Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 651

I Plundered the God of War’s Vault – Episode 651

The Journey’s Compass showed the way.

I hadn’t even obtained any information about the 99th floor yet, and Se-un hadn’t even used it, but it manifested on its own and showed the way.

This was a first for Se-un, who had been using the Journey’s Compass since before his regression.

“Why…”

Although he was puzzled, it was a very good situation.

Even if he dwelled on the question here, nothing would change, so he moved his legs again.

Tadat!

A faster pace than ever before on the 99th floor.

It was like finding a lighthouse in the vast ocean, so the rowing naturally sped up.

Not long after following the single path, the Journey’s Compass pointed to a different place, not the single path.

“It wants me to climb up there?”

A small stone fragment located far away in the sky.

The Journey’s Compass was pointing directly at that place.

‘It’s a bit different from usual.’

The Journey’s Compass basically follows common sense.

Since it was closer to a skill that showed the ‘path,’ it usually didn’t indicate paths that most people couldn’t pass.

However, the reason it was showing such a path was one of two things.

Either this was the only path, or there was a special reason, like it suddenly manifesting.

Regardless, Se-un spread his wings.

Flap!

The purple wings spread wide.

As expected, even flapping his wings didn’t create wind, and his body didn’t lift well.

He barely managed to lift his body by using mana.

It was impossible to reach that far place with just this, so Se-un added another method.

[Hawk’s Wing Garment]

He put on Freyja’s treasure, which allowed him to transform into a hawk when worn.

[Talaria] [Winged sandals of Hermes, the messenger god]

He wore the winged shoes that the messenger god Hermes wore.

[Petasos] [A winged hat, also associated with Hermes]

Likewise, the winged hat that Hermes wore.

[Icarus’s Wings]

He even used Icarus’s Wings, which he hadn’t used since Turiq’s Wings appeared.

Se-un, who had taken out all the treasures related to flight and wore them on his body.

He flapped his wings once more in that state.

Swae-aack!

Se-un’s body shot towards the target like a missile.

Such a fast flight in a place where even a breeze didn’t blow.

As soon as he arrived at his destination, feeling that thrill, Se-un had to experience an embarrassing guidance.

‘This is really strange.’

It wasn’t the usual Journey’s Compass.

It was completely different from the Journey’s Compass, which showed the most efficient path to the destination, such as going back when the path was blocked or inefficiently going around.

Even.

[Great Strength Sword, Marmyadose]

Kwang!!

There were cases where the path was completely blocked, and he had to forcibly break through.

This wasn’t the most efficient path, but more like…

‘Someone’s trace.’

It felt like retracing the path someone unknown had taken.

It felt like finding the path by thinking and analyzing, rather than knowing the destination and going.

And that feeling was very similar to what Se-un was thinking.

It was as if Se-un, who was an adventurer before his regression, would have moved exactly like this.

However, even so, the path seemed to be correct.

“Woo-oong…”

For the first time, a monster appeared and blocked Se-un’s path.

Even if they were called monsters, they were non-living things like golems, not living creatures, fitting the theme of solitude.

Clang!

Golems armed with their unique hardness.

Even hitting them with treasures didn’t cause proper damage.

– First Form of the Annihilating Black God Martial Art, Red Wolf.

Kwajik!

When Se-un’s newly created Annihilating Black God Martial Art was added, they collapsed helplessly.

He thought it was over, but unfortunately, it wasn’t.

As if proving that they were not living things.

“Woo-oong…”

They reassembled the broken fragments and raised their bodies again.

There was no core to be seen, and the Journey’s Compass was only pointing to the destination, not paying attention to them.

– The constellation, ‘Hungry Prince,’ laments why the food is not being served.

Unlike the monsters so far, the Gluttony Authority did not work even when used when they were defeated.

Inevitably, he ignored them and ran following the Journey’s Compass.

The Annihilating Black God Martial Art was a martial art that fused not only swordsmanship but also various footwork techniques, so the golems could not keep up with Se-un’s fast movements.

‘It doesn’t seem like the original path.’

– The constellation, ‘Blind Old Man,’ watches your actions with interest.

Perhaps because he failed to make a prediction? Basago even watched Se-un’s actions.

In the meantime, Se-un, who had been going straight, finally.

“Here… is the end.”

He was able to reach a dead end.

Except for the path he had come through, nothing else was visible around him.

All that was visible was the bottomless cliff in front of him.

Even the Journey’s Compass was pointing to that distant abyss.

‘If I go in too deep, it will be difficult to come back up even with the Gluttony Authority.’

From this point on, it is the realm of faith.

Whether to trust the Journey’s Compass or not.

If the Journey’s Compass was wrong, Se-un would have climbed up to the 99th floor and lost his life in vain.

But Se-un believed.

There was no way he wouldn’t trust the Journey’s Compass, which had always shown him the right direction.

‘Let’s go.’

Taaht!

Se-un jumped down the cliff without hesitation.

Even though he was falling at a tremendous speed, he didn’t feel any particular wind.

Since the surroundings were so dark and empty, he didn’t even feel like he was going down.

Even so, he sharpened his senses.

So that he could deal with any variables that might arise immediately.

However, as if to mock Se-un’s worries.

– You have successfully completed the 99th floor trial, ‘Solitude.’

The Journey’s Compass led Se-un to the next level.

* * *

“Finally.”

The 100th floor trial.

He had arrived at the last trial of the tower.

The 100th floor trial that even the Red Dragon Kashalakas and the Sword Emperor Francis Hamel had not reached.

Now, really, just one step forward.

If he passed this 100th floor, he could ascend to the seat of a constellation.

‘Of course, that’s not the end.’

This is just a process.

The threat of the Outer Gods was still present, and negotiations with Olympus had not yet begun.

Rather, passing the 100th floor could be said to be the real beginning.

Thinking so, Se-un calmly looked around.

‘It’s dark.’

A pitch-black space.

However, it was difficult to describe it as dark.

Everything was black, but he could see everything.

In other words, the space was painted black, but it wasn’t dark.

It was a nonsensical statement, but he was used to this level of anomaly in the tower.

– Welcome to the 100th floor trial.

– Theme: Confrontation

The last trial of the tower finally emerged.

Confrontation.

What does it mean to confront?

“Is it you?”

The answer came quickly.

In a space where everything except Se-un was covered in black, a new figure began to find color.

The ‘Emperor Taejo Mu’s Robe’ draped over his shoulders and the crimson stigmata engraved on the back of his right hand.

The Durandal worn at his waist.

Se-un couldn’t help but frown at the sight of him, as if he were looking in a mirror.

“A doppelganger?”

Doppelganger.

A monster that copies all the power, abilities, and thoughts of the desired being.

At best, a doppelganger cannot perfectly copy the player’s power, but this is the 100th floor trial.

Considering the theme of ‘Confrontation,’ it was not thought that there would be any restrictions on the doppelganger in front of him.

The meaning of the theme of confrontation is probably.

‘Overcoming oneself.’

This would be it.

In order to overcome a being identical to oneself, one would have to grow one step further in this empty space.

“A doppelganger. Yes, it would look like that.”

Se-un’s doppelganger approached slowly.

He drew his sword and unleashed his sword energy to the fullest.

It was a strategy that Se-un could also use, but he didn’t feel the need to use it.

‘Can it be applied?’

He thought that the combat style would be perfectly the same since it was a doppelganger.

It seemed that the content of the trial was more than Se-un thought.

It seemed that it would be difficult if he didn’t grasp the opponent’s strategy by using not only the strategies he was familiar with right now but also new techniques.

“Let’s begin.”

Taaht!

The clash between Se-un and the doppelganger began.

Since they were still far apart, Se-un’s first start was magic.

– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Giga Lightning’ is enhanced.

In a one-on-one situation, he used magic that was lower in circles but faster and harder to avoid, rather than high-circle magic that consumed a lot of mana and was slow to cast.

A purple lightning flashed and flew towards the doppelganger.

He prepared a dispel magic to cancel it, thinking that he would naturally use shield magic, but.

Pajik!

“Magic?”

What the opponent used was not magic.

Sword Membrane (劍膜) [A barrier created by spreading sword energy thinly].

It was a barrier created by spreading sword energy thinly, just like Francis Hamel had shown recently.

Moreover, the problem was that this was not the end.

Taaht!

The doppelganger, who scattered the magic with the sword membrane, rushed towards Se-un at lightning speed.

A footwork that even Se-un was seeing for the first time.

It was neither something he had ever used with the Gluttony Authority nor the footwork of the Annihilating Black God Martial Art he had created this time.

Kaang!!

He hurriedly picked up his sword, but his body was pushed back by the tremendous impact.

The hand holding Durandal was tingling and stinging.

Kang, Kang!!

A series of exchanges followed.

Even though it was a reconnaissance, the question did not leave his head even after a fairly long fight.

That’s because, no matter how many exchanges he continued, the opponent.

“Why isn’t he using magic?”

Because he didn’t use magic.

Not only that.

Even though he had spread mana and raised mana sensitivity to the maximum in case the opponent used magic suddenly, he didn’t feel any movement of mana from the opponent.

It was as if mana circles did not exist.

To Se-un’s question, the opponent answered as if it were natural.

“Isn’t it obvious? I’ve never learned magic.”

“…What are you talking about?”

What on earth is he talking about? He’s never learned magic? Does that mean the opponent is not Se-un’s doppelganger?

No, but the equipment, habits, and 말투 [manner of speaking] were all the same as Se-un. It could not be denied that he was a being similar to Se-un.

“That’s what it means. In order not to make a mistake by trying to catch two rabbits [pursue multiple goals], I climbed the tower by dedicating everything only to the sword. You should have already felt the difference, right?”

Se-un nodded without realizing it.

Swordsmanship, footwork, 심공 [inner energy cultivation], etc., were all similar to what Se-un had achieved, but different.

As if the words that he had climbed the tower by dedicating everything to the sword were true, he was surpassing Se-un’s level when looking at the sword alone.

But how?

“How is that possible?”

This can’t be.

No matter how much it is the last trial of the tower, this is impossible.

Although the tower is connected to worlds of different dimensions, that is strictly a different dimension. It is not a being like the commonly said multiverse.

There is only one Se-un in the world.

It was impossible for such a being to exist.

“Because we are us, it is possible.”

“…Us?”

He felt ominousness in his words.

As expected, he began to feel other presences in the space where he thought there were only two of them.

The presences that began to increase one by one soon surpassed ten and surrounded Se-un.

“You are.”

Se-un’s question was answered by the beings gathered around him.

In a very natural tone.

“Jeong Se-un.”

The same voice echoed throughout the pitch-black space.