Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 560

Su-ho was serious.

Not just the Olympian gods—if possible, he was planning to meet even the sub-Constellation-class gods on Earth and bring them all into subjugation.

'It's not like I'm planning to take all the shadows of everyone on Earth the way Umbra did.'

But he would have to put in even more effort than that if he wanted to win the Independent Game.

So the thought that came to him the moment he obtained the Godslayer skill was simple: meet the indigenous sub-Constellation-class gods that existed in each world and force them into his service.

'And if they refuse to submit, then I'll have to turn them into Shadow Divine Beasts like Typhon.'

It was another moment when Grid's words—that he should invest everything into his magic stat—hit home once again.

Jack asked,

- But that place called Tartarus, are you sure it's okay to go there alone?

"What do you mean?"

- If it's the place where you imprisoned the Olympian gods, then it means it isn't some easy place. I'm asking whether your current power is enough for you to survive if you visit it recklessly.

"Don't know? I don't have detailed information either. But unlike the Olympian bastards, I can leave Tartarus whenever I want."

- Huh?

Now that, he hadn't known.

Only after recovering the rest of his magic power through Un-Gi-Jo-Sik did Su-ho finally get to his feet.

The fact that he had invested all the bonus stat points he had obtained into True Demon also helped with the faster recovery.

"Man, now even when I use Un-Gi-Jo-Sik, my mana pool is so huge that it takes forever to recover."

- Still, be satisfied that you can recover at all. Spirit Energy doesn't recover like that.

"That's true too."

- Then what's the next step?

"Going to Tartarus."

- There's nothing else you need to prepare first?

"In order of urgency, this comes first."

There was plenty to do, but priorities existed for a reason.

His plan was to go to Tartarus first, achieve what he wanted there, and then spend the remaining time doing the rest.

For example, meeting the Constellations.

Su-ho recalled the system notifications that had been generated when he became a High Player.

[ ■■ requests a meeting with you. ]

[ ■■■■ requests a meeting with you. ]

[ ■■ requests a meeting with you. ]

[ ■■■■ requests a meeting with you. ]

......

Countless meeting requests.

They were the requests that had come the moment Su-ho became a High Player.

The reason they were requesting meetings was easy enough to predict as well.

'They're all my sponsoring Constellations, so they probably want to place bets on me like Heracles did.'

And in the process, he would obtain their power as well.

'I'm looking forward to it.'

So there was no need to hurry.

They would meet him even if he didn't rush, so for now he intended to go to Tartarus first, since he had no idea how much time that might take.

Su-ho snapped his fingers.

[ Tartarus is activated. ]

Tartarus, the skill he had copied from Typhon.

He didn't know why that guy had this skill, but one of the old traditions said that Typhon was imprisoned at the very bottom of Tartarus.

Maybe that was why Typhon possessed the Tartarus skill.

When the door leading to Tartarus opened, sinister energy and ghostly energy came pouring out of it like mad.

A dreary aura so eerie that an ordinary person would faint just from standing in front of it.

Honestly, he didn't want to go.

When he was a kid, he hadn't even liked haunted houses.

But he had to go.

At some point, his life had become nothing but things that absolutely had to be done, regardless of whether he liked them or not.

Su-ho slowly walked into Tartarus.

[ Moving. ]

***

His field of vision changed, and everything became dark.

Then a single road appeared before him. Nothing else could be seen—only a well-paved road lying there by itself.

'Is it originally supposed to feel like this?'

He switched on Mana Detection and looked around.

Nothing else was particularly detected.

There was no visible concentration of magic power.

The only thing in sight was a straight road stretching ahead.

Then there was no choice.

The only option was to keep going straight forward.

He obediently walked straight ahead.

After walking for quite a long time like that, he finally saw a door in the distance.

Standing before the tightly shut door, Su-ho slowly examined it.

There was no gatekeeper in sight.

He didn't sense any traps either.

At the same time, there was no bell or anything like that.

'Guess I just open it?'

So he just opened it.

He placed both hands on the door and pushed with force.

Kugugugugu-

Apparently it wasn't just a normal door, but a stone gate.

When he opened the door, all he saw was pitch-black darkness.

Even so, he just pushed through and went in.

Thunk!

Right after he entered, the door automatically slammed shut with a thunk.

The interior was still pitch-black.

It was just as the Vampir effect was about to activate.

Hwaak!

Suddenly his vision brightened, and a huge river appeared.

The river was brimming with magic power, and just as he was wondering where exactly this was, someone appeared from far away riding a ferryboat.

Clunk-

The boatman brought the ferryboat to the riverbank and stepped off.

Su-ho naturally went over to him.

No name card appeared.

Meaning he wasn't an enemy or a monster.

The man politely bowed his head in greeting.

"My name is Charon. I work here as a boatman."

Charon.

Rolling the name over in his mind, Su-ho recalled his existence from documents he had read in the past.

He was one of Hades's subordinates, responsible for ferrying the dead across rivers of the underworld like the Styx.

Su-ho narrowed his eyes and asked,

"My name is An Su-ho. But isn't this Tartarus?"

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