Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant

Chapter 132

It continued like this.

Su-ho continued to slice down one by one the people with irrecoverable wounds.

“What the hell are you doing!!”

“What are you doing right now!!”

“You madman!!”

At Su-ho’s sudden actions, people began to lose it.

These were the people who had been holding bandages and healing ointments.

They screamed at Su-ho after the people they were trying to heal died, their eyes wide with madness as they protested.

However, Su-ho remained calm, his eyes flashing with killing intent as he spoke.

“Open your eyes and look carefully.”

“What?”

“If you have eyes, open them and look properly. What you should be doing right now.”

“W-what are you talking about…”

“Look carefully!!”

Su-ho pointed with his sword at the battlefield.

At the tip of his sword, there were comrades, each wielding their weapons, fighting against the monsters.

“What you should be doing right now isn’t sitting around, bandaging wounds. Whether it’s healing or providing aid, you can only do that after you’ve survived. So stop pretending to be righteous, bandaging wounds, and pick up a weapon! Fight! Fight, survive, and after that, heal your comrades and families.”

Su-ho spoke firmly, then shifted his gaze.

He moved to another area and began taking patients away from those who were holding bandages instead of weapons.

If anyone was too dazed to respond, Su-ho struck them to bring them back to their senses.

As a result, people went into a frenzy.

But as time passed, one by one, they began to gather themselves and picked up weapons.

“Y-yeah, you’re right.”

“Only if we survive can we heal, or do anything.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“I was reckless.”

It was a dramatic change.

At the same time, the atmosphere began to shift drastically.

The battle, which had been slowly tipping in favor of the monsters, started to push back the creatures as the people who had been distracted by healing joined the fight.

However, not everyone joined.

“No!! No way!!”

“He’s my brother! My brother!!”

“Would you do the same if it were your family? Would you do this to your family!!”

There were people refusing to join.

These were the people who had already suffered immense psychological trauma, unable to make rational decisions.

Su-ho left them alone.

If he took the patients from these people, they would turn into enemies.

Su-ho made a calculated decision.

‘Sacrifice? Sure, sacrifice is good. A healer’s virtue is sacrifice, just like Isabella always emphasized. But what’s the point of sacrifice if nothing is left in the end?’

Sacrifice is something that should be made when you can protect what needs protecting.

That’s why Su-ho picked up the sword.

It may seem ruthless, but he had to cut down the patients.

The ultimate goal of a healer was to save as many people as possible.

And so, he chose this path.

For the best possible outcome.

After finishing with the patients, Su-ho turned his sword toward the monsters and fought for a long time.

He cut down monsters, cut down those who were hindering his allies, and cut down anyone he judged as an enemy.

Throughout the process, there was no healing from Su-ho.

Bandages and healing ointments appeared in his vision, but instead of that, he picked up a spear and swung his sword again.

He saved his comrades and protected those beside him.

Finally, when all the monsters on the battlefield were slain, the survivors began to cheer.

“We won…?”

“We won…?”

“We… we won!!”

“Yeah! We won!”

“We won!!”

“Yaaaay!!”

The people began to cheer.

The monsters were all dead, and the fighting had ended.

But the celebration didn’t last long. Instead of reveling in victory, people rushed to treat the wounded.

Only then did Su-ho drop his sword and pick up the healing ointments and bandages.

“My hand! My hand!”

“Ughhh!”

“Painkillers! I need painkillers!”

The aftermath wasn’t a happy ending.

The survivors treated their wounds and began rebuilding the ruins in order to live another day.

At first glance, there was no joy left in them, nothing like the happiness of old.

But...

“…Thank you.”

“Because of you, I could protect my little sister.”

“I’m sorry for before.”

Surprisingly, one by one, people came up to Su-ho to express their gratitude.

These were the ones who had been slapped out of their stupor by Su-ho.

Su-ho smiled lightly in response and continued with the healing activities.

Yes.

The monsters had passed, and there was no happiness like before.

But still, they had a new hope.

“I’m so glad… really glad…”

“Thank you for surviving… truly thank you…”

“Mom…”

Su-ho quietly treated them.

At the same time, he felt their emotions—their joy, sorrow, anger, and love.

Because of this, Su-ho had no regrets about his decision.

In fact, he thought it was the right choice.

And so, as he continued his healing work...

[ The trial is complete. ]
[ The system has finished its evaluation of you. ]
[ The system has decided to open the path most suited for you. ]

A sudden system notification appeared.

At the same time, Su-ho’s vision darkened again, and when his vision cleared once more, he found himself back in his basement practice room at home.

‘It’s over.’

He saw his own limbs—strong and sturdy, not the thin ones from before.

It was all back to normal.

Then, the next notification arrived.

[ Class information has changed. ]
[ You have been given a new name. ]
[ You are now a Crusader. ]
[ Congratulations! You are the first Crusader! ]
[ Having achieved a great feat, the system has awarded you 10 bonus stats. ]
[ As a reward for completing the class quest, you have received 5 additional bonus stats. ]
[ You have learned Blessing (F). ]

A flood of system notifications.

The system’s observation was over.

At the same time, the class quest had been completed, and Su-ho had successfully transitioned from Healer to the new class of “Crusader.”

Looking at his newly changed class name, Su-ho smiled inwardly.

‘Thank goodness. I really became a Crusader like this.’

Crusader.

This was an extremely rare class that only a few players who walked the healer path could obtain.

Usually, healers would transition into clerics, paladins, or monks based on the weapons they used, but rarely, the path of the Crusader would open up.

Su-ho had aimed for the Crusader.

No, he had aimed for it from the beginning.

‘Among the routes a healer can take, there is no better route than Crusader.’

Clerics can obtain the most powerful healing skills on the healer tech tree, but they are specialized only in healing and support, lacking combat abilities, making them useless in battle.

Paladins and monks are the same.

They are specialized in combat but possess only a fraction of the healing power of a cleric, not even close to half.

But the Crusader was different.

In combat, healing, and support, the Crusader showed above-average abilities in all aspects that a healer could have.

However, despite such a good tech tree, humanity had barely seen the benefits of the Crusader class.

This was because the route to becoming a Crusader was discovered only toward the later part of the great upheaval.

‘Isabella regretted it a lot. She said that if she had known about the Crusader route earlier, she would have chosen it instead of the Cleric path.’

Su-ho recalled the first man to ever become a Crusader.

He was a healer from the PMC mercenary group, and despite being a healer, he enjoyed fighting on the battlefield like Su-ho, eventually acquiring the Crusader route by chance.

Thus, he was also known as the “First Crusader.”

Su-ho knew a lot about him.

Despite his fame abroad, Su-ho had been interested in the Crusader class itself.

‘And that interest at the time became the foundation for where I am now.’

Thanks to that, Su-ho was now able to become the “First Crusader” himself.

Su-ho invested all 15 bonus stats he had obtained into his magic stat and updated his status window.

[An Su-ho]
– Lv: 100
– Class: Crusader
– Traits?: <New Blood>, <Heracles Candidate>
– Strength (O): 26
– Health (O): 2
– Magic (R): 85
– Sensitivity (R): 62
– Bonus Stats: 0

With the class name changed, the triangle indicator next to it disappeared.

Thanks to being the first to take the Crusader path, the bonus stats he received were substantial, and his magic stat had reached 85.

Now, he had just become a 1st-tier player, but his growth was so much more remarkable than in his past life.

Su-ho then proceeded to check the newly obtained skill information.

[Blessing]
– Grade: F

Crusader-only skill

While magic is being consumed, all stats increase by 10%.

A simple explanation.

However, the fact that it was a Crusader-exclusive skill was enough to explain its value.

‘I guess if I had become a Cleric, I would have received stronger healing skills.’

But it was okay.

He felt no regret for the skills he didn’t obtain.

After all, Su-ho had already made solid preparations for the skills that could only be obtained by taking the Cleric route.

‘The class quest is done now... next is the trait quest, I guess?’

Su-ho opened his status window again and clicked the triangle next to the trait section.

[Trait Quest is now activated.]
[This is a one-of-a-kind trait.]
[Exclusive quest activated.]
[Evolving Blood]
– Difficulty: S

Unlock the third power of Dragon’s Blood.

Unlock the second power of Vampire Blood.

The quest window appeared in front of Su-ho.

Reading through it, Su-ho narrowed his eyes.

“Hmmm…”

The quest content wasn’t particularly unusual.

There were occasionally trait quests like this, which set conditions to enhance skill options.

But such quests were mostly utility types, often linked to crafting skills.

‘Is it because it’s a unique trait?’

Given the current situation, Su-ho guessed that it probably was.

Since everything about New Blood and Dragon’s Blood was new, there wasn’t much additional information available.

So, the difficulty was rated S.

‘But if I remember correctly, the conditions for unlocking both Dragon’s Blood and Vampire Blood were listed as unknown…’

With that thought, he checked the information on Dragon’s Blood.

[Dragon’s Blood]
– Grade: S+

The bloodline of a great dragon.

Those with Dragon’s Blood, though not born as dragons, can wield the power of dragons depending on their efforts.

Lv.1 – Dragon Blood: Intimidation (S), Dragon’s Spirit (S).

Lv.2 – Dragon Armor: Dragon Kin (S), Dragon Skin (S).

Lv.3 – [ ??? ]

: Locked
? Unlock conditions
? Reach Level 100.
? Defeat the true dragon.

Lv.4...

As Su-ho read through the Dragon’s Blood information, his eyes widened.

Clearly, the previously hidden conditions for unlocking the third level of power had now been revealed.

‘Could it be the same for Vampire Blood?’

Curious, he checked the information on Vampire Blood as well.

Much to his surprise, Vampire Blood also had the same “unknown” condition listed.

After seeing both sets of information, Su-ho smiled.

‘Now this changes things.’

Su-ho raised the corner of his mouth and immediately pulled out his phone to call Choi Yoon.