Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant-Chapter 313
“Holy shit...”
Su-ho couldn’t help but curse aloud after reading the item’s information.
What had once been just an unidentified dragon fossil had, after a single quest, turned into an absurdly overpowered item.
His shock was only natural.
After all, the item description included a phrase that anyone would recognize as signifying elemental divinity:
# You may inherit the power of the sun, a part of primal nature, and the power of the Solar Dragon.
“The power of the sun... a part of primal nature.”
This wasn’t just some typical elemental ability like fire or water. The power now resting in his hand was quite literally the power of the sun.
“Forget the Solar Dragon for a second... the sun’s power actually exists?”
The sun.
He had never even heard of such a power in all his life.
He’d seen countless Healer-class Players channel divine power from various gods, including the top-tier Isabella—but even she had never wielded anything called “the power of the sun.”
“Fire Monarchs, Flame Demons, Flame Kings... All the fire-type heavyweights only ever used fire. Not solar energy.”
That made this hard to grasp.
What even was the power of the sun?
But did that really matter?
Su-ho recalled the information about the [Flame Soul] he had obtained before.
[Flame Soul]
Grade: S 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
A blessing of primal nature that bestows the power of fire.
Bound to the first inheritor.
Among the primal nature series, the ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) Soul ranked highest, followed by Heart, then Flesh.
But the Fragment of the Solar Dragon didn’t fall under any of those categories.
Even the [Flame Soul], widely considered top-tier, was referred to as a blessing of primal nature—not a literal part of it, like the Solar Dragon’s fragment.
So to Su-ho, there really was no other choice.
Anything else would’ve been outright foolish.
“Looks like my elemental path in this life is going to be sun-based.”
He reached for the fragment to activate it—then stopped.
“Wait a second.”
He suddenly recalled the quest involving the Reincarnated Dragon:
[Return of the Wraith]
Grade: S
You have awakened the seal of a dragon someone had locked away, successfully reincarnating a portion of an unnamed dragon.
The Incomplete Reincarnated Dragon seeks to use you as a sacrifice to fully descend into this world.
Defeat the Incomplete Reincarnated Dragon.
Failure will result in a randomly spawned Dragon Gate, allowing the dragon’s full reincarnation.
Su-ho remembered the quest word for word.
Thanks to the Library of Memory, anything he saw once was permanently imprinted.
And this made him suspicious.
“The wraith and the Incomplete Reincarnated Dragon the quest mentions... that’s clearly the Solar Dragon. But the quest told me to stop the reincarnation of the wraith. Now it gives me a fragment of that very being as a reward?”
Su-ho narrowed his eyes.
This wasn’t something to take lightly.
He glanced around.
Nothing stood out.
He put the Fragment of the Solar Dragon into his inventory and moved to the edge of the dragon statue to survey his surroundings.
[Mana Perception is active.]
[Eye of the Blacksmith is active.]
Both were still functioning.
Nothing was approaching.
Nothing was in the water.
Nothing in the sky.
No weak points highlighted by the Eye of the Blacksmith.
He was completely alone.
“....”
Su-ho furrowed his brow.
Then he took out the fragment once more.
A palm-sized orb with an ivory glow.
It was a fossil—made from the bones of the Solar Dragon.
Everything pointed to it being the “pending reward” the system had mentioned earlier.
“Judging from the situation, this really must be the reward...”
He had used the Flame Soul—a known top-tier primal item—as a progression material in the process of acquiring this.
So yes, this had to be the reward.
Which only made it more confusing.
Why would the system urge him to stop the Solar Dragon’s resurrection—then reward him with that very dragon’s power?
He stared at the item in silence.
The Solar Dragon looked every bit the villain—in the shared memory, it had rampaged and devoured the sun.
So if Su-ho inherited its power... would that make him its successor?
A new villain?
He closed his eyes and contemplated.
To be more accurate—he was calculating.
Eventually, he opened his eyes again.
“There’s not enough information.”
To the system, this world was a playground.
And the Players? Toys.
The system tossed stories and lore to its toys and watched how they played.
At least, that’s what Su-ho had come to believe after reaching the late stages of the Great Cataclysm.
He had seen countless Players pushed around by the system’s hands.
He was no exception.
That’s what made him cautious.
Even as someone who had regressed and reached the endgame of the Cataclysm, the Fragment of the Solar Dragon was clearly a final-tier primal nature item.
But the lore surrounding it was too massive... and too dark.
“With this level of story, there’s a high chance a follow-up quest will trigger.”
And if it did, he might end up fighting those mysterious beings who had sealed the Solar Dragon.
Of course, that might not happen.
No one knows the future.
But typically, choices are best made with statistics in mind.
So his hesitation was reasonable.
Eventually, Su-ho decided to check something else first—to gather more info.
Specifically, the newly unlocked Fourth Authority of Dragon Blood: [Dragon Egg].
Since it also dealt with dragon-related power, even a sliver of info might help.
Su-ho opened the details.
[Dragon Egg]
Grade: S
The fourth unlocked Authority of Dragon Blood.
The bearer of Dragon Blood possesses the lineage but is not a true dragon.
To become a true dragon, one must have not only dragon’s blood, flesh, bones, spirit, and senses—but also a portion of a true dragon’s fundamental power.
When a fragment of true dragon power is acquired, the true Authority of the Dragon Egg is fully unlocked.
After reading the info, Su-ho was momentarily speechless.
He had nearly died to unlock the fourth Authority, only to find it buried in layer upon layer of additional conditions.
Still, it wasn’t completely arbitrary.
The second requirement for unlocking the fourth Authority had been “Defeat a Flying Dragon.”
And all true dragons Su-ho had ever heard of were capable of flight.
“So the quest condition was designed with interlinked relevance.”
In other words, if he’d found another dragon-related quest in a different location—not Ieodo—he might’ve had other options.
But now it was too late to go searching for other dragons.
“I mean, I could, but...”
It would be incredibly inefficient.
Now, having reviewed the Dragon Egg info, Su-ho could finally accept everything.
“So it was always meant to end with me becoming the Solar Dragon’s successor.”
Who could he blame?
He had taken every practical choice—this was the result.
Oddly enough, that realization calmed him.
He stared at the fragment one last time and muttered.
“Alright. Let’s do it.”
A bit of a fuck it, why not attitude.
But even with that mindset, he made one final resolve:
If any quests emerged that interfered with his goals—even if they offered power—he would abandon them without hesitation.
He wouldn’t let himself be shackled.
“Of course, if it’s something I can control, I’ll use it to the fullest.”
With that resolve set, Su-ho used the fragment.
The orb of light in his hand glowed and dissolved into his body.
[You have used the Fragment of the Solar Dragon.]
[You have received a portion of primal nature’s power.]
[Quest condition fulfilled.]
[You have completed a Trait Quest.]
[A new Trait has been added.]
[‘Power of the Sun’ has been added.]
[Congratulations! You are the first to obtain the Power of the Sun.]
[For achieving a great feat, the system awards you 10 bonus stat points.]
[For completing the Trait Quest, you receive 5 bonus stat points.]
The notifications poured in.
But it didn’t stop there.
[You have used the Fragment of the Solar Dragon.]
[The Solar Dragon’s power has been inherited.]
[You have successfully obtained a portion of a true dragon.]
[The Dragon Egg responds to the true dragon fragment within you.]
[The Dragon Egg is now fully unlocked.]
[For achieving a great feat, the system awards you 10 bonus stat points.]
System messages flooded his view.
The Fragment of the Solar Dragon had contained two kinds of power—and each had its own destination.
Before even checking the newly acquired traits, Su-ho clicked his tongue at the sheer number of stat rewards.
“How many bonus stats is that now?”
He hadn’t even distributed the previous ones yet—he probably had several dozen.
He opened his status window.
[An Su-ho]
Lv: 202
Class: Rage Crusader
Traits▲: <New Blood> <Candidate of Hercules> <King of Ruin> <Sealed Moon Magic> <Power of the Sun▲>
Strength (G): 73
Mana (B): 5
Sense (G): 22
Leadership (N): 21
Bonus Stat Points: 42
Su-ho let out a breathless chuckle.
Level 202—with 42 bonus stat points.
And he hadn’t even finished all his trait quests yet.
First, he dumped enough points into Strength to push it into the next grade.
[Your Strength stat has reached 100.]
[Your Strength stat has grown further.]
[Congratulations! Your Strength stat has reached Blue grade!]
Then he used the remaining 15 points on Sense.
As he looked over his updated stats, he let out a bittersweet laugh.
If not for Leadership, he might’ve been able to trigger another Unification bonus effect.
“Well... nothing to be done about it. So then...”
Leaving behind his regrets, Su-ho’s eyes turned to the small triangle icon next to the new trait: [Power of the Sun].
The triangle indicated a quest or reward was available.
Su-ho tapped it.
And once again, new system notifications filled his vision.
[Power of the Sun is now active.]
[You have acquired Solar Force.]
