Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 148

Swish!

Blood splattered.

The blood pouring from Im Chang-sik’s chest sprayed in all directions, and as expected, Su-ho was drenched in it.

It was Im Chang-sik’s blood.

Im Chang-sik trembled.

But he couldn’t groan or shudder.

That’s because his pressure points had been activated.

[ Heal is activated. ]

Four days had passed since Su-ho first started cutting Im Chang-sik.

And today marked the fifth day.

Tomorrow, Yoon Hyun-chul would return.

That’s why Su-ho had given his all to torture Im Chang-sik today.

For the last five days, Su-ho had been cutting Im Chang-sik for a specific skill.

That skill only granted experience from living enemies, so Su-ho had to push himself to get the most out of it.

But it seemed that even five days of effort were still far from enough.

‘Then again, I didn’t realize that until I was over level 200 myself.’

Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!

Just then, the alarm on Su-ho's phone went off.

It was time to return.

Unfortunately, he had to stop here.

Su-ho dismissed the Blood Sword and released the pressure points from Im Chang-sik.

"Ughh!!"

Im Chang-sik collapsed to the floor, gasping for air.

It couldn’t be helped.

While he couldn’t move with the pressure points on, the pain from his chest wound had been steadily building up.

Now, with all the accumulated damage, he couldn’t help but convulse, his eyes rolling back in his head.

But Su-ho felt no sympathy for him. Instead, with his usual detached demeanor, he treated him before using an item to clean up the nearby blood.

Afterward, he placed the Chang-sik Gang’s drugs, some water, and a bit of food near Im Chang-sik.

"See you later."

The promise to grant freedom was never something Su-ho intended to keep.

After all, Im Chang-sik hadn’t kept any of the promises he’d made to his many debtors. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

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Su-ho exited the Pocket Space House using Clone Movement and found himself back in Yoon Hyun-chul’s room, where breakfast was in full swing.

The clone had been sitting against the wall, and when it was swapped out for the real Su-ho, he stretched his neck and signaled that he had returned.

Nearby, Kim Goong-won quickly approached and sat next to him.

"You're back, Hyung."

"Yeah. What about breakfast?"

"We were waiting for you."

At those words, Su-ho naturally released Kim Goong-won's sense of taste.

"Thank you, Hyung!"

Once his sense of taste was restored, Kim Goong-won bowed his head and eagerly went to the table to start eating.

But today, the scene at the table seemed a bit odd.

Su-ho shifted his gaze to Bae Seong-hwan, who was poking at his food, looking much thinner than usual.

The other inmates looked the same.

Su-ho chuckled and called out,

"Seong-hwan."

"...Yes, Hyung."

Bae Seong-hwan came over with a weak voice at Su-ho’s call.

It wasn’t just a feeling—he had really gotten thinner.

His cheeks had hollowed out, and his complexion looked poor.

It was because of the Seong-go.

Su-ho asked,

"Do you feel sick?"

"Well... I don’t think it’s a cold or anything, but I’m feeling weak and have no appetite."

Su-ho narrowed his eyes and activated Mana Detection.

The mana waves became visible as he focused on Bae Seong-hwan.

After examining him, Su-ho noticed a clear presence in Bae Seong-hwan’s abdomen and smiled faintly.

It was the Seong-go, now much larger than it had been five days ago.

‘It’s matured nicely.’

They said four days would be enough, and indeed, it was.

Su-ho said,

"Want help?"

"Huh?"

"You said you’re in pain. Want help?"

"How?"

"Close your eyes."

"...Huh?"

"Can’t you hear me?"

"No, it’s not that!"

Bae Seong-hwan obeyed and closed his eyes.

The other inmates, including Kim Goong-won, watched with interest.

Su-ho activated a skill on Bae Seong-hwan, who had his eyes shut.

[ Recovery is activated. ]

As Recovery activated, a golden light surrounded Bae Seong-hwan.

"Don’t open your eyes."

Bae Seong-hwan felt the sudden surge of energy and nearly opened his eyes in surprise, but at Su-ho's warning, he kept them shut tightly.

It was then.

"Ugh!"

A wave of nausea hit.

It felt like the kind of nausea one would experience after eating dozens of yogurt cups.

And in the end, Bae Seong-hwan couldn’t fight the feeling and had no choice but to vomit.

"Ugh!"

Since he hadn’t eaten much, almost nothing came out except water.

But what did emerge from his stomach was none other than an insect.

"...!"

"...!"

"...!"

It was a Seong-go.

The white and thick insect resembled a grub, and soaked in stomach acid, it squirmed on the floor, proving it was still alive.

"Ugh!"

"Ugh, stop!"

Seeing the scene, the other inmates were also overwhelmed with disgust and nausea.

Bae Seong-hwan finally opened his eyes, startled by the commotion.

And when he saw the squirming Seong-go in front of him, his eyes widened in shock.

"What... what is this?!"

"Quiet."

"H-Huh?"

"Go eat. You’ve been suffering because of this."

"Because of this insect?"

When Su-ho said it was because of the Seong-go, Bae Seong-hwan’s eyes flared with anger for a moment.

Seeing this, Su-ho warned him first.