Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 3

The Third Story

A barren field where not a single blade of grass grew.

In front of him, dense thickets rose, and behind him, a wide-open meadow stretched out. To the left and right stood moderately sloped hills and rocky mountains teeming with jagged rocks.

Areas clearly divided, as if someone had created them in advance.

Above all, with the message ‘Tutorial’ appearing before his eyes, it was clear.

‘I’ve returned.’

The first day he was thrown into the Tower without knowing anything.

He had succeeded in returning to that time.

The Sands of Chronos.

He had succeeded in the final gamble he had made in the collapsing Tower.

“Wh, where the heck is this?”

“What’s going on? I was definitely at work, wasn’t I?”

The voices of people regaining consciousness could be heard.

The number of people summoned to the tutorial wasn’t just one.

Although the criteria were unknown, thirty humans designated by the Constellations were summoned to the outskirts of the Tower as players.

Of course, it wasn’t just humans who went through the tutorial and climbed the Tower. Orcs, elves, dwarves, beast-kin, and various other races were dragged in either voluntarily or, like them, without knowing why.

“Um, excuse me! Does anyone know anything? What’s going on here…”

A man in a neat suit grabbed Se-un’s sleeve.

A tremor could be felt not only in his voice but also in the hand that gripped Se-un’s sleeve.

‘Well, I was the same.’

Se-un was no different.

When the tutorial first started, he too had been unable to adapt to the sudden situation.

But it was different now. Unlike the others, this wasn’t Se-un’s first time in the tutorial.

“Calm down.”

“How can I calm down in this situation! I, is this some kind of hidden camera prank? No, that can’t be…”

The man who grabbed Se-un’s sleeve shouted and began to ramble.

However, Se-un had no intention of kindly explaining the tutorial to him.

‘There’s no point in explaining it now anyway.’

With everyone in a state of confusion, not many people would listen even if he raised his hand and spoke up.

Besides, once the situation calmed down, they would surely look at Se-un, the only one who knew the situation, with suspicion.

‘Anyway, it’ll all be sorted out when the wave starts.’

[ Tutorial First Chapter – Adaptation ]

-Time remaining until the first monster wave: 4 minutes 21 seconds.

Everyone was too flustered to notice, but a system message like this was floating above the heads of the people, including Se-un.

Some screamed after seeing the message, but few understood and accepted the term ‘monster wave.’

‘More importantly, I remember that person.’

Se-un looked at the man who had grabbed his sleeve.

So far, it was the same as in the past.

Using the Sands of Chronos, he recalled the memories he had organized for this very moment.

Even if it was a regression, he had worried about whether the tutorial would start in a different location, but this meant there would be no disruption to his plans.

‘Status Window.’

[ Status Window ]

Name: Jeong Se-un

Level: 1

Title: –

Strength: 7 Agility: 9

Stamina: 8 Intelligence: 12

Remaining Stat Points: 0

Unique Skills: Authority of Greed, Authority of Gluttony

Skills: –

Thinking that it was best to check his current situation before the monster wave, Se-un opened his status window.

He couldn’t help but shake his head at the low stats.

‘I didn’t realize it back then, but it was a pretty serious level.’

Based on the average adult male, the average stat value was usually 10. But Se-un’s stats, except for intelligence, were all single digits.

Even though he didn’t particularly enjoy exercising, he never imagined it would be this bad. With a strength of 7, he could barely handle a goblin.

‘More than that, Authority?’

While checking his status, Se-un discovered a skill he had never seen before.

Authority.

What was Authority?

The unique power possessed by a god or a being equivalent to a god.

There were two ways to use that power.

Become a god yourself, or become an apostle or subordinate of a god and receive the Constellation’s Authority.

Se-un, who had never been particularly favored by the Constellations, had no reason to have ever used Authority.

Yet, two of those Authorities were listed in Se-un’s unique skills.

‘I didn’t see it wrong.’

The system message that had appeared along with the activation of the Sands of Chronos.

He had wondered if he had misread it in the chaotic situation of reversing causality, but that wasn’t the case.

‘Can I use them?’

Through regression, all of Se-un’s skills, titles, and contribution points had disappeared, and his stats had been reset to a miserable level.

He had to utilize everything he had now.

Although he had never used them before, Se-un was a veteran who had climbed to the 92nd floor, the highest level a player had reached.

Concentrating on ‘Authority of Greed’ as if using a skill, a new window popped up next to the status window.

-The Treasure Vault of Greed has been opened.

“This is!”

Se-un couldn’t help but shout.

It was because of the dozens of items that appeared before his eyes as the Authority was activated.

[ Breath of the Flame Dragon ]

– It is said that whenever the Red Dragon, Hwayirax, became enraged and spewed its breath, a sea of superheated fire would unfold.

[ Mjolnir, the Thunder God’s Hammer ]

– The hammer of Thor, the Thunder God, with which he is said to have killed countless giants.

[ Heavenly Demon’s Descent Step (天魔君臨步) ]

– A martial art passed down from generation to generation to the leader of the Demonic Cult, whose power obliterates enemies and overturns the terrain simply by reigning over the world.

…

A multitude of treasures befitting the name ‘Treasure Vault.’

Not only the divine-grade relics he had seen in the vault just before the regression, or the books containing the secret techniques used by the Tower’s rankers, but also the abilities of monsters that could not exist as objects.

The Treasure Vault of Mammon.

The vault said to be possessed by the Demon God of Greed had been bound to Se-un as an Authority.

At first, he was a little flustered, but Se-un quickly regained his composure and sorted out the situation.

‘If this is an opportunity, then it’s an opportunity.’

With this Authority alone, he could carry out his planned schemes much more easily and quickly. Perhaps he could truly build the power to stand against the Outer Gods himself.

‘Then, what about this?’

Just as he was about to check the Authority of Gluttony, the remaining time on the message floating above the heads of the people, including Se-un, reached 0.

[ Tutorial First Chapter – Adaptation ]

-The first wave is starting.

-Defend against the monster wave and prove your existence.

“What’s a wave! Someone explain it to me!”

“How would we know! We’re all in the same situation!”

“Wa, wait a minute. Over there!”

As the new message appeared, several people pointed to the front.

The dense thickets were in the forest. The bushes, which seemed to be waist-high, were shaking violently, abnormally so as to be caused by the wind.

“Krrr…”

“Wo, wolves!”

“It’s not just one! Could it be that the monster wave is those things?”

“Run!”

The people who faced the wolves emerging from the bushes fell into even greater confusion.

Some screamed and tried to run to the opposite side, but.

“Krrang!”

“Kyaaak!”

“They’re behind us too!”

“We’re surrounded!”

The wolves were not fools who rushed in without any plan. They thoroughly surrounded their prey and tightened their grip little by little.

There was nowhere to run.

“You’ll have to fight if you don’t want to die.”

“How are we supposed to fight beasts without any weapons!”

“Th, this is a joke, right? No, it’s a dream, right? Yeah, it must be a dream!”

Se-un’s advice ended there.

Even if he persuaded them any further, nothing would change.

In fact, at Se-un’s short words, some people gritted their teeth and prepared for the wolves’ attack.

‘Brown Wolves. They’re the lowest-level monsters, but they’re still threatening enough to ordinary people without weapons.’

Tutorial.

As the name ‘guidance time’ suggests, the monster wave doesn’t unleash enemies that can’t be handled.

Even though it gets worse as you go further, in the beginning, it unleashes enemies that can be overcome if you work together.

Of course, the number of people who properly react to the sudden appearance of beasts is not very large.

“What’s the plan?”

A giant man, easily over 2 meters [6’7″] tall, approached Se-un.

Se-un’s height was by no means small, but he looked dwarfed when the giant man came next to him.

“I’ll take care of them, so be as defensive as possible.”

“Got it.”

How was he going to face those wolves alone?

Did he have some other method?

How could he be so calm in this situation?

Many questions could have arisen, but the giant man went back to his place without any further questions.

Soon, he joined forces with others to form a simple formation.

Wolves are cautious animals. If their opponents are grouped together, they don’t easily step forward.

On the other hand.

“Krrr…”

They quickly spot prey that is isolated.

“Alright, this way.”

Brown Wolves.

The ones covered in rough brown fur are one of the weakest types of monsters that exist on the outskirts of the Tower.

Even though they are called monsters, they are no different from ordinary wolves.

However, that is why they are even more threatening enemies. Until humans built advanced scientific civilizations, they maintained an equal competitive relationship with wolves and suffered countless damages.

A human without a proper weapon would have difficulty facing even one wolf properly.

‘So, they’re the perfect test subjects to try out the Authority.’

Se-un took out one treasure from the ‘Treasure Vault of Greed’ that he had unfolded.

[ Shi Lu Tan Tui (十路潭腿) ]

– A basic leg technique of the Shaolin school that emphasizes striking. A martial art of the external family characterized by fast transitions between offense and defense and linear movements.

A worn-out martial arts manual appeared before Se-un’s eyes and melted away like dust in the wind.

Soon, the knowledge of the Shaolin school’s martial art, Shi Lu Tan Tui, permeated his mind.

Smirk.

A smile appeared on Se-un’s face.

Even if it was a basic martial art, to learn the Shaolin school’s martial arts simply by taking it out of the vault. If the players climbing the Tower were watching this scene, they would have been horrified, saying it was impossible.

“Krrang!”

At that moment, as if unable to wait any longer, one of the wolves lunged at Se-un.

Even though they had numerical superiority, they were so cautious that they ambushed Se-un from behind.

Apart from the martial arts manual, his senses as a skilled player detected the wolf’s attack.

And.

Paak!

“Kheung!”

Se-un’s kick struck the side of the charging wolf’s head.

Shi Lu Tan Tui.

A clean kick unique to the Shaolin school without any unnecessary movements.

Thud!

Caught off guard by the unexpected counterattack, the wolf rolled across the dirt floor without even reacting properly.