Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 586

After Se-un’s attack rained down, nothing remained inside the prison the dragons had made from meteorites.

Only black smoke endlessly billowed.

The Outer, as well as the creature that had been its host, had vanished without a trace.

“You possess tremendous power. Even for a dragon, it would be difficult to completely vaporize a creature of that size with a single attack, Outer or not.”

“I owe it to you.”

It wasn’t just a polite remark.

If that Outer had been in proper condition, it would have been absolutely impossible.

Whether it was evading Se-un’s attack, diving into the water to absorb the impact, or using its scales to withstand the attack as much as possible.

No matter what method it used, killing it in one blow like that would have been impossible.

‘Thanks to the meteorite.’

A prison made of meteorites.

It didn’t just restrain the Outer.

The Outer trapped inside the meteorite couldn’t even properly create scales, and its power was rapidly weakening.

If the dragons hadn’t intervened…

“Waaaaaah!”

“We lived, we lived!”

“We won!”

“We protected the Empire! Our families!”

“Sister, we did it!”

“Commander! You’ve worked hard!”

“Well done, soldiers!”

Before even guaranteeing victory, Kaier would certainly have failed to protect it.

Thinking that, even seeing the soldiers of Kaier rejoicing, he didn’t feel happy; instead, he felt strange.

“Regressor, are you alright?”

“It’s been a while.”

“I thought I wasn’t late, but I was. If it weren’t for you, those things would have destroyed the human fortresses and escaped the north in an instant.”

That was true. The timing of the dragons’ appearance was quite subtle.

If Se-un hadn’t been confronting the Outer, by the time they arrived, the Outer would have almost left the lake.

“But, how are you here? Have you been guarding this place since that time?”

“No. I just came after hearing the news.”

“I heard about the Tower from you, but was it structured so that you could come and go this easily?”

Se-un was slightly embarrassed by her reasonable question.

To answer, it was naturally thanks to Tuning, Se-un’s exclusive manager.

He had already told her about the Tower’s destruction and regression, but he wasn’t sure how much he should explain to her, who was practically a resident of the Shelter.

Just as Se-un was hesitating to answer, the Dragon Lord, who had been nobly keeping his place in the back as if waiting for his turn, approached.

“Child of the Eye. Would you give me some time to talk with this human?”

“Of course. Lord Dragon. Let’s continue our conversation later, Regressor.”

He didn’t feel like he had escaped a crisis… because the Dragon Lord’s eyes seemed so deep that Se-un would rather talk to Seol-ryong.

“I’m sorry for interrupting your conversation.”

“It’s alright.”

“But, it was to help you. You seemed to be having trouble answering.”

He certainly was having trouble.

However, Se-un instinctively realized that the conversation from now on would feel even more difficult.

“So, from now on, I will listen.”

With those words, a wave of mana spread around.

Se-un, who had reached the 8th Circle [a high level of magical proficiency], could tell.

That what was spreading now was a kind of barrier that isolated Se-un and the Dragon Lord from the outside.

A barrier that even escaped the dragons’ perception, hiding everything such as appearance and sound without arousing anyone’s suspicion.

It was truly a transcendent magic that only the Dragon Lord could perform.

“What do you want to hear?”

“You can continue the conversation you were having with the Child of the Eye.”

“That’s…”

“I heard everything you told the Child of the Eye. So, I want to hear more about it.”

The story Se-un had told Seol-ryong.

It was about the Outer, the Tower, and Se-un’s regression.

“I remember telling you all the important things.”

“No. The most important thing was missing.”

“The most important thing?”

“You told the Child of the Eye that the world was approaching destruction. You said you were defeating the Outer to prevent it.”

“That’s right.”

“I heard that too, but I felt a sense of crisis.”

“…A sense of crisis?”

“Even though I look like this, I’ve lived for ten thousand years. The moment I heard that story from the Child of the Eye, my mind cleared up as if a fog had lifted, and I began to see the hidden truth.”

When Se-un explained to Seol-ryong, there was one thing he left out.

No, rather than leaving it out, it was something he wasn’t sure about, so he didn’t mention it in detail.

That is.

“The hidden truth that it’s not just approaching destruction, but that it may have already been destroyed once.”

The Tower’s trials and the Shelter.

The fact that all of that might be the remnants of a dimension that had already been destroyed.

Although he wasn’t sure, considering the information he had heard and seen while climbing up to Plaka, it was now almost a certainty.

“I’m not sure.”

“No, it’s certain. I don’t know why I’ve felt that way until now… no, even that must be the intervention of the ‘Tower’ you mentioned. This world has already been destroyed.”

The Dragon Lord’s words were full of conviction.

‘Is this okay?’

Even the Dragon Lord is ultimately a resident of the Shelter. Is it okay for such a person to realize that he is a remnant of a world that has already been destroyed?

This wasn’t a question Se-un could answer.

And as if to prove it, a third party’s intervention began.

“It seems I have no choice but to intervene.”

A system message stretched out long, and a door was created. Naturally, it was Tuning who appeared through it.

Originally, residents shouldn’t be able to see system messages, but the Dragon Lord had been watching the direction where the system message appeared even before Tuning appeared.

Whether it was because of his transcendent cognitive abilities or because he was aware of his existence, he didn’t know. The Dragon Lord was just calmly watching Tuning’s appearance.

“So, you’re an existence from the ‘Tower’.”

“That’s right. Dragon Lord. I’m Tuning.”

Tuning’s appearance was tantamount to the Tower officially intervening in this matter.

Tuning calmly finished his greetings and immediately answered the Dragon Lord’s question without hesitation.

“To put it bluntly, that’s correct.”

“…I see.”

“The place created by piecing together the remnants of a dimension that has already been destroyed is the Tower. And the place that manages it is our Management Office. I haven’t even properly explained it to Player Se-un.”

It was something he had already believed, but even for the Dragon Lord, hearing it directly seemed to have a big impact.

However, the Dragon Lord’s expression darkened at this.

“Then, will I… will we now lose our memories? Or will our very existence be denied?”

Tuning is the manager of the Tower.

He had a duty to manage the floors where abnormalities occurred.

Even if Tuning was an exception because he was Se-un’s exclusive manager, now that a resident had realized the truth about his existence and the world, he had to report it to the higher-ups.

And if this fact reached their ears, the Management Office in charge of the Shelter would definitely take some kind of action.

“Of course, that’s right.”

“…Originally?”

Tuning, who had been continuing his explanation, smiled. As if to reassure the Dragon Lord.

“The reason why such management is put in place is to reverse the dimension from the cycle of destruction. Only then can the remnants of the dimension maintain their form.”

“Could it be that the cause of that destruction is the Outer?”

Tuning nodded and continued.

“That’s right. In other words, this Shelter has escaped the cycle of destruction, so there’s no need to revert the cycle.”

“Hoo…”

“It’s certainly a risk that a resident has realized the truth, but since we’ve avoided destruction, there’s no need for us to interfere.”

All sorts of emotions flashed through the Dragon Lord’s eyes.

He probably had a lot to say, but Se-un also had questions after hearing this.

“Then, are the Shelters I’ve passed through so far the same?”

“That’s right. In the first place, the reason why we commissioned Player Se-un to subjugate the Outer was to free the Shelters from the cycle of destruction.”

“Then, the trials…”

“The trials are a little different. They are also related to the destroyed dimension, but they can be said to be a kind of fragment. Except for a few places, they are just trials, so there’s no need to interfere much.”

“But why are you suddenly telling me this?”

Until recently, Tuning had hardly told him anything about the Management Office.

Even though he was close to Se-un, he was ultimately a person from the Management Office, so he was thoroughly adjusting the distance between himself and the player, but he was surprised to suddenly hear this information.

“Player Se-un’s location is already the ninth Shelter. You’ve cleared all the Outer up to that point, haven’t you?”

“Is it a kind of bonus?”

“Haha, you can think of it that way. In the first place, our main role was to manage the remnants of the dimension so that the Tower wouldn’t reach the cycle of destruction, and you’ve helped us so much, so we all acknowledge Player Se-un’s contribution.”

Now he had even heard about the Tower’s role.

It was a short conversation, but he felt like too many secrets had been revealed suddenly.

Se-un felt that way, so how would the residents feel who had suddenly heard this information?

“Hehe, amazing…”

Someone like the Dragon Lord would come to realize almost all the principles of the world.

For such an existence to be so flustered and let out a hollow laugh, it was a sight that no one would easily see.

However, the Dragon Lord was still the Dragon Lord.

He soon regained his composure and asked Tuning a question.

The existence that was managing his world… in their eyes, it was an existence that could be called a god, so he couldn’t let this opportunity go to waste.

“Even if we’ve escaped the cycle of destruction, this world is still just a ‘remnant’. Then… what will happen to this world in the future?”

“We don’t know the details either. The first Shelter to be normalized was also relatively recent. But…”

Tuning, who had been smiling all along as if to reassure the Dragon Lord, had a slightly dark expression for the first time.

“Even if we’ve escaped the cycle, this place is still a remnant. It will be impossible to completely restore its original form.”

“…I see.”

After that, several questions and answers followed.

However, Tuning couldn’t give a proper answer to the next question.

“You may be confused, but nothing will change. Rather, you can have hope in the future. So, I hope you will continue to harmonize this place well.”

“Harmonization can also be said to be the duty of the dragons, so you don’t have to worry. I’m not confident since I failed once, but I’ll try even harder.”

“Thank you.”

The conversation was coming to an end.

It was a very interesting conversation, but unfortunately, Se-un had something to do, so he interrupted the conversation and spoke to Tuning.

“Tuning, what’s the situation in Plaka?”

“I haven’t checked yet either. I’ll move you right away.”

“Yes, immediately.”

He trusted the Diablo Guild, but he couldn’t help but worry.

He wanted to go back quickly in preparation for any possible crisis.

Although his Divinity was depleted, so he didn’t know how much help he would be even if he went back, he wanted to fight with a meteorite weapon and help even a little.

As he was about to return to Plaka, leaving behind the cheering soldiers of Kaier and the dragons who had calmly held their breath after realizing that the Dragon Lord had set up a barrier.

“You, Regressor.”

The Dragon Lord’s voice came from behind.

“You have saved us. Instead of us, the harmonizers of the middle world, you have saved the dimension that we could not save.”

“I just did what I had to do.”

“Dragons are not beings who are indifferent even after receiving a favor. If we receive a favor, we must repay it.”

The Dragon Lord flicked his fingernails.

An item he had received from Seol-ryong a long time ago floated up from Se-un’s chest.

‘Seol-ryong’s Reverse Scale.’

That pure white scale stopped between Se-un and the Dragon Lord.

“Thanks to you, our world has avoided destruction, but there must still be worlds that have not escaped the cycle of destruction.”

Evidence that he was trusted by the dragons, the Reverse Scale.

The Dragon Lord’s power began to dwell there.

Just having the Reverse Scale itself would earn him the trust of all dragons, but the Reverse Scale with the Dragon Lord’s power dwelling in it.

Perhaps, the moment he presented that, he would receive not only the favor of the dragons but also their respect.

“Also, I can tell by looking at your eyes. That there is a greater danger lurking in the place called the Tower, not just avoiding the cycle of destruction.”

The Dragon Lord’s power was completely imbued in Seol-ryong’s Reverse Scale.

The power flowing from the Reverse Scale was by no means trivial.

– The constellation, ‘The Crow Who Bows His Head,’ is sparkling, saying that this scale is already a peerless treasure.

“If such a thing happens.”

A treasure that even Mamon was sparkling at. On top of that, magic circles and languages presumed to be dragon words that even Se-un, who had reached the 8th Circle, could not understand were engraved.

“All the dragons, including me, will go to help you.”

Thus, Se-un gained a reliable ally called the Dragons of Kaier.

Chapter 587