Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 529

This wasn’t a sneer, or the kind of smile that came from composure.

The Demon King was smiling with the same kind of rapture he’d had when special quest was mentioned from Su-ho’s mouth.

Su-ho pressed the blood sword tight to the Demon King’s throat and said,

“What’s so funny?”

“Heh. Of course I’d laugh. Do you have any idea how long I’ve waited for this moment?”

“So why?”

“I can’t tell you that. So hurry and kill me. Then you’ll learn the whole truth.”

At the words urging his own death, Su-ho’s expression twisted.

What was this?

Was he trying to use mind games and stab him in the back?

No—if that were the case, the mana reaction coming off him wouldn’t be perfectly still.

If he was preparing some other skill to backstab him, the mana ripples would have to swell somehow.

But his mana ripples were endlessly calm, like a quiet surface of water.

“So you’ve got no intention of telling me nicely.”

“Obviously.”

“Then I’m not killing you.”

“......What?”

“I’m not killing you. You look like you need death no matter how you look at it, so why would I fall for a provocation like that?”

“Haha, interesting. But you’ll have no choice but to kill me.”

“Why?”

“So you can meet the Shadow Lord you want.”

“What are you talking about? Weren’t you the Shadow Lord?”

“As if.”

His face was full of leeway.

Like he was the one holding the initiative.

But his words shook Su-ho harder than he expected.

Su-ho narrowed his eyes.

'That’s true... he was called the Demon King, or the Demon King of Shadow Castle. He was never called the Shadow Lord.'

And if he really were the Shadow Lord, wouldn’t the special quest have triggered long ago?

Su-ho asked,

“Where’s the Shadow Lord?”

“You’ll find out if you kill me.”

“That’s weird. If you want death that badly, you could kill yourself. Why are you insisting on borrowing my hand?”

“That’s my choice. So—what will you do?”

“I told you. I’m not killing you.”

“You’re stubborn. Then you’ll never get what you want. There is no way to meet the Shadow Lord except by killing me.”

“For now, sure.”

Thud!

He drove the blade he’d had at the Demon King’s throat in about half a handspan.

A soft sound of flesh being pierced followed.

But the Demon King’s face was still full of leeway.

“You think you can kill me with something like that?”

“Are you stupid? I said I’m not killing you.”

[ Enthrallment is activated. ]

He met the Demon King’s eyes.

Then Su-ho’s mana began seeping into the Demon King.

But—

Pang!

An effect like ice cracking and fragments flying burst out, and the enthrallment failed.

Seeing that, the Demon King laughed.

“Ridiculous. Were you planning to put me under hypnosis?”

“You catch on fast. But I guess it doesn’t go down easy since you’re a boss monster.”

“We’re not on the same level.”

“Talking about levels when you’re lying on your back... then how about this? Poison Dragon.”

“Saaa!”

At Su-ho’s call, the Poison Dragon sprang out.

At the same time, obeying Su-ho’s will, the Poison Dragon rode along Su-ho’s blade and slipped straight into the Demon King’s body.

“......!”

“Wait. I’m not done yet.”

[ Corruption Sorcery is activated. ]

The moment the sorcery activated, starting from the tip of Su-ho’s blade, the Demon King’s skin began discoloring.

Su-ho didn’t stop there. He touched the Demon King’s body here and there with his finger.

[ Point-Pressure is activated. ]

[ Seal of Pain is activated. ]

He pressed paralysis points.

And he also placed Seal of Pain so his stamina couldn’t recover.

Su-ho bundled the best torture methods he could use into a full set and applied them to him.

Not long after, a response came immediately.

“Guhhh...!!”

Wow, look at that life coming back.

He’d thought he’d never see that kind of vitality in those hollow eyes, but I guess even a Demon King hurts when it hurts.

Su-ho smiled and said,

“I’m not going to kill you. But I never said I’d just let you go, either. FYI, my day job is a medic. Try enduring as long as you can. I’ve got time to spare.”

“Guhhh... you son of a...!”

“Oh, so you can even swear? You were acting so relaxed I thought you had something you were relying on.”

“You bastard...! Even if you do this, I...!”

“Yeah. Don’t answer me to the end—just try enduring. Even if you’re a Demon King, your stamina isn’t infinite. Stay sharp. If you slip for even a second, I’ll put you under hypnosis.”

After saying that, Su-ho made a chair with Blood Armor and sat down beside him.

He also used Blood Armor to haul him upright and hang him there.

“Guhhh...!”

Time passed.

About five minutes later, his entire body had turned a dark, grayish-black, like mold had bloomed over him.

Looking at the Demon King’s face that seemed like it could pass out at any moment, Su-ho used enthrallment again.

[ Enthrallment is activated. ]

The skill activated.

And this time, what hadn’t worked before worked properly.

Because a heart-shaped effect appeared in his eyes.

To confirm, Su-ho asked,

“Demon King?”

“......Yes.”

“Okay. It went down nice.”

As expected, there’s nothing like torture.

After removing only the Poison Dragon, Su-ho stayed seated and asked the Demon King,

“Where’s the Shadow Lord?”

“The Shadow Lord... is... inside me....”

The Demon King answered with difficulty.

But the Shadow Lord is inside you?

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Su-ho asked,

“Inside you? What do you mean?”

“The Shadow Lord... is hiding... inside me... Unless you kill me... he will never... come out....”

“What the....”

At that moment, a thought suddenly crossed Su-ho’s mind.

'This... feels kind of like a trap.'

A long time ago, there was a very famous ghost ship called the Flying Dutchman.

There are many stories tied to that ghost ship, but the most famous one is that if you kill the captain, the captain’s qualifications are automatically inherited, and you can never leave the Flying Dutchman for eternity.

Why did the Flying Dutchman come to mind from the Demon King’s answer?

Su-ho asked,

“Is there another way?”

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