Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 215

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As soon as I set foot on the continent, I encountered an Outer that was quite unique.

Unlike the one I encountered in the sea, this one controlled entire packs of beasts. Although the individual strength of each beast wasn’t significant, they moved as a single entity.

Even a simple attack was incredibly threatening due to the Outer’s unique corrosiveness.

It seemed like a format perfectly suited for expanding its power through assimilation.

However, that was only for ordinary people who couldn’t eliminate the Outer.

– Your Blood Wolf Sword Art’s third form, Blood Wolf Assault, is enhanced through internal energy.

– The power of your martial arts is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Supreme Demonic Art.

“Krrrkkk-”

The beast, bisected by a single strike, spasmed, its mouth wide open.

Its high hostility and vitality, clearly displaying its teeth even after being split in two, were both strong characteristics of the Outer, but…

Sizzle!

It was useless against Se-un.

Unlike others, this tactic of quantity over quality was actually disadvantageous to Se-un.

Against such an opponent, he could simply use the Saint Mark to calmly eliminate them one by one.

“Krrrkkk!”

The creatures charged collectively, making gurgling sounds.

The Outers attached to each individual connected with each other, creating a net-like formation in the air.

As if proving they came from the same meteorite fragment, they executed perfectly coordinated attacks as a single entity.

It was an attack that completely blocked all angles, but if he couldn’t avoid it, he just had to block it.

– The Treasure Trove of Greed has been opened.

[ Ice Wall ]

– A defensive magic from the Blue Tower, creating a wall of ice to block enemy attacks.

Crack!

A massive ice wall formed in front of Se-un.

Originally, Ice Wall was a defensive magic that simply blocked one side, but Se-un, having reached the 6th Circle [a level of magical proficiency], could easily transform low-level magic.

The ice wall curved like a crescent, growing in a circle and enveloping Se-un.

The black liquid, spread out like a net, slammed against the ice wall with a splat!

‘Even an Outer can’t escape all the laws of physics.’

It simply meant that while they had high resistance to magic, they weren’t completely immune.

Just like being trapped in a sandstorm, or frozen under a frozen lake, they had limits, despite their superior resistance.

– Your Blood Wolf Sword Art’s fourth form, Blood Wolf Roar, is enhanced through internal energy.

– The power of your martial arts is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Supreme Demonic Art.

The fourth form of the Blood Wolf Sword Art, Blood Wolf Roar, imbued with the third power of the Saint Mark.

The crimson sword energy spread out in all directions like a wolf’s roar.

The beasts, faltering from the blocked attack, were instantly cut into pieces.

Being cut apart was just an injury that they could recover from with a little time, but…

– The Saint Mark is reacting to the legend of the Blood Wolf.

– The third ability of the Saint Mark, ‘@#!%’, awakens.

It wasn’t the same with Se-un’s attacks.

The Outer’s power vanished from the cut areas, making it impossible for them to recombine.

The stench of the Outer burning filled the surroundings, accompanied by sizzling sounds.

Beelzebub must have cut off the channel due to the continuous stench, as he didn’t send any messages for a while.

‘Still, dealing with an Outer that came from a single fragment is easy now.’

Could it be that he had grown even stronger in the meantime due to the Outer he had eliminated in the sea?

Even though he was about to finish off the Outer in front of him, the Saint Mark didn’t feel as hot as before.

He only felt a faint warmth, as if he was enjoying the battle.

‘But this is not enough.’

His growth rate was certainly fast, but what Se-un had to face wasn’t these small fries, but the Outer’s main body that hadn’t been torn apart.

The Outer that had covered the Constellations was bound to be even stronger and more massive than the one embedded in the meteorite.

If not, there was no way those powerful Constellations could have fallen so quickly.

Slash!

He poured the remaining divinity into his sword and cleaved the Outer.

Only one enemy remained.

It hesitated, looking around as if searching for an opportunity.

Having already experienced the Outer’s survival instincts, he could easily guess that the opportunity it was looking for was escape, not attack.

And right now.

“Yoo Seo-ah!”

Thud!

Yoo Seo-ah, who had been conserving her strength in the back for this final moment, leaped forward quickly.

The Outer desperately tried to escape, but it couldn’t escape from Yoo Seo-ah’s lightness skill, who had reached the realm of ‘Stepping on Water’ [a martial arts technique signifying mastery of agility].

Thwack!

Her twin swords pierced the Outer’s body.

– Player Yoo Seo-ah dominates ‘#$!?%!’.

The Outer’s body stiffened as it tried to escape from the swords, even at the cost of damaging its host.

Se-un switched the sword to his left hand and approached.

The creature’s red eyes gleamed as it looked up at Se-un with fear.

To feel fear from an Outer. He was experiencing something at just the 30th floor that no Ranker [a high-ranking player in the tower] had ever experienced before his regression.

“Take this well.”

Se-un tore off the black liquid with his right hand.

Originally, touching an Outer with one’s bare hands would lead to corrosion and assimilation, but Se-un’s Saint Mark prevented it.

He pulled the wriggling Outer, struggling to escape from his grasp, out at length.

Even so, as the liquid stretched out long and thin.

Swoosh.

He swung Durendal [Se-un’s sword], severing the connection.

Now, this was the real deal.

Se-un opened the sealing artifact he had prepared and stuffed the Outer inside. The Outer’s struggles intensified.

It had realized what this sealing artifact was made of and what power it possessed.

But it was already too late.

The power embedded in the meteorite didn’t let go of the Outer’s body, as if it had caught its prey.

Clang!

By closing the lid of the sealing artifact, the ‘sample acquisition’ was successfully completed.

“We really succeeded!”

“Yeah.”

The artifact’s trembling didn’t stop, as if the Outer was resisting fiercely inside.

He watched it anxiously for a while, but the lid didn’t budge despite the violent shaking.

Not even a tiny gap existed, so the Outer couldn’t leak out even if he shook the artifact wildly.

Stab.

Sizzle-

He slit the neck of the Outer, which was quietly playing dead to escape the crisis.

He knew that he had only separated a part of the Outer and hadn’t completely eliminated it.

It wriggled and resisted grotesquely, but soon became food for the Saint Mark and disappeared.

“Yoo Seo-ah, you worked hard.”

“No! I just followed Se-un’s instructions.”

Her potential, domination.

Ever since he found out that her power could also affect the Outer, he felt particularly reliable.

The capture operation might have looked easy, but it would have been quite troublesome to handle without her potential.

“What are you going to do now?”

“I need to go back for now. Ah, before that.”

Se-un looked around.

The corpses of the beasts, now free from the Outer’s assimilation, were lying on the ground.

Just in case, he roughly butchered some edible parts and observed them, and the traces of the Outer had completely disappeared.

This was enough to be used as food.

“With these.”

With this, the first mission requested by the King was completed.

However, there was one more thing to take care of.

The remaining fragments of the meteorite that Mamon had taken away.

‘The fact that these guys were running around means that there are still meteorite fragments left around here.’

He planned to collect all of them and then ask Baek-hyun to investigate together.

* * *

“Seriously, to actually send them. I appreciate you thinking of us, but I’m worried that His Majesty is too full of hope…”

“But you never know, right? Maybe there really is some hope left up there. As proof, the two who left haven’t returned yet, have they?”

“Why are you so positive? They probably died as soon as they went up, either burned or poisoned by radiation.”

“You’re too negative. I believe in His Majesty’s choice.”

“Well, if you say that, it makes it sound like I don’t believe in His Majesty.”

The underground bunker.

Two guards stood in front of the only exit to the surface.

In the first place, it was a door that couldn’t be opened from either inside or outside without the King’s Key, but there were always two guards guarding the door.

The fear coming from the unknown world of the apocalypse was that terrifying.

Even to soothe people’s anxiety, guards were always needed here.

However, recently, this door was opened due to the King’s instructions, and two outsiders went outside.

Because of that, the people in the underground were completely divided into two groups.

One group had hope that they could go to the surface.

The other group wanted to completely seal the door, saying that the two might bring the existence of the apocalypse from the surface and endanger them.

Everyone believed in the King, but frankly, more people were afraid of the latter possibility.

And now.

Thump!

“Gasp!”

“What was that sound just now…?”

Thump, thump!

“I, insane! It came from the door!”

The sound came from inside the door they were guarding.

A sound too loud to be called a knock.

The two hurriedly straightened their weapons and took a step back, aiming their spears at the door.

However, the tips of their spears were trembling as if they were facing a beast.

“C, could it be that the two have returned?”

“No way! In the first place, they went up with such a mission, there’s no way they could return this quickly!”

“But maybe…”

“Let’s call for reinforcements first! Whether the two have returned or a monster has appeared, that’s the priority!”

“Y, yes!”

Ding, ding, ding!

The emergency bell rang in the underground bunker.

The bunker, which had always maintained a quiet atmosphere combined with the unique, subdued atmosphere of the underground, instantly became noisy.

Citizens who realized that this was the starting point of the emergency bell made a fuss.

Eventually, some even criticized the King, saying that the monsters from the surface had come down.

The King, realizing the urgency of the situation, rushed directly from his residence.

He ran so urgently that sweat was dripping from his forehead and he was out of breath, not befitting the name of a King.

“What’s going on!”

“Something knocked on the door! The identity is unknown, but…”

Just as the soldier guarding the door was about to report.

With a clank! The sound of the lock opening was heard.

Clearly, the King was in front of them, and the only key to open the door was with the King.

But the door wasn’t broken, and it opened so easily?

The people who had come to the door stared at the door with shocked expressions.

Squeak.

The first thing that was seen through the door, which opened with a grating sound as if it hadn’t been oiled, was.

“Eek!”

“M, monster!”

“I knew we shouldn’t have opened that door in the first place!”

“It’s those guys! The monsters are swarming because of those guys who went up first!”
The face of an unknown beast.

White, overturned eyes, rough fur, and sharp fangs.

People were surprised and ran away or sat down on the floor at the threatening aura that they had never seen since coming down to the underground bunker.

It was the same for the soldiers.

They had continued training, but their bodies stiffened when they actually faced the shape of a beast.

However, only one person, the King, didn’t tremble with fear.

Rather, he reached out his hand and moved forward.

“Your Majesty!”

“Be careful!”

“Protect His Majesty!”

Just as the soldiers were forming a formation to protect the King.

The door, which had been slowly opening, finally opened wide, and the beast revealed its complete form from within.

The form of a corpse, with its body split in two.

“Did you all come to see me off?”

Se-un.

The man who had gone up to find the possibility of the surface was carrying the corpse of a beast split in two, and in his other hand, he held a universal key as beautiful as a jewel.

Yoo Seo-ah, who came in next, was the same.

As soon as they passed through the door, they put the corpses down below.

“The exploration isn’t over yet, but I’ve brought what could be ‘food’ as you said.”

What the two brought wasn’t just the corpse of one beast.

Se-un opened his subspace pocket and took out the corpses of nearly twenty beasts from within.

They hadn’t been butchered yet, but even a rough estimate showed that the amount was enough for everyone in the underground bunker to eat their fill for several days.

Gulp.

The sound of someone swallowing could be heard from a citizen who had been trembling with fear and sitting on the floor until just now.

They were still the corpses of beasts that hadn’t even been butchered, but they realized it as soon as they saw them. The taste of meat that they had only tasted as tough jerky since coming down to the underground bunker.

The taste of meat that they could barely eat once a week because the amount was so small!

“There’s a lot anyway, so how about we solve the meal with this today?”

“G, meat!”

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ urgently opens the door and rushes over at the word meat.

It was the first day that the smell of grilling meat spread in the underground bunker, which had only smelled of damp soil.