Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 284

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“How did you kill Merop? He was the only ‘adapter’ among the test subjects who could maintain his reason!”

“Adapter?”

The Red Fish merchant leader exclaimed in disbelief.

Indeed, their experiments were strange. Judging from the terms they used and the thoroughness of the experiments, it was hard to believe they were the originators of the research.

It was as if they were conducting experiments with someone else’s guidance…

With Merop gone, the only one left to question about this was the merchant leader before him.

“Who are you taking orders from?”

“…So you figured out that much. I thought you were just a skilled magic craftsman, but I guess not.”

The merchant leader removed his robe.

I expected to see a meteorite embedded in him as well, but surprisingly, he looked normal.

He seemed a bit gaunt, but he probably didn’t implant an Outer [a being from beyond the stars] into himself.

“But it’s too late. Merop’s demise is a shame, but now there’s an even better test subject than him.”

Drip, drip!

At the merchant leader’s command, the ropes binding the Sea Serpent were released.

As soon as it was free, the Sea Serpent raised its massive body.

It was drooling black liquid from its mouth, and its eyes glowed with a dark light, clearly showing it was being consumed by the Outer, but it didn’t recklessly display any aggressive tendencies.

It seemed the experiment’s success was not an empty boast.

– The constellation, ‘The Steed Trampling Death,’ records the test subject’s information, saying it can definitely be put to use.

“I was planning to get rid of Merop once this one was created anyway, so he actually saved me some trouble.”

The Sea Serpent lowered its head in front of the merchant leader, standing tall as if waiting for orders.

The merchant leader gently stroked the meteorite embedded in its head, wearing a sinister smile as he shouted.

“You must have struggled to get here, so I’ll end it for you in one bite without any pain.”

The Sea Serpent, understanding the command, raised its head.

Even without raising its entire body, its head reached the ceiling.

From its long, protruding fangs on either side of its mouth, a black liquid resembling venom dripped, melting the floor.

Then, without any preparatory movements.

“Hiss-!”

It lunged its head towards Seun, opening its mouth.

Even ordinary humans boast monstrous strength the moment they are consumed by a few drops of Outer, so what if the target is a Sea Serpent?

Strength, speed, stamina, etc., all of it would have increased absurdly.

Even Seun, who had accumulated stats with the Authority of Gluttony [a divine power that allows the user to consume and gain the abilities of others], would be committing suicide to face it head-on.

That’s why Seun didn’t use a sword.

The stigma [a mark signifying a pact with a constellation] located on the back of the hand holding the sword. The crimson wolf revealed itself once again.

“Tear it apart.”

Woof-

The wolf, howling as it appeared, collided with the Sea Serpent.

The impact of their collision turned into a shockwave, spreading outwards.

The laboratory tools flew away and shattered.

Even the thick glass tubes couldn’t withstand the shockwave, and some of them broke, causing the test subjects inside to spill onto the floor.

– Grrr….

“Hiss-”

The Sea Serpent and the wolf continued their confrontation.

Although it was in a much degraded state, it was still the wolf that had wounded Triton, the god of the sea.

Seeing it stand evenly against the Sea Serpent, I could guess how strong it was.

“How is he holding on? It’s a successful test subject that has absorbed the Tyrant’s power to the extreme!”

But it didn’t seem like it would lose.

The wolf’s will to receive another command was felt through the stigma.

“Destroy it.”

– Kuaaa!

Crack!

The Sea Serpent’s fangs were torn off.

The moment it lost its balance, the wolf’s claws raked across the Sea Serpent’s eyes, and black blood spurted out like a fountain.

“How can this be!”

The subsequent battle was one-sided.

Even if it was imbued with the power of the Outer, the wounds inflicted by the power of destruction were impossible to heal.

As the wolf’s attacks continued, countless brutal wounds were carved into the Sea Serpent’s body.

“What kind of power is that! A power that opposes the Tyrant’s power! N, no. He definitely said…”

“Hmm, indeed. A threatening power.”

“…Master?”

Kuaaaang!!

The blood that the Sea Serpent was shedding swelled up like a water bomb and caused a massive explosion.

The wolf, which had been relentlessly swinging its teeth and claws, was pushed back to Seun’s side.

‘Master?’

When I raised my head, a new figure was standing next to the Red Fish merchant leader.

Shaded by a robe, it was hard to see clearly, but his face was horribly distorted as if it had rotted away.

“You’ve arrived! Master!”

“It seems the experiment failed.”

“No! It’s just that the power is lacking! If there’s more power, it could swallow that kind of thing in one bite!”

“Hmm. Lacking power, you say…”

The man called Master stroked the Sea Serpent that had fallen to the floor.

Then, the large and small wounds caused by the wolf began to heal.

Seun’s eyes widened at this.

‘Even if it’s an Outer, it shouldn’t be able to heal wounds inflicted by the power of destruction this quickly, right?’

In less than ten seconds, all of the Sea Serpent’s wounds were healed.

The moment it regained consciousness and stood up, it growled as if the man was its owner.

It wasn’t even like this when the Red Fish merchant leader gave orders.

Back then, it felt like controlling a doll, but now it truly looked like it was following its master.

“Then, we’ll just have to confirm it.”

Kugugu-

The man snapped his fingers, and a low vibration was felt as the ceiling of the laboratory opened. Something semi-circular revealed itself through the opening.

‘Meteorite.’

Probably the remaining meteorite used in the experiment.

Although only half remained, its size seemed subtly larger than the one Seun had seen in the fourth shelter.

Judging from the stigma’s reaction, there still seemed to be Outer remaining inside the meteorite.

“Let’s see if you can withstand this.”

The moment the man stroked the Sea Serpent for the last time.

Pajik!

Kuaaaang!

A massive crack formed in the meteorite, shattering it into pieces.

Naturally, the Outer inside the meteorite was released and poured down below.

The Sea Serpent was positioned directly below the meteorite.

“Hissik-”

The Sea Serpent had no choice but to be covered in the Outer.

The Outer, which had found a host as soon as it escaped, found every hole and was absorbed into the Sea Serpent.

The Sea Serpent writhed in pain from the consumption.

However, the man’s expression was not good.

“As expected, a failure.”

Chwaaa!

Was it because of the meteorite embedded along its spine?

Only for a moment, about 1/3 of the Outer escaped from the Sea Serpent and spread in all directions.

Then, it was absorbed into the test subjects that had broken out of the glass tubes and fallen to the floor, or it moved to find the remaining test subjects that Seun didn’t even know existed.

“Shieeeek-!”

The Sea Serpent’s movements stopped as it screamed as if the laboratory was about to collapse, and it solidified like a statue.

It had not only lost its reason, but it seemed the power to control the Outer had also completely disappeared.

Because of the meteorite embedded in it, the Outer couldn’t fully control its body, causing it to freeze like that.

“A, no! Please give me a little more time! Master, I can do it!”

“Ah… I see. You might be able to do it.”

The man pondered for a moment, then touched the merchant leader’s head.

It looked like he was bestowing some kind of reward, but the man’s next action was something that even Seun was taken aback by.

Thud!

“Keuk! Ma, Mas….”

“I hope it really helps.”

The man slammed the merchant leader’s head into the Sea Serpent. No, to be precise, he slammed it towards the Outer that was trying to consume the Sea Serpent’s body.

The Outer, which was overflowing as if its capacity was full, eagerly devoured the merchant leader.

The merchant leader’s body was sucked into the Sea Serpent’s body as if it was being absorbed, and the stiffened Sea Serpent began to move little by little.

“Ho, this is quite interesting.”

The merchant leader’s lower body melted away, and his upper body was embedded in the very center of the Sea Serpent’s head.

It didn’t seem normal for his arms to be hanging limply, but his two eyes were clearly staring at Seun.

“I… can’t… end… it… like… this.”

The merchant leader spoke in a dry, lifeless tone, like the language of the dead.

With that, the Sea Serpent’s body charged towards Seun.

The entire body, except for the meteorite, was engulfed by the Outer, looking as if a black river was pouring down before his eyes.

“Block it!”

– Kuaaa!

The wolf let out a massive howl.

With that, all the glass equipment in the laboratory shattered, and the Outer that was clinging to the test subjects was startled and began to run away.

‘Damn it.’

I forgot about the Outer’s survival instinct.

The small Outer, realizing that the wolf was threatening, were fleeing from Seun and escaping out of the laboratory.

If they went above ground, Jeheton would be completely devastated.

However, Seun didn’t have the luxury to worry about above.

Kwang!

The wolf and the Sea Serpent collided.

However, it didn’t show the same neck-and-neck appearance as before.

The wolf gritted its teeth and pushed its shoulder against the Sea Serpent to block it, but the Sea Serpent pushed the wolf away by putting its heavy body forward.

It was barely holding on even when pouring out divinity.

‘Damn it, what is this….’

It’s not a complete Outer.

It was a guy with only about half the amount of Outer from the meteorite I saw earlier.

I thought I could somehow deal with that much with the power of destruction… is it because of that experiment?

The Sea Serpent’s power far exceeded Seun’s expectations.

“Just adding will is giving it that much power. It’s tricky, but I like it very much.”

The man didn’t participate in the battle. He was just looking down on the battle arrogantly from above.

It took a lot of concentration to activate the stigma and maintain the wolf, but Seun thought that he couldn’t just be dragged around like this, so he raised his other hand.

Then, he rotated the circle of his heart and pulled out mana.

It’s easy to say, but maintaining the wolf with one hand and using magic with the other was a more difficult action than dual casting.

Divinity and mana.

Two kinds of power and mental strength were being shaved off in chunks, and red blood flowed down from below his nose.

– The Treasury of Greed has been opened.

[Explosion]

– A high-level explosion magic of the Red Tower. A basic, simple, yet powerful attack magic that causes a powerful explosion at a specified location.

Kuaaaang!!

A massive explosion occurred on the Sea Serpent’s head.

Using magic like explosions in the limited space of an underground laboratory was extremely dangerous, but there was no time to think about that now.

He had to use unconditionally powerful magic to somehow reduce the Sea Serpent’s power.

“Kuaaaaak!”

The merchant leader’s upper body, which was stuck to the Sea Serpent’s head, screamed instead of the Sea Serpent.

It seemed to have had quite an impact, as the wolf took a step forward and pushed the Sea Serpent away.

Thump, Kugung!

Meanwhile, there was a commotion from the ceiling.

‘Did they already go up?’

It seemed to be the commotion caused by the Outer that had escaped earlier going up to the surface.

It’s troublesome.

In order to prevent the chaos in Jeheton, I have to quickly deal with this guy and go, but no matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like I can deal with it quickly.

At that time.

Kuaaaang-!!

A roar that was hard to believe was caused by the Outer was heard.

A roar that matched the sound of the Explosion Seun had unleashed just now.

Although it was far away, the moment Seun heard that roar, one person clearly came to his mind.

That was, Kang Han-cheol.

[Park Jung-pil: Hyungnim! I called people!]
[Yoo Seo-ah: Seun, you’re fighting down there, right? Leave it to us here!]
[Han Areum: I’ve already set up all the barricades, so you don’t have to worry, Oppa!]
[Han Da-un: It’s been so long since I’ve fought like this!]
[Baek Hyun: There are more than I thought. I think I can collect some good samples.]

Unexpected support came.

That Park Jung-pil guy. I thought he ran away without thinking, but he brought support that Seun didn’t even think of.

Really, he’s a guy I can’t bring myself to like, but I can’t bring myself to hate either.

Then, there’s only one thing left.

“I… am Jeheton’s… normalcy!”

The Sea Serpent, captured by the Outer with a meteorite embedded in its back and the Red Fish merchant leader embedded in its head.

To get rid of that guy.