I Raided the Demon’s Treasury

Chapter 97

– Through internal energy, the second form of the Blood Wolf Swordsmanship, ‘Blood Wolf Fang,’ is enhanced.

Crunch!

“Graaaah!”

Se-woon’s silver sword, transformed into the shape of a blood-red wolf, tore into the werewolf.

As expected of True Silver’s power. Though artificial, even with the full moon risen, the creature was unable to properly heal its wounds.

Of course, the full moon had significantly strengthened its power, but the creature had made one critical mistake.

– The Gaze of Envy envies the wild nature of the ‘Tabula’s Wolf.’

– Steals strength.

– Steals agility.

– Steals regenerative power.

…

That mistake was allowing the battle to drag on for too long.

Even though the full moon had enhanced its physical abilities, the intertwining Power of envy was gradually weakening it.

In contrast, Se-woon began to steal the creature’s strength, tilting the fight overwhelmingly in his favor.

“To think you even prepared a weapon made of True Silver! Since when did you become aware of my existence?”

“Well, it’s been so long I can’t even remember.”

“That’s impossible! There should have been only one survivor from the first floor!”

The creature roared as it distanced itself from Se-woon, yelling furiously.

One of its shoulders was already in tatters.

As the pressure intensified, the Stigma of the Satyr shone brighter on Se-woon.

Though it didn’t show outwardly, a creeping fear of Se-woon must have been building within the creature.

“This can’t be happening! Just a little more! If I just offer a few more sacrifices, I can escape this suffocating first floor!”

“…… What do you mean by that?”

Escape the first floor?

Even for Se-woon, with his vast knowledge from regression, it was a difficult statement to comprehend.

Residents, unlike players, couldn’t leave the floor they were assigned to by default.

“You don’t know anything, do you! You cursed…”

– The Administrator of the Tower suppresses the speech of ‘Tabula’s Wolf.’

“Graaaaah!”

The Administrator’s intervention.

Before regression, he had only heard rumors, never witnessing it firsthand. Starting with the Tutorial’s Administrator, this was now the second time he was facing such an intervention.

Perhaps due to the Administrator’s intervention, the creature’s jaws clamped shut so forcefully it seemed its teeth might break, and it let out a roar of fury.

Se-woon’s fear and the creature’s rage clashed, causing the surrounding wolves to lose their sanity and collapse where they stood.

“I cannot end it here! Even if my bloodline falls to corruption, I refuse to let it end like this!”

Crunch!

Se-woon wondered what the creature was doing when it suddenly grabbed a nearby wolf, lifted it, and bit through its neck.

The wolf, though unconscious, was still alive.

Feeling the shocking pain at its nape, the wolf’s eyes snapped open, and it whimpered in terror, but the creature showed no intention of letting it go.

With its neck savagely torn apart, blood poured from the wolf, and the creature opened its jaws wide, gulping down the fresh blood.

‘This is dangerous.’

Thwip!

Did the concept of cannibalism exist among werewolves?

No.

At least, as far as Se-woon knew, werewolves were a species that deeply loved their own kind. Not just werewolves, but wolves who shared their will as well.

As Se-woon’s silver trajectory reached the creature, he saw its eyes burning with red fury, blood dripping from the corner of its mouth.

Clang!

“Krh, krk!”

The creature’s claws, now glowing red, blocked Se-woon’s sword.

The sword clashed with the claws, and an intense recoil surged down Se-woon’s wrist, sending a sharp pain through it.

– ‘Tabula’s Wolf’ has consumed its own kind.

– The werewolf’s bloodline has corrupted, entering a berserk state.

‘So this is it.’

Though they had exchanged only one attack, Se-woon could feel how significantly stronger the creature had become compared to just moments ago.

When he lifted his head, the full moon above was bathed in a blood-red hue.

Cannibalism.

The reason Se-woon hadn’t known about it was likely because it was a forbidden act even among werewolves.

“Awoo-”

“Awooo-”

As the full moon became tainted, howling from other werewolves could be heard from below.

It seemed that it wasn’t just the werewolf in front of him that had started to go berserk.

‘I need to end this quickly.’

He had instructed his clan members to avoid harming the residents as much as possible.

They didn’t even realize they were werewolves, being controlled by Tabula’s Wolf. Se-woon wanted to minimize unnecessary damage.

However, overpowering a strong enemy was harder than just killing them.

If the werewolves had become stronger, his clan members wouldn’t be able to avoid the hardships either.

“Grrr…”

Tabula’s Wolf had blood or drool spilling from its gaping maw, targeting Se-woon with an unwavering gaze.

Rationality was absent from its eyes by now.

It was truly a wild beast.

The appearance was of a starved wolf dominated entirely by instinct.

“Graaa!”

Flinging the consumed wolf away, the creature charged towards Se-woon.

The speed was overwhelming.

It moved so fast that it was challenging to follow with the naked eye.

Clang!

Barely managing to block the attack, Se-woon’s sword, empowered by True Silver’s strength, hummed with a painful screech.

The creature’s attacks didn’t stop.

It didn’t care about its own wounds, only repeating its relentless assault.

Though Se-woon was absorbing the creature’s power through the Power Of Envy, at this rate, even buying time would be impossible.

Clang!

With all of his internal energy poured into a single strike, Se-woon managed to block the attack and create a small opening.

In that instant, he removed one hand from his sword and pointed it at the creature.

– According to the Mysteries of the Black Tower, the Power of ‘Dark Flare’ is enhanced.

Rumble!

“Graaah!”

Reaching the 5th Circle, Se-woon was capable of using even more powerful magic, but given the urgency of the situation, he used the strongest magic available to him immediately.

Though it was a 3rd Circle attack spell, he poured all of his mana into it, ensuring it would be far from weak.

Nevertheless, it couldn’t completely halt the creature’s movements.

Even as its body was being consumed by black flames, the creature’s red eyes flashed with defiance as it took a step forward.

And in that fleeting instant, seun activated the Power of Greed and summoned the treasure he had premeditatedly prepared.

– Opened the Treasury of Greed.

[ King’s Sword, Robera ]

– The sword of King Fernando III, one of the most revered kings, known as the Wolf Slayer, an legendary “lupine killing sword.”

A treasure chosen in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Se-woon had believed that with his current strength, he could handle the creature, but if he continued to drag things out, the damage would be too great.

So, even though he was using a treasure, he knew it would be best to end the fight as quickly as possible.

“Graaah!”

With a final roar, the creature charged forward.

Now fully overcome by instinct, it dropped to all fours and began running like a beast, its sole focus on tearing Se-woon apart.

Swish.

Se-woon stepped forward with his right foot, assuming the stance for a sword strike.

The Power of True Silver and the legendary sword Robera.

The sword, now infused with the two treasures, trembled as if it was on the verge of bursting.

Most swords would have broken under the strain of even one of these treasures, but the sword forged by Go Chang-seok was something else entirely.

As Se-woon’s grip tightened, the sword, sensing its own impending fate, suddenly ceased its vibrations.

With his mind heightened to the extreme, Se-woon felt as though the world had paused in that instant.

Calming his breath, he opened his eyes, and before him, the creature’s red, burning pupils were staring directly at him.

In that moment.

Shhh—

Se-woon’s sword moved, leaving a silver trail that spread out in the shape of a full moon.

A full moon more real than the red one rising in the sky.

As the sword completed its role, the Dragon Slayer slowly began to crumble, and with it, the frozen world gradually regained its sense of time.

Thud.

The creature’s body, perfectly split in half, slid down on either side of Se-woon.

The red lighting that had illuminated Se-woon vanished, and the moon returned to its original state.

– You have defeated the Hidden Boss Monster of the 1st floor, ‘Tabula’s Wolf.’

– Your level has increased.

– Your level has increased.

– Your personal merit points have increased by 100,000.

– You have acquired ‘Corrupted Werewolf’s Blood.’

– You have acquired ‘Corrupted Werewolf’s Eyes.’

…

– You have completed the Hidden Quest of the 1st floor, ‘Tabula’s Wolf.’

– You have received a reward of 100,000 points.

– You have completed the Hidden Quest of the 1st floor, ‘Tabula’s Corruption.’

– You have received a reward of 100,000 points.

– You have completed the quest without killing a single resident controlled by Tabula’s Wolf, earning an additional 100,000 points.

– The fame of the ‘Diablo Clan’ spreads among the residents of the Tower.

– You have qualified to pass the trial of the 1st floor. You can ascend to the next floor at any time.

System messages flooded Se-woon’s vision.

In summary, there was an increase in level by 2, the acquisition of 400,000 points, the fame of the Diablo Clan, and the notification of passing the 1st floor’s trial.

“Phew…”

Se-woon raised his trembling hand.

At the final moment, he hadn’t used any martial arts or magic.

It had been a simple sword draw technique.

But in that instant, it felt as though the world had stopped.

It didn’t make sense physically, but every one of Se-woon’s senses deeply felt that truth.

His muscles were overloaded, and the hand he had raised was shaking.

And then, he felt an indescribable sensation.

Se-woon clenched his fist as if trying to hold onto that sensation. Perhaps this was what swordsmen called enlightenment.

Before the regression, he had used various weapons, but he had merely been an adventurer. He had never mastered any one weapon.

Now, having regressed and begun ascending the Tower anew, he was finally feeling the enlightenment he hadn’t obtained back then.

‘For now…’

– The ‘Tabula’s Wolf’ has been devoured.

– Absorbing its nutrients increases Strength by 20 and Agility by 20.

– The tale of the Wolf Hunt is recorded in the Blood Wolf Legend.

– The Power of fear recorded in the legend greatly increases.

Gaining a title was difficult, but cultivating a legend related to that title was not an easy task either.

Even among the top-ranked players who had reached the higher floors of the Tower, most of them had fewer than ten lines of recorded legend.

And yet, Se-woon was writing down a legend on the very first floor.

Honestly, the fact that his legend had been updated was more surprising than the 400,000 points he had earned or the nearly 40 stat increases.

“Se-woon! Are you alright?”

“Yes. What about the residents?”

“Once the moon returned to normal, they shifted back to their original forms and fainted immediately. Their wounds have healed, so I’ve laid them all in their homes.”

“Good work. It must have been tough to subdue them.”

“Compared to you, it was nothing. Just hearing the sounds and feeling the energy, I could tell how strong the opponent you faced was.”

Yuseo-a, who had hurried over, explained the situation in the village.

Thanks to prior preparation, there weren’t many injuries among the residents, and the damage to the buildings was minimal.

She said that when the red moon rose, several werewolves broke free from their restraints and went on a rampage, but thanks to the efforts of Gangcheol and Yuseo-a, they were quickly subdued.

“But what does this message mean? Fame, trials…”

“I’ll explain everything at the base. I could use a little rest, too.”

“Oh! Of course. Let’s head back quickly.”

Yuseo-a tried to offer support, but Se-woon declined with a gesture. His legs trembled slightly, but he wasn’t unable to walk on his own.

‘By the way, what did I get this time…’

Se-woon checked the spoils he had acquired after hunting Tabula’s Wolf.

There were no finished products, only materials related to the werewolf.

Perhaps due to the corruption caused by the consumption of kin, most of the materials were stained a dark red, with the adjective ‘corrupted’ attached to them.

Since he had already obtained most of his gear through Go Chang-seok, he was uncertain about where to use these materials.

– The Constellation, ‘Bowed Raven,’ is offering you a trade.

The Demon God of Greed, Mammon, had sent a message as if waiting for this moment.