Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 157
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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 157
157. Labyrinth Underground 449th Floor
[You have entered Labyrinth Underground 441st Floor.]
《Type: Rescue》
《Condition: Alone without help from others》
《Mission: Save the fellow Apostle in danger.》
[You cannot leave until you clear the mission.]
This time it was also a rescue mission.
Up to the 449th Floor, everything would proceed this way.
[Please select a rescue target.]
▶Dimension K―4421: Rescue 97th Floor Apostle
▶Dimension L―8832: Rescue 98th Floor Apostle
▶Dimension M―2213: Rescue 99th Floor Apostle
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This time there were also multiple options.
From the 97th Floor to the 111th Floor.
But once again.
[God of Time ‘Kairos’ recommends Dimension M―2213.]
That familiar message arrived.
[He says the 99th Floor Apostle there is in a very critical situation.]
[He warns that it will be truly dangerous if you don’t go now.]
Kairos interfering again.
On the previous floor, he had recommended a specific dimension in exactly the same way.
‘Why does he keep doing things he never did before?’
They say when someone starts doing things they never did, it’s time for them to die.
‘This feels fishy.’
There’s definitely some ulterior motive.
With such suspicion, I made a different choice.
‘Dimension H―9956.’
I selected the 105th Floor Apostle rescue mission.
It was the complete opposite of what Kairos had recommended.
[Moving to Dimension H―9956.]
[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 441st Floor!]
What awaited me after completing the rescue mission and returning in 5 minutes was a message from Kairos.
[God of Time ‘Kairos’ asks why you didn’t do as instructed.]
[He questions why you chose somewhere else when he told you to go to Dimension M―2213.]
The exact same reaction as before.
I’m now certain there’s definitely something going on.
So.
“Oh my, I pressed the wrong button again. My mistake.”
I made the exact same excuse as before.
But it seems he doesn’t want to be fooled twice.
Since Kairos was pressing the issue.
[God of Time ‘Kairos’ says it makes no sense for you to make touch mistakes.]
[He suspects that with a Demigod’s body, you couldn’t make such mistakes.]
This time he came at me more directly.
Then should I also ask him directly?
“What about you, Lord Kairos? Why are you suddenly interfering with the Labyrinth conquest? You who used to just stand back and watch.”
After a brief silence, a message appeared.
[God of Time ‘Kairos’ says he wanted to help humans.]
“You wanted to help humans? Until now, you didn’t care whether humans lived or died.”
[God of Time ‘Kairos’ hastily explains that’s not the case.]
[He makes excuses that there were originally rules against interference.]
“Ah? So you wanted to help badly enough to break the rules? Why? Did you suddenly develop compassion and start feeling sorry for humans?”
There was no answer.
As if searching for some excuse, no messages came up for a while.
Feeling frustrated, I asked directly.
“You don’t happen to have some other purpose for trying to send me to a specific floor, do you?”
The silence grew longer.
Soon an answer came.
[The God of Time ‘Kairos’ lets out a deep sigh and tells you to do whatever you want.]
[He says that if you complain even when he helps, he promises not to interfere anymore.]
That was the last message.
In the end, he left in a huff.
Considering Kairos’s petty personality, it was understandable but….
‘I couldn’t figure out what kind of trap he was planning.’
What was certain was that he wanted me to move to a specific floor.
It was still suspicious, but I had to continue conquering the Labyrinth for now.
[Would you like to go down to the next floor? Y/N]
[If you select N, you can return to Earth.]
I pressed Y and entered the 442nd Floor.
In the Dimensional Gap, Administrator Hasaksios let out an angry voice.
[Why didn’t he come to the promised floor?]
Kairos lowered his head as if ashamed.
[I’m sorry…. Tae Seong chose a different floor again this time.]
[So?]
[When I asked, he said it was a mistake, but… I think it was intentional. He deliberately chose the opposite of the floor I recommended….]
[Wasn’t your role to prevent that from happening?]
[…I’m, I’m ashamed.]
The Administrator looked down at Kairos with contemptuous eyes.
[Of course. When have you ever properly done what you were told? We’re in this mess because you couldn’t even seal Amon.]
[….]
Kairos’s expression hardened.
His failure to seal was his fatal weakness.
[The other Gods don’t know that this mess is because of you, right? What if they found out? Would there really be a place for you among the Three Gods’ reputation?]
[I’m, I’m sorry… Please don’t mention that….]
Watching the groveling Kairos, the Administrator smiled.
Satisfaction rose within him.
[If you don’t want your shame exposed, do your job properly.]
[I, I understand. I’ll try to guide Tae Seong to the designated floor once more….]
[Forget it. Do you think I’d entrust you with something that’s already failed twice?]
[….]
Losing the Administrator’s trust?
For Kairos, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Perhaps that’s why his expression became even more rigid than before.
[I’ll find where he’ll appear myself. Until then, just keep up the act of being a good member of the Three Gods and perform your duties well. Understood?]
[Yes….]
[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 442nd Floor!]
[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 443rd Floor!]
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[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 448th Floor!]
The rescue missions were all similar.
I was given choices of which dimension to enter, then went there to save Apostles in danger.
It was truly simple, but there was a concerning part.
Since these floors involved frequent dimensional travel, I might encounter the Administrator.
However, I didn’t meet the Administrator until I reached the 449th Floor.
‘Kairos was probably trying to connect me with the Administrator.’
Otherwise, why would he specifically designate a particular floor for me to enter?
Even bringing up humanity that didn’t make sense?
‘The Three Gods feeling sympathy for humans? That’s ridiculous.’
Just as humans don’t worry about ants.
To the Three Gods, humans are nothing more than ant-like beings.
‘If I had gone to the floor Kairos designated, the Administrator would have ambushed me.’
It was fortunate I avoided the trap.
Now I should clear the 449th Floor and go to the 450th Floor for Arena Battle.
‘At least there, he won’t be able to touch me.’
Based on his past actions, it seems the Administrator can’t freely travel between dimensions at will.
If that weren’t the case, he would have come back to ambush me long ago.
There would have been no need to uselessly employ Kairos either.
‘Ha, I had my suspicions but… to think Kairos and the Administrator were in cahoots.’
I had never trusted the Three Gods even once, but the fact that they were in league with the Administrator made reality even more bleak.
‘I should squeeze as much as I can out of Terra.’
Since it’s come to this, I need to suck up every bit of sweetness I can get from the Three Gods.
That way it’ll be easier to deal with the Administrator.
[Please select a rescue target.]
▶Dimension N―5523 : 103rd Floor Apostle Rescue
▶Dimension O―7841 : 104th Floor Apostle Rescue
▶Dimension P―9162 : 105th Floor Apostle Rescue
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Time to choose on the 449th Floor.
I selected Dimension N―5523 at the top.
[Moving to Dimension N―5523.]
The dimension changed and I arrived at the 103rd Floor Forest.
A Foreign Apostle was surrounded by Dark Elves, fighting desperately.
“Huff… huff…”
His whole body was already covered in wounds, barely holding on.
But even that wouldn’t last much longer.
Dark Elves had already gathered like clouds.
“Get lost.”
With a single gesture from me, the Dark Elves collapsed one after another.
Crackle crackle!
I summoned a Tree Branch transformed into a sword and cast Lightning Spinning Slash.
Rumble!
The surroundings were devastated and the Dark Elves turned to dust.
Not a single one left.
“H-how did this…”
The Man tried to understand the current situation with a dumbfounded expression.
But there was no need to understand.
What mattered more was that his life was preserved.
For me too, what mattered more was that I had cleared the mission.
[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 449th Floor!]
I was satisfied as I received the reward.
[We meet again.]
A cold voice came from behind.
When I turned around, the Tentacle Monster was floating in the air.
If only a few tentacles were visible before, now it was revealing its entire body.
‘Just how many legs does it have? It looks like at least over a hundred?’
Its size was quite large too, resembling the form of a Kraken from imagination.
[Demigod Lee Tae Seong. Do you know how much I’ve wanted to find you?]
‘I know. You set a trap using Kairos.’
But I deliberately pretended not to know.
There was no need to tell it the information I had.
“I don’t know. Do you have something to say to me?”
[If I do? Will you answer?]
“Yeah, I’ll answer what I can.”
The tentacles that had been writhing threateningly stopped moving.
It seemed to have changed its mind at my positive response.
[Hmm, good. It would be nice to satisfy my curiosity before getting down to business.]
“What are you curious about?”
[How did a mere human become a demigod?]
So that’s what it was curious about?
At the fact that there was something even the Administrator didn’t know, I couldn’t help but chuckle.
[Why do you laugh?]
“Ah, sorry. Did that upset you?”
[Answer me.]
“I awakened my Core.”
[So how exactly?]
“Well. What do you think I did?”
It was wordplay.
To buy time.
The Administrator must have known this too, as his expression changed.
His eyes bulging even more menacingly.
[Are you mocking me right now?]
“Well. Am I mocking you? Or not?”
[You bastaaaard!]
Dozens of tentacles rushed toward me.
They were too fast to dodge, but fortunately I had time to use a skill.
‘Time Stop.’
Time froze.
I had learned this when we met before.
That even the Administrator couldn’t escape the effects of time.
However.
‘There’s no need to take unnecessary risks.’
Though I wanted to fight the Administrator, it wasn’t time yet.
[Would you like to descend to the Next Floor? Y/N]
[Selecting N will allow you to return to Earth.]
I touched the screen that had appeared earlier.
At that moment.
Kwaaaaang!
An explosive sound rang out.
‘Is he dead?’
Administrator Hasaksios waited for the dust to settle.
He didn’t feel anything caught in his tentacles, but perhaps the human had died without being able to respond at all.
Like a bug.
Soon the dust cleared and Hasaksios couldn’t help but be flustered.
[Wh-where did he go?]
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