Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 141
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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 141
141. First Grand Arena
‘These are all completely weak-looking kids, aren’t they?’
Rabbit Folk with charming ears.
Cat People with a prim impression.
In other words, a rabbit and cat ended up as my teammates.
They’re small in stature and don’t look tough either.
“Oh, hello there!”
“Nice to meet you, meow.”
Two people(?) exchanging cheerful greetings in the waiting room.
“We’re on the same team, right?”
“But how do we do this, meow?”
They know nothing about the game, just as innocent as their impressions suggest.
‘Are these guys really the same MMR as me?’
I asked out of curiosity.
Since we can communicate through the system.
“What’s everyone’s arena record like?”
“Um, I have ■■ wins, ■■ losses!”
“Huh? What did you say, meow? I can’t hear you.”
“What’s your record, Cat Person?”
“Me? ■■ wins, ■■ losses, meow.”
“What did you say?”
“Can’t you hear me, meow?”
It’s filtered.
An intention to prevent important information from being exposed.
It would probably be the same for the Labyrinth.
Should I try asking once?
“Never mind the records, how did you get here? Do you have ■■ in your world too?”
“What did you just say?”
“What did you say we have, meow?”
What I said was Labyrinth.
As expected, information exchange is limited.
‘But it seems like their losses are in double digits…’
Is that how they made it this far?
MMR accumulates as you win and lose after all.
‘I can’t expect much from these two.’
I was planning to face three opponents by myself anyway.
Winning in combat isn’t difficult.
Still, I should explain the basics to kids who don’t know anything.
“This is everyone’s first Grand Arena, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then listen carefully. You’ve been doing 1v1 until now, but this is a 3v3 team battle. Fighting opponents is the same, but the goal isn’t kills. It’s destroying the Warp Gate deep in the enemy camp.”
“Meow.”
“So you need to balance attack and defense properly. We can’t let the enemy approach our Warp Gate.”
“Can’t we just kill them all?”
The Rabbit Folk’s words made me chuckle.
“Are you confident you can kill them?”
“Of course! I’m so fast and strong! Can’t you tell from how I made it this far?”
No, I can’t tell. Not at all.
“Confidence is good, but this is different from the arena you’ve done before. It’s a system where you revive even if you die.”
“Meow? Revival, you say, meow?”
Then light burst in the waiting room.
The environment changed in an instant.
“Huh?”
“Where is this, meow?”
We warped to a place thick with forest, and behind us was a massive portal.
“This is the Warp Gate. We have to prevent enemies from entering here.”
“I see.”
Then a message appeared before everyone’s eyes.
[Grand Arena will begin in 10 seconds.]
[10…]
“There’s no time for detailed explanations. Each of you take a lane.”
“A lane, meow?”
“You take top, you take bottom. Hurry!”
“Yes, okay!”
I sent the Rabbit Folk and Cat People to split between the two lanes.
‘I’ll take the jungle.’
I rushed into the central forest.
This distribution was more efficient after all.
‘There’s something I need to get first in the jungle.’
As I quickly pushed through the forest, I saw a large Crystal Statue.
It wasn’t activated yet, so it had no color.
Breaking that would give me a buff.
[Starting the Grand Arena!]
With the starting sound, the statue activated.
Crack!
I destroyed the statue with a bit of force.
Then.
[You have obtained the Essence of Surveillance.]
[All targets’ movements will be observed.]
[Lasts for 2 minutes and 30 seconds.]
[Remaining time: 149 seconds]
[Remaining time: 148 seconds]
…
…
It was an essence that could track all participants’ locations, a buff only obtainable in the Grand Arena.
‘This is the buff you must get first when entering the jungle.’
With this, I could check where opponents were moving even with my eyes closed.
It was practically like a map hack.
‘I need this to formulate strategies.’
But the opposing team also seemed to be new to the Grand Arena, as they didn’t seem to care about such things.
Seeing how they all deployed to the top lane.
‘Three people in top lane… Are they planning to break through one side?’
Instead of distributing like us, they were all clustered in the top lane?
Naturally, the other side would become vulnerable.
The path to the Warp Gate would be easily breached.
‘I should defend for now.’
I ran toward the top lane where the Rabbit Folk was.
It would be troublesome if one lane got breached.
“Bottom.”
―What’s this sound, meow?
“Cat Beastman!”
―Me, you’re talking to me, meow?
“Yeah.”
―How can I hear your voice? We can talk even from far away, meow?
―I can hear it too-yot. How fascinating-yot.
Like being connected through voice chat, we could talk even from a distance.
“That’s not what’s important. Right now, three people are going to the top lane.”
―What-yot? To my side-yot?
“Yeah. So in the meantime, Cat Beastman, you quickly destroy the tower and clear the path to the Warp Gate. That side is empty.”
―Got it, meow! Leave it to me, meow!
―What about me-yot!? I have to face three alone-yot?
“Why? Not confident? You said earlier you could kill them all.”
―Th-that was… a joke-yot!
“Don’t worry. I’m heading there for support now. I can already see it.”
Thanks to running quickly, I was able to reach the top tower without being late.
Just then, the three opponents had also arrived.
‘They all look terrifying.’
A Tiger Beast-man.
An Eight-legged Monster.
A Pumpkin-headed Alien, and so on.
Unlike our team, they all had menacing appearances overall.
Not that they were threatening though.
“What’s that guy? I thought there was only a rabbit.”
“He came out of the forest, didn’t he?”
“Kill that human too!”
As all three rushed at once, the Rabbit Folk panicked.
“Wh-what should I do-yot?”
“Just don’t engage them and stay back behind the tower.”
As he retreated as I instructed, the laser in the tower reacted.
Whirr, bzzzzt!
“Ah, hot!”
The Tiger Beast-man who had been charging forward couldn’t stand the heat and retreated.
“Ugh, graaah!”
The laser targeted the Eight-legged Monster.
When he retreated, this time the Pumpkin-headed Alien got burned.
“Gah!”
In the end, unable to withstand the tower’s laser, all three retreated.
They couldn’t even touch our side.
“The tower’s laser only activates when allies are present. If we just stick to the tower, we can block their approach.”
“Ooh! Is that so? So that’s why you placed one person per lane?”
“That’s right.”
Top, bottom, one person guarding each lane, and the remaining one roams the jungle giving orders.
This is the standard strategy of the Grand Arena.
“But don’t be too complacent. They might ignore the laser and charge in.”
“Ah, understood.”
While we were in this standoff, the Cat Beastman was happily demolishing the tower at bottom.
An undefended tower is like a perfect punching bag after all.
―Destroyed the tower, nya! Is it over now, nya?
“That’s the First Tower. There’s also a Second Tower, so finish destroying it.”
While communicating with the Cat Beastman, I saw one of the opponents entering the forest.
‘He’s planning to support bottom.’
He must have heard the First Tower destruction message.
‘I can’t let that happen.’
I used Time Acceleration to instantly block his path.
“Hik!?”
Crack!
[First Kill!]
[First kill bonus: All stats +5% increase]
When I crushed his head with telekinesis, the enemy teammates were shocked.
“Wh-what is that guy?”
“Why, why is he so strong?”
When I glared at them, the opponents flinched and stepped back.
“St-stick to the tower!”
Actually, I’m not afraid of towers.
I could take the laser hit and still kill all the enemies here.
But.
‘That would just make them respawn quickly.’
My role is to keep them pinned down here.
I need to buy time for the Cat Beastman to destroy the bottom First and Second Towers.
One person was unavoidable though.
‘He’ll respawn at the enemy base in 30 seconds.’
I could destroy the tower myself, but actually towers take the same damage regardless of who attacks them.
This is like a rule of the Grand Arena.
So it wouldn’t make a difference if I went.
It’s more efficient to tie them down like this.
Meanwhile.
―Destroyed the Second Tower too, nya!
The Cat Beastman’s communication came through.
“No, no! The Second Tower is destroyed too.”
“At this rate the Warp Gate will be destroyed too! Let’s go back!”
The two turned around to return to their base.
At that moment.
‘Time Stop.’
Briefly stopping the world, I quickly approached them and burst their heads.
Thud!
Splat!
And when Time Stop was released.
Zzing!
I had to endure the laser’s searing, but it wasn’t too painful.
I’m someone who endured the pain of Terra scratching my blood vessels, so this much is nothing.
“Rabbit! Follow me! We’re breaking through to the enemy base like this!”
“Huh? Yes!”
We ignored the towers and quickly headed toward the enemy base.
Tap tap tap!
His claim about being fast at running wasn’t boastful – the Rabbit Folk kept up with my speed well.
Whirrrr!
“I’ll tank for you, so hurry and get through!”
“Yes!”
Only after passing the Second Tower did the enemies respawn.
The Cat Beastman was already facing off against one of them.
“D-die, meow!”
“You damn cat!”
A battle between a Tiger Beast-man and a Cat Beast-man.
It was interesting, but I didn’t have time to watch.
Crack!
The Cat Beastman was startled when I burst the enemy’s head with Telekinesis.
“You can only attack the Warp Gate by destroying the Gate Controller here! Quickly destroy the controller first!”
“A-alright, meow!”
When the three of us worked together to destroy the controller, the shield surrounding the Warp Gate disappeared.
“Destroy the gate!”
“Yes!”
“Destroy it!”
Soon the enemy team respawned, but the gate was already on the verge of destruction.
“S-stop them!”
“No way!”
Watching them rush toward us, I grinned.
‘It’s already too late.’
Boom!
《Victory!》
《My MMR 1,945(+45) points》
[32 Win Streak Achieved!]
[Win Streak Bonus (+15) applied.]
[45 Battle Points acquired.]
And so I decorated my first Grand Arena with victory.
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