Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 207

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The force of the explosion defied imagination.

The acrid stench of burning corpses permeated the castle, carried on a wave of tremendous wind pressure. The earth trembled as if an earthquake had struck.

Naturally, nothing remained where the explosion had originated.

Bugs? Boss monsters? Not a single trace of fluids or shells could be found.

The scene vividly demonstrated the sheer power of the explosion.

– Hidden Quest, ‘Third Calamity’ completed.

– Additional points awarded for the trial ‘Final Storm.’

‘By the way, was that the 31st reserve legion of Gamigin?’

Gamigin, the great duke of hell, is said to command 30 legions of demons.

But Baekhyun raising the 31st legion suggests he has earned recognition worthy of a new legion commander.

Looking closer, a black stigma [a mark of allegiance or power] blazed on his left chest.

Like Yoo Seo-ah and Kang Han-cheol, he seemed to have been officially recognized as an apostle of Gamigin.

“There was no need to wipe out *all* the corpses.”

“No! I wanted to properly test the maximum firepower this time. I also checked the command interface, but it’s still difficult unless it’s a simple instruction like now. I still need to modify the Queen Ant….”

Se-un took a step back, leaving Baekhyun to his endless rambling.

Once Baekhyun started talking, he tended to go on and on.

The citizens, who had hidden themselves due to the appearance of the hidden monster, cautiously opened their doors and peeked outside once more.

They were worried that another monster might appear.

And then.

Fortunately, a message ending the trial appeared before everyone’s eyes.

– The trial ‘Final Storm’ on the 29th floor has been successfully completed.

– Calculating contribution points…….

– Hidden Quest ‘Two Calamities’ completed.

– Hidden Quest ‘Third Calamity’ completed.

…….

– Total accumulated contribution points: 200,000 points

– Congratulations! You have passed the 29th floor trial in 3rd place.

– Acquired 30,000 points as a reward.

“It’s over!”

“Ah, let’s *really* rest now! How can there be no rest time in this trial!”

“Haha, I’m exhausted too.”

“But there’s still a trial left. It felt like the trial we just did *was* the 30th-floor trial. What else is there to do here?”

“That’s what I’m saying. It doesn’t seem like any more monsters will appear….”

Everyone was exhausted and collapsed on the spot.

The citizens who had fought alongside them to operate the defensive weapons set up by the twin sisters, as well as the citizens inside the castle, all breathed a sigh of relief as their tension eased.

Before the regression [returning to a previous state or time], the typhoon’s eye passed, and then another typhoon struck, but thanks to hunting the monsters, the typhoon completely disappeared this time.

The dark clouds cleared, and the ground dried in the warm sunlight. The violently surging sea had calmed.

A cool sea breeze blew, drying the clothes that had been soaked by the heavy rain.

It was truly peace itself.

“Thank you so, so much!”

“I don’t know how to express this gratitude! We survived thanks to you all!”

“When I saw the monsters that came with the typhoon, I thought we were doomed to die… sniffle.”

“Why are you crying! We survived, didn’t we!”

“By the way, seeing as there’s no one in the castle either… are we the only survivors?”

While everyone was basking in the peace, Se-un called out to Yoo Seo-ah, who was investigating the damage.

“Yoo Seo-ah, good work.”

“No, it’s only natural. Ah, should I report on the situation first? Well, first of all….”

“No, before that, I know everyone is tired, but please investigate the inside of the castle before the next trial.”

“…… Investigate?”

“Yes. There’s probably a secret passage.”

“Okay.”

She immediately turned around and gave instructions to the Diablo Clan.

Everyone was exhausted after finishing the battle, but they faithfully followed her orders.

Park Jung-pil complained about starting after just an hour of sleep, but he awkwardly smiled at Se-un’s glare and immediately joined the search.

Meanwhile.

Whoosh-

Se-un sat quietly and recovered his depleted mana, internal energy, and stamina.

Fortunately, he had conserved his attacks during the 29th-floor trial, so it didn’t seem like it would take long to recover.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ smacks his lips, watching his prey disappear meaninglessly.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ complains about why you didn’t eliminate the prey.

As Beelzebub said, Se-un did not fully participate in this trial.

He only cleaned up the small monsters and did not launch a single attack on the three boss monsters that appeared at the end.

Naturally, the monsters that died that way could not be designated with the Authority of Gluttony, which caused Beelzebub to complain.

Regardless, Se-un quietly recovered his mind and body.

– The Constellation, ‘Crow Who Bows His Head,’ wonders what you are thinking.

– The Constellation, ‘Serpent Enclosing the Season,’ is puzzled by your actions of giving up even the benefits through Authority.

Thanks to conserving his strength, he was able to fully recover his mind and body in less than ten minutes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Park Jung-pil ran from inside the castle as if he had been waiting.

“Hyung-nim! I found a secret passage in the castle! Keuh, isn’t this my specialty again?”

– The Constellation, ‘Mugger with a Donkey Head,’ is furious at the apostle’s luck in finding a secret passage while sneaking around the corner to rest alone.

“Ah, shush, shush! It’s not like that!”

“Good job.”

“Right? Aren’t I the only one? Ahem.”

“Judging by the traces, it seemed like everyone in the Final Fortress went down that passage. It seems quite deep. Is it related to the next trial?”

“That’s right.”

Se-un quietly raised his head and looked up at the sky.

Not much time had passed, but it was almost time for the next trial to begin.

As if to prove his prediction, a message announcing the start of the trial appeared before everyone’s eyes.

– Welcome to the 30th floor trial.

– Theme: The End

– Survive.

The 30th floor trial: The End.

Among the dozens of trials he had experienced so far, it had the simplest theme and content.

People who had been complaining that this trial started arbitrarily without proper rest time were feeling puzzled.

“But, survive from *what*?”

“There doesn’t seem to be anything dangerous.”

“The weather is nice, too.”

Looking at the grand theme of the end and the simple explanation of survival, it seemed like a huge threat was coming.

But even after the message appeared and they looked around, they couldn’t see any plausible threats.

In the meantime, Yoo Seo-ah’s head tilted up, following Se-un’s gaze.

Other people also slowly raised their heads, wondering what the two were looking at.

“……Huh?”

A sky without a single cloud. Or, to be precise, the clouds were all being pushed outwards.

The clouds that were on the outskirts seemed to be pushed away from the Final Fortress regardless of direction, and even disappearing as if they were being annihilated.

“Come to think of it, doesn’t it feel a little hotter?”

“I thought it was because of the sea breeze, but my clothes are all dry now….”

The clouds disappear, and the temperature rises.

Associating this with the theme of the end, people’s faces gradually darkened.

“……No way, is it?”

“That can’t be…….”

Everyone shook their heads.

They had only thought of trials involving monsters, like they had experienced on the 10th or 20th floors, so they thought this one would be the same.

The possibility that suddenly came to mind was incomparable to monsters.

However, that uneasy possibility became a reality.

“Th, that!”

“Crazy, is that real!”

The sky above their heads, which they had to bend their heads 90 degrees to see.

A red dot appeared in the center of the clear sky without a single cloud.

It was approaching, rapidly increasing in size to the point where it was visible to the naked eye, and the surrounding temperature became hotter and hotter as it did so.

“A meteor….”

A meteor strike, or meteor [a space rock that enters Earth’s atmosphere].

It refers to the phenomenon of a meteoroid [a small rocky or metallic body in outer space] wandering outside the Earth falling to Earth.

Most meteoroids burn up due to friction as they fly through the atmosphere, but what they were seeing now was clearly not of ordinary size.

If a meteoroid of that size fell directly to the ground, there was only one expected outcome.

‘The End.’

The worst and most terrible disaster that would plunge most of the life living on the ground into death.

That was a meteor strike.

“Yoo Seo-ah, take everyone underground immediately.”

“Okay! Everyone, follow me quickly!”

“H, hurry!”

“Oh my god, a meteor….”

The reason why this place is called the Final Fortress.

The reason why so many people flocked to the name of the Final Fortress, yet no one was seen on the ground.

That was thanks to the underground city that existed beneath the castle.

An underground city created in preparation for the Demon King’s invasion, capable of withstanding any attack.

Everyone was hiding down there, avoiding the end.

‘I easily found the underground passage thanks to the Journey’s Compass, but there were quite a few people who attacked the trial in ridiculous ways.’

Submerging deep into the sea before the meteor fell, flying out of the field and hiding in deep caves, or creating bunkers on their own, etc.

There were more ways to approach this trial than I thought.

As written in the trial, they just had to survive.

Even if they suffered near-death injuries, they would pass the trial and receive treatment and recovery at the next shelter.

Frankly, it was a trial that they could somehow pass if they didn’t give up and clung to survival.

While everyone was evacuating according to Yoo Seo-ah’s instructions, Kang Han-cheol spoke to Se-un in front of the castle gate.

“Aren’t you going in?”

“I have something to do.”

“……I will join you.”

“It’s okay; this was an attempt that wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for this.”

“What are you planning to do?”

Se-un took out a small bag from his subspace pocket.

The ashes of the underworld obtained from the 25th-floor trial.

Without hesitation, he sprinkled the rare consumable that even high-level players would drool over above his head.

– Used the ashes of the underworld.

– Become immune to all forms of attack once.

– The power of the underworld dwells in the attack once.

– Immediately after the attack, you can instantly move to any place within sight.

Immunity from all attacks.

With this, he could block the power of the meteor strike once, no matter how strong it was.

Of course, he wouldn’t be able to block the aftermath of the direct collision, but he could somehow endure that.

He was also planning to cover the lack of attack power with the power of the underworld.

In other words, Se-un’s plan was…….

“I’m going to try to bump into that thing.”

– The Constellation, ‘Crow Who Bows His Head,’ is shocked by your plan.

– The Constellation, ‘Serpent Enclosing the Season,’ stiffens with its tongue sticking out.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ cheers for your ambition, asking if you’re planning to eat that.

To destroy the meteor that was coming down to declare the end.