Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 478

478

After the meeting with the Cheonghae Guild.

As I exited the guild building, I saw Cheonghae guild members rushing past Se-un and into the building.

It seemed Zenon had summoned all the guild members.

“At least they didn’t just brush it off.”

Honestly, I thought the odds were fifty-fifty.

Before the regression, the Cheonghae Guild was the one that couldn’t let go of its reputation as the strongest guild in Elheim until the moment the Outers invaded, and ultimately failed to ascend to the next shelter.

Even if I poured out these words in the name of an order, it was uncertain whether they would properly understand.

‘Well, I would have just abandoned them if that were the case.’

I had no intention of forcibly dragging the Cheonghae Guild along.

To face the Outers, I needed companions who could fight voluntarily.

Forcing them to fight using command authority would be meaningless.

The result would only be confirmed on the day we left Elheim, but for now, I was satisfied with this level of response.

As I was walking back to the lodgings, Yoo Seo-ah, who was walking with me, spoke up.

“From now on, is it Outer searching, after all?”

“I suppose so.”

Like the shelters we had passed through so far, Elheim was also highly likely to have Outers present.

And Se-un had no intention of ascending to the next floor with the lingering threat of Outers in the shelter.

“Do you know their location?”

“I have a guess about one place…….”

“Really? Where is it?”

“Here.”

Se-un slammed his front paw down hard, looking below.

Of course, he wasn’t referring to the branch he was standing on.

He was referring to the center of Elheim, which Zenon had introduced as the Tree Trunk, beneath it.

Before the regression, Se-un had entered most of the branches in Elheim and confirmed the absence of Outers.

Therefore, he judged that the only place left was below.

“You knew, but you dealt with the Cheonghae Guild first? I thought Se-un would prioritize the Outers.”

“The approach is a bit tricky.”

“Do you need any conditions?”

“Yeah. It’s a place where it’s impossible to sneak in or force your way through.”

Se-un said, looking at Kang Han-cheol, who was raising his fist from behind.

That guy is good in many ways, but his problem is that he tries to solve everything with force. The bigger problem is that he actually solves most things with that force.

Perhaps because of that, it seemed like he raised his fist whenever something happened.

“Hmm, is there anything we can help with?”

“I’ll tell you if I need anything. For the time being, I think I’ll have to handle it myself.”

“Yes, please tell us if you need anything.”

“Okay.”

Elheim had various facilities that were on a different level from the shelters so far.

For example, there was the Magic Tower where mages gathered to study magic, the Alchemy Quarter where alchemists gathered, and the ‘End Branch’ where they researched various arrows and practiced archery.

All of them were places that could be of great help to the players.

Most of the Diablo guild members had been too busy dealing with the Cheonghae Guild as soon as they arrived in Elheim, so they didn’t know, but Park Jung-pil had already visited a few places.

Thanks to that, some of the guild members had already gone to those facilities as soon as the guild war ended.

It was a moment when Park Jung-pil’s information network was helpful.

“You guys should look around well too. There are many places in Elheim that can help you grow.”

“Isn’t there a place to warm up?”

“If you take on quests from the Tree Trunk, you can move to hunting grounds through the branches. Well, ‘hunting grounds’ is just a name that players use for convenience.”

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ is sparkling his eyes, asking if there is anything to eat in this shelter.

I’m sorry to Beelzebub, but the place Se-un was heading to this time was not a hunting ground.

He had already finished exploring all the hunting grounds in Elheim before the regression.

Even if he went now, he would gain something, but it didn’t seem like it would be of great help to Se-un’s growth.

‘Then, shall we go right away?’

Despite Beelzebub’s sparkling eyes, Se-un moved towards the Tree Trunk.

* * *

The Tree Trunk area, which could be called the downtown of Elheim.

As soon as he arrived there, he saw countless players and residents busily moving around.

Was it because of the nature of the shelter?

Even though they had overcome more difficult obstacles as they were located in a higher shelter, everyone looked bright.

‘Well, Elheim is a pretty good place to settle down.’

Before the regression, when Se-un first arrived in Elheim, he wondered why such a good training facility was located in the eighth shelter as he looked around the city center.

No, it would be more accurate to say that he felt wronged.

If such facilities were located on the lower floors, many more players could have arrived here alive.

However, that thought soon changed.

‘If Elheim were on the lower floors, most players would have stopped climbing.’

Se-un thought that the most essential element for players climbing the tower was ‘ambition.’

If they stopped growing like Cheonghae before the regression, they would eventually stagnate.

If players who had not yet adapted to the tower and had not achieved ambition arrived in a good place to live like Elheim, they would surely abandon their ambition and give up climbing.

In that sense, Elheim’s location was appropriate.

Most of the players who arrived here were decent players who had maintained their ambition and climbed the tower.

In fact, most of the players who arrived in Elheim continuously challenged higher trials or collected contribution points for the purpose of climbing, not living there.

“Huh? Isn’t that the Diablo insignia?”

“T, the guild leader.”

“The Diablo guild leader?”

Was it because he allowed spectators? Quite a few players recognized Se-un’s face.

Se-un hadn’t expected people’s attention, so he sighed softly and pulled the hood of his robe down. Then, he used Kilkegaard-style stealth to blend into the crowd.

“Uh?”

“Where did he disappear to?”

He was already quite skilled in stealth, so hiding himself was easy.

He moved towards his destination with his hood pulled down.

The compass of the journey moved busily.

The ‘stairs’ he was looking for were hidden so well that few people in Elheim knew about them.

Before the regression, Se-un had barely found the place through information he had gathered while performing various quests in Elheim.

“It’s here.”

Se-un stood in a remote part of the Tree Trunk, completely away from the crowd, where no one would come.

Even if it was a remote place, how could there be a place in this bustling Tree Trunk where people’s footsteps were so rare?

What that meant was simple.

‘Barrier.’

The destination Se-un was looking for was hidden by a barrier.

And even if he arrived properly, he couldn’t enter the destination right away.

Because the barrier was still there.

He wanted to break the barrier as it was, but he didn’t want to make enemies with the forces he was trying to meet, so he thought of another way.

“Turiek.”

– Huh? Why? Do you need wings?

“No. Can you just come out for a moment?”

– Huh?

At Se-un’s call, Turiek revealed his form.

Before, he was the size of a small doll, but now he was slightly taller than half of Se-un’s height.

As if he wanted to show off his height, he didn’t fly as usual and folded his wings, standing in front of Se-un to show off his height to the fullest.

– I’ve grown a lot!

“I see. I might get caught up?”

– I’ll catch up! I’ll grow up as cool as Elquines!

“You’re good enough now, so you don’t have to overdo it.”

– Okay!

Se-un was clearly worried about how to break the barrier, but he lost his purpose and chatted with Turiek without paying attention to the barrier.

Turiek was also happy with the conversation after a long time, chattering without stopping.

At that time.

Swish-

Se-un felt the intangible barrier melting away.

As the barrier, which was engraved with various magics such as recognition blocking and access blocking, disappeared, he saw a classic-looking door lying on the floor right in front of him.

‘The reaction is fast.’

Se-un, who was talking to Turiek, glanced at the door.

He heard footsteps rushing up the stairs from inside, and soon, with a ‘thud!’ sound, the door lying on the floor burst open and an old man appeared.

“Is that really a Spirit of Fear! Oh my god, among the rare mental spirits, the most difficult to see is the Spirit of Fear!”

– Who is this grandpa……?

“You are so beautiful! Your voice is also beautiful! Is your unique name Turiek? Oh, really…….”

– Ugh, Master! This grandpa is weird!

As soon as he appeared, the old man observed Turiek as if Se-un was not in his eyes. To exaggerate a little, it looked like he was trying to count the feathers of his wings one by one.

“What beautiful wings! Is the symbol of fear purple? The width of the wings is also wide, and the number of feathers is…….”

– Master, Master!

No, it wasn’t an exaggeration.

The old man really took out a tape measure from his arms as if he was going to investigate everything about Turiek and followed Turiek around.

Conversely, Turiek hid behind Se-un and ran away because he didn’t like such an old man.

And soon after, the door on the floor opened once again.

This time, a neatly dressed young woman came up.

“Oh, come on! Grandpa! I told you not to go up! And this person doesn’t have permission either!”

“Is that a problem when the Spirit of Fear has appeared right in front of me! Oh, really…….”

“It’s a problem! Get out of the way!”

The woman barely pushed the old man away, then frowned and scanned Se-un as if observing him.

“Who are you? How did you get through the barrier without a certificate? That, you called it to seduce that grandpa, right?”

“That! To the Spirit of Fear, that! Refrain from such disrespectful words! What if the Spirit of Fear hates it!”

“It already hates it enough!”

– That’s right! I hate this grandpa!

“Such……!”

She was a face that Se-un knew well.

She was like a gatekeeper who welcomed those with certificates through this door and kicked out those who didn’t.

‘What I received before was definitely proof of high value.’

High value.

It was the Adventurer’s Guild or the Information Guild in Elheim.

It was based on various areas such as search and adventure, so it was a place that not only adventurers but also ordinary players visited a lot.

Before the regression, Se-un was recognized for exploring all the branches in Elheim and received a certificate, and was introduced to this place.

He came here now without a certificate to save time.

“It’s a coincidence.”

“There’s no way!”

“Don’t shout! Can’t you see the Spirit of Fear is trembling!”

“That’s because of grandpa!”

– That’s right!

“Such…….”

“Haa…… Anyway, you.”

She stared straight at Se-un.

She seemed to want to set the mood, but the old man kept chasing Turiek and circling around Se-un, so the mood was not set at all.

She sighed once more before continuing.

“Looking at it, you don’t seem to be lacking in skills even though you don’t have a certificate, and the grandpa doesn’t seem to be backing down…….”

Creak.

At her gesture, the door on the floor opened wide automatically.

Inside, classic-looking trees leading down were connected, and the torches on the walls flickered brightly like magic.

“Let’s go inside and talk for now. You must have known where this place is, so I don’t need to introduce it.”

She took the first step on the stairs.

As Se-un followed her, Turiek and the old man followed suit.

“First of all, welcome. To the Great Assembly, El-Abr.”