Stole the Demon God’s Warehouse – Episode 208
Episode 208
“Kkuu-”
The first monster to break through the ice was a giant stingray-like creature.
However, unlike a real stingray, its white belly was entirely open like a huge mouth, revealing sharp teeth.
It flapped its wing-like fins, trying to pounce on the nearest young man, but.
Swish-
“Don’t stop, keep running!”
“Th, thank you!”
Yu Seo-ah, who had dashed 10 meters in an instant, swung her twin swords, slicing the stingray’s body into five pieces.
Once the ice was breached, other monsters began to appear in succession.
“Everyone, hold back the monsters!”
“Understood!”
Thanks to Seun, the Diablo Clan, who had been conserving their strength without worrying about the tsunami, began to exert their power in earnest.
Monsters appeared one after another, but they quickly died without even landing a single blow.
The monsters’ characteristics also played a part in this.
Unlike amphibious monsters like Nagas [mythical serpent-like beings], these were truly marine monsters that only lived inside the sea.
The moment they came out of the water, their combat power was reduced by more than half.
‘I can’t just stand by and watch.’
In my past life, I had no choice but to sacrifice some citizens to stop the monsters. But this time, my goal is to save all the citizens who are following behind.
To save a hundred citizens, each person has to protect two people.
The Diablo Clan is doing well, but the number of monsters is so large that gaps are starting to appear.
‘Dual casting is impossible.’
Even Seun would find it difficult to cast a new spell while maintaining the 6th circle magic, Moonlight, let alone a lower circle magic.
However, if I ran around with a sword, the range of Moonlight might change, and the tsunami might engulf the bridge.
Then there’s only one way left.
Clank.
Seun took out the Ice Bow, the Undying Bow, made of ice.
– ‘Grad Empire Archery’ is enhanced through internal energy.
Fwoosh-
Without having to load an arrow separately, an arrow made of ice was created the moment the bowstring was drawn.
After all, the opponents only have large numbers, and their combat power isn’t that high.
Pulling the bowstring short, he shoots arrows for rapid fire rather than the power of each shot.
Thwack, Thwack!
“Sheesh-”
A tremendous rate of fire.
Almost ten arrows were fired per second.
Grad Empire Archery was the first archery Seun had learned and continued to use, so its power was adapting to nearly 100%.
No, at this point, it was a power that surpassed its original strength.
However, since he focused on rapid fire rather than power, some monsters with thick shells or high vitality did not lose their lives even after being hit by arrows.
Crack!
Starting from the arrows embedded in their bodies, their bodies were gradually freezing.
The unique abilities of the Undying Bow were ‘Eternal Ice,’ which granted ice attributes to attacks, and ‘Freezing,’ which froze the attacked area.
Stronger monsters would only have a small part of their bodies frozen, but these lower-level monsters could be subdued with just these abilities.
– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ anticipates a long-awaited feast.
As the number of monsters killed by Seun’s arrows increased, Beelzebub’s expectations also grew.
Since Seun would also welcome the increase in stats, he immediately used the Authority of Gluttony.
– The Authority of Gluttony has designated the entire ‘Final Bridge.’
– The Fangs of Gluttony are engulfing the monsters!
Crunch, Crunch!
The Fangs of Gluttony began to tear apart the corpses of the monsters.
Those that had already collapsed with the bridge and sunk into the abyss, those whose bodies were completely frozen with ice, and those whose bodies had exploded from the power of the arrows.
It devours everything without leaving a trace, no matter how it finds them.
“Eek! Wh, what is that!”
“It’s an ally. Run away quickly!”
The Diablo Clan was used to seeing this sight, but the citizens were horrified and sat down, causing a brief commotion.
The amount of stats gained was minimal because the level of the monsters was low, but even these small stats were precious in a situation where all stats exceeded 200.
– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ grabs his throbbing head and crunches on the hard food.
The battle became much easier as Seun began to fire his bow in rapid succession.
Before long, they had crossed half of the bridge, and the ‘Final Fortress’ towering high in the sky began to appear.
A sight of standing tall even as the world was coming to an end.
It was no wonder people were fleeing to that place.
It even gave them an inexplicable conviction that they could survive even if the world was destroyed.
Of course, Seun, who already knew the outcome, easily ignored that hope.
“We’re almost there! Everyone, hang in there!”
“Haa, haa! Finally! Finally!”
“We’re alive, we’re alive!”
The citizens who had been panting began to gain strength as they saw the fortress.
The Diablo Clan, who had been steadily losing stamina from continuous movement, fighting monsters, and protecting the citizens, also put in even more effort.
At that moment.
“Kkuu-gururururuk-”
With a bizarre sound, black liquid was shot from far away.
Splatter, Splat!
The black liquid that flew in with tremendous speed accurately hit the bridge.
The bridge was dyed black, and the impact caused several joints of the bridge to misalign, making the shaking even greater.
Moreover, the black liquid was slippery, making movement difficult in an already urgent situation.
“What is this now!”
“I thought it was the end!”
“Ugh, these trials never end easily!”
It was a distance so far that ordinary monsters wouldn’t even be visible, but no one could miss the newly appeared monster.
That’s because the size of the monster was as big as an average warship.
‘Kraken.’
A monster also known as the devil of the sea.
The black liquid that was just shot was the ink that the Kraken had spewed out.
The only fortunate thing was that it was only using ranged attacks with ink because it was too far away.
If that guy had come close, the bridge would have collapsed in no time just by swinging its legs a few times.
Originally, the standard strategy is to avoid or block the Kraken’s ink here and somehow run to the fortress as quickly as possible.
However, Seun had no intention of leaving him alone.
Leaving the miscellaneous monsters to the Diablo Clan, he aims at the Kraken with the Undying Bow.
– ‘Grad Empire Archery’ is enhanced through internal energy.
– The power of martial arts is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Supreme Heart Technique.
Pulling the bowstring until the bow is about to break, he aims at the Kraken, which is over 1,000m away.
Squeezing out the remaining internal energy, he puts it all into this one shot.
This alone would be a threatening attack, but it is not enough to kill the Kraken, which is called the devil of the sea.
So Seun does one more thing here.
The Authority of Gluttony was manifested.
– The Treasure Vault of Gluttony has been opened.
[ Arrow of Thousand-Year Lightning Tree ]
– An arrow made by carving a tree that has been struck by lightning for a thousand years on the top of Thunder Mountain.
The power of lightning dwelled in the arrow made of ice.
The bow was already screaming as if it would break at any moment, so Seun released the string without hesitation.
Rumble-!
The arrow flies, drawing a yellow trajectory with the power of lightning.
It was just an arrow flying, but the sound was as magnificent as lightning falling.
Of course, the Kraken couldn’t help but notice this.
It spewed out ink, but the arrow easily pierced through the ink as if passing through a rain cloud.
It was too late to escape below the surface.
The Kraken tilted its round head, resembling an octopus, and stretched out its eight legs.
Realizing that the power of the arrow was unusual, it was trying to sacrifice its legs to avoid a fatal blow.
However, the speed of the arrow increased in an instant.
The arrow, which flew like lightning and was invisible to the eye, zigzagged, avoiding the Kraken’s legs, and the moment it pierced its head.
Bang, Kwa Kwang!!
Lightning began to fall from the clear sky without a break.
The Kraken’s legs became lightning rods and absorbed the lightning, and the legs, which had been charred black in an instant, curled up like grilled squid.
Next was the head’s turn.
When lightning struck through the arrow embedded in its head, the power was entirely concentrated on the Kraken’s head.
“Kkuu-gururuk, kkuluk-”
With the sound of boiling water, the Kraken sank below the surface.
Even after that, the lightning did not stop and struck the surface of the water, and lightning spread out over the sea.
And soon.
– Hidden quest, ‘Devil of the Sea’ has been completed.
– Additional points are awarded to the trial ‘Approaching End.’
The Kraken’s corpse, as well as the corpses of hundreds of monsters positioned around it, floated to the surface, marking the end of the battle.
“Sheesh!”
“Kereuk, Keet-”
The monsters on the bridge, seeing the Kraken fall, began to flee without exception.
Seeing them running away without even using the power of the Saint, it seems they were consumed by pure ‘fear,’ not even authority or anything else.
Perhaps they judged that swimming in the opposite direction of the collapsing land would be more likely to survive than crossing this bridge.
– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ gleefully chews on the crispy grilled electric octopus.
– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ praises your cooking method, saying that it’s perfectly seasoned and even the innards are salty.
Since the Authority of Gluttony was set to this bridge in the first place. No, beyond that, it was set around this sea, so the corpse of the dead Kraken was immediately torn apart by the Fangs of Gluttony.
The sight of him complaining about the Sim Gapchung [a Korean term for ‘heartbreak’] incident in the previous trial was nowhere to be seen, and he was focused on gluttony like the Demon God of Gluttony.
‘I’m a little tempted by that too.’
Grilled octopus that was instantly grilled with electricity.
Unlike the ‘weird food’ that I usually feed the demon god, I thought that this might be quite edible.
However, that was only for a moment.
“Now’s the time!”
“Run!”
“We’re really close now!”
Since no more monsters were attacking, the Diablo Clan squeezed out the last of their strength and ran forward.
The citizens were the same.
Everyone ran towards the fortress with one heart and one mind.
Whether it was related to the death of the Kraken, the tsunami that had been soaring high in the sky also calmed down a little, and they were able to reach the end without difficulty.
The moment they set foot on the soil that felt like they were stepping on it for the first time in a long time, even though it was only a short time.
– The 28th floor trial ‘Approaching End’ has been successfully completed.
– Calculating merit points…
– Hidden quest ‘Devil of the Sea’ completed.
– All citizens survived
……
– Total accumulated merit points 300,000point
– Congratulations! You have passed the 28th floor trial in 1st place.
– Acquired 100,000point as a reward.
As expected, Seun naturally passed the trial in 1st place.
“Haa, haa! We’re alive! We’re alive!”
“We’ve arrived! We’ll be able to live here!”
The sound of citizens cheering was heard from behind.
The Diablo Clan, who had struggled to save them, also watched the scene with satisfaction.
But one of them. One of the citizens, who was catching his breath and calmly looking around, spoke in a trembling voice.
“But why… is no one to be seen?”
The Final Fortress.
Like its name, the safest place on the continent, known to be unshakable even at the end of the world. There was not even a common guard, let alone the sound of an ant’s breath.