Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 489

Chwaaaaaaaa!

The barrier, which began to split cleanly as if the Red Sea were parting, surged widely to the left and right, and soon revealed the real cliff it had been hiding behind an illusory barrier.

- This can’t be possible...!!

A nameless dragon’s exclamation forced its way through that gap.

Of course, it was closer to shock.

So it was thrilling.

All this time, how much venom had that nameless dragon... no, that damned lizard bastard, been whispering right into his ear?

Su-ho gave a small snort of laughter toward the opened barrier and shrugged.

“Dragons aren’t anything special either.”

- ......!!

“Then this lowly, foolish, stupid being is going in now.”

If you won’t come out, I’ll go in—boom chajajaja boom chajajaja.

Bring it.

No matter what happens, I have to see your face.

As the barrier collapsed, what had been just a blocked wall revealed itself as the entrance to a massive cave.

Su-ho strode in like a triumphant general.

Swaaaaa!

The moment he stepped into the cave, a chilly, mist-like presence pierced through him as if drilling straight through.

Cold.

Heavy.

A strangely unpleasant presence.

But there was nothing in the system notifications.

Then it was nothing more than a feeling—nothing more, nothing less.

Still, Su-ho didn’t let his guard down, and reactivated the various skills he’d left off while training True Origin Slash.

[ Blessing activates. ]

[ Mana Detection activates. ]

[ Endurance activates. ]

[ Enhancement activates. ]

[ Wildsmith’s Eye activates. ]

Fortunately, the cave itself didn’t look like it had traps.

If it did, he would’ve seen an abnormal convergence of mana.

Su-ho slowly moved deeper inside.

He thought the cave would be pitch-black, but surprisingly, the interior was faintly lit.

It was a strange place.

With a cave this big, he expected stalactites and the like—some kind of cave-specific environment—but the inside was extremely neat, like a paved road or a tunnel.

After passing through the cave that was like a long, long tunnel, a single huge door appeared.

'A door?'

The moment he found the door, Su-ho immediately scanned the area.

Nothing particularly special.

Just a pair of giant double doors, about the size of the cave entrance.

Reassured, he approached and touched the door.

There was no reaction.

He thought at least a system notification would appear, or sparks would fly like that barrier, but nothing happened.

Looking closer, there was no handle on the door.

Instead, at about Su-ho’s eye level, there was a palm pattern drawn on each side.

'A hand?'

Since it was there, he placed his hand against it first.

Nothing changed.

Then was he supposed to push?

He put strength into his arms and pushed.

It was stiff.

It didn’t budge.

Then what was the point of this door even existing?

Su-ho shouted.

“So what now?”

- .......

No answer came back.

Ah, this bastard’s sulking.

Or did it finally realize it?

That if it kept mocking and provoking him and I actually pulled it off again, then this time it really would scratch its pride.

When no answer came even after time passed, Su-ho decided to figure it out himself.

[ Blood Armor activates. ]

He summoned the blood sword into his hand.

Then, when he focused, the world inverted into black and white, and the tangled laws of the world began to come into view.

But among them, he couldn’t see any Ring of Runes entwined with the door.

In other words, the door really was a pure door with no device on it at all.

The surroundings were the same.

He couldn’t see or feel anything like booby traps or special mechanism arrays.

If so, then the only thing left was to push his way in for real....

'Fine. I’ll just push my way in.'

If it doesn’t work, I’ll just break it and go in.

Su-ho rolled up his sleeves and began preparing in earnest to push the door.

- .......

The dragon watched that scene.

The dragon, the owner of this place, didn’t say a single word anymore. It just narrowed its eyes and watched Su-ho.

There were a few reasons, but the biggest reason right now was exactly as Su-ho had guessed: it didn’t want to get humiliated by running its mouth again, only for him to pull it off.

So the dragon was grinding him down in its mind so Su-ho couldn’t hear.

Idiot.

You got lucky and broke my barrier, but you’ll never be able to open that door.

Its name was the “Door of Qualification.”

It had no device on it at all, but it was made from pure Dragonstone, so unless you had strength on the level of the dragonkin, no matter what you did, it could never be destroyed.

Because that door had the power to thoroughly block any other kind of energy except a dragon’s mana.

That was why, if you wanted to open that door, you had to push it open using only your pure physical strength.

So can you really do it?

You might’ve gotten your hands on my kin’s blood somehow, but in the end, you’ll break here.

The dragon held its breath and watched.

In that moment, Su-ho swallowed his breath, fixed his legs, and stretched his arms out.

“Hup!”

He pushed the door.

It was stiff.

Like pushing Mount Taesan.

But he didn’t give up, and squeezed out every last bit of strength and pushed.

Ugh, does this even open?

But somehow, it feels like there’s a bit of reaction.

Am I imagining it?

At that moment—

Drk—

The door reacted slightly.

- ......!!

At the same time, the dragon’s eyes widened.

“It works?”

After confirming the door’s reaction, Su-ho let out the breath he’d been holding and stepped back.

Then he shook out both hands and grinned.

“That’s a relief. It’s not completely sealed shut.”

What was lacking was my strength.

Then I can just supplement my strength and raise it.

He’d found the point to exploit.

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