391. Raiding the Demon God’s Warehouse
As soon as Choi Su-chang bound the Bone Dragon, attacks began pouring in from all directions.
As if proving they were all capable players, powerful attacks tore through the Bone Dragon’s skeleton.
Flames burned the bones, a hail of arrows rained down from the sky, and sticky blood poured down like rain.
Among them were techniques that Se-un himself didn’t recognize.
Even Se-un couldn’t keep an eye on all the guild members, but even apart from Kang Han-cheol or Yoo Seo-ah, everyone in the guild had grown more than he expected.
“Kara-ra-rack!!”
The Bone Dragon let out another roar, its neck twisted in a bizarre position.
The harpoon lines constricting its body snapped, and it shook violently, scattering something pure white in all directions.
Clang.
Clang, clatter.
“Ugh, uh…”
“Guh… Loyalty…”
Dragon Tooth Soldiers.
Guardians born from dragon teeth, as seen in the trials of the 53rd floor.
As if to prove they weren’t ordinary skeletons, they were armed with proper equipment and formed a perfect formation.
However, the voices coming from their mouths were slightly different from the Dragon Tooth Soldiers Se-un knew.
‘They seem to have almost no reason.’
Dragon Tooth Soldiers are wise. They are called guardians, but they can think and judge for themselves.
Based on that intelligence, they identify intruders, respond, and wield weapons with skilled expertise.
However, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers before him were different.
Unnatural movements, bizarre speech, etc. In every way, they didn’t seem like normal Dragon Tooth Soldiers.
It seemed they were summoned through the Bone Dragon, which wasn’t a normal dragon.
“Second Unit, take care of the skeletons! First Unit, keep the boss monster in check, and Third Unit, prepare a strong attack from behind!”
“Understood!”
“Yes!”
“Second Unit, take your positions! Pressure the skeletons!”
Yoo Seo-ah was a more excellent commander than he thought.
She divided the Diablo Guild into units according to player type and used their characteristics to deal with situations in the most optimal way.
In addition, Harry quickly scanned the Bone Dragon’s surroundings, his eyes flashing as he shouted to Yoo Seo-ah.
“A weak point has been found in the chest area! It’s a core wrapped in black energy, and we should attack that first!”
“I understand! I’ll sever the joints to lower its stance. Han-cheol!”
“I’m ready anytime.”
“I’m going right now!”
Ka-ga-gak!
Yoo Seo-ah’s twin swords, moving as fast as the wind, slashed at the Bone Dragon’s knee joints.
The body spun like a top, and sharp high-pitched sounds surged like blades, causing the Bone Dragon’s joints to give way and fall off.
Of course, the opponent was a skeleton.
Even if the joints were dropped, they would regenerate quickly, but it was possible to momentarily break its posture.
‘At this rate, they’ll clear it even without me.’
The guild members were doing better than he thought. Still, he couldn’t just ignore them like this.
He drew Durandal and summoned Ruin to join the battle.
– Grrr….
Ruin bared his fangs as soon as he was summoned.
Just as he was about to jump at the Bone Dragon, Se-un realized that Ruin’s reaction was a bit strange.
“Ruin?”
Ruin was baring his fangs and looking not at the Bone Dragon, but directly below where the Bone Dragon was standing.
The location was similar, so he almost didn’t recognize it, but thanks to the emotional connection with Ruin, he could tell.
– Prey….
“Prey?”
– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ hastily looks around, asking if there’s anything tastier than that lizard bone.
No matter how he looked, he could only see the ground beneath the Bone Dragon’s feet.
Then, Se-un changed his perspective and recalled the scene when the Bone Dragon appeared.
‘Is there something below there?’
The Bone Dragon crawled out from underground. According to the trial’s description, that place below was probably called the ‘Cauldron of Death.’
There was only one being there that Ruin would call prey.
‘Is there an Outer down there?’
That was the only thing that came to mind.
And there was only one way to turn that suspicion into certainty.
Taat!
Se-un switched weapons and ran forward.
Mamon’s treasure resided in the Myriad Spirits’ Tablet, a blunt weapon obtained from the 52nd floor trial.
– The Vault of Greed has been opened.
[ In His Name ]
– One of the sacred objects passed down through the Denus Temple. A sacred hammer that only the bishop of the Denus Temple can use, existing to smash the undying undead.
Se-un was using it as a blunt weapon, and the system recognized it as a weapon, but it was originally a monument created to distinguish the dead.
The object was filled with divine power and emitted a bright light.
Focusing his gaze on the ground the Bone Dragon was standing on, he could see the Bone Dragon preparing to breathe in front of him.
The Bone Dragon’s pure white ribs, empty inside with only black darkness visible, swelled greatly, and its mouth opened wide, preparing to fire like a cannon.
Se-un ran towards it in an instant.
“Move.”
Puh-uh-uck!
He slapped the Bone Dragon’s cheek.
The breath, which had been heading towards its climax, could not stop and was fired into the air along with the twisting head, and the breath that collided with the closed jawbone exploded inside its mouth.
The opponent was a Bone Dragon.
If it were a normal weapon, it would have endured somehow, even being mindful of the breath, but the Mamon’s treasure that Se-un used was a weapon imbued with divine power.
Since its purpose was to smash undead, especially skeletons, it was effective enough against it.
“Keu-reureureuk!”
Even after receiving such an impact, it did not back down.
Rather, it abnormally closed its cracked jawbone and glared at Se-un threateningly.
“Kang Han-cheol.”
“What?”
“Hey, let’s clean this up together.”
Though no answer came, I could sense Kang Han-cheol preparing to attack from behind.
Puh-ung!
I deflected the Bone Dragon’s swinging claws with magic and dashed towards its flank.
Glancing to the side, I saw Kang Han-cheol charging, kicking off the ground hard enough to shatter it.
And so, we arrived before the Bone Dragon’s flank.
Having sparred with Kang Han-cheol hundreds of times, there was no need to exchange glances to coordinate.
Although we had fought through sparring rather than cooperation until now, we knew each other’s attack patterns and timings better than anyone else.
– The Tablet of Ten Thousand Souls detonates the divine energy dormant within ‘In His Name.’
– Through ‘In His Name,’ ‘Blessing to Those Who Cannot Die’ is recreated.
Se-un’s weapon burst into a blinding light like a flashbang.
– Player Kang Han-cheol uses ‘Crush(擊破) [Gyeokpa – a martial arts technique meaning ‘to break through’].’
Kwaaaang-!!
Kang Han-cheol’s fist, imbued with the power of 격진 [Gyeokjin – explosive force], slammed into the Bone Dragon’s flank.
The shockwave swept around like a storm, and the Bone Dragon’s massive body tilted to the side.
No, beyond tilting, it momentarily floated in the air.
‘Got it.’
As the Bone Dragon was pushed back, the ‘Cauldron of Death’ that Ruin was concerned about was revealed.
There were traces of the ground undulating as if the Bone Dragon had risen from it, but otherwise, it was no different from the surrounding land.
Or perhaps, these undulating traces themselves symbolized the ‘Cauldron of Death.’
“What’s going on?”
“Ah, I have some business with this land.”
“I see. Then I’ll destroy that thing.”
Classic Kang Han-cheol.
I liked everything from him throwing a punch first and asking questions later to not asking for detailed explanations.
However, as Kang Han-cheol stepped back, a new person approached Se-un’s side.
“Oh my, what are you trying to do again?”
“Ruin seems to have caught a scent of something. Don’t you need to help over there?”
“They’re managing fine without me~ In fact, if I help, the 攻略 [Gong略 – strategy/walkthrough] will become too boring, you know?”
Arcana, who had approached without a sound, was stroking Ruin’s head.
Indeed, if she were to seriously intervene, wouldn’t the Bone Dragon 攻略 [Gong略 – strategy/walkthrough] already be over?
Even with the stat penalties, she was a former high-ranking player.
Moreover, having reached the 60th floor, her stats must have recovered quite a bit, so her power would be far greater than what I saw in Lilac.
“Um, can I watch?”
“Do as you please. Ruin, is this the place?”
– Grrr…….
Ruin began to prowl around, sniffing the area.
The sounds of the Diablo Guild fighting the Bone Dragon pounded in my ears from behind, but I casually ignored them.
There was no need to worry about that side.
Just hearing the sound of thick bones breaking with a ‘crack’ was enough to guess that the Diablo Guild was overwhelmingly winning.
– This is the place. Master.
Ruin waved his front paw, leaving claw marks on the ground.
He raised his front paw once more to dig into the ground, but Se-un stopped him.
Ruin could dig through most ground in an instant, but Se-un’s divinity was consumed each time Ruin moved.
Wasting divinity on simply digging the ground was too precious.
“Dig.”
Pook!
As Se-un muttered softly, the ground where Ruin had left his claw marks caved in.
Dig, a simple 1st circle magic spell for digging.
As a 1st circle spell, it was simple, and as long as there was enough mana, one could dig as much as they wanted.
With Se-un’s mana reaching the 7th circle, it was enough to create a huge pit around this area.
Pook, pook, pook!
The ground sank effortlessly.
Centered on Ruin’s claw marks, the ground was dug in a circular shape, growing larger and larger.
Then.
“It seems like it’s blocked now?”
“It does.”
At some point, the ground stopped sinking.
Even using Dig with a little more mana only produced a ‘scratching!’ sound as if scraping something, but the ground did not cave in.
“Ruin, is this the place?”
– It’s right below here. Master.
Ruin brought his nose to the ground, sniffing, and nodded with a confident voice.
There was no reason to be disappointed that the Dig magic wasn’t working.
In the first place, Dig, as a 1st circle spell, didn’t have much power, so even a single rock could restrict the digging.
Originally, when such hard ground appeared, a pickaxe was needed instead of a shovel.
Sreung.
Se-un once again drew Durandal.
With the reputation of being a sword that splits rocks, Durandal would be able to penetrate any hard mineral that blocked the way.
– The Taesan Blood Wolf(泰山血狼) [Taesan Hyeol-lang – a powerful sword technique] is enhanced through internal energy.
– The power of martial arts is enhanced according to the mysteries of the 파극심공 [Paguk Simgong – a powerful martial arts technique focused on destructive force].
Not knowing how hard it was, I used the Taesan Blood Wolf, which combined the Taesan Eighteen Swords, focused on power, and the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, which was good for concentrating power in an instant.
With the mysteries of the 파극심공 [Paguk Simgong – a powerful martial arts technique focused on destructive force] added, Durandal fiercely shone at the tip of the sword.
Just in case, using the power of Frenzy caused formless energy to ripple around Se-un, changing the air currents even before moving the sword.
Then, lowering his lower body and vertically plunging the highly raised sword down.
Kwajik!
A sound was heard as if piercing the hard surface of something alive, rather than hard ground.
The feeling that traveled up the hand was also hard to believe that it was piercing the ground.
‘It’s hard.’
Even with this much force, not even half of the sword blade went in. Only about 1/3 of the sword blade barely went in.
The moment I put force into my wrist to pull out the firmly 박힌 [Bakhin – embedded] Durandal.
Pooshook!
As if a 유전 [Yujeon – oil field] had 터진 [Teojin – burst], black liquid began to seep out from the gap created by Durandal.