matter what, there’s such a thing as an appropriate line, isn’t there?

On top of that, the Hercules replica was currently under Weakening and had Blessing of Rage layered over it, so the damage it took should have been massively increased.

And yet Diamond Cutter wasn’t working, so from Su-ho’s point of view, all he could do was be at a loss for words.

But he couldn’t just sit there complaining.

In the end, the fact that the system had permitted this task at all meant it was still doable.

‘Just what are they thinking.’

With his brow furrowed, Su-ho immediately switched over to drawing up a strategy.

‘First, I need to check a few things.’

If the Hercules replica’s defense, even aside from the Nemean lion’s pelt, possessed a higher defensive power than Diamond Cutter, then Sky Severance would work even less.

In that case, he had no choice but to start by strengthening Diamond Cutter.

- I’ll kill you!

Enraged by the effect of Enrage, the Hercules replica once again closed in rapidly on Su-ho.

Fortunately within misfortune, though the Hercules replica, even as a replica, had outstanding physical abilities, its innate martial prowess was lacking, so its movements were inferior to Su-ho’s.

In other words, as long as he focused, he could dodge as much as he wanted.

Kwooooom!!

Hercules’s club slammed down from above, smashing the ground.

The power behind it was staggering.

‘His martial skill may be poor, but his physical stats are in another universe.’

He had the feeling that if he took that head-on, it wouldn’t just be a fracture; the spot that got hit would be ripped off entirely.

But as long as he didn’t get hit, that was that.

Su-ho immediately created an opening and drove his Blood Sword in.

[ Enhancement is activated. ]

[ Diamond Cutter is activated. ]

[ Enhancement is applied. ]

[ The power of Diamond Cutter becomes even stronger. ]

He swung his sword with Enhancement layered on top.

Slaaash!

Thankfully, this time as well, Su-ho’s blade succeeded in carving a long line across the guy’s body.

Like lightning skimming past, his sword aura engraved a long sword mark into the guy’s body.

Klang!!

“What?!”

But as if openly mocking Su-ho’s efforts, even though it was clearly a strike with Enhancement layered on top, the Hercules replica casually deflected his attack.

Kwooooooom!!

In the meantime, Hercules’s club once again passed by Su-ho and detonated against the floor.

- Uaaaaaaaargh!!

[ The Unknown Hero 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. ]

“This is driving me nuts.”

Even the cooldown on ruler-grade Fear, why is it this short?

Backing away again, Su-ho scanned his surroundings.

If the strengthened Diamond Cutter didn’t work, he would have to look for another method.

‘Damn it, there’s not even any terrain I can use.’

Of course, there were still things he hadn’t tested yet.

He hadn’t used Foxfire or Rage Mode when he slashed at Hercules.

But for some reason, he didn’t feel like using those two would let him inflict a wound on that bastard either.

The same went for the Poison Dragon’s venom.

You had to land a hit first to trigger the poison effect, and if even Diamond Cutter wouldn’t bite, then there was no way Poison Dragon’s Fangs would sink in either.

‘There’s no way Hera would have set the board without considering at least that much.’

At that moment, pitch-black darkness entered Su-ho’s field of vision.

‘Oh, hold on a second?’

This place, created for the duel, contained nothing but the white marble-like floor.

Which made him feel that this marble floor had to have an end somewhere as well.

Hearing a hundred times wasn’t worth seeing once.

Deciding to check it immediately, Su-ho started running toward the far edge of the marble floor.

- Where do you think you’re running!

Hercules began chasing after Su-ho like a madman.

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