Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 66

The Thief of the Demon God’s Vault – Episode 66

Chapter 66

Tadat!

Se-un sped through the monsters.

He moved completely against the direction the monsters were heading, yet none collided with him, nor could they even graze him.

This was thanks to Nichugong, the new footwork Se-un had mastered.

The technique truly allowed him to move like a loach, slipping through the monsters with incredible flexibility.

Moreover, with the use of ‘Kilkelga-style Stealth,’ most monsters didn’t even register Se-un’s presence as he weaved between their legs.

Of course, some with keener senses still caught glimpses of Se-un’s movements.

“Kiek?”

But they couldn’t discern Se-un’s identity.

Right now, Se-un wore a cloak pulled low, stained with blood and scales from hunting countless monsters, and reeking of a fishy odor.

In this chaotic battlefield, few monsters could identify Se-un. Even if they saw him, they’d likely mistake him for a ‘foolish hairy crab who’s lost his way’.

Then.

“Moo, Muung?”

A catfish-like monster with long whiskers widened its eyes, as if recognizing Se-un, and moved its gills.

Though uncertain, it seemed to be a monster with more specialized sensory abilities than the others.

The monster opened its mouth wide to announce Se-un’s presence, but.

Thwack.

No sound escaped its mouth.

Se-un, having approached unnoticed, had plunged a knife into the monster’s throat.

Thud.

Though a comrade had fallen, no one paid it any mind amidst the chaotic movement of such a large army.

Thanks to this, Se-un conserved his stamina and infiltrated deep into the enemy lines with ease.

‘Shall I check the location soon.’

Even Se-un didn’t know the precise location where the boss monster would appear.

Before his regression [time travel/rebirth], Se-un had been used by Charles’ clan members, barely holding off the monsters in the fifth area.

All he knew was that the boss monster would appear at the cliff’s edge.

Tadat!

Se-un, who had been weaving among the monsters, leaped onto the highest-looking rock.

Some monsters glanced strangely at Se-un, their eyes seeming to ask, ‘Why is that hairy crab climbing up there?’, but none suspected anything.

As he reached the top of the rock, the vast army of monsters scaling the cliff came into full view.

‘It’s even more spectacular than when I saw it from the castle walls.’

He thought he had defeated quite a few, but hundreds and thousands of monsters were constantly crawling up from the cliff.

Looking down from above, the sight resembled a swarm of insects, filling him with disgust.

Suppressing the fishy smell detected through ‘Noll’s Hooked Nose’ [a skill or item that enhances the sense of smell], he scanned the cliff’s edge.

Then, he finally located their boss monster.

“Kuaaaa-!!”

The furious tyrant of the sea. Sea Drake, Darakan.

The creature was climbing the cliff with its massive body.

Though it possessed wings typical of a dragon species on its back, it seemed unable to fly, struggling to place its front paws on the cliff’s edge and roaring in frustration.

That was because it was a ‘Drake,’ a dragon species whose flying ability had degenerated.

It resembled a dragon, but it was an inferior version, unable to match a true dragon in terms of flight, magic, or intelligence.

Moreover, it was a ‘Sea Drake.’

Its wings were developed more as fins for swimming rather than for flying, rendering them useless on land.

However, that didn’t mean he could disregard it.

‘Filthy big.’

Even lacking flight, magic, and intelligence, the physical strength unique to dragons remained formidable.

Crucially, even if it couldn’t manipulate mana, it could use ‘Breath,’ one of the signature abilities of the dragon species.

With just those two attributes, it was a sufficiently threatening monster.

Kurururu,쿵!

“Kuaaaa-!!”

The cliff crumbled as it couldn’t withstand the monster’s weight, but it desperately thrashed its limbs and managed to climb onto the cliff.

The monsters that heard its roar lowered their heads and cleared the path. They knew the tyrant would trample them if they didn’t.

‘Before the regression, more than half of the castle was destroyed before we caught that guy.’

There was a reason why there was a ‘castle’ in the fifth area.

It was a kind of raid monster that required coordinated attacks using the castle for defense.

They forced battles between players in the third area, but now they’re cooperating. It’s a goal that doesn’t even make me laugh, but I had no choice to survive.

Se-un intended to hunt such a monster alone. Before it reached the castle.

‘If I use Mammon’s treasures, I’ll manage somehow.’

He could tell just by looking at it.

He couldn’t kill it simply by taking out one of Mammon’s treasures and swinging it around as he had done before.

It was a waste, but he had no choice but to expend most of the items he currently possessed.

‘But it’s a monster worth that much.’

The first reward for hunting it was contribution points.

It was a monster that granted a huge amount of contribution points to each individual, even when many people combined their strength to defeat it. What if he hunted it alone?

The already significant gap in contribution points would widen dramatically.

Secondly, the items he could obtain from it.

Rumor had it that players who killed it would receive accessories of immense value.

In addition, all the materials that could be harvested from it were of dragon origin and possessed enormous value.

Besides the experience and power gained through the Gluttony Authority [a skill or ability], there were more than enough reasons to hunt it.

‘The problem is those monsters…’

Even Se-un couldn’t face the boss monster and those countless monsters simultaneously.

So, while searching for a solution.

“Kieek!”

“Kehek!”

Sizzle!

Kwagwang!!

On the opposite side of the cliff.

Far away, the screams of monsters mingled with the explosions of various elemental forces.

Sharp winds severed the monsters’ limbs, and flames scorched their skin. The earth cracked, and rain poured down like arrows.

It was far more vibrant and powerful than when Se-un cast magic.

The term ‘natural disaster’ seemed more fitting than anything else.

Even without activating ‘Emperor Eagle’s Monocular Eye’ [a skill or item that enhances vision], Se-un knew the source of the natural disaster.

‘Riel Refrain.’

It was her.

A player known for wielding the four major elemental spirits and being loved by nature. If not for Se-un, she would have originally claimed first place in the tutorial’s contribution ranking.

She was heading towards the boss monster with her four spirits.

‘Did Riel originally set out to find the boss monster?’

No.

If Se-un’s memory served him correctly, she was also focused on defending the castle during the siege.

The boss monster appeared, and she cooperated with others to deliver the final blow, but she didn’t actively seek out the boss monster.

He didn’t know what was happening, but….

Smirk-

‘Now that it’s like this, I should use her well.’

If he used her, he could face the boss monster with much greater ease.

* * *

Riel Refrain.

She had long, pointed ears resembling the leaves unique to elves.

Elf. A being loved by nature, the last seed of the World Tree that came from a world that had already been destroyed.

Now, she traversed the monster-infested battlefield with her four spirits.

“Bad kids!”

“You dirtied the water.”

“Then we have to burn it away!”

“Can I bury it?”

Her spirits were powerful.

Each one exerted power comparable to that of a skilled wizard, controlling fire, wind, water, and earth.

Moreover, when the four spirits combined their forces, the synergy defied the basic common sense of magic.

Normally, a spirit master would be unable to withstand the power used by the spirits and would collapse from exhaustion first, but she didn’t.

Instead, she poured more power into supporting the spirits.

The reason she could do that was because.

-The constellation, ‘Fifth Day,’ looks at you pitifully, saying that you are overdoing it too much.

Constellation, Fifth Day.

It was thanks to the blessing she received from Freya, the goddess of love and beauty.

Blessing of abundance.

Freya was the goddess of love and beauty, and also the goddess of abundance.

The power of abundance granted by such a goddess gave Riel a blessing of mana that was nearly limitless.

Of course, even with the power of God, there was a limit to what players could use.

However, Freya’s blessing was like an inexhaustible spring to a player at the tutorial level.

“I can’t help it. To regain first place, I have to catch that boss monster.”

-The constellation, ‘Fifth Day,’ worries about you, saying that you don’t have to overdo it so much.

“No. I have to go. For me. For the clan. For the World Tree. And, for the goddess who chose me.”

-The constellation, ‘Fifth Day,’ looks at you with a pitiful look for some reason.

After the fourth area of the tutorial began, she immediately checked the individual contribution ranking and was shocked.

Je Se-un.

She didn’t know who he was, but a player with that name had taken her place as the number one in the ranking.

Moreover, it wasn’t a close margin, but a difference of nearly 300,000.

‘I can’t lose first place like this.’

Her goal was to climb to the ‘Eternal Flower Garden’ that exists in the tower and plant the seeds of the World Tree.

To do that, she had to become stronger than anyone else. So that she wouldn’t yield to anyone, so that she wouldn’t be taken away by anyone.

Only then could she plant the seeds of the World Tree and revive the clan.

-The constellation, ‘Fifth Day,’ comforts you, saying that you are already doing well enough.

”
…But, the goddess is also keeping an eye on that player.”

-The constellation, ‘Fifth Day,’ smiles slightly, finding your jealousy cute.

Riel was gradually moving towards the boss monster, but her pace was slowing down.

No matter how much mana she had, there were too many enemies. Even if she knocked them down, more kept coming.

‘Is it impossible alone…?’

She bit her lip tightly.

In order to win the ranking first place, she had no choice but to hunt the boss monster. But there was a limit to what she could do alone.

She had mustered the courage to escape the castle and run all the way here, but she was so frustrated that she couldn’t go any further.

At that moment.

Swaaa-

A familiar and comforting energy brushed past Riel’s skin.

She thought it was a mistake, but her spirits also recognized the energy.

“It’s cool!”

“It’s warm!”

“Who is it?”

Following the source of the energy, a human walked out from among the monsters.

As she was called the last seed of the World Tree, she recognized the energy emanating from the man’s body.

“How can a human use elven magic?”

Breath of Nature. It was a unique magic of the elves, a magic that revitalized the forest or invigorated the spirits.

An ordinary human was using such magic.

However, the man did not answer her question.

“Isn’t it more important to break through those guys than that right now?”

Certainly, he was right. Thanks to the Breath of Nature, the spirits who had regained their strength were putting more pressure on the monsters than before.

With that human’s power, it seemed possible to reach the boss monster.

“Let’s join forces for now.”

”
…Okay.”

Riel nodded.

It was a priority to join forces for now.

Thinking so, she poured more mana into her spirits.

That man’s identity….

-The Treasure Vault of Greed has been opened.

[ Breath of Nature ]

– A unique magic of the elves. It is the power to purify and revitalize the forest, or to invigorate the spirits.

Without knowing that he was Se-un, the owner of the contribution ranking that she was trying so hard to surpass.