Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 189

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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 189

189. Lure Operation

Not long ago.

I made a sweet proposal to Hasaksios.

―Hasaksios. Don’t you want to take the leader position?

―L-leader position?

―Currently there’s no Abysalon and no Beriak, so isn’t it vacant? If you play your cards right, you could snatch that position.

―How so?

―Just do as I tell you.

What I asked Hasaksios to do was simple.

Use incitement to bring down Beriak and step forward to become the leader himself.

―B-but then the administrators will rebel, won’t they?

―Of course they will. Who would acknowledge a tentacle monster that got beaten by Amon as their leader?

―You’re too harsh.

―Don’t worry. When that happens, say this. That you’ll kill the demigod and come back. Ask if they’ll acknowledge you as leader then.

―D-demigod? You mean you, right?

―Yeah. Say you’ll kill me and bring back proof. Add some rage acting to it. Just taking that action alone is half the success.

―I-I don’t understand. That would make me leader?

―It will. Because I’m going to kill all the other administrators except you.

It wasn’t a bluff.

Currently, I have the power to kill the administrators.

I just can’t kill them because I haven’t been able to meet them.

―Tell me in detail. What exactly are you planning to do?

―After you boast about killing the demigod, you go back to the administrators and tell them. That you killed the demigod. Of course the administrators won’t believe you, right? Then you say you’ll show them his corpse, so come with you.

―Ah… So you’re telling me to lure the administrators to my space.

―Right. If you just do that, I’ll take care of all the administrators. Then you can become the sole administrator. A true Primordial Administrator.

―Primordial… Administrator…

Hasaksios seemed hooked on those words.

He accepted immediately and returned having completed his mission so splendidly.

“You acted properly without any awkwardness, right?”

[Of course! Everyone seemed skeptical when I said I’d kill the demigod!]

“As expected.”

[What should I do now? What’s the next step?]

“Go back and tell the administrators. That you killed the demigod. That you’ll show them proof.”

[Will they all come over?]

“Most won’t believe it. But they’ll be curious, so a few will want to check.”

[Isn’t it bad if only a few are lured?]

“It doesn’t matter. Once I show those guys proof, the other administrators will believe it afterward.”

[How will you show them proof? Are you going to pretend to be dead?]

“I was thinking of that… but looking at it, acting while alive would be more convincing than pretending to be dead.”

[What kind of acting again?]

Instead of answering, I looked at Hasaksios.

“Hey. Let’s practice some acting chemistry with me.”

The Administrators’ Space was bustling.

They were preoccupied with talk about Hasaksios, who had left a little while ago.

[Can Hasaksios really kill the demigod?]

[No way. It’s obviously a lie.]

[He’s a guy who got beaten by the demigod, so how?]

[Right. A coward like him.]

The administrators didn’t believe what Hasaksios had said.

His boast about killing the demigod.

It only sounded like empty bravado.

[With Beriak nowhere to be seen, he’s probably making a fuss trying to aim for the leader position in this situation.]

[Exactly. It’s utterly disgraceful.]

It was while the administrators were chattering and mocking.

[Guys!]

Hasaksios appeared in a hurry.

He looked excited, waving his tentacles in all directions.

[I caught the demigod!]

[What?]

[What kind of nonsense is that?]

The administrators all looked at Hasaksios at once.

Their expressions showed disbelief.

Hasaksios put on a passionate performance to lure the administrators.

[I’m telling you it’s true, so go check! If you go to my dwelling, the demigod is tied up there!]

[Ha! Are you mocking us right now?]

[That’s quite a joke.]

The administrators scoffed.

Hasaksios caught the demigod?

The demigod who even killed Abysalon?

[Explain how you caught him.]

[I used his weakness – his companions. I captured his most precious companion and threatened to kill them, so he finally surrendered crying! My perfect strategy worked, didn’t it?]

The administrators looked suspiciously at Hasaksios as he spoke proudly.

Their expressions showed complete disbelief.

[If you don’t believe it, come see for yourself! Which administrator will follow me to my dwelling? Raise your hand!]

Hasaksios shouted, but the administrators remained silent.

They just glanced at each other, with no one stepping forward.

[….]

Silence flowed.

Hasaksios’s tentacles drooped.

Was it really not going to work?

That’s when it happened.

[I’ll go take a look.]

One administrator raised their hand.

It was Ditrit.

[Ditrit?]

[I don’t have anything to do anyway, so let’s just check. There’s no way he actually caught the demigod.]

Ditrit stood up with a sneer.

[Good! Then follow me!]

Hasaksios led the way to his space.

Ditrit followed behind.

Although only one administrator agreed to follow, it was fine.

This was all within expectations.

‘If I convince Ditrit, the other administrators will believe too.’

The administrators didn’t believe Hasaksios’s words, but Ditrit was different.

If Ditrit told the administrators that he had caught the demigod?

They would all want to come see the demigod like watching a monkey in a zoo.

And then.

‘The demigod will sweep them all away.’

If things went that way, he could become the only administrator.

In a way, he would be the Primordial Administrator.

Since all the other administrators would be dead, who would know if he packaged himself as primordial?

‘I just need to act well. Just act.’

With that thought, Hasaksios guided Ditrit to his dwelling.

Ditrit, who had followed Hasaksios into the dimensional crevice.

He looked around the space with a sneer.

[This is your dwelling? The space isn’t even big and it’s quite shabby.]

[….]

[So, where’s this demigod you caught? As expected, there’s nothing….]

Ditrit’s gaze suddenly stopped as he looked around.

A human was kneeling alone in the dark space.

[Is that the one?]

[Yes. That’s the demigod I told you about.]

As they approached, Lee Tae Seong, who had been quietly bound by black tentacles, raised his head.

“What? Did you bring a friend?”

Lee Tae Seong glanced at Ditrit then turned his head away.

Just as Hasaksios said, he was in a docile state showing no fighting spirit.

[From the aura I sense, he’s definitely a demigod. Did you really catch him, Hasaksios?]

[I told you I did. Can’t you see?]

[How exactly?]

[I told you I caught his weakness. Look.]

Hasaksios approached Lee Tae Seong and poked his head with his tentacles.

[Look. Even when I provoke him like this, he just stays still.]

“Stop it.”

Lee Tae Seong glared with venomous eyes, but Hasaksios sneered and poked even harder than before.

[What are you going to do if a nobody like you glares at me? Huh? You’re just a prisoner I caught.]

“You bastard….”

[Oh? Not lowering your eyes? Don’t tell me you want to see the death of that human you love so much? What was her name, Park Se Hee? That female human’s life is in my hands.]

“Grr….”

Seeing Lee Tae Seong restraining his anger with self-control, Ditrit couldn’t help but believe.

[So it was true. You captured the demigod.]

[Kekeke, I told you so. Do you believe me now?]

Hasaksios triumphantly waved his tentacles and Ditrit nodded his head.

[Hasaksios… I acknowledge it. Your strategy definitely seems to have worked. Much better than Abysalon or Beriak.]

[Re, really?]

[Yes. The results proved it.]

Hasaksios’s tentacles trembled as he didn’t know what to do with himself from the praise.

[Th, then…]

[You wouldn’t be lacking to take the leader position.]

[Ke, kehaha…!]

[However.]

Ditrit’s words cut off Hasaksios’s laughter.

[You’ll need to get the consent of the other administrators.]

[Haha, ri, right. Of course we should. Let’s quickly bring the other administrators.]

Hasaksios said excitedly.

But Ditrit’s thoughts were different.

[No, wait.]

[Huh?]

Ditrit looked down at Lee Tae Seong and said.

[We need to kill this guy before we go.]

[What?]

Hasaksios’s tentacles flinched.

[Why would we keep a dangerous element alive and take him with us? We should kill him right now.]

[Bu, but it wouldn’t be dangerous to just leave him alive…?]

[No. It’s better to eliminate variables. What if this guy escapes? What would we do then?]

Hasaksios waved his tentacles as if such a thing would never happen.

[Don’t worry! He can’t escape anyway since he doesn’t have dimensional movement technique. And as long as I hold a hostage, he can’t resist!]

[Still, I don’t see any reason to keep him alive. The administrators will acknowledge your achievement just by showing them the corpse. So it would be more comfortable to kill him here.]

Ditrit’s words also had merit.

The demigod was already an existence that had killed Abysalon.

Keeping him alive was dangerous.

[I’ll do the killing.]

Ditrit raised his hand.

Black magic power began gathering at his fingertips.

[Wa, wait! Ditrit!]

Hasaksios tried to stop him, but it was already too late.

[Die, demigod.]

Ditrit’s magic power flew toward Lee Tae Seong.

At that moment.

[!?]

Lee Tae Seong disappeared from before their eyes.

Only severed tentacles remained where he had been.

[Wha, what? Where did he go?]

“I’m right here.”

Lee Tae Seong appeared behind them and grabbed Ditrit’s head with telekinesis.

Crack!

The headless body collapsed to the floor with a thud.

But Ditrit was an administrator.

He wouldn’t die just from losing his physical body.

The problem was that someone capable of annihilating even souls was right before him.

[Ho, how is this possible? Weren’t you tied up!?]

“That?”

Tsssts!

Lee Tae Seong pulled out his Lightning Spear and said.

“It was all acting.”

[This can’t be. Then it was a trap… Gueek!]

Ditrit’s soul, pierced by the spear, let out a death rattle and stopped moving.

Lee Tae Seong watched his slowly disappearing spirit form with indifferent eyes.

“Hasaksios. Change of plans.”

[Huh?]

“I’ll handle the Administrators myself.”

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