Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 102

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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 102

102. Labyrinth Underground 110th Floor

[You have entered Labyrinth Underground 34th Floor.]

《Type: Trap》

《Condition: Alone without help from others》

《Mission: Find the exit.》

[You cannot leave until you clear the mission.]

A mission to choose the correct answer from among several doors.

One could fall into a trap if careless, but Hiromune was confident.

It wasn’t too difficult once you figured out the pattern.

However.

‘This isn’t really a mission for two people.’

Hiromune looked at the person standing beside him.

‘Liu Weihao, was it?’

He didn’t know what kind of relationship he had with Amon, but since he was told to tackle it together, he had no choice but to enter with him.

First, he turned on the translation app on his mobile phone.

“Um, Mr. Weihao? Is this your first time with party play?”

“That’s right, so what?”

“Haha, it’s my first time tackling something with someone else too. Since we’re here anyway, let’s do our best.”

He spoke with a smile, but Weihao had an indifferent expression.

‘Does he not like something about me?’

He didn’t know the reason, but it felt like he’d earned his dislike from the start.

Anyway, since they were already here, let’s try to clear it.

Together.

“Mr. Weihao. Do you know about trap mission patterns?”

“I know. If I made it this far, wouldn’t I know?”

“You do know. Did you perhaps study by watching ViewTube? Watching Amon’s labyrinth strategy videos?”

“….”

He didn’t answer, but it seemed like he nodded.

“I see. I also received a lot of help watching Amon’s videos. I studied the patterns a bit too. So since we’re both confident, how about we try guessing what the correct answer is?”

There was a condition that there should be no help from others, but this much should be possible.

The method of guessing the correct answer together and checking was closer to knowledge verification rather than direct help.

In terms of studying, it was like each person solving problems and comparing answers.

Weihao also nodded, seeming to agree with this method.

First, the first trap.

They had to choose one out of six doors.

The two people carefully examined the doors.

“I think this is the correct door.”

“I think so too.”

Weihao agreed as well.

“Then let’s go.”

They opened the door and entered together.

“Oh! We passed.”

This was the advantage of double-checking.

The next challenge appeared.

“This time it seems like this one.”

“Me too, this one.”

When they entered, it was the correct answer.

It was going smoothly.

Definitely better than doing it alone.

‘This is unexpectedly helpful doing it together?’

Since it was a trap mission, he thought it would be hard to receive help from others, but they could cooperate in an unexpected way.

“It feels easier doing this with two people, doesn’t it?”

“….”

Weihao remained silent, but he was feeling it too.

The advantages of tackling it together.

However, their opinions didn’t always align.

“You think it’s this door?”

“Yeah. I think it’s here….”

“Are you sure?”

“Of course? You think I chose wrong?”

“Hmm….”

When their opinions differed, it became troublesome.

‘I think it’s here though….’

The correct answers they each chose were different.

Who should I believe?

“Alright. Let’s go with what Weihao said.”

“I told you I was right. I’ve watched so many strategy videos.”

Weihao confidently entered first.

Following behind him through the door he chose.

“Huh?”

Suddenly it changed into a cave.

“It was a trap….”

“….”

After being so confident, Weihao fell silent.

‘Well, people can make mistakes.’

I was trying to think positively about it when something walked toward us from the cave.

“Squeal.”

A monster with glistening muscular black skin and a pig’s snout.

‘That’s… an orc, isn’t it?’

I’ve seen it somewhere before.

‘Ah, the 40th Floor video…!’

It was the monster I saw in Amon’s recent video.

Was it called a Dark Orc?

Since we fell into a trap, a strong monster appeared.

“What’s that thing? I’ve never seen that monster before.”

“It’s a Dark Orc. A monster that appears in the 40th Floor Range.”

“40th Floor?”

Weihao was surprised.

Just because there was only one didn’t mean we could underestimate it.

It was a monster from a different floor level after all.

However.

“Perfect. I was getting restless anyway.”

Weihao readily stepped forward.

Hiromune also tried to step up, but.

“Don’t bother. Don’t interfere and just watch. I’m more than enough to handle something like that alone.”

He raised his hand to stop him.

His confidence was good, but… would he be able to handle it alone?

“Be careful. It doesn’t have weapons, but the ViewTube videos showed its monstrous strength is no joke.”

“Doesn’t matter. It’s just a male monster anyway, right?”

With a sneer, he extended his hand and aimed toward the groin area.

Crack!

He clenched his fist in the air.

Then.

“Guh, guuueeek!”

The Dark Orc suddenly screamed and collapsed to the ground.

Clutching its groin area, something seemed to have burst.

“Males can’t beat me.”

Weihao giggled and used his telekinesis toward the Dark Orc’s head.

Crack!

Its neck twisted in a grotesque direction and it died instantly.

He had taken down the Dark Orc by himself.

“Its neck strength is quite something. I can tell it took more mana than usual.”

“Wow… Amazing! To take down a higher-level monster by yourself!”

“….”

Even though he must have heard it through translation, Weihao didn’t say anything in particular.

Was he embarrassed by the praise?

‘Telekinesis, huh. There was a reason he could take on ten people alone.’

I wondered how he dealt with those Yakuza, but he had such an incredible skill.

‘That person is strong too.’

I acknowledge that.

However.

‘I don’t think I’d lose if we fought.’

If I could react to his telekinesis in advance, he wouldn’t be that scary an opponent.

Death God’s Senses was telling me the same thing.

‘The truly terrifying existence is Amon.’

Amon is the kind of man that even 100 people like me couldn’t defeat if we all rushed him at once.

That’s how insurmountable the wall I felt was.

‘Lord Amon must be in the middle of conquering floors right now too, right?’

They say if you disturb the bushes, a snake will come out?

[Someone has conquered Labyrinth Underground 110th Floor!]

[Labyrinth Underground 111th Floor is now open.]

[10 days have been added to Earth’s destruction countdown.]

[Time remaining until destruction: 1,110 days 18 hours 41 minutes 2 seconds]

Right on cue, a conquest message appeared.

‘Amazing. Truly admirable.’

Perhaps because I dealt with the monster, it changed back to the original location.

“This time, let’s go to the place I mentioned.”

“Let’s do that…”

Now Weihao was following Hiromune’s words without complaint.

‘They’re doing well without any particular trouble.’

Though I had threatened Weihao by reminding him of the Death God in his head, honestly I was worried.

Is Weihao just any ordinary psychopath?

He’s a guy who gets more excited about murder than sexual desire.

It was honestly a bit worrying to send him alone with just one other person.

‘But I don’t need to worry.’

After observing Hiromune and Weihao through Parasite, I concluded they were fine.

Though he acts prickly, Weihao had already satisfied his murderous urges by killing ten people.

He doesn’t seem to have any intention of attacking.

Hiromune also has Death God’s Senses, so he probably won’t get caught off guard easily.

‘It’s nice to see them cooperating with each other.’

I just conquered the 110th Floor and set a record of 12 minutes and 20 seconds.

I also received an Achievement.

▶Maze Compass (E)

―Acquisition Path: Labyrinth Underground 110th Floor

―Effect: When entering a maze, navigation-like path guidance is displayed.

―Time remaining until permanent acquisition: 9 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds

A useful Achievement that shows path guidance when entering a maze.

Considering the trap missions that will become difficult later, this is quite helpful.

Even with knowledge from before regression, mazes are hard to clear.

‘Even in the past, I barely managed to clear mazes while wandering around trying to figure out which way was the path. There weren’t even any landmarks to serve as reference points, so I struggled quite a bit.’

How could it be easy to find a path in a place that looks identical everywhere, where it’s impossible to distinguish locations?

It’s as difficult as escaping from the vast ocean.

A mission that’s difficult to conquer even with knowledge from before regression.

‘What makes that possible is precisely this Maze Compass Achievement.’

I was happy.

Because a necessary Achievement appeared.

But what made me even happier was that the two seemed to get along quite well.

‘They have opposite personalities, but surprisingly they seem to match well.’

What if I put the past 2nd and 3rd rankers in a raid party I created?

I could use them as full strength when humanity is in danger later.

‘The Three Gods probably won’t stay still. If they find out I’m forming a separate raid party.’

The Three Gods’ next plan is to form the Twelve Apostles and then use them like chess pieces.

If I intercept that, they’ll be furious beyond measure.

‘But it doesn’t matter. The Three Gods are already in the palm of my hand.’

Let me focus on conquering floors for now.

All the way to the 119th Floor.

The conquest went smoothly.

A mission where you just need to find the correct answer among multiple doors.

It wasn’t much different from the missions in the 30th Floor Range, but the level of traps when you get caught is different.

‘If you get caught wrong, you could die – that’s what trap missions are.’

But if you know the answer, it’s not difficult at all.

If you pay attention to various problem patterns and find the solutions, you can clear them easily.

‘That’s why I uploaded videos rather than text. So people could see and understand directly.’

Where else could you find such a sweet mission where you can conquer without hunting even once, just by memorizing problem types?

[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 119th Floor!]

[As a reward for clearing 119th Floor normally, ‘Slightly Weak Dark Magic Essence’ will be provided.]

[61,100 Credits (+14,100) have been provided.]

[Booster Applied Floors: 4/10 Floors]

[As a reward for first clearing the 119th Floor, ‘Slightly Weak Dark Magic Essence’ will be granted.]

The Credit Booster ran out midway, so I called Luster once.

Credit Boosters are still helpful.

Though it’s annoying to buy them every 10 floors.

‘The more Credits, the better. They’re a resource you can’t buy with money.’

The same goes for Items – more is always better.

Various Items dropped while clearing up to the 119th Floor.

Among them, three were noteworthy.

‘E-Rank Random Lucky Bag, E-Rank Random Skill Book, and…’

Four Random Orb Fragments.

Thanks to getting exactly four, I had the chance to draw a Random Orb.

‘What will come out? I should check now. I don’t want to do this in front of Hiromune and Weihao.’

I postponed the button asking if I wanted to return to Earth and opened my Inventory.

First, I’ll use the E-Rank Lucky Bag.

[Using Random Lucky Pouch (E).]

[Item ‘Magic Crystal Stone (E)’ has appeared. Congratulations!]

An E-Grade Magic Crystal Stone came out?

Looking at the Item Information.

[Magic Crystal Stone (E)]

―Classification: Personal Belongings

―Description: A stone condensed with numerous Magic Stones. Magic Stones can be extracted through special methods.

I had extracted Magic Stones from a Stone Monument before to get the 66th Floor Hidden Piece.

This is the same type of item.

‘Except that was F-Grade, while this is E-Grade.’

Using this, I can extract dozens of E-Grade Magic Stones.

Even selling it as is would be worth plenty.

‘How much value does this one hold?’

Wouldn’t it easily exceed a million dollars?

I was lucky.

Now to use the E-Grade Skill Book.

[Using Random Skill Book (E).]

[Skill ‘Battle Fever (E)’ has appeared. Congratulations!]

▷Battle Fever (E)

―Effect: When taking damage, temporarily forget pain and increase regeneration speed by 15%.

A decent passive skill came out.

‘Finally… the Random Orb.’

I combined the four fragments into one.

Flash!

A message appeared with brilliant light.

[4 Random Orb Fragments are being combined.]

[What type of Orb will appear is random.]

‘Don’t keep me in suspense, just reveal it!’

As if responding, the Orb’s light flashed.

[Creating an Orb randomly.]

[Item ‘Skill Enhancement Orb (S)’ has appeared. Congratulations!]

I hit the jackpot.

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