Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 535

I Raided the Demon God’s Warehouse – Episode 535

Chapter 535

The first undead Baekhyun raised, a Manticore, was biting down on Se-un’s sword.

It didn’t just bite; it also exposed its flank to be pierced, as merely biting the sword wasn’t enough to stop it.

Regardless of its own body being pierced, it sacrificed itself to protect its master.

“I… I didn’t give it any orders. But why…?”

Although defeated, Baekhyun had calculated everything up to this point.

From the start, he hadn’t expected to win the sparring match.

So, he prepared as many backup plans as possible, discarding failures or outdated creations that had no room for improvement. At the same time, he didn’t forget to analyze the data gained from facing a strong opponent like Se-un.

That was the case, at least, until Saha’s Predator fell.

“Why…”

As Se-un pulled out his sword, the Manticore, which had been biting Durandal as if to break it, crumbled.

Even as an undead, it couldn’t withstand that attack.

With mana already scattering from its body, it could only endure for a few more seconds.

Baekhyun, losing his composure, rushed to hold the Manticore.

“Why would you do this!”

“Isn’t it obvious?”

Se-un murmured.

Even though it was just a sparring match, the Manticore’s choice was correct. Se-un had no intention of stopping his sword this time.

Even if Baekhyun were injured, he wanted to correct Baekhyun’s way of thinking. (Se-un wanted Baekhyun to understand the value of his summons.)

If the Manticore hadn’t stepped in to block the sword, a hole would have been pierced through his shoulder, if not a vital point.

“It was to protect its master.”

“I… I didn’t give any orders.”

“Obedience. It’s said to be the only emotion that exists in the undead, but…”

Undead only move according to their master’s orders.

Occasionally, wild undead are seen, but they, too, mostly have only one thought: to bite living beings, rather than feeling emotions.

However, there were rare exceptions.

As time passes and they spend more time together, even undead who would remain still as their master is stabbed or loses breath, if there are no orders…

“The Manticore had loyalty to Baekhyun.”

They are bound to feel emotions.

Frankly, it’s almost embarrassing to even call it emotion.

“I hope you’ve learned something from this incident.”

Se-un turned around.

Baekhyun might resent Se-un because of this incident. But at least, he thought he had conveyed the meaning he wanted to convey sufficiently.

Having finished what he had to do, Se-un left, and Baekhyun stared blankly at the Manticore’s corpse, now empty of all mana.

It was originally a corpse, and originally a cold body, but… losing the undead he cherished most was more emotional than he had expected.

“I can’t… I can’t lose you like this.”

Baekhyun took out a gem from his pocket.

A gray gem, the Death Hill’s Soul Summoning Stone.

Its power to summon the souls of the dead imbued the Manticore’s corpse, summoning the monster’s soul that had long since disappeared.

“I absolutely… can’t lose you.”

Transcending the realm of merely raising the dead.

Breaking the necromancer’s rule that a corpse once raised cannot be raised again, Baekhyun was trying to raise the Manticore once more.

* * *

Some time later, Diablo guild members gathered one by one.

Among them were Yoo Seo-ah and Kang Han-cheol, who had arrived after conquering the Eight Cold Hells.

“Ugh…”

“…”

“What’s this mess! Didn’t you use the potions I gave you?”

“Well, I used them all up…”

“You used them all up? That won’t do. Come in quickly. Let’s get you treated first, and next time, take concentrated potions with you.”

The Eight Cold Hells.

Se-un had never conquered it himself, but it was clear that it was a dungeon as difficult as, if not more than, the Eight Hot Hells.

The fact that those two, who had the highest combat power in the Diablo Guild besides Se-un, had returned in such a state was proof of that.

After listening to them for a while.

“The boss monster was a tiger called ‘Hanseon Gate’s Violent Tiger,’ and we had a hard time because our bodies stiffened when we heard its roar. It was a place where our bodies would freeze immediately if we stopped moving even for a moment.”

“Just smash it to pieces.”

“You couldn’t even land a single punch until I stopped it.”

“…It slipped away like a loach [a type of fish], not befitting its size.”

“Haa. Anyway, how was it for Se-un? I saw on the guild chat that Harry and Soo-chang joined you.”

“I was able to conquer it thanks to them. Before that, I also received help from Park Jung-pil in the Kyuhwan Hell.”

“What? You received help from who?”

“Park Jung-pil.”

“…Pardon?”

Thus, Se-un and Yoo Seo-ah talked about the dungeons they had conquered.

Kang Han-cheol, seemingly uninterested, was tired of lying down and tore off his bandages, leaving the spot.

It was a quick movement that made one suspect he was trying to escape while Lee Ha-neul was away.

“Ah, I heard Baekhyun is also at the residence? I should say hello after a long time…”

“No, it’s better to leave him alone.”

“Yes? Why is that?”

“It’s hard to explain the details, but leave him alone for a while.”

“…If Se-un says so, there must be a reason. I understand.”

Since the sparring match, Baekhyun had not come out of his laboratory.

From his last appearance, Se-un could guess what Baekhyun was thinking, so he had the guild notified to avoid disturbing him as much as possible.

One can never know what’s in people’s hearts, but Se-un believed that Baekhyun would not go down the wrong path.

Perhaps if he endures this well, he will surely grow even more.

“Oh my, I’m a bit late~”

“What’s the matter? I didn’t expect you to be late.”

“I found a strange place too.”

“A strange place?”

“It was a place called the Animal Realm (畜生道) [Chikushōdō in Japanese, one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology], and it was quite cute~”

Animal Realm.

Se-un’s eyes sparkled at those words.

Like the Eight Cold Hells, the Animal Realm was a place that Se-un had not found even with his journey’s compass.

When Se-un asked how she had found such a place, the words that came out of her mouth were predictable.

“I was lucky~”

Her luck, also known as strong luck (强運) or great luck (大運).

Perhaps that Animal Realm was a place that appeared only when certain conditions were met, not just by finding the way, and she had met those conditions with just luck.

“I was so surprised when my body turned into a rabbit as soon as I entered, you know?”

“A rabbit… That would be difficult.”

“It was refreshing and fun~ I wonder what Wolf would turn into if he went in? It didn’t seem like it would transform you into a beast, so maybe a cute puppy? I’d love to see it.”

A place that forcibly turns a player’s body into an animal.

The difficulty seemed higher than expected.

She said it was fun, but from what he heard, it was a place that was as difficult as, if not more difficult than, the Eight Hot Hells or the Eight Cold Hells. Or, if you look at it as a single dungeon concept, it might be even more difficult.

‘I wondered if it was just the Trial of the 80th Floor, but it seems there were other places too.’

There is a concept called the Six Paths (六道) [Rokudō in Japanese, representing the cycle of rebirth].

The six paths that sentient beings are divided into after being born, living, and dying, according to their actions in life.

It refers to the Hell Realm, the Hungry Ghost Realm, the Animal Realm, the Asura Realm, the Human Realm, and the Heaven Realm.

Se-un suspected this because the Trial of the 80th Floor was named the Asura Realm (修羅道) [Shuradō in Japanese, the realm of conflict and war].

With this, he had wondered if there might be other Six Paths besides the Asura Realm, and his experience with Arcana proved it.

‘I’m tempted, but it would be impossible to find it now.’

It’s a place that he couldn’t find with his journey’s compass, both before and after the regression.

He couldn’t guarantee that he could find it even if he spent time on it, so it was right to focus on the Eight Hot Hells for now.

The most important thing right now was to conquer the Eight Hot Hells and meet the last of the Seven Demon Gods, Satan.

“Ah, by the way, I haven’t seen Ruin lately? Can’t we play today either?”

“…It won’t be possible for a while.”

“That’s too bad~”

Until the Diablo Guild reached the next floor, Se-un repeated his training at the residence.

And after a while, when he thought the guild members had moved on to the next trial.

– Welcome to the Trial of the 77th Floor.

– Theme: Magolmak (魔骨漠) [A desert of demon bones].

– You have reached the desert of the Demon World. No, a bone membrane covered with white bone powder.

– Escape this place covered in death.

– And survive.

Se-un ascended to the next trial.

* * *

A desert made of bone powder.

The 77th floor of the Demon World seemed more desolate than any Demon World he had seen so far.

Bone powder entered his mouth every time he breathed, and his lips dried out.

It was only because there was no red sun in the Demon World that it was like this; if heat had been added, not even monsters, let alone players, would have survived here.

‘I need to find it quickly.’

Unfortunately, unlike the Great Kyuhwan Hell, this time he did not receive a hint for the next Eight Hot Hells.

In other words, he had to find the next Eight Hot Hells solely through his own efforts.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ looks around and tilts his head.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ scratches his head, saying it feels strangely familiar.

Beelzebub’s message appeared, but Se-un didn’t pay much attention to it.

This is the Demon World.

Although it wasn’t actually the place where the Seven Demon Gods or the 72 Demon Kings resided, it was a very similar environment.

As such, it was only natural that he felt familiar with it.

“Gaaaaaaak.”

The first monster emerged, breaking through the bone powder on the ground.

A worm.

It was a worm-shaped monster, but the worms here looked different from the worms he had seen so far.

A worm whose entire body was made of bones.

In the first place, worms couldn’t possibly have bones, but it was made of bones and teeth that looked like grinders.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Hell Fire’ is enhanced.

The way to deal with such a creature was simple.

Burn its entire body with hot flames and return its existence to this bone powder desert called Golmak.

Se-un used the Authority of Gluttony to shut up Beelzebub, who had been sending noisy messages since earlier.

Although the stat increase would be insignificant, he thought this would reduce the messages a little, but that was Se-un’s delusion.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ widens his eyes at the familiar taste.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ shouts that this taste, this scent, this texture… It’s definitely the same as the school lunch that came out in his restaurant.

Beelzebub became even noisier than before.

There was no time to deal with the noisy Beelzebub in a situation where he had to concentrate on finding the 77th floor of the Eight Hot Hells.

However, Se-un soon had to stop again.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ realizes that his restaurant exists nearby.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ recalls the memories of the Hungry Ghost Realm (餓鬼道) [Gakidō in Japanese, the realm of insatiable hunger and thirst].

Like the Animal Realm that Arcana had conquered, the name of one of the Six Paths, the Hungry Ghost Realm, was contained in Beelzebub’s message.