Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant-Chapter 476

Wh-what is that?

What the hell is that...?

A gang fight between monsters...?

A gang fight, my ass, that’s just a war!

Whoa, holy shit... I heard there are crazy lizardmen even at the Yalu River, but where the hell is this that this many monsters suddenly...?

Holy shit, is that the second Big Gate or what?

It’s not, right? Tell me it’s not, please...

Ah, what the hell is happening where, again...!

People panicking.

It couldn’t be helped.

In the notice Su-ho posted, he had only written that there would be a special announcement, and he hadn’t written the detailed substance.

On top of that, if you show only the Madagascar conquest footage without any explanation, anyone would get scared first.

Humanity had been trained to feel unconditional fear toward the system.

Soon, when the video playback ended, Su-ho’s face appeared again.

"To tell you the conclusion first, that video is of what’s happening on an island located at the southern tip of Africa called Madagascar, and to be precise, it is footage of the monsters under my command subjugating the monsters on Madagascar."

A plain confession. But.

???

Excuse me?

What?

Under your command?

Then are those guys people too?

No, he said monsters under his command.

??? Wasn’t the Director a swordsman?

Was he actually a summoner?

No, you idiots, in the first place the Director isn’t a swordsman or a summoner, he’s a healer.

Then what is that?

I don’t know...

People’s reactions were far too contrasting with Su-ho.

However, Su-ho continued explaining without caring.

"The lizardmen you saw in the video are not people—they are monsters, yes. And this is also a new kind of power I obtained after clearing various Gates and quests. If I had to put it into words, monster taming would be right. Of course, it doesn’t work on every monster and there are various conditions attached, but anyway, I now have an ability that lets me keep monsters under my command."

Holy...

Crazy.

For real?

No fucking way

lmaoㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋwow

This is possible?

Su-ho’s refreshing confession.

It was relieving.

There was no longer any need to hide these facts, and there was no one whose reactions he needed to watch.

'Do you know how suffocating it was keeping my mouth shut all this time?'

As for the power Su-ho possessed, due to the previous Big Gate incident, everyone around the world had already found out.

That was why he was being religiously worshiped.

An Su-ho, called a hero and a savior.

If someone like that said he had obtained an irregular new power, would anyone even doubt him or curse him out?

Rather, they would be happy that he had gotten even stronger.

Because Su-ho was humanity’s hope.

And to put this another way, it meant it no longer mattered even if people suspected that the lizardmen under Su-ho’s command were the Red Dragon King’s legion that had once attacked China.

'All I have to do is say it’s not me.'

Decisively, with the Red King’s existence gone, what in the world could anyone prove?

On top of that, Il-yong, Du-yong, and Sam-yong had grown bigger and stronger after receiving the king’s acknowledgment, and even their visuals had changed.

'And now they even have mounts.'

Even so, if anyone tried to say something, he thought he could just crush them with force.

This was an extremely old and traditional diplomatic method.

"I plan to gradually expand my monster legion going forward. Based on the monsters I increase that way, I plan to reclaim the no-man’s-lands that were taken by the system, one by one. Madagascar Island will be the beginning, and after that I’m considering Africa. And to add one more thing, I plan to build the Hyper Camp I mentioned at the start on Madagascar Island."

Huh?

Holy...?

Whoa?

For real?

Just as he had told Charlie, Jo Jin-hwi, and the others, Su-ho told the viewers the exact same plans.

And it was the same after that.

He revealed everything step by step: Hyper Camp, the news about the monster legion, the Africa Landing Operation, and all the plans to reclaim every no-man’s-land.

There was nothing to hide.

There was nothing worth hiding, and in the first place, he had turned on the broadcast with the intention of making it public to people.

Su-ho’s explanation continued, and people went wild.

Su-ho recited the announcement contents with the same calm expression.

To the people watching, Su-ho looked like a hero throwing down a proclamation of war at a horde of evil.

"...Lastly, until the second Big Gate breaks out, I plan to continuously reclaim no-man’s-lands through the monster legion, and through personal training and Gate clears, I plan to prepare for the second Big Gate. Of course, I also plan to gladly receive your help. That’s why I created Save the World. I’ll tell you the details later through notices. Ah, and lastly."

Su-ho looked straight at the camera and spoke.

Because perhaps what he was about to say from now on might be the most important.

"No-man’s-lands have, in practical terms, been treated as lands that don’t exist up until now. Africa is an example of that. That is why, if Africa returns to our arms again, I believe we should create a new treaty for Africa like Antarctica, and use it as a shared asset of humanity. I hope other no-man’s-lands can be like that as well. Especially if it’s a region with conditions similar to Africa, I hope it will become a jointly managed region of humanity through a new treaty. I would like to discuss the details again through the U.N. Thank you."

With those words, the broadcast truly ended.

Su-ho’s expression still seemed plain, yet resolute.

Because he had now said everything he wanted to say.

So what mattered was from now on.

Nothing was not shocking from start to finish, but the last announcement in particular caused the biggest ripple.

That reclaimed no-man’s-lands should be jointly managed regions of humanity.

Of course, he had no intention of including places where a nation still existed, like North Korea or Australia, into joint management, but he needed to drive a stake into the ground first like this so people would take interest and move, so he made the first move.

"Thank you for your hard work, Director."

"It’s nothing. The hard work was done by the staff. There’s nothing else I need to do, right?"

"Yes, there isn’t."

"Then if you need anything, contact me again. I’ll be going first."

As soon as the broadcast ended, the Jo Jin-hwi who had been waiting approached, and after Su-ho exchanged a brief conversation, he left the studio first.

Swoooosh!

The Cheolma that had flown up headed for Su-ho’s home.

'Now it really is just waiting.'

Of course, there is still a lot to do in the meantime.

But he had finished all his personal revenge, and he had uprooted and eliminated almost all of the major villains.

Of course, he hadn’t removed every single villain he had seen in his previous life, but that was something he could remove little by little over time.

Now what remained was only organizing the four Big Gates that would occur in the future.

'If I really add more, it’s about stopping the gigantic Gates that will form in places like China.'

But that was something that wouldn’t happen until the third Great Catastrophe later.

In the meantime, Su-ho planned to reclaim no-man’s-lands while preparing for the second Great Catastrophe and to build up personal leveling and skill proficiency.

'Let’s do it. I have plenty of time.'

After finishing organizing his thoughts, the corners of Su-ho’s lips rose.

His mind was light.

On top of that, it was truly relieving.

Because he had solved most problems more than he had expected, and even that wasn’t enough—he was now preparing for the disasters that would come bearing down with a considerable amount of leeway.

'Honestly, I regressed—if I can’t even prepare this much, I’m an idiot.'

But that didn’t mean he was completely letting his guard down.

'The Lizard Dragon’s Rune, the Transcendents, the player ranks... there’s still nothing but things I don’t know.'

The Lizard World had been invaded by an outside force and destroyed.

And from the circumstances, that outside force was presumed to be the system.

If that was the case, what in the world was the system’s identity?

Su-ho took out the Lizard Dragon’s Rune and checked the information.

[ Lizard Dragon’s Rune ] 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Grade : S+

The rune of the Lizard Dragon, called the guardian god of the Lizard World.

The Lizard Dragon’s Rune is the flesh, the spirit, the essence, and the soul thereof.

One who possesses the Lizard Dragon’s Rune can communicate with all lizardmen and holds absolute dignity.

A block of text is usually a kind of qualification item.

Su-ho tried using the Lizard Dragon’s Rune.

[ You do not meet the requirements. ]

[ You cannot use this yet. ]

A refusal message.

Even if he asked Grid, he would probably get the same answer.

'In the end, do I just have to wait until the qualifications are met?'

That was probably all there was to it.

Around the time he was thinking this and that, his house came into view.

There was no one at home.

Because everyone was busy.

Su-ho sat on the sofa, took out his tablet, and started organizing the things he had to do going forward and their order with the pencil.

As he rolled the pen tip around like that, one fact suddenly came to mind.

"Pi Seong-yeol...."

Right.

There was Pi Seong-yeol.

Holed up in the Subspace House, running the Mega Crusher and spitting out cubes.

Pi Seong-yeol was officially a dead person.

Because someone else was living in Cheongok pretending to be Pi Seong-yeol.

'Hm. What do I do with this guy.'

Cheongok Prison in our country isn’t UltraMax-level, but it does have facilities comparable to it.

But even if the facility grade is like that, they don’t do things like torture or corporal punishment like in the old days.

They simply hand down an extremely long sentence and make you suffer the pain of something like a room of time and mind.

Of course, after Su-ho laid hands on Cheongok, all inmates had become Absorption Paste factories that produced Absorption Paste, having their vitality eaten away day after day.

'In that sense, Pi Seong-yeol is paying a far greater price than the others.'

Even so, he had no intention of taking pity on him and letting him out early.

How many people had this bastard killed with paper in his previous life?

So as long as Su-ho lived, he planned to have Pi Seong-yeol rot in the Subspace House for life, without even things like a Liberation Day special pardon. But.

'I did think it would be good to use the Subspace House a bit more.'

The Subspace House is one of the one-of-a-kind, fraudulent-level items.

And that’s because beyond the concept of a simple storage space, it provides a massive space like a domain.

Su-ho rubbed his chin and used a skill.

"Subspace House open."

[ Entering the Subspace House. ]

After taking the portal inside, a familiar scene came into view.

And not far away.

Grrrk- grrrrk-

An old man carving cubes, grinding items alone like a madman... no, Pi Seong-yeol was there.

Su-ho approached Pi Seong-yeol.

"Sunbae?"

"H-hiiik?!"

As Su-ho approached, Pi Seong-yeol startled and twisted his body back.

It couldn’t be helped.

In this place where no one comes, aside from when Su-ho comes to collect cubes, only sometimes a person who’s become a lump of blood... no, a corpse briefly comes in and disappears.

Su-ho smiled and said.

"Have you been doing well?"

"Y-yes, w-well...."

"But there aren’t many cubes?"

"Th-that’s...."

"I’m kidding. I swept them up not long ago, so of course there aren’t any. But you...."

Su-ho examined Pi Seong-yeol from head to toe.

It ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) was Pi Seong-yeol no different from usual.

But the feeling was subtly different.

Su-ho put strength into his eyes and used a skill.

[ Mana Detection activates. ]

The skill he used was Mana Detection.

And Su-ho could know exactly.

Su-ho narrowed his brow and asked.

"Why did your mana get stronger?"