Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 209

Unfortunately, even a Gate of Hell created with the power of the Underworld couldn’t swallow the entire meteor.

It managed to engulf about a third of it when:

Kwagwagwagwang-!!

The Gate of Hell shattered, unable to withstand the meteor’s immense power.

Fortunately, this also caused the meteor to break into dozens, even hundreds of pieces, scattering them widely.

– The constellation, ‘The Crow Who Bows His Head,’ frowns and glares at the black liquid clinging to the meteor fragments.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ gags, complaining that the stench has intensified since the meteor broke apart.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Jealousy,’ marvels at your strength, acknowledging that you truly shattered the meteor with your bare body.

The black liquid remained clinging to the meteor fragments. Even shattering the meteor couldn’t completely eliminate the influence of the Outer God.

Still, eliminating a significant portion of the Outer God during the initial collision and breaking the remainder into several pieces was a considerable victory.

However, Se-un also suffered tremendous backlash damage when attacking the meteor, though he was able to nullify one impact thanks to the Ashes of the Underworld.

Even so, he was in a state where even twitching a finger was difficult due to overusing his power.

– Hidden Quest, ‘The One Who Stopped the Meteor,’ has been completed.

– Additional points are awarded for completing the trial ‘The End.’

– Hidden Quest, ‘Meteor Destruction,’ has been completed.

– A significant amount of additional points are awarded for completing the trial ‘The End.’

‘It’s a success…….’

He stopped the meteor’s collision. Well, Se-un only destroyed about a third of the meteor, and the remaining fragments scattered, so he couldn’t claim to have stopped it completely.

However, this would likely be enough to avert the world’s immediate end.

Even if not, the time it would take for the world to recover would be significantly shortened.

That alone was enough to satisfy Se-un.

This achievement marked the first step in protecting the Tower from the Outer Gods.

– Moving to the designated location with the power of ‘Ashes of the Underworld.’

Se-un’s body, which was falling to the ground, blurred and became translucent, like a ghost.

Then, as if carried by the wind, he was gently placed in front of the castle gate.

“……You’ve worked hard.”

“I told you to go inside.”

Kang Han-cheol, who was waiting at the castle gate as if he never intended to use the secret passage, steadied Se-un by the shoulder.

With that, Se-un’s memory faded.

* * *

The Tower’s management office.

This department manages the 21st to 30th floors entirely, making it the largest in the Tower. Its scale reflected its importance.

Most of the managers had stopped working and were staring blankly at the large screen in front of them.

The screen showed only Se-un.

He was arrogantly drawing his sword towards the meteor.

“Could it be, really……?”

“No, that’s impossible. Even ‘Kashalakas,’ the dragon considered the strongest climber in history based on pure strength, failed using that method.”

“Y, you’re right, aren’t you?”

Se-un wasn’t the first to try destroying the meteor.

The previous climber, Kashalakas, also breathed on the meteor, disliking its presence, but she couldn’t stop it.

Because of this, she eventually abandoned her attempt and cast a defensive spell to pass the 30th floor trial.

A dragon, considered the strongest among the Tower’s many races. And now, a mere human was attempting a challenge she couldn’t complete.

Kwaang-

Se-un and the meteor collided on the screen.

As the black liquid writhed and blocked the sword, all the managers tilted their heads in confusion.

None of them knew such a foreign substance existed within the meteor.

At that moment.

Ttuk.

“Huh?”

“Why did it suddenly turn off…….”

“Isn’t everyone doing their job! You all seem very relaxed. Each of you will write your future work reports and submit them before leaving work!”

“Yes? No, Team Leader, why suddenly…….”

“Are you questioning me now? You should prepare for an outside assignment. I was thinking of reorganizing the 25th floor anyway.”

“Ugh!”

The head of the management office slammed the door shut and went into the room with Tuning.

The existence of the Outer Gods was information known only to the executives of the management office, and even the head of the management office didn’t know much about it.

However, he knew very well that problems would arise if this information leaked.

As soon as he entered the room, he hurriedly opened his personal screen.

Chiiiik!

On the screen, the Outer God, which had touched Se-un’s sword, was screaming as it burned. The moment the liquid writhed and moved away:

Kugugung!

The blue Gate of Hell, filled with ominous energy, swallowed the meteor.

It failed to swallow the entire meteor, but it annihilated a third of it on the spot, and even the remaining parts were shattered and scattered in all directions.

“He really succeeded…….”

Achieving a feat that even a dragon failed to do.

This was no ordinary matter.

Se-un collapsed from his seat due to the side effects of overusing his power, but Tuning and the head of the management office clearly saw the aftermath.

A world that should have been devastated and irreparably damaged by the falling meteor.

Giant explosions and craters were created in the places hit by the scattered meteor fragments, but it didn’t lead to the original sequence of ‘The End.’

The ending had been altered.

“……Tuning, was it? I didn’t understand why even a single human had a supervisor attached to him, but now I understand completely.”

“Didn’t I tell you? That player is one of the irregulars that the Tower is currently paying the most attention to.”

“That’s understandable.”

“But, what happens now? Won’t there be a problem if a new, previously undetermined ending unfolds?”

“There will be. The problem is, even I don’t know what that problem is.”

“…….”

As the Tower opened and a long time passed, there were cases where the trials themselves changed, like an ice castle with a winter theme.

Among them, the 30th floor trial, ‘The End,’ was unique in that it had never changed.

In that long, long time, the meteor had never been destroyed.

Because of this, even the head of the management office couldn’t know what would happen next.

The two were looking at the screen with meaningful eyes when:

“T, this is!”

“It seems I’ll have to go to the rest area management office right away.”

– The 30th floor trial, ‘The End,’ has been cleared in an unstable manner.

– The unstable clearing method affects the fourth rest area.

– A new field, ‘Unstable End,’ is created in the fourth rest area.

– New quests are created in the fourth rest area.

As if to answer their questions, a large message appeared on the screen.

* * *

– The 30th floor trial ‘The End’ has been successfully completed.

– Calculating merit points…….

– Hidden Quest ‘The One Who Stopped the Meteor’ completed.

– Hidden Quest ‘Meteor Destruction’ completed.

…….

– Total accumulated merit points: 500,000 points

– Congratulations! You have passed the 30th floor trial in 1st place.

– Acquired 100,000 points as a reward.

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a message announcing the trial’s completion.

Including the additional merit points for 1st place, a whopping 600,000 merit points arrived at once.

I had only rested in the clan residence and challenged five trials, but the merit points I had spent strengthening the clan had already been considerably recovered.

Considering that other clans usually gather the merit points of all their members to barely strengthen their clan, it was an astonishing feat.

As I was admiring this, I felt a burning heat on the back of my right hand.

‘Well, I did overuse the divine power.’

I had pushed the physical enhancement using the Madness Authority to the limit, and I had eliminated a considerable amount of Outer Gods with the third Authority.

I don’t know if the Outer God swallowed by the Gate of Hell at the end is included in this, but the stigma [a mark or brand indicating disgrace] was definitely strained.

Judging by the heat, it seemed I would have to let it rest for at least a day.

“Are you feeling a little better now?”

When I raised my upper body, Lee Ha-neul, who was manufacturing something at the desk next to me, approached.

As a healer, she seemed to have been nursing Se-un by his side.

“How much time has passed?”

“Only two days. I was worried because there was no place to rest in the rest area, but thanks to Areum and Da-un, we’ve now set up a temporary residence in a corner of the rest area.”

Two days.

Considering it was the aftereffect of power excessively enhanced by receiving the power of the three Demon Gods, it wasn’t a long time.

The circles and dantian [energy centers in the body, according to traditional Chinese medicine] had some aftereffects, as if they had been strained like the stigma, but my stamina had fully recovered.

I thought there would be physical aftereffects from using the Breaking Evil Annihilation Sword. It seemed Lee Ha-neul had properly treated me.

‘It seems they have adapted well to the rest area on their own.’

The fourth rest area, the underground bunker.

Since this place is underground, space and resources were limited.

There are always not enough seats, and the *teose* [turf wars or territorial disputes] are also known to be severe, with the existing evacuees, players who have settled in the rest area, and players passing through.

Because of this, people are usually uneasy when they first enter this place, but Yoo Seo-ah seems to have secured a place without difficulty.

Soon, the news that Se-un had woken up spread, and Diablo clan members, including Yoo Seo-ah, rushed over.

“Se-un! Are you really okay?”

“I’m okay. How about the others?”

“Everyone is fine, thanks to Se-un. Because all the citizens were evacuated, they treated us favorably in the rest area, so we were able to find a place quickly.”

This was something Se-un hadn’t heard before his regression.

Usually, even if you clear a trial in a certain way, it rarely affects the rest area, but it seems like this was a kind of hidden bonus.

Come to think of it, in this life, all the rest areas seemed to be connected to the trials.

If variables like this occur, the future I knew through regression may be distorted, but it’s still flowing in a good direction, so there’s nothing bad about it.

– The constellation, ‘The Crow Who Bows His Head,’ says he will allow you to take a potion from his warehouse, especially since you just woke up.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ is sucking on his fingers, saying he hasn’t eaten for two days and is hungry.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Jealousy,’ looks at you with soft eyes, saying he was worried.

After hearing the report from Yoo Seo-ah, Se-un recalled the plan he had thought of in advance.

‘There’s not much to gain in the fourth rest area anyway.’

This underground bunker has limited terrain and is small in scale, so all areas have already been explored.

The exit to the castle, the only passage to the surface, is heavily sealed.

I remember getting a few ores that could be used as a guide for the journey, but they aren’t very tempting items now.

‘Ah, is there one?’

Come to think of it, there was one hidden piece that I found with the guide for the journey. The problem was that I gave up at the time because there was no way to open it.

However, it seems possible now.

‘I should check that out and leave right away.’

I had no intention of spending a long time in a place where there was nothing to gain.

Even for the purpose of resting, the fourth rest area wasn’t a very pleasant place because it didn’t have sunlight and had high humidity.

It would be better to go through the trials and take a proper rest in the clan residence.

At that time, Yoo Seo-ah spoke as if she had remembered something.

“Ah, come to think of it, the king here called for Se-un.”

“King?”

“Yes. He said he was the owner of ‘The Last Castle,’ and he wanted to have a conversation after hearing the reports from the citizens.”

I know there is a king in the fourth rest area.

However, he seems to have thought of players as just passers-by and didn’t have much interest in them.

Such a king is looking for me?