Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 367

Chapter 371

The Trial of the 51st Floor.

Its size is so vast that exploring the entire area for a single player is equivalent to walking around the world—no, it’s even more challenging than that.

Moreover, it was a bizarre place where compasses malfunctioned, causing disorientation.

Therefore, many players would build their strength here to prepare for the next trial.

“Hold them back! Hold them back! Damn it, there are so many!”

“We’re being breached! Need cover!”

“Cover? What cover? There’s no one to cover!”

“Damn it, I can’t hold out any longer!”

Some players banded together to withstand the waves, desperately trying to pass the trial.

Swish—

“Haa… is it over?”

“Your skills have improved a lot.”

“I should try challenging the 60th floor soon. I can’t stay in Lilac forever.”

“Lilac is nice, though. It feels like home to me now.”

“No, I have to go up. I definitely want to reach the Ninth Shelter.”

“The Ninth Shelter? That’s a high goal.”

“You’ve heard the rumors, haven’t you? About what kind of place the Ninth Shelter is.”

“If it’s as beautiful as the rumors say, I’d love to go there too.”

“Let’s go up together.”

“Hehe, okay.”

There were even those who treated the Trial of the 51st Floor as a warm-up, clearing all the waves and dusting themselves off.

Truly, there were all kinds of players in this place.

Among them, the Diablo Guild was uniquely dominating the trial.

Kang Han-cheol, Yoo Seo-ah, Baek Hyeon, and others with excellent combat abilities had already conquered more than five source points [key strategic locations within the trial].

Other Diablo Guild members were also at a level where they could defend a wave point alone.

Even the twin sisters, Go Chang-seok, and Lee Ha-neul, who were not combat-focused, were capable.

Thanks to this, Yoo Seo-ah was also free from commanding and could freely conquer the source points.

In the midst of this.

“I arrived first.”

“No, I got here first.”

“I defeated the first monster, didn’t I?”

“I was the one who caused the earthquake to hold their feet in the first place.”

– The Constellation, ‘Spider Wearing a Crown,’ bares its fangs, demanding you get out of its territory immediately.

– The Constellation, ‘Old Man Riding an Alligator,’ stomps its feet, claiming it has already shaken this area and demanding you get out.

– The Constellation, ‘Spider Wearing a Crown,’ lifts its legs, asking if a mere second-in-command is acting up.

– The Constellation, ‘Old Man Riding an Alligator,’ rouses its alligator, suggesting they settle the ranks once again.

Yoo Seo-ah and Kang Han-cheol, who had coincidentally met, were engaged in a war of nerves in front of the source point.

Their rivalry, which had started in the underground arena of Lilac, seemed to have resurfaced.

Even their constellations were in a rivalrous relationship, making the conflict even more intense.

A few oblivious monsters made noises, “Ggrrr-“, as they approached.

– Player Yoo Seo-ah uses ‘Tarantula’s Fangs.’

– Player Kang Han-cheol uses ‘Advance (進軍) [Jin-gun: a martial arts term for a forward assault].’

Thud!

Kwaang!

They fell pathetically to the twin swords and fist that were casually thrown without a glance.

In fact, the number of players unintentionally saved by these two while they were going around conquering source points was over several dozens.

In the past, Yoo Seo-ah would have stepped back, but not now.

She realized at the Moraf Festival that she couldn’t walk alongside Se-un if she kept yielding.

Even if they were in the same guild, she had no intention of just giving way.

But then.

– ‘The Undying One’ has descended through the Altar of the Dead.

At the far end of the horizon.

A huge figure began to appear.

Even though only a part of its body was visible, the size of the figure was so immense that it obscured the setting sun.

– The Constellation, ‘Spider Wearing a Crown,’ is in shock.

– The Constellation, ‘Old Man Riding an Alligator,’ is in shock.

The overwhelming pressure emanating from the giant figure was clearly felt even from this far away.

Yoo Seo-ah and Kang Han-cheol, who prided themselves on being so strong, could only grit their teeth and stand their ground.

Kang Han-cheol, at least, was trying to move his body somehow, making eerie sounds as if his joints were breaking.

The anomaly was not limited to just the two of them.

“Ggrrr…”

“Kkiiiii-”

All the monsters in the source point bowed their heads towards the giant figure.

No, they didn’t just bow their heads; they slammed their heads on the ground, not caring about their bodies.

The owners of the source points were the same.

They lowered their eyes and trembled, like citizens greeting a king.

Of course, this was not limited to Kang Han-cheol and Yoo Seo-ah’s surroundings.

All the players and monsters on the 51st floor bowed their heads before that presence.

“This is…”

They knew that the giant figure was unrelated to the general trial objective of the 51st floor.

And they also knew who would cause such a thing at this time in the Trial of the 51st floor.

“Se-un…”

“What are you up to again!”

Darkness descended on the 51st floor, where the sun was obscured by the giant.

* * *

“Are you alright?”

“Hoo… yes, thanks to Master… I think I’ve stabilized.”

Thanks to Turiek’s wings, Choi Soo-chang caught his breath and stood up.

However, Turiek’s power only blocked ‘fear,’ so it couldn’t completely block the giant’s immense pressure.

– The Constellation, ‘Shining Scales,’ surrounds its contractor with a current.

– The Constellation, ‘Shining Scales,’ warns its contractor that the current will dissipate if they take even one step forward.

Noticing the seriousness of the situation, Forneus, Choi Soo-chang’s constellation, created a shallow current wall.

Although it looked a little precarious, it was protecting Choi Soo-chang from the giant’s pressure, as it contained the divinity of a demon king.

– We greet the Great One.

The afterimage dropped the sharp weapon in its hand and bowed to the giant, trembling.

Se-un could tell, even though he hadn’t exchanged a single word, that this giant was the entity that could be called the subject of this trial.

Just as there was an owner of the source point, this giant was the entity that could be called the owner of the 51st floor.

He wondered why such an entity was sleeping on the mere 51st floor.

‘As expected, I don’t know its identity.’

Naturally, the Guidebook of the Journey didn’t exert much power in front of a god-level being.

Even when mobilizing the knowledge from before the regression, nothing came to mind about the giant.

But what was strange was.

“…Why is it silent?”

What was strange was that no voice was heard from the giant even as time passed.

With such a huge body, the ground should have shaken even with the slightest movement, but no small vibrations had been felt since the giant appeared.

It was as if it were dead, with even its heartbeat unheard.

The 51st floor, which had been filled with the grotesque groans of the undead, became as quiet as a mouse.

And then, the explanation of the giant that the afterimage had introduced came to Se-un’s mind.

‘This is a place where only the dead can join hands.’

A god worshiped by the dead. And the giant’s epithet that the system had shown, ‘The Undying One.’

If we infer from that.

“…Is it a corpse?”

The answer came that the giant before his eyes was already dead.

It was hard to believe that a giant with such a tremendous presence could be dead, but for now, this was the most likely answer.

It was only his own inference, but fortunately, the answer flowed from the mouth of the afterimage, which was lying flat on the floor.

– That’s right… a long time ago. Countless years ago. On the condition of enshrining the Great One, the Great One was buried here.

Se-un’s inference was correct.

He thought about how great the giant must have been in life, considering it had such an enormous presence even in death, but soon his thoughts changed.

‘The Undying One. As the epithet suggests, its divinity hasn’t dissipated even in death?’

What he felt now was the same power that the giant had in life.

He didn’t know what kind of power it had in life, but due to its aftermath, it was dead while retaining its power as it was in life.

– Even in death, the Great One only lost its light, but did not fall into the abyss. Thus, it became one whom we, the dead, can serve forever.

‘Then Heath Rabbit’s words can be explained again.’

She said that constellations become Outer Gods when they die.

According to those words, the giant before his eyes should have died and disappeared to become an Outer God, but perhaps because of the authority befitting its epithet, this giant alone did not become an Outer God even in death.

‘I don’t know what its identity is…’

Se-un carefully approached the end of the altar and placed his hand on the giant’s skin.

His hand felt a texture that was hard, soft, and firm, as if it were not of this world.

It was skin that seemed like no attack would work on it.

– ….

The afterimage, which he thought would shout that it was disrespectful, was surprisingly silent. It was just bowing its head quietly.

Se-un felt the giant’s power for a moment, then turned his head and spoke to the afterimage.

“So, what’s next?”

– There is nothing. Just join hands to the Great One.

It was a more futile reaction than he had thought.

He didn’t expect what would happen, but he thought there would be something since it was a hidden piece with difficult conditions.

Nothing would change even if he just kept watching like this.

He had found out the secret of the 51st floor, but it wasn’t a secret that had a place to be used.

Even.

Clank.

Even when Se-un gripped the hilt of his sword, the afterimage didn’t react at all.

– Although you are alive, you may do whatever you want if you wish.

“Anything?”

– We, the dead, live through the Great One. And, we rise. And, we fall.

The afterimage finally rose from its seat and raised its head.

It was too blurry to see clearly, but it seemed to be making a sad expression.

– That was the Great One’s last will.

“Last will…”

– Please use its body for the world. It asked that its body, which cannot seep into the earth because it is incorruptible, and which cannot help the cycle of life because it is incorruptible, be carried in accordance with the flow.

A giant whose identity was unknown.

Although he didn’t know its power in life, its ideology seemed to be most befitting of the word ‘benevolent god.’

If all the benevolent gods in the Tower followed even half of the ideology that this giant had, he wondered if the future before the regression would have changed.

However.

“The sacrifice didn’t fit the ideology you just mentioned.”

Offer the lives of your own kind.

It was a suggestion that only a demon would make, but the answer came right away.

– No sacrifice is needed.

“What?”

– It was only to test your character. To be honest, I didn’t intend to listen, but I didn’t know that such an evil person would appear at that time.

“So, you’re saying you can summon it on your own even without a sacrifice?”

– That’s right. Of course, it helps. I was able to replenish my strength a little with the life of that evil person. The only reason I called the Great One was because I nodded at your character.

It seemed that this hidden piece was more difficult than Se-un had thought.

He even felt grateful to the Cheonghae Guild members who had attacked Se-un.

Anyway, what’s important is something else.

“The flow…”

The giant’s last words to be carried in accordance with the flow.

He didn’t completely understand the meaning of the dead constellation, but he knew that it meant he could use his power as much as he wanted.

Although he couldn’t use the Gluttony Authority on a corpse that was already dead.

“Ruin.”

– Grrr….

“Devour it.”

– Kwaaang!

Se-un had a ravenous wolf with him that could devour the dignity of a god.