Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 129

A red line, cutting across the horizon, sliced Su-ho’s view in half.

In the process, the Mega Parasite was also perfectly split in two, marking its end.

[ Mega Parasite has been defeated. ]

[ The Gate has been cleared. ]

[ The MVP of the Gate clear is 'An Su-ho'. ]

[ MVP designation grants additional experience points. ]

[ MVP designation grants 1 bonus stat. ]

[ Level Up! ]

[ All stats have increased by 1. ]

[ You have acquired 1 bonus stat. ]

The system notifications flooded in.

Su-ho’s lips curled upward as he read them.

These were notifications that the previous conquerors would never have seen.

Unlike those who had been forcibly removed, Su-ho had completed the hidden condition by defeating the boss monster and proudly claimed the MVP title.

And that wasn't all.

[ Your level has reached 100. ]

[ Congratulations on achieving a great feat! The system rewards you with 5 bonus stats. ]

[ You have reached a significant milestone. ]

[ Class quest is now active. ]

[ Trait quest is now active. ]

[ The first unlocking condition for the third power of Dragon's Blood has been met. ]

[ The first unlocking condition for Vampire's Blood has been met. ]

The system continued to chime with additional notifications.

Thanks to reaching level 100, Su-ho couldn’t hide his smile as he reviewed the sudden influx of alerts.

"Finally, a rank 1 level," he thought.

It was remarkably fast compared to his previous life.

Su-ho opened his status window and began distributing his stats.

[ An Su-ho ]

– Lv: 100

– Class: Healer

– Traits: <New Blood>, <Heracles Candidate>

– Strength (O): 26

– Vitality (O): 2

– Mana (R): 70

– Sensitivity (R): 62

– Bonus Stats: 0

He invested all of his bonus stats into Mana.

He closed the status window, satisfied, noticing the quest activation marks next to the class and trait categories.

Su-ho’s gaze shifted to the now-dead Mega Parasite's corpse.

He summoned Guiyeong Spear and embedded it into the carcass.

[ Guiyeong Spear reacts to the Mega Parasite's shadow. ]

[ Guiyeong Spear absorbs the Mega Parasite’s shadow. ]

The shadow feeding was now complete.

Su-ho then turned his attention to the now-split Mega Worm's interior, which had once been a wall.

"Hmm."

Had the Mega Parasite been too reckless, hiding the pain of the cut?

When it had been pierced by the Blood Sword earlier, it had screamed in agony. But now, no cries could be heard, not even the sounds of gastric acid waves.

Su-ho moved closer to examine the cut surface.

"Cleanly sliced."

The cut was smooth, as if it had been done in one swift motion.

Su-ho looked beyond the cross-section and saw the strange landscape that lay beyond.

Beyond the cut.

It wasn’t the external part of the Mega Worm.

What lay beyond was another set of internal organs, sprawling in every direction.

And it wasn’t just that.

The severed intestines began to wriggle, regenerating not long after the cut.

This was why, in a gate themed around internal organs, no one could simply destroy the insides and escape.

"Of course, if someone foolishly tries a power game approach, they might force their way out..."

But no intelligent player would make such a reckless move.

First, no one knew what lay outside this gate, and if they failed to gain recognition for clearing it, all they'd accomplish was wasting their energy and potentially destroying the entire gate.

Just then, Guiyeong Spear completed its feeding.

[ Guiyeong Spear is enhanced. ]

[ Guiyeong Spear has completely absorbed the Mega Parasite’s shadow. ]

After the third-level ritual was unlocked recently, the enhancement was only minor, with no major changes.

However, something more valuable was left behind at the site of absorption.

That was the Mega Parasite's carcass.

Su-ho recalled Guiyeong Spear and retrieved a material item from his inventory.

He held up none other than the monster lion’s claw.

"Nothing better for piercing this tough exterior than this."

Of course, with techniques like Cloud Slash or Steel Cutter, he could easily slice through.

But now, Su-ho was focused on loot gathering.

If he had swung a large sword recklessly, the inside of the Mega Parasite could have been damaged, ruining the loot.

Thus, when gathering loot, it was important to proceed like an archaeologist carefully excavating ruins.

With this in mind, Su-ho gently sliced the Mega Parasite’s body with the monster lion's claw. The skin, which had resisted even the Blood Sword, parted as easily as silk.

Su-ho began to tear the creature’s body apart with the claw.

Soon, he started to methodically rummage through its insides.

Before long, he had collected some excellent loot.

The first item was a magic stone.