Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant-Chapter 470
Wiiiiiing!
The moment he entered the boss monster’s area, the sound of a chainsaw spinning started coming from somewhere.
Did he hear it wrong?
Yeah. That wasn’t a chainsaw spinning.
It was the resonance of wingbeats created as the death fairies appeared in a swarm.
“Damn, why does a fly’s wings sound like a giant hornet?”
Have you ever seen a giant hornet in real life?
The moment they show up, people first get the illusion of, “Huh? Where’s that helicopter sound coming from?” But it doesn’t take long to realize it’s the sound of a giant hornet’s wings.
The Plague Fairies were exactly like that.
But it was pretty strange.
Because the Plague Fairies he’d met up until now hadn’t made that kind of sound.
However, the question was resolved quickly.
Elite Plague Fairy Lv.269
Elite Plague Fairy Lv.271
Elite Plague Fairy Lv.270
Elite Plague Fairy Lv.268
......
The reason their wingbeat sound was more grand was because the fairies’ “level” had risen.
For example, their size itself was on a different level.
Unlike the existing Plague Fairies that were only about the size of a baby’s fist, the Elite Plague Fairies were the size of an adult man’s fist.
“Of course.”
After a while, the Elite Plague Fairies—the source of the sound—spread out in all directions like smog, creating a dark, gloomy environment.
There were a lot of them.
No matter if they were the size of an adult man’s fist, if they were covering the sky to this extent, it felt like there were even more of them than the number of monsters he’d seen in Madagascar so far.
It was then.
[ A boss monster is appearing. ]
A boss monster appeared.
At the same time as the notification of its appearance, the sky that had been rippling black split like a red sea, and a boss monster about the size of a one- or two-year-old child appeared, leaning back in a chair made out of Elite Plague Fairies, with its legs crossed.
However, rather than checking its visual first, Su-ho hurriedly checked the name card.
Queen of the Plague Fairies Lv.281
Su-ho’s face brightened when he saw the name card.
Finally, you’ve appeared.
After finishing the name card check, Su-ho finally examined the queen’s appearance.
It was a small body under one meter, but even so, as the leader queen, it was much bigger than the fist-sized elite fairies.
And unlike the fly-like fairies, it had a fairly slender, beautiful-woman-like build and face, befitting the title of queen, just scaled down in size.
The Plague Queen, with striking black hair and red eyes, spoke while looking at Su-ho.
“So it’s you, the one scattering ash across my kingdom.”
“It’s not ash. It’s fire.”
“Haha. Watching you try so hard to pretend you’re relaxed is truly pitiful beyond measure.”
After finishing her words, the queen snapped her fingers.
Ttaaaaak!
It was definitely a small finger snap.
And yet, as if someone had clapped right next to his ear, the sound amplified in an instant.
[ The Queen of the Plague Fairies uses ruler-class Fear. ]
[ Dragon Blood activates. ]
[ Due to the draconic mind effect of Dragon Blood, Fear does not apply. ]
[ Due to the effect of ruler-class Fear, all buff effects on players are removed. ]
“That’s annoying.”
That finger snap wasn’t just a finger snap—it was ruler-class Fear.
Yeah. If it was a ruler-class monster, it wouldn’t even need to shout. It could use Fear in various ways.
It wasn’t even that surprising.
Because he’d gotten pretty used to this pattern by now.
Sensing that Su-ho’s power had dropped sharply along with the buff removal, the Plague Queen raised one corner of her mouth and smiled.
“Now then, shall we start? You, in particular, will be killed very slowly over countless eons, as nourishment for my new children.”
As she said that, the queen gestured at Su-ho.
Then the Elite Plague Fairies that had been scattered like smog suddenly began pouring down on Su-ho.
“You’ve got to be kidding.”
Other than being queen-class, there wasn’t anything special about her, and yet she’s talking like this.
Su-ho immediately used Blessing, then used Eclipse.
[ Blessing activates. ]
[ Eclipse activates. ]
[ You receive sunlight and moonlight. ]
[ The Runes of the Sun and Moon react. ]
[ The power of the sun and moon is activated. ]
[ You receive the blessing of the sun and moon. ]
[ All stats increase by 2%. ]
[ All recovery increases by 2%. ]
[ The Fire attribute is activated. ]
[ The Light attribute is activated. ]
[ Two attributes are activated, doubling the mana cost for attribute use. ]
The attributes he used were, of course, Fire and Light.
Then he pulled up the Ghost-Shadow Spear from the ground.
“Try blocking this first, then.”
And then he threw the Ghost-Shadow Spear at the Elite Plague Fairies rushing at him... no, precisely, at the Plague Queen.
[ Spear Throw activates. ]
Swaaaaash!
The Ghost-Shadow Spear flew, cutting through the air with a piercing sound.
At the same time, flames burst from the tip of the Ghost-Shadow Spear, and pure white radiance coiled around it, and it began piercing through the elite fairy army in an instant.
[ You have slain an Elite Plague Fairy. ]
[ You have slain an Elite Plague Fairy. ]
[ You have slain an Elite Plague Fairy. ]
......
Notifications poured down.
At the same time, like singeing a beehive with a torch, the elite fairy army began dropping in clusters, one after another.
“......!”
The Plague Queen’s eyes widened as she sensed something was off, but it was far too late to respond now.
“Damn!”
Just as the Plague Queen brought her hands together to take another action.
“Kheuheoheong!!”
The Ghost-Shadow Spear, which looked like it would pierce through everything, suddenly became a beast in front of the queen and twisted its trajectory.
Kwaddeuk!
The ghost-shadow that became a beast from the spear instantly bit into the queen’s nape.
“You filthy bug!!”
With her nape bitten, the queen sent her mana into a frenzy.
In response, Su-ho also began driving Eclipse, embedded in the ghost-shadow, into a frenzy.
Hwaaaaaaaa!!
A collision of energy and energy.
It triggered a huge energy reaction, creating a massive impact, and.
Kwaaaaaaaang!!
At last, it caused a gigantic explosion, creating a catastrophe that swallowed up every Plague Fairy that had been gathered nearby.
“Spectacular.”
From far away, Su-ho watched it like he was watching a fireworks festival.
[ You have slain an Elite Plague Fairy. ]
[ You have slain an Elite Plague Fairy. ]
[ You have slain an Elite Plague Fairy. ]
[ You have slain an Elite Plague Fairy. ]
......
Slaying notifications poured down.
But the notification he actually wanted to see didn’t appear.
When the explosion faded and the aftermath was revealed, Su-ho could see a certain existence, charred black, hanging in midair.
It was the queen.
Black smoke rose, ash even scattered—an existence that now looked closer to a maidservant than a queen, an appearance ugly beyond measure.
“You...!”
The queen ground her lips together.
She’d thought he was nothing but a mere human and had looked down on him endlessly, but to think he’d push her this far in only a single exchange.
It was infuriating.
He was furious.
Rage boiled up.
And spurred by that rage, the Plague Queen immediately prepared her second phase.
The moment mana gathered, exploding like that.
Flash!
In an instant, the queen’s vision flashed.
And the moment she recognized it, her vision went dark.
Slash!
A chilling slicing sound.
And then.
[ You have slain the Queen of the Plague Fairies. ]
[ The Gate has been cleared. ]
[ The MVP for clearing the Gate is ‘An Su-ho’. ]
[ Additional experience is provided due to MVP selection. ]
[ 1 bonus stat is provided due to MVP selection. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ All stats have increased by 1. ]
[ You have gained 1 bonus stat. ]
The queen met her death without even being able to bring out her second phase.
[ Enhancement activates. ]
[ Sky Severing activates. ]
[ Enhancement is applied. ]
[ Sky Severing’s power becomes even stronger. ]
Brushing away the Enhanced Sky Severing notifications floating in front of him, Su-ho canceled the blood sword.
“What do you mean, ‘you’?”
I’m busy.
There’s no time for me to deal with you one by one when the spec gap is this huge, got it?
This wasn’t arrogance or pride. It was fact.
She’d been driven to the brink with a single Ghost-Shadow Spear explosion, so even if she forced her way into a second phase, how much could it really change?
So he ended it in one shot with Sky Severing, Enhancement applied.
With the queen’s death, the other fairies also fell away and faded like toys that had run out of fuel.
Wiiiiiing!
An exit portal formed.
But Su-ho’s objective wasn’t clearing the Gate itself—it was the queen—so he moved his feet and approached the dead queen.
Her end was even more shabby than he’d expected.
She was crushed and shriveled like meat that had been over-roasted, to the point you couldn’t even find the shape of a queen anymore.
Pasasak.
It was then.
The moment Su-ho approached, the queen’s corpse crumbled with a pasasak sound.
And two items dropped in that spot.
[ You have obtained the Plague Fairy Queen’s Bloodstone. ]
[ You have obtained ???’s ?. ]
Su-ho smiled when he saw the notifications.
Because he’d finally secured what he’d been aiming for.
Su-ho checked the bloodstone’s information first.
[ Plague Fairy Queen’s Bloodstone ]
Grade : S
# A queen-rank fairy’s bloodstone.
# Powerful mana dwells within it, but the fairy race’s mana is different from ordinary mana.
The corners of his mouth rose.
Nothing more, nothing less—it was exactly the option he needed.
Then Su-ho’s gaze shifted to the other one.
‘What is this?’
If the queen’s bloodstone looked like an unprocessed chunk of ruby, the one beside it looked like an unprocessed piece of obsidian.
Su-ho immediately checked this one’s information.
[ ???’s ??? ]
Grade : ???
# A ??? that has the power of ???.
# To free ???’s ???, you need the fairy race’s mana.
An item studded with question marks.
However, after seeing the phrase revealed as a hint, he nodded.
‘No matter what it is, I’ll need Fairy Blood.’
That made sense, since it said it needed fairy-race mana for the unsealing.
Su-ho immediately used the queen’s bloodstone.
[ You have used the fairy-race queen’s bloodstone. ]
[ The conditions for unlocking Fairy Blood have been met. ]
[ Due to Newblood’s effect, Fairy Blood’s seal is released. ]
At last, the seal on Fairy Blood was released.
The System notifications continued.
[ Skill information is changing. ]
[ Newblood’s harmony effect activates. ]
[ Newblood’s refining effect activates. ]
[ Newblood’s qualification effect activates. ]
[ You have mastered Fairy Blood. ]
[ Due to mastering Fairy Blood, you have obtained the ‘Fairy Power’ stat. ]
“Huh?”
Su-ho’s eyes widened when he saw the Fairy Power stat.
Because Fairy Power was an extremely rare stat he’d barely seen even in his previous life.
‘To get this here.’
In a way, it might have been only natural.
From the start, Fairy Blood itself had been implying he would gain a fairy’s power.
It was then.
[ Due to Newblood’s effect, some stat information is changing. ]
[ The Mana stat and Fairy Power stat are changed °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° into the True Mana stat. ]
[ The changed True Mana stat follows the higher stat value between the previous Mana stat and Fairy Power stat. ]
[ You have succeeded in obtaining True Mana (S+) for the first time. ]
[ As you have achieved a great feat, the System gifts you 10 bonus stats. ]
“Huh?”
The fairy power he’d gained disappeared in an instant.
