Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 201

Stole the Demon God’s Warehouse – Episode 205

Episode 205

– You have successfully completed the Trial of the 26th Floor, ‘Rescuing the Baby Bird.’

– Calculating contribution points…….

– Hidden Quest ‘Suppressing the Wildfire’ completed.

– Hidden Quest ‘The Wildfire-Embracing Monstrous Bird’ completed.

…….

– Total accumulated contribution points: 300,000 points.

– Congratulations! You have cleared the Trial of the 26th Floor, ranking 1st.

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

After saying goodbye to the Green Spirits, a message appeared, announcing the end of the trial as soon as Se-un entered the destination.

Although the baby bird was taken away by its mother, not Se-un, the trial was successfully completed because the objective of ‘rescue’ was achieved.

Naturally, the result was 1st place in the trial ranking, thanks to not only suppressing the wildfire but also hunting the Black Monstrous Bird. He gained 400,000 contribution points at once.

At this rate, he would be able to replenish the contribution points consumed to strengthen the clan recently in no time.

‘Should I fill up my mana before moving on to the next trial?’

Se-un sat down.

He activated his circles [magical energy pathways] and dantian [energy center in the body], filling the empty core.

This wasn’t just for recovery.

Mana and internal energy, like muscles, are strengthened in the process of being used to their limit and then recovered.

Recovery was as good as training.

Although the recovery speed was fast, it seemed to take quite a while to fill both the circles and the dantian since the total capacity had increased.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

Se-un thought about the next trial.

The Trial of the 27th Floor.

If it were a trial to be challenged individually, he might have been a little rushed, but from the next floor onwards, it was a trial to be challenged as a group anyway.

Since Se-un belonged to a clan, the Trial of the 27th Floor would probably be carried out with the Diablo Clan members gathered together.

Se-un had finished early, and not many people had finished the Trial of the 26th Floor yet, so there was plenty of time.

Whoosh!

Was it thanks to the grace he received from the Green Spirits? Even though ashes were still swirling everywhere, he felt a cool refreshment in his breath.

* * *

– Welcome to the Trial of the 27th Floor.

– Theme: Sudden Fall

– Having escaped the wildfire, you encountered those who also escaped the fire and left the forest.

– Whether you cooperate with them or sacrifice them, use any means to move to the ‘Bridge’.

– Currently affiliated with the ‘Diablo Clan’. The trial will be configured with Diablo Clan members.

“Oh? Se-un! You’re later than I thought?”

“Oppa [term of endearment for older brother/male figure], hi!”

Upon entering the trial, Se-un saw the Diablo Clan members who had arrived earlier, led by Yoo Seo-ah. More than half of them had already arrived.

“That baby bird was so cute!”

“Right! I wanted to take it with me, but it flew away as soon as the trial ended. I felt happy and sad at the same time…….”

The trial would only begin when all the clan members had gathered, so everyone was waiting, talking about the 26th floor.

Meanwhile, Yoo Seo-ah quietly approached Se-un and spoke to him.

“Se-un, what is this trial about?”

What is it about, not yoga, what is it about?

She must have said it without realizing it, knowing that Se-un had gone through regression.

Se-un stared at her, and she quickly covered her mouth with both hands, realizing her mistake.

Fortunately, everyone else was busy talking about their own stories, so no one heard her. Even if they had heard, it would be difficult for them to notice Se-un’s regression with just that.

“Think about it yourself. You’ll be in trouble in individual trials if you get into the habit of relying on me.”

“Well, other trials usually have straightforward themes and content, but this trial is a bit strange. The theme is clearly about falling, but no matter how I look at it, there’s only flat land ahead…….”

Se-un pointed to the opposite side of the plain where the bridge would be.

Indeed, as she said, the terrain was not suitable for the word ‘fall’.

There were no cliffs or pits. The wide-open view only showed flat ground.

Falling here?

It was a terrain where you couldn’t fall even if you wanted to.

“I’ll tell you when everyone arrives. I don’t want to explain it twice.”

“Yes! But aren’t the people who haven’t arrived yet in danger? By now, the wildfire must have covered the entire forest.”

“That’s true. It’s almost the last route.”

Although there was no time limit, players’ lives could not be guaranteed the moment the forest on the 26th floor was completely covered in wildfire.

Then, it was no longer a matter of saving baby birds.

Already more than 90% had arrived, but four people had not yet arrived.

Just when he thought that the first person to fail the trial was about to appear, four players appeared at once.

“Ugh, I almost died.”

“Haha, it seems I’m the last one. Sorry. I’m not very talented at running.”

“It’s okay.”

Elder Go Chang-seok wiped the soot off his face and said. He had even taken off his equipment to gain speed, wearing light clothes that Se-un hadn’t seen in a long time.

With this, all the Diablo Clan members gathered, and the trial began in earnest.

“Hyung-nim [term of respect for older brother/male figure], what is this? Is this a free trial? Ah, really, it’s about time we got something easy!”

“Stay still if you don’t want to be the first to die.”

“Yes.”

Se-un took a step forward.

Since he wasn’t used to explaining with words, he was going to show them directly with actions this time as well.

– The Treasure Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Rock Cannon ]

– A powerful single-target attack magic of the Black Tower, creating a rock in the shape of a sphere and launching it at the opponent.

A round rock the size of a person appeared in front of Se-un’s outstretched palm. Everyone was puzzled because there was no enemy in sight, only a vast plain, but Se-un launched the rock without hesitation.

However, he didn’t launch it into the air. He shot it close to the ground as if rolling the rock on the surface.

The rock rolled quickly, making a grinding sound as it collided with the ground.

Since it was a completely flat ground without even a single pebble, the rock rolled smoothly…… or so it seemed.

Swoosh!

Until the ground suddenly collapsed and the rock fell.

“……Uh? Hyung-nim, is that also your magic?”

“That’s the nature of this trial.”

“I see. Sudden fall, so it means sinkhole.”

Sinkhole. A phenomenon in which the ground suddenly collapses, creating a large puddle or hole in the ground.

Like the 5-meter-diameter hole that swallowed the rock Se-un had just launched.

“It’s scary, but it’s not too bad, is it? It seems like we can just tap the ground carefully and go.”

“Sinkholes are not that straightforward. Some collapse even with a slight tap, while others collapse the moment two or three people get on them.”

“Eek!”

This is what makes the sinkholes on the 27th floor scary.

Even if you move carefully, tapping the stepping stones as if checking a stone bridge, the conditions for the sinkhole to collapse can be different for each piece of land.

As I just said, some are due to weight, but others collapse when you step on a specific terrain or with a specific stride.

With various irregularities, sinkholes were even more frightening.

And.

“Probably, all the plains you see in front of you have sinkholes with such irregularities.”

“Eeeeeek!”

Se-un, who had passed through this place before his regression, had plenty of strategies.

Honestly, if he were to pass through alone, it was a trial that could be easily solved by spreading the Wings of Icarus.

The reason Se-un told them this far was to make the clan members use their brains.

Such ‘thinking’ was necessary for them to become proper players.

Surprisingly, Kang Han-cheol was the first to step forward after hearing the explanation.

“Anyway, if it’s going to collapse eventually, it’s better to collapse it first.”

Kang Han-cheol walked towards the still intact plain, not the sinkhole that Se-un had collapsed, and raised his fist high.

Twitching muscles.

The muscles swelled greatly for a moment, and the unique golden-yellow energy of Agares’ Divinity rose up.

And the moment his fist struck the ground.

– Player Kang Han-cheol uses ‘Declaration of War’.

Kwaaaang!!

The earth shook.

An innately strong body, a mighty ‘power’ gained through potential, and even the Divinity of Agares, famous as the Earthquake King among dozens of demon kings.

Kang Han-cheol’s fist, containing all of that, possessed unimaginable power.

– The constellation, ‘Old Man Riding a Crocodile,’ strokes the crocodile skin with pleasure at the satisfactory power.

The ground affected by Kang Han-cheol’s power collapsed.

Ignoring the activation conditions and variables that Se-un had mentioned, all the places where sinkholes were supposed to form collapsed.

The power was so strong that the range was also enormous.

‘Indeed, it’s a simple but sure method.’

Activating all the traps in advance. No, destroying them. Could there be a more certain way than this?

Of course, it was a method that no other player except Kang Han-cheol could ever use.

“If it’s something that activates when you step on it or climb on it, I think I can check it in advance.”

Baek Hyeon was the next to step forward.

He summoned a large number of undead that he had created while carrying out requests in the Frost Fortress.

His domination had developed another stage in the meantime, and hundreds of zombies wriggled and followed his words in an instant.

– The constellation, ‘Horse Trampling Death,’ faces the ability of the contractor who will soon command his own legion.

“Kueeeh-”

They weren’t just advancing randomly.

Following Se-un’s advice, they set up a formation to check the sinkholes and moved forward.

It wasn’t perfect, but if they remembered the formation and number of zombies and moved forward, the sinkhole would at least not activate in the same way.

Of course.

Koong!

“Kueeeh-”

Sinkholes activated, and several to dozens of zombies fell and lost their lives at once, but Baek Hyeon didn’t care.

He just took out new zombies and moved them forward.

It seemed that he had created a considerable number of undead in the Frost Fortress.

“Can’t we just make a road without having to go back?”

“Let’s make it!”

“Okay!”

– The constellation, ‘Black Bird,’ twitches its beak, saying that such holes are no threat at all.

– The constellation, ‘Giant Bird,’ covers the holes with its giant wings.

The twin sisters began to build bridges over the holes created by others.

There were many places where it was difficult to cross even if they knew about the holes because they were larger than expected or the arrangement was messy, but thanks to them, they were able to move forward in a straight line.

Thanks to the ice and snow they obtained from the Frost Fortress, their construction skills had developed surprisingly.

In addition, all the Diablo Clan members were overcoming the difficulties with their own creativity and abilities.

It was worth not telling them the strategies even though he knew them, in order to foster their independence.

Meanwhile.

‘Then, could there be something here too?’

Se-un was still looking down at the bottom of the sinkhole without starting.

A deep hole where the bottom was not visible. Only endless abyss was there below.

Even using mana scan, brightening the light to expand the field of vision, and focusing on hearing, he couldn’t feel any presence.

However, the thought of ‘maybe’ didn’t leave his head. For some reason, he felt like a monster like the Black Monstrous Bird of the 26th floor was hiding down there.

‘It might be okay to experiment once.’

Anyway, the Diablo Clan members were overcoming the trial on their own. Se-un just had to finish what he had to do and slowly follow them.

Since the time limit had disappeared, it was more profitable to look for hidden pieces that might exist.

‘If there really is something, how can I draw it out?’

He racked his brain.

Spreading his wings and going down there recklessly would only be like a moth flying into the fire.

Even Se-un could be in danger if he fell into an unknown trap.

So, it was better to lure the enemy than to jump into the hole if possible.

‘Yes, that would be better.’

Se-un raised his hand.

The magic he used on the 26th floor as well.

The usage would be different, but that method would be enough to work here as well.