Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 134

“Amazing! To think there’s a way to restructure the skeleton like that. I never would have imagined!”

The work of filling the inside of Saha’s Predator, the crocodile—the boss monster of the 10th floor—began immediately.

Seun took the lead, constructing the basic framework first.

Thanks to the knowledge gained from the Black Tower’s magic, ‘Raise Chimera,’ the magical elements were perfectly understood.

However, the direction of the production soon passed into Baekhyun’s hands.

“Ah, I’ll proceed with this part first. Looking at the curvature of the bones, the tendons would probably connect this way.”

“Could you make that part a little thicker? It’s a muscle used to maintain posture, so it needs more strength.”

“Could you perhaps distinguish between white and red muscle fibers from the monster’s corpse? Then we can efficiently divide the roles according to the muscles….”

Amazing anatomical knowledge.

The skill he possessed in his past life was beginning to show in earnest.

Even though it was Baekhyun’s first time dissecting a crocodile’s corpse, thanks to his previous dissections and research on various monsters, he was able to pinpoint the anatomical features of this new monster with astonishing accuracy.

This was knowledge that Seun, who had merely absorbed magical knowledge, could not have known.

Therefore, the most important assembly part of the Chimera production was entirely entrusted to Baekhyun.

“I’m glad I decided to work together! There were many parts that I got stuck on when I was doing it alone. Haha!”

However, the size of the crocodile was comparable to a fortress wall.

The corpses in the workshop were not nearly enough, so they had to enlist the help of soldiers to drag corpses from the desert.

The magic to construct the tissues required a considerable amount of mana, and Seun’s mana, which reached the 5th Circle [a measure of magical power], was rapidly depleting.

‘I never knew Chimera production would be this difficult.’

Although he had absorbed magical knowledge through Mammon’s treasures, there was a huge difference between that and actually doing it.

No wonder black mages create their own dungeons and spend decades or even centuries immersed in research.

Having actually done it, he could understand why.

It was an act that Seun could never do, but Baekhyun seemed more than capable of it.

“It seems we need more corpses than I thought.”

They had already used a considerable number of corpses, but they had only managed to establish the basic skeleton and the tissues of the right foreleg of the crocodile.

To complete it, they would have to be tied to this place for at least a few days.

“But, are you confident?”

“Of course!”

This undead creation was too large in scale.

Frankly, even Seun, who had absorbed the knowledge of the Black Tower, found it difficult to be certain that this creation would succeed.

Even the Black Tower rarely created undead of this scale, and there was almost no method of simply filling in the internal organs.

Yet, Baekhyun’s expression was more confident than ever.

At that moment.

“Grrr….”

A low growl of a beast was heard from behind.

Turning around, a pack of hyenas was surrounding Seun and Baekhyun, baring their teeth.

They seemed to have been drawn by the smell of the corpses and approached, recognizing Seun as an enemy.

“I’ll take care of them.”

“No, this is a good opportunity!”

“Pardon?”

Just as Seun was about to draw Durendal [his sword], Baekhyun stood up and placed his hand on the crocodile’s right foreleg, which was nearing completion.

-The constellation, ‘The Horse Trampling Death,’ roars loudly towards the sky.

Soon after, his mana flowed into the leg.

Surprisingly pure, jet-black mana.

The crocodile’s leg immediately reacted, and the muscles that had been diligently filled began to twitch.

“Isn’t this a good opportunity to test the intermediate process!”

The moment Baekhyun smiled with joy, the hyenas seemed to sense the danger and immediately kicked off the sand and leaped.

Ignoring even Seun, they bared their teeth at Baekhyun.

Just before their teeth, which could crush even bones with tremendous grip strength, reached Baekhyun, a huge shadow loomed over their heads.

“Krr?”

The crocodile’s unique bumpy skin, which looked as hard as armor.

That huge leg fell on them.

Squish!

There was no resistance.

The moment the leg fell, they were buried under the sand without leaving a trace.

No skill was involved, just overwhelming power created by size and weight.

He had only moved one leg, but it was already this powerful.

If he could perfectly create Saha’s Predator as an undead and make it move?

No one would dare to stand with their legs stretched out in front of the Predator.

“As expected, it’s perfect! This leg isn’t fully completed yet, so the movement is still clumsy, but I was able to come up with improvements from that movement!”

The soldiers who had been watching from afar with their mouths wide open at the shockwave caused by the falling leg.

They hadn’t been able to take their eyes off this place since a while ago, but even for them, this attack seemed to be a big shock.

Seun shook his head at Baekhyun’s skill, which was hard to keep up with even with the knowledge of the Black Tower, and was about to help with the work.

The sound of someone running urgently was heard as the city gate opened slightly.

“Huff, huff! You were here! I’ve been looking for you for a while!”

“Me?”

It was one of the soldiers he had seen at Dayban Tavern yesterday.

He had been wandering around so much to find Seun that he had even lowered the cloth covering his respirator and was struggling to catch his breath.

He was briefly puzzled, but Seun was soon able to guess why he had come.

The conversation he had with Yasha yesterday came to mind.

“It’s a summons from the inner city! The lord wants to meet you in person!”

It seemed that helping with the Chimera production would have to be postponed.

* * *

“We’ve arrived! This is one of the prides of our city, Skave, the Great Rock Wall!”

The inner city was not like the outer city with its typical brick walls.

It was a natural wall made of earth and stone rising high.

The wall resembled a circular wall rising around a crater, which is said to be left behind when a meteor falls.

Perhaps Skave itself was a city created with people gathering around this wall.

The wall, where earth and stone were mixed and hardened by high heat, looked sturdier than the brick-built walls of the outer city.

“Isn’t it really magnificent? The records have been damaged, so there are no records left, but it is said to be a trace left by a great being who came down, according to legend.”

A legend.

Hearing that word, the mural that Yasha had mentioned came to mind.

Could that ‘great being’ also be referring to an Outer [a being from another dimension]?

Aside from the rewards from the investigation, he had to somehow confirm the mural.

“Loyalty! I am Allak, an archer belonging to the 2nd squad of the South Gate!”

“What’s going on?”

“Under the command of Yasha, the commander of the South Gate, I have brought an outsider.”

“Outsider?”

“I heard the lord summoned him.”

“I haven’t heard anything like that. Wait a moment.”

“Yes!”

The two guards guarding the inner city frowned and scanned Seun.

Would those guarding the inner city really not know about a guest personally summoned by the lord?

That couldn’t be. They just wanted to belittle Seun even a little bit.

The soldiers of the South Gate had received the grace of life from Seun, and they had vividly witnessed his power firsthand, but these soldiers would have treated it as just ‘inflated rumors.’

Fortunately, before Seun’s patience ran out, the guard who had contacted the inside nodded.

“Confirmed. The lord is summoning an outsider, unexpectedly.”

“Haha……. Well, this way, please.”

The soldier who brought Seun continued to guide him, sweating profusely.

However, Seun had no intention of quietly enduring his anger here.

He had no intention of causing a commotion, but he intended to make them pay at least the minimum price for making fun of him, rather than being ignored and passing by like this.

Swish.

One of the applications of Kilkegaard-style stealth [a technique of moving unseen].

The moment he passed by them, he subtly moved his hand outside their field of vision.

That hand subtly picked up the pouch that the guy was wearing.

“Hey, what’s the lunch menu for today?”

“I think it’s the monster meat that was taken down at the South Gate this time.”

“Ugh, I feel like I can already smell the fishy smell.”

“Why, isn’t it edible if you cook it well?”

“If you cook it well, yes. You know our cook’s skills.”

“Yeah, it’s a relief if they even cook it thoroughly, let alone get rid of the fishy smell.”

“I can’t do it. Let’s eat outside today. I happened to win a card game with the next room yesterday.”

“Oh, are you treating?”

“Hehe, I’m in a good mood, so I’ll buy it specially today.”

The guard was chattering with his colleague next to him, unaware that his money pouch was gone.

Imagining the guy’s appearance soon after, when he would be struggling without money after a delicious meal outside, his anger seemed to subside a little.

‘The inner city of Skave. I didn’t expect much, but it’s more than I thought?’

The first thing that came into view as soon as he entered the inner city was a beautiful oasis.

Around it, palm trees stretched high into the sky, and people dressed in luxurious silk attire were leisurely chatting.

It was a completely different sight from the people outside the inner city, who were tired from the heat and moving busily.

No matter how kind the lord was, the difference between classes couldn’t be helped.

“Isn’t it really beautiful? This is only the second time I’ve been inside the inner city!”

Seun nodded slightly.

After passing the oasis, a building appeared that looked surprisingly like the word ‘Sand Palace.’

Perhaps that was the lord’s castle.

Feeling the glances of the people, he arrived in front of the palace, and guards guarding the palace blocked the entrance, just like the guards of the inner city.

They didn’t have the skinny physique that he thought was a characteristic of the people of Skave.

They were giants about 2m tall, with thick muscles and healthy, tanned skin.

The equipment was also different from that of the other soldiers.

‘If they have such equipment, they should give it to the soldiers on the walls.’

Indeed, how often would those guarding the palace here have to fight?

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed that the soldiers of the South Gate fought more often.

He understood it in his head since they had to protect the lord, but he couldn’t help but dislike it.

Besides.

“I wondered where the smell of rotting corpses was coming from, and it was that outsider I’ve heard rumors about.”

“Couldn’t you have washed up a bit? You’re here to meet the lord, after all.”

“You don’t know anything. Even if outsiders wash up, they’re always rolling around with monsters, so that smell is ingrained in their bodies.”

“Really? Haha, I didn’t know that! I think the smell of horse dung would be better; should I bring some horse dung from the stable and apply it?”

The two guards started to sneer at Seun as soon as they saw him.

Watching that, he thought that the attitude of the South Gate soldiers or the reaction of the inner city guards was mild in comparison.

To have such an attitude towards a guest personally invited by their lord, no less.

There were only a few possibilities.

Either the discipline here was a mess, or they had forgotten even the minimum courtesy towards outsiders because they lived locked up in the inner city.

Or else.

‘They’re doing it on purpose.’

It could have been to undermine Seun’s reputation, which was praised almost as a hero among the soldiers of the South Gate.

No, that must be the answer.

“Look, he’s too scared to say a word.”

“See? I told you it was all nonsense.”

“We’ll tell the lord that we took good care of you, so why don’t you just go back on your own? Don’t go in and wet your pants. Haha!”

He could see a man leaning against the entrance of the palace, looking this way.

Perhaps that man was their superior.

It became clear that this place was a kind of test to undermine Seun.

If so, there was no reason to endure any longer.

“If you’re so curious, why don’t you check it out yourself.”

“What?”

“This bastard dares to……. Huh!”

Swish.

The moment the guards, as if they had been waiting for it, got angry and tried to grab their spears, Durendal, held in Seun’s hand, was stopped right in front of the guard’s Adam’s apple.

The eyes of the man leaning against the entrance flickered strangely.