Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 319

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“Here, please have this.”

As soon as the match ended, a young wizard approached Se-un and handed him a blue potion.

He wasn’t a participant in the Tower Lord Selection, but seemed to be a wizard training at the Coral Tower.

When Se-un gave him a suspicious look, he calmly explained the potion.

“This is a potion made directly by our Coral Tower. It’s made with a unique recipe not sold on the market, and we guarantee its effectiveness in the name of the Coral Tower.”

A confident voice.

The Tower Lord, sitting in the flame chair, also nodded and raised his palm, indicating that it was a means of recovery for the next match.

Se-un nodded and immediately drank the potion.

Then, an overwhelming sense of refreshment he had never felt before flowed down his throat and spread throughout his body.

‘Good stuff?’

He could feel his mana rapidly filling up as soon as he drank it.

He thought Lee Ha-neul’s potions were quite effective, but this was far beyond her level.

‘Well, alchemists here would probably delve into only their respective fields.’

The wizard who brought the potion also smiled contentedly as he looked at Se-un. He must have been very confident in the potion.

“You can watch the matches of others while recovering your mana.”

“Thank you.”

“It’s nothing. In the selection, recovering mana is also considered a skill, so there is no rest time other than the waiting time. The Tower Lord must have given you the first turn as a consideration.”

“I see.”

He thought he was chosen first simply because he spoke first.

He didn’t show it, but it seemed like the Tower Lord thought highly of Se-un.

“Next, the two over there on the ‘Ga’ side, come out.”

“Ah, understood!”

“Hehe, we will.”

The next match was between a young wizard in a blue cloak and an elderly wizard in a black cloak.

Se-un thought they would match up similar wizards since it was the first line of the bracket, but it didn’t seem to be the case.

‘The black cloak looks significantly stronger.’

The outcome was visible even before they used magic.

He wondered if they were trying to eliminate wizards who were likely to lose in advance.

At that moment, he heard someone’s voice next to him.

“It’s obvious that the elder will win, right?”

Perhaps because he had no affiliation, no one had approached Se-un to talk, but the one who approached him with a friendly manner was not a wizard like them.

Looking at his appearance, he was a wizard with a more rugged image, unlike those chatting over there.

In particular, the leather cloak on his back amplified his wildness even more.

“They’re probably trying to end the boring matches in advance. As you can see, the Coral Tower Lord doesn’t seem interested in this match.”

As he said, the Tower Lord was yawning widely.

His eyes were half-closed, and it looked like he was dozing off.

“Nice to meet you. I’m River.”

“……Jeong Se-un.”

“Oh, so you’re Se-un.”

No surname, no affiliation revealed.

As he could tell from his attire, he seemed to be a wandering wizard traveling the continent without belonging to any group.

“That elder, he’s the Tower Lord of the Obsidian Tower, and he’s quite difficult to deal with.”

“Obsidian Tower?”

“Ah, you don’t know. It’s a school well-versed in black magic, and you’ll know soon enough when you see it.”

As soon as River finished speaking, the embers created by the Coral Tower Lord burst, and the battle began.

Immediately, a black aura flowed from the old man’s body.

“Silence.”

“Magic…… Ack!”

A black barrier covered the young wizard’s mouth.

As the incantation was blocked, the young wizard frantically waved his staff to undo the curse, but in the meantime, the old man’s new magic was quickly being completed.

“Blindness.”

“Heok!”

This time, it was blindness.

The young wizard, who had quickly chanted the magic as soon as the curse was lifted, was flustered.

He had completed the magic, but he didn’t know where to shoot it because he couldn’t see.

To undo the blindness, he had to undo the completed magic first, so he had no choice but to shoot the magic straight ahead.

Of course, the old man didn’t get hit by the blind magic.

“Anaphia [Loss of Touch].”

This time, it was touch.

The young wizard was now cut off from touch while still unable to undo the blindness.

Taking advantage of his confusion, a black tentacle-like thing emerged from the old man’s staff and struck the wizard’s staff.

Even though he dropped his staff, the young wizard couldn’t realize it.

The moment his sight and touch disappeared, he was already cut off from the world.

“Hehe, you’ve worked hard, young one.”

“Uaaaaagh!”

The young wizard desperately spewed mana in all directions.

However, the old man approached him very leisurely and touched the wizard’s chest.

Of course, the wizard couldn’t even feel this.

“Sleep.”

Thud.

Closing his eyes in vain, the match ended.

“The Obsidian Tower’s magic is inherently vicious, but that elder is especially so. He worked as a mercenary in his youth, on the northern front where monsters roamed in his middle age, and now he’s active as a war wizard.”

Clean, concise magic. He didn’t even use high-circle magic from the start.

A veteran battle that disrupted the opponent’s senses with short, simple magic and finished them off.

A battle that would never have been possible without numerous experiences.

That wasn’t the only thing that surprised Se-un.

‘So black magic is also usable.’

In fact, he didn’t use black magic in the first battle because he didn’t know the situation on this continent properly.

He even thought that if he used black magic, people might rush at him, saying, ‘He’s a black magician! Execute the enemy of the continent!’

The image of black magic wasn’t very good even in the Tower.

However, he realized that wasn’t the case after watching the old man’s battle.

Besides.

‘It was a battle with a lot to learn from.’

The old man’s battle gave Se-un a great realization.

A battle using only magic. This was on a different level from the battles Se-un had fought so far.

It wasn’t about winning by simply firing strong magic.

Se-un’s quick movements were a great help when fighting wizards, but he felt that it wouldn’t be enough to win in the selection.

‘I have to learn.’

The wizard’s combat method.

It was just a match chosen to increase his circle, but it was a battle with so much to learn from.

“Hehe, but that young friend was quick to react. I didn’t expect him to undo Silence so quickly.”

“……Thank you.”

“Yes, yes. But it was too obvious that you lacked practical experience. If you want, I can recommend you to the northern front, just say the word.”

“Haha…….”

The old man started giving advice to the wizard who woke up from his sleep after the match.

However, the young wizard’s reaction wasn’t very good.

That’s because he would have stood here confident that he had built up his skills, but it would be humiliating to lose the match with just a few curses.

In fact, he didn’t even use magic once and was knocked out in less than a minute.

“It’s not just him. Everyone here is a renowned wizard. I’m really looking forward to it!”

River looked around with sparkling eyes.

Maybe it was a misunderstanding, but he seemed to be looking forward to fighting those wizards more than becoming the Coral Tower Lord.

At that moment, the Coral Tower Lord yawned loudly and pointed to River and the female wizard on the opposite side.

“Ah, that’s a shame. I wanted to talk a little more.”

River steps forward.

He slightly pulls back his cloak as if preparing for battle and draws the sword hanging from his waist.

“As I said just now, I’m looking forward to everyone…… but why is that?”

River drew his sword and looked at Se-un.

The friendly smile and soft eyes suddenly turned fierce.

“For some reason, I’m most looking forward to fighting you.”

* * *

‘A magic swordsman.’

He didn’t know because it was hidden by the cloak, but River’s identity was a magic swordsman.

He didn’t think there would be a magic swordsman here, given the magical characteristics of this place that specialized in only one field…….

Looking at River drawing his sword, he felt strangely happy.

Boom!

The match begins with the burst of embers.

Unlike the female wizard who creates distance, River quickly closes the gap.

The Haste magic flickers, rushing in faster than Se-un.

‘It’s not just his legs.’

Haste is basically a magic that speeds up the target.

In terms of the magic formula, the wind mainly gathers on the legs, but River was imbuing the wind not only on his legs but also on the sword in his hand.

Following is a sword strike with overwhelming speed.

“Blink!”

The opponent moved her body as if she wouldn’t just stand still.

And the moment a purple aura surged at her fingertips, preparing an attack.

“Wind Cutter.”

Swish.

River’s sword cut through the air.

The sword strike soon became a sharp wind as a medium of magic, cutting down the female wizard.

Thud.

A match that ended in an instant.

It was at a level that would never be inferior even compared to the old man’s match in the previous game.

‘It’s definitely different from my battle.’

What Se-un had done was only a temporary measure.

He imitated martial arts with magic, but there were shortcomings in saying that he had perfectly applied magic.

River perfectly filled that lacking part.

Just by watching the match, he could already imagine the battles ahead.

“Thunder.”

“Burning Tree.”

Kwaaang!!

The following matches were the same.

There were many who fell short compared to the previous old man and River, but they were also performing the match by making use of their own characteristics.

As they had been training and using magic all their lives, they were far beyond Se-un in terms of magic.

“Snow Ball!”

“Go, Jackal!”

Roar!

The types of magic were also countless.

Not only elemental magic but also more subdivided magic within elemental magic.

In addition, wizards who fight using magic in various fields such as summoning and alchemy.

Just watching this gave Se-un a great realization.

“Hey, you!”

“…….”

“Kid!”

“Ah, yes.”

“Tsk, tsk, a young man is already deaf. Hurry up and get out. You too.”

As he was blankly watching the wizards’ matches, it was already his turn again after a round.

Se-un, who had come to his senses, calmly organized his realizations so far and stepped forward.

His opponent was the wizard who used water magic in the previous match.

Boom!

The moment the match begins.

“Silence.”

A curse flowed from Se-un’s mouth.

The opponent, who had been watching the old man’s match and preparing a response, was flustered and reacted late, perhaps not expecting Se-un to use a curse.

Looking at him, Se-un used magic again.

– The Treasure Warehouse of Greed has been opened.

[ Blind ]

– A basic curse from the Black Tower’s curse magic that blocks the opponent’s vision and makes them blind.

However, the opponent is also skilled enough to challenge the Coral Tower Lord’s selection.

He quickly regained his composure and executed the countermeasure he was going to use against the old man.

He calmly undid the two curses that had already been cast and responded to the upcoming tactile deprivation curse.

After undoing the curse, what appeared in his brightened vision was.

Swish-.

The figure of Se-un, wielding a sword wrapped in Haste magic.

The moment Se-un’s match ended in victory in an instant, exclamations erupted once again from the wizards sitting in the audience.