Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 103

Episode 107

The monster’s power was far greater than Se-un had imagined.

It broke through the Stone Wall, which had been further strengthened by the mysteries of the Yellow Tower, in just two hits. Soon after, it began using its tail to smash the wall in a single blow.

And that wasn’t all.

When Se-un tried to prolong the standoff, the monster burrowed into the ground without touching the wall.

It bypassed the Stone Wall underground and began attacking Se-un from below.

It was proof that the monster’s intelligence was not to be ignored.

-The power of ‘Ground Wave’ is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Black Tower.

Black waves rippled around Se-un’s palm as he touched the ground.

As a magic that reverberates through the ground, Ground Wave showed the greatest power against enemies underground.

Of course, it wouldn’t deal much damage to a monster made entirely of rock.

Koo-oong!

“Kaaaah!”

At the very least, it was enough to force it out of the ground.

-The Eye of Envy envies the solidity of ‘Stone Lava’.

-Steals defense.

-Steals agility.

…

At first, it was difficult to block the monster’s attacks and keep up with its speed, but thanks to the Authority of Envy, it became easier to deal with the monster as time passed.

Perhaps because its defense had been stolen, the stone fragments that burst out whenever the monster attacked no longer harmed Se-un.

They simply bounced off harmlessly, like when they hit Go Chang-seok’s Tower Shield.

‘There must be a weakness somewhere…’

Of course, Se-un wasn’t just blindly relying on the Authority of Envy to evade.

While enduring the attacks, he kept his eyes wide open and calmly observed the monster.

According to the books, the gaps between the rocks that made up the Stone Lava’s body would begin to misalign as it approached adulthood.

The largest of those gaps.

That was the monster’s only weakness.

Koo-goo-goong!

As the monster swung its tail, large and small rocks flew like cannonballs.

Se-un barely managed to block them by erecting a Stone Wall, but he felt a pain as if something was squeezing his heart.

‘Is magic reaching its limit now?’

During the standoff with the monster, he had been purely enduring the attacks with magic alone.

Even for Se-un, who had reached the 5th Circle, it was difficult to continuously manifest magic strong enough to block the monster’s attacks.

His mana was rapidly depleting, leading to the current situation.

He considered borrowing from Mammon’s vault to take out a treasure related to mana recovery, but there was no need.

“Kaaack!”

A roar that was smaller but sharper than before.

It was a scream of frustration, its power weakened by the Authority of Envy.

It seemed like he could counterattack now.

Besides…

-The Eye of Envy conceals its envy.

-The Constellation, ‘Serpent Surrounding Envy,’ murmurs that this is the limit of the power you can steal with the Authority given to you now.

The power that had been stealing from the monster with the Authority of Envy stopped.

Now, dragging things out any longer would only deplete Se-un’s stamina and be meaningless.

So.

Clang.

For the first time, Se-un charged at the monster.

The weapon he drew was a sword.

A blunt weapon would have been more suitable for a creature made entirely of rock, but Se-un’s sword was different.

Durandal.

True to its epithet as a sword that cleaves rocks, this sword was not at all disadvantageous even if the opponent was rock.

Rather, it was a more suitable weapon for Se-un, who needed to target the gaps between the rocks that were the monster’s weakness, than a blunt weapon.

-The movements of the Mudfish Evasion Technique become faster through internal energy.

Perhaps it noticed that Se-un no longer had the strength to raise a wall of stone?

The Stone Lava began to launch larger and more numerous rocks than ever before.

The number was so great that a huge shadow fell over the summit of the mountain.

Koong, Koo-goong!

The Mudfish Evasion Technique, a method of evasion modeled after the movements of a mudfish.

Se-un, who perfectly understood its power, evaded the falling rocks by swimming across the earth like a mudfish.

The monster, thinking it had already caught its prey, let out a threatening roar at Se-un, who was dodging the rocks and running towards it.

Kwaang!

Finally, their close combat began.

“Kaaaah!”

This was the monster that had blown away an ogre in a single blow.

It was definitely insane to collide head-on with that brute force, but thanks to the Authority of Envy, the monster’s power had decreased and Se-un’s power had increased.

By skillfully wielding the sword using the mysteries of the Supreme Sword.

Gah-gah-gah!

With a sharp noise, a long wound appeared on the surface of the rock that could be called the monster’s skin.

To cut rock with a sword.

It would have been impossible with any other sword, but it was possible because it was Durandal, which had the epithet of a sword that cleaves rocks.

-The third stance of the Mount Tai Eighteen Styles Swordplay, Mount Tai Triple Strike (泰山三格) [a powerful sword technique], is enhanced through internal energy.

Kwa-gwa-gwangg!

Se-un swung his sword once more at the monster, who was flustered by the unexpected wound.

His most familiar sword technique was the Blood Wolf Swordplay, but the Mount Tai Eighteen Styles Swordplay, which emphasized power and had a high destructive force, was more suitable against the monster.

As proof, one of the rocks attached to the monster’s body fell off as the Mount Tai Triple Strike was unleashed, and a tearing scream was heard from the monster.

‘Now is the time.’

This was probably the monster’s 2nd phase.

Its movements would become larger as its anger reached its peak, and naturally, its openings would also become larger.

However, if he let this moment pass in a daze, the monster might sense the threat and run away.

So, he had to unleash the final blow now.

Sreuk-

Se-un spread the ‘Gooey Mud’ he had obtained from the 2nd floor trial over Durandal.

To maximize the power of the relic, he was planning to use the Authority of Greed this time using Durandal.

The mud’s ability was to set the weapon’s durability consumption to 0 for one use.

With that and Durandal’s combination, he could maximize the power of the relic without consuming durability.

‘Besides, I can also do some experiments.’

Because of the extremely powerful force that shattered after one use, Se-un had not yet fully grasped the power of the relic.

The most basic question was, when the weapon withstood the power of the relic, did that power remain permanently on the weapon? Or did only the power of the relic disappear over time?

Things like that.

He could confirm this point by borrowing the power of the mud.

Even if the power of the relic remained permanently.

‘Mammon’s treasures have power no less than Durandal’s.’

It would be a plus to the weapon’s power, not a minus.

The mud applied to Durandal disappeared as if it were being absorbed into Durandal.

Ta-at!

Se-un charged towards the enraged Stone Lava.

The monster also roared at Se-un, raising its upper body greatly.

It was a simple downward strike, but the monster’s size was so enormous and the place was so narrow that there was no room to dodge. Yet, Se-un did not blink an eye and watched the monster’s attack until the end.

His legs were compressing power like a coiled spring, ready to leap up at any moment.

Kwaang!!

Finally, the monster’s body slammed into the ground, and large and small stone fragments flew in all directions like shrapnel from a grenade.

In the scene where dust billowed up, not even inanimate objects, let alone living creatures, were crushed beyond recognition.

Just before Go Chang-seok, who was watching this from behind while swallowing his breath, screamed.

Ta-at!

Se-un’s figure appeared from the dust.

One of the rocks that had fallen from the monster’s body a little while ago.

He had dodged the attack by throwing himself into the very small gap created by that.

Se-un ran quickly, stepping on the Stone Lava’s body with Durandal tilted low.

Even though it was a monster with dull senses, there was no way it wouldn’t know about the existence running on its body.

“Kaaaah-!!”

The monster’s roar covered the sky.

The sound was so sharp that Go Chang-seok had to frown while covering his ears.

The monster didn’t stop there and writhed greatly.

But even so, Se-un’s feet did not fall off the monster.

By making the most of the evasion techniques he had learned so far, and even adding martial arts, he tenaciously ran on the monster’s body.

In an instant, the destination appeared in Se-un’s eyes after running about 8m.

‘There.’

The gap that had formed in the connecting part of the body as it grew into an adult.

It was a weakness close to the reverse scale (逆鱗) [a dragon’s weak spot] when talking about a dragon.

-The fifth stance of the Mount Tai Eighteen Styles Swordplay, Mount Tai Press (泰山壓頂) [a powerful downward strike], is enhanced through internal energy.

-The power of martial arts is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Breaking Limit Heart Technique.

Koo-goo-goo!

Se-un poured all of his internal energy, reaching one cycle, into the sword.

True to its meaning of pressing and crushing Mount Tai, an intangible pressure descended around the sword.

The Stone Lava, which was writhing as if making a final struggle, also stopped moving for a moment, crushed by that pressure.

And the moment of great anticipation.

-The Treasure Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Sword of Victory, Excalibur ]

– One of King Arthur’s three sacred treasures, the holy sword of a hero that only those who will be king can draw.

The power of Excalibur was imbued in Durandal, and the sword’s surface was dyed white.

The Stone Lava turned its head away from the blinding radiance, and Go Chang-seok also closed his eyes.

The moment the Excalibur, called the Sword of Victory or the Sword of Glory, was embedded in the Stone Lava’s weakness with the power of Mount Tai.

Pook.

The radiance that had dyed the world white disappeared like a lie.

Excalibur was embedded in the Stone Lava’s gap, revealing only its handle, in the same form as it had been stuck in the rock before the king chose it.

But, perhaps it didn’t like the spot?

Soon, a white crack started from the center where the sword was embedded.

“Kaaaah-!!”

Jjeo-eong!!

Leaving only its final scream, the Stone Lava’s body shattered.

* * *

Jjeo-eong!!

The moment the Stone Lava’s body shattered like glass, Tuning, Se-un’s special handler, who had been watching it from beginning to end, gaped.

What was the Stone Lava?

A monster that, after undergoing two transformations and reaching its final form, would have power similar to a dragon.

As such, even in its larval form as an immature individual, its power was very strong.

It couldn’t use magic, but when looking at combat power alone, it was comparable to a hatchling, which meant a dragon’s cub.

Se-un had just defeated such a monster.

And with his own strength.

“That guy has become more of a monster since entering the tower?”

Tuning shuddered at the sight.

He thought that the lower floors of the tower would be no threat to Se-un, so he would just quickly climb up, but he had not only defeated Tabula’s wolf in the rest area, but was also finding hidden pieces on each floor.

Moreover, he had acquired the stone flute by utilizing the key he had received from him and had stubbornly summoned the Stone Lava.

Tuning was racking his brain over how to write the report when he heard a classic ringing sound.

“Hello. This is the special handler for player Jeong Se-un…”

-You crazy X!

A barrage of curses came without even a greeting.

But even so, Tuning couldn’t refute it.

Although there was no introduction, he could tell that the number belonged to the 5th floor trial manager.

-Do you know what kind of monster that Stone Lava is?

“…I’m sorry.”

-It’s not about being sorry! That Stone Lava was a monster that ‘The One Who Rolls the Sun’ was watching!

“If you’re talking about the One Who Rolls the Sun, are you perhaps referring to the God of Sunrise?”

-Yes! Lord Khepri cherished that monster! He even mentioned it to me, telling me to let him know immediately if there were any signs that it was about to become a pupa!

In an instant, Tuning realized that things had gone seriously wrong.

He had been relieved that even though he had hunted a strong monster, it didn’t seem to have a major impact on the trial.

But the Stone Lava was a monster that the God of Sunrise, who had strong power even among the gods, was watching.

-This Jamgon Mountain is also a field borrowed in return for that! What are you going to do! It’s all because you unreasonably handed over the master key as a tutorial reward!

“Please calm down first…”

-Calm down? Are you telling me to calm down right now? Or are you going to report to Lord Khepri yourself that the Stone Lava is dead?

This would never have been said if it were a normal trial.

However, the moment he blew the stone flute, Se-un’s trial location was not a multiple space provided to the player for the trial, but the actual Jamgon Mountain.

In other words, there was no way to revive the dead Stone Lava.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t come up with a suitable solution.

From the beginning, he wanted to argue that he couldn’t stop it because he couldn’t openly interfere with the player, but he couldn’t do that either.

So, Tuning…

“…I’m sorry.”

[email protected]#%^#^$!!

He could only wait for the manager’s anger to subside while listening to the continuing scathing curses.