Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 187

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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 187

187. Final Sponsorship

‘Before receiving the final sponsorship, should I try making some orbs first?’

Perhaps because the floors had gotten higher, pieces and fragments no longer dropped.

Every time I cleared a floor, a Random Orb was given as a reward.

Thanks to that, I had accumulated many orbs.

‘The pieces are already assembled, so I just need to use them.’

I took out an orb from my Inventory and tried using it.

[Using Random Orb.]

[What type of orb will appear is random.]

[Item ‘Skill Enhancement Orb (S)’ has appeared. Congratulations!]

Since it was random, what came out varied each time, but today somehow Skill Enhancement Orbs mainly appeared.

A-rank ones came out, and S-rank ones too.

But SS-rank ones didn’t come out easily.

‘That’s natural. It’s the ultimate enhancement that can upgrade to SSS-rank.’

Still, I had hoped one would come out at least once, but in the end, no SS-rank appeared.

‘It’s fine. I got plenty of lower-tier Enhancement Orbs.’

With these, I upgraded numerous A-rank skills to S-rank.

[Using Skill Enhancement Orb (A).]

[Darkness Synchronization’s rank has been enhanced from A→S.]

[Hatred’s rank has been enhanced from A→S.]

[Flight’s rank has been enhanced from A→S.]

[Camouflage’s rank has been enhanced from A→S.]

There were no more A-rank skills left.

I had made them all S-rank.

‘Now should I try making them SS-rank?’

I enhanced S-rank skills to SS-rank.

Since I had plenty of S-rank Skill Enhancement Orbs too.

However, I couldn’t enhance all skills and had to be selective.

‘What should I do?’

All my current main skills were already enhanced.

Time Stop, Soul Strike, Parasite, Grip of the Dead, Money Bundle Swing, etc.

They were all SSS-rank, and some I had even invested BP to make +10.

Enhancing them further wouldn’t have much meaning.

‘No, it’s not meaningless. I can do [Skill Fusion] with the Achievement I get from the 660th Floor.’

The higher the rank, the better fusion material they became, so enhancing skills wasn’t entirely meaningless.

It’s just that since they would be combined through fusion anyway, it didn’t matter which ones I enhanced.

‘If it doesn’t matter what I enhance… should I go with something I’ve never enhanced before?’

Before regression, I didn’t have Skill Copy.

I had never possessed this many skills, nor enhanced them.

So I didn’t know all the effects after enhancement.

‘There are a few skills I’m curious about how they change when enhanced.’

First, the Flight Skill.

I used the orb without hesitation.

[Using Skill Enhancement Orb (S).]

[Flight’s rank has been enhanced from S→SS.]

▷Flight (SS)

―Effect: Wings appear on your back. When spread, you can fly in the sky. A protective barrier activates immediately upon use, making you invincible for 3 seconds.

‘Ah… the invincibility time increased.’

A-rank was 1 second, S-rank was 2 seconds.

By becoming SS-rank, the invincibility time increased to 3 seconds.

It wasn’t bad, but it was a bit disappointing that there were no other additional effects.

‘Now let’s try Camouflage.’

I was curious about this one too.

At A-rank, it had the effect of changing faces to lower recognition probability.

When enhanced to S-rank this time, that effect was greatly strengthened.

‘If this becomes SS-rank?’

Unable to contain my curiosity, I used the orb.

[Using Skill Enhancement Orb (S).]

[Camouflage’s rank has been enhanced from S→SS.]

▷Camouflage (SS)

―Effect: You can freely change your face and body to any desired appearance. Your own kind will absolutely never recognize your true form.

The result exceeded expectations.

‘Wow, what? I can freely change my body too?’

I immediately tested it out.

Swoosh!

“Oh!”

I couldn’t help but exclaim out loud.

My height stretched out exactly as I had imagined.

If before only my face could be transformed, now even my body was possible.

‘This is exactly like customizing a character’s body in a game, isn’t it?’

I could make my body muscular or make it small like a dwarf.

‘If this gets enhanced to SSS-rank? I wonder how it would change?’

Would there be additional options when enhanced?

I couldn’t help but be curious.

‘Now let’s go receive sponsorship.’

The tediously boring Eternal Room.

There was no entertainment for the Three Gods in that place.

They could only look down and observe the Apostles with their divine eyes.

If they could form raid parties and give various orders, there would at least be the fun of raising them, but those plans had all fallen through.

Because of Lee Tae Seong.

So they had no choice but to be bored, but….

[An Administrator is dead!]

[What?]

Thanks to their finest Apostle they were raising, there was no way they could be bored.

[Wh-what do you mean? Orcus? An Administrator is dead?]

[The Regressor said it not long ago. That he smashed the Primordial Administrator’s head. I couldn’t believe it, so I asked a soul I know to look into it, and apparently a Demigod really did kill a head monster recently.]

[By Demigod you mean… you’re talking about Tae Seong? And the head monster is Abysalon….]

[Is it really true? Orcus?]

[I’m telling you it is! It’s reliable information I heard through several souls!]

The news Orcus brought was shocking.

Naturally, the other gods reacted with disbelief.

[But Abysalon is the Primordial Administrator. How could a mere Demigod defeat such a being….]

[I don’t know either! But they saw it clearly! Him being annihilated!]

[Haha… When he said he killed an Administrator, I thought it was just empty boasting… but it was true?]

Even the Three Gods couldn’t observe every corner of the world.

They could only check what happened on Earth or in the Labyrinth.

Places like Interdimensional Space or crevices were beyond their sight.

That’s why they couldn’t monitor Lee Tae Seong in real time either.

[So that’s why we haven’t seen him lately… he was going around hunting Administrators?]

[He’s crazy, absolutely crazy.]

Though they called themselves gods, in truth, the Administrators were beings of a higher dimension than the Three Gods.

They were gathering energy called Divine Force through the Labyrinth to become true gods.

In other words, the Labyrinth was a mining site and the Apostles were workers.

The Three Gods were merely high-ranking souls supervising the Labyrinth under the Administrators’ orders.

That’s why the Administrator’s annihilation came as a shock to the Three Gods.

It was something they simply couldn’t believe.

To the Three Gods, the Administrators were no different from gods.

[Tae Seong was… that strong?]

[That human will come to receive his final sponsorship soon….]

[We need to watch our words. If we don’t want to be annihilated too….]

Harmonion turned his gaze to Orcus as he said this.

[Hey, why are you looking at me?]

[Orcus, among the three of us, you’re the one with the roughest mouth.]

[That’s right. If you don’t want to be annihilated, you’d better be careful.]

When Kairos joined in, Orcus’s eyes became bloodshot.

[Hey you bastard! Kairos. Are you in any position to interfere and boss me around right now? You tiny thing without any Terra!]

[….]

Having had his Terra taken by Lee Tae Seong and other gods, Kairos had shrunk to one-tenth his original size.

Compared to the other gods, he was no different from a dwarf.

[Come to think of it, why are you naturally butting into our conversation? You traitor who sided with the Administrators?]

[That’s right. Shouldn’t we change the name from Three Gods to Two Gods while we’re at it?]

[….]

Having committed sins, Kairos couldn’t dare argue back.

Then, someone appeared, breaking the awkward silence.

“Hello, Three Gods. Oh wait, you’re not gods but just ordinary souls now, aren’t you?”

Ordinary souls?

Normally Orcus would have argued against those words, but.

[….]

Right now he kept his mouth tightly shut and remained silent.

There was no point in arguing since it would only cost me Terra.

Above all, there was nothing good about getting on the bad side of Lee Tae Seong, who had annihilated an Administrator.

However.

“Huh? Why is the atmosphere like this?”

Lee Tae Seong was simply puzzled by the Gods’ uncharacteristic reaction.

“Why isn’t everyone arguing back? Shouldn’t you be raging about blasphemy and whatnot? Lord Orcus?”

When he asked pointedly, Orcus was flustered.

[Ah, y-yes, that’s right. Haha.]

“Why are you laughing? Was what I said funny?”

[….]

The atmosphere became even heavier than before.

“Three Gods. I thought you were gods. No, it would be fair to consider you gods. To humans, you’re no different from divine beings. But….”

Lee Tae Seong lowered his voice and added weight to his words.

“You’re not gods, are you? You’re nothing more than supervisors overseeing workers in a mining operation. Not gods, but souls that are just slightly different in rank.”

[How did you….]

“I heard it all from Hasaksios. Did you think I wouldn’t know?”

Lee Tae Seong sighed and began his act.

“Hah… This is really ridiculous. I thought you were incredibly powerful beings since you were called the Three Gods, but it turns out you’re souls no different from Transcendent Spirits.”

[….]

“Do you know how betrayed I feel right now? You probably don’t, right? Haah….”

[S-sorry. We didn’t intend to deceive you.]

Kairos, who was afraid of getting caught in the crossfire, cautiously apologized.

Taking that as a cue, the other Gods also mustered their courage.

[Did that upset you? S-sorry.]

[I’m sorry too… Everyone who’s human wants to be called a god, right? We also had that feeling….]

“God? I have no desire to be called that. Humans don’t claim to be gods. Why are you generalizing? Spirit of Balance?”

[Spirit…?]

Harmonion was demoted from god to spirit.

Thinking this was their chance, the Gods attacked.

[R-right, Harmonion! Do you think all humans are like you? Humans don’t want to become gods.]

[That’s right. Isn’t that just your personal opinion, Harmonion? Don’t lump us all together with you.]

[You, you bastards….]

Harmonion, who always maintained composure, glared with bulging eyes.

“Don’t fight among yourselves.”

Lee Tae Seong, who was mediating, got to the main point.

“You know why I came here, right?”

[We know. Isn’t it because of sponsorship?]

“Yes. I came to receive my final sponsorship after completing the Floor 640 conquest, but I’m in a very bad mood, you know? I feel so betrayed that… phew….”

[We’ll cheer you up.]

[Right, since you came for sponsorship anyway, we should give it to you. How much Terra do you need? Just say it.]

[It was originally 900, right? Since it’s the last time, how about 1,000?]

They said this intending to cheer him up, but Lee Tae Seong’s expression wasn’t good.

“Are you trying to cheer me up by raising it by a mere 100?”

[T-then how much do you want….]

Lee Tae Seong spread his fingers wide.

“Give me 5,000 Terra each.”

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