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Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant
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2023
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553 Chapters (Ongoing)
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Sword God, Ahn Suho.

The greatest swordsman player in humanity was, surprisingly enough, a civil servant hunter belonging to the Korean Hunter Association.

Suho chose the path of a public servant purely to end the gates.

Perhaps that’s why?

When one of the disaster-level gates, called the final gate, was attacked,

In an ironic turn of events, he was betrayed by his comrades.

“You should have joined us from the beginning. Now I know why people say that civil servants are so inflexible.”

The reason his comrades betrayed him?

Because if the gates were closed, their power would disappear.

Is this the end?

Just as Suho’s consciousness was fading away,

[Rebooting Player Ahn Suho’s system.]

The system gave Suho one more chance.

A chance to go back to the past and set everything right.

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검신급 공무원의 회귀
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ghjkk00
ghjkk00 rated it
July 6, 2024
Status: c24
plot is MC (the strongest hunter/swordsman and a civil servant) was betrayed by his guild-aligned allies for wanting to get rid of dungeon gates, which would mean no more income for all hunters. he time travels and seeks revenge + to continue his original goals, this time disguised as a “healer” which I think is a wonderful concept!! (call the ambulance... but not for me >:) hehe)... its kinda early in translation, and they’re pretty good! his power progression is fast, but it’s understandable considering his experience. and his personality... more>> is chill, confident but not a jerk. MC is a bit showy about his “potential” to people he wants, but it’s refreshing from the usual lowkey protagonists of these kinds of stories. looking forward to reading more <<less
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Vynwij
Vynwij rated it
January 19, 2025
Status: c440
I really like the MC of this novel, he kind of morally-grey and always prioritize efficiency, ... more>>
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he even delay his revenge if he think it's not efficient at the moment.

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sometimes he act impulsive but turnout there's an intention behind it (i was fooled three time throughtout the story, like why the heck did he do that OOC stuff??)

As a hunter who always dealing with criminal hunter he would try abiding by the law but if the crime was severe or not punishable by the law he would judge it himself.
Spoiler

(he torture them til they get PTSD or seal their sense and make them cripled)

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And its refresing unlike some novel that the MC dont know why they regressed and remember every single detail. In this novel it was revealed early that he regressed cus an achievement at the end of his life and he earning a memory skill through a book (without that skill he wont even remember what assignment he gave to the criminal he caught red-handed lol)

The MC dont trust others at all unless they're proven trustworthy in the past life or he test them later on and usefull for him (he can tell if the person was telling a lie or truth through item). Thats why dont expect teamfight from this novel, most of the time he will clear gate alone

The plot itself was fast-paced that sometime author skipping but in a good way cus there's a lot of repetitive process and gate conquering.

But the most important thing is there's no romantic/harem element in this novel!! (Lol)

Thats it ig, I hope others will enjoy reading this novel and manhwa, lastly sorry for bad english. <<less
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kylar1337
kylar1337 rated it
December 11, 2024
Status: c40
It's really refreshing to read something like this. The background of the story is similar to dozens of others. The MC dies, goes back in time, and gets a second chance. However! The main character Ahn Suho is an adult. A mature, responsible, altruistic adult. There aren't random one dimensional female characters throwing themselves at him. Instead he actually meets and develops real friendships and aquaintances with both men and women. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE!!! The story gives you feel good vibes instead of trying to manipulate you into being angry... more>> and frustrated based on the authors decisions. Give it a try. I personally prefer the translation by Mythic Regressor out of what's available at time of writing. The sentence structure is more fluid and the word choice feels more natural. You can read up to chapter 40 on their site. <<less
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Bumble8
Bumble8 rated it
November 3, 2024
Status: c127
I've been reading mtl of this and it showed promise with some somewhat interesting ideas but it becomes more and more dominated by stories about office politics. It's too the point where combat and hunter stuff such happens only like once every few chapters. I'm not sure if it gets better later as I have not read that far and don't plan to read more, but after this arc is over it might get better.

The interesting thing about this is the way knowledge and regaining powers work with the system.... more>>
Spoiler

It seems even if you know an ability and can perfectly do the actions, unless the system recognizes your actions there won't be any power behind the move. So to regain his powers he has to make the system understand his actions so he has to work to get his powers back in that way. There's also a few side characters with interesting abilities.

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The annoying office politics has been going on for many chapters and seems it will continue for a while.
Spoiler

It centers around him cleaning up the hunter association and his insistence on having people face judgement through the system. The main villain is the leader of the hunter prosecution who is corrupt. Hopefully, once the clean up of the association is finished the annoying politics could be finished and hunter stuff can take front and center. But I wouldn't be surprised if it just turns into guild politics, then international politics after that.

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Fantasty Laik
Fantasty Laik rated it
February 26, 2025
Status: c140
So far a very interesting novel with the motif of revenge and time travel.

Your hero is developing very quickly, actually it seems that he is developing too quickly. He tries to achieve everything by himself, but he probably understood at some point that he can't go on like this and he organizes a team to perform ape tasks.

I can't write more because it would be spoilers 😂
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dragonzflyte
dragonzflyte
February 24, 2025
Status: c147
This is a review with no rating, because I had no idea what star rating to even give.

The story starts off normal for a revenge and / or regression story. Betrayal, anger, a power-up arc.

But from that point on things start to take a weird and uncomfortable turn.

The MC reacts with unnecessary levels of brutality to characters who he deems bad guys, fairly consistently, but as of chapter 147 his level of retaliation still seems to escalate in violence to the point that it's honestly baffling. His characterisation is also... more>> fairly inconsistent, and his thoughts about the people around him are off putting.

Since the MC is so cold most of the time, it makes his moments of kindness or empathy feel extremely disingenuous, if not outright disturbing as the story progresses.

He may be a civil servant, but he's not worried about any sort of excessive force charges. And while there are still contexts where that makes sense (like apprehending a violent superhuman criminal), he often verges into territory that is blatant police brutality.

The MC is uncomfortably willing to torture and physically control anyone who he labels "bad", with flexibility about who he thinks is bad based on what's most convenient for him.

Given this is a modern hunter setting with regression and politics, I was personally expecting more strategic maneuvering and monster hunting. Granted, there is some monster hunting, but it often gets glossed over and there's no real tension in the action sequences. I understand that he's skilled and ramps up quickly in concrete strength, but it makes fight scenes kind of boring, especially when the author doesn't focus on any moments where he is really pushed to his limits.

Technically the writing itself isn't awful - there are a lot of inconsistencies in terms of fiddle details like with financial transactions - but it also veers uncomfortably into torture-p*rn.

P.S. I added the parasites tag to the story, and my reasoning is below under the spoilers tag.

Spoiler

As of chapter 147, one of the recent gates was a biological dungeon, inside the digestive tract of a worm infested with a significant number of parasites. The boss is a mega-parasite that drops an egg of the species when defeated.

He proceeded to feed parasite eggs to almost all of the prisoners at the maximum security prison for awakened superhumans. He did this to steal their XP.

It was incredibly disgusting to read about and there is a fairly significant amount of detail included for both the gate and the prison.

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maskedwari
maskedwari rated it
November 2, 2024
Status: c40
This novel is the definition of mid, or average. The MC is average, the plot is nothing special and average, the side characters are one dimensional and below average.

The strongest hunter on Earth gets backstabbed by his teammates who he trusted, and goes back in time. Cannot get anymore cliche than this, lol. Once he returns to the past, he proceeds to become overpowered so fast within a few chapters and apparently he doesn't need skills because he already has them from his past life. Sadly, even though he's powerful... more>> he is essentially the dog of the corrupt Korean government as he wants to still work a civil servant even after regression. I've never seen an MC this dumb before, willingly becoming a s*ave of their country. The Korean government did nothing for him when he got his ass handed to him by his teammates.

The only unique aspect of this novel is the fact that the MC becomes a healer. Essentially he's a swordsman + healer after regression because his past life's skills are automatically registered in his body. <<less
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MarketResearchReading114
MarketResearchReading114 rated it
September 28, 2024
Status: c33
Another well executed gate fantasy revenge plot. I think it may feel typical, but it if you're really into them this is of the same caliber as many others worth reading.

Right now its a little too "everything goes as planned" and a few "cannot lose" sentiments come into play. Its still a fun romp and well worth it as a time waster.

Feels like its got a good mood for our protag's personality, and their relationships. Pretty much a warm sentiment for a revenge plot story. Not a lot of deep... more>> cynical brooding emotional grimness. We have a new chance, a new horizon and we're happy to lead things towards a better one. <<less
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Cowtail
Cowtail rated it
February 2, 2025
Status: c69
Very bland throughout. There are no surprises, side characters are 1-dimensional, and character level progression feels dry and tasteless. I'd recommend reading it only if you've got nothing else to do.
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