Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 298

Suddenly, an additional system notification popped up.

Su-ho stared at the alert with wide eyes.

‘■■ is filing a complaint against ????’

The black box symbolized a Transcendent.

But who exactly was the Transcendent filing a complaint against?

‘If a Transcendent is objecting... it has to be the system, right?’

Logically, it could only be the system.

After all, even Transcendents operated within the environment created by the system.

But this was the first time Su-ho had seen anything like this. All he could do was shift his gaze around in confusion.

While he was trying to process it, the complaint continued.

[■■ argues that the difficulty of the second labor was significantly reduced compared to previous ones.]

[??? is verifying the claim.]

[The claim has been verified.]

[The system accepts the complaint from ■■.]

[??? agrees with ■■ and decides to acknowledge only half the completion of the second labor.]

“...What?”

The words slipped out aloud in disbelief.

What the actual fuck are they talking about?

They were the ones who gave him the quest!

So why the hell was he taking the hit now?

Just as Su-ho was about to start cursing in protest—

[However, it is also a fact that the player has cleared the second labor.]

[As a compromise, the system will grant partial benefits from the accomplishment.]

[In addition, due to the reward miscalculation, the system is awarding you 30 bonus stat points.]

More alerts followed.

Su-ho read through them calmly.

Partial labor benefits, plus 30 bonus stats as compensation.

“...Hmm.”

Honestly? Not bad.

Above all, he was satisfied with those 30 bonus stat points.

“I was planning to take my time with the second labor anyway. And, yeah... compared to what I expected, this one was easier.”

The bonus alone was a massive reward.

Su-ho decided to accept it.

Even if he were pissed, there was no way to actually complain to the system.

This had never happened before—but he knew better than anyone that players were powerless in the face of the system.

So he chose to save his emotional energy.

“Screw it. Better this than nothing.”

Apparently, the Transcendent agreed as well.

[■■ accepts ???’s ruling.]

[Trait information is being updated.]

Another change to his trait.

That was the last of the alerts.

As the sky cleared of text, Su-ho chuckled under his breath.

“...I’ve lived to see some weird shit, huh.”

A Transcendent arguing with the system?

Usually, you couldn’t tell who the Transcendent was—but this time, the context gave it away.

“The Twelve Labors were assigned to Hercules by the goddess Hera. So ■■ is probably Hera.”

Even the black box had two blocks.

Maybe the number of boxes matched the number of syllables in the Transcendent’s name?

“Looks like it.”

Su-ho shook his head and pulled up the updated Hercules Candidate trait.

[Hercules Candidate]

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