Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 494

“Hold on tight.”

“Yes.”

“Ahem, just a moment……”

Flap!

“Heok!”

Se-un grabbed the Great Sage’s hand, who almost slipped while climbing onto the Golden Fragrance Dragon’s back after misstepping on a scale.

Pan, relieved to have survived after seeing the magnificently transformed temple, hurriedly followed Se-un.

“Hehe, to think I’d ride on a dragon’s back. If this weren’t the Imaginary World, I’d want to record this.”

A dragon’s flight wasn’t just about flapping its wings.

Simply flapping its wings naturally reacted with the surrounding mana, creating an effect similar to the Fly spell.

To put it in human terms, a dragon flapping its wings was similar to a wizard waving a wand.

One of the reasons why drakes, who couldn’t use magic, gave up flying and crawled on all fours was probably this.

Unless they had a nimble body and huge wings like a wyvern, it was nearly impossible to lift such a massive body with just flapping wings.

“We don’t have time, so let’s pick up the pace.”

Kwaaaah!

“Heot!”

“Keuh…….”

The moment the Golden Fragrance Dragon flapped its wings once, an intense wind pressure enveloped the three, including Se-un.

Incredible speed.

Usually, starting a flight required time to build up speed, but the Golden Fragrance Dragon didn’t need that.

It reached its desired speed from the start, reversing the path Se-un had taken with astonishing speed.

As Se-un and the Great Sage immediately used magic to reduce the wind pressure, the Golden Fragrance Dragon slyly rolled its eyes and created a translucent barrier in front.

“I forgot since it’s been so long since I’ve carried someone on my back.”

“Thank you.”

The wind pressure that had been pressing down on their entire bodies disappeared as soon as the translucent barrier appeared.

Pan, who couldn’t cast magic on his own and was barely clinging to a single scale with his front paws while his hind paws were slipping, let out a sigh of relief.

“Next floor.”

Thanks to the formidable speed, the first shelter disappeared in an instant.

The Scavenger’s sandstorm covered the Golden Fragrance Dragon, but the translucent barrier perfectly blocked not only the wind but also the sand grains.

“Next floor.”

The view shifted, and the blizzard of the second shelter immediately rushed in.

The barrier created by the Golden Fragrance Dragon not only blocked wind and sand grains but also seemed to include a temperature maintenance function, as the cold wasn’t felt much.

“Oh, that’s incredible speed. Is this what they call a dragon’s flight?”

“How much time is left?”

“We can last about five more minutes.”

“Then, let’s pick up the pace a bit more.”

The Golden Fragrance Dragon flapped its wings greatly once more.

The surrounding scenery, which was already rushing by quickly, stretched out like paint, making it difficult to distinguish shapes.

Thus, the next shelters, the underground bunker Dejit and the port city of Zeheton, quickly flashed by.

“Hehe, this is something. It almost feels embarrassing that we struggled to go down there.”

Se-un also nodded at the Great Sage’s words.

If they could move at this speed, they could have used their time much more efficiently.

However, the Golden Fragrance Dragon shook its head and said.

“I could have taken you, but I didn’t.”

“……Did you want me to look around the Imaginary World?”

“That’s right. Understanding your Circle or Dantian [energy center in the body] is important, but exploring your own Imaginary World is an important experience that you cannot have before reaching the Throne.”

While they were having a short conversation, Lilac and Deathill passed by and disappeared from view.

In an instant, they arrived at the split tree, Elheim, where they had first arrived.

From here on, it was an area that Se-un was heading to for the first time.

“With this structure, is the next one the ninth shelter?”

“Probably.”

“I haven’t reached it directly, but I have encountered it in information. If it’s the ninth shelter, it must be…….”

“The Black Earth, Plaka.”

Once again, with a single flap of the Golden Fragrance Dragon’s wings, Elheim disappeared, and the ninth shelter revealed its appearance.

True to its name, the Black Earth, the land was blackened and dead.

Other shelters might think that these were the aftermath of the Outer’s destruction, but this place was different.

‘I don’t see anything particularly different here.’

Since Plaka was originally a black and desolate area, there wasn’t a noticeable difference between before and after the destruction.

If you looked closely, you could see various differences, such as cracked terrain, newly formed cliffs, and craters left in the place where residential areas used to be, but the overall feeling was similar.

“It’s serious. Is this what destruction is…….”

However, the Great Sage’s reaction was different since it was his first time witnessing Plaka.

He was making a sound of contemplation at the sight of Plaka, which seemed to be the closest to destruction among the shelters he had seen so far.

Se-un thought about correcting his thoughts, but since Plaka was already ending due to the Golden Fragrance Dragon’s speed, he didn’t bother to open his mouth.

“We’ve arrived.”

The moment they crossed an invisible virtual door, the view completely changed.

The dark background disappeared, and the last shelter Se-un had reached, the tenth shelter, revealed its appearance.

‘This is…… completely different.’

The sky was cracked like a broken window, with crimson liquid flowing down between the cracks.

The clouds floating instead of the dirt floor were soaked red with the liquid, and something like sulfur fire flickered from the bottom visible through the melted clouds.

“……Is this hell?”

“It used to be the opposite.”

As if proving that they had arrived at their destination, the Golden Fragrance Dragon stopped flying.

It landed Se-un’s party on the nearest cloud as if telling them to look around themselves, and then polymorphed into a human form.

Immediately, a presence was felt quickly approaching from the next cloud over.

“That’s…….”

“Maaaster!”

Turiek, flapping her purple wings, quickly hugged Se-un.

She had grown quite tall now, looking more like a teenager than a spirit. If she grew a little more, wouldn’t she be similar to Se-un’s height?.

Thinking back to the Spirit Kings he had seen at the Round Table of Spirits, it wouldn’t be surprising if Turiek surpassed Se-un’s height soon.

Even so, it was hard to imagine Turiek being taller than Se-un right now.

“Master, how did you get here? It’s so amazing!”

“Ah. Turiek was living in the Stigmata [a divine or supernatural mark], right?”

“Turiek ‘too’? Weren’t you here to see me? I’m disappointed!”

“No. Of course, I came to see Turiek too.”

“Really? Really? Ah, let’s go to Ruin. Ruin will be happy too!”

Turiek pulled Se-un’s hand.

Since there wasn’t much time left, he turned his head, and the Great Sage nodded, holding up three fingers.

‘Three minutes.’

It wasn’t enough time to do anything, but it was enough time to briefly look around this place.

It would be better to receive guidance than to look around alone, so Se-un followed Turiek forward.

“It’s a bit of a scary place. A sky with blood dripping down, and a place with sulfur fires raging below.”

“Right! I love it! When I first came here, I liked this place more than the Spirit Realm!”

“Um. Is that so? I respect your tastes, but…….”

The Great Sage was rather embarrassed by Turiek’s confident reaction.

Even though she looked like that, she was a Spirit of Fear. An environment that others would find scary was actually the optimal environment for her.

Wasn’t one of the reasons she nodded at Se-un’s suggestion when they first made a contract because she had foreseen the form of this place in advance?

After crossing a few clouds following Turiek, a new environment appeared.

Not the red clouds they had crossed so far, but black clouds. No, a black liquid covering the clouds.

“……Outer.”

It was clear.

The Stigmata was shining on the back of Se-un’s right hand, and even if that wasn’t the case, the black liquid wriggling over there was definitely asserting its presence.

“They’re still eating! They haven’t played with me for a while and are just eating and bulking up every day.”

“Bulking up?”

“Bulking up their bodies! They’ve only been eating for a while, so they must have gotten huge again!”

There was no need to look for them. It was quite far away, but Ruin was still too noticeable.

Kwaduk, Kwajik!

Gulp.

“Krrr…….”

Ruin’s size was easily larger than an average house. Just the height alone would be similar to at least a four-story building.

With that size, it was burying its face in the ground and frantically chewing and tearing apart the Outer.

You could even see the Outer that it swallowed passing through its throat and spreading throughout its body.

“Ruin.”

“Krrru…… My, Master.”

Ruin stopped eating and raised its head to meet Se-un’s eyes.

Se-un thought it had just gotten bigger, but its fangs had also become noticeably longer and sharper.

The crimson, shiny fur looked like it wouldn’t be penetrated by any spear or sword, and even though the fur was so thick, the well-trained muscles inside were visible.

“What are you doing?”

“Must…… grow body.”

“Why?”

Its unique semi-formal tone. Perhaps, Ruin still hadn’t fully acknowledged Se-un as its master?

Ruin raised its head and looked at the opposite side instead of answering Se-un’s question.

Following its gaze, Se-un was able to find Ruin’s ‘answer.’

“Giant…….”

The giant of the altar that Se-un had swallowed in the trial of the 51st floor. The remains of the one who was once called a Constellation, also known as the ‘Undying One.’

“It’s still not strong enough to tear that apart. Must grow stronger.”

Kwajik!

Ruin said that and swallowed another piece of Outer from the ground.

In other words, Ruin was growing stronger in order to devour that giant.

“I told you. If you perfectly digest that giant…….”

“You might reach the realm of a complete god, not just a demigod.”

“That’s right.”

Those were the words he had heard from the Golden Fragrance Dragon when he absorbed the Dragon Soul Stone.

He hadn’t been paying attention because he wasn’t ready yet, but Ruin seemed to have a different idea than Se-un.

It had been bulking up here with the sole purpose of devouring that giant.

“Is there anything I can help with?”

Kwaduk!

At Se-un’s question, Ruin, who was tearing off a piece of Outer and swallowing it, made a growling sound and brought its face closer.

Its fangs, as long as his height, came right in front of his nose, but Se-un didn’t tremble.

Rather, he hardened his gaze and stared at Ruin even more confidently than usual.

“Food…….”

“Food?”

“Food is lacking.”

Food.

It clearly meant the black liquid that Ruin was chewing on now, the Outer.

It was everywhere around them right now, but considering Ruin’s size, it wouldn’t last long.

Se-un, understanding the meaning, pulled up the corners of his mouth and placed his hand on Ruin’s snout.

“Don’t worry about food. I’ll prepare plenty for you soon.”

He unintentionally ended up entering the Imaginary World, but Se-un’s goal was originally to find the Outer that was presumed to be in the underground of El-Abr.

If Se-un’s guess was correct and the plan proceeded in order, he would soon encounter the Outer.

“It’s about time to go back.”

The Great Sage’s voice was heard from behind.

In response, Se-un gently stroked Ruin’s snout and repeated.

“Eat everything here and wait.”

“Kreung.”

“Master, are you leaving?”

“I’ll come again, Turiek.”

Tsu-tsu-tsutsu!

In the distance, the barrier that made up the Imaginary World began to break.

Seeing that Ruin and Turiek, including the Golden Fragrance Dragon, didn’t react, it seemed that only Se-un and the Great Sage felt it.

It wasn’t that the Imaginary World was breaking, but that the passage that connected Se-un, who originally couldn’t enter this place, with the Imaginary World was breaking.

Before leaving the Imaginary World like that…….

“Ah, and.”

Se-un gave an additional order to Ruin as if he had forgotten.

“Roll that thing around a bit. So it doesn’t do anything stupid.”

“Food?”

“Don’t kill it. Just roll it around as you please. Ah…… I wonder if you can eat it if it doesn’t listen.”

“P, please! Please just spare my life! You said you’d spare me! You clearly said you would!”

Pan begged and tried to cling to Se-un’s pants, but Se-un’s body was already leaving the Imaginary World.

He couldn’t kill it because of his promise, and he was worried that it would do something stupid if he left it in the Imaginary World, but he could entrust it to Ruin with peace of mind.

“See you next time.”

Jjaeng!

The scenery of the Imaginary World shattered, and Se-un and the Great Sage escaped from the Imaginary World.