410. I Raided the Demon God’s Warehouse
“For the Diablo Guild!”
“Cheers!”
Clink!
At ‘Night’s Respite,’ one of the largest inns in Death Hill.
The Diablo Guild members, filling the first floor that served as a restaurant, raised their glasses in unison.
Thanks to using Contribution Points to reserve all the inn’s rooms as single rooms instead of doubles, no other players were in sight.
Each table was laden with so much food that it seemed impossible to eat it all.
It seemed they had ordered several sets of every item on the inn’s menu.
Wasn’t it a waste of Contribution Points?
It was.
However, there was a good reason for the Diablo Guild to do this.
“Wow, Leader! Those guys were really crazy, weren’t they? I knew it when I picked their pockets!”
“The pockets were nothing. The warehouse situation was truly amazing.”
“Are all guild warehouses like that?”
“No way. Isn’t that place weird? We don’t have a separate treasure warehouse besides the materials and resources warehouse.”
“That’s because our Guild Master doesn’t have such greed.”
“Maybe not! Leader, tell me honestly. Aren’t you hoarding treasures you got from the trials all by yourself? No, now that I think about it, you’ve been suspicious since the tutorial!”
“Hmm, the items the Guild Master uses are indeed impressive.”
“You fools, that’s Authority! Don’t you know my *oppa* [older brother/male friend] made a contract with a Demon God? Anyone who doesn’t understand this probably hasn’t even used Authority yet!”
“That’s too much……”
“Ah, no! Not you, sis! Sorry!”
It was all thanks to the assets held by the Black Cross Guild.
The reward for succeeding in a guild war depends on the contract initially agreed upon by the two guild leaders, but the contract written by Seun and Felches had the highest risk.
It involved transferring all of the guild’s assets and even bankrupting the guild to transfer accumulated experience.
Of course, Felches did this to obtain Seun’s Key.
And, of course, it was a contract written with the confidence that they would win.
Thanks to that, the Diablo Guild was able to acquire the assets accumulated by the Black Cross Guild, and they were more enormous than expected.
“Next dish is here! Everyone, eat as much as you want!”
“Wow, braised pork ribs! *Japchae* [Korean glass noodles stir-fry] too! I can’t believe we can eat this in the Tower!”
“Thanks, Mijeong *unnie* [older sister/female friend]!”
“There were various food ingredients besides the usual materials. I think we can spend some time without worrying about food.”
“Yay!”
The guild members all cheered as Kim Mijeong brought out the food.
Even Kang Hanchul, who was known for not reacting much, cleared his throat and grabbed a handful of *japchae*.
‘Come to think of it, Felches was quite famous as a gourmet.’
Once, during their first meeting, Seun had been invited to a meal by him.
The food he had eaten then was probably the most delicious meal he had had since entering the Tower.
Well, after that, he was charmed by Felches over a mere meal and was used several times before he realized his true nature.
Anyway, as Kim Mijeong said, the Black Cross’s assets included various food ingredients and seasonings stored in a huge freezer.
Seun acknowledged her cooking skills, so it seemed they could enjoy such feasts for a while.
[You have consumed Golden Pig Braised Ribs.]
[Your Stamina recovery rate increases by 10% for one week.]
[Your Fatigue recovery rate increases by 10% for one week.]
Moreover, her cooking provided a considerable level of buff just by eating it, thanks to a combination of her unique skill and the Constellation’s power.
Of course, the same type of buff did not stack, so eating a lot did not double the stats, but the difficulty of the trials from the 61st floor would be very high, so it would definitely be a noticeable buff.
“Seun, have you checked the buffs that were enhanced by winning the guild war?”
“Roughly.”
“They’re more amazing than I thought. The buffs have increased about twice as much as before, and even if I don’t know about the Disposition, the efficiency of the ‘Climbing’ type has also increased significantly.”
The Diablo Guild’s Disposition, Savior of Destruction.
Even before Seun regressed, not much was known about the direction in which the guild’s Disposition influenced things.
However, it was known that there were cases where the guild’s Disposition affected the type of trial or shelter.
The Diablo Guild also had such cases.
“Well, the efficiency of Climbing is starting to show.”
The Diablo Guild’s type, ‘Climbing (登攀),’ which Seun and Yoo Seoa had chosen after much deliberation.
It was a type known to be unpopular because it was less efficient than other types until half of the Tower was climbed.
However, the Diablo Guild was different.
They had chosen the Climbing type, which increased in efficiency as they climbed the Tower, from only the 33rd floor and had been able to grow it until now.
Considering that the minimum requirements for a guild were usually formed after the 40th floor, and the moment when a guild could be properly established was usually after the 50th floor, it was a very early starting point.
Thanks to this, now that they had passed the 60th floor and entered Death Hill.
The Climbing type, which was already starting to show efficiency, was further strengthened by the guild war with the Black Cross.
‘Basic stats have increased, as well as the amount of rewards acquired from trials.’
It was already starting to catch up with the efficiency of other types, but what if they climbed more floors from here? It would boast an efficiency that was hard to compare with other types.
“The buffs required too many Contribution Points to touch, but now they can’t be enhanced with Contribution Points at all.”
“You’ve exceeded the limit that can be enhanced with Contribution Points.”
“Then, do we have to win guild wars to strengthen the guild?”
“That’s the easiest way, but it’s not the end.”
“Is there another way?”
“Although it’s not common, I’ve heard that guilds can be strengthened if their reputation rises or if they perform well in the guild’s name.”
“Hmm, that’s tricky.”
“Even if it’s ambiguous in the beginning, as you climb the floors and growth slows down, strengthening the guild becomes even more important.”
“That’s true.”
After that, Seun talked with the guild members about what they had gained from this guild war.
Thanks to the harvest being larger than expected, the conversation did not stop even when listing the items in the warehouse.
“Hehe, can I really use this? There seem to be many things that would sell for a high price at the auction house.”
“It’s okay. It’s much more helpful for you to handle them than to put them up for auction.”
“Thank you. I will definitely live up to your expectations.”
“Thank you.”
All the materials needed for equipment refinement were to be given to Go Changseok.
No matter how expensive the material, it was just a material to make something in the first place.
Even if he made equipment that the Diablo Guild members could not use, making such finished products and putting them up for auction would sell for a much higher price.
“Wow, really? Can we use all of that?”
“There’s a lot, right? Really, a lot! There’s really a lot!”
“The guild residence you worked so hard to build was badly damaged. If you don’t have enough materials, just tell me. We have a lot of Contribution Points, so we can get them from the auction house within the limit.”
“Yay!”
“This time, there’s no time limit, so I have to make it properly!”
“This time, I’m going to make sure no one can break in!”
The Black Cross Guild had more building materials than expected. Of course, they were all given to the twin sisters.
To be honest, it would not be enough to rebuild the Diablo Guild’s residence that was destroyed this time, but the level of materials was high, so it seemed they could build a wonderful building.
And Seun knew why the Black Cross had collected so many building materials.
‘I knew they hadn’t built the temple yet, but I didn’t know they had collected so much.’
The ‘Black Beak’ and ‘Giant Beak’ that Seun had built in the trials with the help of the twin sisters.
What inspired them to build those was the temple that Felches had built by mobilizing the guild’s power.
He knew that the temple had not been built yet in terms of timing, but he did not know that they had already collected so many materials.
“Leader, can I sell the other things? I’m pretty confident in auctions!”
“……Yoo Seoa, can you monitor this?”
“Yes, I will monitor it thoroughly.”
“Ah, Leader! Don’t you trust me? I wouldn’t possibly embezzle a few!”
“I don’t trust you.”
“That’s too much! Then, instead, give me a little incentive every time I sell it at a high price……”
“Kang Hanchul, would you like to take charge of ‘education’ too?”
“That would be fun.”
“Ah, I understand! That’s too much, really!”
Thus, it was all decided how to use the assets obtained through the guild war.
The items put up for auction were to be distributed to the guild members each time they were sold.
Since they had won the guild war, they had to pay a reasonable reward.
“Isn’t it fortunate that there were no casualties?”
“It’s thanks to the undead acting as shields. I heard that many undead were destroyed this time.”
“Haha, undead are not living things anyway. Besides, we have a lot of materials this time, so it doesn’t matter.”
Baekhyun raised his glass and approached Seun.
When he said the materials they had acquired this time, he was naturally referring to the corpses of the Black Cross Guild members.
There might be moral concerns about using humans as materials for undead, but this was the Tower.
In this place where people even take the lives of their companions to survive, using the corpses of the already dead is not subject to criticism.
“More than that, what are you going to do with that box?”
At Baekhyun’s question, Seun rummaged through his chest.
The box made of meteorites he had received from Felches.
After obtaining this, Seun thought about what to do with the box, imagining various possibilities.
And now he was about to come to a conclusion.
“I’ve decided to just keep it for now.”
“Well, that’s the safest choice. Looking at it like this, it’s like Pandora’s Box.”
“Pandora’s Box, it’s similar.”
He could not open this box carelessly without knowing its identity.
Even the item description did not come to mind, and since it was made of meteorites, it was certain that it was related to the Outer Gods.
The moment he opened it, he might get something that Felches wanted, but perhaps that would be a sign to summon the Outer Gods.
He thought it was better to keep it locked up safely than to gamble like that.
“Then, what’s left now……”
“Yes.”
The guild war with the Black Cross was over.
So now it was time to fulfill the reason why he had decided to have a guild war with the Black Cross in the first place.
That was the Outer God buried under the Black Cross’s building.
“We need to clean up the trash first.”
– Grrr…….
It was time to annihilate them.