Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 283

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Magic Reaching the 6th Circle?

Magic Imbued with Outer Power?

The magic unfolded in Seun’s hand was useless before the Void.

Merop’s magic was sucked into the emptiness before it could even be used.

“What kind of magic is that! This is absurd!”

Merop shouted, his lips trembling.

Well, it was understandable.

In this underdeveloped magic environment of Zeheton, the magic he had seen and learned wouldn’t amount to much.

But the magic Seun used was black magic, a high-level dark magic of the 6th Circle that wasn’t widely known.

“It can’t be! How much have I endured and persevered for this moment!”

Merop began to fire off magic indiscriminately.

A thick, viscous liquid attacked Seun in various magical forms.

However, all of it was captured by the Void in front of Seun and swallowed.

No magic could reach Seun.

‘It’s not a panacea, though.’

Void is definitely powerful magic, but it can only absorb magical phenomena.

Even then, its absorption of physical force is close to zero, so using magic imbued with physical force rather than projectiles could exploit Void’s weakness.

However, Merop didn’t know.

His magical insight, which had allowed him to reign as the Guild Master of Zeheton at the mere 4th Circle level, was extremely limited.

Even now, witnessing that his magic wasn’t working, he was still foolishly firing off magic.

Meanwhile.

“How long do you think such tricks will work… Huh!”

Seun’s sword flashed before Merop’s eyes.

He had obscured the view with the Void that absorbed magic and approached stealthily using the Ghost Step [a technique allowing near-silent and swift movement].

A sword strike was immediately swung.

Merop unfolded a sticky shield, but the same defense doesn’t work twice.

Swish-

“Kuaaaak!”

Seun’s sword, imbued with the power of destruction from the beginning, cut through Merop’s body along with the shield.

He intended to finish him off right there, but Merop created distance with a short teleportation spell.

One shoulder was severely injured to the point of being wide open, but in the meantime, the Outer [an external, often malevolent, force] was wriggling and healing the wound.

“What, what power is this! The power of the Tyrant is blocked! This is absurd!”

However, the wound inflicted by the power of destruction couldn’t be healed quickly even by the Outer.

Merop seemed to notice this and used magic to reattach his shoulder as an emergency measure.

“This can’t be! This shouldn’t be!”

Clang!

Merop suddenly stretched out a long black liquid and flung it backward.

To a completely different location from Seun.

As a result, a dozen or so glass tubes were broken, water poured out, and the test subjects who had been suffering inside fell to the floor.

“Cough! Keuhuk! Huk!”

“You, do you remember? This is Mr. Godric. When you think about it, the beginning of the deviation was this person.”

Godric. His face was so distorted that it was unrecognizable, but it seemed he knew who he was talking about.

The Serpent Guild member who first appeared at Seun’s shop.

No trace of his former self remained on his face. There seemed to be no reason left in his darkly stained pupils.

“Here, Ms. Jeilen too. Mr. Daks too. Ah, I caught this person trying to escape. The more test subjects, the better, they said.”

As soon as they escaped from the glass tubes, the test subjects began to regain consciousness.

Freed from endless pain, air entered their water-filled lungs, and they gasped for breath.

However, even so, their reason was already shattered.

As soon as they regained consciousness, the creatures stared blankly at Merop.

It seemed they had instinctively found a host to give them orders.

“Now, try to block this!”

“Euh, uhh-”

The test subjects let out strange noises and began to cast magic.

The magic was black and sticky, transformed like the ones Merop had cast.

Since the magic level of the Serpent Guild was low, the magic cast by the test subjects was also low in level, but their number was extremely large.

With so many, it would be difficult to avoid, and that unique attack is extremely difficult to block.

– The constellation, ‘Serpent Coiling Around Jealousy,’ urges you to use its authority.

‘The Authority of Jealousy?’

He had never used it since the authority was strengthened in the Sea of Radiance [a realm of enhanced power] because he hadn’t experienced a proper battle situation.

However, there was a reason Seun hadn’t thought of it.

The current situation wasn’t about facing one strong enemy but dealing with a large number of difficult enemies.

The Authority of Jealousy was a power that shined only in a 1:1 situation against a strong enemy, weakening the enemy’s power and strengthening mine.

– The constellation, ‘Serpent Coiling Around Jealousy,’ tells you to trust it and looks down at you with deep eyes.

Even if it were another constellation, Leviathan’s words were trustworthy enough.

Thinking so, Seun immediately used the Authority of Jealousy.

Leviathan’s divinity flowed through Seun’s stigmata [a divine mark], emitting a blue light.

– The gaze of jealousy begins to stare at the ‘Red Fish’s Experiment Site.’

– The Authority of Jealousy is applied to all enemies currently being faced.

‘Oh?’

The Authority of Jealousy was applied not only to Merop but to all the test subjects in this place.

Feeling the energy of the stigmata, it seemed possible to strengthen one person as before.

However, in the case of many enemies, it seemed more advantageous to set the target as a range like now.

‘Then should I buy time for now?’

The second weakness of the Authority of Jealousy was time.

It was necessary to drag out a considerable amount of time for its power to be exerted.

While he liked the strengthened Authority of Jealousy, he was thinking that it didn’t suit the current situation when the next message immediately popped up.

– The Authority of Jealousy is accelerated because the enemies’ levels are low.

– Steals an unknown energy.

……

‘This is?’

– The constellation, ‘Serpent Coiling Around Jealousy,’ wags its tail, saying that it has not fully recovered its power yet, but this is enough to help.

The Authority of Jealousy manifested in an instant.

The unique power that was felt when using the Authority of Jealousy on the Outer filled his body. The stigmata also hummed as if it liked it.

‘The speed is accelerated depending on the level of the enemy.’

As the authority was strengthened, it was clear that the speed would be faster than before even when used against strong enemies.

Its versatility was strengthened not only in individual battles but also in multiple battles.

The Authority of Jealousy was strengthened beyond expectations.

– The constellation, ‘Serpent Coiling Around Jealousy,’ thanks you once again, saying that it is all thanks to you for giving it the essence of radiance.

As Leviathan said, if he hadn’t invested the essence of radiance at that time, it wouldn’t have been this much.

“What is this again!”

The magic that the test subjects were preparing rapidly weakened. The magic lost its original size and weakened, dripping black liquid.

On the contrary, since power was filling Seun’s body, there was no reason to just stand by and watch.

– Through internal energy, the third stance of the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, Blood Wolf Assault, is strengthened.

– According to the mysteries of the Supreme Sundering Art, the power of martial arts is strengthened.

Swish-

Two test subjects lost their lives in an instant.

Originally, these guys would have their necks reconnected by the Outer even if their necks were cut off, but it was meaningless in the face of the power of destruction.

Still, losing their reason became an advantage in its own way, and the test subjects unleashed the magic they had completed without panicking.

Thud!

The creatures’ attacks were blocked by the shield magic Seun had unfolded and flowed down futilely.

Originally, it would have been difficult to block with a shield, but now it was possible because the power of the test subjects was weakened and Seun’s power was strengthened thanks to the Authority of Jealousy.

In particular, it was a natural result since he had stolen the ‘unknown energy,’ which could be said to be the power of the Outer itself.

“T, this is absurd!”

The lives of the test subjects were quickly cut short.

In the first place, the amount of Outer that was latent in these guys was so small that it could be said to be in units of a few drops, so it was enough to extinguish the Outer with just one cut.

“Euh, uh-”

The last test subject lost his life.

The faces of the creatures, who had seemed to be in pain even after escaping from the glass tubes, finally found peace after their necks were severed by Seun.

At that moment, the Authority of Jealousy turned towards Merop with perfect timing.

– The gaze of jealousy envies the power of ‘Merop Myrtle.’

– Steals an unknown energy.

……

“This can’t be! I implanted meteorites into my head and heart for revenge, and I endured that terrible pain!”

Magic rose greatly around Merop like a wave.

Looking closely, in addition to the existing four circles around his heart, two new circles were rotating and spreading to Merop’s head.

In other words, that could no longer be called magic. It was just a bizarre phenomenon created by the power of the Outer.

“I will defeat you! I will defeat you and live as the eternal magical lord in Zeheton!”

Merop’s eyes were completely stained black.

Black liquid dripped from his mouth, and all the blood vessels in the body parts where the meteorite wasn’t embedded swelled up black.

It is amazing that he has maintained his reason until now even after being possessed by the Outer, but that is now over.

Merop’s reason was cut off with this.

All that remained was the desire to ‘dominate Zeheton.’

However, that much.

Gurgling!

The power of the Outer grew stronger.

It seemed that as soon as the host who was trying to control it lost his reason, it started to go wild with excitement.

Still, there were restrictions due to the meteorite, but the Outer was imitating magic.

The meteorite embedded in his body was rattling as if the screws were loose, and it seemed that it would become more dangerous as time passed.

Woo-oong-

– The stigmata reacts to the legend of the Blood Wolf.

– The third ability of the stigmata, ‘Destruction,’ awakens.

He tried to save as much divinity as possible because he didn’t know how much strong Outer was left, but Seun judged that it was dangerous to delay any longer and revealed the stigmata.

The crimson wolf he encountered in the Sea of Radiance appeared.

At the same time, the huge wave created by Merop covered Seun like sticky tar.

Seun pointed at it and quietly recited.

“Tear it apart.”

– I understand. My master.

The wolf collided with the black wave.

The wave tried to hold the wolf in place, but the wolf’s claws easily tore through the wave and moved forward.

Merop, who belatedly discovered the wolf, unfolded a barrier.

Crack!

A barrier made with the power of the Outer couldn’t stop the wolf of destruction.

The wolf’s fangs pierced Merop.

The meteorite, which had been as hard as if it could block anything, crumbled, and the Outer trapped in Merop’s body wriggled and tried to escape as if screaming.

Gulp.

The wolf swallowed Merop, the meteorite, and the Outer whole.

It was incomparably more powerful than when Seun directly wielded his sword and used the power of destruction.

The black wave that had come right in front of Seun collapsed in an instant the moment Merop was swallowed.

The wolf, having completed its mission, also howled briefly before turning into a crimson current and returning to Seun’s stigmata.

‘It’s strong, but…’

A tremendous amount of divinity was consumed with just one command.

After all, this power wasn’t something that could be fired off carelessly.

As strong as it is, a lot of divinity is consumed, so it must be used carefully.

Kugugu-

Since Merop had disappeared, the wall he had first erected in the laboratory naturally lost its power and collapsed.

At the same time, the room on the opposite side was revealed again, showing the Sea Serpent possessed by the Outer after the experiment and the Red Fish’s head merchant watching it with satisfaction.

“Merop, why are you so late? Thanks to you making the laboratory so noisy, the Sea Serpent almost went berserk.”

The Red Fish’s head merchant said that, but he curled up the corners of his mouth for a long time.

That meant he was that satisfied with the experiment on the Sea Serpent.

However, he had no choice but to harden his expression again the moment he turned his head and checked the place where the wall had been.

“You… Could it be that you killed Merop?”

In response to that question, Seun raised Durandal [Seun’s sword], imbued with the power of destruction, instead of answering.