Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 169

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It was called a festival, but it wasn’t anything grand. It was more like a dinner with more food than usual, accompanied by alcohol.

Besides Se-un, everyone there was a soldier from Frost Fortress.

Despite Se-un’s mention, the Diablo Clan was not invited, let alone any other players.

‘Well, this place wasn’t very friendly to players anyway.’

It was almost surreal that Se-un was even there.

He was hoping to get some useful information, but the atmosphere wasn’t conducive to serious conversation.

The commander seemed to be drinking excessively from the start, emptying two kegs of beer before collapsing in his seat.

Se-un had no choice but to postpone his plans and got up to leave.

[Yoo Seo-ah: Se-un, are you okay?]

[Park Jung-pil: Hyungniiiiim! Why aren’t you coming?]

[Han Ah-reum: But what’s that noise? Sounds like there’s a party over there?]

[Han Da-un: They only gave us weird meat with a strange smell! And they even took contribution points for it! They’re eating all the good stuff themselves! It’s too much!]

Looking at the clan chat, there were several messages worrying about Se-un.

He had been stuck next to the commander without even having a chance to send a message, so it was understandable.

Some soldiers tried to persuade Se-un to stay and have more fun, but he politely declined and left.

He had lived here before his regression, so he could find his way quickly.

‘It should be around here somewhere.’

The Frost Fortress’s lodging was the same kind of accommodation used by the soldiers.

Originally, Frost Fortress was built to house a large number of soldiers to defend against monsters, so there were many vacant rooms now that it wasn’t an emergency situation.

These vacant rooms were being distributed to players.

Of course, the vacant rooms were the worst accommodations in Frost Fortress.

The commander had offered Se-un a special room, but for today, he planned to stay with the Diablo Clan.

“Why are they telling us to go to the corner when there are clearly empty spaces?”

“Oh, this is our spot. What are you going to do with all that luggage?”

“Shouldn’t people come first before luggage?”

“I don’t know about that, just squat over there. Act like a newbie if you’re a newbie, got it?”

As he approached the lodging, Se-un’s ears, as sensitive as ‘Kobold’s Lop-Ear’ [referring to a heightened sense of hearing], picked up a commotion.

Along with the voice of a man, slurred and drooping, he heard Yoo Seo-ah’s voice.

It seemed they had just come to the lodging after finishing their meal, and there was some kind of conflict.

And…

‘It’s him.’

Se-un could guess the identity of the commotion.

Thanks to arriving a few days earlier than in his regression, the timing was a bit different, but there were players who had already settled in Frost Fortress and were acting like local bullies.

That drooping voice, like a discharged sergeant, was definitely…

‘Liam.’

That bastard.

He would brag about how they had been here since last year and oppress the newly arriving players.

If he were alone, he would have resisted somehow, but there were players in the lodging who had given up on climbing and were following him.

Scavenger, the second shelter, was expensive and had limited ways to earn contribution points, so they had no choice but to leave in order to survive, but this place was different.

Although there were few leisure facilities and limited types of food, they could solve their basic needs with minimal contribution points.

Moreover, they could earn contribution points through quests or missions offered by the fortress, although they were difficult and had low rewards.

Even so, the limit to how much they could grow here was clear, but they were inevitably stronger than the players who arrived first.

Therefore, before his regression, Se-un and all the new players had to bow their heads and enter.

Each person was provided with one bed, and they were responsible for cleaning up to their spots. They endured their arrogance, and they monopolized any decent quests.

‘At least I was better off.’

Most of the popular quests were monster subjugation quests with clear goals.

On the other hand, search quests or observation quests with vague or difficult goals were unpopular and always remained available.

Before his regression, Se-un used the Guidebook of Journey to solve them, earning a considerable amount of contribution points and finding small hidden pieces.

Thanks to buying new weapons and various tools at Frost Fortress and entering the next floor, he was able to skillfully attack the trials from the 21st floor onwards.

“I cannot accept this!”

“Oh, really. These guys are making me use my strength. Can’t you still feel the difference in power?”

Even while Se-un was reminiscing about his regression, the commotion continued.

Yoo Seo-ah.

He had only ever seen her nodding at Se-un’s words, so seeing her dealing with other people felt strange.

Without backing down an inch, she never succumbed to injustice.

Kang Han-cheol stood silently behind her, looking down at Liam as if to support her words.

Not to be outdone, players who were on Liam’s side also flocked behind him.

In a situation where the atmosphere became fierce and fists seemed ready to fly at any moment…

“Stop it.”

Finally, Se-un took his first step into the lodging.

In the quiet atmosphere, where a battle of wills was taking place, Se-un’s low voice clearly entered the minds of all the players in the lodging.

“Se-un!”

“Ha, these kids who haven’t even lost their baby fat are going crazy.”

Liam, who found Se-un, swaggered over and brought his face close.

He had only been on the receiving end before his regression, but seeing him this close, he was nothing special.

He was slouching and bending over, but even if he straightened his back, he didn’t seem to be taller than Se-un.

The small scars on his face didn’t look like traces of terrifying battles that induced fear, but only as evidence of weakness.

“Oh, looking at this guy, he’s the one who was noisy today. I heard you were at the soldiers’ festival? We’ve never even been able to join, how dare you.”

Judging by his attitude, he didn’t seem to have heard about Se-un’s achievements just before entering Frost Fortress.

Well, no matter how much he groveled, the soldiers of Frost Fortress kept their distance from the players, so providing information was extremely rare.

It seemed that the confrontation with the Diablo Clan had just begun.

“Hey, how did you do it? I heard you were called to the commander’s office. Did you flatter them? Hehe. How did you beg that they even invited you to the party?”

Yoo Seo-ah’s expression twisted at the dirty words coming from Liam’s mouth.

Kang Han-cheol tried to move, but Se-un shook his head and stopped him.

Seeing that, Liam thought that Se-un was intimidated by him, and he became confident and spouted words excitedly.

“Wow, I need to learn a thing or two from you. Beg me once too. Who knows? If you do well, I might let you lie next to me. Hehe.”

Liam said that and tried to touch Se-un’s forehead with two fingers.

Yoo Seo-ah, who was watching from behind, couldn’t stand it anymore and was about to move her legs, but Se-un, who had been quietly looking down at Liam, finally moved his hand.

Crack!

“Kuaaaak!”

Liam’s two fingers were grabbed by Se-un, making a chilling sound as they bent backward and touched the back of his hand.

No matter how strong a player’s body is, the pain of dislocated joints and broken bones was the same.

Before the players standing behind him could even move in panic, Se-un continued his attack.

“Cough, cough! W-wait!”

No matter how strong he was for a player in the third shelter, he couldn’t even reach Se-un’s toes.

With a series of continuous attacks, he couldn’t even resist properly and groaned.

Grad Empire Torture Method [a specialized fighting style].

Thanks to mastering it, Se-un clearly knew the parts that felt the greatest pain and the parts that would not harm his life.

Still, he was planning to avoid killing inside Frost Fortress.

He couldn’t let the image that had improved thanks to the commander be tarnished by this.

“Kuaaak! What, what are you doing! Hurry up and get these guys…!”

He shoved his fist into his solar plexus, making it difficult for him to even breathe, but Liam still seemed to have some tenacity left, squeezing out a breath to call out to his comrades.

The players who followed Liam regained their senses and stepped forward, and the Diablo Clan blocked them as if they would not allow it, at that moment…

– The Saintly Imprint is reacting to the Legend of the Blood Wolf.

– The first ability of the Saintly Imprint, ‘Fear,’ awakens.

Se-un’s Saintly Imprint shone.

The medium had already been created.

Liam, who was screaming so loudly that the lodging echoed with unbearable pain, but couldn’t lose consciousness.

The authority of fear spread through his screams.

‘Is this going to be a little insufficient?’

If he just gave them a half-hearted scare and left them alone, there could be repercussions. So, from the first meeting, it was necessary to engrave fear deep within them.

So that they wouldn’t dare to dream of rebellion or revenge.

“Cough!”

Liam, who had been quietly looking up at Se-un for a moment, raised his head, thinking that the attack was over, and Se-un planted his toe between his eyebrows.

Liam’s head was tilted back so much that his neck bones were in danger, and Se-un pulled on the fingers he was holding and stomped on his elbow in reverse.

Crack!

With the sound of joints shattering, his scream grew even louder.

He further stimulated the Saintly Imprint, spreading the authority of fear even more.

The light of the Saintly Imprint grew stronger, and as the fear grew, the figure of a crimson wolf appeared behind Se-un.

It was completely different from the wolf figure that appeared when using the Blood Wolf Sword Technique.

The figure of fear that made people’s knees buckle just by making eye contact.

Finally, Liam lost his mind due to fear, lost consciousness, and a foul smell rose from his pants.

When he looked up, the players who followed him were also kneeling and trembling.

Only then did Se-un release Liam’s dangling arm and open his mouth.

“Take this guy and get out.”

It was the moment when a generational change occurred in the Frost Fortress lodging.

* * *

The players who had been settled in the area couldn’t even look Se-un in the eye and left.

Yoo Seo-ah told them that they only needed to vacate the empty spaces, but they all said they couldn’t and packed all their luggage and headed to the far end of the lodging.

Thanks to this, the Diablo Clan was able to occupy the best spot in the lodging.

“Yahoo! Wow, I thought it would be just a mat on the wooden floor since it’s a soldier’s lodging, but isn’t it better than I thought?”

Park Jung-pil threw himself on the bed without any hesitation, even though it was a spot where someone else had just taken their luggage out.

As he said, it was quite fluffy, not as good as the luxury inn in Scavenger, but a pretty decent bed.

Leaving behind the players who were ‘gone’ in the corner as Se-un had said, Yoo Seo-ah approached Se-un and carefully spoke.

“Se-un, is this okay…?”

“Leave them alone. It’s their karma.”

Although Liam was the one who had actually been bullying, those who followed him had also condoned his actions.

More than anything, stagnant water will eventually rot.

Players who settle in Frost Fortress and oppress newly arriving players are of no help to the Tower at all.

The same goes for Se-un’s ultimate goal.

“How long are you planning to stay at this shelter?”

Yoo Seo-ah finished unpacking her luggage and asked Se-un.

As the leader of the Diablo Clan, knowing how long he would stay and planning her actions was essential information for her.

“I’m planning to stay longer than I did in Scavenger.”

“Really? It doesn’t seem like there’s anything to gain here…”

Se-un briefly explained to Yoo Seo-ah, who was tilting her head, about the quests in Frost Fortress where she could earn contribution points or hidden rewards.

It was a good opportunity to accumulate experience, resources, and contribution points separate from the trials.

Yoo Seo-ah nodded after listening to the explanation.

Even though they all pretended not to be, they were tired from passing five trials in a row, and they quickly fell asleep as soon as they turned off the lights.

And the next day.

Thump!

“Se-uuuuun!”

The commander’s booming voice woke Se-un up.