Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 448

Stole the Demon God’s Warehouse – Episode 448

Before seriously attempting to conquer the 65th floor, Se-un turned back and handed an item to Riel.

“Oh, what’s this?”

“It’s useless even if I keep it. I thought it might help protect the garden if used well.”

“Oh… this?”

“This? This? This, you say! This, you say!”

What Se-un handed over was a birdcage.

The hummingbird, a boss monster captured on the 64th floor, had allowed Se-un, who wasn’t qualified, to reach the Eternal Garden.

He had thought about feeding it to Beelzebub, but then he realized that the hummingbird’s ability was perfect for guarding a place.

“Will this really help? Its personality is a bit…”

“Personality, why! Personality, why!”

However, this was the problem.

The hummingbird’s personality was… difficult. From its perspective, it had been kidnapped from its home and brought here, so there was no way it would cooperate with Se-un and Riel.

At that moment, some of the lower-level spirits, who were watching the translucent petals covering the garden thanks to Se-un’s Authority of Greed, became interested in the hummingbird and approached it.

– Wow, a bird!

– Isn’t it a bee?

– I don’t know, I’ve never seen it before!

– Amazing. Cute!

“Cute! That’s right, I’m cute!”

– Cute bee, do you want to eat this?

– Does a bird eat flowers?

– Isn’t it a bee?

– Let’s give it a try.

The lower-level spirits pointed to the flowers they had just grown.

The hummingbird had shown hostility towards Se-un and Riel, but it was friendly to the spirits, who were considered beings of nature.

Hoping for the best, Riel opened the birdcage. The hummingbird tilted its head, came out, and followed the spirits.

“This? This?”

– Yeah, we just grew it!

– There will be honey!

– Try it!

“Delicious smell. Honey, there. There.”

The hummingbird hovered next to the Eternal Flower with its unique, rapid wing movements.

It stuck its long, straight beak into the flower and sucked up the honey.

After a while, the hummingbird’s eyes widened to the size of coins, and it opened its mouth wide and shouted.

“D, delicious! Delicious! So! Delicious!”

– I’m glad!

– See, it was a bee after all.

– I thought it was a bird.

– I told you it was a bee.

It repeated the word “delicious” and circled in the air.

‘It’s adapting surprisingly well.’

The hummingbird’s power would be of great help in protecting the garden until the World Tree grew to some extent and the Spirit King manifested.

It wouldn’t be able to defeat the Outer [powerful beings from beyond the known dimensions] with its power, but it would be able to drive them out.

“Looks like it worked out well, right? I’m really leaving now.”

He heard Riel calling from behind, but there were many ways to contact him if necessary. He figured she would contact him separately if there was anything important to say.

Se-un left the garden and seriously stepped into the trial.

* * *

As the Eternal Garden disappeared from view, Se-un’s stigma [a mark or brand indicating divine favor or curse] suddenly began to shine, even though he hadn’t intended it to.

Seeing it shimmering with a radiant purple light, not the dark red light when Ruin was summoned, he could easily guess the reason.

“Turik.”

– Master, I’m here!

Turik emerged from the stigma. As expected, she looked much more grown than when they had met at the Round Table.

She said it took a little time to take Poser, but judging from her expression, Poser’s condition seemed to have improved a lot.

“Was the work resolved well?”

– Yes, it’s all thanks to you, Master! Poser has stabilized a lot too. I’m so happy!

“That’s good.”

– Yes, it’s so good! I love you so much, Master!

“Yes, yes.”

– Shall I spread my wings? You have to go to that tree, right?

“No, it’s okay for now. Let’s play together next time.”

– That’s a shame. I wanted to play with Master right away!

“Even if Turik doesn’t like it, there will be plenty of opportunities to do so soon. I’ll be counting on you then.”

– I never dislike it! That will never happen!

“Thank you.”

– I’m more thankful!

As he walked out of the garden, the shape of the World Tree could be seen faintly on the horizon in the distance.

That giant tree looked so small and faint; he couldn’t even guess how far away it was.

He wanted to borrow Turik’s wings and fly there in an instant, but he couldn’t do that from here.

‘From here on, it’s the realm of trials again.’

From the moment the World Tree was visible, the trial had begun again.

Unless he was recognized by the World Tree, he couldn’t move a step from here, even if he spread his wings.

‘I’ll have to use the Journey’s Compass like before, right?’

It would take quite a while given the distance, but there was no other way.

He wondered if he could shorten the time by using the Authority of Greed or the power of the stigma.

The World Tree, which had been faintly visible in the distance, seemed to have become clearer.

‘Is it my imagination?’

No, it couldn’t be his imagination. As soon as Se-un took a step forward, a part of the World Tree’s trunk, which had been hidden by the horizon, was revealed.

Thanks to the message that appeared soon after, Se-un was able to understand the reason.

– You have been recognized for your achievement of discovering the Eternal Garden with the body of an unqualified human.

‘Did something like this come up before my regression?’

At that time, he only remembered finding his way with the Journey’s Compass and being recognized.

Perhaps, at that time, the garden was destroyed by the Outer, so the Eternal Garden was no longer recognized as a hidden area?

He didn’t know the exact reason, but it was only beneficial to Se-un.

After taking a few steps, the World Tree became close in an instant, as if he had used teleportation.

As the World Tree got closer to some extent, he thought he would have to be recognized in another way.

– You have been recognized for your achievement of being recognized by the Guardian Tree of the Garden with the body of a human.

He received new recognition for what happened in the garden.

Thanks to this, Se-un was able to move forward quickly without having to do anything to be recognized by the World Tree.

And that wasn’t the end of it.

– You have been recognized for your achievement of protecting the Eternal Garden against external enemies.

– You have been recognized for your achievement of contributing to planting the seed of the World Tree in the Eternal Garden.

– You have been recognized for your achievement of being invited to the Four Great Spirit Kings with the body of a human.

…….

Every time he thought it was time to circle back, a new message appeared before his eyes.

Se-un’s position was already far beyond the starting point of the players who had arrived on the 65th floor.

“What, what is that?”

“That, is that even possible? How is he moving forward so fast?”

“He doesn’t seem to be doing anything on the surface…?”

Thanks to this, the players Se-un had passed were wide-eyed with surprise.

Occasionally, there were players who shouted, asking if he had any know-how, but even if they had arrived at the Eternal Garden, planted the World Tree, and made contracts with the Spirit Kings, it wouldn’t have helped.

‘Is this going to end like this?’

The roots of the World Tree were already visible.

The giant World Tree, which had been huge even from afar, became closer, and the sky above his head was no longer visible as his view was blocked by the branches and leaves of the World Tree.

In that shade, he felt that if he moved forward a little more, he would reach the World Tree.

‘There’s still a little left.’

Se-un’s steps stopped.

He realized that even if he took a step forward, the surrounding scenery would no longer move forward. No new messages were appearing either.

It seemed that being recognized for what he had done in the garden was only up to this point.

Frankly, it felt too insignificant compared to what he had done, but in the first place, the garden was on the 65th floor, but it was a place that could be said to be separate from the 65th floor.

The fact that the World Tree had recognized what had happened in such a place was already a sufficient advantage.

Thanks to this, he had greatly reduced the time he would have spent conquering the 65th floor.

“Oh, Se-un?”

“…Yoo Seo-ah?”

Was it a simple coincidence? Yoo Seo-ah was standing next to Se-un, right in front of the World Tree.

Immediately following that, a loud ‘Boom!!’ was heard, and Kang Han-cheol’s figure was seen next to them, having reached the front of the World Tree.

“I couldn’t contact you, so I was wondering where you were, but I met you here.”

“You came up faster than I thought?”

“The trial content was straightforward, so it was easier than I thought. The others are also progressing, but they seem to be a little late because they are forming teams to work together.”

The trial was straightforward and easy; if another player other than the Diablo Guild heard that, they would be horrified.

Saying that the trial was straightforward was the same as saying that the difficulty of the trial was that much higher.

In fact, the monsters they had to hunt on the 63rd and 64th floors were each boss-monster level.

Normally, players would form a party and conduct a raid hunt with sufficient investigation time to catch one of those monsters, but the Diablo Guild members were immediately targeting them in small parties of 2-3 people.

Moreover, some, such as Kang Han-cheol and Yoo Seo-ah, had come up through the trials alone like Se-un.

“What about Baek-hyun?”

“Ah, Baek-hyun will be a little late. Honestly, his capture speed is faster than ours, but he’s collecting monsters by type to get samples.”

“I guess so.”

The trials on the 63rd and 64th floors were teeming with insect-type and animal-type boss monsters.

From Baek-hyun’s point of view, this was all a treasure trove.

He probably didn’t care about the goal of the trial and was now collecting pests and boss monsters by type.

If he knew Baek-hyun’s personality, he would have secured 2-3 extra individuals per species, not just one of each, in preparation for experimental failures.

So, no matter how fast his trial capture speed was, it would take quite a while to reach the 65th floor.

“Now, one step.”

“I agree.”

“Then, it’s a competition.”

“Really?”

“Since there is a fair judge called the World Tree, it will be enough.”

Kang Han-cheol said, cracking his fingers as if he had been waiting for this moment.

It didn’t seem to make much sense to compete here, but Se-un wasn’t without a competitive spirit. He had no intention of backing out when they proposed a competition so openly.

“Then, can I join too?”

Yoo Seo-ah even joined in.

She didn’t used to be like this, but since she started hanging out with Kang Han-cheol often, her competitive spirit seemed to have grown quite a bit.

“Let’s start right away.”

“Yes.”

“Okay.”

– Player Kang Han-cheol accepts the form of ‘Agares’ Crocodile’.

– Player Yoo Seo-ah accepts ‘Baal’s Crown’.

Kang Han-cheol wore the crocodile’s skin with a more stable appearance than before.

Yoo Seo-ah also received a blood-red crown above her head, and red currents began to swirl around her entire body.

Se-un, as if he couldn’t lose, spread Turik’s wings and dyed the stigma dark red.

– The stigma reacts to the tale of the Blood Wolf Legend.

– The second ability of the stigma, ‘Rage’, awakens.

Anyway, it was the end of the 65th floor.

He was planning to stop by his residence before starting the 66th floor, so there was no need to save his strength here.

Therefore, Se-un unfolded the power he usually controlled without holding back and took out Durandall [a legendary sword].

Just taking a stance made the surrounding currents tremble uncontrollably.

– The constellation, ‘Spider Wearing a Crown’, is confident of victory, saying that it will not be inferior to the Demon God in terms of speed.

– The constellation, ‘Old Man Riding a Crocodile’, shakes the ground, saying to destroy such a tree in one shot.

– The constellation, ‘Crow Lowering Its Head’, spreads its wings wide, saying that it is a futile act anyway.

The moment the three players, including Se-un, moved, the players on the 65th floor experienced the illusion that the World Tree of Qualification was shaking for a moment.