Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 43

43.

Boo- Woooo-

Boooooong-

A majestic yet sharp melody resonated within the wooden coffin. It was a fitting relic for Pan, who enjoyed dance and music, but the power it held was far from beautiful.

Fear and chaos.

It drove listeners to impulse and shook their reason.

As the so-called god of livestock, he could even control monsters with that melody.

In other words, destroying that instrument would stop Pan from controlling monsters through his contractor.

“Krrraaah-!”

The source of the melody was five minotaurs, forming a defensive line as if protecting someone.

‘Minotaurs, huh.’

In the tutorial, a minotaur was a strong entity, comparable to a named monster.

And there were five of them.

Se-un couldn’t approach them easily.

At that moment, the melody stopped amidst the minotaurs, and someone’s voice was heard.

“Heehee, you came early? I thought you’d play with my kids a little longer!”

A minotaur stepped aside, revealing the owner of the voice.

Ragged and dirty clothes as if covered in old cloth, curly hair, and a back bent like an animal. He held the instrument, a syrinx [a type of panpipe], in his drooping hands.

Lastly, his pupils were stretched horizontally like a frog or goat.

‘The transformation has already begun.’

If he were an alien species from the start, Se-un wouldn’t have been unaware.

His body was starting to deform due to the constellation’s excessive power.

‘Well, with this much power, it’s only natural.’

No matter how strong a tutorial participant is, there are limits.

Yet, this man was freely manipulating hundreds of monsters, even after accepting the constellation’s power.

It didn’t make sense in the first place.

In other words, that human was excessively manifesting the constellation’s power at the cost of his own life force.

‘I don’t know if he’s aware of it.’

Judging by his slurred speech and unfocused eyes, it seemed that mental contamination was also in progress, not just physical.

And as if affirming all of Se-un’s predictions.

-The constellation, ‘The Goat Playing Chaos,’ smiles slyly, looking at you and someone behind you.

-The constellation, ‘The Bowing Crow,’ frowns and stops working upon hearing the loud instrument sound amidst his work.

The Goat Playing Chaos.

Pan’s message appeared.

Due to Mammon’s power, he couldn’t send messages directly to Se-un, but he conveyed the message through the hunched man who appeared to be his contractor.

“Heehee, I understand. If the god wishes, as much as he wants!”

“Kuaooo!”

The five minotaurs charged at Se-un.

Se-un lightly stepped back, unleashing purple lightning at them.

Normally, it was a spell that would defeat at least one monster, but this time, it was different.

“Kuh- Oooo!”

Chain Lightning only momentarily stunned the minotaurs.

It was startling, but Se-un used that brief gap to create more distance.

From the start, he didn’t expect a 2nd Circle spell to work on monsters like minotaurs.

Besides, with Pan’s nasty personality.

“Heehee! Since my god wishes, I will dye this world with fear and chaos!”

This straightforward frontal battle couldn’t be the end.

Boo- Woong-

Drrrrr!

The moment the man blew into the panpipe, the ground beneath Se-un’s feet trembled.

Since he had already anticipated the surprise attack, Se-un jumped high without hesitation. Then, hundreds of sharp teeth emerged where Se-un had been.

‘Giant Worm.’

A monster resembling a giant earthworm, it moved quickly underground, sensing vibrations to attack enemies.

If he hadn’t jumped, he would have been caught off guard by the sudden attack.

If bitten by those hundreds of teeth encircling him, one of his limbs would have been easily torn off.

“Heehee, it’s not enough yet! Not enough! Chaos and fear!”

The man’s voice trembled anxiously, as if he were intoxicated with drugs.

At the same time, Se-un felt the surrounding air currents change in an instant.

With his hearing enhanced by ‘Kobold’s Lop-Eared Ear,’ he heard the sharp cry of a bird of prey.

In response, Se-un shouted something without looking back.

“White Fang!”

Tatt!

The skeleton that had brought Se-un here, White Fang, floated its body high, dyed red with the power of the Red Hare [a mythical, incredibly fast horse].

Then, with its sharp beak, it bit the neck of the eagle that was diving towards Se-un.

The knowledge Se-un gained from using ‘Raise Skeleton’ was not just about raising skeletons. It included everything from handling to utilizing skeletons.

From the start, White Fang was a skeleton that Se-un had directly raised, so it wasn’t difficult to handle.

With the power of the Red Hare added, White Fang’s power was on a different level from ordinary skeletons.

Even though its defense was weak, it instantly severed the neck of the Giant Eagle, which was known to easily snatch even orcs.

Woooong!

Now that White Fang had taken care of the above, it was time to clean up the below.

The Giant Worm had hastily hidden its body underground as soon as its surprise attack failed.

Listening closely, it seemed that there was more than one.

But, it didn’t matter.

Se-un pulled back his fist with all his might, opened Mammon’s vault to learn a new magic, and descended quickly.

Since he had jumped quite high, the falling speed was very fast. The moment he touched the ground, Se-un unleashed the magic, slamming his fist into the earth with all his might.

-You have opened the Treasure Vault of Greed.

[Ground Wave]

– The basic magic that forms the foundation of the seismological magic symbolizing the Yellow Tower. It engulfs the enemy by creating a wave of earth.

Kugugugu!!

The earth quaked.

The minotaurs, who had been aiming for Se-un as he landed, lost their balance due to the sudden tremor and staggered.

Originally, he should have misaligned the ground like Kang Cheol’s ‘Opening Battle’ to make rocks protrude or split the ground to trap the enemy, but Se-un’s magic was different.

The ground collision was suppressed as much as possible, and instead, greater pressure was created below the surface.

Crack, Crack!

Although it was invisible, the area under Se-un’s fist was a scene of utter chaos.

Pressure came from all directions, and the earth sank.

The tunnels that the Giant Worms had dug for movement collapsed, and with them.

Pajik!

The bodies of the Giant Worms, which had been aiming for a surprise attack, burst as they couldn’t withstand the pressure.

The Giant Worms, known for being difficult to deal with, were all defeated in a single blow.

-The constellation, ‘The Goat Playing Chaos,’ is furious and wishes for fear to take hold of you.

“Heehee, I understand! My god!”

There was no consistency in the man’s speech. He used honorifics, then spoke informally, and even stuttered occasionally.

It was evidence that mental contamination had progressed considerably.

As such, the man thoroughly followed Pan’s orders.

With trembling hands, he grabbed the syrinx and blew into the wooden tube with all his might.

Boooooong-!

“Kuaooo!”

The five minotaurs screamed as if in agony.

The muscles swelled as if they would burst, and thick blood vessels wriggled like worms on top of them.

The eyes were stained red with overlapping capillaries, and white breaths abnormally leaked out.

Berserker.

It was a skill used by ‘Red Fang, Carnil,’ the named monster Se-un had faced before.

It wasn’t a skill that non-named monsters in the tutorial area should have, but they were forcibly entering a berserk state by Pan’s power.

“Kuaoooooo!”

Unable to control their bursting power, they charged at Se-un. With each step, the earth caved in and the wind was crushed.

While thinking about how to deal with them.

-The constellation, ‘The Bowing Crow,’ decides to temporarily return the weapon he borrowed from you.

Srrrng-

A familiar sensation of a handle was grasped in Se-un’s right hand.

The sword that split rocks, Durendal [a legendary sword in the Matter of France cycle]. The forgotten hero’s sword that he had lent to Mammon.

-The constellation, ‘The Bowing Crow,’ wants you to get rid of that smelly goat quickly.

Smirk.

Se-un smiled lightly.

As the so-called Demon God of Greed, returning the sword he had borrowed from Se-un wouldn’t have been an easy choice. It seemed that Mammon disliked Pan as much as Se-un did.

‘Then I should use it gratefully.’

He was already worried that the power of the adamantine dagger would be ambiguous against the minotaurs. With Durendal, there was no need to worry about such things.

“Kuaooo!”

The minotaur’s fist covered Se-un.

It was already a monster famous for being strong, and even forcibly activating Berserker, even if he lifted Durendal to block it, his wrist would have a hard time withstanding the impact.

So.

Srrrk-

Instead of blocking the fist, he decided to let it flow.

The Supreme Sword.

A swordsmanship containing the mysteries of the Supreme, which utilizes the opponent’s power, leading and pulling the fist.

As his fist was drawn towards the sword like a magnet, he desperately tried to bend his body, but by then, he had already reached the path guided by Se-un.

Kwaaang!!

Se-un used the mysteries of the Supreme Sword to collide the two minotaurs.

They recognized each other’s existence just before the attack reached, but the two minotaurs could not withstand the inertia and struck each other’s faces.

Berserker is about sacrificing defense and stamina in exchange for increasing strength.

In that state, being hit with that power.

Pajik!

The skulls of both shattered simultaneously.

The ‘fear and chaos’ that Pan had hoped for was engulfing the minotaurs, not Se-un.

Tatt!

Se-un jumped high towards the next minotaur.

The agility accelerated by internal energy was insufficient for the monsters who had lost their reason to chase.

Swish-

The skin as hard as rock also could not withstand the ‘Sword that Split Rocks, Durendal.’

As his comrade’s head was cut off, the remaining two minotaurs roared and charged.

There was no strategy or plan for those who had lost their reason.

That’s why it was even easier. No matter how strong they were, as long as reason did not exist, the attack could only be linear, and Se-un was not someone who would be hit by such a simple and ignorant attack.

Pubuck!

Thanks to predicting the path of the fist, Se-un easily evaded their attacks.

Then, he turned his body and pierced their waists.

One hit, two skins.

Although their waists were pierced by Durendal’s length, they did not feel pain due to Berserker.

The moment they tried to turn their bodies as they were pierced by the sword, disregarding the wound.

-According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Ground Wave’ is enhanced.

Se-un’s next attack was unleashed.

Ground Wave.

Originally, it was a magic that caused vibrations in the earth as shown earlier, but if sufficient medium and circumstances were prepared.

“Kuaaaaa-!”

Kwaddeudeuk!

Pajik!

It was also possible to cause an earthquake from inside the living being, bursting the insides.

-Due to the ‘Wolf’s Threat’ ability of the ‘Red Wolf Armor,’ an aura of fear swirls around!

-Due to the ‘Intimidation’ ability of the ‘Gray Wolf Cloak,’ charisma is enhanced, further exacerbating the enemy’s fear!

Behind the minotaurs who lost their lives and collapsed in an instant.

“Hit, Hicc……”

The man was seen trembling, forgetting to blow the panpipe.

Behind him, the figure of a frightened goat seemed to overlap.