Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 242

I Plundered the Demon God’s Vault – Chapter 246

A massive wall of fire blocked the Cyclops’ path.

Naturally, this was a new magic Se-un had learned in advance, preparing for the current situation.

– The Vault of Greed has been opened.

[Fire Wall]

– A defensive magic of the Red Tower that creates a barrier of fire by spewing hot flames from the ground.

Fire Wall.

It was called a defensive magic, but its physical defense capability was close to zero.

It wasn’t particularly effective at blocking other magic either.

Whether it was earth magic or water magic, by narrowing the range and slightly increasing the power, one could easily break through such a fire barrier.

Therefore, the Red Tower’s mages mainly used this magic for offense or encirclement rather than defense.

To prevent enemies from escaping or to obstruct their path.

Se-un used it differently.

‘Just need to block his vision.’

Like a red curtain held by a matador in a bullfight?

He never even considered that it could block the monster’s attack.

“Hottt-”

He just needed to cover its eyes.

As Se-un expected, the monster broke through the fire barrier and charged straight ahead. Just like it had been smashing through trees and rocks in the forest, nothing could stop it.

It said it was hot, but it had a smile on its face, as if it found even this amusing.

However, Se-un was not behind the fire barrier.

Instead.

“Goodbye.”

“Uwoooo?”

There was a cliff as steep as if it were in a land of dwarves, with the bottom not even visible.

Koo-rumble!

The Cyclops, with its massive body that seemed to touch the sky, fell straight down as if it were a lie.

Its vision was completely blocked by the Fire Wall, so it couldn’t have anticipated it at all.

If the Cyclops had normal intelligence, it would have known this was a cliff and been careful, but its intelligence was, at best, at the level of a child.

Because of that, it helplessly fell into Se-un’s trap.

– The Constellation, ‘Serpent Entwined in Envy,’ is amazed by your strategy.

– The Constellation, ‘Crow with Lowered Head,’ smiles, saying he knew it would happen, and returns to his studio.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ jumps up, asking if he can really eat that.

‘But why isn’t anything popping up?’

He had defeated the Cyclops, the ‘Overwhelmingly Immense Threat,’ which could be said to be the symbol of the 35th floor. He expected a Hidden Piece or something to appear, but Se-un’s vision remained clear.

Just in case, he used the Authority of Gluttony, but it was also absent.

‘Could it be…….’

With an uneasy feeling, Se-un approached the edge of the cliff and looked down, revealing an unbelievable sight.

“Bad! Hurts! Mean-”

The monster, who he thought had fallen helplessly down the cliff, was climbing back up.

Still, it wasn’t completely unscathed; blood was streaming from its hands and feet, probably because it had grabbed onto the cliff in a hurry.

‘Still, a Cyclops is a Cyclops, I guess.’

No matter how he thought about it, it wasn’t a situation where it could grab onto the cliff while falling from that height.

Seeing the monster climbing up the cliff while dripping blood, he felt a sense of awe for the creature called Cyclops.

“I won’t forgive you-! I’ll kill you-”

Moreover, the monster was feeling anger towards Se-un. It wasn’t the playful attitude it had at first; it was emitting murderous intent to kill Se-un.

Even though it was injured, it was still a Cyclops. The moment it climbed back up the cliff, it would be an existence Se-un couldn’t handle.

‘Then, I have to end it here.’

The answer was simple.

Having made up his mind, Se-un drew Apelion.

He was short on mana due to using excessive output to create the Fire Wall, and his inner energy was also lacking thanks to the new footwork, Butterfly Flight.

Even so, Se-un still had the Authorities of the Demon Gods.

‘It’ll be difficult to kill it in one shot anyway.’

The goal was one: to completely knock it off the cliff.

Just in time, a Noble Phantasm came to mind.

– The Vault of Greed has been opened.

[The Spear That Tricked the Giant, Miden]

– A spear said to have been used by the Greek hero Odysseus to trick and blind a giant.

The moment Mammon’s Noble Phantasm took hold, Apelion’s color faded.

Miden.

This word, meaning something or someone of no value, derived its power from Odysseus introducing himself to the giant as ‘No One.’

Using his remaining inner energy, he took aim and threw it powerfully towards the Cyclops.

“Wait- I’ll kill you-”

Normally, it wouldn’t have even blocked it, but perhaps because it had been tricked by Se-un?

The monster, while climbing the cliff, supported itself with one hand and raised the other to block the spear.

The moment the powerfully thrown spear touched its hand.

Sizzle-

“Uhh?”

The already faint color faded even more, disappearing completely.

The Cyclops, not understanding the current situation, tilted its head, widening its single eye.

Stab!

“Uwoooo- Hurts, hurts-”

The suddenly appearing spear lodged itself in the Cyclops’ pupil.

Immediately, the tip of the spear heated up as if it had been heated in a fire, burning the monster’s pupil.

The Cyclops’ hand reached for its eye to pull out the spear, but its massive hand couldn’t pull out the spear, which felt smaller than a toothpick.

Moreover, it was lodged so deeply that the shaft of the spear wasn’t even visible.

The more the monster struggled, the more intense the heat from the spear tip became.

“Hurts, hot-!”

The monster couldn’t bear it any longer and let go of the cliff.

Unable to pull out the spear, it flailed its hands around its eye, as if trying to pluck out its eyeball to escape the burning pain.

However, the place where the monster was was not flat ground.

The moment it let go of the cliff, its massive body fell downwards due to gravity.

“Uwooooooooo-”

The monster, in pain, couldn’t hold onto the cliff and fell into the seemingly bottomless abyss.

“Uwoooo-”

The monster’s screams echoed off the cliff.

The screams continued for quite a while, indicating how deep the cliff was.

Kwaaang!

A roar like a bomb exploding came from below.

The larger and heavier the body, the greater the impact from the fall.

No matter how powerful the Cyclops was, it couldn’t withstand the impact from this height without wings.

– Hidden Quest, ‘Overwhelmingly Immense Threat,’ has been completed.

– Additional points are awarded to the trial ‘Giant Country.’

– Level has increased.

…….

Numerous messages appeared before his eyes.

As Se-un had expected, the Cyclops was indeed the source of the threat on the 35th floor.

Moreover, the messages didn’t end there.

– You have defeated the ‘Overwhelmingly Immense Threat’ lurking in Giant Country.

– By achieving an unbelievable feat, a large number of additional points are awarded to the trial ‘Giant Country.’

– You have saved the 35th floor’s trial, ‘Giant Country.’

– The giants of ‘Giant Country’ begin to regain their reason.

– The citizens of Giant Country will forever remember you as their ‘Savior.’

– ‘The Wolf Who Swallowed the Giant’ is recorded in the Legend of the Blood Wolf.

Oooong!

The stigma on the back of his right hand glows.

The wishes of the giants who have begun to regain their reason flow in, transforming into divinity and filling Se-un’s stigma.

They didn’t know of Se-un’s existence, but they instinctively realized the existence of a hero through the system.

‘Giants who have regained their reason…….’

Then, can I have a conversation with them?

Se-un used the Authority of Gluttony towards the bottomless cliff, which he couldn’t even see, and then left the cliff, moving towards his destination.

* * *

– ‘Cyclops, Full Course’ has been devoured.

– By absorbing nutrients, Strength increases by 20, and Stamina increases by 20.

The stats granted by the Authority of Gluttony were enormous. It instantly raised his Strength and Stamina by a combined 40 points.

Considering that it had been difficult to raise stats with the Authority of Gluttony recently, it was an unbelievably high level.

‘Well, even though it seemed a bit diminished, it was still a Cyclops.’

Rather, even the 40 stats that had increased now felt like the Authority of Gluttony hadn’t fully absorbed 100% of the Cyclops’ power.

The existence of the Cyclops was that powerful.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ cheers.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ strokes his full stomach, saying it’s been a long time since he’s had such a satisfying meal.

– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ falls asleep with a happy face.

Beelzebub’s messages, which had been making a fuss about how delicious it was since earlier, finally subsided. Judging by the atmosphere, it seemed like he wouldn’t be noisy for a while.

Since there was no time limit anyway, he was moving leisurely when he began to see giants standing still in the distance.

He had never seen them standing still like that before his regression.

Seeing them standing there blankly like that felt different.

“What is it? Who defeated that monster?”

“I don’t remember……. My head is dizzy.”

It seemed they were experiencing confusion as the Cyclops disappeared and they regained their reason.

As he moved a little further forward, one of the giants discovered Se-un.

What kind of reaction would they show? He might be ignored for being small, or they might reach out with their hands, either playfully or aggressively, like the Cyclops.

With that in mind, he approached cautiously, and the giant regained his senses and reacted.

“It’s him!”

“Yes, it was him!”

The giants strode towards Se-un, making the ground rumble, and then immediately slammed their heads into the ground.

Not only the leading giant but also the giants following behind slammed their heads in succession, as if they were possessed by something.

“Thank you! For saving us, who had been reduced to the monster’s playthings…….”

“We will never forget this grace!”

They bowed their heads to the ground, each offering words of gratitude.

As the system had informed him earlier, they seemed to automatically recognize that Se-un had defeated the Cyclops without even seeing it directly.

With dozens of giants bowing their heads at the same time, he felt strangely awkward.

“It’s alright.”

There were no rewards to be gained from them anyway. From what Se-un had experienced, they didn’t form a kingdom or anything like that.

And since he had already received rewards such as divinity and merit points from the system, he didn’t particularly need anything.

“Thank you so much! We would like to offer you some kind of reward, but we have nothing…….”

“If you wait a little, we will find something to bring!”

Se-un shook his head.

Whatever they brought, it didn’t seem like there would be anything that would be helpful to Se-un.

“Then, is there anything we can help you with?”

“We will do anything! If it’s something we can do!”

“Please! We would be uncomfortable sending our benefactor away like this!”

A reward. Nothing particularly came to mind…….

‘Anyway, my mana and inner energy are all depleted.’

The place where Se-un was now was far from his destination. Because he had run far to lure the Cyclops, the distance to his destination was further than he had thought.

So…….

“Then, just give me a ride to my destination.”

He just needed to finish the trial comfortably.

“That’s easy!”

“We will serve you with all our might!”

“Quickly clear the path! Flatten the ground so it doesn’t shake!”

“Get on me!”

“No, I will provide a better ride! Please get on me!”

At Se-un’s request, dozens of giants flattened the ground and lowered their waists.