Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 128

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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 128

 

128. Labyrinth Underground 191st Floor

 

From the 180th floor to the 189th floor.

 

All missions went smoothly.

 

What could be difficult about just enduring for 1 hour?

 

The 190th floor after that was the same.

 

Trap missions could also be cleared without bloodshed by just choosing the correct answers.

 

[You have entered Labyrinth Underground 191st Floor.]

 

 

 

《Type: Trap》

 

《Condition: Alone without help from others》

 

《Mission: Find the exit.》

 

 

 

[You cannot go outside until you clear the mission.]

 

I proceeded the same way on the 191st floor.

 

As usual, I avoided doors with traps among the multiple doors and only broke through the correct answers.

 

However.

 

‘This is it.’

 

I smiled upon discovering a pattern I’d never seen before.

 

‘This is the door where the Hidden Piece appears.’

 

I recalled an interview with someone who had conquered the Hidden Piece on the 191st floor in the past.

 

-Trap missions had standardized patterns until now, so they were easy, right? They were shared a lot on ViewTube too. But on the 191st floor, a pattern I’d never seen before appeared. I entered out of curiosity and immediately…

 

‘They said they fell downward.’

 

If the interview wasn’t a lie, this place was the Hidden Piece location.

 

I opened the door and went inside.

 

As soon as I did, the floor suddenly gave way and my body fell.

 

I could have stopped using telekinesis or by spreading my wings, but I decided not to.

 

I had deliberately entered to obtain the Hidden Piece after all.

 

Splash!

 

Sewers with water flowing deep enough to submerge my ankles.

 

What I needed to do here was clear.

 

‘I have to defeat the monster. Using a specific skill.’

 

I had already copied that specific skill in advance.

 

Wasn’t I thorough in my preparations for obtaining Hidden Pieces?

 

“Kiaaaak!”

 

A terrible scream echoing through the sewers from ahead.

 

Something was approaching with splashing sounds.

 

“Grrrrr…”

 

“So it was you? The honey pot that gives Hidden Pieces?”

 

A grotesquely shaped monster large enough to fill the sewers walked over, drooling.

 

It had an appearance that would make anyone’s hair stand on end and knees go weak, but I felt no emotion whatsoever.

 

I could already gauge the difference in our abilities through the mana the opponent possessed.

 

‘It’s a one-shot deal.’

 

I had to kill that Chimera I’d never seen before, not even before my regression, to escape from the trap.

 

I could easily handle it even without a weapon, but how could I do that?

 

‘The Hidden Piece only appears if I kill it with a specific skill.’

 

What else would be the reason for deliberately falling into a trap?

 

I took out the Transformation Branch and converted it into a sword.

 

And then.

 

‘Lightning Spinning Slash.’

 

I imbued the sword with lightning and swung it.

 

Crackle!

 

“Ki, kieeeeeeek!”

 

The creature, burned by the electric current beyond recognition and turned to ash, melted away in the water current.

 

[Condition met! You have discovered a hidden skill.]

 

[You acquire the skill ‘Lightning Conversion (S)’.]

 

A Hidden Piece that only the Son of Thunder’s Apostle could obtain had come to me.

 

▷Lightning Conversion (S)

 

―Effect: Recovers health equal to 15% of damage dealt whenever inflicting electric attribute damage.

 

A skill that converts a certain percentage of damage into recovery.

 

With this, I wouldn’t need a separate heal.

 

‘They say attack is the best defense. This skill fits that saying perfectly.’

 

There was no chance of being attacked right now, but who knows about later?

 

Above all, I was aiming for a bloody battle with Amon.

 

‘I need to keep it just in case.’

 

Even if a skill seems useless, it’s better to have it than not.

 

Swoosh―

 

After defeating the Chimera, the location changed in an instant.

 

Back to before I fell into the trap.

 

I chose the correct door and cleared it smoothly.

 

‘Let’s finish up to the 199th floor like this.’

 

There was no one to stop my solo run.

 

 

[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 209th Floor!]

 

[You will receive ‘Slightly Weak Life Essence’ as a reward for clearing the 209th floor normally.]

 

From the 200th floor onwards, the modifier changed from ‘weak’ to ‘slightly weak’.

 

The stat reward that had been increasing by 6 also increased to 8.

 

‘Originally I planned to clear up to the 199th floor… but somehow I ended up here.’

 

The clearing speed was faster than expected.

 

So with time remaining, I cleared 10 more floors.

 

I finished at the 209th floor.

 

‘Next is a battle mission?’

 

I had been in the Labyrinth for quite a while, so I decided to stop and returned home.

 

Then Jason greeted me with a surprised expression.

 

“Huh? Tae Seong? When did you arrive? When I checked earlier, you weren’t in your room…?”

 

“I came through Spatial Movement.”

 

Fortunately, Jason didn’t seem to notice what had happened in this room.

 

‘Good thing I cleaned up before leaving, otherwise he would have been shocked.’

 

I didn’t want to show Jason the room covered in unknown waste products.

 

I also didn’t want to tell him that I had evolved into a demigod and been reborn with a new body.

 

However.

 

“Tae Seong… was your skin always this good?”

 

Jason, who had been examining my face closely, blinked his eyes.

 

“This is strange? Were you always this tall? Why do you seem taller than me? And what’s with your physique?”

 

I had hoped he would just overlook it, but that seemed to be too much to ask.

 

Physical changes are hard to hide.

 

‘It seems there are quite a few strange things from Jason’s perspective.’

 

Height, physique, muscles, skin.

 

Everything had changed.

 

As my soul’s level increased, my body as a vessel was adjusted accordingly.

 

Now even blades wouldn’t pierce my skin, and I wouldn’t get a scratch even if hit by a car.

 

Physical attacks couldn’t damage this body made of mana.

 

“Tae Seong… what on earth happened while I was away…”

 

“Nothing much happened. More importantly, where did you go?”

 

I brushed it off and asked about his recent activities.

 

“Ah, I went to do some clearing with the Supporters.”

 

“Up to which floor?”

 

“We finished up to the 49th floor.”

 

“You cleared quite a lot?”

 

“Compared to you clearing up to the 209th floor, it’s nothing.”

 

“You heard the message.”

 

Anyway, the 49th floor…

 

“The next floor is a battle?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

Would the supporters be able to handle the battle mission well?

 

“How many floors has Joshua cleared?”

 

“Well, I haven’t been able to meet him recently because he’s been busy…”

 

“Then would you like to go together? We can use the gymnasium too.”

 

“Ah, shall we?”

 

After sending Joshua a text to meet up, I opened a spatial movement door.

 

I could sell the D-Grade Magic Crystals I had collected and catch up on recent events.

 

“Wow, that was instant.”

 

Jason, who came to the gymnasium with me through Spatial Movement, picked up a spear as usual.

 

He seemed eager to receive instruction right away.

 

“You don’t give me a break. Alright. Let’s duel until Joshua arrives.”

 

“Yes, please take care of me.”

 

I continued the instructional duel while moderately controlling my strength.

 

Joshua had also texted that he would come, so he should arrive soon.

 

In the midst of that.

 

 

 

[The Three Gods of All Things say they have something curious to discuss.]

 

[Through the Divine Authority of Orcus, God of the Underworld, you can temporarily use the ‘Eternal Room’.]

 

[Would you like to enter the Eternal Room? Y/N]

 

An invitation message from the Three Gods arrived.

 

‘What was bound to come has come.’

 

Obviously they called because they’re curious about the demigod matter.

 

After all, they’re gods, so they wouldn’t be unaware that my soul’s rank had risen.

 

‘Alright, I’ll accept their invitation.’

 

I stopped the duel, saying I wanted to rest a bit, then pressed the accept button.

 

 

“You called for me? Three Gods?”

 

[….]

 

[….]

 

[….]

 

Given all the things I’d done, no one welcomed me, but the Three Gods seemed more tense than usual.

 

Even Kairos, who at least used to greet me, had a stiff expression today.

 

“What’s the matter?”

 

[We called because we have something to ask.]

 

“What is it?”

 

When I pretended not to know, they threw a fastball right away.

 

[Have you become a demigod?]

 

“A demigod?”

 

[Don’t play dumb. We saw everything that happened in your room.]

 

It seems they witnessed the process of my body transforming.

 

It doesn’t matter anyway.

 

“My body suddenly changed and my strength increased, but I’m not sure if I’m a demigod or what.”

 

I can just insist I don’t know about demigods.

 

It wasn’t the answer they wanted to hear, as the Three Gods’ expressions twisted like triplets.

 

[You’re saying you don’t know about demigods, right now?]

 

“Yes. I have no idea what you’re talking about…”

 

[Ah, seriously!]

 

Orcus, unable to listen anymore, interrupted.

 

[Regressor. Humans don’t know what state their souls are in. They’re ignorant beings with no awareness of their spiritual bodies.]

 

“Ignorant…?”

 

That’s kind of offensive as a human, isn’t it?

 

Oh, am I only half human now?

 

[But if you’ve become a demigod, that’s a different story. You’d immediately realize your soul is different from others. You’d be in an awakened state.]

 

“So what?”

 

[So don’t think you can deceive me, who governs the Underworld! I’m superior to anyone in matters dealing with souls!]

 

Orcus, who had shouted, asked again.

 

[You’re aware that you’ve become a demigod, aren’t you?]

 

Is there no way around this?

 

“Yes, I’m aware of it too. That I’ve become a demigod.”

 

[I knew it! I thought this would happen.]

 

[Tae Seong, why did you pretend not to know when you knew?]

 

[A mere human daring to lie before us. Are you now trying to openly deceive us?]

 

When my lie was exposed, the Three Gods became indignant.

 

Well, it was an expected reaction, so I wasn’t flustered.

 

I had countermeasures prepared too.

 

“Actually, there’s a good reason for that.”

 

[A reason? What would that be?]

 

“This happened in the past. As soon as I became a demigod, the gods invited me and asked. How could a human become a demigod? How could they awaken a Core?”

 

The gods focused more intently than ever on the Core story.

 

I had to suppress the laughter that was about to burst out at their reaction.

 

‘My prediction was right. The Three Gods don’t know either. The process of becoming a demigod.’

 

I had suspected this from the moment they called me here.

 

Why would the Three Gods have called me?

 

They must be curious about how I was able to become a demigod.

 

‘That means even the Three Gods don’t know. The reason I became a demigod.’

 

I had asked Orcus about it before.

 

About karma.

 

He didn’t react much then, but when I asked about the Core, Orcus was startled.

 

‘That’s when I knew. That the Core was something humans shouldn’t know about.’

 

Now I know.

 

That some power awakened the Core, and that made me a demigod.

 

And that the person who injected that power to awaken the Core was none other than Amon, the God of Destruction.

 

‘But the gods don’t know that fact.’

 

Aren’t they showing such interest and curiosity about awakening the Core and becoming a demigod in the first place?

 

‘Ignorant fools who know nothing.’

 

Of course, I don’t know either.

 

What power awakened the Core.

 

I only know that it was Amon who did it.

 

‘I can’t tell them such facts for free.’

 

As I delayed my answer, the gods asked anxiously.

 

[So? What happened?]

 

[What did our past selves do?]

 

[Hurry up and tell us, Tae Seong.]

 

“Sigh… Just know that something bad happened.”

 

[So that’s why you hid it? The fact that you became a demigod?]

 

“Yes. I couldn’t guarantee you wouldn’t show the same reaction this time either.”

 

[Then what about the Core? How did you awaken it?]

 

The God of the Underworld, who supposedly knows everything about souls, asked in an urgent tone.

 

In other words, proof that he knows nothing.

 

“Do you want to know how I awakened the Core?”

 

[Yes! Hurry up and tell us!]

 

[I want to know too. I heard humans can’t awaken their Core by themselves, so how did it happen?]

 

The Three Gods pressing me.

 

“Are you really curious?”

 

[Of course we are!]

 

[Why are you taking so long? Hurry up and tell us.]

 

I answered with a leisurely smile.

 

“If you give me Terra, I’ll tell you.”

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