Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 212

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Su-ho immediately canceled Blood Weapon to preserve his blood after landing a clean hit.

He touched down lightly on the ground and caught his breath.

“Haa.”

That bastard.

I never wanted to slice you up. I always wanted to break one of your legs.

You lived by your mouth, so it’s only fitting that you fall by your legs.

He’d struck the weak spot perfectly. The blow had been so precise that the bone had nearly burst out from the creature’s leg.

– Muuuurrrgh!!

[Spin Cow King uses Boss-level Fear.]

[Dragonblood is activated.]

[Due to the Dragon Spirit effect of Dragon Blood, Fear is nullified.]

With one of its legs now beyond recovery, the creature thrashed violently, desperate to get back up.

Seeing it like that—it wasn’t a donkey, sure—but it reminded him of the old saying, “Lazy donkey rolls to the ground.”

But the beast never managed to rise again.

Losing one of its front legs—the ones that bore its weight—was a fatal blow.

Every time it tried to stand, it collapsed. Again and again.

Just like any wounded animal, it swung its tail and its spinning horns in all directions to keep enemies at bay.

Of course, Su-ho had no intention of approaching it.

Why bother crawling into that mess and risk getting kicked by a stray cow hoof?

So he kept a safe distance and summoned the Guiyeong Spear and Blood Spear.

“Let’s see how long you can hold out.”

As he finished speaking, Su-ho began hurling the summoned spears at the beast.

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– Mrrrrgh... mrrrgh...

The Spin Cow King groaned.

How many spears had he thrown by now?

The creature, once ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) a walking earthquake, had taken so much damage it could barely breathe.

Understandable.

Its entire body was now riddled with holes.

Every wound was a trace left by a spear piercing clean through it.

If the Guiyeong Spear and Blood Spear had remained lodged in its flesh, the creature would’ve looked like a porcupine. But since Su-ho kept retrieving and rethrowing the same spears, the Spin Cow King now resembled a honeycomb instead.

The beast had completely lost the will to fight—both physically and mentally.

No point dragging this out anymore.

“Time to wrap this up.”

Su-ho had no desire to torture or toy with it.

This was just the most efficient method.

That’s why he’d targeted the leg muscles first when he started throwing spears.

Even if it entered its second phase, it wouldn’t be able to do much.

Vrrrmm! Vrrrmm!

The creature’s second phase involved strengthening its horns.

But its mobility had already been wrecked—what good would stronger horns do?

There was nothing the beast could do now.

Su-ho summoned Blood Weapon in sword form instead of a spear.

And he swung it toward the creature’s head.

[Cloud Slice is activated.]

Ssshk!

The slash left a clear mark across the beast’s head.

But it didn’t slice through in one clean blow.

It was still a boss monster, after all.

Maybe if it were Steel Slash. Cloud Slice was excellent for ranged cutting attacks, but it lacked the raw cutting power of Steel Slash.

Not that it mattered.

If the cut isn’t deep enough—just cut more.

Su-ho kept swinging.

[Cloud Slice is activated.]

[Cloud Slice is activated.]

[Cloud Slice is activated.]

[Cloud Slice is activated.]

...

And finally—

[You have defeated the Spin Cow King.]

[The Gate has been conquered.]

[‘An Su-ho’ has been selected as MVP of the Gate Conquest.]

[As MVP, you receive bonus experience.]

[As MVP, you receive 1 bonus stat point.]

[Your level has increased.]

[All stats have increased by 1.]

[You have gained 1 bonus stat point.]

The Spin Cow King collapsed.

As expected, a flurry of system notifications followed, and Su-ho had now successfully conquered the first island of the Eleven Islands.

But Su-ho wasn’t all that interested in the fact that he’d defeated the Spin Cow King.

There were only two reasons he’d looked forward to the Udo Gate raid in the first place.

One of them—

[You have reached Level 150.]

[The system desires for you to become even stronger.]

[The system grants you greater power.]

Was hitting Level 150.

‘So I finally get my second Crusader-class skill.’

Exactly that.

When Su-ho first changed classes to Crusader, he’d only gained one skill: Blessing.

After that, his other skills—Heal, Recovery, Holy Enchant, and Guardian Spirit—had leveled up every ten levels, just like during his Unnamed-rank days.

Breath of Healing hadn’t been upgraded at all.

That was a Cleric-class skill—only upgrading after switching to that class.

And unlike his Unnamed-rank phase, the upgraded skills weren’t all raised to the same grade simultaneously.

Each time a new skill was added, one existing skill would rank up by one tier.

For example:

– Lv.60 Heal F

– Lv.70 Heal E, Recovery F

– Lv.80 Heal D, Recovery E, Holy Enchant F

– Lv.90 Heal C, Recovery D, Holy Enchant E, Guardian Spirit F

– Lv.100 Blessing F

– Lv.110 Heal B, Recovery C, Holy Enchant D, Guardian Spirit E, Blessing F

– Lv.120 Heal B, Recovery B, Holy Enchant C, Guardian Spirit D, Blessing E

– Lv.130 Heal B, Recovery B, Holy Enchant B, Guardian Spirit C, Blessing D

– Lv.140 Heal B, Recovery B, Holy Enchant B, Guardian Spirit B, Blessing C

And now, by reaching Level 150, Blessing had auto-ranked up to its max grade of B, and Su-ho unlocked a new Crusader skill.

Naturally, that second Crusader skill would also begin at rank F.

‘And it'll keep ranking up every ten levels until 200, following the same pattern.’

Su-ho immediately checked the info for his newly acquired Crusader skill.