The Vault of the Demon God – Episode 421
– You have devoured ‘Mist Maker’.
– Absorbing nutrients increases Stamina by 2 and Intelligence by 3.
Mist Maker.
I knew about it, but facing it directly was more challenging than I thought.
‘Physical and magical attacks. If either was lacking, it would have been nearly impossible to kill it completely.’
The fog it emitted blocked most magic, and its soft skin deflected most physical attacks.
It meant that brute force wouldn’t work against it.
That’s why Se-un was able to end the battle with the help of his knowledge from before the regression and the Guidebook of the Journey.
– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ is sparkling, saying this is the best delicacy he has ever tasted.
– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ sheds tears of emotion, saying it was worth the wait.
Beelzebub also seems very satisfied.
Although he still had Stamina left, monsters didn’t approach Se-un, perhaps due to the aftermath of defeating the named monster.
Rather, they were slowly moving away, seemingly avoiding Se-un.
‘There’s no need to go up right away.’
No matter how thick the fog is, if I follow the Guidebook of the Journey well, I can get out of the Dream Forest without difficulty.
However, there is more to gain in the Dream Forest than I thought. From the 61st floor trial onwards, the field is large, with many hidden pieces and dungeons.
“Hyung-nim [older brother/term of endearment for a male friend] – Save- Please- Where-!”
Ignoring the familiar voice coming from afar, Se-un set out to find hidden dungeons.
* * *
It’s already been several days since entering the Dream Forest, the 61st floor trial.
If he had run straight ahead following the Guidebook of the Journey, it would have been a distance that Se-un could have covered in a day at his speed, but Se-un chose to explore dungeons instead of going all out.
As a result.
[You have perfectly cleared the hidden dungeon, ‘Fog Forest.’]
[As a reward, your personal contribution increases by 100,000 points.]
[You have acquired ‘Essence of Fog.’]
[You have perfectly cleared the hidden dungeon, ‘Fog Waterfall.’]
[As a reward, your personal contribution increases by 140,000 points.]
[You have acquired ‘Lantern of the Journey.’]
…….
He was able to find and clear more than ten hidden dungeons.
He not only earned more than 1 million points even before the trial was over but also secured various items.
Items that can be obtained from the 61st floor onwards are valuable, so just putting them up for auction would earn a lot of contribution points.
‘There was something like this.’
Lantern of the Journey.
A one-time item that illuminates the destination from various obstacles, including fog. It feels like a lower-level version of Se-un’s unique skill, Guidebook of the Journey.
In addition, items like Fog Grass, which would be good for Lee Ha-neul, and minerals that could be given to Ko Chang-seok, were piling up in the subspace pocket.
In the meantime, Se-un smiled without realizing it.
‘I’ve changed a lot too.’
In the past, even if I got these items, I would have just passed them on to the auction house or thought about how to handle them alone, but now, as soon as I get an item, the first thing that comes to mind is who to give it to.
It seems that he has become more attached to the guild since talking about regression and being recognized in Death Hill.
‘Shall we go up now?’
The hidden dungeons around him are almost cleared.
Even for Se-un, finding all the hidden dungeons on the 61st floor would take too long and be inefficient, so this was enough.
– The Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ smacks his lips and regrets it.
Beelzebub reacted immediately, but monsters will continue to appear even if you go up to the next trial.
“Turik.”
– Yes.
He spread Turik’s wings and flew quickly.
His sense of direction was distorted due to the fog, and the movement of his wings was strange, but it was manageable enough.
[Park Jung-pil: Hyung-nim, where are you! It’s too difficult here!]
[Choi Su-chang: I’ll go up ahead first.]
[Han Ah-reum: Huh? Su-chang oppa [older brother/term of endearment for a male friend], how did you find the exit already?]
[Choi Su-chang: I was able to arrive by following the river of fog. If you look around carefully, there will be hints other than this.]
[Harry Kane: That’s right. It’s difficult, but hints exist everywhere.]
[Kang Han-cheol: If I break everything, I’ll come out someday.]
While moving, I opened the guild chat just in case.
Most people were still wandering around, but some, like Choi Su-chang and Harry, had already passed the trial.
Thanks to their advice, others seem to be slowly finding their own strategies.
‘Almost there.’
The fog is so thick that you can’t see anything in front of you.
Even in the midst of this, the Guidebook of the Journey is sending a strong signal, telling me that this is the end of the Dream Forest.
Thud.
Se-un, who folded his wings and landed gently, raised his head.
Two trees that are the only things visible in the world that has turned white due to the fog.
There are several exits on the 61st floor trial, but the space between the trees in front of him was one of the most common exit types in the forest.
As he was about to head towards the 62nd floor.
– Huh? Over there…….
Turik, who was about to fold her wings and fall asleep, suddenly spoke. Soon after, she escaped from the stigma and began to fly somewhere.
“Where are you going?”
– Here, familiar energy. I feel it.
“Familiar energy?”
– Yes, familiar energy.
Was there something around here?
The Guidebook of the Journey still only points to the two tree pillars that are the exit of the 61st floor.
Se-un before the regression had never found anything around the exit either.
Se-un trusts the Guidebook of the Journey more than his instincts, but he couldn’t leave Turik, who was moving as if possessed, alone.
“Let’s go together.”
– Thank you. Just a little further. It’s close.
Se-un followed Turik past the two tree pillars.
From a spatial point of view, moving like this would normally mean leaving the forest, but the Dream Forest is not that simple of a structure.
If it were such a structure, you would have passed the trial just by moving in one direction.
You can only escape the trial by going out through a specific exit, like the space between the trees you just found.
Going back behind these tree pillars will only lead you back into the maze.
Yes, it should definitely be like that…….
‘What is it?’
Something was strange.
It wasn’t just that the fog was getting thicker, but the fog was swirling like a stream.
– This way. Be careful.
I feel like my senses are severely misaligned.
When I turned my head, the fog was swirling violently in a place slightly off the path following Turik.
I could instinctively tell.
That if I strayed from this path and was exposed to that vortex, it would be impossible to escape by ordinary means.
– Why is it here? No. Why…….
“What are you talking about?”
– My friend. No. A friend I used to be……. A lost friend.
If it’s Turik’s friend, is she talking about the same spirit?
As far as Se-un knows, Turik is the only spirit of fear in the spirit world.
– A long time ago. My only friend. I didn’t see her often, but. We were friends.
The time in the spirit world is different from the human world. Therefore, the standard of time that spirits speak of is also different from humans.
If Turik says ‘a long time ago,’ she must be talking about at least hundreds, no, thousands of years ago.
– It’s ahead. It’s ahead, but…….
Turik stopped moving.
The surrounding fog was swirling even more fiercely, as if it would drag in intruders if they moved their fingers even slightly.
Until now, it was still safe to move as long as I followed Turik, but not anymore.
– It’s blocked, it won’t open. Why? I came…….
A wall made of fog was blocking Turik’s path.
The wall, which looked white and solid as if the fog had gathered and gathered again, did not budge despite Turik’s pleas.
Se-un also took a step forward and touched the wall, and even though it was clearly a wall made of fog, he felt an enormous amount of solidity.
“Turik, do you want to go in here?”
– Yes. I feel my friend. She’s in here. I want to see her.
“Okay.”
Turik, who contracted with Se-un and lives in the stigma, was already one with Se-un.
Without her, it would have been impossible to hold his head up straight in front of Lucifer before.
Although this was not written in her contract, she had already received a lot of help and would continue to receive a lot of help and live together, so there was enough reason to grant her wish.
Clang!
Se-un swung Durandal, just in case.
Even though it was just fog, the sword bounced off as if hitting a stone wall.
No, it would be impossible for even an ordinary stone wall to bounce Durandal off like this.
– The third form of the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, Blood Wolf Assault, is enhanced through internal energy.
This time, I unleashed a strike with internal energy.
Durandal, which was wielded with overflowing red sword energy, this time gently brushed over the fog wall as if cutting paper.
However…….
‘It doesn’t work.’
It didn’t cut the fog wall.
Se-un’s sword had simply passed through the fog wall.
It seems to have the characteristic of letting physical attacks of a certain intensity or higher pass through.
Whoosh!
This time it’s fire.
I caused intense heat with the intention of evaporating all the water that made up the fog, but even this didn’t work.
Rather, the fog became thicker and the fog wall rippled even whiter.
While using various attacks like that.
‘Wind.’
Se-un was finally able to find a gap in the fog wall.
The fog wall, which did not budge at all to any other magic, showed a slight tremor only when wind magic was used.
The Guidebook of the Journey also conveyed the weakness of the fog wall to Se-un.
The problem is that this fog wall did not scatter even with 7-circle wind magic.
Then, there is only one way.
– The Vault of Greed has been opened.
[Narakshasa’s Treasure, Palm Leaf Fan]
– The treasure of the Rakshasa [demon] woman called Princess Iron Fan. It is said that a strong wind rises when waved once, rain and wind when waved twice, and a typhoon when waved three times.
Se-un took out a red fan through Myriad Manifestations.
While staying in Death Hill, Se-un was not idle while the guild members were training to contribute to Death Hill and become stronger.
While focusing on training, he also asked Ko Chang-seok to make various equipment so that he could use more of Mammon’s treasures.
Equipment made by obtaining rare and powerful materials to withstand the power of the treasures.
This fan was also one of those many pieces of equipment.
“Turik, can you step back?”
– Yes…….
Whoosh!
When Se-un waved the fan, a wind as powerful as 7-circle magic rose and swept away the surrounding fog.
However, even so, the fog wall in front of him stood firmly in place like a large tree.
Se-un did not stop and waved the fan again.
Whoosh!
The fan grew to about twice its original size.
This time, rain water spread in all directions like a shower along with a stronger gale than before.
The fog wall shook like a reed as if it was in pain, but it still struggled to hold its place.
And the long-awaited last, third fan.
– The Remnant Claw Fan unleashes the power of the wind dormant in the ‘Palm Leaf Fan.’
– Volcanic Suppression is reproduced through the ‘Palm Leaf Fan.’
Whoooooo-!!
The Rakshasa’s fan, the Palm Leaf Fan, which creates a typhoon with the third fan.
To the wind of the Palm Leaf Fan, which is known to completely extinguish the flames with just a fan even if it is Mount Huoyan [Flaming Mountain], which spews out extremely powerful flames.
Swish-
The fog wall that had been blocking the way gradually began to dissipate.