Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 193

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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 193

193. The Labyrinth’s Designer

I wasn’t flustered by Amon’s answer.

It was something I had expected.

“You don’t remember, I see.”

[Right. You said it was before the regression? I don’t have memories from that time.]

“As I thought…”

[However.]

Amon raised his massive hand and stroked his chin.

[I can roughly guess.]

“Guess?”

[If it were me, I would have arranged for the core to awaken after seeing the potential of the first human to reach the 666th Floor.]

Amon’s yellow eyes gazed at me.

[Because I knew the Three Gods would make the human regress and go through the labyrinth again.]

“Are you saying the you from before the regression would have made me stronger? By awakening the core and creating the foundation for me to become a demigod?”

[That’s right.]

“But why? Why would you make me into a demigod?”

[Well…]

Amon’s mouth slowly opened.

[Because I wanted to escape from this damned prison.]

“Prison? This place?”

[You still don’t know anything.]

Amon slowly rose to his feet.

A massive shadow covered me, but I didn’t move an inch.

[I am the designer of the labyrinth.]

“Designer?”

[Yes. This isn’t the only labyrinth that exists. There are countless labyrinths throughout the universe. And each of those labyrinths has its own designer.]

So Amon was the designer who created the labyrinth.

That was information I already knew from what I’d heard through the Three Gods and the Administrators.

‘What they said was true.’

But I hadn’t heard about the purpose behind it.

“For what purpose did you create the labyrinth?”

[It was for the purpose of obtaining Divine Force. When you place this over planets where life forms live, they get caught like in a net and the labyrinth system begins.]

In other words, it was a system created to exploit Divine Force from living beings.

I listened silently to Amon’s words with coldly hardened eyes.

[We are designers and creators. We make mining sites called labyrinths and use them to extract Divine Force from living beings. Divine Force is energy that has the potential to become divine.]

“…”

[However, like all mining sites that are created, they can’t be perfect. Some mining sites break down before they can be used much, and some have poor productivity that doesn’t make financial sense.]

When Amon extended his hand into the air, red mana gathered to form a shape.

It was the sight of countless labyrinths floating in space.

[So beings are needed to operate and manage these labyrinths. Those are the Administrators. They install labyrinths on planets where life forms live and manage them to run at optimal efficiency. In return, they give us designers a certain percentage of the Divine Force.]

“What do you want to do with the Divine Force?”

[Didn’t I tell you? I want to become a god.]

Amon snorted as if I was asking something obvious and continued speaking.

[The Administrators want optimal labyrinths to obtain Divine Force. And I… finally created the optimal labyrinth.]

“The optimal labyrinth?”

[A perfect labyrinth where Apostles die moderately and survive moderately while continuously producing Divine Force.]

I was beginning to understand.

“You’re talking about this place you belong to?”

[That’s right.]

“Then the Administrators would have coveted your labyrinth.”

[To be precise, they stole it.]

Amon’s voice growled with anger.

[Originally, when designing a labyrinth, you must make a legitimate contract. The designer receives proper compensation, and the Administrator gains the right to operate the labyrinth. But perhaps the compensation I demanded was too great, so the Administrator chose a different path.]

“To seal you, you mean?”

At my words, Amon’s eyes widened in surprise.

[…You knew?]

“I heard it from Kairos. That they failed while trying to seal Amon.”

[That’s right. A Transcendent Spirit named Kairos came to seal me. Even though I was the designer, I was no match for someone backed by the Administrators.]

“So you took refuge in this labyrinth?”

Amon nodded.

[Yes. I sealed my soul in the 666th Floor, the deepest part of the labyrinth, and volunteered to become the final boss. Here, even the Administrators’ hands couldn’t reach me, so I’d be safe.]

Imprisoning his own soul and becoming the final boss?

For Amon, it was the best option.

Because he knew the Administrators wouldn’t destroy the labyrinth.

“You’d certainly be safe here. Though what’s the difference from being sealed?”

[There is a difference. Rather than being helplessly defeated by the Administrators, I can exert some power as the designer of this labyrinth. That’s why I called you here, isn’t it?]

“So… my coming here was all part of your design?”

[Something like that. I don’t remember, but I can guess from the circumstances.]

Amon continued slowly.

[You’re the first human to reach the 666th Floor. Even if you couldn’t kill me, that possibility alone would have been enough. The qualification to become a demigod.]

“…”

[If the me before regression awakened your core, there would have been only one reason. I hoped that a stronger you would return, kill me, and completely conquer the labyrinth. Fortunately, it seems my plan succeeded.]

“Wait, if you yourself wanted to die, why didn’t you offer your neck willingly on the 666th Floor before regression?”

[I don’t know what I was thinking then, but in this place, I have what amounts to an immortal body. Even if I offered my neck, I’d regenerate infinitely.]

Amon stroked his neck.

[The you of that time wouldn’t have had the power to take my life. No matter how much I wanted to die.]

Come to think of it, the Amon before regression had regenerated his arm in an instant.

Treating the wounds I’d desperately created as if they were mere jokes.

‘The me of that time was insufficient. No matter how willingly he offered his neck.’

Amon, who had imprisoned his own soul in the labyrinth to avoid the Administrators’ attack.

He used me to escape from his cage.

Seeing the potential of reaching the 666th Floor, he awakened the core hidden within a human and made them into a demigod.

Creating a countermeasure against the Administrators so they could properly ascend to the 666th Floor and completely conquer the labyrinth.

In short, my existence was the key to free Amon from his iron cage.

“You want the labyrinth to be completely conquered?”

[Yes. Only then can I be freed from this tiresome labyrinth and enjoy freedom.]

“If I kill you, the final boss, and conquer the labyrinth, what happens then?”

The corners of Amon’s mouth turned up.

He seemed pleased just imagining it.

[The labyrinth will disappear and the Administrators will no longer be able to mine Divine Force. And I’ll escape from here and be free.]

“What about the Apostles belonging to the labyrinth?”

[They’ll also be freed. Though they’ll lose all their power.]

Lose their power?

“Me too?”

[That’s right. Aren’t you also an Apostle belonging to the system?]

“…”

[Don’t feel too wronged. You’ll be returning to your original life.]

Original life.

A pathetic life where I was forced into exploitation and sacrifice, where I was nothing but weak.

Return to that time?

That’s not what I want.

“Isn’t there a way to destroy the labyrinth while preserving the power?”

[It’s power created by the labyrinth. How could such a thing be possible?]

“You wouldn’t have created this kind of power yourself. You only designed it.”

Using the labyrinth’s power to massacre the Administrators who manage the labyrinth?

It was as contradictory as a program attacking its programmer.

“There must definitely be a creator who made this system itself, right?”

[Ah, so that’s what you were asking. There definitely is one. The being called Creator God El.]

“Where is that guy?”

[I don’t know either. More importantly, there’s no time. Quickly kill me and finish the mission!]

I felt puzzled by Amon’s suddenly urgent appearance.

“No time?”

[I can sense the Administrators have met the Three Gods. They’re probably trying to use their Regression Magic to regress you.]

“Ah.”

[If that happens, everything returns to the starting point. Your memories will be preserved, but all the power you’ve built up will disappear, and I can’t guarantee the me from that time will awaken your core like now. So hurry!]

Amon’s words made sense.

But I calmly shook my head.

“Don’t worry. That won’t happen.”

[What? How can you be so sure?]

“Because I’ve already made arrangements.”

Amon looked at me with an anxious expression as I smiled.

The Eternal Room where the Three Gods resided.

That place, which had always been quiet, was now bustling with Administrators.

Nearly 30 Administrators surrounded the Three Gods.

[Three Gods. Listen.]

Ardiols commanded with blazing eyes.

[Regress the Demigod. Right now.]

It was also a threat.

You could tell just from how they came in such a mob.

Even one was scary, but all the Administrators came after them?

Among the Three Gods who hung their heads and froze like dead mice, Orcus answered with a trembling voice.

[I-impossible.]

[What?]

[We don’t have Terra. To perform regression, we need massive amounts of Terra from all three of us… but we have almost no Terra left now.]

[You’re short on Terra?]

The Administrators let out hollow laughs.

Their eyes showed disbelief.

[We know how precious you consider Terra, and what? You don’t have Terra?]

[Are you lying right now to take the Demigod’s side?]

[Right! Let’s check if you really don’t have any!]

Like thugs extorting money in an alley, the Administrators touched the Three Gods’ bodies and forcibly checked their information.

Soon surprise appeared in their eyes.

[Really… there’s barely a pittance left?]

[You guys, where the hell did you use all your Terra?]

[Th-that’s…]

Chronos sighed.

[The Demigod took it all.]

[W-we couldn’t help it either. We’re sorry.]

The Administrators’ brows trembled violently.

[No Terra? Then there’s no way!]

[F-for now, that’s…]

[No, there is a way.]

Then Ardiols interjected.

[We’ll provide the Terra, so regress the Demigod. Right now!]

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