Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 487

I Plundered the Demon God’s Treasury – Episode 487

“The place we’re entering now is your inner world. It’s only natural that you come along.”

“Didn’t you say I can’t see my own circle [a mage’s personal source of power]?”

“This is a bit different. I could see my circle if someone else activated the magic circle for me, but there isn’t another 8-circle mage besides me in El-Abreu.”

“If it had been any other time…”

“I could have found someone trustworthy. But, there weren’t any reliable mages. I’m relatively normal, but you know, don’t you? Most mages who reach the 8th circle have given up something along the way.”

“And you want me to trust the Great Sage?”

“Again, you’re a bit different. If you were just a simple mage, it would be different, but you have martial arts, and of course…”

The Great Sage pointed to Se-un’s right hand.

There, the stigma, made clear by devouring two constellations [powerful celestial beings], was fully revealing its presence.

“You possess a divine qualification, however faint. Apart from your magical level, I can’t beat you in your inner world.”

The inner world wasn’t a concept generally used by ordinary players.

It was a realm that could only be handled by those who were demigods, half-gods, or higher.

So, if Se-un possessed divinity, he would be able to act more powerfully and freely than other players in the inner world.

Even if the opponent was an 8-circle mage, he could easily stop him in the inner world, as he said.

“And if you reach the 8th circle, wouldn’t your goal become easier?”

“You knew?”

“How could I not? I will naturally support you, and with the level of the 8th circle, it will be easier to persuade those stubborn old men.”

All true, but he couldn’t rashly decide to bring an outsider into his inner world.

Though he didn’t fully understand, he calmly examined the magic circle to see if there were any problems.

Even though it must have been a difficult choice to show the magic circle, the result of ten years of effort, the Great Sage quietly watched Se-un.

‘Certainly, there doesn’t seem to be a problem.’

He couldn’t feel any sense of crisis or discomfort from the magic circle.

Even if he couldn’t interpret the entire magic circle, he knew that the Great Sage’s words were true.

“I understand. Then, when will you start?”

“Huh? Can’t you see this right now?”

“Yes?”

Mana began to overflow from the Great Sage’s body.

He thought he was activating the mana stone to show Se-un the complete form of the magic circle, but it seemed that wasn’t the case.

“Since you’ve given your permission, what’s there to hesitate about? These things are better done quickly. Isn’t there a saying that time is money?”

“No, but I need time to prepare…”

“Haha, trust me! I would never do anything that would harm you. Then, let’s get right to it. Oh, and.”

“And?”

“Although I think it’s perfect, since this is the first time trying this process, side effects such as headaches, dizziness, nausea, and tinnitus may occur upon entry. And since it’s about implementing the inner world, you may feel extreme fatigue as you use the energy of the soul itself for a long time…”

“W-wait a minute.”

“Well, it’s not that serious. I’ve met the minimum safety requirements, so the worst-case scenario is just sleeping soundly for a few months. So don’t worry. Now, let’s start without further delay!”

Whoosh!

Along with the Great Sage’s rapid-fire guidance, the magic circle began to emit extreme light before Se-un could even refuse.

* * *

He felt a unique sense of incongruity and a different kind of alienation, like crossing layers.

‘Damn it….’

It didn’t feel like this when Lucifer invited Se-un to the inner world.

It didn’t feel like this when he absorbed the Dragon Heart of the Ice Dragon and entered his own inner world.

Even if it was a magic circle that an 8-circle mage had painstakingly created over a long period, was the entrance to the inner world ultimately unstable when implemented with a human body?

The extreme anxiety made it difficult to come to his senses.

‘Ugh….’

He felt like something was coming up from inside.

It was a bit different from vomiting. It wasn’t that the contents of his stomach were coming up, but he barely endured the extreme nausea, as if his entire intestines were about to come out, with his mouth shut.

As the sensation of his entire body disappeared, the headache and dizziness that the Great Sage had mentioned came at the same time.

“I’ll assist you from the side, so hang in there a little longer. But you’re enduring better than I thought. Your mental strength is better than I thought. With this, I can implement a sufficiently solid inner world.”

Along with the Great Sage’s voice, he felt a cool chill.

The disappearing senses returned, and a refreshing feeling rushed in, as if he had jumped into cool seawater.

The aftereffects hadn’t completely disappeared, but he felt much better.

And after quite a long time, the aftereffects gradually subsided, and at the same time, the refreshing feeling like seawater gradually disappeared as if it had finished its role.

“Well, you’ve worked hard. Since it’s the first attempt, I saw a lot of shortcomings. If it had been someone other than you, they might not have been able to endure until the inner world was implemented. More than that, here is…”

The aftereffects had disappeared, but a slight fatigue remained in his body.

When he lifted his heavy eyelids, the room surrounded by the magic circle was gone, and a completely new landscape came into view.

It looked like.

“…Elheim [a sanctuary or safe haven]?”

“Yes. It’s Elheim.”

It resembled the eighth resting place of the tower and the place where Se-un had been until just now, the center of life, ‘Elheim.’

The place he was standing now was the center called the trunk of the tree, and the branches spreading in all directions came into view.

However, Se-un and the Great Sage’s expressions were not so bright. It was definitely Elheim, but it was very different from the Elheim they both remembered.

Like, ruins.

There was no sign of life at all, and the place was ruined and broken in many places, and it could be said to be ruins itself.

“The form of the inner world is implemented differently depending on the person, but this is difficult to understand. I heard that you haven’t been in Elheim for long, but Elheim is implemented as the inner world. Even in this form.”

More than half of the branches visible in the distance were broken.

It was difficult to find a building that maintained its complete form, and above all, there was a huge crack in the center of the tree trunk.

Below the huge crack that seemed to divide Elheim into two, there was an abyss where it was difficult to know the end.

Besides, judging from the color of the tree, it seemed that the tree had already lost its life.

And Se-un could guess the reason.

‘Destruction.’

Se-un’s inner world contained the aftermath of the tower’s destruction.

The last aspect of the crumbling and broken tower that Se-un had seen… That intense memory remained and was implemented as the inner world.

“You are indeed… not an ordinary climber.”

The Great Sage looked at Se-un as if he had noticed something and rested his chin.

If he let him think like this, he thought he would even find out the truth about the regression, so Se-un quickly mentioned the main point.

“What should I do now?”

“Ah, that’s right. First of all, we need to know where this is.”

“Where?”

“Depending on the target’s power, knowledge, and experience, the size of the inner world increases infinitely. Our goal is the circle, so to find it, we must first find out the location here.”

“Ah, you don’t have to worry about that.”

“Hmm? What do you mean? No matter how much it is your inner world, you can’t immediately grasp the structure of the inner world. First of all…”

“I’m an expert at finding my way.”

Whoosh-

The compass of journey floated above Se-un.

Although this place is not reality, Se-un’s power remains the same even in the inner world.

In particular, the compass of journey is a unique skill that Se-un had since before his regression. As such, the compass of journey boasts a more powerful force than any other force within the inner world.

“It’s this way.”

“Hoo, that’s amazing. Is that your unique skill? Looking at your skills, I thought you would naturally have a unique skill related to growth, but it’s really unexpected.”

Se-un took the lead following the compass of journey, and the Great Sage calmly followed behind him.

He looked around, but there was nothing to see except for the ruined Elheim.

If this place was created by implementing Se-un’s memories and experiences, he was wary of the possibility that an Outer might appear.

‘Not even that?’

Fortunately, there was no Outer or anything like that.

Until the boundary of Elheim ended, there was no sign of anyone in this place.

“To see Elheim, called the center of life, so devastated. It feels strange. Don’t you think so?”

“…We’re about to move on to the next area.”

“Although I don’t go up much, this Elheim is the place where I have lived for the longest time among all the shelters. It’s a very subtle feeling.”

The place Se-un headed to was one of the few intact branches left in Elheim.

At the end of it, a small door made of tree trunks was visible.

A door at the end of a branch, an absurd door that seemed to have only empty space behind it, but Se-un opened the door without any hesitation and went inside.

“Haha, this time it’s Death Hill. It was already a dark place, but it’s even worse here.”

It was as if he was going backwards through the shelters, starting from Elheim.

The place that appeared after the eighth shelter, Elheim, was the seventh shelter, Death Hill.

As the Great Sage said, the condition of this place was worse than Elheim.

The ground was wet with something blackish and smelled rotten, and the gray buildings, including the temple, had all collapsed and were scattering dust.

“I’ve heard of various cases while researching the inner world, but I really didn’t expect this. What kind of life have you lived?”

“It’s this way.”

“It seems like you don’t want to talk about it. If so, there’s nothing I can do. This old man has no choice but to guess on his own.”

He steps forward, stepping on the remains of the temple that had turned to dust.

He didn’t know what form the circle was in, but it seemed quite far away, so he sped up his pace.

In the meantime.

Thud.

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

Se-un raised his left arm and stopped the Great Sage. Then, he calmly looked around and drew Durandal from his waist.

Outer [a being from outside the known world]?

No. The Outer doesn’t emit murderous intent so intensely.

Clang!!

When he swung his sword towards the direction where he felt the murderous intent that stung his skin, he felt a dull impact on his wrist.

Red energy overflowed and flowed down from the thick, curved horn that collided with Durandal.

Se-un strongly pushed back the red energy that stimulated not only murderous intent but also instinctive fear with his sword and shook off the threat in front of him.

“Keuheahaha! I can’t believe you came here on your own.”

The dark sky of Death Hill turned red.

Along with it, the clouds, which had turned red, cruelly split open as if they were injured and spewed out red blood.

The flowing blood soaked something that collided with Se-un and created a familiar shape.

“I’ve been sharpening my horns while waiting for this moment. This time for sure…”

The upper body of a human and the lower body of a goat. Red pupils that make your spine tingle just by meeting the magnificent horns and eyes that grew above your head.

“I’ll pierce your neck with this horn!”

An Olympus Constellation and the god of animal husbandry.

Se-un’s long-standing nemesis.

It was Pan.