Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 326

The Devil’s Vault Heist – 330

Chapter 330

“Is everyone ready?”

“Yes!”

“This feels less like going to a rest stop and more like heading from a rest stop straight into a trial [a challenging event or test].”

“Seun, I’ve finished the preparations. Just double-checked everything.”

Yoo Seo-ah, who had been dedicated to her training, had somehow appeared and completed the Diablo Guild’s departure preparations.

Training was important, but so was getting things done.

Though she seemed a bit precarious, Seun found her incredibly reliable.

“I want everyone to brace themselves. I don’t think it’ll happen, but we might be attacked as soon as we arrive.”

The Black Wing Guild wasn’t stupid.

Since they saw themselves as the mastermind of evil, they preferred plotting behind the scenes rather than revealing themselves directly.

Even if they were planning revenge, it was unlikely they’d act at the first summoning point for players, where attention was most focused.

“Everyone, finish arming yourselves and prepare for battle.”

Usually, everyone prepared to move to a rest stop with great anticipation, but now they were all on high alert.

It was Seun’s doing, and Seun’s responsibility, so he felt a bit sorry, but it couldn’t be helped.

Even if it wasn’t Seun, players would inevitably clash with Black Wing while climbing the Tower.

They needed to get used to the threats in the Tower.

Once everyone was ready, Yoo Seo-ah nodded, and starting with Seun, everyone was enveloped in light.

– Welcome to the Second Rest Stop, the City of Temptation, Lilac.

The second rest stop, Lilac.

Its unique, dazzling night streets welcomed the Diablo Guild.

* * *

Lilac.

Known as the City of Temptation, this was the only ‘entertainment district’ in the Tower.

The sky was always dark, and the streets below always sparkled as if it were daytime.

The streets were full of bars and hidden gambling dens.

Even the city center housed a casino larger than most castles.

Located right in the middle of the Tower, it was as if the place was designed for players to relieve stress.

At that starting point, the player spawn point, which was arguably the safest place in Lilac…

“They’re coming again.”

“Looks like a lot this time?”

“Is it a whole clan coming? Ugh, clans are hard to recruit.”

Scouts frowned as they watched the light erupt from the spawn point.

The sixth rest stop was where guilds began to establish themselves firmly.

As such, there were several guilds here to recruit talented players.

However, bringing in those already affiliated with someone was quite a hassle, hence the scouts’ displeased expressions.

The first to appear was a man draped in luxurious robes.

Click.

“What, why are you holding a sword?”

“He should know this is a rest stop.”

“Is he lacking something [is he stupid]?”

“Look at the equipment he’s wearing. Each piece is a high-end item hard to get in the lower levels.”

Then, others began to be summoned.

The Diablo Guild, led by Yoo Seo-ah and Kang Han-cheol, appeared.

Everyone was tense and armed, as Seun had told them to be, but they realized the situation when they saw Seun lowering his sword.

“Is this… a relief?”

“I don’t know. Personally, I was hoping they’d attack right away.”

Although the Black Wing Guild had a bad reputation, no guild openly antagonized them due to their strong backing.

If they had attacked here, numerous scouts would have witnessed their atrocities, further damaging their image.

But it seemed they weren’t fools who would blindly attack out of revenge.

‘Well, they probably didn’t plan to attack me in Jeheton either.’

They were only trying to monitor Seun.

Their stealth skills were also excellent; he wouldn’t have noticed if Ben or Jen hadn’t revealed their intent to kill.

Their only mistake was underestimating Seun.

It was common knowledge that skill differences due to Tower floor levels were hard to overcome, and they had rarely seen a player who defied this common sense.

“Wow, what is this place?”

“This is insane. It’s like something out of a movie… no, even better.”

The guild members, realizing it wasn’t a battle situation, lowered their weapons and looked around in awe.

Indeed, even though Jeheton had greatly developed as a commercial city, it was still just an ordinary port city. It had developed, but it hadn’t shed its simple image.

How about this place?

The City of Temptation, ‘Lilac.’

Under the dark sky, the night streets were filled with sparkling lights, making it seem like daytime.

Beneath them, people in various outfits strolled around, clinking their glasses.

Cool beer and delicious food were abundant, and the exciting sounds of musical instruments and the sweet whispers of employees seeking customers could be heard everywhere.

The players, who had arrived at this unfamiliar survival ground called the Tower without knowing anything, couldn’t help but be amazed.

Just then.

“Oh! Jung Seun! I mean, Player! I’m a fan!”

A man on the street recognized Seun and ran over.

He must have come up from the trial recently and knew of Seun’s existence.

“I came up here because you hadn’t participated in any matches for a while, but I never expected to see you here! I was especially impressed with your last fighting tournament!”

It was quite a sight to see him lift his armor and reveal his white undershirt, asking for an autograph.

The expressions of the scouts from each guild changed drastically as they watched.

“Jung Seun Player? I’ve heard of him.”

“A new recruit who recently joined our guild mentioned him. Said there was a player who left a legendary record at the Moraf Grand Festival.”

They recognized Seun’s identity and immediately began calculating the pros and cons. Yet, they couldn’t easily approach him.

Since the scouts weren’t powerful figures in their guilds, most of them were contacting their guilds to relay the situation.

Meanwhile, fortunately, Park Jung-pil stepped forward to deal with the man claiming to be a fan.

“Our hyung [older brother/respected figure] is busy, so I’ll do it for him! Wow, great handwriting!”

“Aaaagh! My undershirt! Who’s doing this…”

“Don’t you know me? This body is our hyung’s one and only right-hand man! The most reliable first finger…”

“Huh? Weren’t Kang Han-cheol Player and Yoo Seo-ah Player his right-hand men?”

“What are you talking about! They’re all under me…”

Squeeze.

“…Ahem! Anyway! You should be honored!”

As his nonsense started to go too far, Kang Han-cheol appropriately cracked his knuckles, and the guy came to his senses.

It seemed Kang Han-cheol had figured out how to use Park Jung-pil, after Seun had thrown him over for training.

Seun opened his mouth as he watched the player grimace at Park Jung-pil’s autograph on his undershirt.

“Is there a place to settle down around here?”

“There are lodgings everywhere! I, I’ll guide you!”

In fact, Seun knew the lodgings in the sixth rest stop well. He knew which ones were good, which ones were close to where, etc.

But he asked to save time without arousing suspicion among his guild members.

“Not just any lodgings, but abandoned houses on the outskirts? I’m planning to stay for a while.”

“Oh… Ah! I think there was such a place!”

He was worried about what to do if they didn’t understand, but thankfully.

He offered to guide them without Seun having to say anything, and he took the lead.

It was good to save time, but there were some inconveniences.

“I was a real fan! I’ve been watching you since your first match when no one was interested! Oh, how surprised I was when you took out your wings in the aerial battle!”

It was good that he was guiding them, but he didn’t seem to want to stop talking.

Well, fortunately, this too.

“Ah, I know all about that, as hyung’s right-hand man!”

Park Jung-pil marked him instead.

He was quite useful at times like this.

* * *

“Jung Seun Player and the entire Diablo Guild have been summoned to Lilac.”

“They’re late.”

“They seem to have spent a lot of time at the Merof Grand Festival. Recent news says they’re so famous that everyone who’s been through the Grand Festival knows their name.”

“I didn’t think he was the attention-seeking type?”

“I’m not sure about that either. He seems to be avoiding attention himself, but…”

“Well, that doesn’t matter.”

The eyes of the Black Wing Guild’s Lilac branch leader gleamed in the darkness.

The news of what happened to Ben and Jen hadn’t spread because he had called in guild members who had climbed to the 59th floor to block the rumors.

Only one thing remained.

To quietly eliminate the player named Jung Seun here and quietly cover it up.

The Constellation’s gaze was a bit of a concern, but ‘Fallen Wings’ had never shown much interest in this place.

‘They said they were looking for something on the higher floors.’

The Constellation was only interested in the higher floors.

He usually didn’t like that, but now he was grateful for the indifference because it allowed him to hide things.

“The lodging?”

“They’ve entered a large, abandoned house on the southern outskirts of Lilac.”

“They deliberately went to a place out of people’s sight.”

“I don’t think Ben and Jen would betray Black Wing and leak information, but there’s a high possibility they’re expecting our attack.”

“So they’re telling us to come if we dare.”

“There will be a trap.”

“A trap…”

An abandoned house on a remote lot in Lilac.

It was obvious without even looking. They were anticipating their attack and preparing some kind of trap.

Even if a player who had just entered the sixth rest stop didn’t know the full extent of Black Wing’s reputation, they would know the threat of a high-ranking guild.

Especially if they had faced Ben and Jen.

Perhaps Ben and Jen had been dealt with by the Diablo Guild members attacking as a group.

If it was Ben and Jen that the branch leader knew, they wouldn’t have been easily defeated by low-level players.

Flap.

Black wings spread from behind the branch leader.

It was a power that gnawed at the owner’s heart each time it was used, but not for the branch leader.

He was stationed here to manage the Lilac branch, but his skills had already surpassed the level of the 60th floor.

If this went well and the higher-ups accepted it positively, he could escape this tiresome Lilac branch.

Thinking that way, he felt strangely energized.

“Do they think that will work on us?”

Flap!

Flap!

Dozens of pairs of black wings spread out below the branch leader.

Guild members who had been active in the sixth rest stop and those who had reached the 60th floor and were about to reach the next rest stop had all gathered.

All of them were followers who had been granted power by ‘Fallen Wings.’

“Let’s show the ignorant the might of the black wings.”

“For the reversal of the false Tower.”

The branch leader of the Black Wing Guild, Lilac branch.

Zylen rose from his seat.