Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 405

Crack!

The cracks in the black substance surrounding Pelches’ body intensified.

What had been taking shape so impressively, like full-body armor or a bird’s wings, could no longer maintain its form and turned to ash, scattering in the wind.

“N-No, that can’t be. It shouldn’t be! All my followers? No, that can’t be happening!”

Pelches moved his hands frantically.

He tried to stop the cracks and gather the dust, but the black armor refused to reform.

According to him, that black armor was a product of the descent [a ritual or process of gaining power from a higher being or source].

To be precise, it was the final result of channeling power from the Black Cross followers who had undergone the descent. Now that they had been defeated by the Diablo Guild and its members had all fallen, there was no way his armor could be sustained.

He had been wary of Se-un’s power, but he hadn’t paid enough attention to Se-un’s companions.

“Looks like that was really his last resort.”

“N-No, it can’t be… it can’t be…”

Pelches, denying reality as if he couldn’t hear Se-un’s words, desperately tried to hold onto the crumbling black armor.

If nothing else, one thing was certain: Pelches wasn’t lying or putting on an act right now.

‘He wasn’t the type to kneel in front of others, even if he was faking it.’

He knelt down and bowed his head, gathering the black dust scattered on the floor, as if his sanity had already deserted him.

Even though he knew it was impossible, even though he knew it was over, he didn’t stop his futile actions.

“Denny! Denny, where are you! Answer me! Denny! Th-That’s right. Seshe! I’ll promote you right now! So please, hurry…”

Was it only now that he realized he couldn’t gather the black ash no matter how much he tried? Pelches desperately raised his head and shouted.

His flailing arms, like those of a madman, were even pitiful.

‘Yeah, this was the biggest difference between Pelches and me before the regression [a return to a previous state or timeline].’

A huge force called a guild. Or, to be precise, the difference in companions.

No matter how capable Se-un was as an adventurer before the regression, he was betrayed by the Constellation and the players at the time, and he was living a completely solitary life.

On the other hand, Pelches had established himself as the head of the massive Black Cross Guild.

That was why Se-un couldn’t end his revenge on him no matter how hard he struggled.

If he had companions like the current Diablo Guild back then?

Even if he didn’t have the same power as now, wouldn’t he have been able to succeed in taking his revenge in the end?

[Yoo Seo-ah: Se-un, how is it over there? The enemies don’t seem to be around anymore, so I’m looking for you and moving.]

[Han Ah-reum: Ana saved us?]

[Yoo Seo-ah: If I had known a little earlier, I would have…]

[Han Da-un: No, it’s not your fault, sis!]

[Park Jung-pil: Bro, these guys have a lot of good stuff, can I take some? Hehehe.]

When Se-un checked the guild chat, the battle was already over, and they were cleaning up.

All that was left was for Se-un to finish the guild war.

Se-un approached Pelches, who was still desperately calling out to his followers, lowered his stance, and muttered quietly.

“Sorry, but I’m not alone this time.”

“…What? Alone?”

If he killed Pelches like this, everything would be over.

But there was one thing he needed to find out.

“Too bad. I was wondering where you were going to use this key.”

“That key!”

Se-un took out a rainbow-colored key from his chest.

Then, as if to taunt Pelches, he shook the key in front of his eyes.

The sound of the key hitting the ring echoed clearly, like a bell ringing.

As soon as it did, Pelches’ eyes followed the key as if he were hypnotized.

“Ah, if only I had this. If I only had this…”

Pelches’ hand trembled and reached for the key.

Just as Se-un was about to retrieve the key, preventing him from getting it,

Ting-

The key suddenly came out of the ring and soared into the air.

Before Se-un could reach out, Pelches threw his whole body forward and grabbed the key, rolling on the floor.

“Hahaha! You fool! It’s over now! If I have this, everything is over!”

Pelches, holding the key, laughed as he distanced himself from Se-un.

He smiled happily, as if he possessed the whole world, and took something out of his chest.

‘That’s?’

Se-un’s eyes widened.

A crude box that Pelches took out of his chest.

It was so roughly made and bumpy that it was questionable whether it was even a properly constructed box, but that’s why Se-un could be sure.

The identity of the material that made up that box.

‘Meteorite.’

There was no way he could be mistaken.

It was the meteorite that he had been constantly seeing and breaking as he climbed the floors of the tower [likely a reference to a game mechanic or story element].

Its unique gray-brown color and the holes and gaps in between that were not properly processed, but the inside was completely sealed.

In the middle of it, there was a small gap just enough for a key to fit in.

Perhaps that gap was the keyhole.

“You were arrogant and got caught! After all, fate is on my side! No matter how strong you are, no matter how many followers die! Now!”

Pelches raised the key.

The subtle rainbow light illuminated the surroundings more brilliantly than usual.

Pelches, who was grinning so wide that his mouth was about to tear, finally inserted Se-un’s key into the box made of meteorite.

“It’s my victory!”

Click.

The key turned, and the sound of something catching echoed.

Pelches’ hand stopped momentarily, but he quickly regained his senses and opened the box with all his might.

But.

“Uh, uh…?”

The box didn’t open.

As befitting its name as a master key, the key that had unlocked all locks and seals until now did not work.

Pelches turned the key a few more times, took it out again, and tried to insert it again, but the result was the same.

“Y-You scammer! How dare you request a guild war with a fake master key as a condition!”

“You know very well that the key is real.”

“H-How did you deceive the contract! The contract recognized by the system clearly stated the clause regarding the master key! There was no way to deceive the system… N-No way!”

Pelches trembled and raised the key.

The key, which had been sparkling with rainbow colors, was forcibly pressed and twisted in the wrong hole, and was covered in wounds.

The beautiful color on the outside faded, and an unidentified black mineral was revealed.

“Looking for this, aren’t you?”

Looking at the despairing man, Se-un took out a new key.

The real master key.

The key he handed to Pelches was a replica that Se-un had made by showing the key to Go Chang-seok and asking him to make it while preparing for the guild war.

Dropping the key was just an act to see where and how he was going to use it.

“G-Give it to me! That’s mine! It’s something I have to use!”

Pelches took out a dagger decorated with a black cross from his chest, emitted a black aura, and ran towards Se-un.

In the first place, his power was more specialized in preparing for battle or assisting allies than in direct combat.

If he had used the descent and then stepped onto the front lines to assist his allies in this guild war, a more difficult battle would have ensued.

The reason he didn’t use his own power was probably because he had forgotten his own abilities and was clinging to this unknown power.

Stab-

Before long, the eerie sound of a blade cutting through flesh was heard.

Blood splattered on Se-un’s face, and Pelches’ body, with his chest cut, slowly collapsed.

“My key… The ruined glory is right in front of me…”

Thud.

It was a more futile ending than he thought.

When he thought about the past when he was defeated by him and couldn’t even get revenge properly, he wanted to kill him more painfully, but the past is just the past. The moment you dwell on the past, the future moves away.

– The Diablo Guild has won the guild war against the Black Cross Guild.

– According to the guild war contract, all assets of the Black Cross Guild will be transferred to the Diablo Guild.

– By winning the guild war, the Diablo Guild’s type ‘Climbing’ is strengthened.

– By winning the guild war, the Diablo Guild’s tendency ‘Savior of Destruction’ is strengthened.

– By winning the guild war, the Diablo Guild’s attack power buff is increased.

…….

At the same time as the shattered guild stone rolled out of Pelches’ split chest along with blood, messages related to the guild war appeared.

Not only the buffs that had reached their limit to be strengthened by using contribution points recently, but also the guild’s type and tendency that could not be strengthened with contribution points were all strengthened, and the Diablo Guild’s power became even stronger.

No, it became several times stronger than before.

That’s because the opponent was the Black Cross Guild.

Originally, the Diablo Guild, which was a new guild in terms of size and personnel, had defeated an opponent that it could never win.

“I was half-expecting it, but was it really related to the Outer God [a powerful, often malevolent, entity from beyond the known universe]?”

Se-un recalled the battle with Pelches.

Clearly, neither Ruin nor the Holy Scar reacted, but the power he used had similarities to the Outer God.

Looking back, the descent was also similar to the feeling of being parasitized by the Outer God in the way it amplified power.

Of course, it was insignificant compared to the actual Outer God…

‘There was a similar experiment in Zehetan.’

The experiment and the mysterious man that were being carried out in the basement of Zehetan.

When he thought of those things, it wasn’t strange to think that Pelches was following the power of the Outer God.

However, when he thought this far, more things began to come to mind.

Pelches’ obsession with the key was the same even before Se-un regressed.

Then, that means Pelches started following the Outer God from then on.

Then, is the reason why the Outer God started invading before the regression perhaps because of Pelches?

Did he eventually find the key, open this box, and get something related to the Outer God from here?

Se-un, who had been pouring out various speculations, soon shook his head.

– By winning the guild war, you will acquire the residence of the Black Cross Guild.

– Players currently residing in the residence will be temporarily evacuated outside while the residences are being merged.

– 5 minutes until forced eviction.

– 4:59…….

First of all, it’s time to clean up after the guild war.

It’s enough to find out about Pelches’ plan and investigate this box after that.

Now.

“Se-un! You’ve worked hard!”

“It took longer than I thought.”

“Bro, look at this! These guys are all rich! If we sell this at the auction house, we can make a fortune!”

It’s time to raise a toast to victory with his hardworking colleagues.