Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 175

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As Se-un mentioned the S-rank request.

“I’ll go with you.”

“I want to go with you too!”

Kang Han-cheol and Baek Hyeon, among other clan members, stepped forward to accompany him, but Se-un soon shook his head.

“Why?”

“I don’t know the difficulty or content of the S-rank request. I might not be able to handle it.”

Of course, it didn’t seem like he couldn’t handle it, no matter how difficult the S-rank request was. Se-un’s level was far beyond the 20th floor.

Frankly, he was confident that he could successfully complete even a trial beyond the 30th floor right now.

‘But what if…….’

What if there was an enemy with a powerful wide-area attack? What if there were widespread traps?

Even Se-un couldn’t be sure that he could protect everyone from unknown attacks.

Rather than gamble like that, it was better to give the others requests where they could achieve maximum efficiency.

“Then, I…….”

“With your agility, you can evade most attacks and keep up with me. And your domination ability might create unexpected variables.”

Domination.

Yoo Seo-ah’s potential was unmatched compared to others.

The power to dominate the enemy she cut down.

She might be weaker than Kang Han-cheol, who had straightforward power, but as time passed, her potential would show remarkable strength.

In fact, her ability had temporarily stopped the ‘Predator of Saha’ in the 10th-floor trial.

“I’m confident I won’t be a hindrance.”

“No. If your goal is to get stronger, it’s much better to take Jung-pil and do a subjugation request as I said, rather than following me.”

“Then, I…….”

“For now, it’s a priority to acquire more undead through other requests to replenish our forces.”

Faced with a reasonable explanation, they had no choice but to nod.

Se-un’s decision wasn’t just to appease them, but a choice that thoroughly emphasized efficiency.

“It’s up to you whether you take a request or not. However, as you all have experienced, the trials of the tower become increasingly difficult.”

People nodded.

The trials of the tower.

At first, even though piranhas were a nuisance, it was a simple trial where you just had to cross a stepping stone bridge.

Even if you were bitten by a piranha, you wouldn’t be mortally wounded unless you fell into the water.

But what about the most recent 20th-floor trial?

You had to cross a lake teeming with monsters that all seemed threatening.

The difficulty was so high that it made you wonder if it was even a trial meant to be passed.

If Se-un hadn’t been there, there would have been many injuries and casualties, even with multiple clans working together.

If the 20th-floor trial was this difficult, what would come next?

This time, they passed without injuries thanks to Se-un’s help, but what about individual trials where they couldn’t receive help from others?

They might lose their lives without anyone knowing.

“If possible, it’s better not to settle for the name ‘shelter’ and grow a little more. Not for the clan, but for yourselves.”

“We know that too!”

“There’s nothing to do here anyway, let’s just take a request!”

“I’m getting so used to being active that lying still feels awkward now! Haha!”

Fortunately, people positively accepted Se-un’s advice.

Usually, by the time they reached the third shelter, many players had faced life-threatening situations, lost comrades, and fallen into despair, suffering from depression.

Thanks to being pushed hard from the tutorial, the Diablo Clan didn’t show such signs.

Soon, everyone found something to do in the fortress and left the accommodation.

And Se-un too.

“Let’s go, Yoo Seo-ah.”

“Yes!”

He left to receive the S-rank request.

In the accommodation, only the existing players stood blankly, reminiscing about their past year.

* * *

Knock knock.

He knocked on the door, but there was no answer.

Sensing her presence inside, Se-un boldly opened the door, saying, ‘I’m coming in.’

Yoo Seo-ah carefully followed behind Se-un, wondering if this was okay.

And what they saw was.

“Hiss! Hiss! Hoo…….”

Just like when Se-un first saw her, the commander was exercising, grabbing the antlers of the stuffed deer head.

However, this time, she wasn’t just starting her workout like before, but she had worked up quite a sweat, with the floor soaked and the cold room feeling hot.

Sensing that the workout was coming to an end from the movement of her muscles, Se-un waited patiently for her.

Soon, with a ‘Haaah!’ shout, the commander finished her last set and dropped to the floor.

She was panting heavily, having squeezed out every last bit of her stamina.

Only then did the commander notice Se-un and Yoo Seo-ah’s presence.

“Hmm? Haha, did I make you wait!”

She gulped down the water that her pet bear, Koong, brought her, and then she put on her black cloak.

As if by magic, the room turned cold again after the workout.

It wasn’t magic, but the fact that she could heat the room just by raising her body temperature through exercise showed how intense her workout was.

“Well, you must be here for the request!”

“Yes.”

“Only one companion, I see. Good thinking. It’s wise to move with a small elite group for requests with insufficient information!”

“Yes. I’ve brought a companion, so please explain the S-rank request.”

“Haha, you’re impatient! Alright!”

S-rank request.

The requester was none other than the commander of the Frost Fortress.

The reason why other soldiers couldn’t find out about the S-rank request even after staying in the fortress for a year was precisely this.

Se-un was summoned from the first day, but other players rarely saw her face even while staying in the same fortress.

“As you have seen, monsters have been gathering in the Lake of Despair since the meteor fell. Ignoring the food chain.”

“I know.”

“Some monsters resist this, but most of them can’t maintain their sanity. This leads to subjugation requests targeting monsters that pose a threat.”

Indeed, the requests of the Frost Fortress weren’t just randomly created for the growth of the players.

They were meant to deal with the monsters driven mad by the influence of the Outer God sleeping beneath the Lake of Despair.

So, are the players arriving here to solve the problem? Or is the Frost Fortress summoning the players to solve the problem?

Several possibilities came to mind, but there was nothing he could be sure of on his own.

“But there’s one. There’s one that isn’t affected by the meteor and is huddled in the deep snow mountains.”

“That one is…….”

“Yes. It’s the Snow Dragon, the target of my request.”

Dragon.

The moment he heard that word, Se-un’s expression hardened. However, he quickly regained his composure.

No matter how difficult the S-rank request was, there was no way a dragon would appear in the third shelter.

It seemed like she was describing a type of dragonkin [a creature related to dragons] that was lower in rank than a dragon.

‘If it’s a real dragon…….’

Even Se-un couldn’t fight a dragon.

If the opponent was a baby dragon, he might be able to handle it somehow, but baby dragons usually have guardians.

‘As expected, bringing Yoo Seo-ah was the best choice.’

Even if a real dragon appeared, Se-un’s strength would allow him to escape with Yoo Seo-ah.

That would be impossible if they provoked the dragon and incurred its hostility.

“But if it’s just huddled in the snow mountains, it’s not a threat, is it?”

“That’s right. So, we haven’t bothered with it until now. But things are different now. The cycle of recent blizzards has become abnormally short.”

“Could that be…….”

“Snow falls whenever the Snow Dragon roars. The shortened cycle means that it’s preparing to become active.”

A dragon that causes blizzards.

If it was a type of Ice Dragon that Se-un knew, its mere existence would change the surrounding climate.

However, it was the meteor that changed the climate here, not the dragon.

The ability to cause blizzards whenever it roared was certainly amazing, but according to the explanation, it didn’t seem to be a real dragon.

‘Still, it can’t be compared to a drake.’

Se-un recalled the drake that appeared as the final boss monster in the tutorial.

Physically powerful, but a low-level dragonkin that couldn’t use magic.

Besides that, there were wyverns, sea serpents, worms, and other types of dragonkin.

“We’re barely holding on now, but if the snow increases any further, the fortress will have a hard time enduring it.”

“Indeed, if snow piles up in the lake and exceeds the height of the fortress…….”

“They might cross the fortress.”

They were investigating the meteor, but the main purpose of the Frost Fortress was to block monsters.

If they missed the monsters because of the snow, it would be as good as losing their reason for existence.

“So, I want you to eliminate it before that happens.”

“I understand.”

– You have accepted the Frost Fortress’s S-rank request, ‘The Snow Dragon’s Roar.’

Se-un and Yoo Seo-ah nodded, confirming the message that appeared before their eyes.

* * *

“Ugh…….”

“Liam, are you awake?”

Liam, who had been unconscious for a whole day, finally came to his senses.

After becoming a player, most of his injuries healed after receiving proper treatment and resting well overnight, no matter how injured he was.

But if he asked if his injuries had healed as much as he had rested…….

“Kuaaak!”

“Liam, calm down. The bones are connected, but they’re still unstable. You know that, right? If they break again in that state, it’s dangerous even if you’re a player.”

“Damn it! Because of that bastard!”

“C, calm down. If those people hear you…….”

“Those people? Those people? You, you’ve succumbed to those bastards?”

“We had no choice. Don’t you remember? It was already far beyond our capabilities.”

“Ha! Capabilities my ass, if I was a warrior, I would have never lost!”

Liam thought that the reason he lost was simply due to a bad matchup.

If he hadn’t been lenient at first and had drawn his weapon, if they had attacked as a group from the beginning! If they had done that, he would have definitely won.

“Where is that bastard! I’ll sort out the hierarchy right now.”

“That person…… said they were going to carry out an S-rank request.”

“What are you talking about? An S-rank request? How is that possible when we haven’t been able to do it even after building trust for over a year?!”

“I don’t know. Not only that, but that person’s clan is accepting A-rank requests from the start.”

“Fucking hell! How much ass did they lick to make that possible? Dirty bastard!”

Liam tore off the bandages wrapped around his body and cursed.

As his comrade said, the bones had healed, but the injured area was still red.

In particular, his nose, which was directly hit by the toe, was still broken.

“Good, I’m going to stab that bastard in the back right now. We’ll snatch the S-rank request too.”

“L, Liam. Those people, they’ve already left to carry out the request.”

“Hey, you cowardly bastards! Don’t you know my skill?”

“But, there’s no way we can win…….”

“You’re all scared! Shut up and follow me! You said it’s an S-rank request, right? If we clear that, our position in the Frost Fortress will be completely different.”

Liam took out his cherished dagger.

An A-rank dagger obtained after completing an A-rank request.

Thanks to his unique skill ‘Tracking’ and his assassination-specialized abilities, his current strength was at a level where he could kill a snow troll in one strike if the timing was right.

Liam carefully tucked the dagger into his waist and said with a sly smile.

“No matter how strong he is, can he survive a knife in the back?”

Liam took a few men who usually followed him well and headed outside the fortress.

Following the footprints of Se-un and Yoo Seo-ah, who had already left.

As soon as they moved, the blizzard intensified as if it had been waiting, covering their footprints.