Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 418

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[You have entered the Hidden Dungeon, ‘End of the Mist.’]

There was no need to cross the wall of mist.

The moment the mist wall dissipated, the mist that had been forming the wall surrounded Se-un and naturally drew him into the dungeon.

Looking back, he couldn’t even see the swirling waves of mist from just now.

It wasn’t just a blurred vision. As the words ‘entered the dungeon’ implied, he had been transported to a completely different space than before.

‘A real hidden dungeon. And at the end of the exit.’

He thought he knew most of the hidden dungeons that existed on the 61st floor.

In particular, the path outside the exit that he followed with Turiq was an area Se-un had considered an escape route before his regression.

The Journey Guide didn’t react, and no matter how much he observed, he couldn’t see a way to pass through.

He never imagined that such a place would exist at the end of the swirling mist.

– It’s here. My friend, I can feel it. They’re here.

“Really?”

First, it’s a priority to understand this place.

As Se-un took a step forward, he felt a strange sensation underfoot, hard to describe as the ground.

‘Is the floor also made of mist?’

Of course, no matter how much mist clumps together, it can’t support a person’s weight.

Perhaps it maintains its firmness through magical action, like the mist wall that blocked the way when entering this place.

– But, I don’t know the way. It’s too difficult here.

The surroundings were completely shrouded in mist.

He couldn’t tell where the path was and where the wall was, and upon closer inspection, the swirling mist he had seen from the outside was also scattered throughout the area.

If he mistakenly stepped into a whirlpool thinking it was a path, he wouldn’t be able to avoid serious injuries.

No, upon closer inspection, the mist wasn’t uniform in all directions.

The path here wasn’t simply a flat surface, but also connected to the ceiling and floor, creating a three-dimensional maze.

His vision was already blocked by the mist, and now this dungeon had a maze-like structure, making navigation incredibly difficult.

But.

“Don’t worry about the path.”

Finding paths is Se-un’s specialty.

He was worried that the Journey Guide might not work as it did outside, but as soon as he entered the dungeon, the Journey Guide was fiercely pointing forward.

‘All that’s left is how to move forward.’

The Journey Guide had one drawback.

That was that it took a certain amount of time to pinpoint the exact target point.

It quickly found major landmarks like boss monsters or dungeon exits, but it was a different story with such a twisted and complex path.

He needed to spend time observing the surroundings and provide information so that the Journey Guide could chart the way.

He didn’t exactly have unlimited time, but Se-un had no intention of wasting a long time wandering in this mist.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Tornado’ is enhanced.

Whirr!

A whirlwind arose from Se-un’s hand.

As soon as it left Se-un’s palm, it increased in size and power, soon swirling wildly through the mist-covered walls and floors.

Honestly, his expectations were fifty-fifty.

‘It works.’

The mist walls here were also shaking slightly, indicating that they were not as solid as the mist walls outside.

Well, it takes an enormous amount of power to make mist this solid.

Maintaining all the walls of this vast dungeon to that extent would require so much power that even its owner, even if it were a dragon, would have a hard time handling it.

If the mist walls outside prioritized quality over quantity, the walls here prioritized quantity over quality.

The fluffy texture of the mist he was stepping on was enough to confirm that fact.

“Let’s break through.”

– Okay!

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Wind Storm’ is enhanced.

– According to the mysteries of the Red Tower, the range of ‘Wind Storm’ is expanded.

– According to the mysteries of the White Tower, the elemental power of ‘Wind Storm’ is increased.

A storm began to rage in the hidden dungeon, the End of the Mist.

* * *

Whirr-!!

As a 7th circle wind magic, the power of Wind Storm was considerable.

Such a powerful storm was not only directed at the entire area but also concentrated in the direction indicated by the Journey Guide, so its destructive force was beyond imagination.

As a result.

“Let’s go, Turiq.”

– Okay.

The mist wall blocking the way ahead scattered helplessly.

Mana was being consumed at an enormous rate, but it was still manageable.

In that way, they were traversing this incredibly difficult maze in a straight line.

“By the way, what kind of friend were they?”

The magic formula was set, so there was no problem maintaining the magic as long as he poured in mana.

So, with a little余裕 [leeway], Se-un asked Turiq for information about his ‘friend’ in preparation for any situation.

If Se-un’s prediction was correct, the boss monster of this dungeon was likely that ‘friend.’

– They were my only friend.

“In the past?”

– Yes. In the past. They were different from me. They had many friends.

He looked brighter than usual, no longer seeming somewhat depressed.

Turiq’s expression while talking about his friend looked happier than ever.

The purple wings were also flapping quickly, revealing his joyful emotions.

– But they still came to me. They played with me. I was so happy. But…….

Turiq’s wings, which had been moving busily like a puppy’s tail, drooped. He looked like he was about to cry.

– They suddenly disappeared. I mustered up the courage to ask the other kids too. But they all said they didn’t know. I was so sad. I was lonely.

“So you feel that missing friend here?”

– Yes. This mist must be my friend’s power. It’s completely different from back then, but it feels the same.

“Then that friend is a mist spirit?”

– Yes. We often had fun playing with the mist.

As far as Se-un knew, even though the Tower was a neutral space built between dimensions, it couldn’t interfere with the spirit realm.

To kidnap a mist spirit from the spirit realm to create this trial in the Tower?

He couldn’t say he knew the Tower perfectly, but it was hard to understand.

And it didn’t seem likely that the proud Four Great Spirit Kings would allow it.

‘This doesn’t seem like an ordinary dungeon.’

The reason Se-un thought so was because there were no monsters here.

Before his regression, Se-un had explored so many dungeons in the Tower that he could count them on his fingers, but among them, the dungeons without monsters were even fewer.

Of course, it’s not that such dungeons don’t exist at all.

But such dungeons usually had something special about them.

– We’re close. It’s right ahead.

Was he excited to meet his old friend? Turiq’s wings flapped faster, and the Journey Guide also pointed forward more intensely.

Se-un’s mana was already close to depletion because he had been continuously maintaining the 7th circle magic.

‘Is it there.’

Unlike the walls that had been helplessly scattered by the power of the 7th circle wind magic, the tall wall that filled the front did not budge even with magic.

No, rather than just a wall, it felt like a fortress made of mist.

– It’s right in front of us now…….

“Don’t worry.”

Se-un squeezed out all the remaining mana and poured it into the magic.

The storm that had been scattering the mist walls raged even more violently, pounding the mist fortress in front of him.

The fortress, which had not moved at all, began to tremble.

The power was so strong that even Se-un had to brace his entire body to avoid being pushed back by his own magic.

“I’ll let you meet them right away.”

Even though his mana was about to run out completely, the fortress did not collapse.

It was shaking precariously, but it was firmly maintaining its position as if it would never give in.

At that time, Se-un took out Durendal while maintaining the magic.

‘After all, the formula is bound to change.’

He recalled the Shining Blade he had used recently.

The Shining Blade was clearly a magic that dropped a giant sword of light from the sky to destroy evil beings, but Se-un changed this formula and wielded it directly with both hands.

Of course, this is because the formula of the Shining Blade is not difficult and has the characteristic of being a ‘sword.’

However, he had learned something while facing several magicians in the last ‘Ten Great Mages of the Coral Tower’ during the Great Festival trial he had challenged before.

The magic formula is ultimately the result of pursuing the most stable and efficient method.

It is standardized to be suitable for everyone to use, but it is insufficient to bring out individual characteristics.

So, the best way to use magic is…

‘Original.’

It is to transform the magic to suit the caster.

With that in mind, Se-un changed the formula of the raging storm.

The size of the storm that filled his vision gradually decreased.

However, the more the storm’s power was compressed, the more powerful it became, as if it would explode.

‘My specialty is that I can use both swords and magic. And…….’

Then, the compressed and shrunken storm was imbued into Se-un’s sword.

The wildly raging wind was so violent that it seemed like it would break the sword, but Durendal, true to its formula as the ‘Sword That Splits Boulders,’ firmly endured the violent wind.

Immediately after, Se-un’s eyes flashed.

At first, it was just a solid fortress, but the fortress that had been shaking while withstanding the Wind Storm was already compromised.

Even so, it was not easy to find the weakened part with his eyes because of the characteristics of the mist.

Buzz-

The Journey Guide was already clearly pointing to the gap in the fortress.

So, Se-un did not hesitate and with a small shout.

“Hup!”

He swung Durendal, no, the storm that was wrapped around Durendal.

Kwaaaang-!!!

The Wind Storm, which basically had the characteristics of an area-of-effect skill, stretched out in a straight line according to Durendal’s swing.

The rough wind pressure burst the air in front, and swallowed it up, creating an even stronger wind.

– The Constellation, ‘The Serpent Surrounding Jealousy,’ congratulates you, saying that you seem to have gained a new enlightenment.

– The Constellation, ‘The Bowing Crow,’ shakes its beak, saying that it would be easy to do that with its treasure, so isn’t it a waste of effort?

The storm soon came into contact with the gap in the fortress that the Journey Guide was pointing to.

Whoosh!

It seemed to hold out for a bit, but that was only for a fleeting moment, and soon cracks like spiderwebs appeared on the fortress that had come into contact with the storm, and it could not withstand it and was pierced.

Rather than the mist trying to repair the hole by rushing in, the storm spread out around it first.

The hole that had been pierced once grew uncontrollably, and cracks appeared throughout the mist fortress.

The mist could not withstand it and spread out in all directions.

‘Hoo…….’

Se-un’s hands trembled.

The previous strike was no different from wielding 7th circle magic with his bare hands.

A more powerful aftermath was felt than when he had taken out and wielded Mammon’s treasure.

It was surprisingly powerful, but Se-un’s thoughts did not stop there.

‘What if I use Mammon’s treasure with magic imbued in it?’

Then, wouldn’t he be able to exert twice, or even more, the usual power?

If the power of destruction reaches there, it may be possible to sweep away a huge Outer [powerful monster from outside the Tower] in one blow.

He might be able to easily pierce through the barrier of the man called ‘Defeated King’ that he had seen recently and kill him in an instant.

Kwang!

While he was thinking that, the mist fortress finally collapsed, and all the mist that made it up scattered.

However, there was one strange thing.

Rather than the mists scattering with the wind, they were scattering towards the inside. In other words, they were scattering towards Se-un, which could be said to be the opposite direction of the wind.

It didn’t take long for that question to be resolved.

– Noisy…… Noisy! Noisy!!

Thick mist billowed out from where the mist fortress had been.

No, that could no longer be called mist.

A body composed of mist that was more tightly compressed than the mist wall he had broken with the Banana Palm Fan outside. Two eyes that shone eerily like will-o’-the-wisps within it.

– Forger!

– It’s noisy, I tell you!!

It was the appearance of the hidden dungeon’s boss monster, the Mist Spirit Forger.