Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 172

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“That’s chilling. Is this the sense of crisis I’ve been feeling?”

“That’s probably just a small part of it.”

When the Outer attached to the meteorite and appeared here, there’s no way that faint Outer was all of it.

Its main body is probably deeper, at the heart of the ice of despair.

To confirm that, we need to take care of these things first.

‘Still, I can handle them at this level.’

I know the best way to deal with Ice Golems better than anyone.

Not only do I have information from the monster encyclopedia, but I also have experience fighting them before my regression.

Originally, if the Outer properly infested a living creature, weaknesses wouldn’t matter, but these are different.

They’re only covered in a small amount of Outer, almost like a parasite, so it seems like I can deal with them head-on.

“Seri, can you buy me some time against the one in the back?”

“Haha, of course! If necessary, I’ll take it down first!”

“But, don’t touch it.”

“Hmm? What do you mean?”

“If you touch that black liquid wriggling on its shoulder, your mind might be consumed.”

“Don’t touch it while fighting… Haha, that’s the worst match-up!”

Is it because of the extremely low temperature? Or because it’s been asleep here for too long?

The Outer’s movements were much weaker than what I saw before my regression.

Because of that, it didn’t seem like touching it would immediately lead to being consumed, but there was no need to take unnecessary risks.

Seun had defeated Outers before, but he had never saved someone who had been consumed by one.

I didn’t want to see the commander get consumed by the Outer.

I plan to defeat the golem in front of me as quickly as possible and support her.

“Ggrrr…”

When the Ice Golem’s low, bass voice echoed through the passage once again, Seun made eye contact with the commander, nodded, and moved his feet.

Golems have high attack power and defense, but they lack intelligence and are slow to react.

I have to make the most of that.

Tap!

Seun didn’t attack from the front as usual, but quickly ran behind the golem.

Even golems can only see the front through their head, and depending on the golem, the range of motion of their neck joints is also limited.

If you keep targeting their back, it becomes difficult for the golem to react.

This is the most basic position for a speed-focused warrior when fighting a golem.

However, its reaction was completely different from what Seun had expected.

Clang!

Even though its vision was obscured, it swung its long arm, which drooped down to its leg.

The arm was so huge that a heavy sonic boom was heard, and Seun was able to avoid it, but he couldn’t hide his surprise at being attacked at this timing.

But soon, he understood the reason.

‘Is it because of the Outer?’

The sticky liquid on the golem’s shoulder was pointing at Seun, who was slowly turning around.

Even though they pushed the Tower to the brink of destruction, players had learned very little about the Outer.

It seemed that the Outer was acting as a sensory organ or amplifying its senses.

Seun gave up on targeting the golem’s back and drew Durandal.

Originally, it would be better to use a blunt weapon.

Honestly, it didn’t seem like even a decent blunt weapon could break its exterior, so it seemed better to attack the gaps between the joints with a sword.

Whoosh!

Seun bent his upper body to avoid the fist flying upwards and swung his sword at the elbow joint.

But the impact felt a little strange.

Normally, you would feel the sword piercing through, or the sword would bounce off even if the attack failed, but it felt like sticking a sword into hard rubber.

Soon, Seun pulled out his sword as the joint felt like it was sucking the sword in like a swamp and observed the golem’s joint.

‘Another Outer.’

Black liquid was flowing stickily between the ice joints.

It not only enhances the senses but also protects the weaknesses.

Even though it was just a small Outer compared to what he had seen before his regression, it was still that powerful.

He was once again reminded of how threatening a creature consumed by the Outer could be.

‘In that case.’

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Frozen Wave’ is enhanced.

Crackle!

Seun’s circle [magical energy circuit] rotated tightly, creating a wave of ice.

The magic was incredibly powerful because the area was already made of ice and full of cold air.

Still, as an Ice Golem, it struggled as if it wouldn’t succumb to the same ice…

– Through internal energy, the second form of the Ice White Divine Art, Ice Field, is enhanced.

– According to the mysteries of the Ice White Divine Art, cold air is added to the martial art.

Clatter!

The moment Seun drew out his internal energy from his dantian [energy center in the body] and struck the floor, the golem’s legs stopped.

The ice wave combined with the Ice Field instantly caught the golem’s legs.

The combination of magic and martial arts.

Its power was not simply doubled, but it created a synergy that exerted several times more power than before.

“Ggrrr!”

The golem, with its legs tied, opened its mouth and let out the Outer’s unique hollow roar.

That roar was a deep reverberation that instilled fear in the opponent, but.

– The stigma devours the roar of emptiness and its power is enhanced.

– By devouring fear, the title of Blood Wolf is enhanced.

It was rather like giving Seun food.

Seun easily ignored the roar and ran towards it again.

It slammed the floor repeatedly with its thick ice arms, but the ice combined with magic and martial arts did not break easily.

In particular, the black ice imbued with the mysteries of the Black Tower was as hard as the Ice Golem’s body itself, which was inhabited by the Outer.

Meanwhile, Seun activated the Authority of Frenzy and straightened Durandal.

Then.

– Through internal energy, the third form of the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, Blood Wolf Assault, is enhanced.

Thwack!

“Ggrrr!”

He aimed for the subtle crack in the Ice Golem’s chest.

The golem’s greatest weakness, the ‘core,’ the power source deep inside its body.

The Ice Golem’s joints are also hardened with ice, making it particularly difficult to attack, but even so, it is weaker than other parts.

The wriggling black liquid quickly flowed and grabbed Durandal, but half of the blade was already embedded in the joint.

At that moment, Seun’s circle began to rotate tightly once again.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Fire Burst’ is enhanced.

An explosion occurred at the end of Durandal, which was embedded in the Ice Golem’s chest.

Activating magic inside a living creature’s body was a difficult task that even skilled mages would shake their heads at.

The complex flow of mana flowing inside the body interferes with the activation of magic and can even cause mana backflow.

But golems were different.

Since they are basically inanimate objects, there were no factors to interfere with activating magic inside their bodies as long as there was a medium like now.

There was a slight interference as it was close to the core, but simple and short-lived magic like Fire Burst could be used as much as possible.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Fire Burst’ is enhanced.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Fire Burst’ is enhanced.

…….

Seun, who had confirmed the explosion inside the golem’s chest, continued to trigger Fire Burst.

The black liquid that was protecting the joint repeatedly burst and regenerated, but it could not completely block the explosion.

Eventually, as the explosion repeated, the joint widened greatly, and the surrounding exterior cracked.

The Outer clung tenaciously, but in the end, the exterior could not withstand it and burst out. A core as transparent as glass revealed its appearance inside.

A part that could be said to be the golem’s heart and brain, full of pure mana.

The black liquid desperately embraced the core.

Towards that, Seun reached out his hand.

The heat and smoke that had spread around due to the aftermath of the explosion gathered in front of his palm.

The red orb swallowed the mana Seun gave it, increasing its size and repeating condensation.
The moment the black liquid felt the danger and spread its barrier wide.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Fire Cannon’ is enhanced.

– According to the mysteries of the Green Tower, the speed of ‘Fire Cannon’ is increased.

– According to the mysteries of the Blue Tower, the stability of ‘Fire Cannon’ is enhanced.

– According to the mysteries of the Yellow Tower, ‘Fire Cannon’ becomes more solid.

– According to the mysteries of the Purple Tower, the casting speed of ‘Fire Cannon’ is increased.

The flame imbued with the mysteries of the five magic towers was fired towards the core.

Rumble!!

A ground-shaking explosion occurred as if a cannon had really been fired.

It was similar in power to the Fire Cannon that was fired towards the sky in the trials of the 18th floor, but now it was not an open space like then, but a passage blocked by ice.

The explosion collided with the walls and amplified, spreading in all directions.

The commander frowned, and the Ice Golem she was fighting also stopped moving for a moment.

Swish-

Only after the explosion subsided and the smoke cleared was the vision secured.

The black liquid, which had given its all to protect the core and the host, had hardened and crumbled.

Behind it, the golem’s core was clearly exposed.

Without hesitation, Seun raised his sword high and slammed it down with all his might.

The black ice on the exterior was strong enough to repel Durandal, but the strength of the core was terrible.

The moment Seun’s sword touched it, it split in two so easily.

At the same time, the resisting Ice Golem’s movements stopped.

Feeling the struggling movements stop, he was able to confirm the Ice Golem’s halt.

But.

Wriggle!

The black liquid that had been shattered by the Fire Cannon began to move.

Originally, it was known that Outers had difficulty maintaining their form, so they would die with their host, but it was different now.

The liquid was heading towards another Ice Golem that the commander was fighting in the back.

Confirming that it was trying to move the host, Seun desperately followed it.

‘Why after killing the host!’

It was a completely unexpected situation.

Is there another rule besides the host dying when the Outer dies?

In the first place, even Seun, who had knowledge from before the regression, had very little information to defeat the Outer, so there was almost no reliable information.

Stab!

He desperately stabbed the liquid, but Seun also knew that he couldn’t catch the Outer with this kind of physical attack.

The only attack left was magic, but as he had confirmed earlier, he could not hunt the Outer by burning it.

Then what about freezing it?

It wasn’t a perfect solution, but looking at the surrounding ice, it seemed like he could seal it by freezing it.

The moment Seun desperately racked his brains to kill the Outer, the stigma on the back of his hand began to burn crimson red, unintentionally.

Even more so than when using the Authority of Frenzy.

For some reason, the black light felt more intense than usual.

Along with that.

Sizzle!

A sound of something burning was heard.

Looking down, the black liquid that was in contact with the sword was burning.

Its body, writhing as if in pain, blackened Durandal, and that energy continued to the stigma.

Soon, a message appeared in front of him.

– The stigma reacts to the tale of the Blood Wolf Legend.

– By fulfilling the usage conditions, the seal on the third ability is partially released.

– The stigma’s third ability, ‘@!#%’, awakens.

The stigma’s third ability, whose name is unknown.

It was being activated.

The power he had obtained by destroying and absorbing the statue that seemed to contain the power of the Outer in the middle of the Scavenger’s Desert.

As such, he thought that it might be helpful when dealing with the Outer, and that was becoming a reality.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Surrounding Jealousy,’ widens its eyes.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ rejoices at the sight of the foreign substance on the prey disappearing.

The Outer, which was said to be impossible to kill except by killing the host. Its form was disappearing due to Seun’s power.

It was an extremely small form compared to the Outer he knew, but even that made the back of his hand feel as hot as if it were burning.

It seems that this is the limit of what Seun’s stigma can handle yet.

But what was important was that he could kill the Outer.

If he continues to develop his divinity and develop the authority of the stigma, he may be able to not only deal with the Outer but also save those who have been consumed by it.

Sizzle-

Fortunately, the Outer’s form was completely annihilated before the stigma overheated to the point where it could not withstand it.

There is one golem left.

Seun once again raised his sword to support the commander, who was struggling to continue the battle against an enemy that could not be touched.