Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 258

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“Where is everyone? Huh? Where the hell did they all go?”

While Se-un was dealing with the monsters.

There was one individual, separated from the rest of his companions, wandering around the Black Island.

It was the monster with the appearance of a hungry ghost.

He had left the cave to avoid the tense atmosphere caused by his slip of the tongue and unintentionally became isolated.

“Did everyone leave me out, huh? Did they go to eat something delicious without me?”

He searched all over the Black Island, but couldn’t find his companions.

Eventually, after blankly staring at the sea, unable to enter due to the muddy ground, the monster who had finished his mud bath grumbled and stood up.

Although mud baths were his only joy these days, he was now tired of it.

Just as he was about to reach the cave.

“Sniff sniff! Huh? Could it be that these guys, huh? Were really eating something delicious without me?”

A stimulating fragrance tickled his nose.

How long had it been since he smelled such a scent?

It was a completely different fragrance from the terrible stench of garbage.

His tongue wriggled and saliva dripped just from smelling it.

“Those bad guys! Huh? Did they send me away on purpose?”

The monster quickly headed towards the cave.

But there was something strange.

Along with the stimulating fragrance, there was a smell of blood.

At first, he thought it was the smell of fresh food, but the amount and scent were a bit strange.

That smell he had smelled a long time ago.

It was the smell of his comrade’s blood on the battlefield.

“……Huh?”

The monster’s pace slowed down.

Rather than rushing, he slowly and carefully approached the entrance of the cave.

He turned off the lantern hanging in front of his eyes, lowered his footsteps, and peeked into the cave.

‘……!!’

He saw the corpses of his fallen comrades.

Not just one or two, but all of the Black Island’s comrades except for himself were dead. Even Khes, their leader, who believed in and waited for the Mother more than anyone else.

‘How did this happen! Huh?’

There was no one to answer his question, but the one who appeared to be the culprit was confidently occupying the cave.

A human standing among the corpses of his comrades.

As he looked around, the inside of the cave eerily rippled, and sharp teeth appeared, beginning to devour the corpses of his comrades.

It was a truly terrifying sight.

However, the monster was surprised for a different reason.

‘That’s the power of a Demon God……!’

He had witnessed the descent of Leviathan in the Black Sea battle, so he knew. That the teeth devouring his comrades’ corpses were the power of a Demon God.

Then, is that human a follower of a Demon God? Did they know that they were hiding here and appear to finish them off?

While desperately trying to spin his poorly functioning brain…….

“There’s still one left?”

The human’s gaze turned to the monster.

* * *

As soon as he used the Authority of Gluttony, an enormous amount of stats poured in.

Indeed, the children of Estrotsha, who once stained the Sea of ​​Radiance with blood and darkness.

Although their physical condition had deteriorated drastically over time, their level was still the same.

Moreover, what rose this time was not only stats.

– ‘Mu-ung’ has been devoured.

– Absorbing nutrients, the ‘Kobold’s Crooked Ear’ is further enhanced.

– Hearing is greatly enhanced.

– ‘Poo’ has been devoured.

– Absorbing nutrients, the ‘Gnoll’s Wide Nose’ is further enhanced.

– Sense of smell is greatly enhanced.

…….

The efficiency of the senses that Se-un had strengthened through Mammon’s treasures greatly increased.

Not only the five senses such as smell and hearing, but also resistance to cold and heat, and even the previously acquired ‘Crystal Skin’ were strengthened, greatly increasing defense.

A tremendous gain that cannot be compared to simply increasing stats.

‘I guess everyone was specialized in something.’

He had guessed when the monster Poo smelled Estrotsha, but it seemed that there were many monsters with various personalities beyond Se-un in this place.

Thanks to this, his already sensitive senses grew even further.

‘But why isn’t the trial over?’

He had killed all the monsters, so it was normal for the trial to end, but the trial did not end, and even the black fog surrounding the island did not disappear.

While recalling the reason.

Something was caught in the senses that had been strengthened by devouring the monsters.

“There’s still one left?”

“Heeup!”

The monster, who appeared to be the last survivor, hurriedly hid his head and held his breath, but it was useless for Se-un.

Se-un’s enhanced sense of smell was already picking up the smell of mud and a faint fishy smell from the guy’s body, and his vision was clearly watching the guy’s fins sticking out even in the dark.

Even if he held his breath, he could hear the sound of his pounding heart, so there was no way he could miss him.

‘He doesn’t seem that strong.’

Se-un’s condition was not good right now.

He had used up all his mana creating Secret Poison, and the battle with Khes was short but intense, consuming a lot of internal energy.

Even so, he didn’t think he would lose.

He still had at least a minimum of internal energy left, and powers such as the Authority of Jealousy and the Authority of Greed remained intact.

If there was only one enemy, he could handle it.

Above all…….

‘If I catch that guy, the trial will be over.’

Thinking that it would be better to end the unavoidable battle quickly, Se-un took out his sword without hesitation.

“Come out quickly?”

By now, he should have realized that he had been discovered, but the monster did not reveal himself from behind the wall until the end.

He wondered if he was preparing an attack, so he expanded his senses, but he didn’t feel anything else.

It wasn’t like the guy’s position had changed either.

‘What is he doing?’

At the moment he thought that, the guy quickly revealed himself.

Se-un hurriedly took a defensive stance in response to the unexpectedly quick surprise attack.

As he faced the monster, thinking about what treasure to take out using the Authority of Greed.

“I surrender! Surrender! Surrender! Please save me!”

“……What?”

The hungry ghost-shaped monster knelt before Se-un. No, beyond that, he lay flat on the floor and even bowed.

The lantern that peeked out over his head was trembling pitifully.

“I don’t care about Mother! No, that damn X or anything! Just save me!”

He thought that all the monsters here had more loyalty to their mother than their own lives, but it seemed that not all of them were like that.

‘But there’s no need to spare him.’

Killing this guy is currently the most certain way to complete the trial.

Besides, even if he looks weak, that’s only compared to the monsters he’s been fighting until now. He must be strong enough too.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ drools as he looks at the new prey, even while enjoying seafood dishes.

If he devoured that guy, he might gain or strengthen a new power.

With that, Se-un ignored the guy’s plea for his life and pointed his sword at him.

Perhaps he instinctively sensed the danger to his life even though his head was still buried in the ground? The guy hurriedly flashed his lantern and opened his mouth.

“Wa, wait! If you spare my life, I’ll tell you about the fortress that that b*tch hid!”

“……Fortress?”

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Envy,’ tilts its head at the word fortress.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Envy,’ bares its fangs towards the hatchery, saying it will go and find out information for a while.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ respects your judgment, saying that there is still plenty to eat and he can wait.

Leviathan said he would find out, but he had a rough idea.

‘It seems that what she hid wasn’t just her children.’

Estrotsha would have prepared various arrangements, including her children, in preparation for the day she escaped from Leviathan’s grasp.

The orb of Leviathan found in the hatchery was one of them, and what that monster is talking about now must be one of them as well.

He can kill him later anyway.

After finishing his thoughts, Se-un slowly lowered the sword that had been aimed at the monster’s neck.

“Lead the way.”

“Th, thank you!”

“If it’s a lie, or if it’s not a proper treasure, you’ll have to be prepared.”

“You don’t have to worry about that! Come this way!”

Se-un followed the monster, who was bowing and leading the way.

* * *

As he went a little further into the cave, dozens of forks appeared.

Even when he expanded his senses, it was a dark maze where he couldn’t feel anything.

In it, the monster calmly found his way.

‘I should be on guard for now.’

He may seem humble on the outside, but he may be plotting tricks on the inside.

He might be luring Se-un into a trap, so he focuses on the guy and the surrounding environment without letting his guard down.

“Please be careful as there are sticky traps on this side!”

As soon as he frowned, thinking he had finally found a trap, the monster told him about the trap.

It doesn’t seem like he’s trying to deceive Se-un like he was worried about.

How many forks did he pass like that? It was a maze that was so difficult to distinguish that it was hard to even know where he was now.

He passed through dozens of cleverly hidden traps, and the light completely disappeared, relying on the monster’s lantern for vision.

Even the sound of the wind disappeared, and all he could hear was the sound of the monster and Se-un’s footsteps.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Envy,’ smiles, saying that it has found out the identity of the fortress.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Envy,’ encourages you, saying that you don’t have to worry.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ is excited, asking if it’s something to eat.

– The constellation, ‘The Raven Who Bows His Head,’ pecks at his beak, telling him to just shut up and eat.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ nods and buries his head in the food.

Judging from Leviathan’s reaction, it doesn’t seem like a dangerous object.

He moved along the lantern for about thirty minutes.

He wandered through the maze for quite a long time, and he could tell from the air pressure that he was going further and further down.

A faint sound of waves could be heard around him, and a faint light appeared in the dark passage.

“We’re almost there!”

Along with the monster’s words, as soon as he turned the corner, he felt an enormous light.

It was difficult to open his eyes momentarily because his eyes were used to the darkness.

And at the place he arrived.

“That is…….”

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Envy,’ feels peace at the brilliant light it has encountered after a long time.

– The constellation, ‘The Raven Who Bows His Head,’ admires its brilliant beauty.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ turns his head, saying it’s not something to eat.

In the center of the hollow, where the sea was filled like a lake, a jewel scattering five-colored light floated on the surface of the water.

A jewel so beautiful that it would be among the top of all the jewels he had seen in his past life.

In particular, the way the jewel’s light sank below the dark surface of the water was more beautiful than any work of art.

“It is a treasure that we won when we ruled the Sea of ​​Radiance. Mother. No, that X is using this…….”

The monster’s lantern shone brilliantly in the light of the jewel.

He stretched out his hand towards the jewel, scattering his eyes as if recalling past memories.

“We called it the Essence of Radiance.”