Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 606

I Plundered the God of Martial Art’s Storage – Episode 606

– Welcome to the Trial of the 88th Floor.

– Theme: The Middle Heaven (中天) [Zhongtian, one of the three realms in traditional Chinese cosmology].

– You have arrived at the Middle Heaven, the center of the three heavens.

– Now, only one heaven remains above you.

After acquiring two feathers, Se-un and Blake ascended to the next floor without hesitation.

Blake’s faith grew in Se-un’s actions, who had rushed towards the Crimson Cloud on the 87th floor without any hesitation, defeating the Imugi [a Korean mythical serpent] and obtaining the feather.

“Se-un, which way should we go this time?”

“If it’s this direction… probably the Altocumulus.”

“Altocumulus?”

“It’s also called sheep clouds.”

“I’ve heard of sheep clouds. The place where white, fragmented clouds float.”

“Ah, I know it! But isn’t there nothing there?”

“Se-un, I trust you.”

Two Black Wings followed Se-un without a shred of doubt.

Since all three were confident in their speed, it didn’t take long to reach the Altocumulus.

However, as Mia said, there was nothing at the Altocumulus they arrived at.

Only empty air with clouds scattered like stepping stones, drifting along.

“It seems difficult to fly here.”

The air currents were so chaotic that even flying was impossible.

Se-un and Blake both possessed the strength to ignore most winds and fly, but the fact that even they couldn’t fly spoke volumes.

“Isn’t it too dangerous? It feels like we’ll fall with the slightest mistake. Even a Master is in danger if they fall without wings.”

“It seems like the end is in sight, but I don’t see anything. Se-un, are you sure this is the right place?”

“It’s right.”

Se-un was certain. The Journey Guide had never betrayed his expectations.

Since he had no intention of persuading the two anyway, Se-un jumped onto a floating fragment of cloud first.

Blake, who he thought would hesitate, landed right next to Se-un.

“Se-un. If you say so, it must be right.”

To think he would trust his words so unconditionally.

If he wasn’t the Master of the Black Wings.

If he wasn’t an Apostle of Lucifer, he might have gotten along with him, he thought.

‘No.’

Se-un shook his head and jumped towards the next cloud.

To become attached to the Master of the Black Wings here was absurd.

“Just follow me. Some of the clouds seem to be illusions.”

“That’s an amazing search skill. More than any search skill I’ve ever seen.”

After hopping across the clouds, they quickly reached the end.

For the first time in the middle layer, which was filled with thick clouds everywhere, they saw a clear sky.

The endlessly 펼쳐진 [unfurled/spread out] sky, without a horizon or anything else, brought a refreshing coolness that seemed to pierce through the heart just by looking at it.

“There was a place like this in the middle layer. Se-un, I wouldn’t have seen this scenery if it weren’t for you.”

“No, you would have seen it even without me.”

“No way.”

Se-un shook his head.

Before Se-un’s regression, Blake had already found ‘it.’

That meant he had somehow found all the feathers, so it was highly likely he had found this place as well.

If not, he would have destroyed all the cumulus clouds they had jumped across so far.

“Se-un, it seems you’re right again.”

The sky was empty.

Beneath it, a beautiful bird flew.

It was a monster that even Se-un was seeing for the first time, and it had the most beautiful appearance of any monster he had ever seen.

So much so that he hesitated to draw his sword.

“Humans. Have you come to obtain the feather?”

Se-un nodded.

Fortunately or unfortunately, it seemed he wouldn’t have to draw his sword this time.

* * *

– Welcome to the Trial of the 89th Floor.

– Theme: The Upper Heaven (上天) [Shangtian, the highest of the three realms in traditional Chinese cosmology].

– You have arrived at the Upper Heaven, the highest of the three heavens.

– Your destination is not far away.

– Pass through all the thick clouds and overcome the final trial.

The two obtained two feathers on the 88th floor and headed straight for the 89th floor.

The Upper Heaven.

As if proving the saying that it was the highest place, it was a place where it was difficult to even stand still and breathe.

It felt like half the air was missing even when breathing.

Even moving the body slightly made breathing more difficult than usual, and it was very difficult to maintain balance because gravity was hardly applied, causing the body to bounce up and down.

“It’s already the Upper Heaven. Could it be that we obtain the feather here and the destination is on the 90th floor trial?”

“I don’t know.”

The 90th floor trial.

He had decided to proceed with the 攻略 [strategy/capture] with Brin Jarr at the final gateway to the tenth resting place.

Besides, the 90th floor trial was not a space where he could search for something like now.

‘I wish it would end here if possible.’

Holding such hope, Se-un began 탐색 [searching/exploring] again.

“Is it Cirrocumulus this time?”

“Wow, this is my first time on the 89th floor! I thought it would be the same as the middle layer, but it feels very different.”

“Mia, shouldn’t you go back now? It’s dangerous.”

“Can’t I stay a little longer? I’ll go back right away if it’s dangerous!”

“Okay.”

“And if you’re thinking of going up to the tenth resting place next time… can I go up with you too?”

“Mia, your skills are still…”

“I don’t think I’ll be a nuisance, at least. Shouldn’t I be able to assist Master?”

“If you promise not to be stubborn in dangerous situations. I’ll think about it.”

“Of course, Master!”

Blake reluctantly nodded at Mia’s persuasion.

It was clear that this upper floor was dangerous, but in Se-un’s view, her skills were by no means substandard.

‘Rather, she was underrating herself too much.’

If she set her mind to it, wouldn’t she be able to rise to the position of elder rather than messenger? That was what he thought.

The fact that she was able to climb up to the 86th floor trial alone, even if it was to welcome Se-un, was proof of that.

“Wow, is this Cirrocumulus? It’s really beautiful.”

The Cirrocumulus they arrived at following the Journey Guide.

It was a place where small pieces of cloud 펼쳐진 [spread out] widely like waves, and it felt like looking at a shallow sea rather than above the clouds.

In fact, various monsters were swimming above it.

“Let’s split up and move this time.”

“That would be more efficient.”

“The feather will be in the deepest part.”

“Thank you, Se-un.”

The difficulty would be high as it was the 89th floor, but it wasn’t at a level that Blake couldn’t handle.

As soon as they decided on a place to meet again after obtaining the feather, Se-un moved to a new location.

The destination was Cirrostratus.

It was a place where clouds were thinly laid out like a veil, and it was also famous for its beauty.

‘I did come here too.’

Both the Cirrostratus that Blake headed to and the Cirrocumulus that Se-un was now visiting were places that Se-un had visited before his regression.

But why didn’t Se-un find the feather before his regression?

It’s simple. He found the place, but he didn’t have the ability to solve the problem of that place like he does now.

Even on the 87th floor alone, he had to defeat the Black Nebula or the Imugi, which ordinary players couldn’t handle even if they gathered in guild units.

These were trials that were impossible for Se-un before his regression.

“After all, the halo and parhelion are the answer.”

Cirrostratus. There are no monsters here.

The clouds thinly laid out like a veil are beautiful, but there is nothing special to see there.

The difference from other areas is the halo and parhelion [atmospheric optical phenomena] hanging in the sky.

The Journey Guide was also vaguely pointing above them.

“This time, shall we follow Blake’s method?”

Se-un took out the Imperishable Bow from the 万病之함 [Manbyoungjiham, a container for all diseases/ailments, implying a cure-all or versatile item].

Blake’s 탐색 [exploration] method of destroying everything that seemed suspicious.

Only now, Se-un will imitate that method.

Pee-yong-

He’s going to drop the halo and parhelion hanging in the sky.

* * *

“In the end, Blake’s method was right.”

The halo and parhelion fell.

He was 설마설마했는데 [doubtful/skeptical], but the way to obtain the feather was really to drop that.

Certainly, with this method, Blake would have eventually collected all the feathers even without Se-un’s help.

It would have just taken longer.

“This makes the ninth feather. Is the next one on the 90th floor after all?”

Honestly, he had no idea.

What method could he use to obtain the feather on the 90th floor?

In the first place, the 90th floor was not a 탐색 [exploration] area like the Lower, Middle, or Upper Heavens, nor was it a place where angels gave points like in the Tower of Babel.

And even if he somehow collected the feathers, the trial would be over by then.

Then he would have to go straight up to the tenth resting place, but how would he find the spire?

‘Could it be that the spire is in the tenth resting place?’

No. That makes even less sense.

In the first place, as Se-un remembered, the Master of the Black Wings did not come up to the tenth resting place before his regression.

He had the skills, but there was no reason for him to go to the tenth resting place since he only followed Lucifer’s words.

Then what on earth could it be? In fact, was collecting feathers the wrong method in itself?

All sorts of speculations were confusing Se-un’s mind.

Paah!

The feather that landed on Se-un’s hand emitted a pure white light.

Not only the feather on his hand but also his chest was emitting light, so he took out all the sources of light.

The nine feathers he had collected while climbing the trial so far.

They gathered together.

“That’s a relief.”

The feathers that had gathered together emitted light and transformed into a pair of wings.

The wings fluttered as if they were attached to a transparent body and soon began to fly somewhere.

Maintaining a 적절한 [appropriate/suitable] distance from Se-un, matching his speed according to his movements.

“It seems we have to change the meeting place.”

Originally, they were supposed to meet Blake at the highest point in the Upper Heaven once all the feathers were collected.

However, now that the guidance of the feathers had begun, things were different.

If he was someone who emphasized ‘efficiency’ like Se-un, he would probably be thinking the same thing as Se-un.

“The Spire, huh.”

The faster Se-un increased his speed, the faster the wings flew.

The Journey Guide could not give an answer as if it could not recognize the destination of the wings either.

Ssshhh-

“Fog?”

The wings plunged into a space that was hard to tell whether it was clouds or fog.

Originally, such terrain was a blocked space and could not be entered, but he trusted the guidance of the wings and pushed his body in.

“That’s why I couldn’t find it.”

After that, the guidance of the path that deviated from common sense continued several times.

He moved away from the clouds, the only terrain in the upper layer where he could set foot, and moved by stepping on transparent air currents, or entrusted his body to swirling updrafts and flew somewhere.

The Journey Guide was still 먹통 [out of order/unresponsive].

At some point, Se-un was moving through terrain he was seeing for the first time.

“After all, you were thinking the same thing. Se-un.”

“What about the 전령 [messenger]?”

“I left Mia behind. Mia couldn’t come in from the blocked clouds.”

“So this was the qualification to head to the spire.”

As he moved like that, he was able to encounter Blake, who was moving in a similar way to Se-un.

Mia couldn’t follow, so if he had blindly helped him and collected only one feather per floor, he might not have found the spire.

They moved along the wings for a long time.

Looking back, the 처음 보는 [first-seen/unfamiliar] outskirts of the Upper Heaven were fading away.

“…The Spire.”

“Really, it’s the Spire.”