Stole the Demon God’s Warehouse-Episode 23
Episode 23
[Tutorial First Chapter – Adaptation]
-Successfully cleared the ninth wave.
-200 points are awarded to all participants in the wave.
[Rank 1: Jeong Se-un 41,660 points]
[Rank 2: Yoo Seo-ah 4,820 points]
[Rank 3: Kang Han-cheol 4,760 points]
Thus, the ninth wave came to an end.
Normally, Se-un would have left some monsters for others to handle, but the situation was different now, so he finished them off.
He had been excited to use Durendal [a legendary sword], but he ended up quickly clearing the monsters with magic for the sake of the others, missing the chance to draw his sword.
Feeling disappointed, he caressed the hilt of Durendal when Yoo Seo-ah and Kang Han-cheol approached him.
“Se-un!”
“You’re back.”
Unlike the indifferent Kang Han-cheol, Yoo Seo-ah’s eyes were filled with tears.
It seemed that managing the camp as a leader in Se-un’s absence had been more difficult than expected.
“Where have you been? Do you know how worried I was?”
She desperately poured out her grievances.
However, after briefly looking around, Se-un had to cut her off.
“We can talk about it later. It looks like you have things to do?”
“Yes? Ah…….”
Yoo Seo-ah had established herself as the de facto leader of the camp.
Although Se-un had stopped the wave, the camp was in a state that could only be described as a wreck.
Facilities, injured people, food supplies, etc. Many people needed her help.
“I’ll make sure to get an explanation later.”
Leaving those words, Yoo Seo-ah left.
Se-un was grateful to her for managing the camp in his place.
Kang Han-cheol continued.
“You’ve become stronger than before.”
“You’ve gotten a lot stronger too?”
“……Let’s meet at the broken tree later.”
“Alright.”
In front of the broken tree.
It was a promise of a sparring match that Se-un had made.
Perhaps because they hadn’t sparred since the sixth wave, Kang Han-cheol’s face showed a strong sense of anticipation.
After sending them away, Se-un called out a name he was now used to.
“Jeong-pil.”
“Yes, hyung-nim [term of respect]!”
Park Jeong-pil.
Due to his actions in the past timeline, Se-un had kept him by his side half to monitor him and half to ‘torment’ him, but he was not only participating in the waves with enthusiasm but was also receiving attention from Valefor, the 6th-ranked demon king.
Was this what you’d call growing fond of someone out of spite?
Now that things had come to this, he could only think of exploiting him even more thoroughly.
“Report the situation.”
“Yes! After you headed to the rocky mountain, the sixth wave ended without any casualties! However, from the seventh wave onwards…….”
As if he had been waiting for it, Park Jeong-pil’s report poured out.
Everything from the monster waves so far, the people who were standing out in combat, to the management of the camp’s food supplies after the battle.
Se-un was listening quietly, but he was secretly surprised.
‘Did this guy have this kind of talent?’
In the past timeline, all he remembered was him sticking to Kang Han-cheol and being cheeky.
Perhaps it was because people adapt to their environment, but he was showing a completely different side from before the regression.
“Also, in his spare time, he installed a palisade [defensive wall] around the camp, led by the twins…….”
A palisade.
Se-un looked around carefully.
Clearly, when Se-un had left, all there were makeshift shelters made of leaves and grass, and simple facilities for cooking.
Now, there were quite plausible makeshift huts installed.
In addition, there was a fairly thick palisade around the camp.
Seeing the red blood on the sharp ends, it seemed to have played its part in the wave.
“Did you say twins? Who are they?”
“Ah, you wouldn’t know them, hyung-nim. Come this way! They’ve probably already started the repair work.”
Se-un followed Park Jeong-pil for a short distance.
Even if they walked, the camp was small enough to fit in at a glance, so they were able to reach the site quickly.
“I thought it was a bit unstable, and sure enough, this was the problem.”
“I told you I should have made it stronger!”
“If we had done it your way, we would never have finished it before the wave started, right?”
“Ugh! We’ll need more wood, right?”
“Yeah, but the two of us won’t be able to make it in time for the next wave…….”
Two women were discussing in front of the broken palisade.
Their identical appearance and curly hair, as if to prove they were twins, were impressive.
‘So it was these two.’
They weren’t in Se-un’s memories from the past timeline, but he could tell who they were.
They didn’t stand out in combat, but they followed Yoo Seo-ah’s instructions particularly well.
Especially from the third wave? He was impressed by how hard they worked to stop the monsters.
“Hey, what are you two doing? Our hyung-nim is here, why aren’t you coming to greet him!”
“Oh? It’s Blood Wolf!”
“Wow, it’s Blood Wolf!”
The twins noticed Se-un’s presence and approached him.
Blood Wolf, huh.
Se-un had made a name for himself in exploration rather than combat in the past timeline, so it was an alias he couldn’t get used to.
Because of that, he glared at Park Jeong-pil lightly, but he just looked puzzled and said, ‘Huh?’
Whether he didn’t notice or was pretending not to notice.
Se-un sighed softly and looked at the palisade the twins had built.
“You made it quite well. Did you buy the tools with points?”
“Yes! Seo-ah unni [term of endearment for older sister] told us! Oh, she said Blood Wolf oppa [term of endearment for older brother] told her that?”
“It’s pretty broken now, but it was quite active against the red wolves and boars!”
It wasn’t just the sword that Yoo Seo-ah bought with contribution points.
Not only simple basic equipment, but also saws and hammers like the ones these two were holding could be purchased.
Of course, not many players usually pay points for that kind of thing.
Looking at their skills, it seemed they were getting more than their money’s worth.
“This should be useful for the next wave too.”
“Ugh, what kind of monsters will come out this time?”
“Ugh, the red ones that came out this time were scary too. It’ll probably be stronger monsters than that, right?”
Se-un knew the identity of the monsters that would appear in the tenth wave, so he smiled lightly and avoided answering.
Unless he was going to explain to them that he was a regressor, giving too much detailed information would only arouse suspicion.
“I heard you need more wood.”
“Oh, did you hear?”
“Originally, we borrowed people’s strength in our spare time, but this time there are a lot of injured people…….”
Construction skills, huh.
At other times, Se-un wouldn’t have paid much attention to it either.
Even if they bothered to make something like a palisade now, most palisades wouldn’t be of much help in the tenth wave, and they would become useless as soon as the first chapter of the tutorial ended.
But there was one reason why Se-un was so interested.
-The constellation, ‘Black Bird,’ sits on the sharp tip of a spear and observes player ‘Han Areum.’
-The constellation, ‘Giant Bird,’ spreads its wings wide to player ‘Han Da-un.’
Black Bird and Giant Bird.
They were the 38th-ranked demon king ‘Halphas’ and the 39th-ranked demon king ‘Malphas,’ respectively.
Here, Halphas symbolizes death and destruction. Perhaps because of this, what he likes is also ‘war,’ and his ability is uniquely tailored to construction related to war.
That’s why he also had the nickname ‘Bird of Death.’
Malphas, who was right behind him, had the alias ‘Chief of Swindlers,’ but like Halphas, he possessed fortification abilities.
Construction and fortification.
If those two forces were combined…….
‘It would be more helpful than most combat players.’
That’s what Se-un was thinking, so he stepped in to help the twins.
“I’ll get the wood for you.”
“Really?”
“Wow! Blood Wolf oppa is the best!”
“……Instead, I wish you wouldn’t use that nickname.”
“Why? Isn’t it cool?”
“Pfft.”
“…….”
“Hey, why are you laughing! Blood Wolf oppa is getting hurt!”
“Puh-huh! But how can I not laugh when it’s so funny!”
Listening to their conversation made him sigh involuntarily.
Vowing to give Park Jeong-pil a nickname that fits Blood Wolf next time, Se-un headed to the wolf forest.
“What kind of wood or size do you need?”
“Hey, the monsters are coming in a few hours, do we have time to worry about that?”
“We’ll take care of that, so just cut down as many trees as possible!”
As many trees as possible.
For Se-un, there was no easier order than this.
Clang.
‘I didn’t expect Durendal’s first performance to be logging.’
Se-un drew Durendal.
The entrance to the wolf forest had already been quite heavily logged, probably for the materials for the palisade or makeshift huts.
But was it because they lacked equipment?
Most of the trees that were even slightly thick remained firmly in place.
Without a proper axe. No, even with an axe, it would be difficult to cut down those trees unless it was someone like Kang Han-cheol.
Thinking that, Se-un stood confidently in front of a thick tree that others had given up on logging.
“Are you going to cut it with that?”
“Should I borrow an axe?”
“No, it’s okay.”
It was a shame that Durendal’s first demonstration wasn’t against a monster, but with a tree trunk of this thickness, he could perfectly grasp his own strength and Durendal’s abilities.
Se-un spread his legs wide and took the basic stance of the ‘Hamel Longsword Style.’ He wasn’t using internal energy to check his pure strength.
Soon after, Se-un tilted his sword horizontally and put strength into his lower body.
“Hmph!”
He swung a clean horizontal slash at the tree trunk.
Swoosh!
“Wow!”
“He’s really strong!”
“As expected of hyung-nim!”
Durendal was deeply embedded in about half of the tree trunk.
Naturally, the exclamations of the two twins and Park Jeong-pil were heard from behind.
But Se-un himself didn’t seem very satisfied.
‘No matter how sharp Durendal is, is this the limit if I don’t use internal energy?’
Durendal was called the ‘sword that splits rocks,’ but if the owner’s strength was lacking, it couldn’t even cut down a tree properly like this.
He thought he had become quite strong after obtaining the powers of the two demon gods and various hidden pieces, but he still had a long way to go.
Se-un tightened his grip on Durendal once again, renewing his resolve.
-The Vault of Greed has been opened.
[Taishan Eighteen Style Sword (泰山十八盤劍)]
– A unique martial art of the Hwangbo family (皇甫世家), which generally has a large and strong physique, so domineering martial arts are developed.
He now had the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, which he was quite familiar with, but what Se-un needed now was ‘strength.’
He needed a martial art that could generate enough strength to cut down tree trunks in a single blow.
That’s why he chose this martial art of the Hwangbo family.
With the power of the ‘Taishan Eighteen Style Sword,’ known to possess the power of Taishan [a sacred mountain in China], and the sword that split rocks, ‘Durendal,’ no tree trunk would be able to stand in Se-un’s way any longer.
As if to prove it.
Swoosh-!
Crack- Crash!
“Wow, he really cut it down!”
“With a sword, he cut that thick tree in just two strikes!”
“Wow, hyung-nim! You’re awesome!”
Se-un’s horizontal slash cleanly cut down the tree trunk.
As a fairly large tree fell, the sound that echoed through the forest drew the attention of the people in the camp.
But Se-un’s logging was just beginning.
-Through internal energy, the second form of the Taishan Eighteen Style Sword, Taishan Double Strike (泰山二格), is enhanced.
Swoosh!
Crack- Crash!
Once he started using internal energy, no tree trunk could withstand Se-un’s single strike.
The trees that many people in the camp had given up on cutting down fell without being able to withstand even a single blow.
Yet, the blade of Durendal in Se-un’s hand didn’t become dull at all.
Crack!
Crash!
Crash, Crash!
In an instant, dozens of trees fell.
The trees at the entrance of the wolf forest noticeably decreased.
In the midst of this, Se-un, who had briefly stopped his sword, looked at the two twins who were watching this unbelievable ‘logging’ scene with their mouths open and said.
“Ah, Jeong-pil will take care of moving the lumber, so don’t worry.”
“Yes, hyung-nim! Leave it to this Jeong-pil……. Huh? Wait a minute, all of this? By myself?”
“Of course, ‘Right Arm’.”
-The constellation, ‘Donkey-Headed Bandit,’ watches player ‘Park Jeong-pil’ and clutches his stomach, unable to hold back his laughter.
Park Jeong-pil’s face, who had suddenly become a muscle-bound arm, was filled with despair.