Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 552

“Kuhahaha! Amazing!”

Satan’s laughter echoed through the Temple of Wrath.

Despite his legion being pushed back, he didn’t seem the least bit displeased.

If anything, he seemed satisfied.

“Apostles of Baal and Agares, and even an Apostle of Gamigin. Your legion is practically a demon legion itself!”

The Diablo Guild, demons?

It was hard to admit, but not entirely wrong.

From the start after the Regression, the Diablo Guild naturally drew the attention of the 72 Demon Lords, having caught the eyes of Mammon and Beelzebub.

In a way, it was only natural that they began making contracts with the 72 Demon Lords.

‘Well, it’s not a disadvantage no matter how I look at it.’

Most of the benevolent gods impose strict conditions along with their contracts or demand bothersome favors or actions during the climb.

In contrast, the 72 Demon Lords hadn’t asked the Diablo Guild for anything in particular.

The Demon Gods’ attention certainly played a part, but the Demon Lords were also satisfied with watching their contractors fight and grow.

“While they’re all impressive, the Apostle of Gamigin is truly remarkable. Still young, but with the talent to easily reach the rank of legion commander.”

Praise poured from Satan’s lips.

Indeed, even Seun, who was watching the monitor with him, was amazed by Baekhyun’s martial prowess.

‘His abilities have increased with the Authority of Greed, but even without that, he’s become stronger than expected.’

After holing himself up in the lab for a while, he finally managed to revive the Manticore.

The Manticore commanded the undead as if it were a vice-commander, and the undead legion’s behavior seemed different from before.

‘More natural.’

Undead legions are beings that unconditionally obey their master’s commands.

Baekhyun’s legion was the same, but now it was slightly different.

Now, Baekhyun’s legion followed the Manticore’s instructions thoroughly while also moving organically to attack the enemy.

As if a minimum of reason remained.

Perhaps, that was the enlightenment Baekhyun had gained this time.

“Won’t you ‘command’ any further?”

“This is enough. Didn’t we say this was just a confirmation? Besides, the 666th Legion has been made to feel a sense of crisis, so I am satisfied as well.”

The Cheonghae Guild supported Diablo, taking on defense and support roles. In response, the Diablo Guild advanced steadily, maintaining their formation.

Yoo Seoa and Kang Hancheol swept through the enemy lines, and Baekhyun’s undead legion surged over them.

“Satan is watching!”

“Ugh, we can’t lose to humans!”

“We can’t!”

The commander of the 666th Legion even tried to attack the Diablo Guild with a surge of power.

However.

Thwack.

“Well done, Manti.”

The Manticore’s poisonous stinger pierced the commander’s back.

“Just a Manticore’s poison… can’t…”.

The Manticore’s stinger contained a potent poison renowned even in the Tower.

Even so, the Demon World was full of poisons that easily surpassed the Manticore’s, and a legion commander would have resistance that wouldn’t be fazed by that level of poison.

However, Baekhyun’s Manticore was not just any Manticore. It was an existence completely reborn by Baekhyun.

Its power had already far surpassed the limits of the Manticore species.

Thud.

The commander of the 666th Legion collapsed.

He writhed, trying to get back up, but the more he did, the faster the poison spread, turning his body black.

“Kuhahahaha!!”

Satan’s laughter echoed without fail, even as his legion commander fell.

In the monitor, the battle had already ended, and the Diablo Guild was holding swords to the demons’ necks.

Looking up into the air, they seemed to be asking Seun what to do.

“Is the confirmation complete?”

“I acknowledge you. You are an excellent commander. Enough that even I, Satan, acknowledge it.”

* * *

“Hmm, I see. So everyone except Lucifer has sided with you.”

After the ‘confirmation’ was complete, Seun first briefly explained the current situation.

Even if Satan wasn’t interested in what was happening in the Tower, he still needed to be aware of the situation.

‘As expected, he didn’t know anything.’

Apparently, Satan had been focusing on training with his legion in his own battlefield, shutting out everything else.

How the Tower was operating, how the Constellations were acting, what the other Demon Gods were doing—none of it was within his interest.

However, even he couldn’t help but be interested in what Seun said.

“Are these Outer beings that strong? Do you think my legion would lose to the Outer beings?”

“Even Constellations cannot stop the Outer beings’ corruption. Objectively speaking, Satan’s legion would only be a good host for the Outer beings.”

“That’s troublesome. But the fact that you defeated them and reached me means there’s a way, right?”

“The Authority of Destruction and the power of spirits that I manifested, and the equipment made from meteorites, can resist the Outer beings.”

“That sounds like a very limited method.”

“I plan to find more methods in the future.”

The Authority of Destruction can only be applied to Seun.

If he becomes stronger, he might be able to affect the guild, but spreading it beyond that is impossible.

The power of spirits is also extremely limited, and it’s impossible to equip Satan’s entire legion with equipment made from meteorites.

In the meantime, Satan mentioned one possibility.

“You said you were a Rising Star, right?”

“Yes.”

“If you rise to the position of a Constellation, you might be able to spread that Authority of Destruction.”

A Constellation. In other words, the assumption that Seun would rise to the position of a god.

If he said this to another player, it would be close to nonsense, but Seun already possessed a Stigmata and had obtained the position of a Rising Star.

In fact, Seun’s plans included directly ascending to the position of a Constellation.

However, there was one problem here.

“It’s not just a matter of rising to the position of a Constellation.”

If he rose to the position of a Constellation, he could spread the Authority of Destruction.

However, that was only limited to the believers who trusted and followed Seun.

To spread that power to more people, beyond that, even to the gods, two methods were needed.

“Either I rise to the position of an Absolute God and make the gods follow me.”

“Or a Constellation who has ascended to the position of Absolute God devours you and acquires the Authority of Destruction.”

Absolute God.

God of gods.

Olympus’ Zeus and Asgard’s Odin are included here.

No, in fact, even they were insufficient to be called Absolute Gods.

The position of Absolute God was that transcendent.

“Still, if it’s necessary, I’m considering aiming for Absolute God as well.”

Nevertheless, Seun nodded.

If rising to the position of Absolute God was the only way to stop the Outer beings, Seun would challenge the position of Absolute God.

“Kuhahahaha!!”

Satan’s laughter echoed once again in the temple at that calm answer.

“Audacious, audacious! To aim for the position of Absolute God in front of a Demon God!”

“A position that even I, who governs Hell with 666 legions, have not reached!”

“But, I like it even more!”

“Yes, a man must have great goals to grow greatly!”

Thump!

Satan slammed his fists on the armrests of the chair and stood up.

The chair shattered along with the armrests, turning into orange dust and being absorbed into Seun’s Stigmata.

This was Satan’s Divinity.

The Divinity of Wrath.

– You have been acknowledged by Satan, the Demon God of Wrath.

– You have been acknowledged by the Demon God of Wrath and can now use the ‘Authority of Wrath.’

– By inheriting the Divinity of Wrath, additional bonuses are applied to buffs, skills, and systems related to the guild.

– By inheriting the Divinity of Wrath, the power of the Stigmata is strengthened. When the Stigmata is activated, the power of all Authorities is strengthened.

The Stigmata, having absorbed all of Satan’s Divinity, flickered orange for a moment, creating a pattern unique to Satan.

And the messages that appeared were full of content that he liked very much.

‘Strengthening of the guild and the Stigmata.’

The strengthening of the guild would grow the Diablo Guild, which was already showing more growth than expected, even further.

The strengthening of the Stigmata would also strengthen the Authority of Destruction, the most important power when facing the Outer beings.

No throwaway effects, all substantial.

“Thank you.”

The Temple of Wrath began to collapse.

Apparently, the Divinity of Wrath that had just permeated included the Divinity to maintain the temple.

Now that all that power was gone, it was only natural that the temple would collapse.

Amidst the debris falling from above, Satan laughed loudly once more.

“Kuhahahaha!!”

A much louder laughter than he had heard at first.

The sound was so loud that it seemed to accelerate the speed at which the temple was collapsing.

But Satan didn’t care and leaned closer to Seun, laughing even more heartily.

The Divinity of Wrath, which now felt familiar, was strongly felt from his two horns.

“To achieve that goal, you’ll have to surpass even me someday. I’ll be looking forward to it. To the sight of you coming before me and daring to point your sword at me.”

“Well… to do that, you’ll have to defeat all 666 of my legions first.”

“Remember.”

“Your legion is no different from you yourself.”

“Those who ignore their legion and climb the stairs alone will eventually collapse.”

“Even if they are not visible right now, cherish those who will support you someday.”

“Otherwise, you will not reach me.”

Thud!!

The pillars of the temple collapsed, and the floor cracked.

Satan, whose form began to blur, spread his wings wide and turned his back to Seun.

“I hope to see you again soon. Future challenger.”

Kaboom!!

The Temple of Wrath completely collapsed, and the meeting with Satan came to an end.

* * *

“The demons are disappearing.”

Harry, who had been closely observing the demons to immediately cut off their heads in case of any unexpected changes, said.

As he said, the demons were all turning into orange dust and disappearing.

“Heh heh… to lose to humans. What a ridiculous sight.”

“No, Legion Commander. You were weakened by descending to the Lower World, so if you had your original power…”

“Shut up. That’s just an excuse. Satan was watching, but we still lost. That’s all.”

“…”

“I think I know why we had no choice but to remain as the 666th Legion. This must also be Satan’s will.”

The commander of the 666th Legion held out his hand to Harry.

Harry hesitated for a moment, but then carefully reached out his right hand and shook it.

“It seems that your legion commander is a step above me. Could you tell me the strengths of the legion commander you observed?”

They had been fighting each other just a moment ago, but they both knew. That they had all fought this battle for their respective masters.

It was a sudden battle, but they clearly knew their reasons.

The demons acknowledged their mistakes and defeat, having looked down on humans.

Harry, meeting the legion commander’s eyes, hesitated before uttering a short word.

“Master is strong.”

Such a simple answer.

It was such an embarrassing answer to call it advice, but not to the legion commander.

“Heh heh… a strong legion commander, huh? I had forgotten that obvious truth.”

Swish-

The demons all disappeared.

And a man with purple wings slowly descended.

“Master, have you arrived?”

“Everyone, you’ve worked hard. …And, thank you.”

A cry of victory echoed in the Battlefield of Wrath.

Episode 553