Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 291

“Turik… the Spirit of Fear?”

“That’s right. I only heard about it as a legend from the elders, but I never thought I’d actually see it.”

Riel is an elf.

Usually, elves have a high affinity for spirits and contract with at least one. But Turik is a spirit that even Riel doesn’t know well.

‘I’ve never read about the Spirit of Fear in any literature.’

Even though information is scarce, I knew the names of the emotional spirits like anger, hatred, love, and courage, but I had no information about the spirit before me, Turik.

– Is it you? Who called me?

– Grrr….

Turik’s gaze was directed at Seun’s wrist.

The Wolf of Destruction, Ruin, resting in the stigma [a mark or brand indicating disgrace or infamy], responded with a low growl.

It seems Turik appeared here drawn by the power of the stigma.

As the Spirit of Fear, it must have been drawn to the power of fear Seun possesses.

‘It seems more interested in the stigma than in me.’

I don’t know what powers the Spirit of Fear has. But Seun is not one to pass up an opportunity just because he doesn’t know its nature.

Thinking it was important to increase Turik’s favor even a little more, Seun summoned Ruin.

“Uh, uh?”

– Grrr….

As soon as Ruin appeared, Riel was startled.

No, frankly, that was an understatement. The four spirits that had been giggling and circling around her screamed and wanted to return to the spirit realm.

“W-what is this?”

“It’s Ruin.”

Ruin’s original size was too large, so if summoned at full size, the store might be destroyed. Seun summoned Ruin while reducing its size as much as possible.

It was the first attempt, but it worked better than expected, and Ruin appeared in the form of a small puppy.

Turik approached and carefully placed a hand on it.

– It’s you.

– Grrr….

Turik, who had been stroking Ruin’s head for a moment, hesitated and then hugged Ruin’s neck tightly.

Ruin didn’t seem to dislike it either.

‘He was wary even when Seo-ah Yoo approached.’

The two became rapidly close as if they had known each other from the beginning.

Seun, who had been quietly waiting for a chance, made eye contact with Turik for a brief moment, knelt down, made eye contact again, and introduced himself.

“I’m Jung Seun. This guy is Ruin.”

– I’m… Turik.

“Won’t you contract with me?”

– Contract….

Contracting with a spirit is not simple.

You need to understand each other’s strengths and tendencies and agree on conditions.

The lower the level of the spirit, the simpler it is, but the higher the level, the more difficult the contract becomes.

Especially since the opponent is the Spirit of Fear, shrouded in mystery and without any known information. I have no idea what conditions to propose.

After a moment of contemplation, Turik.

– Yeah, sure.

Nodding, he agrees to the offer.

There were no conditions whatsoever.

At that, Riel’s eyes, who was watching from behind, widened as if they would burst.

She faced the legendary Spirit of Fear, saw the wolf that made spirits run away, and witnessed a contract without any conditions.

None of it made sense.

– And I want to be there too.

“Here?”

– Yeah.

What Turik pointed to was Seun’s stigma.

Staying in the stigma instead of the spirit realm….

I wondered if that was even possible, but Seun nodded, thinking it didn’t really matter.

At that moment, the contract circle, which had faded over time, was dyed in Turik’s purple color and began to be absorbed into the stigma.

– You have contracted with the ‘Spirit of Fear, Turik.’

– Turik is subordinated to your stigma.

– Due to the spirit’s characteristics, the first ability of the stigma, ‘Fear,’ is enhanced.

With the contract, the stigma’s ability was enhanced.

I don’t know what powers Turik has, but Seun was satisfied enough with this.

From Seun’s perspective, who wants to confront the Outer Gods, the power of the stigma was more important than any martial art or magic.

Soon, Ruin and Turik’s bodies were absorbed into the stigma, and the stigma was momentarily dyed purple.

“Uh, uh….”

Riel still had a blank look on her face. She didn’t know what to ask first, so she couldn’t even open her mouth.

Seun held out a branch of Yggdrasil [a mythical tree in Norse cosmology] to her.

“Performance check complete. You saw it yourself, so no complaints, right?”

“Uh, well, that’s true….”

Taking advantage of her confusion, Seun quickly turned his back.

I don’t want any annoying questions.

* * *

“Is that him? The person that person told us to watch?”

“That’s right. I wondered how we’d find him, but I never thought he’d be showing himself so openly.”

“He was too conspicuous, so I didn’t even think he was the author.”

“What does it matter? We found him now.”

The outskirts of Jeheton.

There were two men looking down at the site where the Red Fish Merchant Guild’s laboratory used to be.

Hiding in the shadows with their robes pulled down deep, they were so secretive that even the bugs passing by couldn’t notice them.

“But why did they tell us to watch a player from the Fifth Shelter?”

“I know, right? Even going so far as to reverse the floors with a ticket bought at the auction house.”

In order for players to reverse floors, they need a ticket purchased from that shelter.

One of the reasons players don’t like reversing floors is because of the expensive price, but what’s really dangerous is the system’s penalty.

“Thanks to that, my stats are down. It feels like I’m moving with sandbags on my body.”

The more floors you reverse, the longer you stay on the reversed floor, the more the player’s stats decrease.

It was even more noticeable because the two of them were originally skilled enough to reach the 59th floor.

It had only been a month since arriving in Jeheton, so they could only hope that the mission would end soon.

“Even though he looks a bit strong, he’s no match for us, right?”

“Of course not. From what I can see, he has no rivals here, but he can’t compare to us, who are almost 20 floors apart.”

“Then.”

One of the men snapped his fingers as if he had a good idea.

“Can’t we just kill him?”

“……Our mission is to watch the author and to report when the author leaves Jeheton.”

“No, it didn’t seem like they’d accept him as a new member. He felt like a dangerous player, so wouldn’t it be better to deal with him when he’s still a sprout?”

“Hmm….”

“You’re itching to do something too, right? We can have some fun and move up the return time. Isn’t that killing two birds with one stone?”

The man who was listening groaned as if he was contemplating. But soon, he shook his head and answered.

“No way.”

“Ah, why!”

“Our mission is just to watch. The order is absolute.”

“Tch, you’re so stubborn.”

The man’s sigh was heard.

Unexpectedly, he didn’t insist any further.

He grumbled about the boring situation, but he also knew that ‘that person’s’ orders were absolute.

However.

‘Still….’

The man cast a lingering gaze at Seun, who was concentrating on training by wielding his sword on the site.

A faint killing intent rose from his body.

‘We can’t control all the variables, can we?’

The black wing patterns engraved on the two men’s robes seemed as if they would flutter at any moment.

* * *

After finishing the enchantment, Seun fled as if running away, but Riel chased after Seun with the help of the spirits.

Fortunately, her purpose was not to ask questions, as expected.

“I’ll go up first.”

“See you at the Seventh Shelter.”

“If I can’t find any traces by then, I’ll come find you first. Th-thank you.”

“Ah, well, I got paid for the enchantment anyway, so it’s okay. Thanks to you, I made a contract with a spirit.”

“That’s true, but… um, right. See you upstairs!”

– The constellation, ‘The Fifth Day,’ waves goodbye to you, promising to meet again.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing the Season,’ sharply raises its eyes.

With those greetings, Riel went up to the next floor. She said she had already finished all the other preparations while in Jeheton.

Well, she arrived in Jeheton before Seun.

After that, Seun continued his training at the site where the laboratory used to be, as he had initially planned.

– The second form of the Bukhae Sword Style, Bukhae Ice Wave (北海氷浪) [Northern Sea Ice Wave], is enhanced through internal energy.

– Coldness is added to the martial art according to the mysteries of the Ice Jade Divine Art.

Crack!

As Seun swung his sword horizontally, his internal energy surged forward like a cold wave.

Everything that touched the wave, including the ground and even the dust scattered by the traces of battle, turned into cold ice.

– Player Kang Han-cheol uses ‘Collision (激突) [Sudden Impact].’

Kwang!

As Kang Han-cheol slammed his fist down, a huge rock soared up in front of him.

The wave that was spreading as if to swallow everything devoured the rock instead of Kang Han-cheol. But that didn’t completely block the attack.

“That’s an attack I’ve never seen before.”

“I need to start showing results soon. I can’t stay in Jeheton forever.”

Kang Han-cheol’s right arm, which had slammed into the ground, was frozen white.

He forcibly tried to break the ice, but his arm was already frostbitten and swollen red.

“Go get treatment quickly.”

“……I will.”

He poured a potion on his arm, but it wasn’t a wound that could be completely healed with just one potion.

He had already been fighting Seun for several hours, so he had injuries all over his body besides his right arm, and he needed to receive direct treatment from Lee Ha-neul.

After sending Kang Han-cheol away, Seun stood in a place overlooking the sea and calmly took a breath.

‘Should I be satisfied with succeeding alone in the end?’

In a time that was short if short, and long if long, Seun achieved most of what he wanted.

Honestly, it seemed difficult to develop further in Jeheton. Because there was no ‘opponent’ who was most important.

‘This technique is dangerous even for Kang Han-cheol and Yoo Seo-ah.’

The combat power of the two increased faster than Seun imagined.

It was definitely an amazing growth rate, but it wasn’t enough to withstand all of Seun’s attacks.

Honestly, he himself had difficulty controlling the last technique, so he would never think of using it in a sparring match with allies.

‘The store’s profits are also decreasing a lot.’

Most of the customers in the magic store are players.

As quite some time has passed, most of the players residing in Jeheton have acquired the equipment they wanted.

Since there are no new customers due to the nature of the tower where new players are introduced once a year, it is natural for profits to decrease.

I’ve made enough money, so I’m thinking of selling the store to Blue Turtle.

While resting and planning for a while.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing the Season,’ frowns, sensing an unpleasant aura.

Along with Leviathan’s message, Seun turned around.

Just now, a faint killing intent was felt from the outer part of the site, which couldn’t even be seen. A killing intent so faint that he wouldn’t have noticed it if it had been a sparring situation.

‘So they finally appeared.’

I don’t know who the opponent is.

However, I could tell that they were a formidable enemy since I didn’t even feel their existence until I felt the killing intent.

Then the identity of the enemy is greatly reduced.

‘Players who came down from the upper floors.’

Could it be that the guilds associated with the Olympus constellations came to retaliate?

No. Triton was attacked just recently, so they won’t move rashly.

Then is it Kephri, who is burning with revenge after having his arrangements stolen twice?

That’s not it either. Kephri was caught by Ra after being exposed for hiding his arrangements.

I thought of various enemies, but the most likely one was the only one.

‘Black Wings (黑翼) [Dark Wings].’

Those who follow Lucifer, one of the Seven Demon Gods.

As much as Leviathan asked for revenge, Lucifer must be targeting Seun now that Leviathan’s status is recovering.

It may not be, but it doesn’t matter.

‘It doesn’t seem like they’ll come looking for me first, so I’ll have to go find them.’

Because I’m planning to go meet them now.

‘I’ll be able to use that technique.’

A faint smile appeared on Seun’s face at the thought that he would be able to end the training that he couldn’t finish because he couldn’t find an opponent.