Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 664

Bangbangbangbang!!

He was being stabbed without pause by blunt-ended clubs.

The heavy and powerful things were almost like steel.

- They are steel.

“They are?”

Jack slid out near Su-ho’s shoulder and spoke while looking at the things striking beyond the Protective Holy Art.

- The mana is as pure and dense as yours. That thing is no ordinary opponent.

“You can distinguish things like that?”

- I’m a mage too. One who reached the pinnacle, at that. You think I wouldn’t be able to distinguish that much?

Fair enough.

He was the pinnacle and essence of shadow magic in the spirit realm.

It would be stranger if he did not know.

The attacks continued.

After hearing Jack’s words, the man’s aura really began to look like steel. More precisely, like liquid metal.

Especially whenever it struck, it instantly became solid and hit him. It possessed quite a peculiar property.

But so what?

Su-ho did not even know his name, and the man kept spouting words he could not understand, but he was no longer interested.

After all, if the man died here, curiosity and everything else would become unnecessary.

‘Even a madman has to be on the same level before I bother playing along.’

That was why he decided to end it now.

Su-ho raised his sword.

[ Extermination of Evil is activated. ]

Cracklecracklecrackle!

The activated Extermination of Evil wrapped around the Protective Holy Art and burst out in every direction.

The man’s steel disintegrated in an instant, and the Extermination of Evil that had destroyed the steel seemed to ascend like a dragon before shooting toward the man according to its master’s will.

The man did not remain still either.

He gathered the disintegrated steel, then soon shaped it into something similar to Extermination of Evil, creating his own Extermination of Evil before making it collide with Su-ho’s.

Rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble!!

Extermination of Evil collided with Extermination of Evil in midair.

A massive explosion erupted, and the remnants of the colliding Extermination of Evil scattered and disappeared in every direction like fireworks.

At the sight, Su-ho’s lips rounded.

Oh.

He endured that?

Honestly, Su-ho had poured in enough mana to kill him in one blow.

But he endured it better than expected.

Then what about this?

[ Blood Spirit Art is activated. ]

[ Blood Demon Art is activated. ]

Fwoooosh!

Blood sprayed out.

The sprayed blood gathered in midair and soon became the Blood Malice Beast, opening its jaws and radiating its spirit.

“Go!”

He sent the Blood Malice Beast out as though commanding a summoned creature.

He had no intention of launching a surprise attack.

He openly sent the Blood Malice Beast where the man could clearly see it.

Then the man also recognized the Blood Malice Beast and began drawing out a separate mass of steel to confront it.

Was that why?

Su-ho’s eyes widened a little more than before.

“Wow, you can cover this too?”

- Among all the ones we’ve seen so far, he looks the most useful. Perhaps people like that are the ones who will survive among the final 999.

“Aren’t you giving him too much credit? Even so, it feels like he’d die immediately if I went all out.”

- Then kill him. Why are you deliberately dragging it out?

“Sorry. Honestly, I thought it would end at the Blood Malice Beast.”

He was sincere.

Ordinary opponents ended around this point.

Su-ho slightly opened his mouth toward the man enduring both the Blood Malice Beast and Extermination of Evil.

Then a red and scorching sphere began condensing in front of Su-ho’s mouth before blasting forward as though exploding.

[ Arc Dragon Breath is activated. ]

Fwoooooooooosh!!

What he used was Arc Dragon Breath, passed down to him by Omega.

It was his first time using it, but Su-ho thought the man was more than suitable as a test subject.

Arc Dragon Breath swallowed the Blood Malice Beast, Extermination of Evil, the man, and even his steel all at once, and when the breath subsided, nothing remained in the air.

“It’s over.”

The moment he thought that, a sharp whooshing sound cut through the wind, and a massive impact erupted from Su-ho’s blind spot.

Boooooom!!

That familiar ink-dark color.

It was steel.

He was not dead?

Just as Su-ho was surprised that the man had survived again.

Booooom!!

The Protective Holy Art shattered.

At the same time, the steel that had been pushing against it as though stopped engulfed Su-ho.

Boom!!

Struck by the steel, Su-ho’s body flew away at high speed and crashed into the ground.

“Wow.”

What was that?

Had he nearly failed to withstand it?

No.

The man was a mage.

When he saw Arc Dragon Breath sweeping toward him, he had not bothered to confront it and had instead cast movement magic.

There was no reason to waste strength in a pointless contest of power.

Su-ho rose from the place where he had crashed.

Fragments of the ruins tumbled down.

Jack laughed.

- Hehehe, you were acting all impressive, but look at you now.

“Sharrap.”

By then, the man had also slowly lowered his altitude until he met Su-ho’s gaze.

“Name.”

“That’s what I want to ask you.”

“Name.”

“Seriously, you’re driving me insane. My name is An Su-ho.”

“I am Graul. Among the fakes I have seen, you possess relatively useful strength.”

“What?”

“I hope you survive. If you do, I will give you the opportunity to become one of my closest subordinates.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

Su-ho was now genuinely irritated and intended to kill him immediately.

But it was the moment he gripped the Blood Sword.

[ The trial has ended. ]

A system notification.

Only 999 people remained before he knew it.

“Ah.”

The trial had ended.