Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 179
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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 179
179. Dungeon Underground 600th Floor
[You have cleared Dungeon Underground 580th Floor!]
[You have cleared Dungeon Underground 581st Floor!]
[You have cleared Dungeon Underground 582nd Floor!]
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[You have cleared Dungeon Underground 589th Floor!]
It took a week to clear all the survival-type missions.
The time was long and the difficulty was at an absurd level, but it posed no threat to me whatsoever.
It just delayed me by a few days.
‘At my current level, even reaching the 666th Floor would be quick.’
[Would you like to descend to the next floor? Y/N]
[Selecting N will allow you to return to Earth.]
Before going to the 590th floor, I organized the items that had entered my Inventory.
Various miscellaneous items, SS-rank magic stones, and even Random Orb fragments.
‘If I piece all the fragments together, I could make about 30 of them?’
Being able to do 30 draws was something I couldn’t just pass up.
[4 Random Orb fragments are being combined.]
[What type of orb will appear is random.]
The results of 30 draws exceeded my expectations.
Credits, elixirs, potions, equipment, skill selection tickets, and more.
But among them, what satisfied me the most were the skill enhancement orbs.
And they were SS-rank ones at that.
‘Two SS-rank skill enhancement orbs came out.’
That meant I could evolve two skills to SSS-rank.
What would be good?
There were many skills currently stuck at SS-rank.
Parasite, Soul Strike, Clear Mind Like Still Water, King’s Army, Blood Supply, Cloud’s Protection, Breath of Regression, Balance Gap, and so on.
If I had to choose among these?
‘Parasite and Soul Strike would be better.’
With Parasite, I could copy more skills, and Soul Strike could deal damage to spiritual beings.
‘The Administrator appears to have a physical body on the surface, but you never know. Maybe I need to strike the soul to deal real damage.’
In my current situation where I have to fight the Administrator, I need to prepare for every possible scenario.
[Using Skill Enhancement Orb (SS).]
[Soul Strike’s rank has been enhanced from SS→SSS.]
▷Soul Strike (SSS)
―Effect: Strikes the opponent’s soul.
Looking at the description, the penalty of consuming one’s own life had disappeared.
‘This is good? If it doesn’t drain my life, I can use it freely, right?’
I was already wanting to test the power of Soul Strike, so I should try it once against the Administrator.
[Using Skill Enhancement Orb (SS).]
[Parasite’s rank has been enhanced from SS→SSS.]
▷Parasite (SSS)+7
―Effect: Plants parasitic organisms made of mana into targets (maximum 68). As long as the host doesn’t die or the parasitic organisms aren’t removed, you can permanently monitor the targets.
‘Enhancing Parasite also feels reassuring.’
The number of parasitic organisms doubled from 34 to 68.
That meant I could have 34 additional skills.
‘But even if I have many skills, it’s useless if I can’t use them at the right time.’
That’s why skill fusion is necessary.
A method of enhancing by fusing Support Skills into main skills.
‘Skill fusion can only be obtained through Achievements.’
Specifically, the Achievement reward from the 660th Floor.
I knew this well since I had gone there and obtained it myself.
‘So the more skills, the better. I can use them as materials for skill fusion.’
The skill enhancement orbs weren’t just these.
I used five S-rank skill enhancement orbs to upgrade S-rank skills to SS-rank.
[Using Skill Enhancement Orb (S).]
[Mind Control’s rank has been enhanced from S→SS.]
[Wanderlust’s rank has been enhanced from S→SS.]
[Lightning Substitution’s rank has been enhanced from S→SS.]
[Bite’s rank has been enhanced from S→SS.]
[Charge Thrust’s rank has been enhanced from S→SS.]
‘Now let’s enter the 590th floor.’
From the 590th to 599th floors are trap missions.
As expected, the missions were abnormally enhanced by the administrators’ interference, but it didn’t matter at all.
At my current level, I could easily clear even the 665th floor mission.
‘The God of Destruction Amon is… I don’t know. I’m still not certain.’
But what was certain was that if I met an administrator again, I was confident I could deal proper damage.
[You have entered Dungeon Underground 600th Floor.]
《Type: Rescue》
《Condition: Alone without help from others》
《Mission: Rescue the fellow Apostle in danger.》
[You cannot exit until you clear the mission.]
The same 600th floor mission as before.
I looked to see if anything had changed, but there was no difference.
‘Were they unable to modify the mission from the 600th floor onwards?’
Was it because this floor had active connections to dimensions?
I felt a bit relieved that it was the same as usual.
If there had been a condition prohibiting skill use, it would have been inconvenient when meeting an administrator.
‘There’s a high chance they’ll ambush me here again. The administrators always did that.’
Which administrator would appear this time?
While I was thinking about that, options appeared.
[Please select a rescue target.]
▶Dimension U―9422: Rescue 115th Floor Apostle
▶Dimension V―1891: Rescue 116th Floor Apostle
▶Dimension W―4975: Rescue 117th Floor Apostle
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‘It doesn’t matter which one I choose.’
It was a given fact that an administrator would come looking for me.
Sure enough, that guy appeared.
A monster in the form of just a floating head, in exactly the same appearance as before.
“Abysalon?”
[You remember my name, Demigod.]
“Of course. I also remember cracking your skull.”
[Kuk, this bastard…]
As if it was a memory he didn’t want to recall, Abysalon’s face contorted.
“But you look quite fine now?”
[Of course! What do you take an administrator’s recovery power for.]
“Then this time I’ll have to beat you to a pulp so you can’t even recover.”
At first, the existence called administrator seemed threatening, but not anymore.
I knew what level of power he possessed since I’d fought him several times.
‘There won’t be any need to run away like last time. With 18,000 Terra, I should be able to win easily.’
That was the reason I could speak with confidence.
However, there was one thing that worried me.
“Please save me! Help me!”
An Apostle was surrounded by monsters, pleading for help.
Did he read the look in my eyes?
[Why? Are you planning to clear the mission in advance like last time and use the system to escape? No way, absolutely not.]
As if intending to prevent me from clearing it at all, Abysalon blocked my path.
“Please save me! I don’t want to die! Ahhh!”
I couldn’t turn away from the voice I heard behind him.
‘Time Acceleration.’
My body moved at three times the speed in the slowed time.
I passed by Abysalon and ran straight toward the Apostle who was the mission target.
‘Dealing with Abysalon comes later. First, I’ll save the Apostle.’
If I saved the Apostle, the 600th floor mission would be cleared.
In case of a crisis, I could return to Earth, so this was the part that needed to be handled with top priority.
“Ah―ah―ahh―!”
The Apostle was already being bitten by monsters, but if I could just save his life, that would be enough.
I could regenerate severed limbs with Breath of Regression anyway.
[Whe―re―a―re―!]
Seeing me trying to save the Apostle, a laser shot out from Abysalon’s eyes.
The laser chasing through the slowed time wasn’t aimed at me.
It was aimed at the Apostle.
‘He’s planning to kill the Apostle to prevent me from clearing the mission.’
I didn’t really care about clearing it, but innocent victims shouldn’t have to suffer.
‘Damn, I’ll be too late.’
It seemed like the laser would burn the Apostle before I could reach him.
So I had no choice but to take out and use one of my Invincibility Cards.
‘Cloud’s Protection.’
The Invincibility Skill I cast was faster than the beam could reach.
Titititing!
As invincibility activated, the laser that had touched the Apostle’s body bounced off in all directions.
Ironically, this caused the monsters that had been trying to devour the Apostle to be torn to shreds by the laser.
Seeing this, the corners of Abysalon’s eyes rose.
[Ho, you cast invincibility in that instant? Just to protect that worthless human?]
The Apostle who received help seemed unaware of what had happened, but this wasn’t the time for that.
Time returned to normal.
“Run away quickly!”
The invincibility time was 5 seconds at most.
In that time, I had to eliminate Abysalon who was targeting the Apostle.
‘Time Stop.’
Leaping through the stopped time, I cast a skill.
‘Money Bundle Swing.’
A single attack skill that had been effective in previous battles.
But now it had risen to SSS-rank and was enhanced to +10, making it much stronger than before.
My bank account also had tens of trillions in cash.
‘If I do this right, I can kill him in one blow!’
The effect of swinging the money bundle appeared and struck Abysalon’s head.
Crack!
With the sound of something breaking, Abysalon’s head split in half.
Splat! Thud!
The head that had been floating in the air fell to the ground, split like a watermelon.
He was gone without even a scream.
“Did I get him?”
For a moment, I thought ‘oh no.’
I shouldn’t have said that.
[Kekekeke.]
Turning my head toward the voice I heard from somewhere, there was Abysalon.
However, unlike before, he was in a translucent state.
[Kekekeke! I’ve already figured out your attack pattern. I did well to escape from that shell early.]
“What? Did he use Spiritual Form?”
[Ho, you know well.]
“So that’s why you didn’t feel pain even when your face was split.”
[Kekekeke, that’s right! If I sever the connection with my physical body just before being attacked, there’s no pain to suffer in the first place! And you can’t attack me either!]
So that’s how it was.
In that case…
Tssss!
I took out the Lightning Spear and charged toward Abysalon.
I should test some skills while I’m at it.
However, Abysalon just sneered at me as I charged.
[Stupid demigod! Didn’t you hear what I just said? You can’t attack me!]
“Is that really so?”
I thrust the spear and used Soul Strike, enhanced to SSS-rank.
Then.
Thunk!
The spear pierced through as if stabbing something physical, even though he was in Spiritual Form.
Abysalon’s expression twisted horribly from unexpected pain.
[Guh, guaaaaaaah!]
Judging by the reaction, it seems to have worked perfectly.
‘This is quite effective?’
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