I Raided the God of Mara’s Storeroom – Episode 603
The Trial of the 87th Floor.
Here, the floor was made of clouds instead of earth, a place that resembled the sea while still being the sky.
Splash!
Monsters swam beneath the clouds, rising to hunt their prey.
They resembled marine species like sharks and fish but were characterized by having wings instead of fins.
“Kiyooo-”
In the high sky, birds the size of houses flew around.
Below and above, monsters lurked everywhere; this was the trial of the 87th floor.
“But how do you even notice them? It’s hard to find monsters under the clouds even with detection skills.”
“Just look for traces of the Black Wing Guild Master.”
“Yes, yes, I’m looking.”
The monsters swimming under the clouds were certainly threatening, but they weren’t a big problem for Se-un, who had the Compass of the Journey.
Before the regression, he was too busy running away from monsters using the Compass of the Journey, but now…
Thud.
“Kieeee-”
“Wow, you’re catching them before they even appear. I almost feel sorry for the monsters.”
He could use the Compass of the Journey to identify monsters and ambush them before they could be ambushed.
Sometimes they appeared in groups and attacked, but he could just use magic to deal with them.
‘Is this even the right way?’
The traces of the Black Wing Master were not easily found.
He trusted the Compass of the Journey, but finding someone he had never seen before without any proper information was nearly impossible.
Then.
“Phew, that’s a relief.”
“What is?”
“I think this is the right way. There, there’s the Master’s trace.”
Finally, the Herald found the Master’s trace.
‘But what kind of trace is here?’
Tilting his head, Se-un followed her.
Soon, he could find a huge crater that she referred to as a trace.
“This is…?”
“The Master’s search method is a bit simple and crude.”
“Are you saying he made this place like this for the search?”
“He just uncovers everything if anything looks suspicious. Or maybe too many monsters came out, and he dealt with them.”
It wasn’t for nothing that Se-un reacted like this.
A cloud deeply hollowed out as if a meteorite had fallen. It was such a crude search method that Kang Cheol came to mind.
Even the corpses of monsters, presumed to have been caught in the attack, were visible at the bottom of the pit.
“…Is there any proof that this pit was made by the Black Wing Master?”
“Can you see the feather over there?”
Feather. A power coming from the black wings, which were synonymous with the Black Wing Guild members.
Certainly, if that feather was dropped, it was safe to say that it was a trace of the Black Wing Master.
However, the color of the feather that Se-un saw was slightly different from what he originally knew.
“Red?”
The feathers of the Black Wings are black. The guild name itself is Black Wing (黑翼) [Heiyi, literally “Black Wing” in Chinese], isn’t it?
As Se-un tilted his head, the Herald quickly explained.
“It’s a color only the Master possesses. It’s a symbol that only appears to those who have received Lucifer’s divinity extremely intensely.”
“A symbol…”
Se-un nodded.
Come to think of it, that made sense. Each of the Seven Demon Gods had a color symbolizing them along with the cardinal sin they represented.
‘Rather, it was strange that Lucifer’s guild was Black Wing.’
Mammon is purple.
Leviathan is blue.
Beelzebub is yellow.
Among them, the color symbolizing Lucifer is red.
“This destructive power and the red feathers. It’s a trace that only the Master can leave. How about it, are you sure?”
“I guess so.”
“But it’s a bit difficult.”
“Difficult? We just found the trace?”
“Usually, it’s not this extreme. There’s usually a trace left behind that can be used to infer the direction, but the pit is too big, and the restoration has progressed a lot, so I don’t know the direction.”
“Can’t we just go in this direction?”
“If he blew it up this much, there’s a possibility that he changed direction. Hmm, what should I do…”
Well, usually, when you see traces of an attack, you can tell where the attack came from.
But what about the pit in front of you now?
The attack was too big to infer the direction, and the traces were half-hidden due to the restoration of the clouds.
It was a trace that made it harder to guess than to predict anything.
However, that wasn’t the case for Se-un.
“I’ll find it from now on.”
“Yes? How?”
Se-un jumped down into the pit. Then, he picked up a feather that still had a clear red glow from Lucifer’s divinity.
Then, the Compass of the Journey, which had been silent, began to point in a specific direction.
“Follow me.”
* * *
“Are we really going the right way?”
“Don’t follow me if you’re anxious.”
“No, there should be some explanation! You were like this on the previous floor too, why are you so quiet?!”
“Isn’t the previous floor more solid evidence than explaining with words?”
“That’s! …That’s right.”
Se-un, who had been looking around widely for traces of the Black Wing Master when he entered the 87th floor.
Now, Se-un was running forward without paying attention to his surroundings.
The reason was obvious.
The Compass of the Journey.
Se-un’s unique skill was telling him the exact direction based on the red feather.
“I’m still anxious. How can we find the Master’s traces while going at this speed…?”
“That.”
“Yes?”
“Can’t you see it?”
“What are you talking about… Wow.”
The place Se-un pointed to.
There was a red feather buried more than halfway in the clouds.
A small trace that you would never find unless you concentrated very carefully.
Se-un was not missing even such small traces while moving along the Compass of the Journey.
“It’s real.”
Only then could she be sure. That Se-un was moving on the right path.
“If the direction is accurate, it won’t take long. The Master isn’t good at searching either. It will take some time to search and move forward.”
“I guess so.”
The Compass of the Journey was also clearly recognizing the goal.
The distance is not that far now.
Just a little further.
‘I met him just as expected.’
The Black Wing Master.
First, when I meet him, I plan to put the Herald, who seems to be friends with him, forward to talk.
As an apostle of Lucifer, he must also know about Se-un.
I told the Black Wing executives that he was stronger or weaker, but it is more important to talk to him and find out Lucifer’s purpose than to fight him.
But.
Kwaaaang-!!
A problem arose from the start.
“That sound, it’s the Master! I’m sure of it!”
“He must have blown up another place over there.”
Se-un frowned.
The place where the explosion was heard in the distance was a place Se-un also knew.
‘It seems to be near the nimbostratus clouds.’
Nimbostratus clouds.
Among the lower layers, it was a place where dark black clouds gathered, and it sometimes rained or snowed.
Players avoided this place because they had to endure natural disasters such as rain and snow, even though it was already difficult to deal with monsters.
In particular, the boss monster there is…
‘Black Nebula.’
There are many boss monsters in the lower world as there are many monsters.
Among them, there are a few monsters that are particularly tricky, such as the Thunder Bird, a threatening monster that strikes thunder and lightning every time it flaps its wings.
Sky Catfish that does not allow any attribute attacks and swallows all approaching enemies, etc.
Among them, the boss monster that exists in the nimbostratus is the Black Nebula.
‘A spirit-type boss monster is no different from a horror.’
Spirit-type monsters are already very tricky because most attacks don’t work.
But such a monster exists as a boss.
His body is made of black clouds, attacks do not work, and he pours lightning, snow, and rain on his enemies.
It was like a disaster itself.
‘But the Black Wing Master would be able to do it.’
Se-un guessed that his skills were better than Valhalla’s Brünnhilde.
Looking at the previous pit, it was unlikely that the Black Wing Master would lose.
But there is a problem.
As far as Se-un knew, the Black Nebula was not just a difficult monster to deal with.
The problem is after defeating it.
It’s after that.
“Let’s go quickly.”
“Waaah, let’s go together!”
Se-un has never defeated him either. However, he knows what happens when he defeats that guy.
That’s why he sped up and headed for the nimbostratus clouds.
Pajik!
“Ah! Why is it like this here?”
“Is this your first time in the nimbostratus clouds?”
“I wouldn’t come to a place that looks so dangerous at first glance. Isn’t it the player’s policy to find the safest way to attack?”
“If it’s an ordinary player… that’s right.”
It was the same before the regression.
On the outside, it looked dangerous, but even if I used the Compass of the Journey to find the way, it was safer than other ways, but people didn’t believe me.
Even though Se-un was in charge of guiding the way.
“If you follow me well, you won’t get electrocuted.”
“I’m already following every single footprint!”
The peaceful lower world suddenly darkens. Hail-mixed rain falls, and thunder and lightning strike randomly.
Se-un ran urgently, and the Herald followed behind him.
After a while, the roar began to be heard in earnest.
“Uuuuuuuuu!”
Kwarreung!
“As expected.”
In the distance, you can see the black clouds wriggling.
The boss monster of the nimbostratus, the Black Nebula.
He was fighting.
He shoots lightning and spews snow to push back his opponent.
Around him, red flashes swirl.
“It’s the Master!”
I finally found it.
The Black Wing Guild Master.
‘Is there something here? Or is he just poking around because he’s suspicious?’
The Herald told me that he didn’t have proper search skills, so the latter was more likely.
Anyway, what’s important now is not that.
Spread!
Se-un spread his wings.
It was no longer the time to guide the way for the Herald.
He flew up to prepare for the worst, no, now the confirmed situation, but the Black Wing’s actions were a little faster.
Kagagagak!
A red trajectory.
The traces created by the Black Wing Master flying around emitted light, and the Black Nebula was cut off as it followed the traces.
All of them were attacks made of divinity.
No matter how spirit-type a monster is, it has no choice but to take damage from attacks made of divinity.
“Uuuuuuu!”
Still, the Black Nebula did not fall.
Somehow, he gathers clouds to recover his body, and at the moment he tries to push back the Black Wing Master by spewing rain and wind through the cracks.
Flash!
A red light emanated from his body.
Soon, a red flash pierced through his body vertically.
“Uuu-?”
Peoeong!!
By the time the flash faded away, the body of the Black Nebula, which had been making a dumbfounded sound, exploded.
His remains were scattered in all directions.
Even if they were remains, they were all black clouds, so it didn’t even show that they were scattered.
As Se-un was speeding up, realizing the end of the battle, the Black Wing Master also shifted his gaze to Se-un as soon as the battle ended.
“What?”
The Herald is still lagging behind.
There is no time to convince him.
The Black Wing Master raised his weapon as if he was about to fight right away, but Se-un had no intention of fighting him.
Click.
What he took out of the All-Purpose Case was not a weapon but a shield.
And in front of Se-un.
Sssss!
The remains of the Black Nebula that had been scattered in all directions. No, even the dark clouds clinging to the remains, all of them gathered and clumped together.
Condensed, compressed, and hardened, it was like.
“Could it be, a bomb?”
It was throbbing as if it would explode at any moment.
Episode 604