Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 567

Clang!

“What are you doing?”

Yoo Seo-ah, who had drawn her sword and stood guard as soon as she saw the Black Wing members, immediately blocked the dagger flying towards Se-un.

Dressed in black cloth covering their entire bodies like assassins, with weapons stored all over, the wing patterns engraved on their backs revealed them as members of the Black Wing guild.

“We are messengers delivering invitations to that person, and gatekeepers. Our priority is to confirm whether that person is qualified to set foot in the Black Wing.”

“That’s… !”

Clang, Clang clang!

As the leading assassin gestured, dozens more followed, drawing their daggers and jumping in.

However, Se-un was not alone.

Diablo guild members, having grasped the situation, formed a protective formation around Se-un, blocking the Black Wing assassins.

‘Right, the Black Wing was always like this,’ Se-un thought.

They were the kind of people who extended a hand in invitation, but hid a dagger beneath it.

They welcomed guests but filled their glasses with poison.

Black Earth, Plaka, was the area where the Black Wing executives resided.

He had anticipated this situation to some extent.

“Everyone, spread your wings.”

Flap-

Black wings spread from the Black Wing patterns on the assassins’ backs.

Although smaller than the wings Se-un had faced on previous Black Wing members, they moved as a single, coordinated formation like migratory birds.

As dozens of wings moved in perfect order, the formation Diablo had created to protect Se-un began to be breached.

And then.

Se-un’s stigmata [a mark or brand on the body] emitted a dark red light.

– The stigmata is reacting to the legend of the Blood Wolf.

– The first ability of the stigmata, ‘Fear,’ awakens.

“Kugh!”

The assassins, who were approaching Se-un with incredible speed, faltered.

A sense of oppression weighed down on them.

To resist this, divinity flowed from their wings. Attacks made of divinity can only be blocked with divinity.

However, as soon as they took their first step, resisting Se-un’s stigmata, a new attack unfolded from Se-un’s hand.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Reverse Gravity’ is enhanced.

Thud!

The bodies of the assassins, who were barely resisting, collapsed simultaneously.

It was already difficult to counter the power of fear with their meager divinity, but with gravity intensifying and physical pressure weighing down on them, they couldn’t withstand it.

The wings they had proudly spread were crushed and broken by gravity.

The moment Se-un raised Durandal [his sword] without hesitation, about to strike down the head of the assassin who had come closest.

“I’m sorry I’m late.”

A woman covered in black cloth, like the assassins, appeared in front of Se-un’s sword.

Even though she had just arrived, she was also subject to the power of fear and Reverse Gravity.

Just by seeing her slender shoulders trembling slightly, one could tell how desperately she was enduring Se-un’s fear and gravity.

“With this, the invitation is properly accepted, right?”

“Yes.”

Her identity was the Black Wing’s Feather [a high-ranking messenger].

She was the messenger who had come to convey the Black Wing’s intentions to Se-un.

“These people?”

“You can do whatever you want with them.”

Se-un looked at Yoo Seo-ah and nodded.

As Yoo Seo-ah nodded in understanding, she released both the power of fear and Reverse Gravity.

The assassins, who were struggling with their heads buried in the ground, thrashed to escape, but before they could, their bodies were restrained by the Diablo Guild.

“Player Se-un, I formally invite you to the Black Wing. However, only you are invited, not Diablo.”

“I will.”

“Se-un…”

“Yoo Seo-ah, I’m counting on you.”

“…Yes.”

As the answer was heard, black feathers fluttered around Se-un and the messenger.

Momentarily, their figures seemed obscured, and then, along with the feathers, Se-un and the messenger disappeared.

“Seo-ah, are you okay? The Master alone…”

“It’s okay. Se-un gave me a heads-up in advance.”

“You knew this would happen?”

“Yes.”

“I see. Indeed, he is the Master.”

While the Black Wing assassins attacked and the guild master disappeared, causing confusion, Yoo Seo-ah steadily led the guild as the vice-guild master.

“In that sense, there is one thing we need to do.”

“Something we need to do…”

“It’s something Se-un asked us to do. Harry?”

“I’m ready.”

Diablo’s footsteps covered the spot where the Black Wing had disappeared.

* * *

“Wouldn’t it have been better if you had come from the beginning?”

“I told you, half of the executives still reject you. Those assassins were also invitations sent by the opposition.”

“Invitations, huh.”

“It means there’s no need to accept you if you can’t even receive this level of invitation. As the opposition, it was an excessive force for a test, though.”

Currently, Se-un and the Black Wing’s Feather were on the move.

They could move outside the village instantly with her ability, but after that, they had to travel on foot.

However, it was difficult to pinpoint exactly where they were heading because the black feathers fluttering around obscured the view.

‘It must be to prevent the Black Wing’s base from being exposed, and to prevent detection from the outside,’ Se-un thought.

The feathers weren’t just blocking the view. They blocked all senses—smell, hearing, and sight—to conceal their current location.

Even the subtle mismatch between footsteps and the sensation of touching the ground suggested that they were distorting the sense of direction and distance.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

Se-un recalled the Compass of Journey.

No matter how much they distorted the senses, they couldn’t deceive the Compass of Journey.

It would have taken quite a while to find the well-hidden Black Wing base with the Compass of Journey alone, but with this guide, finding the way would be quick.

“Are we seeing the executives right away when we arrive at the Black Wing?”

“Yes. You should probably be nervous. Even the pro-faction won’t stop the opposition’s actions.”

“If I get recognized there, I can see the ‘Head,’ right?”

“To be exact, I’ll tell you the Master’s location. As I said before, the Master isn’t at the resting place right now.”

“How do I get recognized?”

“I don’t know that far. Even the pro-faction will set conditions. First, you have to change the opposition’s opinion, right?”

Se-un racked his brain.

Recognition or whatever, the surest way was to defeat all the executives as soon as he entered the Black Wing.

Wouldn’t one or two of them spill the location of the Black Wing’s leader then?

Or he could just find the Black Wing’s leader through the messenger, who was becoming increasingly friendly to Se-un.

However.

‘Lucifer won’t stay still.’

Se-un shook his head.

Lucifer was not an ordinary constellation [a powerful, influential being].

If things went wrong or he got angry, he might break the Tower’s rules and directly call Se-un out like last time.

Breaking the Tower’s rules would incur a penalty, but Lucifer might still punish Se-un while bearing that penalty.

‘I should get recognized according to the conditions first.’

Completely destroying the Black Wing should be after defeating the Black Wing’s leader.

If he defeated him, who was Lucifer’s closest apostle, Lucifer’s influence would also be greatly reduced.

Besides.

‘I need to find out Lucifer’s purpose too.’

That which is considered the fundamental reason why the God-Demon War broke out.

If he did well, he might be able to prevent the God-Demon War in advance without clashing with the constellations.

“Anyway, now that we’ve come this far, I hope you succeed if possible.”

Her words were unfitting for a messenger.

At this point, Se-un couldn’t help but be curious.

“Why are you being so friendly to me?”

She clearly had a lot of animosity towards Se-un until their first meeting, so what changed her mind?

She ran forward without answering for a moment, then her mouth slightly opened.

“…It’s for the Master.”

“Is there a problem with the Black Wing’s leader?”

He expected a detailed answer, but she shook her head.

“We’ve arrived. I’ll give you a detailed answer after you get recognized by the executives.”

The black feathers surrounding them fluttered and disappeared.

However, the view didn’t brighten even then. It was as if they had entered a huge castle, with black feathers blocking the surrounding scenery like ramparts.

“This is the place.”

The center of the feather ramparts.

There stood a castle built of black bricks.

It was a castle that looked antique and beautiful, as if Lucifer’s opinion had been reflected.

“I heard it was made by stacking bricks made of Plaka’s soil.”

“Plaka’s soil corrodes other materials. If you don’t use Plaka’s soil, most materials will rot and collapse.”

“You know it well. It looks gloomy, but the inside is quite nice.”

– The constellation, ‘The Crow Who Bows His Head,’ frowns.

– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince,’ grumbles that it’s another resting place and tries to hibernate to appease his hunger.

There were no guards.

As they stood in front of the castle gate, the Black Wing pattern engraved on the messenger’s back reacted.

Creak-

The castle gate moved automatically.

Even for Se-un, it was his first time entering the Black Wing’s base, so he scanned his surroundings warily.

“Stand here.”

“Aren’t you coming with me?”

“My role is up to here. My head might fall off if I move with you.”

“…”

“I can’t help it. A shrimp can’t have its back broken in a whale fight, right? The shrimp should wait quietly and guide you on the next path.”

What he saw as soon as he entered the castle was a huge hall.

A sight that resembled a medieval castle.

However, the place Se-un was guided to was not a staircase or a new door, but the bare floor.

That too, on top of a magic circle engraved with a black wing pattern.

“Good luck.”

After nodding to her, who was lightly greeting him, Se-un stepped onto the magic circle.

He had confirmed through mana scan that there were no dangerous elements in the magic circle.

Soon after, the magic circle and her Black Wing pattern reacted, and the surroundings were covered with a black curtain.

As the curtain melted away, the surrounding scenery changed anew.

A space 이동 [teleportation] magic circle.

What Se-un saw was not the castle’s empty hall, but a courtroom.

With Se-un in the center, chairs were spread out widely in all directions, and the Black Wing executives were sitting on them.

“Is that him? The player that person chose.”

“Grind! Those bastards killed Jen and Ben…”

“Oh, so he defeated the Lilac’s branch manager. His spirit is extraordinary.”

“If it’s Lilac’s branch manager, was it Zylen? I remember him being recommended for an executive position.”

“Executive, my foot. From the start, if he was defeated by a guy like that, he wasn’t qualified to be an executive.”

As soon as Se-un appeared, the executives’ murmurs filled the room.

Some looked at Se-un with interest, while others gnashed their teeth in anger.

As the messenger said, roughly half were friendly and half were hostile.

However, even the friendly reactions were just curiosity, and there didn’t seem to be any executives taking Se-un’s side.

“Everyone, be quiet.”

And in front of Se-un.

The space instantly quieted down as an executive sitting in an antique single seat, unlike the other chairs, opened his mouth.

That solemn voice.

“From now on, according to that person’s oracle, we will begin the Black Wing’s hearing.”

He announced the start of the hearing that would determine Se-un’s future.

Chapter 568