Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 494

“Su-ho!!”

I didn’t mishear it.

I heard it right.

A voice pounding straight into my ears.

The name I’d wanted to hear so badly.

An Su-ho.

More precisely, Su-ho.

And my name, coming out of Mom’s mouth.

Maybe that’s why?

Without even realizing it, Su-ho reflexively shouted back.

“Mom!!”

KWA-GWA-GWA-GWA-GWA!!

“KYAAAAAAAH!!”

The moment Su-ho cried out for his mom, a nearby building collapsed, and along with people’s screams, his view was blocked.

“Mommmmm!!”

Again, a voice that burst out reflexively.

At the same time, his body started moving on its own.

Su-ho pushed through the obstructed view and headed toward where his mom was.

“Mom!! Mom!! Mom!! Mom, where are you!!”

His eyes reddened, and his throat burned hot.

His mouth, opened from how worked up he was, split strings of saliva, and even though his physical specs had already transcended the human category, Su-ho’s hands trembled as if he’d been hit by some powerful debuff.

“Uaaaargh!!”

Worked up, Su-ho started tearing and ripping at everything his hands could grab.

Mom.

My mom.

My mom who died in that gate accident in the past.

The mom who died in a gate accident when I was a teenager, the mom I could never see again, the mom whose entire area got blown away so I couldn’t even salvage a single photograph, and the mom so much time had passed that I couldn’t even see her in my dreams anymore.

That mom had appeared right in front of me after decades.

“Su-ho!!”

Mom’s voice.

He turned his head toward where the sound came from, and far away, he could see Mom again.

In that moment, shattered building debris started pouring down over Mom.

“Mom!!” 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

I have to save her.

This time, I have to save her no matter what.

Su-ho instinctively used his skills.

He used everything he could think of.

He called forth everything he could call forth.

But nothing happened.

“......!!”

His eyes widened.

Why?

Why ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) the hell?

In a split second, Su-ho saw the falling debris and Mom’s face.

At the same time, he felt despair at the fact that his skills weren’t activating.

“An.......”

KUA-GWA-GWA-GWA!!

“Mommmmm—AAAGH!!”

The building collapsed.

Since his skills didn’t activate, there was no way to stop the falling building.

Su-ho screamed for his mom until his voice was about to rip apart.

The impact of the collapsing debris kicked up dust in a hazy cloud.

Arriving late to where Mom was, Su-ho frantically searched for her.

“Su......ho.......”

A faint voice.

A noisy surrounding.

But Su-ho found it with uncanny precision.

And the situation was the worst.

Mom’s lower body was pinned under the debris, trapping her so she couldn’t get out.

“Uaaaargh!!”

So shocked he couldn’t even call out her name first, Su-ho burst into tears and grabbed the massive chunk of debris.

And lifted.

To do whatever it took to pull Mom out.

But for some reason, the debris didn’t budge at all.

“Uaaaargh!! Why!! Why!!”

Why the hell!

Why is this pathetic pile of debris—why!

It feels like his hands are going to burst.

Like his forearms are going to burst.

Like his face is going to burst.

But Su-ho didn’t stop forcing strength into his body.

In that moment, Mom spoke in a voice that sounded like she was dying.

“Su-ho...... Mom...... die...... die.......”

“Mom!!”

He could feel her spark of life going out.

In the end, Su-ho gave up on lifting the debris and used Heal on Mom instead.

[ Heal activates. ]

A system notification.

Thankfully, Heal activated.

He did his best.

He poured in all the mana he had.

But even so, there was no sign that Mom’s condition was improving.

'Why? Why the hell?'

He felt dizzy.

His head was a mess.

His chest pounded.

Like his heart was going to explode.

His breathing was ragged.

With both hands together, Su-ho kept treating Mom with all his strength.

And yet, even so, there was no sign that Mom’s spark of life was coming back.

In that moment, from behind Su-ho, another familiar voice spoke.

“Geez, Junior. I was wondering where you were and what you were doing, and here you are?”

Junior?

A familiar...... no, a voice so disgusting it was unbearable.

And in this world, there’s only one person who calls me Junior.

Holding back tears that felt like they were about to burst, Su-ho turned his head with a flushed, reddened face, and there was Pi Seong-yeol, hands shoved into his pockets, looking down at him.

“You......!”

“What are you so surprised about? First time seeing your senior’s face?”

“What are you? Why are you here?”

“How, my ass. I’m obviously here as the chief person responsible to supervise whether the Shock Project is going well. By the way.......”

Pi Seong-yeol glanced at Su-ho’s mom, then snickered as he spoke.

“Who’s that woman? A civilian?”

“What did you say?”

“Huh. Funny, she kinda looks like you. Don’t tell me that’s your mother, Junior? But she’s basically dying, huh?”

“You son of a bitch!!”

Furious, Su-ho pulled his hands off Mom and lunged at Pi Seong-yeol. At the same time, the instant he was about to throw a punch at Pi Seong-yeol’s face—

“Keuhuk!”

From Mom’s mouth, where treatment had been cut off, a mouthful of blood sprayed out.

“Mom!!”

Su-ho latched back onto Mom and used Heal.

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