Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 521

521

The Outer’s form gradually faded away.

It had absorbed all of Skave’s Outers to increase its size, but its outer shell was already on the verge of collapsing due to Leviathan’s tail strike.

Moreover, Leviathan’s venom, fused with the power of destruction, was annihilating it from the inside.

“Destro……y……”

A grotesque voice leaked from the fading Outer’s mouth.

Seun reached out a hand covered in blue scales and grasped its head, saying,

“Is this the command of the Fallen King?”

The black carapace covering its head turned into liquid and flowed up Seun’s hand.

Recognizing that its host was dead, it desperately writhed to consume a new host.

– The Sacred Mark reacts to the tale of the Blood Wolf Legend.

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

Gurgle-

Seun’s scales were protected by the power of destruction. An Outer like that was no match to consume him.

Eventually, the Outer gave up trying to consume Seun and returned to its place, trying to save its host, but the host was already dying from Leviathan’s venom.

No, in fact, it was as good as dead. The Outer was desperately moving its heart in its place, holding onto the severed lifeline.

“I’ll say it one more time. Was it the Fallen King’s command?”

Thud.

Its pincers crumbled into dust and scattered.

Normally, when an Outer disappears, the host inside is revealed, but its host had already been annihilated by the poison and scattered along with the Outer.

Its dark pupils turned towards Seun.

“Fallen King…… King’s…… command……”

I don’t think it broke through the sandstorm with its own power alone. The Outer from before the regression never broke through the sandstorm.

Even if a butterfly effect occurred because Seun intervened, it was a completely different story for it to break through the sandstorm on its own.

There was only one possibility for it to escape the sandstorm.

The Fallen King.

It was only his intervention.

“This sand desert……”

That wasn’t the only clue.

One of the words it spat out during the battle was ‘learning.’

This was also a word mentioned by the Fallen King, whom I encountered in Lilac.

“Let’s destroy the lower levels of the tower……”

Swish-

The Outer’s body completely scattered.

Seun’s Sacred Mark didn’t miss this, creating a faint current to devour all of the fallen Outer.

‘So, it was the Fallen King’s doing after all.’

Why did he awaken that monster?

Was it to shake the tower faster than before, before Seun could change the tower’s fate any further?

If that was the Fallen King’s true purpose, then it’s a relief. That plan was shattered by Seun’s hands just now.

However, unease persisted in my mind.

It felt like there was another possibility.

As I struggled to recall that elusive, ominous possibility, the blue scales that had taken root on Seun’s skin began to disappear.

– It seems my power has run out.

No matter how great a constellation Leviathan is, a tremendous amount of divinity is consumed in descent and possession.

In fact, it was amazing that she was able to maintain the possession even this long.

Therefore, Seun offered her a sincere word of gratitude.

“Thank you.”

If it weren’t for her, Seun would already be dead.

That the Authority of Jealousy didn’t work at the beginning of the battle?

That’s just an excuse.

It was Seun’s fault for fighting a new Outer, and in a situation where he had to deal with everything in a new way, he carelessly turned his back, thinking he had defeated the enemy.

She helped Seun, even consuming her divinity, to make up for that mistake.

“I won’t forget your grace.”

– Grace? I’ve only repaid a little bit of your grace now.

The armor and robe. The scales on the arms and torso gradually disappeared.

I felt Ruin shining the Sacred Mark to devour the divinity dwelling in my body, but I forcibly suppressed the Sacred Mark.

I wouldn’t have been able to swallow her divinity in this situation, even if it were a different one.

– If there’s anything I regret, it’s that I won’t be able to watch you for a while…….

The reason was easy to guess.

She had consumed a lot of divinity at once, so there would be a big reaction for her.

Perhaps, she would need time to treat the aftereffects and recover her divinity for a while.

– Please, take care of yourself and stay healthy.

“I’ll see you next time.”

Swish-

All traces of Leviathan that had covered Seun’s body disappeared.

The power of Leviathan, which had filled my whole body, drained away, causing a momentary feeling of emptiness, followed by a throbbing pain in my abdomen.

Recalling the wound I had suffered from the Outer, I reflexively lowered my head.

‘……Thank you, Leviathan.’

Seun’s abdomen was completely healed.

There was still a red aura left, and it felt like it would tear at any moment if I strained myself even a little, but what does that matter?

As Seun expressed his gratitude once again in his heart, recalling Leviathan’s gaze that had already disappeared, the Diablo Guild approached Seun beyond the vanished Outer’s presence.

“Seun! Are you okay?”

“Thanks to you. More importantly, your wounds……”

Yoo Seo-ah’s condition was literally covered in wounds.

Wounds caused not by the Outer, but by the backlash from her body not being able to withstand her speed and attacks.

Most of them were minor wounds, but blood was flowing from those numerous wounds.

Right now, it wasn’t very noticeable because of the sand stuck all over her, but just the fact that she was staggering showed the seriousness of her condition.

– The constellation, ‘Spider Wearing a Crown,’ is flustered that the contractor’s growth rate has exceeded her expectations.

– The constellation, ‘Spider Wearing a Crown,’ admits that it is her fault that the body could not withstand the rapid growth rate.

– The constellation, ‘Spider Wearing a Crown,’ is revising her future plans, saying that she will have to advance the training stages by several levels.

“Huh? Oh, it’s nothing! Compared to Seun, this is nothing.”

“It’s not nothing. Lee Haneul, please give her some treatment.”

“Yes. Seo-ah, come this way. First, we’ll do some first aid and then go back to the city for proper treatment.”

“I’m really okay……”

“If you were an ordinary human, not a player, you would have already died from excessive bleeding. Stop talking and come here. Everyone else, start pouring potions on the wounds.”

“Yes……”

The vice-commander of the Diablo Guild was Yoo Seo-ah, but in the situation after the battle, Lee Haneul was as good as the person in charge.

Even Yoo Seo-ah had no choice but to obey her words.

After Lee Haneul finished the first aid, she approached Seun and looked at his abdomen.

“……Amazing. That big wound has completely healed. The nerves and even the organs were a mess.”

“It’s thanks to the first aid you gave me.”

At first, it was hazy, but it gradually came back to me over time.

Seun collapsed, and she rushed over and held on to the wound with Marbas’s Authority to prevent it from getting worse.

However, she shook her head at Seun’s words.

“No. There was nothing I could do with my skills. The external wound was one thing, but I couldn’t touch the poison with my hands.”

“It’s thanks to you holding on to the wound that I was able to buy time.”

“Still. I think I’ve been too arrogant until now. I thought I could treat any wound, any poison. But I couldn’t solve either of them.”

“It can’t be helped. This Outer was an enemy I didn’t expect either.”

“I can’t give up and say it can’t be helped in the future, can I? Next time……. Next time, I’ll definitely treat you.”

“Okay.”

It wasn’t just Seun who had a change of heart.

Lee Haneul, who was clenching her fist in front of her like a healer, no, the entire Diablo Guild, including Yoo Seo-ah behind her, had a renewed mindset.

Recently, they hadn’t experienced any crises in battle, and everyone had unknowingly become complacent in their own skills.

To be honest, that could be called confidence proportional to their skills, but as long as they followed Seun, the real enemy was not ordinary monsters but Outers.

There was a desperate need to improve their skills further.

Watching them, Seun recalled someone’s existence and asked Yoo Seo-ah.

“By the way, what about Bukmun?”

“Ah, Baekhyun……”

Yoo Seo-ah let out a hollow laugh and scratched her forehead.

* * *

“Next. The 281st experiment. 2mm, explode.”

“Kuaaaa-!”

Boom!

“Gurgle-”

One of the undead holding the Outer with its four arms exploded with a loud bang.

Among the splattering blood and flesh, there were black granules.

These were meteorite granules that Baekhyun had implanted in the undead’s body like grenades for this experiment.

The Outer, hit by this, screamed and collapsed.

“Haha, excellent! Next, the 282nd! 1mm. Explode!”

Boom!

“Good! Next, the 283rd!”

Boom!

“I see. Direct strikes with meteorites are possible up to 1mm. If it gets smaller than that, indirect strikes such as slowing down movement are possible, but it will be difficult to inflict physical damage……”

Bukmun’s condition was completely different from the other places.

The Outers here were already completely bound by Baekhyun’s undead and were being used in Baekhyun’s experiments in that state.

A laboratory.

The entire wide Bukmun was an experiment that was no different from his laboratory.

“Good. Good!”

Bang, bang!

Boom!!

“Very interesting. Such versatile adaptability. If I can bring this power……”

His corpse exploded dozens of times.

Now that he had finished experimenting with corpse explosions, next, instead of explosions, eerie sounds of ‘thud, thud!’ were heard.

Naturally, the Outer’s screams were a bonus.

Unlike Nammun, the Outers here were not in the form of solid carapaces but in the squishy form I had seen before, so according to the research so far, the Outers were completely under Baekhyun’s control.

“Amazing~ I think I can apply the experiment you just did too?”

“I’m glad if it was helpful. Ah, if you don’t mind, can I borrow your help?”

“Is there anything I can help with?”

“It’s not a planned experiment, but there’s something I’ve been curious about for a while. It’s about the usability of the Link you showed me before……”

“There’s nothing I can’t do~”

Even Ana, who had come in preparation for a possible situation, joined in, and the experiment heated up.

Thanks to this, the residents of Skave, who had been hiding behind the walls and trembling, began to peek their faces over the walls one by one.

“What is this……”

“Did just two people block all those monsters……?”

“No, it was one person at first. The new person over there was just watching from behind.”

“One person blocked those monsters…… No, this is not even at the level of blocking……”

Everyone was amazed with their mouths wide open at this shocking scene.

If the battle was over, they would have cheered, but seeing so many monsters being experimented on, they felt sorry for the monsters, let alone cheering.

After a while, Seun and Yoo Seo-ah, who belatedly arrived at Bukmun, couldn’t help but be embarrassed by Baekhyun’s experimental scene.

“……You said he was okay, right?”

“I don’t think this is a matter of being okay or not……”

– The constellation, ‘Death Trampling Mare,’ is passing the experiment chart, saying let’s proceed with the next experiment quickly.

At that moment, Seun imagined what would have happened if Baekhyun had not died in the era before the regression and had survived and realized necromancy on his own.