Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 189

I Raided the Demon God’s Warehouse – Episode 193

Episode 193

– You have successfully completed the Trial of the 22nd Floor, ‘The Landscape at the End of the Volcano.’

– Calculating contribution points…….

– Time Remaining: 20 hours 41 minutes

– Discover hidden paths to acquire additional contribution points.

…….

– Total Accumulated Contribution Points: 220,000 points

– Congratulations! You have cleared the Trial of the 22nd Floor, ranking 1st.

– You have acquired 100,000 points as a reward.

It was the same scene Seun had witnessed before his regression.

The Trial of the 22nd Floor was also the first place where Seun of the past had cleared a trial within the rankings. That was because he was able to find this hidden path thanks to the Guidebook of Journey.

Of course, it wasn’t this easy back then.

After barely avoiding the piles of volcanic ash, he had used the Guidebook of Journey to find this cave after all sorts of hardships.

Usually, there was a rest period, whether long or short, between trials, but this place was different.

As it was a hidden path, a message announcing the trial immediately appeared.

– By discovering the hidden path, you are immediately connected to the trial of the next floor.

– Welcome to the Trial of the 23rd Floor.

– Theme: Lava Zone

– Time Limit: 50 hours

– While climbing the volcano, you discovered a lava cave created by a landslide.

– Follow the path to survive in the scorching lava zone and escape the cave.

The Trial of the 23rd Floor, the Lava Zone.

Just by briefly looking around, one could easily understand its meaning.

Bubbling-

Puhwaaat!

The red lava flowing down the walls flowed along the floor, pooling in puddles and bubbling without solidifying.

The 22nd floor was already hot enough to make one’s breath catch in their throat, but here, just standing still was enough to scorch the skin.

If it weren’t for the ice armor Go Chang-seok had made, he might have been burned immediately.

‘I survived thanks to equipment even before the regression.’

Seun back then was also wearing ice armor similar to what he was wearing now.

Although it was inferior to the current armor made of eternal ice and snow, the armor he had acquired through a search request was enough to allow him to explore the 23rd floor.

“I, I’m alive…… Keuheok!”

Park Jung-pil, who had been lying face down on the floor because Seun had thrown him down roughly, hurriedly got up. That was because red lava was wriggling and flowing right in front of his eyes.

He was also wearing ice armor, so he wasn’t greatly affected by the heat.

“Ugh! I almost died! Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older brother or male friend], what did you do again? Ah, it’s so hot here, I’m going to die.”

Of course, that exaggeration couldn’t be helped.

“Let’s go. From here on, you’ll have to be careful on your own.”

“Hey, what can I do? Hyung-nim is standing firm in front of me. Hehe.”

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ sniffs incessantly, expressing delight as he seems to smell something delicious nearby.

Indeed, Beelzebub.

He had been making a fuss about not having anything to eat even on the 22nd floor, but he was reacting as soon as he entered the 23rd floor.

That was because this hidden 23rd floor was different from the surrounding floors that showed the characteristics of natural disasters…….

Podong-

“Huh? Hyung-nim, what is this? It looks like a giant jelly.”

“Lava slime.”

“Lava slime? Ah, I’ve seen it in novels. If it’s a slime, isn’t it the weakest hunting target for beginners among monsters!”

A hunting target for beginners, huh.

Certainly, there were such slimes.

Representatively, the Clear Slime, the owner of the ‘Clear Slime’s Sweat Gland,’ which was one of Mamon’s treasures that Seun had used before.

The Clear Slime was one of the weakest monsters that lived by consuming the corpses and scraps of monsters.

However, the slime he saw now was different.

“If you touch it wrong, you’ll get burned immediately…….”

“Uwaaaagh! It’s hotttttt!”

Before he could even warn him, Park Jung-pil stroked the slime.

He immediately grabbed his hand and backed away. Still, he seemed to have barely avoided getting burned thanks to feeling the heat and dropping his hand before it touched the surface of the slime.

“Kkuluk!”

Perhaps judging Park Jung-pil’s touch and scream as an attack?

The lava slime, which had been still, reacted immediately.

Tentacles stretched out from its lava-composed body, aiming for Seun and Park Jung-pil.

Seun narrowed his eyes and took a step back, taking out Achilles’ Spear, Apelion.

– Through internal energy, the first stance of the Ice Dragon Spear Technique, Ice Dragon’s Awakening (氷龍起寢) [a martial arts technique], is enhanced.

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

Kwajik!

Apelion, wrapped in the energy of cold sound waves, pierced through the center of the lava slime’s body.

At the same time as feeling a sensation as if something was breaking, the tentacles that were reaching out stopped. Then, it lost its strength and began to melt away limply.

“If you only stab the core, it’s nothing special, so take care of it yourself from now on.”

“How can a slime be so strong! Isn’t this balance too off?”

“I told you. From here on, you’ll have to be careful on your own.”

“How can I do that…… H, Hyung-nim, let’s go together!”

– ‘Lava Slime’ has been devoured.

– Absorbing nutrients increases Stamina by 1.

After that, various monsters appeared.

Bats that spat lava like 침 [saliva], insects that emitted explosive gas along with hot bodily fluids when killed, lizards that breathed fire, etc.

They weren’t very strong monsters, but their attacks using lava were threatening enough.

If it weren’t for this ice armor, most players would have their bodies melt away the moment they were hit by their attacks.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ says that the food here is excellent with a spicy flavor, cooling the lizard meat before biting into it.

He saved mana as much as possible. An enormous amount of mana would be needed to convert the attributes of the Dragon Heart. Until then, he was going to use only martial arts.

Looking at the rate at which mana was filling up, it seemed that the mana would be fully charged just as he arrived at his destination.

“Hyung-niiim! Please help me!”

The path continued downwards.

Since Seun was only looking ahead and advancing, Park Jung-pil was dealing with the monsters that were hiding in the gaps in the walls and ambushing him from behind.

Perhaps because of his unique provocativeness, the monsters only targeted him as if they couldn’t see Seun.

Park Jung-pil, who would have only run away if it had been before…….

Kwajik!

Paat.

– The Constellation, ‘Donkey-Headed Snatcher,’ chuckles incessantly as he watches the contractor rolling around on the floor.

– The Constellation, ‘Donkey-Headed Snatcher,’ is amazed by the contractor’s unexpectedly good fighting skills.

It was different now.

He used various tools to deal with the monsters, just as Seun had taught him in the Frost Fortress.

He threw ice needles shaped like icicles made of eternal ice or detonated bombs containing eternal snow.

If it were ordinary ice, it would melt as soon as it was taken out due to the heat of the cave, but the eternal snow and eternal ice were instead lowering the temperature, weakening the monsters.

His skills were clumsy and inefficient because he had only practiced against Seun, but he was facing new enemies called monsters.

‘He’s holding up well.’

He was steadily dealing with the monsters behind him without Seun’s help.

It was satisfying enough for now just that he wasn’t hindering his progress.

And finally, the downhill path ended.

Bubbling!

“Keeeek-!”

A ‘Lava Zone’ befitting the theme of the trial appeared.

Red lava was scattered everywhere like ponds or lakes, and monsters were wriggling inside.

Unidentifiable roars were heard from all directions, and the heat was clearly felt even though he was wearing ice armor.

“Let’s pick up the pace a little more.”

“Here? No, if we slip, we’ll melt without leaving any bones behind, so why are we speeding up here!”

“You, you seem to be talking back a lot since a while ago?”

“……Hehe, how could that be! I, Park Jung-pil! Always as Hyung-nim’s right-hand man!”

“Shut up and follow me.”

“Yes.”

As Park Jung-pil said, the surrounding terrain was treacherous itself. The space was much wider than the downhill path in the cave, and it was filled with lava.

Hot steam was being sucked into small gaps in the ceiling.

It was the identity of the steam he had seen in the Trial of the 22nd Floor.

“There’s no path…….”

The lava zone had no path to accommodate players.

The lava, with bubbles bursting irregularly, scattered lava droplets in all directions, so one felt as if they would be covered in lava if they were even slightly careless.

There were also places where the path was blocked by a giant lava lake as if telling them not to move forward, and in such places, they had to step on irregularly placed rocks like stepping stones and jump.

In the meantime.

Kwaaah!

“Heok!”

Lava erupted right next to the stepping stones, and something red and long soared up.

Lava Serpent.

As its name suggested, it was a snake-like monster that swam through the lava.

– Through internal energy, the second stance of the Ice Dragon Spear Technique, Ice Dragon’s Ascension (氷龍昇天) [a martial arts technique], is enhanced.

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

It fell down, its body split in half before it could even show its teeth to Seun.

Even though he seemed to be running forward recklessly, he was focusing his five senses as much as possible.

Unlike water, lava had high viscosity, so the shaking that appeared when a monster moved was also great. No matter how much the monster hid its presence, it was easy to sense its presence.

‘The Ice Dragon Spear Technique is quite useful.’

Water-attribute attacks worked best in the lava zone.

Even then, if it didn’t meet the standard, it would be eaten by the heat, so strong power was needed, but Seun’s 음공 [Yin energy] was enough to overcome the heat here.

That’s why he focused on this Ice Dragon Spear Technique when training in the Frost Fortress.

He had already anticipated the situation where he had to save mana here.

– ‘Lava Serpent’ has been devoured.

– Absorbing nutrients increases Agility by 2.

– ‘Fire Lizard’ has been devoured.

– Absorbing nutrients increases Wisdom by 1.

…….

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ sweats profusely but does not stop eating.

Even if monsters blocked his path, even if lava poured down like a waterfall from above, Seun did not stop moving.

In the past, he had concentrated all his mind to survive and moved forward carefully step by step, but for Seun now, it was not much different from moving on flat ground.

Rather, he felt much more mentally comfortable dealing with monsters than facing troublesome situations called natural disasters.

And finally.

‘I’ve arrived.’

Unlike until now, where lava was irregularly pooled everywhere, a lava lake was pooled in the middle of a flat terrain.

A huge hole was 뚫 [pierced] in the upper part of the joint, and black clouds were escaping through it.

This was the center of the volcano. Below the crater.

As it was the place with the hottest heat in the volcano, heat that was difficult to withstand even with ice armor covered his body.

He felt like his throat was 막히 [blocked] every time he breathed.

As if welcoming such Seun.

“Burning…… hot, boiling, scorching…….”

Something resembling a human figure floated up from the center of the lava lake.

No, lava dripped from the red body of that which seemed more suitable to be called a giant than a human.

“Unmelted being…… burn with me!”

The boss monster that exists on the 23rd floor. No, the most powerful monster in the trials up to the 24th floor, which has volcanoes and disasters as its theme.

The ruler of the volcano, Living Lava.

It was a monster that could be said to be all the lava that exists here.

‘If I use that guy, it will be possible enough.’

It was an excellent medium to convert the Snow Dragon’s Dragon Heart into a fire attribute.