Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 489

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“So, is that really a god?”

“To be precise, he *was* a god.”

“Huh! Goodness. I wanted to respect his privacy and keep my mouth shut, but it’s hard to hold back. We seem to have some time to spare, how about a little chat?”

“No thanks.”

The Great Wizard clicked his tongue after hearing Pan’s true identity.

Even within a mental world, seeing a god right in front of him like this.

He observed Pan intently, not wanting to miss this opportunity, but the dignity of a god had completely vanished from the creature.

“T-This way, please.”

“Alright, lead the way.”

“Hiek!”

“Just listen carefully and I won’t touch you, so hurry up and guide us.”

“Y-Yes, I understand!”

Even now, it’s the same.

One of his horns has been torn off, and along with it, the pupils below have become dull. He’s trembling his right eye as he crawls forward. Who would imagine the image of a Constellation [a being of immense power and influence] from that sight?

Pan’s current appearance was nothing more than that of a beast.

“T-Triton is down there.”

“Down there, as in Lilac?”

“Below that. He, he must be settled in the sea. He said he would recover his strength there. I told him he couldn’t do that here, but he wouldn’t listen.”

“Below that… that would be Jeheton.”

If Seun’s mental world is structured like a tower, then below this is Lilac, and below that is the port city of Jeheton.

It was the perfect place for Triton, the god of the sea, to hide.

However, there was one thing in Pan’s words that bothered him.

‘He said he would recover his strength?’

As the Great Wizard said, it was nearly impossible to increase one’s strength in someone else’s mental world, let alone one’s own.

In the first place, those who exist in the mental world are not real.

Even Seun and the Great Wizard look exactly like their real selves right now, but that’s just an appearance suitable for the mental world.

Absorbing mana here doesn’t increase mana, and doing strength training doesn’t increase muscle strength.

And that goes for Pan and Triton as well.

No, they are just remnants that have been devoured by Seun, so it was even less likely.

They were once Constellations, so they must know about the mental world, and to say they would increase their strength knowing that…

There was only one way to make that possible.

“Is the Dantian [an energy center in the body] located in Jeheton?”

“Y-Yes, the Qi [life energy], Qi is gathered there.”

Attaching oneself to the source of power in the mental world and absorbing that power. There was no other explanation.

Triton is now attached to Seun’s Dantian, trying to suck up its power.

“Hmm, even if the ego remains, for a being whose power has already been absorbed to remain in the mental world and absorb the owner’s power… it’s nearly impossible, but if it’s a god, that might change things.”

The Great Wizard, who had been listening to Seun and Pan’s conversation, voiced his opinion.

The source of power, such as the Dantian or Circle [a mage’s source of power], is said to be the most strictly guarded even in the mental world.

As such, the barrier is not easily broken even when the owner of the mental world approaches.

However, the fact that the Dantian is located in the sea and that the being trying to absorb the power is Triton made him uneasy.

“Let’s pick up the pace.”

“A-Alright! Meeeh!”

Pan hurriedly pawed the ground and led Seun and the Great Wizard downward.

* * *

The next place they arrived after Death Hill was, as expected, the city of temptation, Lilac.

However, all the brilliant lights of the city, also known as the city of night, had disappeared, and only darkness and silence lurked in the streets of Lilac.

The only difference from Death Hill was that the remains of the buildings were still largely intact.

Thanks to this, the movement became more inconvenient, but it was not enough to stop Seun and the Great Wizard.

“I-If you go this way, it’s much faster.”

“Alright.”

“As expected, a god is a god. To maintain one’s ego so perfectly in the mental world. Truly amazing. Moreover, this is after his power has been completely devoured.”

The Great Wizard was busy observing Pan.

He had succeeded in creating a magic circle to enter the mental world, but he didn’t know much about the mental world either.

So, it was only natural that he was interested in Pan’s existence, who could be said to be a special being in the mental world.

“I-It’s almost here.”

The place they had just passed was a casino, and the floor was filled with the remains of buildings and various coins.

It had been so long that the colors had faded, making it impossible to distinguish between silver and platinum coins.

Wooong-

Seun, hearing Pan’s words, used the Compass of Journey.

Just in case, in the unlikely event that Pan was deceiving Seun and leading him into a trap, the Compass of Journey was pointing in the same direction as Pan was moving.

Thanks to this, Seun was able to move to the lower floor following Pan’s guidance without suspicion.

“W-We’ve arrived.”

As soon as they went down, they expected to hear the refreshing sound of waves and the salty sea breeze… but they didn’t feel it.

Only unpleasant humidity settled on their skin, forcing them to frown immediately.

Looking around, they quickly understood the reason.

“…The Black Sea?”

“Is this really Jeheton? That black thing is Jeheton’s beautiful sea? I can’t believe it.”

The vibrant Jeheton, called the port city, was completely dead.

Lilac at least had the remains of buildings, but here, perhaps swept away by the waves, not even the remains of buildings were left.

All that remained was the land, blackened and dead, damp like mud, and the still, calm surface of the sea.

It was as if all the sea around Jeheton was made up of the Black Sea.

“The situation is worse than the shelters we’ve passed so far. Are you telling me we have to go in here?”

“I’m asking you.”

Perhaps he had some last bit of pride left? Seun repeated the question to Pan, who was trying to frown without even acknowledging the Great Wizard’s question, and the answer came back sharply.

He didn’t want to enter that thick Black Sea, which looked suffocating, but there was no other way now.

“Guide us.”

“I understand.”

“Are you able to dive?”

“What do you take me for? Although I can’t swim, I’m someone who doesn’t need to swim.”

Starting with Pan, Seun and the Great Wizard moved towards the Black Sea.

Pan flinched as if he didn’t like the black seawater touching his body, but when Seun glanced at him, he quickly went in and paddled his four feet as if he were dog-paddling.

Seun opened the gills on his neck and grimaced as he sucked in the thick water of the Black Sea, and the Great Wizard looked at Seun strangely and surrounded himself with water droplets.

“Gills, although efficient, aren’t they too uncomfortable?”

“If you go into that bubble, there are limits to moving your body.”

“Ah, that’s right. You’re not a pure mage. Then that form would be more comfortable to move in. A difference in perspective.”

The Great Wizard’s water droplets are ideal for using magic, but it is not easy to cope with the body because of the characteristic of being trapped in the water droplets themselves.

That is, after all, the best magic for responding to the opponent’s attack with magic.

It is not a suitable magic for Seun, who uses both magic and martial arts at the same time.

“T-This way.”

“How do you know where you’re going?”

“Triton was a colleague of Olympus [the home of the Greek gods]. It’s easy to feel the, the energy.”

Pan was paddling diligently forward.

Although his appearance was unsightly, his speed was quite fast, so they continued to move forward without feeling frustrated.

‘It doesn’t seem like there are any Outer Gods here either.’

The Black Sea, also known as the sea of death or the dead sea.

On the seabed near the coast, various skeletons, including those of humans, were submerged.

The further they went into the sea, the more the unique stench of the Black Sea was felt, causing them to frown involuntarily.

If Leviathan saw this sight, wouldn’t he have sighed without realizing it?

“T-The distance is quite far.”

While cutting through the thick seawater, Seun could feel that the surrounding seawater was gradually getting colder.

When he told the Great Wizard about this, he tilted his head as if he didn’t know.

“Is that so? I didn’t know because this blocks even the temperature.”

“It’s because of the Qi around it. The top is warm.”

“The top?”

When they went up to the surface of the water at Pan’s words, they could clearly understand what he meant.

The seawater of the Black Sea was getting so cold that it made their skin tingle, but on the contrary, the air above the surface was heated up.

A situation that didn’t make sense logically.

“We’re almost there now.”

And not long after, Seun knew the reason for this phenomenon.

“That’s the Dantian?”

At the end of their vision.

A red hemisphere protruded from the center of the horizon.

It was blazing like the sun, emitting heat, which heated the surrounding air.

As they got closer, they could see the bottom of the red hemisphere.

“What a mysterious shape. Your Dantian is as unique as your mana circle.”

Unlike the red hemisphere, a blue hemisphere was on the bottom.

As felt from the color, a cold chill was cooling the seawater.

Perhaps because of the contrasting temperatures, the surrounding air was swirling, creating a typhoon, and the sea was also swirling, creating a huge turbulence.

‘It’s a visually realized appearance due to the characteristics of the mental world, but I didn’t expect this.’

Perhaps the characteristics of the Ja Ha Shin Gong and Bing Baek Shin Gong that Seun had learned were revealed outwardly?

The fact that he couldn’t control his power and was spreading heat and cold in all directions must be a characteristic of the Break Through the Limit Heart Technique, and yet the fact that they were firmly interlocked to form a sphere must be the stability of the Three Calamities Art.

“I don’t know if you intended it, but it looks quite unstable.”

“…It does.”

Seun agreed with the Great Wizard’s opinion.

He had been focusing on cultivating the Circle, but he didn’t know much about the Dantian, so he couldn’t invest much time in it.

Unlike the Circle’s training method, martial arts lacked the concept of ‘harmony’.

In the first place, Seun’s Dantian, which was based on the Three Calamities Art, accepted the internal energy of the Break Through the Limit Heart Technique, and then accepted the internal energy of Yin and Yang on top of that, had a structure that was one of the best among players who had learned martial arts, or perhaps even the only one.

‘I want to take a closer look.’

He came to observe the Circle, but once he faced it, he couldn’t just pass by the Dantian.

Perhaps by observing the huge Dantian, he could overcome the recent stagnation of the Dantian.

As they were heading towards the Dantian, enduring the cold chill.

“…Pan.”

“T, Triton.”

A familiar voice, one he had heard before, rang in his ears.

Not long after, a Constellation in the form of a fishman emerged from the huge whirlpool that had formed below the Dantian. No, it was one who *was* once a Constellation.

“You were hiding like a coward, trembling, and now you’ve finally forgotten your revenge and come back as a human’s dog?”

The second Constellation that Seun devoured and the son of Poseidon.

The appearance of Triton, the god of the sea.