Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 363

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“Choi Su-chang?”

“Ah… you’ve arrived.”

“Did you defeat it alone?”

It was Choi Su-chang leaning against the fallen boss monster at the center of the source.

Se-un’s eyes widened. He knew Choi Su-chang was strong, but he never imagined he would seek out and kill the source’s master alone.

‘A harpoon?’

The weapon he held was a harpoon.

At first glance, it looked similar to a spear, but instead of a spearhead, it had a detachable metal barb attached to the shaft.

The metal barbs weren’t just one; dozens of them were embedded in the source master’s body.

Ropes were attached to the ends, binding the body tightly.

You could roughly guess what kind of battle had taken place.

“It was quite… a difficult fight. But thanks to the new weapon… I managed to catch it somehow.”

“Amazing. You’ve grown a lot.”

“The place Arcana told me about… helped with my training.”

He vaguely remembered hearing about it.

When he first introduced Arcana to the guild, she had introduced Choi Su-chang to Lilac Lake.

Judging by the fact that it was a weapon Se-un hadn’t discovered even before his regression, it must have been stuck at the bottom of the lake.

“But how did you fix this?”

Se-un pointed to the rope connected to the harpoon and asked.

There was nothing to fix it to, but the rope was buried deep in the ground and pulled taut.

Then, Choi Su-chang answered with action instead of words.

Swoosh-

He lightly floated into the air and then dove straight into the ground.

This method of using the earth like the sea was very similar to the movement method used by desert monsters.

Probably….

‘Fornheus’s authority.’

The 30th-ranked demon king, Fornheus.

That was the name of the demon king Choi Su-chang had contracted with.

Since he was known to be skilled at handling water, it was only natural that Choi Su-chang would use such power.

After a while, Choi Su-chang, who had suddenly risen from the ground, held up the end of the harpoon, with a long rope connected to the earth.

“I fixed it underground like this.”

It was a short time, but gills and scales were disappearing around Choi Su-chang’s neck.

That also seemed to be part of Fornheus’s authority.

He thought only Kang Han-cheol and Yoo Seo-ah had succeeded in embodying the power of the constellation, but the Diablo Guild was getting stronger faster than Se-un had thought.

“It seems I’ve stolen the master’s prey. I’m sorry.”

“There’s no need to be sorry. But how did you find the source?”

It was a question that came from pure curiosity.

Se-un had the compass of journey, Kang Han-cheol felt the vibrations of the earth, and Yoo Seo-ah ran like the wind towards the source as soon as she heard the sound.

Each of them had their own method, but he couldn’t guess the method Choi Su-chang used.

At Se-un’s question, he quietly lowered his head and pointed to the source’s master, who was lying there miserably.

“Have you ever seen the remains or blood of a monster falling on the floor… ?”

“Well, they’re scattered all over the place now, but what do you mean….”

“I only realized it after the first wave was over… but all the remains and blood here were flowing to one place.”

“Flowing?”

“It’s not that obvious. It’s a very faint reaction… but it’s not a normal reaction.”

Remains and blood heading to one place.

This was a reaction that even Se-un had not noticed.

Just in case, he focused his gaze on the boss monster that he was pointing at with his harpoon.

Of course, there was no movement.

He stared at the source’s master.

1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes.

As time passed, Choi Su-chang didn’t ask any questions.

And finally.

‘…It’s real.’

He could notice the source master’s corpse moving slightly.

To be honest, if he hadn’t heard Choi Su-chang’s words, he would have dismissed it as shaking in the wind or vibration.

It wasn’t a particularly special reaction, but judging from his words.

“You’re saying you followed this flow and found the source?”

“Yes. Something from the source… magnetism? I thought there was a similar reaction, but half of it was right and half of it was wrong.”

“Yes?”

“It was definitely flowing here, but after defeating the master, I saw a bigger flow.”

A bigger flow.

To be honest, Se-un didn’t see any particular movement, but since it was Choi Su-chang’s words who contracted with Fornheus, it must be true.

A flow towards the source. And a bigger flow that appeared after attacking the source.

The compass of journey didn’t react, but Se-un’s intuition, who had rummaged through the tower as an adventurer before his regression, reacted to his words.

‘Is it a hidden piece?’

The reason why the compass of journey didn’t point to it was probably because of the distance.

It was clear that the compass of journey was a great unique skill, but its condition was only to point to singularities that Se-un wanted or that were within a certain distance.

If it was a hidden piece that was so far away and that Se-un hadn’t even thought of, it was natural that Se-un before his regression wouldn’t have known about it.

That’s why he was even more excited.

“Let’s go.”

“I will guide you.”

Unintentionally, the journey with Choi Su-chang began.

* * *

How long has it been since they moved along the flow?

It was similar to Se-un finding the source with the compass of journey. No, he was able to discover a new source a little faster than that.

‘A wriggling blood clot.’

It was a more difficult opponent than he thought, but it was just ‘difficult’ enough, and not a strong enough enemy to be a problem for Se-un.

To be honest, it wasn’t an enemy that his weapon worked well against, so he just attacked with unilateral magic firepower, and the battle wasn’t even fun.

And then, the next source’s master was.

‘An unmoving skeleton.’

It was a unique monster specialized in huge size, defense, and curses.

Its huge body was so hard that it was difficult to inflict a proper blow even with Durendal, so he had to break the body one by one, starting with the joints, and eventually break the skull with an ax.

By the time he finished cleaning up and arrived at the third source.

Se-un was sure.

‘It’s really connected to the source.’

Looking at Choi Su-chang finding the location of the source even faster than the compass of journey, he had no choice but to nod.

Although it was extremely faint, Se-un was able to recognize more clearly what Choi Su-chang was talking about as the ‘flow’.

He didn’t know if it was because the flow became stronger as he followed it, or if Se-un’s senses became clearer.

“Kueeee-”

And then he arrived at the fourth source.

He thought the level of the source in the 51st floor’s trial was completely random, but it wasn’t.

As he moved along this flow, he could feel the level of the source increasing.

The more certain he was, the more curious he became about what existed at the end of this flow.

– ‘Trampled Creature’ has been devoured.

– Absorbing nutrients increases Strength and Intelligence by 3.

Even though they were helplessly falling to Se-un, all the masters of the source were boss-level monsters.

However, the stats that could be absorbed with the authority of gluttony were decreasing more and more.

To the point where normal monsters that were not masters would not increase any stats at all.

He wondered if it was because Beelzebub wasn’t satisfied.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince’, smiles happily as he looks at the fully filled table.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince’, is amazed that it has been a long time since food has been filled faster than he can eat.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince’, vows to cherish the food this time and prepare for the next shelter.

That didn’t seem to be the case.

It seemed that Se-un’s stats were too high, so there was a limit to the stats that could be increased.

‘Well, that makes sense.’

Currently, all of Se-un’s stats are over 200 and approaching 300.

At this point, he honestly felt that levels were meaningless.

He felt that it was meaningless to cling to each level and worry about experience points before his regression.

“Next… it’s this way.”

“The direction doesn’t seem to be a straight line.”

“It’s like a river flowing. It bends and the speed changes, but… it’s definitely pointing to one place.”

Se-un nodded at his words.

As he recognized the goal of the end of the flow and walked along the flow, the compass of journey was slowly reacting.

He didn’t know how much further he had to go, but it was definitely proof that he was reaching his destination.

“This… do you see this?”

As they attacked a few more sources and moved forward, Choi Su-chang pointed to a corpse that had just fallen and was about to be eaten by Beelzebub.

The level of the monsters was slowly becoming stronger than Se-un knew, but he hadn’t found any other singularities beyond that.

He wondered what he was talking about and looked at the corpse.

“It’s moving. No, it’s flowing.”

“Yes, slowly… the flow is becoming clearly visible.”

The faint flow that had only been visible through Choi Su-chang’s authority, or when Se-un had to concentrate all his senses, was now visible to the naked eye.

Even if it was visible, it was still faint, but it was at a level that even ordinary people could see if they concentrated, moving in a certain direction.

“Kueeee-”

Even if it wasn’t a source, the number of monsters around them had increased to the point of being sick of it.

Moreover, as if to prove the flow of corpses and blood, the surrounding area was full of undead flesh, and the earth was becoming a field of corpses.

Then, at the next source they encountered.

“This place is.”

“The wasteland of the dead.”

“The living with life.”

“Cannot approach.”

“To carry out that mission is.”

“Our mission.”

Three monsters were waiting for Se-un.

It’s not uncommon for a source to have multiple masters.

There may be monsters that split, or there may be masters who attack together.

However, they all have something in common.

That is, they are protecting the ‘difficulty’ that the source should have… no, that the 51st floor’s trial should have.

For example, even if there are two boss monsters, their power is appropriately distributed.

That’s normal.

That’s normal, but….

“…Prepare for battle.”

“I understand.”

They were different.

All three were boss-level monsters.

No, to be honest, they were more powerful than any monster he had faced so far.

Their identities were Death Knights.

They were the highest-ranking individuals among the undead, possessing reason and able to use sword energy called Aura.

Since they wielded sword energy, their attacks could easily cut through any armor, so Se-un had to be careful in battle.

Of course, he had no intention of turning back here.

“The flow… has become stronger.”

“It’s right in front of us.”

The compass of journey was pointing fiercely behind them.