Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 60

I Raided the Demon God’s Warehouse – Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Upon hearing Yoo Seo-ah’s report, Se-un immediately headed toward the city gates.

Whether others had heard the news as well, they had paused their work and gathered around the city gates.

As he approached, Se-un could see a group of people outside the city gates, which had been partially destroyed by his attack.

The number was roughly 60. No, considering those hidden behind the walls, it seemed there were more.

“What are their demands?”

“They haven’t said much yet. They don’t want to fight; they just want to talk to the clan leader.”

“Then why did you call me?”

“You’ve been the one deciding the direction of the clan, Se-un. I respect that. It’s the same this time.”

“I appreciate you thinking that way.”

Players who come to a fortress that already has an owner are one of two things.

First, they either lack the strength to capture the castle themselves or have no intention of fighting and are requesting a merger.

Second, they aim to take over the castle easily by targeting a clan exhausted from sieges.

Usually, both of these cases occur when there’s not much time left in the tutorial.

‘It’s too early for that now.’

That means this clan had no intention of engaging in a standard siege from the start.

Is it the former? Or the latter?

Honestly, neither was appealing.

Even if they offered a merger, it would only create an unstable variable rather than increasing their forces.

Thinking that, Se-un stepped over the broken city gate.

Then, a man with a pleasant demeanor stepped forward, representing the clan.

“Oh! You must be the clan leader! You have such a handsome and impressive presence! Haha!”

“…….”

At the representative’s appearance, Se-un’s expression hardened even more.

The man hadn’t made any mistakes. However, Se-un knew the man’s identity.

‘Charles.’

Before the regression. Around the time Se-un’s clan arrived in the fourth area of the tutorial, they were nearly wiped out.

More than half of the players had died, and the remaining people weren’t in good condition.

In that situation, wage a siege and capture a castle? It was an impossible goal.

Therefore, Se-un’s group chose to join another clan.

The clan they chose then was the one ruled by this man, called Charles.

If Charles were to be described in one word…

‘Hypocrite.’

Yes, he was a hypocrite.

At first, he pitied Se-un’s group and warmly welcomed them, but after that, it was hell.

Se-un’s group was treated like slaves and had to take on all sorts of dirty work for the clan.

During sieges, they had to stand at the front and act as arrow fodder.

Other clan members were also influenced by Charles and mistreated Se-un’s group.

Because of that, as soon as the tutorial ended, Se-un had to escape from there and hide for a while.

It’s the same now.

Charles was smiling kindly and reaching out his hand to Se-un.

“I’m Charles McGregor. The tutorial has just started, and you’ve already captured a castle. That’s really amazing!”

“…….”

He didn’t stop talking, but Se-un didn’t say a single word in response.

The same went for the handshake.

When Se-un didn’t take his hand, his expression momentarily stiffened.

It was just a fleeting moment, but Se-un didn’t miss it.

“Haha, I understand! This tutorial is tough; it’s hard to trust anyone, even each other. Especially, the third tutorial was really too much, wasn’t it?”

“What’s your business?”

“……Haha. I was talking a bit too much. I just like you so much; I wanted to be friendly, so please understand.”

Yoo Seo-ah, who was next to him, felt uneasy at Se-un’s cold reaction.

Still, Se-un’s attitude didn’t change.

Charles.

Even excluding his bad feelings, he knew the true nature of the knife hidden behind his mask, so he needed to be careful.

“We’re all sick of the battles between players in the previous area. We don’t want to engage in such meaningless battles anymore.”

“Meaningless battles, huh…….”

“Don’t you think so? It’s hard enough to fight monsters, but to have us fight each other! How cruel is that?”

As Charles continued to speak, Se-un naturally recalled his memories from before the regression.

The way they treated the ‘slaves.’ It was common for them to hit them for fun, and they even fed them raw monster meat to see if it was edible.

If the players they encountered didn’t come under their control, they would immediately draw their weapons.

And those guys are saying things like that.

It’s so absurd that he can’t even laugh.

“So, if you allow us, we’d like to merge with your clan. Aren’t you tired from capturing the castle? We’ll take care of the dirty work.”

“Let us discuss it among ourselves first.”

“Oh, great! We’ll be waiting for a positive answer.”

When Se-un didn’t answer, Yoo Seo-ah, who had been listening next to him, answered instead and pulled on Se-un’s arm.

He understood her feelings.

She had become accustomed to the tutorial now, but originally, she was so kind that she would have agreed with Charles’s words about wanting peace.

“Se-un, what do you think?”

“Of course, it’s a rejection.”

“Well, I’m sure you have your reasons, but still…….”

“Check the contribution ranking.”

“Contribution ranking?”

Yoo Seo-ah was puzzled for a moment, but she immediately checked the ranking.

She wasn’t surprised that Se-un’s name was proudly at the top, as he had been doing so well.

Well, it had only changed from the clan ranking to the overall tutorial ranking, but for her, Se-un had always been number one, and that was always the case.

As she read down the ranking, she soon realized why Se-un had told her to check the ranking.

[ 10th place: Charles McGregor 365,120 points ]

“10th place……?”

“Yeah. What way do you think he could have raised his points that high?”

“Like you, looking for something special, or…… Ah, the third area of the tutorial.”

“That’s right. Player hunting.”

Charles.

He was at the forefront of player hunting in the third area. And he thoroughly targeted only players weaker than himself.

“But, like you…….”

“Kang Han-cheol and I took down almost all of the starving ogres. Or would a pacifist like him have been running around looking for hidden pieces like me?”

“…….”

Se-un’s guess might be wrong. Like Park Jung-pil, something might have changed with Se-un’s regression.

Maybe. Just maybe, that Charles guy had a change of heart and was lucky enough to find a hidden piece and get a high contribution score.

However, he had no intention of bringing variables with such ‘just in case’ feelings.

Yoo Seo-ah, having finished her thoughts, nodded and agreed with Se-un’s idea.

“I understand. Like you said, there’s no need to carry unnecessary worries.”

After finishing the conversation, they stepped forward to Charles again.

The guy was waiting for them with a beaming smile, as if he thought they would naturally accept their offer.

“Have you decided? You definitely won’t regret it! After all, the more people, the better, right?”

“It’s a rejection.”

“……Yes?”

Se-un could see it. Charles’s smiling face was subtly breaking at Yoo Seo-ah’s rejection.

Although it was hidden by his bangs, his face was so red that it seemed like a blood vessel would pop out.

“We can’t trust you. We can’t put our people at risk with unnecessary factors of instability.”

“……Haha. Well, that’s not the answer I was expecting. You won’t regret it, will you?”

“No, there’s still a lot of time left until the tutorial ends, so you should find another way.”

“Unfortunately, we have no intention of finding another way.”

“Yes?”

Se-un took a step forward and blocked Yoo Seo-ah.

Charles took a step back in the opposite direction, and the people waiting behind him surrounded Charles and took a step forward.

“It’s much easier to attack players who are already exhausted from fighting than to wage a standard siege.”

“You mean, you were planning to do that from the beginning?”

“Of course! Originally, I was going to go inside the castle and kill you all at once. Well, it doesn’t matter.”

Swish-

Charles’s subordinates each drew their weapons.

The weapons had mottled bloodstains on them, as if they hadn’t been properly maintained, and it wasn’t the monster’s unique green blood.

Red blood. It was clearly the blood of players they had hunted.

“Anyway, the city gates are broken, and everyone seems busy with maintenance. We’ll take the castle well.”

“……As expected, you were right, Se-un.”

“Se-un, huh. Are you talking about that man over there? But for some reason, the name sounds familiar…… Hmm, never mind.”

After a moment of thought, Charles pointed at Se-un.

“Charge!”

“Let’s go!”

“I thought I was going to die from itching [a figure of speech meaning they were eager for a fight]!”

“Let’s all eat our fill today [another figure of speech implying they will gain much from this fight]!”

Charles’s subordinates began to move. Since the city gates were broken, there seemed to be no obstacles for them.

At that moment, Se-un shouted someone’s name.

“Kang Han-cheol!”

Thud!

Someone jumped from the top of the wall.

Thanks to his massive size, a wide shadow was cast below, and Charles and his subordinates naturally raised their heads.

By the time they sensed the danger.

-Player Kang Han-cheol uses ‘Declaration of War.’

KWAHHHH-!!!

Kang Han-cheol’s fist was already slamming into the ground.

“Kuh-ack!”

“Wh-what is that!”

“What kind of skill is that so strong!”

Kang Han-cheol’s ability, ‘Declaration of War,’ determines its power and range based on the user’s strength.

Kang Han-cheol’s strength was already comparable to an ogre, and he received the force of gravity and acceleration by jumping from the top of the wall, so the ground shook greatly as if an earthquake had occurred.

The ground cracked, and sharp rocks popped out.

Of course, the opponent was not a monster, but a player.

Thanks to their quick response, not many people were injured, but this alone was enough to hinder the opponent’s movements.

“It’s obviously a one-time attack! There’s no follow-up attack! Everyone move!”

“It’s a bit annoying, but it’s okay!”

With that shout, Charles’s subordinates moved over the cracked and protruding earth.

1m, 2m, 3m.

Having grown up facing numerous monsters and players, they were able to cross the broken earth in no time, and by the time they reached the end.

Smirk-

They could face Se-un, who was smiling with both hands on the ground.

-The Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Lava ]

– One of the secret arts of the Fire Tower, creating boiling lava. However, it simply creates lava and has no physical power, so its practicality is very low.

Bubbling-

Thick lava was wriggling from Se-un’s hands and seeping into the cracks in the earth created by Kang Han-cheol.

Linked attack.

Se-un was thinking of various attack methods that he could link with his clan members as their strength grew.

If he could unleash a proper linked attack, he could unleash a much stronger power than Se-un could unleash now.

And the attack he is showing now was one of them.

After putting lava into the cracks of the broken earth created by Kang Han-cheol.

-According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Breeze’ is enhanced.

Whooooosh!!

If you blow wind into the gap.

-Link with player Kang Han-cheol. ‘Boiling Battlefield’ is activated!

Kwaaaah!