Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 530

Umbrada.

That was the Shadow Lord’s true name.

And the moment Umbrada revealed his true name—

[ For the first time as a player, you have heard a Superior’s true name directly from the party in question. ]

[ You have achieved a truly tremendous accomplishment that no other player has been able to accomplish. ]

[ The system acknowledges your supreme accomplishment and gifts you 20 bonus stats. ]

Su-ho could be granted bonus stats in recognition of that accomplishment.

'What the hell is this......!'

A Superior?

Up until now, the system had been calling the beings he knew as Transcendents “Superiors.”

Then was their official designation not “Transcendent,” but “Superior”?

'But if that’s the case.......'

He remembered the time he’d first manifested the Formless Sword.

[ The system wishes to grant you, who have reached the realm of a Transcendent for the first time, an opportunity to become stronger. ]

[ Rebooting An Su-ho Player’s system. ]

The memory of the system reboot.

Back then, the system had definitely said he had reached the realm of a Transcendent.

So which was it supposed to be?

Pushing that question aside for the moment, Su-ho spoke to Umbrada.

“This...... I’m so thrown off I don’t even know where to start or what I’m supposed to say.”

- There is no need to be flustered. We have plenty of time, and you have achieved the qualifications, so ask what you are curious about. And when all of that is finished, you can listen to my story then.

That droning hum in his voice—one that could even sound holy at first glance—settled into something much calmer.

Faced with Umbrada’s consideration as he composed himself and gave him room to breathe, Su-ho hesitated briefly, then opened his mouth.

“Thanks for the consideration. I’ve got a lot I’m curious about, but like you said, I’ll start with the small stuff. What’s a Superior, what’s a High Grade, and what’s a Non-Player grade? And why is this place called the spirit world?”

- The reason this place is called the spirit world is because I named it so. Because this is a world where shadows are everything.

“Shadows are everything? But the residents here...... no, not just the residents—animals and plants, hell, even inanimate objects and objects, none of them have shadows.”

- It is not that they do not exist, but that they cannot possess them. Because I possess them all. And as I said earlier, I am this world’s guardian deity and a shadowmancer who wielded shadow magic. That is why I named this world the spirit world.

“Fine. Then what are the High Grade and the Non-Player grade?”

- Just as the words say. High and Non-Player are a classification chart of players determined by the system.

“So what the hell does that mean.”

He was asking because he genuinely didn’t know.

Because before, when he’d asked Grid something related—

“......What is that? So what does a player grade even mean?”

- Su-ho, the system’s world is broader than you think. It means the worlds the system governs are not limited to this one place.

“What the.......”

That level of an answer had been all he got.

Hearing Su-ho’s response, Umbrada thought for a moment, then continued.

- I see. You were a mid-tier—Middle Grade—so you had no access authorization to that information. But now that you have gained a certain degree of access authorization, it seems I can explain it to you.

Umbrada looked up at the sky.

He was looking at the system.

Then he nodded.

- Permission has been granted. They say your qualifications are sufficient.

“Are you using telepathy or something? I can’t hear a thing.”

- The conversation channel itself is different. If we are to speak of player grades...... then first, we must speak of the Absolute One, and of the system you know.

The system and the Absolute One.

Though the notation was different, seeing them treated as the same meaning made Su-ho’s tension rise.

Because it felt like he was approaching the “real secret” that had been shrouded in veil all this time.

- Even if your qualifications have been met, your rank is still insufficient, so I cannot tell you very many things...... but as you once heard from your partner, more worlds exist than you think, and the system governs a great many such worlds. And it weaves them together like a game, taking pleasure in it.

“......Keep going.”

- The world you belong to and the world I belong to are the same. And most worlds pass through several stages of processing that the system has laid down. For example, after a world experiences a single destruction, it selects the most outstanding being among them as a representative and grants them an opportunity to become a guardian deity—then finally presents that guardian deity with a choice. That final choice is whether to perish together with the world and be used as tools and materials for the amusement of other worlds, or to preserve the world and remain as a helper for the amusement of other worlds.

“W-wait a second. That’s suddenly too much information at once, so I need a minute to sort out my thoughts.......”

He meant it literally.

This was extremely shocking information he’d never even heard of.

Su-ho began sorting it out slowly.

Then, all at once, he knit his brow and said,

“Wait. You said it goes through destruction and then picks the most outstanding being as a representative and gives them a chance to become a guardian deity? When you say destruction, do you mean the destruction of the entire world?”

- That is correct.

“How is the opportunity to become a guardian deity given?”

- You will learn that soon. From what I have observed, the probability that you will become that guardian deity is the highest.

Making another choice itself was the privilege of the strong. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

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