Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 458

458. Clash of Poison and Flame

An almost immortal body and a sword imbued with the power of the Immovable Wisdom King [a Buddhist deity associated with unwavering resolve].

The aftermath of their collision filled the entire chamber with scorching heat and poisonous fumes, creating turbulent currents.

Kugung!

Finally, a victor emerged.

The Hydra’s head, which seemed impossible to sever, split in two, and along with the dozens of heads that had multiplied, its massive body collapsed.

“More anticlimactic than I expected.”

As the Hydra fell, the smaller Hydras that had been replicated from its remains also ceased their movements.

Then, leaving behind a shimmering green haze, they vanished.

– The Constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ screams in dismay, saying it can’t be!

All of them, including the head severed by Seun and the heads and smaller Hydras replicated during the battle, completely disappeared and were absorbed into the door inside.

Beelzebub, who had been eagerly anticipating, was frustrated, but what could he do?

Seun, landing on the floor, suppressed his trembling hand and sheathed Durandal.

‘It’s still too much, but it’s better than before.’

The training in the residence was worth it.

He had consumed quite a bit of mana, internal energy, and stamina, but he was able to attack while preserving his divinity as much as possible.

At this rate, he shouldn’t have any major problems when facing the Demon God of Lust.

“So, do we just go through that door now?”

“Probably.”

“The door can be opened with that key from before. Ah, since we’re already together, shouldn’t we go in together?”

“I wouldn’t recommend it.”

The messages from the Constellations who were worried about Seun came to mind.

He didn’t know what kind of personality the Demon God of Lust had, but who knew what she might do to her if she went in with him?

For now, Seun’s steps moved towards the door behind him.

Unlike when it was hidden behind the Hydra, the door was rippling with a green haze, fully revealing its presence.

– The Constellation, ‘The Bowed Crow,’ demands that you be extremely cautious.

– The Constellation, ‘The Serpent Enclosing Envy,’ advises you to immediately use the Authority of Envy to summon them if you think the situation is dangerous.

The Demon God of Lust, Lilith.

What kind of being was she that the other Demon Gods were so worried?

As he pondered, the moment his hand touched the green haze rippling around the door, a captivating voice echoed in Seun’s mind.

– Oh my, you came on your own? I was going to come and find you when you became a little more appetizing.

Seun’s body momentarily stiffened.

It was just a voice, but the unique pressure he felt when meeting a Constellation weighed down on his shoulders.

– Master!

– Keureung!

Even without Seun’s command, Turiek fully spread his purple wings, protecting Seun from Lilith’s pressure.

Ruin also stood in front of Seun, resisting the divine pressure.

Thanks to them, Seun shook off the pressure, regained his senses, and was able to utter the identity of the voice he had heard.

“Lilith.”

– Such cute children? No, instead of this, I should invite you in, right?

Thud!

There was no need to use the Master Key.

The door opened, and the green haze rippling around it intensified.

Seun’s body was pulled into the door by a tremendous force.

An overwhelming force that even Turiek’s wings and Ruin’s massive size could not resist.

He did want to go inside the door in the first place, but he didn’t want to be forcibly dragged in like this, so he tried to brace himself by planting Durandal into the ground.

Gagagak!

However, sparks flew from Durandal, which was stuck in the ground, and a long sword mark appeared on the floor in the direction he was being dragged.

“If you don’t mind, may I come in with you?”

Just before Seun’s body was completely dragged in, Arcana rushed in and blocked the closing door with a giant card.

Then, she reached out her arm to grab Seun, but unlike Seun, she was subjected to a repulsive force rather than an attractive force.

– How rude, child.

Tuung!

Her body, as well as the card stuck in the door, were flung far away.

Even while flying, she transformed the card and threw a scythe she had created, but even that was deflected by the repulsive force and stuck deeply into the ceiling.

“W-was that Seun just now?”

“Ana, unni [older sister]!”

“What happened? Did we arrive too late?”

Whether it was good timing or bad.

Arcana landed lightly like a feather despite being forcibly repelled by the repulsive force, and as soon as the door closed, the Diablo Guild members arrived.

They had read Seun’s guild chat and come down to the lowest floor of the maze.

Of course, this was possible because the path to the lowest floor was straight, thanks to Seun and Arcana.

There were also faint traces of light left by Ariadne’s thread [a reference to the Greek myth where Ariadne provides Theseus with a thread to navigate the Labyrinth].

– It might be annoying to have guests knocking on the door from outside.

Then, the blocked door opened once again.

Arcana quickly leaped up to not miss this timing, but this time, the opened door was an exit, not an entrance.

“Kyareureureu-”

“Kehk! Kkeaek! Kehk!”

“Chueueueu.”

Countless monsters poured out from inside the door.

The large number of monsters that came out, so many that it was difficult to count them one by one, were intertwined as if they were originally one body, so it was as if water was pouring out from inside the door.

The monsters that came out of the door raised their heads from the sticky amniotic fluid as if they were just born and slowly stood up, their green pupils gleaming towards the Diablo Guild.

And at the very end.

“Keurwarararak-!!”

The monster that Seun had defeated and the monster that originally guarded the Demon God of Lust’s territory.

The Hydra raised its nine heads and glared at Arcana.

– Why don’t you play with these kids for a while?

Along with Lilith’s captivating voice echoing throughout the chamber, the Diablo Guild members, including Arcana, drew their weapons and prepared for battle.

* * *

The moment he was invited by Lilith and entered the Demon God of Lust’s territory, the first thing he felt was a squishy sensation from below.

No, could this even be called an invitation?

He did want to come in the first place, but he didn’t feel good about being forcibly kidnapped like this.

‘This is…….’

Fortunately, thanks to the green haze that faintly filled the surroundings, there was no need to secure his vision with magic.

First, he lowered his head to figure out the identity of this unknown sensation, and he saw something grabbing Seun’s pants.

“Eueh…….”

“Gureureu…….”

They were monsters whose forms had not yet been fully determined.

The monster that was grabbing Seun’s pants with its fern-like hands also had only about half of its body grown.

It seemed that they were grabbing Seun not for an attack, but rather due to an instinctive movement out of curiosity.

‘Baby monsters?’

No, no. These didn’t seem like baby monsters, but rather monsters that hadn’t been born yet.

To be exact, they were the ones who should still be in their mother’s womb.

This squishy sensation was also the sensation felt from the amniotic fluid-like substance covering the monsters.

“They seem to like you too? How is it, aren’t they cute?”

A captivating voice echoed in his ear.

Seun turned his attention away from the monsters on the floor and raised his head in the direction the voice came from. There was a green slime there.

It was expressed as slime for the sake of simple explanation, but in reality, it was something in the form of a water balloon made by entangling and clumping the amniotic fluid and monsters on the floor.

“The one you killed was also born here, how was it? Was it a little useful?”

The shape of the slime began to change.

Part of its body was crushed, and it convulsed as if in pain, becoming smaller and smaller.

The color became darker, and the height decreased to about the same as Seun’s, taking on the shape of a human figure.

Before the shape was even completed, it approached Seun with a captivating gait, pulling up the corners of its mouth.

“But it was the strongest of the ones born here. It devoured all the other ones born with it and contained the most of my power.”

The change in the slime stopped, the color was determined, and the form of Lilith, the Demon God of Lust, was revealed.

“Is that your true form?”

Snow-white skin and flowing brown hair.

A woman who was too graceful and simple to be called the Demon God of Lust, yet possessed an irresistible charm.

Perhaps because she had changed her form into slime and confronted him, or perhaps that was her original appearance, but her clothes were also not proper attire, but rather tattered cloths wrapped around her entire body.

Even so, a dizzying fragrance rose from the curved body revealed above the cloth.

Unlike Lucifer, he did not feel hostility from her, so he first responded to her politely.

“Well. What kind of appearance do you like? I can change it to whatever style you want.”

“I don’t have one.”

“Hmm, there’s no way. How about this look? Or this? Ah. Maybe you like the one outside?”

Lilith’s appearance changed frequently.

The color of her hair changed, or her style changed, and the tattered clothes changed into luxurious clothes.

Then, the last form she found was the appearance of Arcana, wearing a red dress and holding a deck of cards in one hand.

Lilith leaned forward in that form and stroked Seun’s jawline.

‘The Demon God of Lust, Lilith.’

He could immediately understand her epithet [a descriptive name or title].

There was no need to try to seduce the other person, and an unbearable fascination permeated her appearance and every movement.

That charm was slowly, little by little, trying to dig into Seun’s mind.

– No!

– Keuang!

“Oh my, are you baring your teeth at me now? A spirit and a mythical beast. Ah, it’s hard to call this a mythical beast. A divine beast? But the energy I feel is ambiguous.”

Turiek’s wings shook off Lilith’s touch and blocked Seun’s view.

Immediately following, Ruin stepped between Seun and Lilith, creating distance.

Seun was able to regain his senses only after moving away from Lilith.

‘It’s not a simple seduction.’

Rather, something closer to mental magic or a curse like brainwashing or hypnosis.

If not for Turiek and Ruin’s help at the last moment, he was thinking of using the Authority of Envy to get help, as Leviathan had said.

Her seduction was at a level that was impossible for Seun to shake off with his own strength.

“You have a lot of cute friends?”

It’s not a real body.

It was just a form that descended on the tower using something that resembled that slime. No, it was just a level of conveying her will by sending down only a small part of her power.

And yet, that was the extent of her power.

Indeed, she was worthy of being called the Demon God of Lust.

‘Mammon and Leviathan weren’t worried for nothing.’

If it weren’t for Turiek and Ruin’s help, it would have been impossible to maintain his sanity as it was.

He had to shake off the pressure with the stigma and protect his mind from her seduction at the same time.

Fortunately, Lilith didn’t show any particular reaction even though Turiek and Ruin had interfered.

While paying attention to the two of them, she doesn’t bother to close the distance. In other words, now is the most appropriate moment to talk to her.

“So, what did you want to say that you came all the way here?”

Lilith asked Seun while acting coquettishly.

After stroking Turiek’s head, who was shouting ‘Master! No! Get a grip!’ next to him as if pressing it down, Seun opened his mouth.

“I want to make a deal.”