Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 199

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Skill Devouring Up to Floor 666 Episode 199

199. Complete Labyrinth Conquest

[What…?]

I tried to escape from the prison called the Labyrinth, but now someone wants me to become their servant?

‘That can’t happen.’

Since it’s come to this, I have to kill him.

That damn fake god!

[Kruooooo!]

Enormous mana exploded.

Amon charged forward in a final desperate struggle.

However.

[It’s a useless effort.]

Before Amon could even approach Lee Tae Seong, his arms and legs were severed.

Puhwaak!

Blood spurted as he fell pathetically to the floor.

[Kugh. A wound like this will heal quickly…]

He tried to regenerate, but it was useless.

His mana was completely blocked by an even greater power.

Despite his title as the God of Destruction, Amon could do nothing before Lee Tae Seong.

[How pathetic.]

With just a glance from Lee Tae Seong, Amon’s limbs were severed.

[Kraaak!]

The pain of his soul being torn was incomparably more terrible than physical pain.

[Kughh…!]

Lee Tae Seong stood before the tattered Amon.

Fear overwhelmed Amon as he trembled and spoke.

[Ple… Please… spare me.]

[I told you. I won’t kill you.]

Lee Tae Seong extended his hand.

The Absolute God’s Authority completely dominated Amon’s mind.

[From now on, you work for me.]

[I will… follow your orders…]

[First, I need to clear the Labyrinth. So die once.]

As Lee Tae Seong extended his hand, Amon’s body exploded like a bomb.

Kwaaaaang―!

[The Labyrinth has been completely conquered!]

[Final boss ‘Amon’ has been subdued!]

[The Labyrinth is collapsing!]

The 666th Floor began to shake.

[The System is disappearing!]

Cracks appeared in the cavity and soon the ceiling came crashing down.

The complete conquest of the 666th Floor that couldn’t be achieved even before regression.

It was accomplished simply by killing Amon.

‘Somehow it feels anticlimactic.’

To think I dealt with Amon, who was once difficult to even cut an arm from, with just a speck of power.

Of course, Amon wasn’t completely annihilated.

He only lost his body; his soul was floating in the void.

However.

Charreuk!

[The, the binding is being released!]

The Soul Chains that had been restraining Amon were being released one by one.

Amon, who became the Labyrinth’s boss himself to avoid the Administrators.

It was the moment he would escape from the prison called the Labyrinth, just as he had wished.

But.

‘I can’t stand to see that happen.’

I caught Amon’s soul with Divine Power.

[What!?]

[Congratulations on being freed from your binding, Amon. But you’re not going anywhere.]

[…?]

[Because you have to become my subordinate forever.]

The Domination Power imbued with the Absolute God’s Authority completely seized control of Amon’s soul.

[Please give me… your orders… Master…]

Amon bowed his head with a lifeless voice.

The being once called the God of Destruction had become my servant.

[Good. Follow my commands along with Hasaksios.]

[I will… obey your orders…]

Leaving the collapsing labyrinth behind, I tore through space.

There were more souls to dominate.

The Eternal Room.

Kairos, Orcus, Harmonion.

The Three Gods were looking at each other in silence.

It was the aftermath of the scene that had unfolded earlier.

[For the Administrators to suddenly barge in like that… how bewildering.]

[I never expected them to demand we use Regression Magic out of nowhere.]

[They seemed to be trying to deal with the Regressor… but they can’t even use it since all the Terra was stolen anyway.]

[Exactly.]

But what was even more absurd was the incident that occurred afterward.

The incident where the Black Armored Administrator appeared and completely annihilated all the other Administrators.

It was nothing short of bewildering, like a storm had passed through.

[What the hell was that Administrator?]

[I don’t know. They were killing each other and causing chaos…]

[Whatever it was, I just hope we don’t get caught up in it!]

[What if…]

Kairos cautiously spoke up.

[What if all the Administrators have been annihilated? Are we free now?]

[Hmm… probably?]

[Then we don’t have to participate as Sponsoring Spirits in the labyrinth anymore.]

The Three Gods had lived under the Administrators’ oppression for a long time.

Perhaps because of that, the sudden freedom they found was rather frightening.

Then.

Riiip—

Space tore open and someone appeared.

A familiar face—it was Lee Tae Seong.

[The Regressor…?]

Kairos muttered with wary eyes.

But.

[How have you been? Three Gods?]

The voice was different.

It wasn’t a human voice.

It was a divine voice that resonated through space itself, imprinted upon the world.

[…!]

The Three Gods stiffened simultaneously.

[This is…]

[A god’s voice, isn’t it?]

[No, it feels like something beyond a god…]

It was definitely a god’s voice, but with a higher rank than that, though they had never heard such a voice before.

The questions stuck in the Three Gods’ minds were soon answered through Lee Tae Seong’s mouth.

[That’s right. I became a god. An Absolute God, no less.]

[A-Absolute God?]

[The highest existence among gods…?]

[That’s impossible…!]

Shock filled the Three Gods’ faces one by one.

A being who had been a demigod had awakened as an Absolute God.

And in just a few hours at that.

[Curious? How this was possible.]

Lee Tae Seong slowly approached.

The Three Gods instinctively shrank back.

[I killed El. Then I was able to steal his power and take all his authority as well. I also annihilated all the Administrators.]

[Wh-what do you mean…!]

[You killed the Creator God? Is that even possible?]

At Orcus’s words, Lee Tae Seong nodded.

[It was possible. I actually killed him, after all.]

[…]

At the calm answer, Orcus was left speechless.

Then Kairos remembered something.

[Wait, didn’t that Black Armored knight kill all the Administrators earlier?]

[That’s right. The Administrators were killed by another Administrator.]

[Oh, that?]

Lee Tae Seong answered calmly once again.

[That was me.]

[What?]

[I disguised myself as Beriak using a skill called Camouflage. Like this.]

Lee Tae Seong boldly changed his appearance before them.

As he transformed into a knight in black armor, the Three Gods simultaneously opened their mouths.

To think he could change the form of his soul.

Since only the soul’s form could be maintained in the Eternal Room, they had been completely fooled.

[Th-then the massacre of the Administrators too…]

[It was all done by the Regressor.]

[No, not the Regressor anymore. The Absolute God… sir.]

[Th-that’s right.]

The Three Gods nervously watched Lee Tae Seong’s reactions.

They politely clasped their hands together, straightened their posture, and carefully minded their words and actions.

Since he had become the Absolute God, they couldn’t treat him like before.

He was on a different level from them, who were merely Transcendent Spirits.

[Why are you all so stiff? Please be comfortable.]

[N-no, we’re fine.]

[This is comfortable for us.]

[That’s right.]

It was like a regular employee being promoted to boss – how could they be comfortable?

One wrong move and they could be annihilated.

[Well, if that’s comfortable for you, I won’t stop you. But I have something to ask.]

[Yes, please ask anything.]

[Gods in name only – you’re all Transcendent Spirits, right?]

[That’s correct.]

[Calling us gods is ridiculous.]

[We’re merely chosen souls.]

The Three Gods quickly acknowledged it.

As if they had no intention of putting on airs before a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.

Lee Tae Seong already knew this.

Transcendent Spirits were merely beings chosen as Sponsoring Spirits of the Labyrinth.

They were like sub-administrators of a game, so to speak.

[Thinking about it, the ability of Regression seems too excessive and dangerous for just three Transcendent Spirits.]

[Of course. Naturally.]

[So here’s the thing – when I became the Absolute God, I refused ownership rights to the System. The Labyrinth will soon collapse, and the System will completely disappear along with it. Your Regression Magic too. That’s fine, right?]

[Of course.]

[We’re not disappointed at all.]

[Yes, naturally.]

In truth, they weren’t completely without complaints.

Their specialness was disappearing – who would be happy about that?

But they knew well that saying the wrong thing could lead to annihilation, so they pretended otherwise.

[Good. I’m pleased that you all have no complaints. I’ll be able to use you as slaves to my heart’s content.]

[Excuse me…?]

[Slaves…?]

Lee Tae Seong, who had been grinning, extended his hand.

The Absolute God’s Authority activated.

[I want you all to become my subordinates. Absolutely obedient ones.]

Without even a chance to speak, the Three Gods’ minds became bound to Lee Tae Seong.

[Please… give us orders… Master…]

The Three Gods bowed their heads with lifeless eyes.

The gods who had controlled time, death, and harmony became Lee Tae Seong’s servants.

‘The Three Gods weren’t direct perpetrators, but they cooperated in maintaining the System. And they possess the dangerous Divine Authority of Regression.’

When creating a new system, their abilities would be necessary.

But it would be dangerous to leave them with free will.

[That’s enough here for now.]

Lee Tae Seong said as he tore through space.

[Time to go back now. To Earth.]

A few hours before the Labyrinth was completely conquered.

[Someone sets foot on Labyrinth Underground 666th Floor for the first time.]

[Time remaining until destruction: 6,619 days 21 hours 41 minutes 26 seconds]

When this message was heard, people stayed awake waiting.

For the moment when the Labyrinth would be completely conquered.

└They say Amon entered the 666th Floor.

└The final mission must be defeating the final boss, right?

└Wow, other Apostles couldn’t even pass the 200th floor, but he climbed all the way to the top floor alone!

└Truly Korea’s pride.

└A battle between Amon and Amon… my heart swells with excitement.

└Go Amon! By the way, I’m not cheering for the God of Destruction Amon!

└How many minutes will it take to clear the 666th Floor?

└I’m hoping for a 30-minute clear.

└Maybe it could be a 5-minute clear.

└Is Amon really that strong?

└Didn’t you see the footage when Earth’s invasion was stopped? Just Amon’s summons deployed worldwide numbered over ten thousand.

└ Damn, if 10,000 summoned creatures attack at the same time….

└The God of Destruction wouldn’t even stand a chance.

Everyone was unanimous that Lee Tae Seong would conquer the Labyrinth.

Already worshipped like a god, the very thought of him losing didn’t occur to anyone.

People’s curiosity was solely focused on how the world would change after the conquest.

└I’m curious about what happens after the conquest.

└Right. I have no idea what will happen.

└The destruction deadline will reset, right?

└Obviously. Since it’s conquered, it’ll probably disappear entirely.

└Maybe we’ll return to the time before the Labyrinth existed. Back to normal.

└The System will disappear?

└That’s a bit….

└I think only the Labyrinth will disappear and the Apostles’ power will remain as it is now.

└Wouldn’t that be too unfair to ordinary people? Even now Apostles are treated like monsters.

└You should blame yourself for not being chosen as an Apostle. What else can you do?

└Right. Apostles risked their lives conquering the Labyrinth to build their strength. They deserve that much compensation.

└Be honest. You’re an Apostle, aren’t you?

└If the Apostles’ power is maintained, it seems like it’ll just create more chaos….

└Whatever happens, we’ll see the results if we wait.

The wait wasn’t long.

[The Labyrinth has been completely conquered!]

[The final boss ‘Amon’ has been subdued!]

[The Labyrinth is collapsing!]

A message appeared.

Those who were inside the Labyrinth, and those who were resting outside.

Everyone without exception heard it.

The collapse of the Labyrinth.

And.

[The System is disappearing!]

The deletion of the System.

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