Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 523

523. After the Festival

After receiving hearty farewells from the residents, including the lord of Skav, the Diablo Guild was ready to ascend the Tower once more.

It had only been a single night, but they had faced so many Outers without anyone sustaining major injuries, which made it possible.

“Are we really going up by ourselves? Shouldn’t we ask Se-un to come with us…?”

“No. I have something else to take care of, so you all go on ahead. You all stopped what you were doing to come down because of me.”

“We can help you!”

“It’s not something you can help with. I need to talk to the Administrator, so you all go on ahead.”

“But…”

Yoo Seo-ah hesitated, unable to tear herself away.

She seemed worried that Se-un might recklessly do something on his own again.

However, this time, Se-un’s words were not a lie.

Although there were things left to confirm, he had no intention of overdoing it.

He simply needed time to talk to the Administrator, Tuning.

“If you all don’t go up quickly, I’ll end up waiting alone in the settlement again, you know?”

“…Okay. We’ll go up ahead and wait for you this time!”

Only after reassuring her several times did she finally decide to leave.

The Diablo Guild left Skav, once again leaving behind the cheers of the residents.

This wasn’t an ordinary return, but a return through the authority granted to Se-un by the Administration, so all the guild members would be able to continue the work they had been doing on their respective floors.

“Tuning.”

Chiiik-

With Se-un’s call, a message appeared and stretched out to form a door.

“Please come inside to talk, Player Jung Se-un.”

“Alright.”

Following Tuning’s voice, he arrived at the now familiar white space.

As if he had been monitoring Se-un all along, steam was rising from a teacup that had been prepared in advance.

“First, on behalf of the Administration, I would like to express our gratitude.”

Tuning bowed to Se-un.

“As a ‘Candidate,’ you have excellently repelled the Outers. In particular, the department in charge of Skav specifically asked me to convey their gratitude.”

“Gratitude is unnecessary.”

“Haha, knowing you would say that, I stopped them from coming to find you directly and told them to give you plenty of rewards instead. Thanks to that, my pockets are quite full now.”

The first thing he settled was Contribution Points.

Originally, he was supposed to receive Contribution Points each time he hunted an Outer as a Candidate, but due to the situation, the amount of Contribution Points he received this time was enormous.

At this rate, he could visit the auction house without worry for a while.

‘You can never have too many Contribution Points.’

Whether it was to strengthen the guild, purchase materials, or expand the settlement, Contribution Points were always welcome for Se-un, who was not just an ordinary player but the master of a guild.

Moreover, once they reached the next Shelter, there would be places to use Contribution Points besides the auction house.

Looking at the increasing Contribution Points, he felt a sense of security.

“The Skav Administration has also contributed Contribution Points.”

“Is this all? I was told you would prepare enough so that I wouldn’t feel it was absolutely lacking.”

Honestly, this would have been sufficient under normal circumstances.

Moreover, defeating the Outers was Se-un’s destiny, so he would have stepped up even if the Administration hadn’t asked him to.

In fact, he was grateful to Tuning for monitoring the situation in Skav and informing him.

However, that didn’t mean he was going to decline the reward and leave.

“Knowing that Player Jung Se-un would say that, I have prepared an additional reward.”

Tuning placed a glass marble on the table.

It was similar to a snow globe, but instead of snow falling inside the glass, grains of sand were scattering.

Tuning shook the marble slightly, and the sandstorm inside swirled violently.

It looked just like…

“A sandstorm?”

It reminded him of the sandstorm in Skav that had sealed the Outers.

Se-un raised his head, and Tuning nodded, explaining.

“That’s right. The sandstorm of Skav. It is the medium that created the sandstorm that sealed the Outers.”

“A medium?”

“In fact, you cannot create a sandstorm with this alone. The spell used by Skav’s ancestors has already been lost.”

“If it’s a medium that can’t be used, isn’t it just junk? Is this the reward?”

“Player Jung Se-un, you can use it well enough, can’t you?”

“…”

“If you can use it, it will surely be a good tool for Player Jung Se-un.”

That was true.

If he could reproduce the sandstorm he had seen in Skav, or even half of it, its utility would be enormous.

The sandstorm of Skav was not just powerful, but it also had the advantage of being able to seal Outers.

Like the dome made of spiderwebs by the Outer he had faced this time, he could isolate the Outer from the outside, or enter the isolated dome and face the Outer one-on-one.

Perhaps…

‘It might be possible to bind the Tyrant King.’

The next time he encountered the Tyrant King, he might be able to catch him and prevent him from escaping like before.

The problem was how to activate this medium.

‘I can do it.’

Se-un was confident.

Whether he used Mammon’s treasures, knowledge from before his regression [his previous life], or sought help from the sages of El-Abr, he was confident that he could activate the medium in some way.

No, he had to activate it.

“The head of the Skav Administration took special care to obtain this item. Since the current medium has already been broken, from the past…”

“I understand.”

“…I’m glad you like it.”

“Is that all?”

“That’s the end of the allocated rewards, but if you’re not satisfied…”

Tuning asked, looking troubled.

The glass marble he had presented seemed to have been more difficult to obtain than he had thought.

If the administrator in front of him had been someone else, he would have pressed a little more, but since he had a good relationship with Tuning, he decided to stop here.

However, the conversation didn’t end there.

“I would like to ask you to monitor a new place.”

“A new place, you say?”

“The same thing that happened this time could happen again on other floors.”

Since it had already happened once, there was no way other floors would be unscathed.

Of course, after Se-un gained the power of Destruction and grew to some extent, he deliberately sought out meteorites and annihilated the Outers, but there were places where he couldn’t do that.

Namely.

“Frost Fortress.”

“The third Shelter, Frost Fortress ‘Kier,’ you mean.”

“A similar Outer to the one we faced this time is sleeping under the ice lake of Kier.”

Se-un had once entered the underground of the ice lake through the underground of Frost Fortress.

At that time, an Outer that had infested an ice golem attacked Se-un, and he remembered struggling to hunt them down because he couldn’t properly handle the power of Destruction.

After breaking through them and reaching the center of the lake’s underground, Se-un was able to discover it.

The appearance of an Outer that had devoured a giant sea monster.

Even though it was sealed in the cold ice, its immense power was clearly felt.

“…I see. I was aware of the suspicion, but as I mentioned, monitoring around the Outer is not properly done…”

“You don’t have to get that close. After all, there is only one way to get to the underground of the lake.”

There were only two places to monitor.

One was the underground of Frost Fortress, the only passage to the underground of the lake.

There, the commander of Frost Fortress was blocking the passage to the underground, and even the Tyrant King would take time to break through the passage that was firmly blocked by Se-un’s magic.

“I see.”

The remaining one was the surface of the ice lake, which could be said to be the trial of the 20th floor.

If the Tyrant King infiltrated the underground of the lake through other means and created some kind of anomaly, there would definitely be something wrong with the surface of the ice lake in some way.

“Rather, shouldn’t we deal with it now before the anomaly occurs?”

Tuning made a new suggestion, but Se-un shook his head.

It wasn’t that Se-un hadn’t thought about that method.

Before the Tyrant King interfered and the Outer became stronger, he had thought about concentrating his firepower and finishing off the monster under the lake…

“I want to increase my strength even more now.”

His thoughts had changed after yesterday’s battle.

He had reached the 8th Circle with magic, the 20th Cycle of the Inner World with internal energy, and easily pushed through the 70th floor of the Demon World, and he had unknowingly become arrogant.

However, Se-un was still lacking.

He lacked the power to overwhelmingly crush the enemy, no matter how strong they were.

‘If I rashly step out now, I’ll only be shortening the time it takes for the Tyrant King to release the seal.’

The Outer under the lake was also sealed like the monster of the sandstorm.

If he were to seize an opportunity, it would be when the Tyrant King was focused on releasing the Outer under the lake.

And Se-un needed to increase his strength in preparation for that time.

Tuning, who understood the explanation, thought for a moment and quietly nodded.

“I understand. I will coordinate with the Kier Administration to monitor as much as possible.”

“Thank you.”

“Then, what are Player Jung Se-un’s plans now? Should I send you back to the 72nd floor as is?”

Se-un nodded.

The way to quickly become stronger right now was decided.

‘Satan.’

Find the temple of Satan, the Demon God of Wrath sleeping in the Demon World, and face him.

And, as he had done so far, join hands with the Demon God and obtain his authority.

If he could borrow the power of Satan, who had the best army in the Demon World, he didn’t know what kind of power it would be, but it would definitely be of great help in dealing with the Outers.

“I plan to finish the Eight Hells.”

Se-un pushed back his chair and stood up, as if declaring the end of the conversation.

* * *

– Welcome to the trial of the 73rd floor.

– Theme: Demon Garden

– A giant hill has appeared before you, having passed through the rotten swamp.

– On the hill, blades of grass scattering the chill of death boast sharp edges.

– Trample the coldly frozen bloodstains and cross the towering hill to the next trial.

Se-un, who had finished the 72nd floor, immediately ascended to the next floor.

‘Demon Garden.’

Unlike the name ‘garden,’ a mountain-like, giant undulation filled his vision.

The sharp blades of grass were like swords and knives, so he had to be extremely careful when moving.

Above all else.

“Kiyooh-!”

From here, the types of demons become very diverse.

If the demons he had seen in the 71st floor, Demon Forest, were mostly only slightly stronger than ordinary monsters, it was different from here.

Demons that had adapted to the environment, killed higher-ranking demons, and evolved to protect their ranks.

Those demons existed in all directions in their own ways.

In particular, the demons that existed here were formidable enemies with a leading digit of 7 in their rank.

‘From now on, enemies that are worth wielding a sword against will appear.’

From here, there are many things to do.

Just thinking about the journey’s guide, dozens of directions come to mind, and there are various hidden elements here.

However, what Se-un was looking for was one thing.

The second of the Eight Hells.

A hell known for inflicting the punishment of binding sinners with red-hot chains and striking them to death with red-hot iron axes.

The Black Rope Hell.