Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 296

300. The Vault of the Demon God

Chapter 300

The Maze of Manro.

This was the name given to the five mazes that occupied floors 41 to 45.

The final maze on the 45th floor was a bit unique and considered an exception, while the other four mazes were composed of the four elements: Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.

Among them, the maze on the 41st floor was the Earth Maze.

The entire maze was made of soil and rock.

“Dig.”

Sizzle-

As soon as Se-un arrived at the maze, he used magic on the wall right next to him.

The wall was only slightly dug into, making it almost embarrassing to even call it magic.

He had expected to dig in about 1 meter, but this was all he got.

‘1/10 of the set depth. The magic resistance is roughly this much.’

The terrain of the maze possessed magic resistance.

Because of this, it was nearly impossible to freely change the terrain, but conversely, thanks to this, you didn’t have to worry about the maze collapsing even if you used magic or other attacks to your heart’s content.

Next was the physical resistance test.

– The third form of the Pearl Language Fist, Flying Yaksha [a powerful martial arts technique], is enhanced through internal energy.

Se-un’s fist, dyed blue, struck the wall.

The enhanced fist, used with a strength stat exceeding 300, unleashed a power that players who normally reached the 41st floor could never produce.

A strong repulsive force was felt from the fist, but he ignored it and put more power into his fist.

‘The physical resistance is even worse than the magic resistance.’

When Se-un removed his fist, a clear fist mark remained on the wall.

It looked like the strike had landed, but normally, this one punch would have destroyed any ordinary wall. Yet, the wall only had a shallow fist mark.

It would have been different if the wall was made of stone or rock, but the wall, made of tightly packed soil of unknown thickness, was absorbing the impact to a great extent.

[ Han Areum: Did anyone hear me scream really loudly just now? ]

[ Han Da-un: I want to scream too! ]

[ Kang Han-cheol: This wall… it doesn’t break. ]

He had a slight hope, but as expected, everyone seemed to have landed in different locations.

If he didn’t know about the trial, he might have mistaken this trial as a personal one.

– The constellation, ‘The Crow Who Bows Its Head,’ pecks its beak, saying that the sloth would find that place suitable for a nap.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Surrounding Jealousy,’ licks its tongue, saying that it doesn’t smell the sleepyhead here either.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ is lying down, barely breathing.

‘Hmm?’

Leaving Mammon and Leviathan aside, Beelzebub’s message, which he hadn’t been paying attention to until now, particularly stood out.

Come to think of it, he had stayed in the resting area especially long this time, so it was like he hadn’t properly fed him for months.

‘I need to feed him something quickly.’

The good thing was that there were quite a few monsters in the maze.

Most players avoided monsters as much as possible to conserve their strength, but Se-un was the opposite.

‘No, I don’t even need to go find them.’

Standing in front of a suitable fork in the road, Se-un rotated the circle.

– The Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Noise Amplification ]

– A magic devised by the Green Tower for war, it tears the wind apart to create a noise so intense it can damage eardrums.

Rather than going to the trouble of finding them, it was much easier to make the opponents come to him.

As soon as he activated the magic, Se-un swung Durandal [his sword] at a rock embedded in the wall.

Then, the noise caused by the collision of the sword and the rock.

Keeeeeeeeee-!!

Like the noise of a broken speaker, it was amplified and spread in all directions.

Noise Amplification.

As the name suggests, it was a magic that simply generated noise.

Its original purpose was to damage the hearing or cause confusion among the enemy during war, but Se-un used it simply to generate noise.

However, that alone was enough.

“Kieeee-”

“Grrrrr-”

It was enough to summon the monsters scattered throughout the maze.

* * *

Se-un’s prediction was correct.

As soon as the noise spread, monsters poured out from every fork in the road.

Of course, these ordinary monsters were no match for Se-un.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ bites into the kobold warrior’s thigh.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ smashes the iron crab’s shell.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ slurps down the stone worm.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’s,’ belly skin begins to rise.

Every monster became Beelzebub’s prey as soon as it appeared.

– You have devoured ‘Stone Worm.’

– Absorbing nutrients increases your health by 0.1.

…….

Naturally, the amount of stats gained was extremely small.

However, the authority of gluttony could not be ignored.

The power of fullness that Beelzebub had bestowed when he tried to break the meteor in the 30th floor trial.

That meant that the authority of gluttony was not limited to simply raising stats through gluttony.

‘I should start tackling the trial in earnest soon.’

Breaking through the maze was not that difficult. No, to be precise, it wasn’t very difficult ‘for Se-un.’

Se-un had already broken through all the mazes using the Journey’s Guide before his regression.

Of course, he didn’t have the Journey’s Guide now, and it was impossible to head straight to the 42nd floor due to the maze’s characteristic of changing its structure over time.

Still, he was confident that he wouldn’t wander around like the others.

‘However, this is the problem.’

Se-un took out a dark blue scroll from his subspace pocket.

It was the scroll that contained Belphegor’s location, which he had obtained as a reward from the management office.

– Wow, this could be used as a lid. I need to pack it tightly to make it soundproof. That way, no one will be able to open it.

Of course, it wasn’t a map.

It was impossible to create a map due to the maze’s characteristic of changing its structure over time.

However, even so, the words written on the scroll were a riddle-like… diary.

‘This is said to be the last whereabouts of Belphegor that the management office has identified.’

How did they even obtain such a diary…….

No, before that, why did a constellation called the Demon God of Sloth even write a diary?

What was certain was that the first paragraph written here was about the Earth Maze where Se-un was now.

‘Lid…….’

If it were a riddle, he could at least try to deduce it using his pre-regression experience… but this was just a diary that seemed to be scribbled roughly as he thought, making it too difficult to interpret.

– The constellation, ‘The Crow Who Bows Its Head,’ advises that the sloth originally has no thoughts and that it should be interpreted intuitively.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Surrounding Jealousy,’ sadly bows its head, saying that it also seems difficult to find the smell or interpret the diary.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ strokes his full belly contentedly after a long time.

‘Intuitively…….’

To roughly interpret it, there are three hints.

The first is a wall fixed in one place so that it can perform the meaning of a lid.

The second is a wall that perfectly absorbs sound, as it mentions soundproofing.

The third is a wall that is as hard as it is confident that no one can open it.

He had to find a wall that met these three conditions.

The method?

‘Shall I follow Mammon’s words?’

Intuitively, simply, and boldly.

After Beelzebub finished his meal, Se-un took out Durandal in the empty hallway.

* * *

“Another one is coming from behind!”

“Damn it, why are there so many!”

“It seems like they keep pouring out from that passage!”

Earth Maze.

Inside, four players were holding off monsters.

Of course, they didn’t know each other.

Even if they were from the same clan or guild, it was nearly impossible to reunite in this vast maze.

They were just a hastily formed party of players who had met for the first time for the sake of survival.

“But isn’t it manageable?”

“It was really a divine move to come with equipment.”

“If it weren’t for this, I would have already given up and run away.”

The players stroked their confident equipment and smiled contentedly.

Magical equipment purchased from Jeheton.

Basic magic like Sharpness, and attribute magic like Fireball or Iceball.

They were just equipment with 1~2 circle magic, but even that greatly improved their combat power.

It was immediately felt when dealing with monsters.

“That’s true, but there are too many?”

“Shouldn’t we avoid them for now? That passage seems suspicious.”

“Isn’t it a bit strange? Like they’re running away…….”

The players looked at one passage.

They were somehow blocking it, but an unusually large number of monsters were popping out of one passage.

Monsters basically have an attacking instinct, but the monsters that came out of that passage were different.

As if running away from something, they didn’t even look at the players and ran to the other side.

At that time.

Clang! Clang clang! Gagagagak!

Kugugugugu-

An unidentified roar began to be heard from the passage they were watching.

Sharp metallic sounds, dull striking sounds, and even sounds like something was burning and exploding.

– Awooooo!

Even the roar of a beast was heard.

“Damn it! It’s a boss monster! It’s definitely a boss monster!”

“Why here…… and boss monsters don’t usually move places, do they?”

“There are always surprises everywhere! Let’s run away quickly!”

“Well, I was dealing with them because they were small fries [easy to defeat]. If we encounter a boss monster in this narrow place, we’ll be annihilated!”

The law of survival felt while climbing the tower.

Quickly predict the opponent’s and your own combat power, and if you don’t think you can win, run away as quickly as possible.

There’s no need to gamble with your life.

“B, behind you!”

“Why are those guys blocking the way!”

The party tried to run away, but monsters were trembling and blocking the way from behind.

Why were the guys who were running away so urgently just a moment ago doing that?

The question was soon resolved.

Because one monster appeared from the shadows of the opposite passage.

“Moooooo-”

“M, Minotaur?”

Minotaur.

It was a sub-boss level monster that existed in the maze.

It wasn’t a boss monster level, but it was a ferocious monster that reigned as the manager of the vast maze.

“Damn it, what is this…….”

A minotaur appeared on the only escape route.

They had a return ticket, but using the ticket in this combat situation where they were blocked from the front and back was the same as suicide.

Why did this misfortune happen?

They thought they could overcome any trial as long as they bought magical equipment…….

And then.

Kwaang!

With thick dust, the identity of the roar was revealed.

The identity was.

“……a person?”

It was a person.

A wolf as big as a house was following right next to him, and when the dust settled, the wall that had been hacked to pieces was visible.

While the four players were confused and stunned, the person who came out of the passage headed towards the place where the minotaur was with the wolf.

“W, wait a minute! Be careful!”

Running at the minotaur alone, is he crazy?

To make a desperate effort in this situation, they tried to follow him and assist him.

“Mooo-”

Swish.

With a clean cutting sound, the minotaur’s head fell down.

Immediately, the wolf jumped into the monster group and slaughtered the monsters like a wolf permeating into a flock of sheep.

In just a few seconds, all the monsters blocking the passage fell.

“Uh……?”

The four players were all embarrassed and couldn’t move from their spots.

The first one to come to his senses stepped forward to give his thanks.

Bang, Kwakwang!!