Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 515

The Devil’s Vault Has Been Raided – Episode 515

515

Skavde’s South Gate.

Se-woon, accompanied by the commander—essentially the lord’s right-hand man—arrived and surveyed the undulating horizon, a landscape unique to the desert.

There, a jet-black line was already etched.

A jet-black line formed by the Outer’s massive army, not a trick of the desert shadows.

“Can you see that number? To face such a force without bringing a single subordinate… that’s sheer arrogance,” the commander rebuked Se-woon.

In the past, the Diablo Guild had protected Skavde from sandstorms.

They seemed even stronger now, so the commander had held hope. But Se-woon had sent them all to other gates.

Of course, monsters were attacking those other walls too, and in enormous numbers.

Skavde’s soldiers were struggling to cope.

Indeed, if the Outer’s information Se-woon mentioned was accurate, their presence would only aid the enemy.

‘But to come alone…’

Even so, the main force was at the South Gate.

The monster commanding all those monsters was approaching the South Gate.

In that situation, to send all the guild members away and arrive here alone… no matter how much he pondered it, the commander couldn’t understand.

“I don’t need them. Just move the soldiers.”

“It seems you still don’t understand…”

When he’d first met him, Se-woon had seemed the most rational of Skavde’s soldiers. Now, the commander wasn’t sure if he was talking to a person or a brick wall.

Se-woon sighed softly and reached into the All-Healing Treasure Trove [a magical inventory].

No matter how he considered it, the expression ‘actions speak louder than words’ seemed apt.

The sheer number of enemies dwarfed anything in Skavde’s history, and then there was the monster sealed within the sandstorm.

To shock the commander, whose reason had crumbled under the weight of it all, back to his senses, the only way was to show him directly.

Because no matter how much Se-woon argued, the commander simply wouldn’t believe him.

‘I don’t know what kind of creature is in the sandstorm, but it’s best to conserve my strength.’

The current Se-woon possessed the power to defeat any Outer he’d encountered at the resting places without much trouble.

He didn’t know what Outer was encroaching on what creature in the sandstorm, but he was confident he wouldn’t lose.

However, he wouldn’t let his guard down.

To prepare for the worst, he had to minimize unnecessary expenditure of power.

And there was only one way to reduce the consumption of mana or internal energy and sweep away this massive army.

‘Authority of Greed.’

Although using the power of a strong artifact made it difficult to use the weapon again due to the backlash, and it placed a physical burden on him, it was still the best way to conserve power.

Thinking this, Se-woon drew the Undying Bow.

It was a bow crafted from ice.

– The Treasure Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Silver Bow, Argyrotokos ]

– One of the twelve gods of Olympus, the silver bow containing the power of the sun used by the god of light, Apollo.

The artifact containing the power of God could not be applied to just any weapon.

Unless it was a weapon of legendary grade like Durendal or Apelion, it wouldn’t be able to properly channel the power and would shatter.

However, there was an exception: the Undying Bow in Se-woon’s hand.

This bow, made of ice, could create new ice even when broken, restoring itself.

With this bow, it was possible to reproduce the power of God, even if only once.

Wooong-

The Undying Bow was dyed silver.

No, it was definitely silver, but what flowed from the bow wasn’t silver light, but warm sunlight, like the sun itself.

“What can you do with just one bow…” the commander began, shaking his head after seeing Se-woon draw the weapon. But he stopped mid-sentence. As a strongman holding the position of commander in Skavde, he could feel the tremendous power dwelling within the bow.

The intense sunlight pouring down on Skavde gathered in the bow, and the faint sunlight grew even stronger.

The sunlight transformed into searing heat, forming a red arrow on the Undying Bow’s bowstring.

The bow, trembling as if it would break at any moment, melted and formed moisture, but it endured the power of God by creating new ice.

The moment Se-woon released the bowstring.

Pyoong-

The red arrow shot into the void.

“Wh-where to…” the commander stammered.

The arrow wasn’t aimed at the horizon where the monsters swarmed.

It was aimed literally into the void.

The arrow stretched out, soaring high into the sky without drawing a parabola, and soon touched the sun shining down on Skavde.

And at that moment.

– The Undying Bow bursts the energy of the sun dormant in ‘Argyrotokos’.

– Warm sunlight is reproduced through ‘Argyrotokos’.

Warm sunlight.

Like its gentle name suggested, the sunlight shining down on Skavde transformed into sharp arrows and swept across the horizon.

Pubuk!

Pububububuk!!

“Kurreureureureuk-”

From the distant horizon, beyond even the sight of those with poor eyesight, a strange scream echoed.

The number of arrows was beyond counting. Literally, the warm sunlight itself pierced through the Outer’s bodies.

– Keureureung…….

Even though they were divine weapons, the Outer were able to recover without any problems from most attacks and raise their bodies again.

– The stigma reacts to the legend of the Blood Wolf Legend.

– The third ability of the stigma, ‘Destruction’, awakens.

Ruin was already inside Se-woon’s bow.

The arrow imbued with the power of destruction burned the Outer’s bodies without mercy, and black smoke spread out, covering the horizon.

“Do you understand now? Move the soldiers.”

“……I understand.”

“Co-Commander.”

“There’s no need for empty words. Didn’t you just see it? We’re just a hindrance. Convey this not only here but also to the other walls. All soldiers retreat from the walls.”

“……I understand.”

The commander, having regained his reason, nodded at Se-woon’s words and headed for the beacon.

The beacon was lit next to the wall, emitting black smoke and sending a ‘retreat’ signal to all the walls of Skavde.

The soldiers on the other walls hadn’t witnessed Se-woon’s power here, so they wouldn’t understand the order, but they would follow it anyway because it was an order.

After delivering the retreat order, the commander approached Se-woon.

“I know your power. I see now that it wasn’t you who was arrogant, but we who thought we could face that monster. But there’s still something I don’t understand.”

“What is it?”

“Why did you give up the North Gate?”

As I said before, there are four gates in Skavde.

The North Gate is directly opposite the monster in the sandstorm that is currently approaching.

However, that doesn’t mean there are no monsters there. Compared to other walls, it’s not as bad, but there are still a huge number of monsters approaching.

“No, no. I’m sorry. Even if they are your subordinates, they can’t protect all the walls. Abandoning the North Gate, where the number of enemies is the smallest, would be the best…”

The commander trailed off, withdrawing his question.

How could he blame Se-woon after witnessing that scene just now?

Their benefactor had appeared once again to save them, so how could he possibly blame them?

However, Se-woon, listening to those words, was looking at him strangely.

“What are you talking about?”

“What do you mean? The North Gate is…”

“I sent people to the North Gate too. You should have seen them?”

Sent people to the North Gate?

That couldn’t be.

Clearly, those wearing red armor had headed for the East Gate, and those wearing blue armor had headed for the West Gate.

No one had headed for the North Gate….

“Could it be… are you talking about that guy?”

A man wearing a white gown flashed into the commander’s mind.

A man who didn’t seem suited for battle at all. A man with neat glasses and a white gown looked more like a priest than a warrior heading for the North Gate.

At the commander’s question, Se-woon nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“Yo, you sent just that one to the North Gate? Even though the number of enemies is the smallest among the four directions, even so!”

“There’s nothing to worry about,” Se-woon stated firmly.

Even in one-on-one combat, no one in Diablo could match Baek-hyun in one-on-many battles.

Not even Yoo Seo-ah or Kang Han-cheol could compare in this type of engagement.

“I will protect the East Gate, the West Gate, the North Gate, and this South Gate.”

Ka- rararararak!

A strange howl echoed from the horizon where the black smoke smoldered as the Outer burned.

A roar that made your spine tingle just by listening to it.

Clearly, this must be the identity of the monster trapped in the sandstorm.

* * *

“So, soldiers!”

“Why are you coming down! Monsters are running rampant right now!”

Skavde’s citizens grabbed at the soldiers.

They were relieved that the number of monsters attacking the North Gate was the smallest, but the soldiers who were supposed to protect them were coming down from the wall, so they had no choice but to panic.

However, the soldiers remained firm.

“Do you see that black smoke over there?”

“What is that…….”

“That is the retreat order sent by our commander.”

“Tha-that must be a mistake! How can an order to retreat troops when those things are rushing in be a proper order!”

“Just now, a messenger arrived and delivered the order again. Everyone retreat from the wall. It is a definite order from the commander.”

“Then what about the wall! Are you planning to abandon Skavde and run away!”

The soldiers shook their heads.

Abandon Skavde? How could they even think of such a thing?

Skavde was the place where they were born and where they would die, not only for the citizens but also for the soldiers.

As soldiers who had become soldiers to protect Skavde, abandoning this place and running away was unimaginable.

That’s why they were gritting their teeth and answering calmly even amidst the angry citizens.

“No. Just…….”

The soldiers looked up at the wall.

The messenger had delivered one more word along with the order to retreat.

‘Trust the benefactor.’

On top of the wall where all the soldiers had retreated, only one man, a man wearing a white gown, was standing alone.

In fact, they still couldn’t fully understand the messenger’s words.

To trust that one person and come down from the wall… what kind of nonsense order was this?

However, they trusted the commander.

However, they didn’t let their guard down, holding their weapons tightly right below the wall so that they could run to support at any time in case of emergency.

Just as all eyes of the North Gate were focused.

The man standing on the wall, Baek-hyun, looked at the horizon.

“Amazing. This is the first time I’ve seen so many Outer.”

– The constellation, ‘The Horse Trampling Death’, nods, saying that the number is definitely enormous.

“To face so many Outer alone…….”

It didn’t make sense.

Even though the number was the smallest among the four gates, it was an absurd act to face over a thousand enemies alone, and enemies encroached by the Outer at that.

However, this wasn’t Se-woon’s order.

As soon as he heard the situation, Baek-hyun was the first to raise his hand and volunteer.

“I’m really looking forward to it!”

A huge subspace opened in front of Baek-hyun.

From that jet-black place, a terrible stench emanated, and dark red liquid dripped down.

Soon after, as Baek-hyun waved his hand as if conducting, hundreds and thousands of corpses began to fall from inside the subspace.

From ordinary corpses to corpses with various parts of their bodies modified, to chimeras that were combined so violently that they couldn’t be recognized. The culmination of the undead that he had researched, experimented with, and created while crossing Elheim.

– The constellation, ‘The Horse Trampling Death’, is full of anticipation, saying that the first war of the new legion commander is finally beginning.

All those corpses moved their bodies according to Baek-hyun’s hand gestures.

The Predator of Saha rose up and took the lead, and hundreds of undead flapped their wings in the sky and roared.

“With that number, I can experiment enough! Even while investigating the meteorite, I didn’t have a chance to actually face the Outer, so I couldn’t experiment with everything!”

Although the types and shapes were different, all the undead had one thing in common.

It was the meteorite fragment embedded in their bodies.

Some undead had meteorite-made blades embedded instead of fingernails, some had meteorite fragments embedded instead of fangs, and some even had meteorites embedded in their foreheads like horns.

There were also undead who had meteorites embedded not only externally but also in their hearts or spinal cords in their nervous systems.

“Now, let’s go!”

“Geueooooooo-!”

Hundreds and thousands of undead roared at the same time.

To answer the master’s command, to move according to the legion commander’s instructions.

It didn’t matter how many enemies there were, what the enemies looked like, or how powerful the enemies were.

They just move.

Everything is for the legion commander.

“This place is your training ground [experimental site]!”

The 4th-ranked demon king, Gamigin.

His 31st reserve legion commander.

No, now Baek-hyun’s first war, who has been perfectly recognized and has become a complete 31st legion commander, has begun.