Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant-Chapter 474

Dudududududu—

“Huh?”

“Krng?”

Madagascar, the Island of Death.

The corrupted monsters that had been living on the island in a half-broken stupor cocked their heads at the sudden tremor.

But it wasn’t an earthquake.

“Tsurahhh!”

The true identity of the “earthquake” was the ground-shaking march created by the lizardman legion.

At the very front, Grand General Il-yong—now a duke—rode a purified Dolvirak, bravely taking point, with Du-yong and Sam-yong holding the left and right. Behind them, ten thousand lizardman soldiers following the three generals roared while gripping their new blood weapons.

“Tsurahhh!!”

“Tsurararahhh!”

“Tsuraraahhhak!!”

Their momentum was truly overwhelming.

If it had been any other army, it would’ve chosen to flee on the spot.

But unfortunately, the monsters on Madagascar, the Island of Death, did not know fear.

Their bodies and minds had been corrupted by the plague fairies, leaving them as half-zombies that charged like lunatics the moment they sensed life.

“Kraaaaaa!!”

“Krooooooo!!”

“Kaaaaaak!!”

So the corrupted monster horde of Madagascar, too, lunged at the lizardman legion without a moment of hesitation.

Even though their numbers were ridiculously small.

Kwaaaang!!

“Kiaaaaa!!”

“Tsurahhh!!”

“Kill them! Surround them and stab from all sides!!”

“Tsurahhh!!”

Monster and monster collided.

There was some difference in level.

But in the end, the winner was Su-ho’s lizardman legion.

Watching the scene from afar atop Cheolma, Su-ho grinned.

‘Yeah. Numbers don’t lie.’

Of course, if the single opponent had an utterly absurd level of power, it’d be a different story—but here, “a small number” still meant nothing but corrupted monsters.

On top of that, Su-ho’s lizardman legion could use weapon techniques, and their weapons were coated with sorcery at a level far higher than the corruption sorcery that had existed before.

And Su-ho’s lizardman legion knew tactics.

Would a legion like that lose to mere corrupted monsters?

[ Duke Grand General Il-yong has succeeded in converting an Elephant Bird into a citizen of Su-ho Land. ]

[ Duke Grand General Il-yong has succeeded in converting a Dolvirak into a citizen of Su-ho Land. ]

[ Duke Grand General Il-yong has succeeded in converting a Dolvirak into a citizen of Su-ho Land. ]

[ Duke Grand General Il-yong has succeeded in converting an Elephant Bird into a citizen of Su-ho Land. ]

......

They even converted them into citizens of Su-ho Land on their own after winning the fights.

They really were excellent talent.

‘They say a smart boss succeeds by giving trustworthy employees enough rank and authority.’

Il-yong was probably the textbook example.

Still, even they had a hurdle.

“Graaaaaa!!”

“Geoooooo!!”

It was the corrupted ents—the only large monsters on Madagascar Island.

The ents were massive, but more than that, their outer plates were simply too hard, and there were quite a few of them. For lizardmen to handle them—even with numbers several times greater—was a bit difficult.

‘Sure, with enough numbers, they can kill them if they take their time...’

The problem was how many lizardmen would be sacrificed in the process.

Su-ho’s monster legion would not grow unless they newly recruited more.

Field monsters were, in the first place, beings spewed out when abandoned gates ran wild.

‘Looks like I have to step in.’

Watching, Su-ho drew his sword.

But just as he was about to swing, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

‘Wait a second...’

To turn a corrupted monster into a normal monster, did you really need to beat it down to the brink of death?

To make it submit and convert it into a citizen of Su-ho Land, you shaved down its HP a bit—sure. But to remove the corrupted state, you didn’t actually need to do that, did you?

‘With the first Dolvirak, I’d mashed it up for observation and experimentation.’

Reaching that conclusion, Su-ho lowered his sword.

Then he activated a skill.

[ Stormwind Sorcery activates. ]

And then—

[ Corruption Sorcery activates. ]

As Stormwind Sorcery activated, rain began falling from the sky with a kururung! sound.

And as Corruption Sorcery activated right after, a huge chunk of True Mana tore out of Su-ho’s body, shot up into the sky, and then changed the color of the falling raindrops into something close to khaki.

‘Will it work?’

Thinking that, he quietly watched the raindrops falling.

Then the moment the falling raindrops touched the corrupted ents—

[ Corrupted Fairy Power has been detected. ]

[ Corrupted Fairy Power reacts to you. ]

The sorcery placed on the # Nоvеlight # ents began reacting to Su-ho’s Fairy Power. And at the same time—

Shuaaaa!

All of the plague fairies’ sorcery embedded in the corrupted ents’ bodies began transferring to Su-ho.

The transfer process looked almost like pollen drifting over, but Su-ho—who was receiving it—didn’t feel anything special.

Because this was closer to “devouring” than anything else.

So he just laughed.

“Wow. It works.”

If all you had to do was imagine it and it happened—sorcery really was something else.

And sorcery really was incredible.

The only issue was that sorcery with that kind of power was almost impossible to obtain through normal means.

“Cheolma, let’s go higher.”

“Heeheehing!”

He’d learned that combining Stormwind Sorcery with Corruption Sorcery produced tremendous synergy.

Which meant there was no need to follow the lizardman legion around anymore.

Riding Cheolma, Su-ho flew high.

Once he was high enough that the entire island was in view, he used the skills again.

[ Stormwind Sorcery activates. ]

[ Corruption Sorcery activates. ]

Two skills activated.

And again, True Mana drained out in huge chunks.

It couldn’t be helped.

The area Su-ho was trying to make it rain over this time was none other than the entire Island of Death—Madagascar.

‘If I just remove the corruption, the generals will handle the rest.’

For the lizardman legion to deal with Madagascar’s monsters more efficiently, the best method was to properly fix the corrupted monsters whose reason had been blown away.

Because the most efficient way to make an enemy submit wasn’t to beat their body into a near-death state—it was to crush their mind and strip away the will to fight itself.

Swaaaaa!

Soon, stormwind rain wrapped in Su-ho’s sorcery poured over the entirety of Madagascar Island.

[ Corrupted Fairy Power has been detected. ]

[ Corrupted Fairy Power reacts to you. ]

[ Corrupted Fairy Power has been detected. ]

[ Corrupted Fairy Power reacts to you. ]

[ Corrupted Fairy Power has been detected. ]

[ Corrupted Fairy Power reacts to you. ]

......

The effect was immediate.

It had no effect at all on monsters that weren’t corrupted.

Because the Corruption Sorcery Su-ho used this time only had enough “power” embedded in it to remove other Corruption Sorcery.

No—because of that, it worked even better.

Even if it was rain with special effects, rain was still rain. And by nature, lizardmen performed better in humid environments.

“Alright, then. Shall I finally start collecting some footage?”

Having finally succeeded in building a Madagascar conquest “system,” Su-ho raised his phone camera with a satisfied expression.

*

How much time passed?

After finishing filming to his satisfaction, Su-ho finally left the island with a refreshed look.

Now, all Su-ho had to do here was later enjoy the meal the duke-generals would set on the table for him.

Of course, that was only for what needed to be done on Madagascar Island—not outside of it.

Su-ho steered Cheolma toward the U.N. Player Affairs Office.

Naturally, he’d contacted them in advance.

When Su-ho arrived at the player affairs office, Charlie came running out in his socks to greet him.

“You’ve come, Director-General.”

“Yes. It’s been a while, Director.”

Charlie immediately guided Su-ho to his office. Once inside, Su-ho naturally sat at the reception table and spoke.

“I’ve been preparing various things, so I haven’t been in touch much. By the way, I heard the unified player prison plan got approved?”

“Yes. There was some pushback at first, but once they heard it was your proposal, Director-General, all countries that have UltraMax-level detention facilities agreed. The U.N. Secretary-General has also given overall approval.”

“That’s good. Since we need to build a unified facility above UltraMax, we can arbitrarily create one more virtual special grade and name it a HyperMax-grade facility. We’ll call the project the ‘HyperMax Camp Project.’”

“That sounds good.”

“HyperMax Camp... As for how other countries feel about cost-sharing for the Hyper Camp—what are they saying?”

“They say they will cover an amount equivalent to the operating costs of the UltraMax facilities they were already running.”

“Hm. That’s a bit low... Because either way, we’re building a new facility.”

“That brings me to a small problem.”

“What is it?”

“We said the U.N. would handle management somehow, but we still haven’t resolved the issue of which country, and where, to build the Hyper Camp. The Secretary-General also said he’ll give final approval once that part is resolved.”

This was a major issue.

A prison wasn’t just a disliked facility—it was a dangerous facility that made civilians anxious.

‘And these aren’t even normal criminals.’

But Su-ho had already thought about this.

Smiling, Su-ho said,

“That’s exactly what I came here to talk about. Of course, there are several other things I need to announce too.”

“...What? Already?”

Back when he proposed building the Hyper Camp, he’d irresponsibly said something like “Do it!” without presenting any concrete plan.

It wasn’t because he had no thoughts—he’d done it on purpose.

Su-ho only had one body. His job wasn’t detailed design for all that—it was proposing the work and solving a few key problems.

In reality, most big things worked like this.

That was why experts existed.

In that sense, for the Hyper Camp construction location, he’d initially thought of North Korea.

More precisely, near the Yalu River.

Because a lizardman legion that even China couldn’t touch was stationed there, North Korea had collapsed, and South Korea was nearby—so he thought it would be easy for Su-ho to manage.

But after obtaining the third authority of King of Ruination and the power of sorcery, he’d found an area even better than North Korea.

“Yes. I’ve actually been thinking a lot about this. So I picked a few candidate sites and moved to secure them. And that work is steadily progressing right now.”

“...What... What work is ‘progressing’?”

“Securing the land where we’ll build the Hyper Camp. I can say with certainty: the Hyper Camp will become the largest and hardest-to-escape living hell on Earth.”

“Where is that?”

“Could you pull up a map? Ah—and connect Bluetooth too.”

When a world map appeared on the screen hanging on one side of the office, Su-ho pointed at Madagascar Island.

“Right here.”

“Isn’t that Africa?”

“More precisely, it’s a demilitarized zone. And currently, in the demilitarized zone...”

After successfully connecting via Bluetooth, Su-ho played the video of the lizardman duke-generals’ conquest war that he’d filmed on his phone.

A massive, large-scale battle of countless monsters.

Charlie watched the scene with his mouth hanging open.

Su-ho smiled.

“My loyal subordinates are exterminating the monsters on Madagascar Island.”