Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 496

Flash!

With another flashing halo of light, his vision returned.

The surroundings were dark, but.

[ Due to the Original Vampyr effect, you are not affected by the restriction effect of darkness. ]

Thanks to the skill effect, his vision brightened again as if it were broad daylight.

'Where the hell is this place now?'

He looked around.

The place he’d newly arrived in looked like the inside of a huge cave.

This time, too, no related system notifications appeared.

'Same as last time—figure it out and proceed on my own.'

Now that he thought about it, it was incredibly unfriendly.

But if that was the rule here, he had to follow it.

For full-scale exploration, Su-ho started with basic armament.

[ Blessing activates. ]

[ Mana Detection activates. ]

[ Endurance activates. ]

[ Enhancement activates. ]

[ Night Watchman’s Eyes activates. ]

And then.

[ Paladion activates. ]

[ Divine Aura activates. ]

Now even the newly added armaments, too.

'Nice.'

That was when it happened.

“KIAAAAAAAH!!”

The moment holy energy began to burst out from Su-ho, somewhere, along with a bizarre shriek, black swarms started pouring toward him.

Their identity was none other than bats.

“Bats?”

- ???’s Dark Bat. Lv.???

- ???’s Dark Bat. Lv.???

- ???’s Dark Bat. Lv.???

- ???’s Dark Bat. Lv.???

......

Like a rapids wave surging in, they were definitely bats.

There were so many that for an instant, they almost looked like an ant swarm.

'Looking at it like this, it’s really disgusting.'

But Su-ho didn’t panic and immediately took up a combat stance.

[ Heat Storm activates. ]

When something comes rushing in at random, nothing beats Heat Storm.

The moment Heat Storm activated, a scorching wind imbued with True Mana began to blast out an even more intense gale.

“Jijijijijik!”

“Jijijik!”

“Chijijijijiji!”

Unable to withstand Su-ho’s hot wind, the dark bats began to shrivel and dry up, writhing in the heat.

Just as expected.

No matter that this was a trait quest that had reached the third singularity, Su-ho’s current level was higher than any trial the System could throw at him.

Of course, it wasn’t just Heat Storm—taking heavy damage from the opposing energy backlash as well, thanks to the Divine Aura wrapped around Su-ho, was a big part of it.

'Before, Breath of Healing was something I barely used, but now that it’s Divine Aura, its usefulness has gotten pretty sweet.'

Holy attribute imbuement. Just that one difference, and how much usefulness it carried.

Nodding in satisfaction, Su-ho advanced forward at a slow pace.

“Jijijijijik!”

“Jijijik!”

“Chijijijijiji!”

Each time, the dark bats died in droves, but Su-ho didn’t care at all and advanced forward over a mountain of corpses.

He also didn’t forget to check ahead with Mana Detection.

'That way.'

Bats were still pouring in as a swarm.

But since “???’s” was attached in front of the dark bats’ name, there was a high chance the dark bats were someone’s property—in other words, summoned creatures.

Then who the hell was ????

Around then, the bat rush suddenly cut off.

What is it—does something exist up ahead?

Advancing forward with a bit of tension, a large plaza appeared.

But the plaza was red.

The plaza, as if molded from red rock, gave off a solemn, majestic atmosphere like a grand cathedral, and at the center of the plaza, a huge altar like an arena had been placed.

“Oh.......”

It was when he finally set foot inside the plaza.

[ You receive moonlight. ]

[ The Rune of the Moon reacts. ]

[ The Power of the Moon activates. ]

[ You receive the Blessing of the Moon. ]

[ All stats increase by 1%. ]

[ All recovery increases by 1%. ]

[ Ice attribute activates. ]

[ Darkness attribute activates. ]

System notifications.

The Rune of the Moon suddenly activated.

What?

All of a sudden, here?

That meant moonlight imbued with mana was pouring down from somewhere.

Su-ho instinctively lifted his head and looked up at the sky.

And he could see it.

That what he’d thought was simply a dome-shaped ceiling wasn’t a ceiling, but the sky.

And at its center, like an ornament—no, like a painting hung in the middle—there was a red full moon... in other words, a blood-red full moon.

'A red full moon....'

Could it be a blood moon?

It wasn’t the first time he’d seen a red moon.

Even in the original world, a red full moon could sometimes be seen during a total lunar eclipse, under the name “blood moon.”

That was when it happened.

Swaaa!

A blood-red vortex whipped up in front of Su-ho, and inside it, the silhouette of a human form took shape, then fully revealed itself.

The being that revealed itself was none other than a woman.

And a beauty, at that.

Jet-black hair dark as pitch, skin white as snow, and blood-red eyes that contrasted with it—eyes as red as the blood moon hanging in the sky.

Then, above her head, a namecard rose up.

- ???’s Confidant Shuraia Lv.???

Shuraia.

That was her name.

Right after the namecard appeared, her eyelids slowly lifted.

“Hi?”

A clear voice.

But oddly seductive.

Yeah.

That was lust.

The kind a gumiho gives off to bewitch people.

Su-ho narrowed his eyes and asked.

“Who are you?”

“My name is Shuraia. I’m my master’s most loyal confidant. I was waiting here to test you.”

“Test me?”

“Yeah. You filthy human, you dared to use the System’s power to take Their blood?”

“If you mean ‘Them’....”

Catching the context, Su-ho asked back.

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