Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 194

“Ugh, spit spit! Hyung [older brother or respected male figure], can’t you use that magic to clear this place up a bit?”

“Nope.”

“Then why are we going this way? I can’t even see in front of me!”

There was plenty of time left anyway.

As originally planned, Se-un headed in a direction where even wind magic had little effect on dispersing the smoke.

A path most players avoided, a place difficult to explore even if something was there.

And that thought was confirmed.

– The Constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ sniffs repeatedly, saying the delicious smell is getting closer.

– The Constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ mutters that even ashes would be edible at this point.

Beelzebub’s message turned his hunch into certainty.

At the end of this thick smog, there was a boss monster, presumably from the 25th floor.

“Hyung, I found something! Isn’t this the relic?”

“That’s poop.”

“Huh?”

“I said it’s poop. Hardened and covered in ash.”

“Ugh, eww!”

– The Constellation, ‘Donkey-Headed Snatcher,’ laughs at the Apostle who can’t distinguish between poop and relics.

“Don’t wander off and just follow me closely. I’m not going to look for you if you fall behind.”

“Ehh, you wouldn’t!”

“If you do get lost, just find any relic on your own.”

“Don’t assume I’m going to get lost already!”

Wind Field was a 5th circle magic, so maintaining it required too much mana. Instead, Se-un was moving forward with a Wind Curtain.

He figured this was enough since he knew the direction.

In fact, even with the Wind Curtain, there was a direction where the smoke was particularly thick.

The further he went, the denser the smoke became, making it difficult to see even with magic.

“H-Hyung. Isn’t this place a bit weird? I really wouldn’t be able to see anything without this magic.”

The smoke penetrated the Wind Curtain.

He could smell the acrid odor of the smoke at the tip of his nose.

It didn’t seem to make sense to use magic anymore, so he deactivated the Wind Curtain and focused on his senses instead.

“Hyung, I can barely breathe, can’t we just go back? It feels like a ghost is going to appear any minute now….”

“Duck.”

“Huh?”

At Se-un’s command, Park Jung-pil tilted his head but instinctively lowered his body.

The ‘education’ he had given him so far was paying off.

– Through internal energy, the third stance of the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, Blood Wolf Strike, is enhanced.

– According to the mysteries of the Violet Energy Divine Art, heat is added to the martial art.

Whoosh!

“Aaaagh!”

A crimson energy blade struck above Park Jung-pil’s head.

Then, something that had been flickering above him scattered like a lie.

‘As expected, an amorphous monster.’

A monster hidden in the smoke, one that even Se-un from his past life hadn’t discovered.

He recalled its characteristics and made a rough guess.

The enemy was probably the smoke itself.

Like the Living Lava he had encountered in the volcano, it was a monster whose entire body was made of smoke, not matter.

But there was one problem.

‘I couldn’t cut it.’

It wasn’t a miss.

Even though he had accurately struck it, the attack itself didn’t work.

He had anticipated that physical attacks wouldn’t work, so he had deliberately applied the mysteries of the Violet Energy Divine Art, imbued with the power of yang [positive, active energy], to his attack, but even that didn’t work.

“Shiaaaaa-”

Perhaps because it had been exposed, the creature no longer hid and emitted a bizarre sound.

A sound resembling a ghost’s scream, chilling him to the bone.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Ice Needle’ is enhanced.

Crack!

He sent an ice spike flying in the direction of the sound.

Among amorphous monsters, those without a core like this were notoriously difficult to deal with. He had to eliminate the phenomenon of smoke itself.

Se-un knew most of the monsters in the tower, but this was his first time encountering such a monster, so his priority was to identify its weakness.

That’s why he was trying attacks with various attributes.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Aqua Pillar’ is enhanced.

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

Kwaaa!

Whirr!

A giant pillar of water pierced through the smoke, and a powerful wind blew the smoke away. Or, that’s what he intended, but the result was different from what Se-un had expected.

None of the magic affected the creature that was rampaging through the smoke like a ghost.

It felt like attacking a phantom.

‘Could it really be a phantom?’

Just in case, he scanned the surroundings with Searching Magic, but there was no trace of a phantom.

He tried attacking with every attribute he could use, but the result was the same.

“Shiaaa-!”

“Kugh!”

He swung his sword at the creature that was faintly flickering and approaching, but it still didn’t work.

Even when he cast a shield spell, it flowed through the magic like a ghost.

The creature passed through Se-un’s body.

There was no physical impact, but he felt as if his mental strength was being shaved off in an instant.

For an ordinary player, this alone would have been enough to lose consciousness and faint.

‘It can’t be invincible.’

There was no such thing in the tower.

There might be beings close to invincible, but there were definitely no absolutely invincible beings.

Even at the highest floors of the tower, even among the constellations known as great transcendents.

In fact, didn’t the constellations end up being devoured by the Outer Gods, ultimately leading to the collapse of the tower?

Those Outer Gods, who seemed invincible, had been annihilated by Se-un’s authority in this life. So, there must be a weakness to this smoke as well.

‘There’s definitely no core. Physical and magical attacks don’t work, and it’s not an illusion or a magical entity.’

Then, a possibility came to mind.

Immediately, he activated Leviathan’s Authority.

The target was, of course, the unidentified monster stirring up the smoke.

– The Eyes of Envy do not sense jealousy from ‘Smoke.’

– The Authority of Jealousy is nullified.

Smirk.

Even though the use of the Authority had failed, a smile appeared on Se-un’s face.

It was the same as when he faced the sorcerer Zevis Seru in the trial of the 10th floor. The fact that the Authority of Jealousy was nullified meant that the target was not appropriate.

‘There’s a separate main body.’

Usually, he would look for the sorcerer, but there was definitely no living creature like a monster here.

If so, there must be a ‘medium’ that is not a living creature.

The problem was how to find it.

Then.

“Kuak! Ugh, what is this again! Whose grave is this? Hyung, isn’t that a real ghost?”

Park Jung-pil’s voice came from behind.

He must have stumbled and fallen over something, but the moment he heard the word ‘grave,’ he instinctively knew that it was the ‘medium.’

“Park Jung-pil, where are you!”

“I’m here! Here! He-ulp ulp! Quehk!”

Since his vision was extremely limited, he had no choice but to find him by sound.

The smoke was so thick that even the sound wasn’t being transmitted properly, but Se-un’s hearing was extremely developed thanks to Mammon’s Treasure.

Perhaps because of the smoke, the sound soon cut off, but with that short cry, he could immediately guess Park Jung-pil’s location.

“Duck!”

“Ulp ulp ulp!”

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

Without a moment to hesitate, he activated the magic.

A red flash shot out towards the place where Park Jung-pil’s voice had been heard.

The smoke rushed in, but the creatures couldn’t be attacked in the first place. In other words, it was impossible to even block the attack.

Kwang!!

The explosion erupted about 10 meters away.

Fortunately, Park Jung-pil had instinctively thrown himself, even in the situation where his body was wrapped in smoke, and was out of the blast radius.

‘As expected!’

The flames briefly cleared his vision.

As Park Jung-pil had said, there was a rock resembling a tombstone, and in front of it, there was a small incense burner.

Gray smoke was rising from the end of the incense burner, and it looked similar to the smoke.

‘It seems to have its own defense.’

He could see a semi-circular gray barrier around the incense burner.

It didn’t seem to be magic, but it seemed to be a pretty good barrier if it could block a Fire Cannon.

“Shhhh-”

“Shh shh shhh-!”

Was it because its main body had been exposed?

The smoke began to target Se-un in earnest.

He was sure there was only one, but the presences he felt in the smoke were at least ten or more.

That unique attack that attacked mental strength itself was a threatening attack, even for Se-un.

However, since defense didn’t work, it was impossible to even deal with it.

Then.

‘Preemptive strike is essential.’

He just had to attack first before being attacked.

– The Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Red Spear, Gáe Darg ]

– The red spear bestowed upon the hero of the Piana Knights, ‘Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.’ It is said to be a magic spear that can nullify magical protections.

He couldn’t repeat attacks that didn’t work in a situation where he didn’t even know how durable the barrier was.

More than twenty smoke creatures were already approaching Se-un.

The path was completely blocked, making it difficult to approach.

Then there was only one thing left.

A javelin throw.

Whoosh!

The spear of Achilles, Aphelion, imbued with the power of Gáe Darg, flew powerfully.

Although its description stated that it nullified ‘magical protections,’ its essential power was the ability to nullify all protections made of abilities, not just magic.

In other words, no matter how strong the barrier was, it could not block a spear imbued with the power of Gáe Darg.

Clang!

The barrier in front of the incense burner shattered and scattered as soon as it touched the tip of the spear.

It was a barrier that had easily blocked even a Fire Cannon, but it shattered too easily, like glass, against the power of Gáe Darg.

This was the power of Gáe Darg.

Now that the barrier was broken, there was only one thing left.

Stab!

The tip of the spear pierced the center of the incense burner.

Indeed, as if it wasn’t an ordinary incense burner, the tip of the spear barely managed to penetrate, even though it was stabbed with a spear thrown with all his might.

However, the incense burner, which had already been pierced and cracked,

‘Recall.’

Swoosh!

Could not withstand the impact caused by the spear being pulled out again.

Due to ‘Recall,’ one of Aphelion’s abilities, the bronze incense burner exploded as the spear was pulled out.

The ashes piled up inside scattered into thick smoke. At the same time, the forms made of smoke that had been approaching Se-un stopped moving.

“Shiiit-”

Then, the creatures slowly disappeared.

Next to the broken incense burner, he could see Park Jung-pil covered in a pile of ashes.

– Hidden Quest, ‘Ashen Incense Burner,’ completed.

– Additional points are awarded to the trial ‘Scattered Relics.’

– Clearing the smoke on the 25th floor awards additional points to the trial ‘Scattered Relics.’

It wasn’t just about defeating a monster made of smoke.

Whether this incense burner was the source of the smoke that filled the 25th floor, all the surrounding smoke was disappearing.

‘It wasn’t just volcanic ash.’

He thought it was a phenomenon caused by the volcanic ash since it was the next field after the volcano, but it seemed that wasn’t all.

The smoke soon cleared completely, and the surrounding scenery came into view.

He could still feel the acrid ash in the air, but it was nothing compared to the thick smoke that had been blocking his vision.

And.

“Ptoo, ptoo! Cough… Hyung, please be careful when you attack. I was caught by those things….”

“Move aside.”

“Kuak!”

Among the broken incense burner, he was able to find a ‘relic’ that seemed even rarer than what he had obtained on the 25th floor in his previous life.