Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 70

“This is insane.”

The sight of the lair from underwater was truly astonishing.

Cliffs soared high on all sides like an ironclad fortress. In the center, a long, slender pillar stood alone, supporting the ceiling.

Though slender, it was only so compared to the cliffs; in reality, it was several times thicker than the Sea Drake and Darakhan they had faced at the cliffs.

Beneath it, hundreds of monsters, the guardians of the fifth level of the Tutorial, huddled together.

More than half were injured, groaning and tending to each other’s wounds.

‘Doesn’t seem to be related to the Leviathan.’

Hiding between the cliffs, Seun activated the One-Eyed Vision of the Emperor Eagle to scour the lair, but he couldn’t find what he was looking for.

It was literally just a monster’s lair.

Unfortunately, it seemed he would have to find the Leviathan’s clue separately.

‘But I can’t just ignore this place.’

A Hidden Dungeon.

Even if his first place in the Contribution Ranking was confirmed, clearing a Hidden Dungeon would surely grant him a reward befitting his achievement.

Of course, it was impossible for Seun alone to face all these monsters and perfectly clear the dungeon.

Even with many monsters injured, they were originally aquatic monsters, so their combat power would be more than doubled compared to fighting them outside the water.

However.

‘There’s no need to aim for a frontal assault.’

Before his regression, Seun, as an adventurer who explored all sorts of dungeons while avoiding combat as much as possible, was never one for ‘frontal assaults’ in the first place.

Rather, he was the type to utilize unconventional methods such as bombs and traps, which someone might consider ‘cheap’.

Before his regression, Seun’s combat power wasn’t particularly strong.

Facing monsters head-on in this Tutorial was solely for the purpose of utilizing his Authority and increasing his strength.

That was why, the moment Seun saw the Hidden Dungeon, the Deep Sea Spawning Ground, he knew how to approach [攻略] it.

Swish.

Seun took out the Great Bow he had slung over his back.

Seeing the ‘creak-‘ sound as he gripped the bow tightly, it seemed its durability was quite worn.

‘Well, I didn’t directly use the treasure, but I did experience the recoil of Ruin, the bloodthirsty demonic spear.’

If it were a normal bow from the lord’s armory, not a lord’s weapon, it would have broken long ago.

No, it might have broken before he could even shoot an arrow, unable to withstand Ruin’s power in the first place.

-Your internal energy enhances ‘Grad Empire Archery’.

-The elasticity and durability of the ‘Great Hunter’ are temporarily greatly increased.

As before, he infused internal energy to strengthen the durability. It was a bit precarious, but it should hold for one shot.

Next, Seun took out a long staff.

This was also stolen from the lord’s armory in the fourth level. Although heavy, it was a sturdy and elastic weapon that was quite useful.

However, he hadn’t been using it because its thickness made it inconvenient to use.

Still, having mastered the Tagu Bonggeop [a martial art involving staves], Seun was confident in wielding this staff better than anyone else, but he had no intention of jumping into the middle of them and swinging the staff right now.

Creak-

He drew the bowstring and placed the staff in the center.

However, it was different from when he had placed the short spear last time. Not only was the staff long, but it was also thicker than he had thought, so it didn’t fit properly.

Therefore, Seun immediately used the treasure he had in mind.

-You have opened the Treasure Vault of Greed.

[ Sea Weight, Ruyi Jingu Bang ]

– A weapon used by the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong [also known as the Monkey King, a famous figure in Chinese mythology], a staff that can grow and shrink as the user desires. Originally, it was made to measure the depth of the sea, not as a weapon.

“Shrink.”

Swish.

The staff, which was 2m long and as thick as a fist, shrunk down.

Both the length and thickness were reduced to exactly the size Seun wanted, making it the perfect arrow for the Great Bow.

Thud, thud, thud!

As he pulled the bowstring with all his might and brought it to his lips, the Great Bow exuded its last presence.

The target was the center of the dungeon. The pillar supporting the ceiling.

Seun designated the target with the One-Eyed Vision of the Emperor Eagle, and as he accurately aimed with the Grad Empire Archery, he released his hand.

咻!

The Ruyi Jingu Bang, transformed into the size of an arrow, cut through the water and flew forward.

Perhaps because the force was so strong, or because of the characteristics of the sea rather than the air, the Ruyi Jingu Bang flew in a straight line rather than the curve typical of an arrow.

There was a strong current between the cliff and the pillar, rejecting intruders, but the Ruyi Jingu Bang easily ignored the current.

Soon after.

Thud.

The Ruyi Jingu Bang pierced into the pillar without an inch of error.

The force was so strong that it was embedded so deeply that the handle could not be seen.

However, the pillar stood firm as if such an attack was nothing more than a tickle.

At that moment, Seun smiled contentedly and released the broken bow from his hand with all his might.

Then, he murmured towards the Ruyi Jingu Bang, which still had its consciousness connected.

“Grow. Ruyi Jingu Bang.”

* * *

“Lord Shaks. We will arrive soon.”

“What about the monsters?”

“They have finished returning and are all resting in the lair.”

“Good. About half of them survived, so we need to kill at least the ideal number.”

He couldn’t just clean up all the monsters because it was annoying. They had to increase their numbers again in a year and be responsible for the final level of the Tutorial.

The condition that allowed him, Shaks, and the fishmen behind him to live here, outside the Tower.

That was one of the contract terms he had made with the Tower’s administrator.

“I see it.”

“I will prepare for battle.”

“It will be harder than the battles so far. I plan to borrow his Authority, so everyone should prepare thoroughly.”

“The Authority… are you sure?”

“It’s better than hurting the soldiers.”

Shaks gripped the Iji Spear in his hand tightly.

With a large-scale battle imminent, Seun’s existence had already disappeared from his mind.

The current was getting rougher, and the monsters’ lair began to appear.

Giant cliffs and a mushroom-shaped ceiling covering them.

As if to prove that the monsters had returned, the monsters’ bizarre cries seemed to be carried on the current.

“Everyone, prepare for battle!”

“Prepare for battle!”

The fishmen following Shaks finished their weapon checks and gripped their spears and shields tightly.

Without being told, they all felt it. This battle was different from the ‘cleanup’ operation that had been conducted once a year so far.

Before long, a tremendous number of monsters would pour out of that spawning ground.

Everyone was staring at the spawning ground with tense eyes when.

Rumble!!

“What’s going on?”

A change occurred in the spawning ground.

The ground trembled violently as if there was an earthquake, and the current fluctuated.

“Lord Shaks! The ceiling of the spawning ground!”

Crash!

The mushroom-shaped pillar. No, the coral reef, which had been clumped together and hardened over thousands of years to become harder than steel, was cracking.

The speed at which the coral reef collapsed was accelerated by the rough current, and the debris began to fall below the spawning ground, which was confined by cliffs.

“Kieek!”

“Kuek……”

Compared to the surface, the speed at which the debris fell was not very fast.

However, the size of the coral reef was so enormous and the space was so narrow because it was surrounded by cliffs on all sides that there was too little space for the monsters to escape.

The natural fortress was turning into a live burial chamber.

“Why is the coral reef in the spawning ground suddenly……”

“Lord Shaks, that’s……!”

The debris and dust of the coral reef fluctuated and turned hazy in the spawning ground.

In the meantime, something popped out. A pillar with gold patterns engraved on the end.

He didn’t know what it was, but it was probably the culprit that broke the coral reef.

While everyone was stunned by this bewildering event, Shaks, who was the first to come to his senses, urgently commanded the soldiers.

“Get a grip! Advance immediately!”

“Understood! Kill all the fleeing bastards!”

“Kill!”

“That’s not the problem now!”

“If it’s the broken coral reef, there’s nothing we can do about it right now……”

“The Queen!”

“……Ah!”

“Even if they all die, we must save the Queen! Otherwise!”

Shaks’ expression became more serious than ever. This is not a simple problem.

It couldn’t be, but if the Queen of the spawning ground died…….

‘I have to stop it!’

The contract with the Tower would be broken, and they would lose his shelter.

Whoosh!

Shaks, who had become desperate, quickly moved forward, leaving the soldiers behind.

* * *

The terrorism using the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Its power was more wonderful than imagined.

At Seun’s command, the Ruyi Jingu Bang grew so large that it broke through the ceiling of the spawning ground, causing the ceiling to shatter into pieces.

Swish-

The Ruyi Jingu Bang, which had broken through the ceiling, boasted its golden pattern for a moment before quickly disappearing.

The Great Bow was also broken from shooting the staff, so two weapons were broken in this attack.

Still, Seun was not disappointed.

‘Even if it’s a C-grade item, the power it can exert depends on how you use it.’

Could Seun have broken that pillar even if he had grabbed the staff and swung it himself?

Of course not.

No matter how quickly Seun had grown, he could not withstand such power.

He was able to break that pillar thanks to the creative way he used the bow to shoot the Ruyi Jingu Bang into the pillar and then activate it.

-The Authority of Gluttony has designated the entire ‘Deep Sea Spawning Ground’.

-The Fangs of Gluttony are engulfing the monsters!

Naturally, the monsters crushed under the cliffs were also treated as if Seun had killed them.

As hundreds of prey poured in at once, Beelzebub sent messages of satisfaction.

Most of them were monsters he had killed on the ground, so his stats didn’t increase much…….

-Internal energy and mana are being greatly absorbed.

Tiny energies gathered and created a noticeable effect.

At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before he filled 1 gapja [a unit of internal energy] of internal energy and 3 circles of mana.

‘That’s not all…….’

In order to clear a dungeon, you have to hunt the boss monster.

While the monsters were busy avoiding the debris, he had to find the boss monster.

Seun, who was calmly watching below from the cliff, could see a few monsters that were firmly holding their ground amidst the collapsing debris.

Thud, thud!

A large monster covered in thick carapace blocks the debris with its body.

A monster that appears to be a Sea Serpent also whips its tail and knocks away the falling debris.

In the meantime, even if their carapaces were crushed or their tails were shattered by the debris, they never left their positions.

Watching this, Seun’s senses, which had made a name for himself as an explorer before his regression, told him the destination instead of the lost compass of his journey.

‘It’s there.’

Shuureuk!

Leaving only white bubbles, Seun moved quickly towards his destination.