Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 185

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Se-woon’s day was surprisingly packed.

Waking up early, he would repeatedly practice the martial arts and magic he had learned with the Authority of Greed to master them, and then have a simple meal.

After that, he would immediately take on requests and finish exploring by noon.

He mainly took on search or exploration requests that others found difficult. Recalling the walkthroughs he had used as guides before his regression, there was nothing difficult about them.

“Today, I’ll make you wield a weapon.”

“Have you mastered the Eight Trigrams Palm?”

“I’ve perfectly mastered up to the fourth stance, the Lifting Spear Palm.”

“Then next would be the Lion Palm.”

In his remaining time, he sparred with Kang Han-cheol.

The guy was learning martial arts by directly clashing with Se-woon in sparring, and his learning speed was incredible.

It was like engraving it into his body by getting hit and using it himself.

He was already born with a body stronger than others, and now that he had the skills, his combat power was increasing day by day.

Now, he was easily handling A-rank requests on his own.

“I will master that today as well.”

Whoong!

Kang Han-cheol immediately kicked off the ground and charged, the left side of his neck gleaming eerily.

– The constellation, ‘Old Man Riding an Alligator,’ gazes down at his apostle and slams the ground hard.

Was it because Baal had acknowledged Yoo Seo-ah as an apostle?

Agares immediately engraved a stigma on Kang Han-cheol and bestowed his divinity, as if competing with Baal.

Thanks to that, his potential, ‘Strength,’ had become incredibly powerful.

Even a light attack like Taeul 섬수 Gong [Taeul 섬수 Gong is likely a specific martial arts technique. Without further context, it’s best to leave it as is] could dent iron.

These days, he was even using Tai Chi Chuan in reverse to prevent Se-woon from deflecting his attacks, so the day he would wield a weapon, as he said, was not far off.

Perhaps, in about a week, it would be difficult to face Kang Han-cheol barehanded.

Of course, Se-woon still had his sword, magic, and the power of the stigma.

“Se-woon, can I get guidance after that?”

“I need to finish quickly.”

“That won’t do.”

Kwaang!

After finishing sparring with Kang Han-cheol and Yoo Seo-ah, he moved to the Frost Fortress’s cafeteria for lunch.

After completing the S-rank request, the soldiers’ hostility towards the players had subsided a lot, so they were now eating in the same space.

As a result, the quality of the meals had improved, and sometimes the commander would show up with meat and hold a barbecue party.

Was it because Kim Mi-jeong, the chef from the Diablo Clan, was working at the cafeteria in the form of a request? The taste of the food was much better than before, and the soldiers of the Frost Fortress were also happy.

After that.

“Park Jeong-pil.”

“Yes, yes!”

He took Park Jeong-pil, who was waiting for Se-woon and looking terrified, to the training ground.

The twins, who were recently taking requests to expand the Frost Fortress, must have had some free time, as they came to watch.

“Wow! It’s finally starting!”

“Watching this really relieves my stress!”

“Both of you, get lost! Don’t you have work? How dare you….”

“Park Jeong-pil.”

“Yes.”

“Serves you right!”

“Blood Wolf oppa! Give him a cool ‘training’ session today too~”

– The constellation, ‘Donkey-Headed Bandit,’ is enjoying every day these days, grinning as he prepares to watch.

– The constellation, ‘Black Bird,’ takes a seat next to him.

– The constellation, ‘Giant Bird,’ hurriedly asks Valefor for understanding and pulls the Black Bird closer.

Chwaarruk!

As soon as the battle started, Park Jeong-pil scattered all sorts of items on the floor.

Tools made from the miscellaneous materials Se-woon had given him on the first day.

Of course, most of them were made with the help of Go Chang-seok, the only blacksmith in the Diablo Clan.

There were poison-tipped needles, large iron traps, bottles filled with slippery oil, and unidentified beads.

“I’m coming.”

“Plea, please go easy on me! Hyung-niiim [A respectful way to address an older brother or senior]!”

Thud!

“Cough!”

There was no such thing as holding back.

He wasn’t trying to gauge the guy’s skills right now.

He kicked the guy’s abdomen, who was trying to escape after reading the path of the sword, and then brought the sword down.

A pinch situation occurred as soon as it started.

Poong!

Just before the sword came down, Park Jeong-pil detonated something, and a thick smoke spread around.

A foul-smelling smoke that blocked not only vision but also the sense of smell.

He tried to focus on the sound, but the noisy sounds, caused by the beads he had scattered everywhere, interfered with detecting his presence.

‘He’s put some thought into this one.’

However, Se-woon’s detection ability was not limited to the five senses.

He immediately rotated the circle and used searching magic to find Park Jeong-pil’s magic.

As if he had expected this, a few mana stones interfered with the search, but as he narrowed the range, he could sense something approaching quickly.

Clang!

A poison-coated dagger was deflected by Se-woon’s sword.

As he stepped in the direction the dagger had come from, slippery oil hindered his movement.

As he maintained his balance by channeling internal energy through the soles of his feet, he saw a rope whipping around like a whip with a whooshing sound.

‘Is this the aim?’

He had said that as long as it touched him, it would be fine, so he seemed to be trying to win with a rope that had a large surface area.

However, the rope was cut too easily by Se-woon’s sword.

And at that moment.

Puh-woong!

The bomb tied to the end of the rope exploded.

As soon as he hurriedly moved out of range, Park Jeong-pil threw all sorts of tools and aimed for his back.

– The movement of Nichugong [Likely a martial arts technique or stance. Keeping as is due to lack of context] becomes faster through internal energy.

It was an attack that seemed impossible to avoid, but Se-woon flexibly bent his body and drastically changed direction, dodging all the attacks.

Thwack!

“Cough!”

He tripped Park Jeong-pil, who was trying to run away.

The moment he stepped on his back to prevent him from resisting, he felt a different, solid, and foreign sensation than usual.

A feeling like stepping on a switch.

The moment Se-woon frowned and jumped up.

Poong!

A small explosion occurred behind Park Jeong-pil’s back.

It seemed he had put a solid plate on his back and installed a mana stone with Fire Burst engraved on it.

Even with the plate, he couldn’t avoid the physical impact and heat, so he was vomiting blood.

A strategy of giving up flesh to take the bone.

It was an attack he thought the guy, who cherished his body so much, would never do.

“Hehe.”

Park Jeong-pil smiled, wiping the blood with his sleeve.

Why was he smiling when the attack, which was supposed to be his last resort, had been completely nullified?

Was he perhaps mistaken that the attack had worked?

As he was thinking that, Se-woon could feel a faint heat above his head.

As he hurriedly rotated his body and landed on the floor, he could identify what it was.

“…Embers?”

The bomb that had exploded while tied to the rope earlier.

The small sparks that seemed to have come out of it were floating in the sky.

An attack that was barely warm even if it touched him, an attack that was embarrassing to even call an attack.

One of those embers was attached to the end of Se-woon’s robe.

“You wouldn’t say it’s just embers, would you, hyungnim?”

The goal was to ‘just have the attack touch him.’

If he had detonated that bomb right in front of him from the beginning, Se-woon would have definitely noticed the embers and been careful.

All the miscellaneous attacks before and after were to prevent him from noticing that.

The attack that sacrificed his own body at the end was to drive Se-woon into that range.

The twins, who had been watching this whole process, booed.

“Boo! That’s cowardly!”

“But it looks like he succeeded? What’s going on?”

– The constellation, ‘Donkey-Headed Bandit,’ stands up from his seat, saying this is another unexpected event.

Innovative and cowardly.

That’s why he liked it even more.

Se-woon approached Park Jeong-pil, who was lying on the ground as if he was finally free.

“Good job.”

“Uwaaaaa! It’s finally over!”

“What are you talking about?”

“Huh? Since I succeeded, of course, this is also….”

“From now on, I’ll be using not only footwork but also proper martial arts, so try harder.”

“Uweeek?”

“Of course, after that, I’ll be using magic too.”

“Uweeeeeeeek?”

“Yay! I was almost sad because I thought it was going to end like this!”

“Oppa, run!”

He stepped on Park Jeong-pil’s back once again, who was trying to escape under the pretext of being injured.

At this rate, it seemed like even this guy could be used as a decent force.

* * *

The three months at Frost Fortress passed quickly.

The Diablo Clan’s level was so high that dozens of requests were resolved every day, and now the request list was neatly organized.

They had completed all the requests in Frost Fortress.

– You have completed all the requests in Frost Fortress.

– As a reward, 200,000 points have been awarded to all members of the Diablo Clan.

– The reputation of the ‘Diablo Clan’ spreads to the residents of the Tower.

With this, the reason to stay in Frost Fortress had disappeared.

New requests would arise over time, but the Diablo Clan’s level was already at a point where it wouldn’t be strange for them to go up to the 30th floor right away.

They had also acquired all the minor hidden pieces.

So now it was time to leave this place.

“Gentlemen! Think about it again! If you come under me. No, since you are stronger than me, I will become the vice-commander!”

“Would the Empire allow an outsider to take the commander’s position?”

“If I insist hard enough, the higher-ups won’t be able to stay still. How about it?”

“No, thank you. Commander, you should watch over the guys down there.”

“Ahem, that’s a shame! I understand. Until you come back, I will make sure to keep that place sealed no matter what!”

Se-woon checked a sky-blue ticket and put it in his pocket.

It was a return ticket that could be purchased with contribution points at the third shelter.

He had also purchased it in Skape, and although it was expensive, he had purchased it in advance because he needed to return to this place.

Using the ticket had the annoying drawback of having to overcome trials and climb the Tower again, but he couldn’t just leave the Outer alone.

Someday, when he gained the power to defeat the Outer slumbering beneath the sandstorm of Skape and the lake of Frost Fortress, he planned to return and defeat them.

Even if they were not related to the Tower’s destruction, he might be able to obtain strategies to deal with the Outer that would come in the future while defeating them.

Even if that wasn’t the case, he would be satisfied if he could strengthen the power of the stigma with their power.

“This is a shame! The fortress has been transformed like new thanks to our little ladies!”

“Hey, now it’s the uncles’ turn to do it!”

Han Areum gave her last greeting.

“I’ve made plenty of medicine, so there won’t be any problems for a year or two.”

Lee Haneul smiled softly.

“Elder! I will use the weapons you made well!”

“Hehe, take care of them properly and use them. As long as you wipe off the blood in time, they won’t corrode like before.”

In addition, everyone else said their goodbyes to the soldiers.

Still, after staying for three months, everyone seemed to have grown fond of each other without realizing it.

“Now, we’ll really be going.”

“Haha, I hope to see you again next time! Everyone, line up!”