Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 191

195. Stole the Demon God’s Warehouse (1)

Crunch!

Se-un’s mana permeates the crack in the Dragon Heart, creating a cold ice barrier.

If he were to introduce the altered mana attribute directly, the heart itself would shatter. Thus, this process was necessary.

Se-un had been conserving his mana precisely for this moment.

“A chilling… presence that shouldn’t be…”

The Living Lava senses the Dragon Heart’s presence and attacks Se-un.

Though its arms are restrained by the golem, it is a being of lava. It has plenty of ways to attack.

Lava tendrils writhe around Se-un’s left chest, where the Dragon Heart is embedded, trying to engulf him.

And at that moment.

– Commencing the circulation of the Ice White Divine Art (氷白神功) [a technique that manipulates cold energy].

– The energy of yin circulates through the meridians.

As Se-un begins to circulate the Ice White Divine Art, a chilling cold emanates from his entire body.

He focuses his inner energy intensely on his right hand, which holds the Dragon Heart of the Snow Dragon.

Rustle-

Ice begins to sprout like scales, starting from his left hand.

The left arm, which was being burned by the intense heat, is instantly covered and protected by ice scales.

Swish, swish!

The lava, failing to melt his left arm, targets Se-un’s torso as if in frustration. However, the ice scales are already spreading, covering not just his left arm but his entire body.

– The fifth form of the Ice Dragon Spear Technique, Ice Dragon Manifestation (氷龍現身) [a powerful defensive technique], is enhanced through inner energy.

– Coldness is added to the martial art according to the mysteries of the Ice White Divine Art.

Recalling this moment, he uses a technique applying the fifth form of the Ice Dragon Spear Technique, which he had trained to the extreme in the Frost Fortress.

The consumption of inner energy was enormous, but this was the only way to withstand the Living Lava’s attack with his bare body.

– The Constellation, ‘Serpent Entwined in Jealousy,’ is worried about you.

– The Constellation, ‘Serpent Entwined in Jealousy,’ recommends using its authority.

Leviathan expresses concern, but Se-un shakes his head.

This isn’t just any ordinary mana stone; it’s the Dragon Heart of the Snow Dragon. Changing its attribute would be impossible without heat like the Living Lava’s.

Using the Serpent’s Gaze might lower the lava’s heat, making it easier to endure, but it might prevent him from changing the Dragon Heart’s attribute.

Rustle, rustle!

Had he been embedding the Dragon Heart for about a minute? Finally, a reaction begins to appear.

The Living Lava’s body hardens around the heart, and conversely, the overflowing heat flows into the Dragon Heart.

‘Now is the real test.’

The heat permeating the heart resists the cold that was originally there. The greater the resistance, the greater the backlash, and the shock is transmitted through the cracks.

If he loses focus even for a moment, Se-un’s mana surrounding the cracks will explode.

The Dragon Heart, exposed with cracks inside the Living Lava’s body, will only self-destruct.

He could defeat it with the aftermath, but defeating it is meaningless to Se-un right now.

“You who resist the heat… burn and melt away…”

Perhaps realizing that small attacks are ineffective, the Living Lava launches a full-scale attack.

The lava in the lava lake rises all at once. It soon forms a giant dome, gradually closing in.

It’s an attack that allows no blind spots, but he had no intention of dodging in the first place.

“Protect me. By any means necessary.”

“Protect.”

The golem closes the distance with the Living Lava even further to protect Se-un.

Beyond grabbing its arms, it embraces the Living Lava, completely binding its upper body and enveloping Se-un entirely.

Crash!

Immediately, a tidal wave of lava crashes down on the golem.

The lava, which the Living Lava thrashes about but fails to block, drips down like water droplets.

It couldn’t block every attack, but Se-un was also defending against the attacks through ‘Ice Dragon Manifestation.’

With a sizzling sound, the ice melts.

Seeing the lava melting the ice before his eyes was quite terrifying, but he didn’t show it. Instead, he clenched his teeth even harder, drawing out yin energy from his dantian [energy center] and spinning his circles intensely.

“Hyungnim! [term for older brother or respected male] I’m really at my limit now!”

– The Constellation, ‘Donkey-Headed Bandit,’ can’t stop laughing, saying that appointing you as an apostle was a choice without regrets.

While concentrating, he faintly hears Park Jung-pil’s voice.

He is so focused on the flow of mana and inner energy that he doesn’t even know how much time has passed.

Surrounded by the golem, the Living Lava, and the hot lava, he doesn’t know what the situation is like outside.

‘Just a little more…!’

He feels heat, not cold, from his right hand holding the Dragon Heart.

This meant that most of the internal attribute had been converted to fire.

However, it’s still too early to let his guard down.

This state is the most unstable, so if the crack opens even a little, it will explode immediately.

However, there was one problem.

Even if it was damaged, the Dragon Heart was still a Dragon Heart.

He had less than half of his mana left, but converting its attribute alone required enormous power and time.

Se-un’s mana, which had reached the 5th Circle, a level hard to believe for a mere 23rd-floor player, was rapidly depleting.

His dantian was also emptying out due to the Ice Dragon Manifestation used to protect himself from the lava.

Considering the remaining estimated time, the result would be failure.

Se-un’s power would run out first, and the Dragon Heart would eventually explode.

But.

‘I expected this much.’

He had planned thoroughly in the Frost Fortress.

He analyzed the mana remaining in the Dragon Heart and compared it to the power of his circle and dantian. He had fully anticipated that his power would be slightly insufficient.

And of course, he had also considered a way to solve this.

– The Saint’s Mark reacts to the legend of the Blood Wolf.

– The second ability of the Saint’s Mark, ‘Rage,’ awakens.

A red light blazes on the back of his right hand.

The authority of Rage amplifies power itself.

In other words, it could also be interpreted as increasing the quality of the power it possesses.

The faint remaining mana and inner energy become denser, and he draws up power to complete the remaining task.

The ice scales covering Se-un’s body are dyed red.

“Armor that does not burn… red…”

The ice scales so far had not completely blocked the Living Lava’s lava.

They merely melted and emitted new coldness to create new ice scales.

But now, it was different. The red-dyed ice scales did not let a single drop of lava flow down, even when in contact with the lava. The heat felt on his skin had also completely disappeared.

Along with that.

Woo-oong!

The speed at which the Dragon Heart’s mana attribute was converted also increased.

This was thanks to the mana enhanced by the authority of Rage, which more perfectly blocked the cracks in the heart.

Conversely, it released the ice attribute more quickly and accepted the fire attribute more quickly.

The cold remaining in the heart quickly escaped.

Crackle!

The Living Lava, which had been deprived of heat and began to accept cold, also began to show clear symptoms.

The body, which was made of lava and bubbling, began to harden black. Its movements also became sluggish, and the heat felt was also significantly reduced.

“Protect.”

The golem repeated Se-un’s instructions once more.

Although it received less damage because it was the same attribute, it could not completely withstand the Living Lava’s attack.

Most of its outer armor had already fallen off, and a significant amount of its lava body was damaged.

One arm had fallen off, and its side was deeply dented.

Its lower body, submerged in the lava lake, was not visible, but it probably wasn’t normal either.

“Burning hot, scorching, melting… red earth…”

The Living Lava’s body was already as hard as rock.

Even its head, which had been flickering red, slowly cooled down, listing the words that made up its essence.

Feeling the blazing heat in his palm, Se-un finally pulled his hand out of the Living Lava’s heart.

– Completed the hidden quest, ‘Master of the Volcano.’

– Additional points are awarded for the trial ‘Lava Zone.’

The Dragon Heart of the Snow Dragon, which had been emitting cold air, was already emitting heat as hot as that of a Fire Dragon.

If he hadn’t been protected by Ice Dragon Manifestation, he would have been burned just by holding it.

Not even a fingernail’s worth of the Snow Dragon’s unique coldness could be felt inside.

Perfect attribute conversion.

With this, he was able to perfectly achieve the plan he had been thinking about since the Frost Fortress.

Crack!

After organizing the Dragon Heart, Se-un then put his hand into the Living Lava’s chest.

Giving strength to his grip and pulling something, the hardened circuit was torn off, and the Living Lava’s heart fell out.

It had hardened due to the Snow Dragon’s cold air and lost most of its original performance, but it was still an item that could be helpful someday, as it was the heart of the Living Lava.

– Devoured ‘Living Lava.’

– Absorbing nutrients increases Strength by 10 and Stamina by 10.

– Fire attribute affinity increases.

He used the authority of Gluttony on the Living Lava, whose heart he had extracted.

The total stats gained from the authority of Gluttony had been decreasing recently as the total of his abilities increased, but even so, a total of 20 stats increased.

This showed how powerful the Living Lava originally was.

In addition to the stats, there was also an increase in fire attribute affinity.

This was a welcome addition as it would help when using yang energy martial arts or fire magic through the Violet Mystical Divine Art.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ enjoys the crunchy texture of the hardened lava.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ sticks out its tongue and pants, feeling an addictive spiciness.

“Hyungnim!”

The Living Lava’s huge body, frozen like a frostbite due to the authority of Gluttony, collapsed, and Park Jung-pil’s figure was visible behind it.

The ice armor had melted or broken, and the ends of his hair were burned. His face was covered in ashes, so he must have had a hard time too.

“Keu, I believed in you! All those monsters are running away because the boss monster died.”

As he said, all the dozens of monsters gathered in the chamber were running away.

However, their movements were a little strange.

It didn’t seem like they were just running away because their boss monster had died, and it didn’t seem like they were running away from Se-un either.

It was as if they were running away from ‘something’ that would unfold in the future.

“Hyungnim, you know I worked really hard, right? I don’t know what it is, but you have to remember that I have a share in that thing you’re holding in your hand. Hehe.”

Se-un focused all his attention on the field.

There must be a good reason why the monsters were running away. There must be a faint sign that only monsters can feel, which humans cannot.

And.

Bubble, bubble-

“Run this way!”

“Huh?”

“Come here! No, Golem! Grab that guy!”

“Grab.”

Thud!

“Gack!”

The golem reached out and grabbed Park Jung-pil.

It didn’t grab him carefully, but grabbed him urgently like it had restrained the Living Lava, so the impact must have been a bit much.

Well, he had also exhausted all his stamina trying to hold out against dozens of monsters.

But now, there was something more important.

“Protect us both! Curl up as much as possible, prepare for the impact!”

“Prepare for impact.”

The Volcanic Golem curled up into a ball.

Immediately, the lava pond, which had been bubbling leisurely, seethed like boiling water, emitting tremendous smoke and heat.

“H-Hyungnim! What is this!”

“Hold on tight!”

“No, there’s nothing to hold……”

KWA-AAAAAAA-!!

Before Park Jung-pil could finish speaking, lava erupted.

The lava burst out like a fountain, covering the chamber, and the golem’s body, which was wrapped around Se-un and Park Jung-pil, floated up due to the impact of the erupting lava.

“Kweeeeeeeck!”

Along with Park Jung-pil’s annoying scream, the two soared above the volcano’s crater.