Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 599

‘This is the second feather.’

A pure white feather rested in Se-un’s hand.

To collect all the feathers.

Frankly, even Se-un didn’t know if it was possible.

He wasn’t sure if the reward for collecting all the feathers would be worth the effort, and since he didn’t even know how to reliably acquire them, he didn’t want to waste time chasing a wild goose.

– You have successfully completed the Trial of the 82nd Floor, ‘Good Deeds.’

– Calculating contribution points…….

The trial concluded successfully.

As expected, he secured first place in total contribution points.

Thanks to conquering the 18 golden doors with the highest possible score, the contribution points he received for completing the trial were approximately 20 times greater than those of a typical player.

“How about it? Would you like to have tea with me?”

“I’m going straight to the next floor.”

“Tea time with an angel is a rare opportunity, you know?”

“Not interested.”

Tea time with an angel.

Even Se-un before his regression had never experienced that.

He could certainly glean a lot of information, but no matter how he considered it, the information she could provide was all information Se-un already possessed.

So, he declined, stating his intention to proceed to the next floor without delay.

The angel seemed a little disappointed, but Se-un didn’t concern himself with her feelings.

– Welcome to the Trial of the 83rd Floor.

– Theme: Asceticism [self-discipline and rigorous practice].

– Having succeeded in accumulating good deeds, you have ascended higher in the Tower of Babel.

– You must further cultivate the good deeds you have accumulated below through a sacred ascetic journey.

The second floor of the Tower of Babel.

This place was also a hall within the Tower of Babel, but with a slight difference.

There were only two doors.

The door Se-un entered and the door on the opposite side.

The structure was so simple it scarcely required explanation, but once again, an angel with pure white wings appeared to announce the trial.

“Ah, hello.”

She seemed a bit shy.

Perhaps she was assigned to this 83rd floor trial, which required the least explanation, due to her timid personality.

“T-This trial is asceticism. Asceticism. I-It’s simple. Just follow that door… and go up. Haa…….”

The angel took a relieved breath, as if she had completed a monumental task.

Se-un grabbed the angel, who was clenching her fist, seemingly proud of herself, and on the verge of disappearing.

“How do I get a feather?”

“Y-Yes?”
A very direct question.

It couldn’t be helped. He had already conquered the 83rd floor before his regression, so he knew there wasn’t really anything more to do here.

There was a hidden room he found with the Compass of the Journey, but even after conquering almost all of them, the past Se-un didn’t receive a feather.

So, he thought it would be more efficient to inquire directly from the angel about the requirements for obtaining a feather.

“O-Oh, so you know about the feathers…….”

“I’ve already received them before.”

“Ah! You’ve already obtained two. I-It’s amazing. My sisters wouldn’t give out feathers so easily.”

“So, the answer is?”

The angel stammered and floundered.

She seemed deeply troubled.

Frankly, observing her reaction, he surmised that he could extract the necessary conditions from her quickly if he applied a little pressure.

“I-I’m sorry! I’m a little scared!”

She bowed to Se-un at a right angle and apologized, then fled before he could stop her.

A ridiculous situation.

‘Is a third feather too much to ask for?’

Well, it couldn’t be helped.

In the first place, his goal wasn’t to collect all the feathers, and it was a shame, but he had no choice but to move on.

The feathers in his possession were precious, but he steeled his resolve and opened the door to the path of asceticism.

Creak-

The first thing he encountered when the door opened was a path of fire, with flames flickering everywhere.

‘Most of the paths of asceticism were like this.’

Passing through scorching flames, traversing sharp thorn-covered mountains, or crawling across frigid ice sheets.

The path of asceticism consisted of literal ‘asceticism’ rather than combat.

Players who had already overcome the flames on the 81st floor would find this trivial and easily pass through the first trial…….

‘Rather, this path of fire is easy.’

The real challenge of the path of asceticism lay elsewhere.

The path of asceticism becomes so arduous as you progress that you can’t help but contemplate, ‘Should I give up?’

‘And, here, the power of the Demon God’s blood is properly unleashed.’

There was a reason why Plaka had ‘Tangs’ [trials or tribulations].

Players had to develop various immunities and resistances there to successfully navigate this path of asceticism.

Of course, even without those preparations, they could attempt to pass using various methods… but frankly, most of them eventually failed to overcome the asceticism and tragically lost their lives.

Whoosh-

Hot flames engulfed Se-un’s body.

Unlike the sacred fire on the 81st floor, this flame inflicts real wounds.

Direct contact with the skin causes burns, and inhaling it melts your lungs.

‘It’s bearable.’

However, it was not potent enough to harm Se-un.

Even when completely engulfed in flames, Se-un’s fire resistance, honed through enduring all the Tangs and even absorbing the hidden Demon God’s blood, was beyond imagination.

‘A maze in the meantime.’

The path of fire was not a straight line.

The trial led players, already struggling with the intense heat and impaired concentration, into a disorienting maze.

Most players succumb to the trial when they wander through the maze in agony.

Se-un effortlessly overcame the path of fire thanks to the Compass of the Journey.

‘Next is…….’

As he completely cleared the path of fire, anticipating a swift completion of the 83rd floor trial, a familiar figure appeared before Se-un’s eyes.

“You’re a little later than I thought~”

“Arcana?”

Arcana.

She was waiting for Se-un.

* * *

“Don’t tell me you were waiting for me?”

“Of course. I heard the story. You conquered all the golden doors on the 82nd floor? That’s just like Mr. Wolf.”

She was waiting.

It was an unexpected development.

As he pondered the reason, he recalled what she had said just before leaving the resting place.

‘The theme of the next trial… there’s a place in the sky I’d like you to go with me.’

She mentioned she would elaborate when the time was right, and that moment must be now.

“I didn’t know it would be the 83rd floor.”

“That’s how it turned out. First, shall we talk while walking?”

The hem of her red dress fluttered in the hot wind as she moved forward.

She had a card attached to her back, and somehow, she used that card to mitigate the heat and traverse the path of fire.

“So, what’s the favor?”

“You’re so impatient. Well, Mr. Wolf has always been like that, hasn’t he?”

She was as relaxed as usual.

No, it was a little different from usual. Somehow… she looked a little gloomy.

It was a look he had glimpsed very briefly in Death Hill and Plaka.

“I don’t think I told you how many floors I’ve climbed, right?”

“Don’t tell me it’s the 83rd floor?”

“Hey, no way. Well… half of it is right. You could say that this is as far as I’ve properly climbed.”

“Properly?”

“From above here, I was alone. Half out of my mind, as if possessed by something, I went through the floors.”

This was the first time he had heard such detailed stories about her.

But, she wasn’t alone?

Considering her usual fighting style and tendencies, he thought she would definitely prefer solo play.

‘Well, I’ve seen glimpses of that.’

When assisting guild members or hunting Outers, she seemed quite accustomed to teamwork.

Perhaps those instances were evidence that she had been ‘together’ before.

“Did your companions die?”

“Yes. There was a party that had been with me all the way from the tutorial to the 83rd floor. The number gradually decreased until we reached the 83rd floor.”

“The 83rd floor is difficult, but it shouldn’t be enough to wipe out the entire party.”

The trial of the 83rd floor, asceticism, is definitely a challenging trial, but it is a place where you can easily give up and reorganize if you choose to.

If you return to Plaka, accumulate contribution points, and endure the Tangs to build up immunity and resistance, you can somehow overcome the 83rd floor.

But, for an entire party to be wiped out here?

He would understand if it was on another floor, but it was hard to comprehend here.

“Mr. Se-un might know. The ‘Path of the Five Elements.’”

“……The Path of the Five Elements?”

Se-un’s eyes widened.

The Path of the Five Elements was a hidden dungeon on the 83rd floor.

The conditions for entering were so 까다롭 [difficult/complex] that Se-un only reached the entrance and eventually gave up on conquering it.

Now, it seemed possible to conquer it, but the 攻略法 [strategy/method of attack] was not difficult, but rather very annoying, so he was going to ignore it.

For the name of such a place to come out of her mouth.

“That’s where it was. That’s where my party was wiped out.”

“……You can’t escape from the Path of the Five Elements.”

“Yes. Return scrolls don’t work, and you can’t turn back.”

Se-un and Arcana were naturally heading towards the Path of the Five Elements.

The trial of the 83rd floor was difficult, but it was not at a level that could block the path of the two.

Even though she didn’t have a skill like the Compass of the Journey to guide her, she reached the Path of the Five Elements without any hesitation.

“Can you listen to me for a moment?”

“I don’t mind.”

“Even when I was in that party, I was lucky. I often found hidden dungeons. Every time, all the party members cheered.”

Her unique authority, luck.

At first, he thought it was the power of her constellation, the goddess of luck, ‘Tyche,’ but it wasn’t.

Tyche’s power only amplified her power, and luck itself was her pure authority.

Tyche was not there because there was luck, but Tyche came to her because there was luck.

“This place was the same. My luck found the Path of the Five Elements, and all the guild members cheered. Every time we found a hidden piece, we gained strong power and equipment.”

“I see.”

“But at that time, I felt a little strange. I didn’t want to go in. I felt a little uneasy…….”

“So?”

“In the end, I went in. Everyone said it. They said it was okay because I was there. They said they could do anything with me. I felt good too… and I nodded.”

The party entered the dungeon believing in Arcana’s luck.

Se-un somehow felt like he could imagine the future of that party.

– You have entered the hidden dungeon, ‘Path of the Five Elements.’

As the conversation with her continued, the two naturally moved their feet along the story.

As if they had entered her story, they entered the Path of the Five Elements.

Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water.

The Path of the Five Elements consists of five attributes.

The beginning was the trial of Wood.

“It’s been like this so far. I believed in my luck, and my party also believed in my luck. I thought everything would be fine this time too.”

The dungeon of Wood was full of blue grass and trees.

The problem was that all the bushes were planted with strong poison.

If you are poisoned even a little, you will be infected with a terrible poison that makes you want to take your own life.