Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 175
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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 175
175. Weihao’s Suspicion
‘Luiker, was it?’
Weihao looked at the Death God Luiker with suspicious eyes.
‘You can summon a Death God with an Orb of Darkness?’
Something was strange.
Amon had clearly told him that he had attached a Death God to him, but there was an item that could summon a Death God like this?
‘Could it be… that Amon used this to summon the Death God?’
The Death God that Amon had summoned had once passed through and entered his body.
After that, it had disappeared without a trace.
Due to that performance, he had always thought that a Death God was watching him.
‘That was all an act? Using the Orb of Darkness?’
If that were the case, he couldn’t help but feel tremendous self-loathing.
Because it would mean he had stupidly fallen for Amon’s act.
‘But that’s strange?’
Weihao retraced his memories.
‘Amon had already reached the 160th Floor when he was threatening me with the Death God? From what I remember, he had only cleared up to the 69th Floor?’
The Orb of Darkness was a reward you could only receive after clearing the 160th Floor.
How could Amon, who had only reached the 69th Floor, already have had it?
Something didn’t add up.
It was impossible timing-wise.
“Death God.”
[What is it, human?]
Luiker looked down at Weihao with his skull face.
“Can you control a Death God at will using this?”
Weihao asked cautiously.
He was wondering if Amon might have used such an item to manipulate him.
Luiker sneered with his skull face.
[Kekeke, what ridiculous nonsense. Why would a Death God listen to the words of a human?]
“Then what were you summoned for?”
[I was simply summoned to provide services for the Dimensional Shop. My role is to help with transactions when the owner of this orb wants certain items.]
“Then, what if someone asked you to pretend to enter another person’s body?”
Luiker laughed with a kekeke sound.
[Would there be a Death God who would do such ridiculous antics? If there were, I’d laugh at them to my heart’s content!]
From his reaction, it didn’t seem like he was lying.
“Then let me ask something else.”
[What is it?]
“Isn’t there a way to obtain the Orb of Darkness faster?”
[Kekeke, why are you asking such a thing? It’s probably too late already.]
Luiker tilted his head.
[But since you’re curious, I’ll tell you. If you defeat the hidden boss on Floor 25, you can obtain the Orb of Darkness early.]
“On Floor 25?”
[That’s right. If you clear certain conditions, a hidden boss appears, and if you defeat it, you get the Orb of Darkness as a special reward. That’s all I know.]
Weihao’s heart began to beat rapidly.
‘What if Amon defeated the hidden boss on Floor 25?’
He could have summoned a Death God with the Orb of Darkness early on to deceive him.
‘What? He planted a Death God in my mind?’
He realized it too late.
That he had been completely fooled by Amon’s act.
‘There was never any Death God in my body to begin with!’
To restrain him from harming civilians, he had told this lie.
Knowing that he feared Death Gods, he had controlled him as he pleased!
“That bastard… how dare he make a fool of me?”
[What did you just say? Are you talking to me?]
The Death God looked at him with bewildered eyes, but Weihao was no longer afraid of the Death God.
“Get lost!”
As if he could make it disappear by will, Luiker vanished without saying a word.
“…It was nothing after all?”
Rage surged up within him.
All this time, suppressing his murderous urges had been pointless.
Like a fool, he had been restraining his desires by only killing monsters.
“I won’t do that anymore. I’ll kill anyone I want to kill.”
Weihao’s eyes turned cold.
The murderous urges he had suppressed for so long took control of his mind.
But at the same time, he had this thought.
‘What if what Amon said was true?’
What if there really was a Death God inside his body, really monitoring him to prevent him from harming civilians?
‘No, that can’t be. As I just saw, there’s an item that can summon the Death God, right?’
The evidence was insufficient, but his intuition was 100% certain.
Amon had used the Death God to toy with and deceive him.
Unlike himself, that guy was reluctant to harm civilians.
‘Disgusting bastard Amon. Acting all high and mighty when he’s a killer just like me. What’s he trying to distinguish? If you want to kill, just kill.’
The anger he had suppressed all this time erupted, and his rebellious feelings toward Amon soared to the extreme.
‘If I’m curious, I can just grab some passerby and experiment, right? To see if the soul really gets taken by the Death God or not.’
Weihao looked around.
Just then, a young woman was walking alone from across the street.
This was what he liked about Korea.
Even late at night, women would boldly walk the streets alone without fear.
Perfect for hunting prey.
But until now, he had been suppressing such urges.
Though after learning he could summon the Death God at will, there was no longer any need to hold back.
Click-clack, click-clack—
Thud, thud—
The walking woman sensed Weihao’s presence and quickened her pace.
Click-clack-click-clack-click—
Thud-thud-thud—
Weihao paid no mind and followed the woman.
When he openly stalked her, the woman finally felt a sense of crisis and started running.
So Weihao ran too.
In an instant, he grabbed her in the alley and covered her mouth.
“Kyaa— Mmph!”
Before the woman who couldn’t even scream, Weihao pulled out a dagger.
The surroundings were an alley with no witnesses—a perfect situation.
His suppressed murderous urges erupted, and euphoric dopamine burst forth.
A murder after such a long time.
If he just stabbed with this dagger from his Inventory, he could taste that pleasure.
“Farewell.”
“Mmph!”
He thrust the dagger toward the woman.
Ting!
“…?!”
Suddenly the dagger was blocked by a translucent Protective Barrier and bounced off.
A shield had been generated around the woman.
‘What, what is this?’
As Weihao was bewildered.
Whoosh!
Someone appeared with the wind.
And then.
Crack!
Clang!
His wrist twisted on its own and the dagger fell to the floor.
It all happened in an instant.
“Ugh…! What…”
“Hey.”
When he looked up at the cold voice, Amon was standing there.
He didn’t know when he had arrived, but that wasn’t what mattered right now.
His expression looked thoroughly angry.
“A-Amon…”
“Hey, you wanna die?”
Weihao’s face turned pale.
Having forgotten the pain in my wrist entirely.
Even before Weihao caused trouble, I had been monitoring him for quite some time.
The Orb of Darkness that everyone receives upon reaching the 160th Floor.
I had anticipated that Weihao would become suspicious if I summoned the Death God with that item.
‘As expected, he’s not deviating from my predictions.’
Weihao summoned the Death God with the Orb of Darkness and began asking various questions.
Whether he could control the Death God at will, if there was a way to obtain orbs faster, and so on.
All questions stemming from suspicion.
‘He’s suspicious of me.’
I had expected this would happen.
That’s why I timed it to coincide with his reaching the 160th Floor and began intensive surveillance with Parasite like this.
Since I didn’t know when he might reveal his true nature.
‘I thought he’d wait a bit longer, but he’s trying to test it right away.’
Weihao, who had been stalking a civilian woman, couldn’t contain his urges and rushed at her.
Having anticipated this would happen, I immediately took action.
‘Wind, Move.’
A skill that places a protective barrier on the target I think of while also providing instant teleportation.
Thanks to being enhanced to SS-rank, the casting time was drastically reduced from 30 seconds to 3 seconds.
Before long, I was able to arrive next to Weihao, who was about to stab the woman.
“Hey, you want to die?”
When I released my killing intent, his face was colored with panic.
It seemed he hadn’t expected me to appear.
“What are you doing right now?”
“Th-that’s not, no…”
Even though it must be painful with his wrist twisted by telekinesis, he continued to show signs of panic.
“I-I wasn’t going to do anything.”
“Cut the crap. You were trying to harm her just now.”
“N-no. I was just trying to threaten her…”
“That’s not true. You were really trying to test whether it would be okay to kill a civilian. You became suspicious after seeing me summon the Death God with the Orb of Darkness. Am I wrong?”
“How… how did you…?”
“I told you. I planted a Death God in your head.”
“That’s a lie…”
“Can’t believe it? Then shall I make you believe?”
While I was talking with Weihao, the victim hurriedly left the scene.
As soon as the witness disappeared, I lifted Weihao with telekinesis.
“Kugh!”
He struggled to break free, but it was useless.
He floated in the air, firmly caught by an invisible force.
“Kugh! Amon!”
He shot Grip of the Dead at me, putting up some resistance, but the stat difference was too great, so it had no effect whatsoever.
“Don’t waste your energy. Your telekinesis is just tickling to me.”
“Kuk… why are you doing this…”
“Why am I doing this? If you commit a crime, you receive punishment – isn’t that the way of the world?”
I secretly took out the Dimensional Orb from my Inventory.
And began my act.
“Luster. Come out.”
Black smoke swirled as the Death God appeared.
It was the same Death God that had been inside Weihao’s body.
[Master, did you call for me?]
“You saw it too, right? This bastard trying to harm a civilian.”
Though we had never made any prior arrangement, Luster was a perceptive Death God.
[Yes, I saw it. He was doing something very wicked indeed.]
Seeing how he responded with such a calm voice, he must have been quite afraid of getting beaten by me.
“I told you too, didn’t I? If Weihao tries to harm civilians, take his soul.”
[That’s correct.]
“Then, you’ll have to take this bastard’s soul to the Bottomless Pit, right?”
[Yes!]
“Open it right now. The Gates of the Abyss.”
[Understood.]
Luster opened the Gates of the Abyss that only Death Gods could open.
I used telekinesis to throw Weihao inside.
“Ugh, uaaahhh!”
With Weihao’s voice as the final sound, the Abyss Portal disappeared.
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