Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 141

The Vault of the Demon God-145

Chapter 145

“I’m good! I’m good! I really am! I’m scared!”

Perhaps because the tip of the sword was right in front of his uvula [the fleshy part that hangs down at the back of the throat], the dwarf was sniveling, tears and snot running down his face as he begged Seun, wringing his hands.

The dwarf’s words seemed genuine.

No matter how closely Seun looked, he couldn’t see anything that could be called a weapon on the guy, and his physical abilities seemed insignificant.

However, Seun’s curiosity lay elsewhere.

‘What kind of race is this?’

The intelligent beings that exist in the 11th floor’s theme, the swamp, are only the Lizardmen and Orcs, two tribes.

The fact that dwarves existed in the swamp was news to Seun, even though he had already conquered this level.

Moreover, he couldn’t even identify the race.

Goblin, Halfling, Gnome, etc.

He recalled a lot of information about races that resembled dwarves, but he didn’t remember any dwarf looking like this.

Before his regression [reincarnation or time travel], Seun had reached the highest floor as a player, the 92nd floor, and had mastered most of the knowledge through the Tower’s Grand Library.

So, he couldn’t help but be surprised to see a race he had never encountered before right in front of him.

“What are you?”

“P, please put that away first! I’m scared!”

Seeing him with tears welling up in his eyes, Seun sighed softly and sheathed his sword.

Of course, he didn’t lower his guard in case of an unforeseen situation. Since the opponent was an intelligent being, he might be hiding his strength, pretending to be weak, and planning a surprise attack.

Well, honestly, the dwarf didn’t seem to have the courage for that.

As Seun put away his sword, the dwarf sighed in relief and slowly began to introduce himself.

“I am Magu, from the Swamp Guardian Clan!”

The Swamp Guardian Clan, huh.

Only then did Seun remember something and quietly nod his head.

Occasionally, very rarely, there were beings like that.

Rather than being individuals belonging to a single race, they were beings bound to the environment itself, like a guardian spirit.

They have characteristics closer to spirits than living beings.

Perhaps this dwarf, who introduced himself as Magu, is a similar case.

“So, why were you hiding here and watching me?”

“This place is where we have been monitoring from the beginning! There was a commotion, and the toxicity decreased, so I came closer to see!”

“Monitoring? Why?”

“That’s……”

The dwarf, Magu, who was about to continue speaking, twitched his ears.

Seun seemed to know the reason. He could feel a group of presences approaching from afar.

Perhaps the Lizardmen were coming to support after hearing the commotion.

“F, first, let’s get out of here! They’re coming!”

“I don’t really care.”

“Please! Follow me!”

After speaking, Magu’s body was dyed in a greenish-black color like the swamp.

It wasn’t just the color that was synchronized, but even his presence completely disappeared.

Even Seun, who was sensitive to mana at the 5th Circle and had senses beyond those of ordinary players, was surprised by the stealth.

‘Could it be that he deliberately revealed his presence until now?’

Come to think of it, it was a little strange that he suddenly felt a presence behind the tree.

As he was focusing on the battle with the Corpse Flower, Seun was maximizing all his senses.

Magu’s appearance was sudden, as if he had been summoned from behind the tree, not approaching from here.

Seun, who thought of Magu as a being close to a spirit, could be sure of his thoughts.

“This way! Follow me!”

Fortunately, Magu was deliberately revealing a faint presence for Seun’s sake.

No matter how he thought about it, it was a situation far from the trials Seun knew.

However, the senses of a player who had climbed to the 92nd floor as an adventurer were screaming. Following Magu was the biggest hidden piece in the 11th floor’s trial.

– Kilkel’s Stealth Technique is enhanced through internal energy.

Ignoring the approaching presences of the Lizardmen, Seun began to follow Magu.

* * *

At that moment, there was a player who faced the Curse Rafflesia, the only one in the Diablo Clan besides Seun.

“Jackal! Get a hold of yourself!”

“Kishit! What the hell is going on!”

“S, stop! I’m on the same side… Keugh!”

Screams of Lizardmen echoed from the Corpse Flower breeding ground.

Looking closely, they were fighting each other as if a civil war had broken out.

One strange thing was that the Lizardmen wielding their spears on the opposite side of the screams didn’t seem to have any vitality at all.

“As expected! Using pheromones to command soldiers. With this method, we can overcome the limits of numbers!”

– The Constellation, ‘The Steed Trampling Death,’ reminisces about his past and stomps his feet in satisfaction as he watches the legion being formed.

At the end of it was a man wearing a white gown and a joyful smile. Baekhyun was standing there.

Since the undead he controlled were immune to poison, he was unaffected even in this place full of the Corpse Flower’s toxicity.

Baekhyun himself was wearing something like a leather mask made with necromancy, which seemed to be blocking the poison.

Next to him was the undead made from the Queen Ant that Seun had brought him not long ago.

Black smoke was flowing out from the end of the Queen Ant’s belly, and the undead were moving according to that signal.

The number of undead moving under the Queen Ant’s command already exceeded 50.

As the battle continued, the deceased Lizardmen also rose as zombies, further increasing their numbers.

Necromancers command the undead, but there was a limit to their numbers depending on the Circle [level of magic proficiency].

However, Baekhyun was different.

Using modified undead, he surpassed not only the qualitative strength but also the quantitative limits.

“Kieeeeek!!”

Curse Rafflesia. The Corpse Flower roared and raised its roots.

As in the battle with Seun, it first planted its roots in the living Lizardmen as well as Baekhyun’s undead to grow.

The roots began to contract and expand, and just as nutrients were about to be delivered.

“A flower that absorbs nutrients through corpses! I’m intrigued. Creating undead using plants will definitely be a great help!”

Poof!!

“Kieeeeek!”

The bodies of the undead with the roots planted in them exploded.

Not only the roots of the Corpse Flower but also the exploded flesh flew into the petals, creating terrible scars.

The Corpse Flower’s nutrient absorption was basically only possible through corpses.

Even if it was planted in the body of a living Lizardman, it could only absorb nutrients in earnest after extinguishing its life.

But now that was impossible.

The corpses that were supposed to absorb nutrients were exploding wherever the roots were planted.

However, the number of Baekhyun’s undead was gradually decreasing.

Because the Corpse Flower had developed a slight intelligence, it realized that it was more advantageous as the number of undead decreased, and it kept throwing its roots at the undead.

One would have been anxious as the number of undead decreased, but Baekhyun’s face showed no such signs.

Rather, he was contemplating the direction of his research while looking at the struggling Corpse Flower.

In his mind, the Corpse Flower was no longer an enemy but just a test subject.

“If the undead can grow even after becoming undead, I wonder what the limit will be!”

– The Constellation, ‘The Steed Trampling Death,’ reveals great curiosity, saying that he doesn’t even know the results of this research.

Wooong!

The dark mana circle that Baekhyun possessed rotated fiercely.

As he poured out the mana he had, the door to the corpse warehouse created according to Gamigin’s authority opened in the air.

Rough leather revealed itself through the door that had grown large enough to cover the sky.

A monster that exuded an overwhelming presence even after losing its life and leaving only its skin.

It was Saha’s Predator, the boss monster he had faced in the 10th floor’s trial.

Thud!

Saha’s Predator, reborn as Baekhyun’s undead, boasted its huge body and fell to the floor.

Unfortunately, Baekhyun’s current skills were not enough to fully control it.

But…….

“Kuaaaaak!”

It was possible to control parts of the body one by one with meticulous control.

One step, one step.

Saha’s Predator, who was moving forward with Baekhyun’s delicate control, opened his mouth wide in front of the Corpse Flower.

The Corpse Flower’s movements, which had been desperately resisting to survive and grow, stopped for a moment. It was because it couldn’t think of any way to survive in front of that huge being.

The moment it gave up on survival, all the roots fell onto the swamp as if in despair.

Crunch!

Saha’s Predator swallowed the Corpse Flower.

In the meantime, he didn’t forget to take care so that the specimen was not damaged as much as possible for research.

– The Constellation, ‘The Steed Trampling Death,’ roars powerfully at the contractor, saying that he has never been so excited since he ascended to the throne of the Demon King.

Baekhyun’s joyful laughter was heard in the place where the Corpse Flower had fallen.

The difference from Seun’s battle was that the Swamp Guardian Clan ‘Magu’ was terrified and ran away after seeing the sight.

* * *

“So, your clan has been protecting this swamp?”

“That’s right! This place is our home and friend. No, it’s our family!”

“But the Lizardmen and Orcs started fighting.”

“Yes! At first, I thought this was also part of the natural order……”

“But it must have collapsed since the Corpse Flower and Demonic Beasts appeared.”

“That’s right! Huh? How do you know about the Demonic Beasts?”

As Seun expected, Magu’s clan was similar to the guardian spirits of the swamp.

Should he call them the guardian spirits of the swamp?

There was a good reason why Seun before his regression didn’t notice them.

They protect the swamp, but they respect the cycle of life, so they don’t interfere with ordinary things.

Strong monsters hunting weak monsters, trees falling, and seedlings growing were the laws of nature.

Even if something happened, they would only give minimal help and rarely interfere significantly.

Rather, they thought that revealing themselves would interfere with the order of the swamp, so they had been hiding themselves.

‘It’s similar to Elves.’

The image of Liel Refrain came to Seun’s mind.

Elves also protect the forest centering on the World Tree and live their entire lives, so even if their appearance is different, their purpose is similar to that of the Elves.

– You have successfully completed the 11th floor’s trial ‘Crossing the Swamp.’

– Calculating contribution points…….

– Time remaining: 41 hours 03 minutes

– Number of monsters hunted: 64

– Hidden quest ‘Lizardmen’s Scheme’ completed.

– Hidden quest ‘Overgrowth’ completed.

…….

– Total accumulated contribution points: 289,800 points

– Congratulations! You have passed the 11th floor’s trial with a ranking of 3rd.

– You have acquired 30,000 points as a reward.

The trial naturally ended when the green light of the swamp disappeared and a blue light began to circulate.

Seeing that the trial ended just by following Magu, it seemed that those called the Guardian Clan lived outside the green swamp.

Unfortunately, he didn’t achieve 1st place in the ranking, but even considering that, he was able to obtain quite a lot of contribution points.

‘Well, this level of judgment is possible enough even without the Journey’s Guidepost.’

The strongest enemy exists in the place with the strongest toxicity.

It was a judgment that anyone could think of, and it was a hidden quest that anyone with confidence in their skills could challenge.

Thanks to completing the strategy in a relatively short time, he was able to win the 3rd place ranking.

– You have found a hidden crossroads and are immediately connected to the next floor’s trial.

– Welcome to the 12th floor’s trial.

– Theme: The Swamp Guardian Clan

– Time limit: 96 hours

– You have encountered the Swamp Guardian Clan and received a request for help.

– They are currently in a serious crisis. Before protecting the swamp, please listen to their request and save the clan from the crisis.

As the trial was connected, the 12th floor’s trial immediately began.

Originally, the standard was to choose one of the Orc or Lizardmen formations at this time, but following Magu was the right answer.

While reading the system message and pondering what the ‘crisis’ was.

“We’ve arrived! It’s over there!”

Magu raised his voice excitedly and raised both arms high.