Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 140
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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 140
140. Powerball Jackpot
“What? A scam?”
“That’s right. Now you’re trying to scam even your father?”
Has he been living his whole life being deceived?
Henry, who knew I was really Amon, felt frustrated.
“Why would I scam my father? This person really is Amon!”
“Stop lying! Why would Amon be at our house?”
“He came all the way here to recruit me, right? Amon!”
I nodded, but Henry’s father still had a distrustful expression.
“You’re saying you’re Amon? Not a scammer?”
Oh dear.
I convinced Henry, but how do I convince his father now?
Do I need to clear another labyrinth?
“Father! You heard the clear messages ring ten times recently, right?”
“You mean clearing up to Floor 289? I saw those messages too.”
“That was Amon who just did it! I saw the messages pop up every time I went in and out of the sinkhole!”
“Must be some trick!”
Even with Henry stepping in, persuasion doesn’t look easy.
“Even if you really are Amon, why do you want to recruit my son?”
“Henry is a talent essential to our Amon Guild.”
“How do you know that without ever contacting Henry?”
Henry also seemed curious about that part as he turned his head toward me.
“Do you know what sponsoring spirit Henry has?”
“I do. It’s the God of the Underworld, isn’t it.”
“Henry, did you tell him?”
“What? No, I didn’t say anything at all. How did you…”
Henry also looked surprised.
Still, his father remained unconvinced.
‘I have no choice then. I’ll have to use that method.’
When people are distrustful?
You just need to prove it.
“Actually, I have a skill that lets me see the future.”
“The future?”
“I saw the future and figured out that Henry is an outstanding Apostle. That’s how I could come here without any contact.”
“Ha!”
Henry’s father let out a hollow laugh as if it sounded ridiculous.
“That’s nonsense. If there was a skill to see the future, everyone would become millionaires!”
“That’s why I became a millionaire.”
At my words, his father’s eyes widened.
“You’re saying you’re a millionaire?”
“Yes. Strictly speaking, you could say I’m a billionaire.”
Regardless of whether I was Amon or not, his father’s eyes changed at the mention of being a billionaire.
Until just now he saw me as a scammer, but suddenly hearing I had a lot of money, he seemed to perceive me as upper class.
“A tycoon? Which country’s which conglomerate?”
“My nationality is Korean, but I don’t belong to any corporation.”
“Then? You’re saying you’re self-made?”
“Yes. I sold magic crystals and recipes and made money here and there.”
I guess I need to prove how much money I have.
I opened an overseas app and showed him my account balance.
[USD 81,890,000.00]
“Whoa!”
His father’s eyes widened at the enormous number.
“You’re holding 80 million dollars in cash…”
Having close to 150 billion won in Korean currency seemed to shock him quite a bit.
“Do you believe me now?”
“Ahem, I’ll believe that you’re wealthy.”
His tone of speech changed.
But.
“Still, it doesn’t seem to reach the level of a billionaire though?”
His eyes still weren’t trusting.
“You’re right. To be called a billionaire, I’d need to have trillions. However.”
I pulled out a piece of paper from my pocket.
“Having this, I thought I was sufficiently in the ranks of billionaires.”
“That’s… the American lottery Powerball?”
“You know it. This is a lottery worth 5.4 trillion won.”
“Su, surely! You won first place?”
“I haven’t won yet, but I will soon. I saw the future.”
At those words, his father frowned again.
He couldn’t believe my words at face value.
Not until he saw proof.
“Henry. When is the Powerball drawing?”
“Tomorrow dawn, US time.”
“If that’s really a first-place lottery ticket, I’ll believe it. That you have a Future Sight Skill. That you’re Amon too.”
“Yes. You’ll be able to tell the next day.”
3:50 AM.
Henry’s father, William Pemberton, somehow couldn’t fall asleep.
While thinking Amon’s words were absurd, part of him wanted to confirm if they were true.
‘The drawing is at 4 AM, right?’
He quietly got up and headed to the TV.
He had heard from Henry yesterday that they do live streaming on ViewTube.
“Huh? Father, you’re awake?”
“….”
Father and son met in front of the TV.
Soon William smiled awkwardly.
“You got up to check too.”
“Of course.”
“Honestly, you don’t believe the Amon thing either, right?”
“No. I believe it. But I’m curious, you know. Whether he’ll really win.”
“Right, it is curious.”
“The prize money alone is a whopping 3 billion dollars. The moment he wins, Amon will be ranked among the world’s richest!”
“Be quiet. It’s starting now.”
At 4 o’clock, the host in the studio begins the live drawing.
Inside a giant transparent orb, balls with numbers spun rapidly.
“The first number is… 17!”
“The second number… 23!”
“The third… 34!”
They drew the Powerball numbers until the end.
William looked at Henry.
“What were the numbers that person told you?”
“Wow…”
“Henry.”
“Ah, all the numbers he told me matched. Wow, jackpot! I think I won first place!”
“Let me see.”
William also checked the numbers on the note Amon had written.
Each number matched perfectly.
“Th, this can’t be…”
“Do you believe it now, Father?”
William had no choice but to nod.
“He really was someone who could see the future.”
“You believe he’s Amon too, right?”
“Of course I do.”
“Then, joining the guild? You’ll allow it, right?”
William nodded up and down again.
“I’ll allow it. You don’t have to do management.”
With that famous Amon, my son’s life will be smooth sailing too.
After the Powerball drawing, Henry contacted me.
His father had given permission.
‘Finally shed the stigma of being a fraud.’
Successfully recruited the former Twelve Apostles 5th and 6th ranks.
Now what I had to do was claim the prize money.
I visited the Lottery Office in Washington State where I had bought the ticket and went through the claiming process.
“First, congratulations on winning first place in our Powerball, customer. Before claiming, we need to verify your ID. Could you show it to us?”
I handed over the ID card with the three characters Lee Tae Seong written on it, and soon had to choose between two options.
“There’s a lump sum and annuity option. Which would you like us to help you with?”
Lump sum is receiving it all at once.
Annuity is receiving it split quarterly every year for 29 years.
Of course lump sum was better, but instead you only get 60%.
‘Still, it can’t be helped. I have no choice but to take the lump sum.’
Anyway, the reason I need money is to strengthen the Money Bundle Swing skill.
I need to get stronger quickly to reach the 666th Floor, so there’s no reason to receive it over 29 years.
“Lump sum, please.”
Eventually, I received 1.8 billion dollars, which was 60% of the prize money.
After taxes were deducted, I actually received about 1.3 billion dollars.
That’s over 2.34 trillion won in actual take-home amount.
With this much money, I could probably knock anyone out with a Money Bundle hit.
‘Now that preparations are complete, I should enter Arena Battle.’
My body soon fell into the Sinkhole.
[You have entered Labyrinth Underground Floor 290.]
From Floor 290 to 299th Floor is battle type.
I could clear them the same way as before, but there’s one major change.
‘The 3v3 rule gets added.’
Sure enough.
《Type: Battle》
《Condition: Alone without help from others》
《Mission: Win twice in Arena Battle.》
[You cannot exit until the mission is cleared.]
The mission had changed.
Originally it was “win in 1v1 battle,” but now it changed to winning twice.
‘One 1v1 battle win, and one 3v3 battle win – I need to win both.’
In other words, I need to secure victory in each mode, but 3v3 has many variables.
Teammates are randomly selected based on MMR, and if there’s someone weak among them, it becomes difficult to win.
‘If even one of the three can’t fight well, the win rate drops drastically.’
That’s why it’s not easy to raise your score after Floor 290.
Of course, 1v1 is no problem at all.
[Matching opponent found!]
[Your duel opponent will appear before you in 10 seconds.]
[Prepare for battle.]
[10…]
[3…]
[2…]
[1…]
[Begin duel!]
[Time remaining until duel ends: 9 minutes 59 seconds]
As soon as it started, my body reached right in front of my opponent like lightning.
“Krik?”
The surprised squid-eyed monster soon.
Crack!
Got hit by Money Bundle Swing Skill and was completely destroyed in one shot.
《Victory!》
《My MMR 1,900(+30) points》
[31 consecutive wins achieved!]
[Win streak bonus (+10) applied.]
[30 Battle Points acquired.]
[Arena Battle rank has risen from Hero→Supreme.]
When MMR reaches 1,900 points, you rise to Supreme rank.
‘Before Regression, Supreme rank was my limit, but I achieved it quickly.’
Is this the effect of consecutive wins?
I came this far without losing even once.
‘Surely my win streak won’t break in the 3v3 duel?’
I need to get good teammates.
I said that, but I wasn’t worried.
So what if my teammates are bad.
I’ll just kill them all myself.
Honestly, right now I’m confident I could win even if multiple opponents came at me.
[First Grand Arena entry confirmed.]
[Grand Arena Battle Rules]
1. This is a 3v3 matching battle.
2. Wounds are replaced by light, but pain is the same as reality.
3. Time limit is 20 minutes, and overtime results in a draw.
4. Victory condition is destroying the enemy camp’s Warp Gate.
5. Victory gives 1.5x points and BP, defeat causes point loss.
[Starting Grand Arena.]
[Beginning random matching with participants of similar MMR scores.]
[Please wait a moment.]
Before long.
[Team member matching successful.]
[Match opponent found!]
[Moving to battlefield.]
After moving to the battlefield, I was left speechless when I saw my teammates.
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