Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 498

Stole the Demon God’s Armory-Episode 498

Chapter 498

Finding the administrator’s room wasn’t difficult.

Se-un had come to El Abrar in a unique way, unlike ordinary members, so he had already been inside her room.

As soon as Se-un found the room, he knocked.

“Come in.”

The administrator’s voice was heard from inside.

Opening the door, he saw her with two cups of warm tea on the table, as if she had been waiting for Se-un.

“Sit down, Great Sage of the Enemy.”

“It’s been a while.”

“What do you mean, it’s been a while? It’s only been a month.”

“Is time important?”

“It is important. It’s only been a month since you joined El Abrar, and you’re already a Great Sage. Not just any Great Sage, but the ‘Enemy’s’ Great Sage.”

Se-un understood the significance of the color red within El Abrar.

He knew why she was sighing, but it wasn’t important to him.

“It’s not like there are any special benefits to being the ‘Enemy’.”

“Great Sages thrive on fame and honor. How important is the title of ‘Enemy’ to them? There used to be red title fights [competitions for the title of ‘Enemy’].”

“That has nothing to do with me. I didn’t ask to receive that color.”

“Oh, my. Oh, my. To think that someone like you is the Great Sage of the Enemy. It’s the end of the world…”

Since Se-un had no reason to stay in El Abrar once he got rid of the Outer God, the title of ‘Enemy’ was meaningless, no matter how prestigious it was.

Se-un was focused on the position of Great Sage itself, rather than the color.

‘I’ll be able to browse all the books in the Great Library.’

Before his regression [reincarnation or time travel], Se-un had explored most of the knowledge in the tower within El Abrar’s Great Library.

As a sage who had made a name for himself in various fields except for combat, he had been able to browse most of the books in the Great Library.

However, there was still a place he couldn’t access.

The end of the Great Library.

An area known to be accessible only to Great Sages.

It might not mean much now, but it was a place he hadn’t conquered before his regression, so he was planning to visit the Great Library as soon as he dealt with the Outer God.

“There’s no need to waste words, is there? You know why I came here.”

“I know, the deepest part of El Abrar. The Black Root. When I first heard about it, I wondered if I should kill you secretly, but I almost lost my head trying to do that.”

The reason why Se-un came back to El Abrar.

If there was an Outer God in Elheim, it could only be in that Black Root.

As if reading Se-un’s thoughts, the Saint Relic vibrated slightly. It was as if Ruin was excited at the thought of new prey.

“Do you know what? The Black Root isn’t a place where they just tell you about it and let you in just because you’re a Great Sage. It’s something that Great Sages naturally learn about while staying in El Abrar…”

“You don’t mean to tell me I can’t go now, do you?”

“Haa… Of course not. If not the Enemy’s Great Sage, who else would we send to the Black Root?”

Creak.

She got up from her chair.

Seeing that she was properly dressed, unlike when he first saw her, it seemed that she had already finished preparing.

“It seems that our ‘Enemy’s Great Sage’ has finished preparing as well, so there’s no need to waste time, right?”

The place she headed to wasn’t the front door of the room that Se-un had just entered.

Turning her back and placing her hand on the wall, she waved her hand as if drawing a symbol.

Following her palm, a faint light flickered, and the emblem of El Abrar was drawn.

Immediately after, with a low vibration, the wall went down, revealing a staircase submerged in pitch-black darkness.

“Follow me. I will guide you to the deepest part of El Abrar, the Black Root.”

Seeing the deep darkness, Se-un unknowingly placed his hand on the handle of Durendal [his sword] and went down the stairs.

* * *

Step, step.

The sound of two figures’ footsteps echoed in El Abrar’s hidden underground staircase.

It was as if an echo was heard from below each time he put his foot down, indicating how deep the stairs were.

Whether they didn’t care about lighting or not, Aen, the administrator, took the lead with a shining artifact in the darkness where he couldn’t see an inch ahead.

‘I wouldn’t have been able to get in with the Journey’s Guide either.’

Se-un thought as he looked around.

In the first place, the entrance itself was hidden, and it was a structure that he couldn’t enter without being noticed by someone.

Even if he did get in, it was a structure that he didn’t know how to open unless he was a top-level administrator like Aen, and if he forced the door open, the stairs would collapse.

A structure that clearly rejected intruders that much.

Choosing to become a Great Sage, even if it was a bit annoying, was an excellent decision.

“Do you know about the origin of the Black Root?”

“Origin?”

“It seems you don’t know that far, so you’re still human. I thought you were some kind of immortal who knew everything.”

It was obvious sarcasm, but Se-un didn’t care much.

Even though she said that, she fully recognized Se-un as a member of El Abrar and the Great Sage of the Enemy.

The biggest proof was that she was guiding him to the Black Root, which only a very few Great Sages could enter, without any complaints.

“The Black Root is the foundation of El Abrar. It started with the beginning of El Abrar. No, it can be said to be the reason why El Abrar was created.”

This was something Se-un was hearing for the first time, so he listened to her carefully.

“Do you know the meaning of the name El Abrar?”

“The name of this tree.”

“Amazing. Many people just think it’s the name of the academy. That’s right. El Abrar was originally the real name of this tree, which can be said to be the subject of Elheim [the world or realm].”

Se-un also accidentally learned this fact just before finishing reading the Great Library before his regression. Of course, unfortunately, he couldn’t find out any more information than this.

“Before Elheim existed, a meteor fell on El Abrar, called the Divine Tree. If it had fallen on the ground, the world might have been destroyed, but El Abrar sacrificed its status to take the impact instead.”

The history of Elheim that Se-un didn’t know. No, the real history of El Abrar.

The moment the word meteor came out, his conviction that there would be an Outer God in the Black Root was strengthened.

Se-un focused more on her words.

“After that, countless scholars flocked to El Abrar. To praise El Abrar for protecting the world, to investigate the meteor, and to prepare for the event that the same thing would happen.”

“That’s how El Abrar started?”

“Yes. However, as a result of investigating the meteor with promising scholars and sages from all over the world, the answer was to seal the meteor and hide the fact.”

“Problems that cannot be solved have to be hidden.”

“The scholars sealed the meteor and settled on it to protect the meteor and continue their research. As they did so, an academy was naturally created and called ‘El Abrar’.”

There was a lot of information omitted, and there were parts that were difficult to understand. But there were no lies in her words.

Se-un nodded at her words and thought of the existence of the meteor.

How El Abrar blocked the impact of the meteor, why the Outer God couldn’t escape from the Divine Tree, how the scholars sealed the meteor.

There were so many things he was curious about, but it was a fact that would soon come before his eyes anyway.

“Elheim was created after that. When people were born, cities were naturally created.”

“When people were born, the existence of El Abrar must have been hidden to hide the existence of the meteor.”

“Yes. That’s also why the current system of El Abrar was created.”

“Then, by any chance, the role of the Great Sages is…”

“The meaning has faded a little now, but originally it also had the meaning of a guardian. Protecting and guarding the seal of the Black Root was originally the role of the Great Sages.”

“I see.”

“Among them, do you know what the meaning of the Great Sage of the Enemy was?”

Aen turned her head and looked at Se-un.

When Se-un didn’t answer, she turned her head back and sighed softly before continuing.

“It’s a color attached in the hope of someone who can end the meteor among the Great Sages.”

There is no guarantee how long the seal will last.

Eventually, the seal will be broken, and the meteor itself must be dealt with somehow before that happens.

The Great Sages created the color red with that wish.

Waiting for someone who can one day break the meteor and extinguish the omen of destruction.

“I’m not trying to put pressure on you. It’s just a faded story now anyway. I just think of it as a greeting that is usually given to Great Sages.”

“I like it.”

“Yes?”

“Great Sage of the Enemy. After hearing the meaning, I think I like it quite a bit.”

He wondered what was so important about the color of the Enemy, which had no special benefits, but when he heard it, there was no color more suitable for Se-un than this.

It wasn’t what Se-un intended, but today, Se-un might fulfill the wishes of the Great Sages who were the founders of El Abrar.

No, he will definitely achieve it.

“I think we’ve come down quite a bit.”

“It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s the deepest part of El Abrar. It feels closer to the deepest part of the tree, not the academy.”

Does that mean the impact of the meteor was that strong?

Although it has lost its power as a Divine Tree, it is maintaining its life even with a hole of this size in the center of the pillar.

Perhaps El Abrar was not just a simple Divine Tree, but an existence closer to the World Tree.

“We’re almost down, so don’t worry. Ah, I see it over there.”

Faint light was felt from below the underground staircase, where only pitch-black darkness existed.

It couldn’t be that sunlight was seeping into this deep place, so wouldn’t it be like lighting installed by the first scholars for research?

After walking for about ten more minutes towards the distant light that seemed to be within reach.

Finally, the long underground staircase ended.

“Here is…”

“Yes, the deepest part of El Abrar. The place called the Black Root.”

As soon as he entered, he felt a strong scent of mana [magical energy].

It wasn’t for nothing that the word seal came out.

The entire field of vision was covered with illusion magic circles that only the best of those who use magic circles could draw.

Even if you look at it roughly, it is at a level that is by no means inferior to the magic circle created by the Great Sage of Blue.

In addition, there were countless seals spread out to the extent that it was felt that all the experts in the world related to sealing were mobilized, such as the number of shamans, which was extremely rare even in the tower, and even amulets attached everywhere, as well as various mechanical devices and documents engraved with the power of incantation.

“Amazing, right? There are many barrier formulas among them that have not yet been fully understood. Some of the Great Sages regularly come down to study them.”

Se-un couldn’t resist his curiosity and approached to observe an amulet.

It looked similar to the Chinese characters used on Earth, but this was a language in a higher realm than Chinese characters.

He had never seen it directly, but he felt the power of what it would be like to engrave dragon words.

Se-un, who had been looking at various sealing ceremonies, couldn’t hide his surprise.

“And that person.”

Thud.

Just as Se-un was absorbed in observing the sealing ceremony, he felt a presence from across the barrier.

Unknowingly, Se-un raised his head and looked into his eyes…

“The owner of this place and the place itself. It is El Abrar.”

A tree came in with dozens of thick stems hanging down like a beard.