Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 457

The Vault of the Demon God – 457

Chapter 457

– The power of ‘Fire Storm’ is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Black Tower.

Whoosh!

To counter the Hydra’s Poison Breath, Se-un chose fire magic: Fire Storm.

He knew from the myths he read in the Great Library before his regression that the Hydra’s poison was weak against fire.

Fortunately, Se-un’s knowledge was accurate. The breath, which had filled his vision, collided with the flames and burned like gas.

“Just hold on a moment~”

While Se-un blocked the breath, Arcana didn’t miss the opportunity and ran to the side to avoid it.

Ruin also nodded at Se-un’s gaze and ran towards the opposite side.

“I’m still your senior, so I can’t miss the chance you’ve created for me~”

Slash.

The massive scythe severed the Hydra’s head.

The cross-section was cut so cleanly that bones and muscles were exposed, and blood poured out. But only for a moment.

Bubbles swelled from the cross-section as if they were popping, and a new head began to grow.

No, it was about to grow. Until Arcana stuck a bright red card on the cross-section.

Whoosh!

“Kroaaaaak!”

“Kaaak, Kraak!”

Hot flames blazed from the card attached to the cross-section, hindering the head’s regeneration.

This was the most orthodox strategy known for dealing with the Hydra.

The Hydra, unable to regenerate due to the flames, stopped its breath and let out a deafening roar.

Meanwhile.

Thwack!

Ruin, who had circled around to the other side, bit off one of the Hydra’s heads.

However, instead of completely tearing off or splitting the head with his claws as usual, he chewed the neck and head, grinding them like an herbivore eating grass.

Through Se-un’s will and Arcana’s actions, he had learned not to tear off the head but to crush it so it couldn’t regenerate.

‘Is it thanks to playing?’

If it had been the previous Ruin, he wouldn’t have shown such behavior unless Se-un had specifically ordered it.

Whether it was because of playing with Arcana or because his stigma had grown and his intelligence had increased, Ruin had definitely grown.

And, with the breath stopped, Se-un didn’t stay still either.

‘Condense the magic.’

He modified the formula of the firestorm he was spewing forward and contained it in Durendal.

A normal weapon might have exploded from not being able to withstand the magic in this process alone, but Durendal didn’t.

Durendal, the sword that split rocks.

As if proving its epithet, its high durability withstood not only the opponent’s attacks but also the internal power, making it the perfect weapon for Se-un.

‘Cut.’

– Through inner energy, the second stance of the Violet Cloud Sword Art, Flower Rain Fan, is enhanced.

– According to the mysteries of the Violet Cloud Divine Art, heat is added to the martial art.

Quararararak!

The scorching heat of the Violet Cloud Sword Art is combined with the 7th circle magic, Fire Storm.

The violet flames crash down on the Hydra’s entire body, whose heads on both sides have been cut off and crushed, causing it great pain.

“Kroalalalalak!”

“Kraaak!”

“Kyareueu-”

If it were just spewing flames, it wouldn’t be different from enhanced magic.

However, the attack Se-un had just made was a harmony of martial arts and magic.

Sword energy made of hot yang [positive, active] energy was hidden within the hot flames.

As the Hydra was engulfed in flames, a slicing sound was heard, and the Hydra’s roar abruptly stopped.

The seven shadows writhing in the flames stopped and fell to the ground.

“It’s hot~ Aren’t you going too strong from the start?”

“It’s better to end it right away than to play games.”

“So that’s your style~”

“If you drag out the fight against the Hydra, it’ll become troublesome.”

“I guess so, right?”

The flames that wouldn’t die down.

He hoped that these flames would burn the Hydra’s entire body and bring the battle to an end, but the only long shadow remaining in the flames shattered Se-un’s hopes.

“Kroalalalalak-!!”

A deafening roar that seemed to vibrate the eardrums extinguished the flames in an instant.

What emerged from within was eight necks that had been cut off and hung limply, and one head with skin charred black, its green pupils shining clearly.

‘The immortal head.’

It was said that eight of the Hydra’s heads would continue to grow no matter how many times they were cut off, and one head would never die.

In other words, the head that was visible now must be the immortal head.

Of course, unless it was a real Hydra, it couldn’t have perfectly achieved immortality, but it was thought to be as strong as immortality.

“Be careful!”

– Krreung!

He didn’t know what it would do, so he kept his distance for now.

However, its subsequent counterattack wasn’t directed at Se-un or Arcana.

Crack!

It opened its mouth wide and roughly bit off the severed neck right next to it.

Ruin seemed bewildered by the sudden self-harm, and Se-un immediately realized the reason and shouted to Arcana.

“Stop it!”

Se-un and Arcana’s attacks poured towards the Hydra simultaneously.

However, the Hydra’s head was faster at self-harm than the attacks of the two, who had taken a step back in preparation for the attack, could reach.

“Kraaaak!”

“Kyaaaa!”

Two heads that had grown instantly from the torn-off neck blocked Se-un and Arcana.

In the meantime, another neck was torn, and two new heads grew through the rough cross-section.

“It’s more difficult than I thought.”

“I agree~”

After exchanging blows with the Hydra’s heads a few times, the number of heads had doubled in the meantime.

Two heads grew from the eight heads, combining with the original heads to make seventeen heads, their pupils gleaming towards Se-un and Arcana.

Soon after, a new anomaly began to occur.

“That is……”

Se-un and Arcana cut off the heads, and the Hydra tore off some of its own necks.

Those scattered on the floor wriggled and began to take shape.

“That seems to be beyond the Hydra’s abilities that I know, or is it not?”

“Me too.”

Every time a neck was cut off, two new necks grew in its place.

The Hydra’s lore only went this far; there was no mention of severed body parts being reborn as another living being.

And above all, the energy felt from those severed parts.

It was the same energy he had felt when he opened the wall with the Master Key.

– The constellation, ‘The Bowing Raven,’ reminds you not to forget that those are guardians created by lust.

– The constellation, ‘The Serpent Surrounding Envy,’ says it will be dangerous the longer it takes.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ is excited that food is being replicated.

In other words, that was one of the powers of lust.

The fallen fragments had already been reborn as small Hydras.

They were small in size and had only one head, making them look more like snakes, but their unique poison remained the same.

“Kyaaaa!”

“Shhhh-”

The Hydra, which had twice as many heads, and the eight Hydras born from the severed heads.

The suddenly increased number of opponents attacked Se-un and Arcana all at once.

– The power of ‘Fire Storm’ is enhanced according to the mysteries of the Black Tower.

Se-un once again manifested magic to block its Poison Breath.

The newly born Hydras tried to take advantage of the gap when Se-un used magic, but…….

“These guys are annoying.”

– Krang!

Thwack!

Arcana and Ruin protected Se-un.

However, at this rate, there was no end.

He had a hunch, and the Hydras born from the fragments were also being reborn as two Hydras each time they split.

If this continued, he wondered if this entire cavern would be filled with Hydras.

“In the end, we’ll have to cut off that middle head to end this.”

“Is there a way to cut off a head that doesn’t die?”

“It’s not a real Hydra, so it can’t have the power of immortality.”

Immortality was a power only granted to gods called transcendents.

Of course, there were monsters among the monsters that had the power of immortality like the Hydra, but that was only limited to the monsters in real mythology.

No matter how much Lilith was, she couldn’t have given the Hydra that kind of ability.

That head was just sturdy enough to look immortal, but the possibility of it being truly immortal was very low.

“Then I’ll trust you to take care of it, and we’ll deal with the small ones~”

“Please.”

Se-un stopped the magic.

Then, Arcana threw a bunch of red cards with clover patterns drawn on them forward.

Whoosh!

The flames spewing from the cards blocked the Hydra.

Blocking the Poison Breath and burning the small Hydras.

He couldn’t compare to the power of the magic Se-un was using, but he was dealing with the Hydra excellently through selection and concentration.

Indeed, the veteran prowess of a former ranker stood out.

Meanwhile, Se-un stretched out Durendal forward and manifested the authority of greed.

– The Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Fudo Myo’s Avatar, Kurikara Sword ]

– As a sword said to be held in the right hand of Fudo Myo [a wrathful and protective deity], the avatar of Fudo Myo, Kurikara Dragon King, and flames are wrapped around the sword.

A burning black dragon wrapped around Durendal.

When he imbued fire magic here, the flames that were already surging hotly blazed even more fiercely.

“Ruin, break through.”

– I understand. My master!

Se-un and Ruin sprang forward at the same time.

Perhaps because he had already been tricked by the same method, as soon as the Hydra missed Se-un, it opened its mouth wide and spewed Poison Breath.

“Hurry up. My strength isn’t very good for long-term battles~”

Whoosh!

A red card that flew in appropriately blazed in front of Se-un, blocking the breath.

As Se-un nodded and ran, the Hydra’s head rushed towards him, but Ruin threw himself and pushed the head away, biting the heads that rushed in succession.

‘This technique is still burdensome, but.’

The combination of the authority of greed, magic, and martial arts.

It was still a burdensome technique for his usual body, which didn’t use the authority of sloth, but he couldn’t drag out the time against the Hydra.

Still, he had to meet the Demon God of Lust right after, so he saved his strength as much as possible and raised his head.

Thud!

One of the Hydra’s heads collided with the spot where Se-un was.

The head that had just grown had a self and didn’t spare its body to protect the main body more than its own life.

The Hydra’s heads were already over twenty.

It was no longer a situation where Ruin could block it alone.

– Krreung!

Even so, Ruin swelled his body and somehow broke through Se-un’s path.

Thanks to that, Se-un was able to run forward without being disturbed, and he ran further forward, riding on the Hydra’s head that had just rushed at him.

“Kyalalalalak!”

The Hydra wriggled its body like a wave to shake off Se-un, but it couldn’t shake off Se-un, who was running with even inner energy.

Se-un, who had run along the neck in an instant, faced the Hydra’s middle neck.

“Kralala…….”

Words didn’t work, but the eyes that looked down on Se-un clearly contained contempt.

Facing it head-on, Se-un gripped his sword tightly.

– Durendal, the sword that split rocks, unleashes the energy of the Dragon King sleeping in the ‘Kurikara Sword.’

– Through the ‘Kurikara Sword,’ the black dragon’s flames are reproduced.

The Hydra’s head, with its mouth wide open, dripping poison as it tried to swallow Se-un.

In opposition to that, the black dragon that had been wrapped around Se-un’s sword rose from its seat and ignited black flames.

Kwaaaang-!!

The Hydra’s head, known as immortal, and Se-un’s sword collided, filling the cavern with scorching heat.