Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 126

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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 126

 

126. 100%

 

[You have absorbed karma.]

 

[76% until core completion….]

 

As I snapped Jo Seok Hyeon’s neck, my karma increased.

 

My gleaming eyes turned toward the next prey.

 

“What, what’s happening?”

 

“What was that breaking sound?”

 

“Why, why did the manager collapse?”

 

At first, the onlookers didn’t understand the situation.

 

But soon they grasped what had happened.

 

“The manager’s neck…!”

 

“A-Amon killed the manager!”

 

Then they looked at me approaching with eyes full of wariness.

 

I had no intention of engaging in trivial conversation like the dead Jo Seok Hyeon.

 

It was certain that these bastards had come here to commit crimes.

 

“King’s Army.”

 

At my single word, dozens of soldiers were summoned on both sides.

 

Their number reached over a hundred.

 

Thanks to raising my stats, the number of soldiers had increased.

 

“Kill them all.”

 

At my command, the soldiers charged forward without a word.

 

Slash!

 

The slaughter began with the beheading of the Apostle at the front.

 

Each armored soldier’s specs were above 100th Floor Apostle level.

 

The Apostles here couldn’t stop them even if they died and came back to life.

 

It was truly one-sided slaughter.

 

“P-please spare me….”

 

“Grrgh….”

 

“Ahhh….”

 

All kinds of groans and screams mixed together creating a cacophony.

 

If you closed your eyes and listened, it would remind you of Hell.

 

But if you opened your eyes and looked, it wasn’t such a tragic sight.

 

It was simply exterminating pests that harm others.

 

“Ugh….”

 

The noise that tickled my ears gradually subsided.

 

When it completely stopped, I finally took a step.

 

I reverse summoned my minions and checked each corpse one by one.

 

[You have absorbed karma.]

 

[77% until core completion….]

 

After absorbing the dark energy, I immediately moved to the next corpse.

 

I repeated the same task.

 

Just like looting items.

 

Someone might find it creepy, but I actually felt no emotion at all.

 

These were people who had already committed crimes.

 

There was no mercy or sympathy.

 

I had simply sent them to Hell before they could commit greater crimes.

 

[You have absorbed karma.]

 

[99% until core completion….]

 

When I looted the last corpse, my eyebrow twitched.

 

‘I’m one short.’

 

Coincidentally, 1% remained.

 

Just 1%.

 

If I had killed just one more person, I could have reached 100%.

 

How disappointing.

 

‘Wait, but why don’t I see Kim Ju-wan?’

 

Come to think of it, I hadn’t seen Kim Ju-wan when checking the corpses.

 

Was he hiding somewhere?

 

I slowly looked around and focused my senses.

 

Where are you, you little rat?

 

 

Kim Ju-wan was relieved.

 

That Amon had appeared at the location as promised.

 

“He really called Amon?”

 

“This bastard… it wasn’t bullshit?”

 

“Of course. Would I lie about something like this?”

 

“Hey, lucky you? You saved your life.”

 

That’s right.

 

If Amon hadn’t appeared, Kim Ju-wan might have been killed by the manager.

 

At the very least, he might have suffered a beating close to death.

 

While breathing a sigh of relief, his friends patted his back and congratulated him.

 

“Congratulations on surviving.”

 

“But how much are they giving you? They said they’d pay money if you brought Amon, right?”

 

“Uh, I don’t know exactly… but they said tens of millions of won?”

 

“Wow… that’s so nice.”

 

“Fuck, some people commit crimes and get five hundred each, but someone brings one person and gets tens of millions? Does that make sense?”

 

“Hey, it’s Amon. If you brought such a big shot, you should naturally get that kind of reward.”

 

“Still, don’t we deserve some share for helping recruit Amon?”

 

“Right. You’ll give us some cut too, right?”

 

“Ah, get lost! What did you guys even do!”

 

Pushing away his clinging friends, Kim Ju-wan looked at Amon and Jo Seok Hyeon.

 

The distance was too far to know what the two were talking about.

 

‘Somehow the atmosphere seems…’

 

It doesn’t look good.

 

“Hey. Want to grab a drink after work today?”

 

“You’re going to drink from dawn?”

 

“Yeah. Since we recruited Amon, we should naturally have a celebratory drink…”

 

Then, Kim Ju-wan caught sight of a scene.

 

‘Huh?’

 

Amon, who had instantly moved behind him, twisted the manager’s neck.

 

Crack!

 

The manager collapsed like a puppet with cut strings.

 

“Didn’t you hear that sound?”

 

“Huh? Why is the manager lying down?”

 

His friends couldn’t grasp the situation, but Kim Ju-wan saw it clearly.

 

‘He, he killed him. Amon killed the manager…!’

 

At that moment, his eyes met with Amon’s.

 

Despite the distance, he could feel the killing intent.

 

‘I, I have to run.’

 

Or I’ll die.

 

“Hey, run, run!”

 

“What?”

 

“Hey! Where are you going?”

 

Kim Ju-wan ran blindly.

 

Abandoning his friends.

 

He had to get as far away from Amon as possible.

 

While running, he looked back to see how much distance he’d gained.

 

“Huh?”

 

Soldiers who had appeared from nowhere were carrying out a massacre.

 

“Wh, what are these things?”

 

“Fuck, block them!”

 

“Ugh, aaaaah!”

 

His friends, who belatedly grasped the situation, also started running.

 

But.

 

Stab!

 

Seeing the spear that pierced through his friend’s chest, Kim Ju-wan couldn’t watch anymore.

 

“Joo, Joo Wan… gurgle…”

 

Leaving his friend’s death behind, he ran blindly.

 

Is this the time to worry about friends?

 

When everyone’s about to die?

 

‘I, I have to survive at least. Th, that’s right, isn’t it? Guys? You’d want that too, r, right?’

 

When I can barely take care of myself, who can I help?

 

I have to escape alone.

 

“Huff, huff.”

 

He ran and ran until his breath reached his throat.

 

If possible, it would be better to hide where there are many people.

 

Even Amon couldn’t openly kill in the middle of a crowd.

 

But there was something he overlooked.

 

‘Fuck, why is no one here!’

 

Since it was dawn, there were no people even in the city center.

 

Then he had to trust the CCTV.

 

At least with CCTV around, they couldn’t commit murder.

 

“Huff, huff… Am I alive? Gasp!”

 

He hastily covered his mouth.

 

He had just said words that should never be spoken aloud.

 

‘Hey, you bastard! You stupid fool! Why are you setting up a death flag!’

 

Usually in movies, when someone says something like this, something bad always happens.

 

He blamed himself and looked around at the situation.

 

“….”

 

Nothing happened.

 

There was no sign of anyone chasing him either.

 

‘I guess movies are just movies? Phew.’

 

He let out a sigh of relief and walked down the open street.

 

Though it was dawn, the brightly lit streetlights and store lights calmed his mind and body.

 

‘I finally escaped. From that hell.’

 

If he hadn’t noticed early, he wouldn’t have been able to escape like this.

 

Kim Ju-wan might have had his chest pierced just like his friends.

 

“Phew, thank goodness… urgh.”

 

Suddenly feeling pain, he looked down and saw a blade protruding from his chest.

 

Amon had appeared behind him at some point.

 

“Did you think I couldn’t kill you just because you were on the street?”

 

“Uh, uuurgh…”

 

Kim Ju-wan couldn’t even see his face.

 

Thud!

 

He collapsed under the streetlight.

 

 

After using Balance Gap to secretly follow and kill Kim Ju-wan, I looked up.

 

‘There’s a CCTV.’

 

It didn’t matter if there was one.

 

I had anticipated this and changed my face using Camouflage.

 

‘The CCTV will only see noise.’

 

By catching the one rat that escaped, I was able to reach 100%.

 

[Karma has been absorbed.]

 

[Core completion: 100%…]

 

Now, what’s going to happen?

 

This was something I’d been curious about all along.

 

I understood that killing Apostles gives karma.

 

But what is this core thing?

 

What happens when you complete this 100%?

 

To solve that mystery, I had killed all the Silver Apostles Society members.

 

‘I should get out of here first.’

 

I left Kim Ju-wan’s corpse behind and moved locations first.

 

I closed my eyes and arrived home using Instant Teleportation.

 

Since I couldn’t sense any mana in the house, it seemed Jason hadn’t come in yet.

 

Just as I thought it was fortunate that my blood-stained clothes wouldn’t be seen.

 

[Core has been completed.]

 

[Preparations to become a demigod are complete.]

 

‘What? Demigod?’

 

A demigod.

 

Surely this isn’t a joke?

 

[The core elevates the soul’s rank.]

 

“Urgh, uuurgh!”

 

An enormous pain made me groan involuntarily.

 

My head felt like it was splitting.

 

It felt like someone was hammering nails into my skull from all directions.

 

Even when Terra entered my body, I didn’t let out a single groan, but this was unbearable.

 

“Ugh, uuurgh!”

 

[Soul rank elevation: 1%…]

 

[Soul rank elevation: 2%…]

 

The progress gradually increased.

 

I wished it would go up faster, but it was slower than expected.

 

[Soul rank elevation: 99%…]

 

[Soul rank elevation: 100%…]

 

[Your rank has been elevated to demigod.]

 

When it finally reached 100%, my body was drenched in sweat.

 

“Huff, gasp… is it over now?”

 

Unfortunately, it wasn’t over yet.

 

[Based on the created core, you will transform into a demigod’s body.]

 

Crack!

 

“Guh!”

 

My muscles swelled and bones broke.

 

My organs burst and blood poured out from every opening.

 

My insides were thoroughly mixed up like a ruined cake.

 

Even as my organs twisted and I felt like dying, messages flickered before my eyes.

 

[Body improvement at 1%…]

 

[Body improvement at 2%…]

 

Organs and broken bones mixed together as my body became soft like dough.

 

What barely kept me from losing consciousness during all this was something called the core.

 

‘The core is protecting me.’

 

At the same time, it was transforming my body anew.

 

Into something befitting the level of my soul, something beyond human.

 

Crunch!

 

Crack!

 

Creak!

 

The percentage rose as I went through the process of breaking down and rebuilding.

 

[Body improvement at 99%…]

 

[Body improvement at 100%…]

 

[You have been reborn with a demigod’s body.]

 

It reached 100%, but I couldn’t feel relieved.

 

Something else might still happen.

 

But.

 

‘Nothing more? Is it over now?’

 

No messages appeared for a while, and when I thought everything was finished, I got up.

 

My entire body was soaked in some unknown liquid.

 

I couldn’t smell any stench, but it felt unpleasant.

 

“Thank goodness Jason isn’t home.”

 

I took off my clothes and went to shower first.

 

Looking in the mirror, strangely my skin was as smooth as a baby’s.

 

It was completely clear without even a single pimple.

 

Most of all, I had grown taller and my entire body had become muscular.

 

Whoosh—

 

I washed with cold water, but somehow I couldn’t feel the refreshing sensation of cold water.

 

‘It’s not even cold to begin with.’

 

It was the same when I switched to hot water.

 

I felt no sensation at all.

 

‘On top of that, my skin is as hard as stone.’

 

The biggest change was that I could feel mana as naturally as breathing.

 

It was completely different from before.

 

‘I’m certain.’

 

I could feel it.

 

That I had reached the realm of a demigod.

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