Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 617

Quai’s advice continued.

“This is important. Overment is not merely the name of a team formed from Lost Constellations. Overment is also the true name of the being you call the System.”

“The System’s true name... I had no idea.”

“There was no way for you to know. They only allow others to learn their name after meeting the minimum qualifications they established.”

“And what are those minimum qualifications?”

“Reaching the final stage of one’s possessed class, one of the processes required to become a Constellation.”

“So that’s why you’re telling me now?”

“You will need to make many preparations. Though they lost their qualifications and became Lost Constellations, each and every one of them once represented their dimensions as Constellations. And there is one more thing. They possess an overwhelmingly powerful motivation that compels them to fight desperately.”

“Don’t tell me they baited them with freedom?”

“Yes, that’s correct. If the Lost Constellations belonging to Overment fulfill certain conditions, they can regain their qualifications as Constellations.”

Just as expected.

Really, what else would make anyone swear loyalty to an enemy?

What vicious bastards.

Squeezing everything out of people and using them until the end.

Su-ho’s eyes narrowed.

“Then has no one ever defeated Overment and won the indie game?”

Quai nodded.

“It will not be an easy battle. To put it extremely, among the Constellations who once experienced battle against Overment, there are some who became so overwhelmed by despair at the time that they no longer even dare attempt the indie game again.”

Just how strong are they?

But Su-ho was not someone who would give up over that.

“Even so, I won’t give up. If I intended to give up, I never would have started in the first place.”

“A wonderful mindset. That is why I sincerely hope you achieve what you desire and carve a new history into this universe.”

“Of course I will. Do you have any further advice regarding Overment?”

Quai shook his head.

“At present, the only things I can tell you are the name Overment and their identity. Once you become a Constellation and participate in the indie game even once, you will naturally learn everything.”

“Understood. Then please help me a great deal until then. Master Sachsen told me the Seven Holy Arts I learned are all heavily influenced by your assistance, Quai.”

“Of course.”

The two shook hands one final time.

“Then I’ll be going now.”

After finishing his farewell, Su-ho finally stepped through the Subspace door and headed outside.

When the door eventually closed, Quai looked at the trace Su-ho had left behind and formed a faint smile.

It was a smile carrying many meanings.

***

He returned through the dimensional gate.

The place he returned to was the safe house in Cheongdam that also served as his residence.

It felt like he had returned from a long journey.

Probably because he had experienced Bell’s childhood.

But when he actually checked the clock, surprisingly, not even a few hours had passed.

“Seriously.”

His sense of time felt stranger and stranger these days.

Su-ho let out a faint laugh and dropped himself onto the sofa.

Comfortable.

How long had it been since he’d felt something this soft?

Was it because he had returned after finishing a long trial?

Suddenly, the scenery inside the house felt dreamlike.

“Status window.”

[ An Su-ho ]

Lv : 400Class : Black PopeRank : Guardian GodBetting : ＜Umbra＞＜Heracles＞＜Sword Demon＞Traits▲ : ＜New Blood★＞＜Heracles＞＜King of Ruined Nations＞＜King of the Demon Realm＞＜Sun-Moon Body＞Strength(S) : 148True Demonic Power(G) : 437Super Senses(S) : 90Command(N) : 220Bonus Stats : 0A status window that had not changed much.

Ah, of course, it had not remained completely unchanged.

Several stats had risen by a few dozen points, and the triangle beside his class had disappeared.

His level had not risen.

After all, the only monster he had killed there was a single Malice Beast used as a target for the Extermination of Evil test.

Even so, it held great meaning.

Quai had said he had finally completed the entire class progression process as a Player.

‘Never thought the end of it would be becoming a Pope.’

People really never know where life will lead them.

Life truly was unpredictable.

After closing the status window, Su-ho quietly stared up at the ceiling.

Then he frowned slightly as he recalled the Pantheon Stones.

At that moment, he felt a small amount of mana being pulled away.

“Whoa!”

Startled, Su-ho quickly sat up and gathered the energy twisting together.

He had nearly dropped the Pantheon Stones into this place.

‘That was seriously close.’

If the Pantheon Stones suddenly crashed down here and shattered the ceiling, who exactly was supposed to clean that up?

Apparently, just as Sachsen had said, even if he could not use the other holy arts yet, summoning the Pantheon Stones themselves was possible.

Su-ho pulled up the list of Seven Holy Arts he had learned through Sachsen.

[ Holy Arts ]

RecoveryPurificationProtectionExtermination of EvilConsecrationWeakenExtreme EnhancementThe seven holy arts he had received through Sachsen’s recommendation.

Including the Sacred Covenant, it almost felt like they should be called Eight Holy Arts instead of Seven Holy Arts, but since the Sacred Covenant was not something he could repeatedly use, calling them Seven Holy Arts seemed correct.

‘Still, Recovery, Purification, and Protection all had normal names, but after that the names suddenly became strangely different.’

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