Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 496

The Vault of the Demon God- Episode 496

“What’s with this sudden commotion? Chung, what wind has blown into that bookworm to issue a grand summons like this?”

Deep within El Havre [a city of mages], lies a vast round table.

A place ordinary people can’t even approach, a room accessible only to the great mages recognized by El Havre.

The great mages typically conduct their research and live freely, but there are a few essential rules they must follow.

One of them is the grand summons.

The great mages can issue a grand summons once a year, and all the other great mages must respond.

No matter how much the great mages dislike being bound by rules, it’s a condition of receiving support from El Havre.

“Haven’t you heard the story?”

“I don’t know. I was locked in my room doing research, and they kept banging on the door, saying that if I didn’t participate in the grand summons immediately, all support would be cut off. So, I just came.”

“Hong, you haven’t changed a bit.”

“So, what’s the matter? What’s so important that someone who usually acts like they don’t even know what a grand summons is, suddenly calls one?”

A middle-aged woman called Hong, the most skilled mage in El Havre—no, the great mage known as the most skilled in the entire tower—slumped into her seat and pouted.

The man who had been responding to her sighed and explained the purpose of this grand summons.

“It’s about a new great mage.”

“A new great mage? What nonsense is that?”

“Don’t you know? Seun, the hottest name in El Havre these days.”

“The hottest? What are you talking about? I’ve never even heard of him.”

“That’s because you went into your lab and shut yourself off from the world.”

“How closed off could I have been? I was forcibly dragged out this time, so I haven’t even been in there for long!”

“How long were you in there?”

“This time, two months? No, was it three months?”

“That’s why you don’t know. He’s only made a name for himself in the last month.”

In fact, even ‘less than a month’ wasn’t quite accurate. It had only been a week since the mage named Seun had become known. In that time, he had produced dozens of papers.

The problem was that each of those papers was excellent enough to receive an A grade or higher.

And their versatility was remarkable, so various mages cited them, and even some of the great mages were inspired by them to start new research.

‘I thought he had lost interest when the news disappeared.’

Where those ideas were coming from, how he was writing papers at that speed—it was incomprehensible. The news of the mage who had been churning out so many papers disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, after only a week.

All the mages of El Havre waited for his papers and asked for news, but his name was never heard again.

In the meantime, people from a place called the Diablo Guild came in and gained great fame, but they couldn’t match Seun’s initial impact.

Then…

‘For Chung, the great mage, to suddenly mention him.’

Chung, the great mage, declared a grand summons.

The purpose was to promote the mage Jung Seun to great mage.

Because of that, the great mages were guessing that Seun had been helping Chung with his papers or research until now.

“A month? A month, you say? Are you kidding me? Is El Havre someone’s playground? He wants to become a great mage after only being here for a month?”

“It is a bit sudden, but the rank of great mage isn’t determined by age or the length of time they’ve been in El Havre.”

“Even so, a month is too much! At that point, he’d still be wandering around El Havre trying to find the bathroom, what great mage!”

“These days, they call that being a boomer [someone out of touch with current trends].”

“What? How is not being able to find the bathroom a boomer thing?”

“It’s not that… Haa, never mind.”

It had been quite some time since the current group of great mages had been established in El Havre.

During that time, the number of great mages had decreased slightly, but it had never increased.

There were mages who stood out, but the great mages, who had already become stagnant, didn’t recognize them.

‘Stagnant water is bound to rot.’

The man who was dealing with Hong sighed softly.

He was also a great mage, but he was still more open-minded than the others.

However, no matter how much he tried to reason, accepting a new great mage required a majority vote.

He had tried to persuade the great mages several times so far, but at best, only about a quarter of them reluctantly agreed.

The situation was clear enough just by looking at Hong, who was huffing and puffing right in front of him.

‘He’s a promising young man, but it’s still too soon.’

He had already read Seun’s papers several times.

Excellent papers that would loosen the rigidity of El Havre, which was stiffening, and inject vitality.

They were truly insightful papers.

However, it was still not enough.

A month was too short to persuade the great mages.

‘If only we had waited a year. No, if we had waited just half a year longer, we could have done something.’

This time, Chung was too hasty.

It was like hastily plucking a flower that was just beginning to bud.

In fact, the reactions of the great mages, who were now gathering, were generally negative.

I couldn’t hear all the conversations, but the atmosphere was clearly not good, as I could hear words like ‘youngster,’ ‘greenhorn,’ and ‘snot-nosed kid.’

“Now that everyone seems to be here, I will summon Chung.”

It was customary for the host to enter last at the grand summons.

As soon as he tapped the gavel used to make decisions, the door opened and Chung appeared.

With the person who was the center of this grand summons right behind him.

“Look at him, he’s clearly a greenhorn.”

“Hmph, Chung must be blind. It looks like he’s got a crush on him because he’s been helping him with his research.”

“Even so, how can a great mage bring such a young kid? The grand summons is also a problem. I’m busy to death, but it’s a forced summons. We’ll have to revise it somehow soon.”

Indeed, the reactions of the great mages were generally negative. Nevertheless, Chung didn’t care and confidently approached and sat in the host’s seat.

The seats at the round table were only for the great mages, so Seun took a seat behind Chung and stood still.

“We will now begin the meeting by the grand summons. First, Chung, the host, will begin his speech.”

The round table became quiet in an instant.

Even though everyone had a lot of complaints, everyone in this place was a great mage, so they knew the basics.

Even if they were going to complain, it was a priority to follow the procedure now.

“Chung, Mol Arginine.”

First, a simple self-introduction.

Even so, everyone in this place, which had already become stagnant, knew each other’s names, so Chung continued immediately.

“As you have heard in advance, the purpose of this grand summons is to select a new great mage.”

“The candidate is the mage Jung Seun, is that correct?”

“That’s right.”

The only ones who can speak now are Chung, the host, and Nok, the moderator.

Everyone was already itching to speak, but they tried to keep their mouths shut and watched with anticipation, like hyenas hunting for prey.

Nok was practically the youngest of them, so he asked Chung for his understanding and passed the right to speak to another great mage at a slightly earlier timing.

“…Hwang?”

“No, how many mages in El Havre have truly reached the qualifications of a great mage? How can you even discuss making someone a great mage with just that!”

Hwang stood up from his seat and exploded with words as soon as he received the right to speak.

The great mages around him nodded in agreement with his blunt remarks.

“If we accept a chick who has only been here for a month as a great mage just because he has reached the qualifications, all the members of El Havre would become great mages!”

“That’s right! If you get to the position of a great mage so easily, the hierarchy of El Havre will collapse in an instant.”

As the atmosphere turned sour, one of the great mages who was watching carefully opened his mouth, but…

“How long are you going to keep putting up walls like this? Do you know how long it has been since the last great mage was appointed to El Havre?”

“No, it’s not like we don’t want to! It’s because they don’t have the qualifications!”

“These days, kids think they’re all great, but if you look into it, they’re all empty! Back in my day, if you were dreaming of becoming a great mage at that level, you would have been smacked in the back of the head by your teacher!”

In the end, this place is destined to return to the principle of majority rule.

Because there were so many great mages with opposing opinions, it was difficult for those in favor to express their opinions.

In particular, Seun, the current candidate, had the major weakness of having been in El Havre for less than a month, which made the situation even worse.

“…Then, again, Chung. Do you have any basis for the rebuttal just now?”

Nok’s eyes, as he was moderating, felt somehow tired.

He had only just started talking, but the situation was turning out like this, so his expression was not good, but Chung continued to speak as if he didn’t care.

“Basis? Of course, I do.”

“Would you like to tell us?”

“Everyone won’t believe me even if I tell you now, so it’s easier to show you directly. Would you like to show them?”

“Yes.”

At Chung’s words to show them directly, Seun, who was standing next to him, nodded.

Woo-oong-

Seun’s circle [a magical formation] rotated and gathered the surrounding mana [magical energy].

Most of the great mages here were sensitive to mana, so they realized that Seun was trying to use magic and jumped up from their seats.

“Are you daring to use magic in front of the great mages!”

“How dare you be so presumptuous!”

“Everyone, sit down. I will take full responsibility if any problems arise.”

“How are you going to take responsibility!”

“If a problem arises—even if that’s not the case, if it’s something you can’t accept—I will leave my position as a great mage.”

“Ahem…”

To throw away the position of a great mage.

This was by no means an easy statement.

Above all, Chung was the one who had been more focused on the position of a great mage than anyone else and had written numerous papers, wasn’t he?

Thanks to that, the reactions of the great mages subsided a little, but they couldn’t sit down because they didn’t know what would happen, and they began to prepare for any possible situation.

However, as time passed, their mouths were slowly opening.

“What is this…”

“This huge flow of mana is surely…”

As Seun’s circle rotated, the mana in the room reacted to Seun’s circle as a whole.

And the moment Seun’s outstretched palm was turned downwards, an anomaly occurred throughout the room.

“Reverse Gravity.”

– The Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Reverse Gravity ]

– A high-level magic of the archmage that reverses gravity, known as one of the most basic forces existing in the natural world.

“Uh, uh?”

The bodies of the great mages floated into the air.

Those who were disoriented by the sudden zero-gravity state were struggling to regain their balance by waving their arms.