Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 194

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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 194

194. One Who Would Become God

Even at Ardiols’ command, the Three Gods shook their heads.

[It’s impossible.]

[What?]

Ardiols glared with fury.

His form twisted and trembled with rage.

[I’m offering to give you Terra, so what’s impossible about it?]

[It must be Terra that we created ourselves…]

Orcus continued his explanation in a cowering posture.

[The Regression Magic only activates using naturally accumulated Terra. That’s the principle behind Regression Magic.]

[That’s correct. Just because someone gives it to us doesn’t mean infinite regression is possible. Only the Terra that we three have accumulated over a long time, and energy refined in a specific way, can serve as the power source for Regression Magic. That’s what makes Regression Magic special.]

Harmonion cautiously added.

Kairos also helped with the explanation.

[No matter how much Terra other Administrators bring us, it’s incompatible with our Regression Magic. It’s like… putting a different type of fuel into an engine, you could say.]

The Administrators’ faces contorted.

It was the moment their anticipated solution crumbled.

[Then there’s no way!?]

[Are we supposed to just sit back and watch?]

[Watch the Demigod completely conquer the Labyrinth?]

[This is ridiculous!]

The Administrators’ voices echoed through the Eternal Room.

Cries mixed with anger and frustration.

But they couldn’t directly stop the Demigod either.

Currently, he was on the 666th Floor where no one could interfere.

[Even though so many of us have gathered, we can’t do anything…]

[No…! The Divine Force Mining Site is going to disappear!]

Everyone shouted with dejected expressions.

The Three Gods watched the Administrators’ reactions while holding their breath.

They minimized their presence as much as possible, fearing they might become targets for venting anger.

After a long while passed like this, Ardiols slowly opened his mouth.

[There is one method.]

His voice breaking the silence was low and heavily sunken.

[What method?]

The Administrators all turned their heads toward Ardiols in unison.

Determination was settled in his eyes.

[Becoming a god.]

The Eternal Room was once again enveloped in silence.

The Administrators looked at each other as if trying to understand the meaning of those words.

[We join forces and become a god. That’s the only way to stop the Demigod.]

[Becoming a god… is that even possible?]

The Administrators expressed their doubts.

Becoming a god was their ultimate goal, but it was also a dream close to impossible.

However, Ardiols raised the corners of his mouth.

[We concentrate all the Divine Force we’ve gathered onto one person. Then, becoming a god isn’t impossible either.]

[Concentrate it all… on one person?]

Before the Administrators could continue their thoughts, Ardiols spoke decisively.

[How many Administrators are gathered here now? Twenty-eight. If we combine all the Divine Force we possess, we should be able to reach the realm of godhood.]

[Certainly…]

[It might be possible.]

His words had merit.

They fought each other to become gods, but if they united their will together, it was achievable.

But the problem was what came next.

Ardiols slowly looked around his surroundings and continued speaking.

[Give me your Divine Force. I’ll become a god and stop the Demigod.]

Instantly, the Eternal Room fell quiet.

The murmuring that had continued for a while was abruptly cut off.

The Administrators looked at each other’s reactions and showed reluctance.

[Give it all… to you?]

[That’s a bit…]

The Administrators hesitated.

It was a natural reaction.

What was the reason they had oppressed the life forms of the dimensional worlds and mined Divine Force all this time?

Wasn’t it because of their desire to become gods?

Of course, there had never been even the slightest plan to make another colleague into a god.

That’s why they competed with each other to collect Divine Force.

At his colleagues’ hesitant reaction, Ardiols’ eyebrows rose.

[Why? Don’t you want to give it to me?]

[Isn’t that obvious?]

[This is Divine Force we’ve painstakingly accumulated. Do you think handing it over would be as easy as it sounds?]

[Besides, there’s no guarantee you’ll become a god.]

If Ardiols became a god?

Their freedom would disappear completely.

It was obvious that Ardiols, having become a god, would reign like a king among the administrators.

And he wouldn’t let other administrators obtain Divine Force either.

There couldn’t be two gods under the sky.

Above all, Ardiols wasn’t leader material.

They had only followed his lead temporarily.

As their thoughts reached this point, opposition formed among the administrators.

[Let’s say you become a god. What happens after that? Will you help us become gods too?]

[Not a chance. You’d probably treat us like ordinary Transcendent Spirits and oppress us.]

Ardiols immediately protested against the negative words.

[That’s not true! If I become a god first, I promise I’ll help you all become gods next!]

[How ridiculous. You’d already be a god, so why would you bother helping us?]

[Would you even see us as comrades after we’ve lost our Divine Force?]

[You’d probably shut your mouth and betray us once you become a god.]

[No! That’s not true!]

Though Ardiols passionately argued his case, there wasn’t much he could do in a situation where distrust had already spread.

But then.

[Found you.]

A familiar voice echoed through the Eternal Room.

That deep, imposing voice everyone knew.

The administrators all turned their heads in unison.

[B-Beriak?]

A knight in black armor.

It was Beriak, who they thought had died.

[You… weren’t you dead?]

[How are you here…?]

The administrators looked at Beriak with bewildered expressions.

Red eyes gleamed brightly from beneath his helmet.

[Surprised?]

Beriak walked slowly forward.

The heavy sound of armor echoed through the Eternal Room.

[I was surprised too. I didn’t know I’d barely survive after coming so close to annihilation.]

[What are you talking about? You were definitely killed by the demigod…!]

[I didn’t die.]

Beriak raised his armored hand and tapped his helmet.

[I don’t die unless my head is completely annihilated. Simply cutting off my neck was the demigod’s mistake.]

[Really?]

[Wow… thank goodness! To survive after fighting the demigod and return like this!]

[Amazing…!]

Everyone was amazed, but the one most shocked by Beriak’s return was Hasaksios.

‘H-how is this possible? I clearly saw Beriak’s annihilation with my own two eyes…’

Was it really possible to revive like that just because only his neck was cut and his head wasn’t dealt with?

Hasaksios was confused, but something even more bewildering happened.

[Hasaksios.]

Beriak suddenly pointed at him and spoke.

[That bastard committed betrayal.]

[What?]

[What are you talking about?]

The administrators murmured.

[Hasaksios is on the demigod’s side. Killing Ditrit was also planned with the demigod. He executed a lure operation and delivered Ditrit to the demigod.]

[What…?]

[T-that can’t be!]

[Hasaksios was a traitor…?]

All the administrators’ gazes focused on Hasaksios at once.

[I knew it…!]

[Something about the way he was inciting us didn’t sit right with me!]

[He had ulterior motives all along!]

[Traitor!]

Everyone glared at Hasaksios with murderous eyes.

Hasaksios panicked and waved his tentacles in all directions.

His mind was in chaos.

[T-that’s a misunderstanding!]

Hasaksios desperately made excuses.

[I really tried to capture the demigod! But Ditrit rashly tried to kill the demigod…!]

[Shut up.]

Beriak swung his hand.

Black magic power lashed out like a whip and struck Hasaksios hard.

[Kragh!]

Several tentacles were severed and Hasaksios screamed.

The cut tentacles fell to the floor and writhed.

[Enough with the excuses.]

Beriak said coldly.

[Traitors deserve to die.]

[W-wait! Beriak! This is a misunderstanding!]

Hasaksios crawled backward on the floor, but Beriak slowly approached.

Then he stood tall before him and spoke in an arrogant voice.

[Don’t want to die?]

[O-of course not! I was wrong! So please spare me! I’m begging like this!]

[Then hand over your Divine Force.]

Hasaksios’s tentacles, which had been writhing frantically, hesitated.

Beriak looked around at the administrators.

[I heard the conversation you had earlier. You want to concentrate Divine Force on one person to become a god? What a wonderful idea. Having experienced it firsthand, that’s the only way to stop the Demigod. So here’s what I’m saying…]

And he declared.

[Concentrate the Divine Force on me. If someone must become a god, it should be me.]

His voice was arrogant and filled with absolute conviction.

[I’ve survived the longest and accumulated the most experience. I’ve fought the Demigod directly. I’ve grasped all of his tactics and abilities.]

The administrators murmured among themselves.

It was a reasonable argument.

[Concentrate the Divine Force on me. I’ll become a god and deal with the Demigod. And I’ll normalize both the Labyrinth and Divine Force mining.]

[Wait.]

Ardiols stepped forward.

His form was twisted with rage.

[Don’t you know that I led the administrators while you were gone?]

[So?]

[I’m the leader. Not a loser like you.]

The red glow beneath Beriak’s helmet shone even more intensely.

[A loser?]

[That’s right. What kind of leader talk is this from someone who made useless plans like the Earth invasion, got blocked, and was even defeated by the Demigod? You’re already finished.]

Ardiols’s voice was full of mockery.

[Do you know how much I accomplished while you were gone? Rallying the administrators, pressuring the Three Gods, devising countermeasures against the Demigod. I did everything. Not a loser like you.]

[Hah.]

Beriak snorted.

The sound echoed from within his helmet.

[Fine. Then prove it. Whether you really have the qualifications to be a leader.]

In an instant.

Crack!

Ardiols’s body was split in half.

Beriak’s sword had flashed past like lightning.

It was too fast to react to.

[Uh, uhhh…]

Ardiols’s spirit trembled as it lost its light.

Ardiols couldn’t even let out a death cry before completely disappearing.

He had been annihilated in a single strike.

[B-Beriak!?]

[To kill a fellow administrator!]

[Why on earth would you do that?]

The administrators recoiled in shock.

But Beriak spoke in an indifferent tone.

[Do you think someone who dies from one strike of my sword truly has the qualifications to be a leader?]

[…]

[Whatever the case, there shouldn’t be anyone opposing me now.]

The administrators fell silent.

Their expressions were filled with terror.

No one dared to step forward.

No one realized the truth.

That Beriak was the very Demigod they were searching for.

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