Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 294

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“Damn it, damn it, damn it! Why is this happening!”

Ben cursed, swinging his toothed sword.

Each swing brought a whirlwind, causing trees to scream and the ground to cave in. Yet, Se-un didn’t allow a single hit.

Moving with unfamiliar footwork, fluttering and swaying like the wind, he seemed like he would get hit but never did.

“Ben, focus.”

“How can I focus! It’s two against one, two against one! And we both used Corruption! Why?!”

As the youngest members of the Black Wing Guild, even using Corruption didn’t significantly boost their stats.

They gained wings, but high-altitude flight was still impossible.

However, this alone meant they didn’t suffer the stat penalties of regressing to a lower floor.

In other words, Se-un was blocking the full power of two players who had come down from the 59th floor.

“This is insane! That guy doesn’t even seem to be using Authority!”

“Indeed, provoking him was the wrong choice.”

“Ah, why do you keep nagging about something that already happened!”

“I’ll report this to the higher-ups as soon as we return.”

“Aren’t you my partner? There’s a limit to how rigid you can be!”

“Public and private matters must be clearly distinguished.”

At first glance, it seemed like they were having a falling out, but that wasn’t the case. They showed surprisingly excellent teamwork, pushing Se-un hard.

It was just that Se-un was holding out well.

Thanks to using Corruption, the two-on-one standoff was maintained.

“This won’t do.”

Ben gritted his teeth.

When they first faced him in a two-on-one, he thought they could quickly finish off a player from this lower floor. He thought they could quickly end it by covering the stat penalty with Corruption.

But it wasn’t working.

He could see Se-un’s strength waning, but the Corruption they were using wasn’t an Authority they could use for long.

“Let’s land one big hit, and if it doesn’t work, let’s just run.”

“Agreed.”

Even if they failed to accomplish the guild’s mission of surveillance, they had gathered enough information about the opponent’s strength.

If they explained it well, they could avoid punishment.

Thinking that, Ben and Jen exchanged glances.

“If this doesn’t work… that guy is a real, unbelievable monster.”

* * *

– The fourth form of the Blood Wolf Sword Art, Blood Wolf Howl, is enhanced through internal energy.

– The power of martial arts is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Supreme Demonic Art.

As Se-un swung his sword, a red aura swirled, knocking down the black feathers flying from all directions.

A near-miraculous scene of meticulously controlling the random aura of the Blood Wolf Howl to shoot down the feathers.

Soon after, he changed his stance, deflecting Ben’s toothed sword that was piercing through his defenses, fluttering his black wings.

“Hoo….”

Vigor surged through his body.

Indeed, sparring and real combat were different.

Unleashing all the results of his training since facing Outer was more refreshing than he had imagined.

It felt like revealing a beautifully crafted diamond to the world.

– The Constellation, ‘The Crow Who Bows Its Head,’ shakes its head at your surprisingly increased power after only a few months.

– The Constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Jealousy,’ worries about you, saying you’ve been overdoing it lately.

– The Constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ collapses, clutching his stomach.

‘I think I’ve used almost everything I can use.’

His body and dantian [energy center] were sufficiently heated.

Just as Se-un thought it was time to end it and took a stance, Ben and Jen, who seemed to be straining, with feathers sparsely falling out, looked at each other and nodded.

“I was preparing this technique to clear the 60th floor, but I never thought I’d use it here.”

“Focus.”

Judging by their expressions, they didn’t seem to want to waste any more time.

Not knowing what kind of technique was coming, Se-un watched them intently, preparing to counterattack.

He could attack first, but he didn’t know what kind of attack the opponent would unleash.

Even though he had the upper hand, he didn’t let his guard down.

Flap!

Jen lightly jumped up and flapped his wings.

Feathers poured out from Jen’s wings, floating above Ben.

Until now, he had been throwing feathers at Se-un like hidden weapons, but now the situation was slightly different.

The feathers were not hidden weapons but simply falling downwards like lumps of iron.

“Myriad Wings.”

All the feathers fell from his luscious black wings.

The moment the last feather fell, Jen staggered and fell to the ground, as if he had exhausted all his strength.

At that moment, the black feathers scattered around stuck to Ben’s toothed sword.

A toothed blade made of feathers formed on top of the toothed sword, and another toothed blade formed on top of that.

In the end, the toothed sword became a huge wing shape, its black blades gleaming.

“Killing Blow.”

Ben’s center of gravity was extremely low.

Like a short-distance runner, the distance between his feet widened, and his upper body leaned forward. At the same time, the black wings behind him stretched out long and sharp like the wings of a jet plane.

“Myriad Wings Killing Blow. Let’s see if you can withstand this!”

Ben’s movements were incomparably faster than before.

Each time he stepped, the floor caved in, indicating that his strength was extraordinary.

And the toothed sword made of black feathers.

That sword contained a powerful force that couldn’t be simply classified by grade.

As evidence, even before it was swung, the toothed sword was scraping the ground, leaving huge scars on the earth.

It was truly a finishing move.

A technique in which all of Ben and Jen’s power was melted.

“I will.”

In response, Se-un faced it head-on without dodging.

Lowering his center of gravity to the point of being comparable to Ben and spreading his feet apart.

His upper body came down so deeply that it resembled a wolf crouching to hunt its prey.

– The fifth form of the Blood Wolf Sword Art, Blood Wolf Pack Hunt, is enhanced through internal energy.

– The power of martial arts is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Supreme Demonic Art.

Dozens of wolves, formed by internal energy, floated around Se-un.

Blood Wolf Pack Hunt.

Unlike the solitary wolf of the past, a pack of wolves simultaneously pounced to hunt the enemy.

Clang! Clang!

Dozens of wolves performed their assigned tasks.

They bit at Ben’s sword, wings, legs, shoulders, and wrists, blocking his movements.

Clang-!

They clashed with Ben’s toothed sword, creating a standoff.

“Damn it, what are you? Are you even human?”

The Blood Wolf Pack Hunt showed power beyond that of a typical advanced martial art. But even so, it couldn’t completely overcome Ben’s attack.

No, rather, his body was being pushed back as time passed.

At that moment.

– Grrr….

The leader of the wolf pack revealed himself.

Ruin.

Following Se-un’s order to assist, he proactively recognized that it was his time to step in.

“Damn it!”

Crunch!

Ben’s right arm was bitten off.

Red blood spurted from the brutally torn cross-section of his right arm.

The toothed sword made of black feathers was very strong, but it was not a weapon that could be wielded with one hand.

Naturally, the toothed sword fell to the ground, and the attached feathers scattered like mist.

“I will definitely take revenge on you next time! I’ll show you exactly what the price is for messing with the Black Wing Guild!”

“Ben!”

Perhaps he had predicted the failure of the attack?

Jen, who had used up all the feathers of his black wings and was away from Se-un, had set up a semi-transparent barrier.

He didn’t use magic; it seemed he used a scroll or an artifact.

That must have been quite expensive.

Ben flapped his gradually collapsing wings once and quickly entered the barrier.

Sizzle!

Then, they both tore their tickets at the same time.

Probably tickets to move to the sixth shelter.

‘Are they relying on the barrier to do that?’

Originally, using a return ticket during battle was tantamount to suicide. It was impossible to move while moving with the ticket.

If you accidentally gathered strength, the return would be canceled.

Therefore, it was common sense to use the return after completely escaping the battle situation.

That’s why Jen set up a barrier in advance.

‘I can’t let them go like this.’

If those two return, Se-un’s combat power will be revealed.

Even if that weren’t the case, now that he had decided to dissolve the Black Wing Guild through a contract with Leviathan, it would be easier to cut down on their regular forces even a little more.

Clank.

Se-un returned Durandal to its scabbard and took a breath.

His dantian was dyed black, spreading throughout Se-un’s body.

He gripped the handle so tightly that the skin on his right hand tore.

– The first form of the Supreme Demonic Sword, Heaven Breaker, is enhanced through internal energy.

– The power of martial arts is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Supreme Demonic Art.

The first form of the Supreme Demonic Sword, Heaven Breaker.

It was the martial art that Se-un used to break the meteorite in the trial of the 30th floor.

In the first place, it was an ultimate demonic art that was impossible for Se-un to use at his level, so even at that time, he could barely use it with all sorts of help.

‘I can do it.’

Thanks to the recent enlightenment, Se-un was confident. He could use it now.

Although he still hadn’t surpassed 6 gi [unit of energy], so he lacked the internal energy to use it, he could maximize its mysteries even if he lowered its power a little.

Swoosh-

As Se-un swung his sword, the world seemed to turn black for a moment.

In the meantime, a pure white crack was drawn, and the space twisted around the crack.

Crack!

The barrier that Jen had set up couldn’t block Heaven Breaker’s attack.

The barrier, twisted as if a tectonic shift had occurred around the white crack, shattered like glass shards.

“You crazy!”

Just before the movement was over, Ben desperately squeezed out all his strength and wrapped his wings around his body.

Swoosh-

With a cruel cutting sound, the color of the world returned, and the twisted space regained its shape.

* * *

Woong-

“Ben and Jen return from the fifth shelter, the port city of Zeheton.”

“Their mission was supposed to be continuous surveillance, wasn’t it?”

“According to Jen’s last report, they were discovered by the surveillance target.”

“Useless things.”

The branch manager who managed the Black Wing Guild’s branch in the sixth shelter, the street of entertainment ‘Lilac,’ frowned.

The order given to the two who were returning now was not given by him.

Above him.

It was an order directly bestowed by the guild master, who could be said to be at the very top.

According to rumors, the Constellation they followed, ‘The Falling Wing,’ had given the order himself, so the burden of failure was bound to be great.

‘Still, they were the most useful guys in this branch.’

Ben and Jen were players who had succeeded in climbing up to the 59th floor.

They were not only the most outstanding players who could operate in the sixth shelter, but even though their personalities didn’t match, their skills were surprisingly outstanding.

That’s why he trusted them and gave the order, but they were returning after being discovered by the person in question.

His head was already throbbing.

“They didn’t kill him, did they?”

“If it’s Ben’s personality… they might have.”

“Haa….”

The branch manager sighed, touching his forehead.

The order from above was only ‘Keep an eye on the player named Se-un.’

He didn’t know what the purpose was, so if they killed him, he didn’t even know what the reaction to that would be.

‘I can only hope not.’

He hoped that Ben and Jen hadn’t killed the surveillance target.

If they killed him, he hoped that the purpose of the order was to monitor a dangerous target, so it was okay to kill him.

That’s all he could hope for.

And soon, their return was over.

“Hey, you bastards!”

The branch manager immediately raised his voice.

They were outstanding players, but that didn’t mean he would pamper them.

It wasn’t an order he had given, and it was a matter concerning an order directly given by the higher-ups.

But….

Thud, thud.

It wasn’t Ben and Jen who returned.

Two round spheres returned and fell, leaving red marks and rolling down to the branch manager’s feet.

“……”

Their identities were Ben and Jen’s heads.

Their eyes were still wide open as if they hadn’t yet recognized their deaths, and below them was an incredibly clean cut.

It was the worst.

Ben and Jen were defeated.

This was the worst situation that he couldn’t compare with what he had thought before.

If he reported this to the top?

Due to the Black Wing Guild’s cruel ideology, the Lilac branch might be deemed useless and blown away entirely.

To them, the guild’s ideology was more important than a mere sixth-floor branch.

“Gather all the guild members of the Lilac branch.”

“I understand. Everyone residing in Lilac….”

“No, gather even the guys who are climbing the trials. I won’t listen to any complaints.”

“……I understand.”

Reporting that Ben and Jen had been defeated and failed in their mission was tantamount to suicide.

In that case, it was more likely that he would accidentally report that he had killed the surveillance target.

Fortunately, their Constellation, ‘The Falling Wing,’ was focused on the situation on the higher floors and was not paying attention to the lower floors.

‘I have to end it before someone notices.’

The branch manager’s eyes were filled with impatience and anxiety.