Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 372

Chapter 376

“What’s down there? I can’t see anything.”

“I don’t know either.”

“Pardon?”

“That’s why I’m going to find out.”

Even before the regression [a return to a previous state or time], I had only reached the edge of this 52nd floor once.

Of course, it wasn’t after defeating the two golems [artificial creatures, often made of stone or metal].

It was a place I barely managed to reach by avoiding the monsters’ gaze and running away.

I still remember what I thought as I looked at the surging fog of death below the cliff back then.

‘I want to go down there.’

At that time, I was well aware that I didn’t have the ability to go down there, so the desire was even stronger.

I even thought about going down with a rope, but it was useless.

This cliff was not only high but also teeming with numerous monsters.

Various ghouls [monstrous humanoid creatures] crawled on the walls, and all sorts of vengeful spirits floated in the air. Even that fog inflicts curses on players the moment they touch it, and even causes mental confusion.

It was literally an inviolable area.

It was a place that seemed to firmly announce that it was a field where you could no longer move forward.

That’s why.

‘I want to go down there.’

That desire remained the same even now after the regression. No, because I had gained skills and confidence, that desire was even greater than before the regression.

“Turiek.”

– Yes.

Flap!

Purple wings unfolded behind Se-un.

With these wings, I should be able to go down there without difficulty.

Of course, vengeful spirits or black fog would block the way, but I was confident that I could break through that much.

“You’re not thinking of going down there, are you?”

“I came here with that in mind from the start.”

“Then you know you have to take me with you, right? Are you going to give me a princess carry? Oh my, I’m so excited!”

Arcana approached Se-un and spread her arms.

Of course, Se-un ignored her and walked to the end of the cliff.

“I don’t mind you following me, but I don’t think I have the right to guide you.”

“That’s too much~ Are you going to leave me here alone then? Leaving a lady alone in this scary place?”

“Maybe the undead are more afraid of you.”

“This is too much this time~ It’s a wound, a wound.”

Wound or not, Se-un immediately flapped his wings and jumped off the cliff.

To be honest, I didn’t think she would just watch my back.

I don’t know her full strength, but considering her high utilization of cards and her skills reaching the high ranker level, I thought she would follow somehow.

As if to prove that thought.

“Let’s go together~”

Arcana’s voice was heard right behind me.

When I glanced back, I could see her flying leisurely on a card.

I can only wonder where the limit of that ability is.

“Die, die, die-”

“I need a body, a body, my body-”

As soon as I jumped off the cliff, dozens of vengeful spirits flew towards Se-un.

The undead attached to the cliff were only drooling and unable to approach.

Flash!

I tried using Turn Undead, but the vengeful spirits only distanced themselves for a moment, and as soon as the light went out, they narrowed the distance again.

It seems that the power of white magic has been greatly reduced due to the surrounding fog.

In the end, I had no choice but to swing my sword directly.

Swish-

“Kiyaaaaak-!”

A modified version of Shining Blade that I used to fight the Flash Golem earlier.

When I swung the sword with the power of light extremely compressed, the vengeful spirits fell without resistance, regardless of the influence of the fog.

The cacophony of screams coming from all directions was deafening.

“These guys are quite annoying. Can I help a little?”

Arcana, who was following behind, cleared away the clinging grudges and took out a card.

Queen of Clover.

When the woman who popped out of the card raised her flag high, a dazzling light burst out from behind her.

“Kyaaaak-!”

“I hate it-”

Then, a reaction incomparable to Turn Undead poured out from among the vengeful spirits.

Not only did they simply distance themselves, but their bodies that touched the light properly disappeared and scattered.

Then, when Arcana took the flag of the Queen of Clover, the light continued to follow her.

Thanks to that, I was able to come down to the middle of the cliff comfortably.

However, the obstacles did not end here.

Gurgle-

Black liquid, Outer, began to crawl out of the cracks in the cliff.

They devoured the undead attached to the cliff and spread their wings made of black liquid, approaching Se-un.

“Why did only you leave?”

“Did only you run away?”

“Why?”

“What about us?”

“Even if we go back, we are already…”

“The me there is no longer me, right?”

I hear people’s voices full of resentment in my ears.

Among them were the voices of those Se-un knew before the regression.

Even the voices of Yoo Seo-ah and Kang Han-cheol, who didn’t even have any acquaintance at the time, overlapped.

“You too…”

“Together with us…”

“Let’s give up…”

The faces of the Outer that flew to my eyes change into familiar faces.

When I lowered my head at the tickling sensation, people with familiar faces were crawling up Se-un’s legs from below.

It was a phenomenon reminiscent of the nightmare I had when I went to meet Belphegor, the Demon God of Sloth.

Still…

‘It can’t be compared to that nightmare.’

It was completely different from the nightmare at the time, where I unknowingly recognized the situation as reality.

It thoroughly targets trauma, but Se-un’s mind was aware that these were illusions.

‘Fog.’

It’s because of the influence of the black fog lurking below the cliff.

That’s what I realized when I tried to go down somehow before the regression.

At the time, I couldn’t find a way here and gave up, but not now.

– According to the mysteries of the Green Tower, the speed of ‘Wind Storm’ increases.

Whoooo!

Green wind spread out around Se-un.

The magnificent wind pushed away the black fog that had engulfed the surroundings, and the Outer and people clinging to Se-un’s body disappeared like a lie.

“Hoo…”

It wasn’t the sound Se-un made.

When I turned my head at the sigh of relief coming from behind, Arcana was catching her breath with a frown on her face.

She even had cold sweat on her forehead, so it seemed that she was also properly affected by the fog.

‘What kind of hallucination did she see to be like that?’

It was the first time I had seen Arcana, who always maintained a relaxed expression, make such an expression.

I wanted to ask why, but when she felt Se-un’s gaze and quickly smiled, it seemed that she didn’t want to talk about the situation just now.

“We’re almost there~ Shouldn’t we release this soon? It looks like it consumes a lot of mana.”

“I have to release it.”

Wind Storm is a 7th circle magic. No matter how much Se-un is, it is not a magic that can be maintained for a long time.

As she said, when I released the magic, the black fog gathered towards Se-un and Arcana as if waiting for this moment.

As expected, I immediately rotated the circle and cast a new magic.

Whoong-

“Oh my, thank you.”

Wind Curtain. It was a wind barrier used to block sand dust, snow, and rain.

I was worried, but fortunately, it seems that this is enough to block the fog.

Unlike the upper side where the fog is so thick that you can’t see ahead, it was possible because the fog is thinner below.

There was mana left, so I cast a wind curtain on her as well.

I was a little worried about the appearance I saw earlier.

“I think that’s what Wolf is looking for?”

Thanks to the thin fog on the floor, I could distinguish the front.

Leaving aside the back, which was blocked by a cliff, when I looked at the front, a huge skeleton was lying down.

The size of the skeleton, which was crouching as if sleeping, was so huge that Se-un was surprised.

The expression that it was a building rather than a corpse was more appropriate.

“That’s right.”

The journey’s guide was also clearly pointing to that skeleton.

‘Dragon’s Tomb.’

It’s not an ordinary dragon.

Judging from the size, it was at least 5,000 years old… no, an Ancient Dragon over 8,000 years old. In other words, it was an individual called an Ancient Dragon.

Unfortunately, it seemed that it was judged as a type of tomb rather than a corpse, so I couldn’t collect the material…

‘It’s the most difficult tomb on the 52nd floor.’

Se-un, who was confident that he had explored the 52nd floor more than anyone else, could be sure.

After all, it was the right answer to come all the way here.

“That’s amazing. Such a large skeleton of an ancient dragon. It would be nice if I could take even one piece of bone, but it’s a shame.”

“I don’t think they’ll let us in quietly.”

“Oh my, is that a guardian? There was something like that on the 52nd floor~”

Guardians began to crawl out as soon as they recognized it was a dragon’s tomb.

Like the tomb, it was a dragon-shaped skeleton, but judging from the size and underdeveloped wing bones, it looked like a Drake Skeleton.

There were as many as ten of them.

In general, drakes were monsters whose flight and magic had degenerated and only physical abilities remained, so when they became skeletons, their power would decrease rapidly.

“Kuaooo!”

Kwaaa-!

The ten skeletons simultaneously spewed breath towards Se-un and Arcana.

The scene of strong acidic liquid being sprayed from all directions in the form of breath was truly overwhelming, not at all inferior to a normal drake, or rather, even stronger.

‘Magic is impossible.’

I was double-casting the wind curtain that I was using to block the black fog up to Arcana’s share, so it was impossible to prepare magic to block that opponent.

What’s left is a weapon.

It didn’t seem like an attack that could be blocked by swinging a weapon, but the fist of a man came to Se-un’s mind.

Immediately, I took out the stele [an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design] I had obtained after defeating the Flash Golem through the Myriad Medicines.

In the first place, it was a stele, not a weapon, but it was officially judged as a weapon and had a proper handle, so it was enough to hold and swing it.

“Behind me.”

“Yes~”

As soon as Arcana hid behind, Se-un struck down on the bare floor.

Kwaaaang-!!

As soon as the stele was planted, cracks appeared on the floor with a tremendous explosion.

The suppressed earth could not withstand the pressure and burst out, piercing through the ground.

Was it because of the ability attached to the stele?

Dozens of huge steles popped out above the floor.

Pa-bang!

The acidic liquids that had come right in front were blocked by the huge steles and flowed down in vain.

‘It was something like this.’

It’s not a technique used as Mamon’s treasure.

Kang Han-cheol’s technique, ‘Opening War’, which I had seen so many times while sparring with Kang Han-cheol.

I tried to imitate that technique, but it was more efficient than I thought.

“Kuaooo!”

“Kuaoooooo!”

The drake skeletons cried out as if they were frustrated that their attacks were not working.

The way to deal with skeletons in a situation where magic is limited is simple.

‘Completely smash the body so that it cannot be reassembled.’

Se-un poured internal energy into the stele in his hand.