Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 222

‘Guess I’ll let him handle it.’

On top of that, Bulgasari had Fire Resistance, perfect for a volcanic region.

Having found the breakthrough, Su-ho quickly explained the plan to Bulgasari.

Of course, he kept it simple:

You can dig, so go underground and eat through the hidden iron wall from below.

“You can do it, right?”

“Bulbul!”

Bulgasari responded confidently.

Truly dependable.

Maybe that’s why—

Su-ho suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

‘Come to think of it, I really should evolve him soon...’

It had already been a while since Bulgasari hit level 100, yet Su-ho hadn’t even checked the evolution quest.

He’d just been too busy, and the priority kept getting pushed back.

But it couldn’t be helped.

He hadn’t originally planned to raise Bulgasari in the first place.

‘He was supposed to be a one-time-use tool.’

And yet, he kept proving useful again and again.

So now Su-ho felt determined: when the opportunity came, he would evolve him.

Once everything was ready, Su-ho exited the Subspace House.

And the moment he stepped out, he launched an attack at Volcairam.

[ Cloud Slash activates. ]

[ Cloud Slash activates. ]

[ Cloud Slash activates. ]

Not just once.

Su-ho kept pouring in damage before Volcairam could retaliate.

And Volcairam reacted immediately.

“Pwuoooooo!!”

[ Volcairam summons the Iron Wall. ]

RUMMMMMBLE!

At the use of the skill, steel walls shot up instantly in front of Volcairam.

Su-ho backed away immediately and summoned Bulgasari.

“Bulgasari!”

“Bulbul!”

The summoned Bulgasari quickly dove underground.

Now all Su-ho had to do was stall for time—circle around and keep dodging until Bulgasari broke the wall.

Soon enough, the Volcanites were summoned again, and Volcanic Bats began to swarm once more.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Meteors fell too.

Su-ho kept to the edges, dodging the meteor barrage.

The Iron Wall still stood strong.

He waited, weaving between falling rocks, for Bulgasari to tear it down.

Then—

RUMMMMBLE!

One side of the Iron Wall suddenly collapsed—an opening was finally made.

“Nice work, Bulgasari!”

“Bulbul!”

As expected, the Iron Wall wasn’t magically conjured from nothing.

It had simply risen up from buried steel beneath the ground.

Which made sense.

Creating something from nothing takes a massive amount of mana.

‘But if you utilize the environment, you save mana and can cast far more frequently.’

The meteors probably worked the same way.

So unless the wall itself was destroyed, the battle would inevitably become a war of attrition—and prolonged fights always put the challenger at a disadvantage.

Su-ho stepped onto the fallen wall and rushed toward Volcairam.

The monster’s eyes widened in shock.

“Pwuo?!”

“No more pwuo for you!”

Having successfully closed the gap, Su-ho swung his sword.

[ Iron Slash activates. ]

SLASH!

The Blood Sword ignited.

But he didn’t care.

That wasn’t the priority right now.

And then—

BOOM! CRASH! BOOM! RUMBLE!

The meteors Volcairam had fired came crashing in through the breach.

“PWUOOOOOO!!”

Volcairam let out a final scream.

And that was its last.

[ You have defeated Volcairam. ]

Volcairam was dead.

With the death notice, its body turned ashen and scattered into volcanic dust.

Right after confirming its death, Su-ho twisted his body sharply.

“Now it’s your turn.”

He immediately turned on the remaining Volcanites and began cutting them down.

And when he’d defeated the last of the Volcanites and Volcanic Bats, Su-ho finally sat down to catch his breath.

“Phewww...”

The air here was even hotter than usual, and with the special mask on to protect his airways, he was more out of breath than normal.

Still, successfully taking down the mid-boss made it all worth it.

That’s when it happened—

Clank! Clank! Clank!

He heard a metallic crunching noise from somewhere nearby.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Bulgasari chomping down on the remaining Iron Walls.

‘That stuff must be delicious to him.’

Well, he was a creature that fed on metal. It made sense he’d enjoy it.

Su-ho watched Bulgasari curiously.

And then, he noticed something interesting.

Hssss!

Even as Bulgasari stepped onto hardened lava, it was completely fine.

There was some smoke, sure, but the creature didn’t react to it at all—it just kept munching away on the steel.

Its Fire Resistance was no joke.

And then Su-ho had a thought.

‘Wait... if its fire resistance is that high...’

Why walk around on his own at all?

He could just ride Bulgasari.

And there was no reason he couldn’t.

He’d even ridden him while hunting parasites before.

This was perfect.

The lava zone had slowed his movement speed considerably anyway.

So Su-ho decided to let Bulgasari finish eating at his own pace.

If he was going to keep working the creature, he might as well let it enjoy its reward.

When Bulgasari had almost completely devoured the remaining Iron Walls—

[ Bulgasari's evolution conditions have been met. ]

“Huh?”

Resting quietly, Su-ho was startled by the sudden system alert and opened his eyes wide.

What was that supposed to mean?

Evolution conditions met?

He quickly opened Bulgasari’s status window.

Sure enough, the <Evolution▲> icon was now glowing gold.

“What the...”

The evolution button was active now—but he hadn’t even checked the quest due to laziness.

Startled, Su-ho opened the evolution quest info.

And couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

[ Evolving Bulgasari ]

– Difficulty: S

Having reached its growth limit, Bulgasari needs a new body to evolve into a higher being.