Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 27
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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 027
27. Arrest of Amon Impersonator
While Lee Tae Seong was busy conquering the Labyrinth.
An unexpected post was trending on Transcendence Net.
[Author: Amon]
<Title: Anyone want to meet at Hongik University Station at 8 PM today?>
└It’s almost 8 PM, did Amon show up?
└What does Amon look like? Anyone who knows, please comment in real time.
└Please post a review after seeing Amon. I’m fucking curious.
└At least tell us if it’s a man or woman.
└What time is it now? Still hasn’t shown up?
└Ah, it’s hard to wait. Please give us a review!!!
└I’m also waiting for a review!
└Me too!
Amon’s post was practically flooded with comments waiting for reviews.
Soon when the time came, comments were posted, but the reaction was different from expected.
└Ah fuck!
└Sigh… what the hell.
└Got fooled. Shit.
└Why are you guys like that? What happened?
└You guys should disperse. This wasn’t posted by Amon.
└What are you talking about? It wasn’t posted by Amon?
└It was posted by an Amon impersonator.
└Really?
└What do you mean suddenly an impersonator?
└Were you there?
└Please tell us the story in detail.
Curious people.
Real-time comments were being posted.
└Some impersonator claiming to be Amon took us to a different location and tried to extort money under the pretext of giving advice.
└Wow, really?
└I was also there and it’s true. Got backstabbed hard.
└Maybe it really was Amon?
└It wasn’t Amon. When we asked for proof that he was Amon, he immediately ran. Plus he was an ugly guy in his 40s.
└Ah… then he really was an impersonator.
└There’s no way Amon would be an ugly guy in his 40s. No way…
The comments overflowed with stories about the impersonator.
└Shouldn’t we expose the impersonator’s personal information?
└He’s a complete scammer bastard. Trying to extort money under the pretext of counseling is fucking disgusting.
└Wasn’t this post also made by that scammer?
└Right. It was this guy who suggested meeting in the first place.
└Ah… got baited then.
└Well, there’s no way Amon would suddenly hold a fan meeting.
└But how was it revealed that he was a scammer?
└Don’t know. He confessed with his own mouth?
└Why the hell?
└He just got played with, that’s all.
└I have that bastard’s number lol I’ll tell anyone who’s curious.
└How did you get his number?
└He told us to save his number himself.
└I also have his number. lol It’s 010―XXXX―XXXX.
└Should try making prank calls.
└I just tried but he’s not answering?
└He was reading my texts but stopped at some point?
└Time to channel my inner keyboard warrior after a long time.
The atmosphere flowed toward it being the impersonator’s self-orchestrated act, different from reality.
└If anyone’s curious about the video, go to ViewTube. You can watch it there.
└Video? What should I search for?
└Search [Amon Impersonator] and it’ll come right up.
└I just watched it and it’s fucking hilarious lol
└He confessed with his own mouth then panicked and ran lol
└This guy acts well.
└But who uploaded the video? The username was Amon?
└It can’t be the real Amon, right?
└There’s no way Amon would do ViewTube.
Jo Do-pal stopped reading the comments.
Hearing that a video was uploaded, he hurriedly went to ViewTube.
When he searched, a video titled [Arrest of Amon Impersonator] appeared.
―Sucker bastards, they fell for this? They really think I’m Amon. Keke.
―Amon sir, what did you just say?
―No, why are my inner thoughts coming out, damn… Hup!
―So you’re not Amon but an impersonator?
―No! I am Amon. I’m Amon!
―Hey. Show us proof that you’re Amon.
―Uh… that’s…
―Huh? That bastard’s running! Catch him!
His own pathetic figure running away.
And the video ended with people chasing after him.
“Fuck!!”
Rage boiled up.
He almost smashed his mobile phone.
“What kind of bastard is this? The one who filmed this!”
Looking at the angle, someone who was at the scene that day must have filmed and uploaded it.
That bastard had made him a laughingstock.
Nationally, no, worldwide.
“Amon? This bastard did this?”
The nickname happened to be Amon.
He even had a channel called [Amon’s Labyrinth Strategy Guide].
Though this was the only video uploaded.
“This son of a bitch… He must have been one of the guys there that day.”
Surely he wasn’t the real Amon.
More than that, this was quite unfair.
Setting aside his intention to scam, people were misunderstanding.
“I wasn’t the one who posted about meeting up!”
The real Amon had organized the gathering, but people were mistaking him for the organizer.
They thought he had posted it as part of a planned scam.
“Hah… If I hadn’t said those things back then, I could have fleeced several people…”
Why on earth had his inner thoughts come out of his mouth?
Obviously, those weren’t words he had spoken of his own will.
‘It felt like someone was controlling me.’
It didn’t make sense, but this was already a world with all sorts of abilities.
It wouldn’t be strange if there was an ability to control someone.
Buzz! Buzz!
Meanwhile, his mobile phone vibrated like crazy.
In the brief moment he had turned it on to check ViewTube, countless texts and calls had come in.
“Fuck!!”
He turned off his mobile phone again and fell into thought.
He tried hard to remember the guy who had been filming that day.
He wanted to catch him and kill him.
Even though he didn’t know who it was or what he looked like.
“Greatest Fraud of All Time? Tell me. Who filmed me that day? You know, don’t you? You must have been watching me from above. Right?”
He muttered to himself like a madman, but no answer came back.
“Fuck, you stupid Transcendent Spirit bastard.”
Even when he cursed, there was no reaction.
Transcendent Spirits were apparently all like that.
They made humans into Apostles and then lost interest.
Or maybe they didn’t have the ability to respond.
“Damn Transcendent Spirit bastard. I’ve never had a conversation since becoming an Apostle.”
Jo Do-pal, who had been grumbling, put on his coat and left his studio apartment.
The stress was building up and he couldn’t take it anymore.
He had to release it.
By committing the crimes he loved.
That’s when it happened.
[Someone has conquered Labyrinth Underground 39th Floor!]
[Labyrinth Underground 40th Floor is now open.]
[10 days have been added to Earth’s destruction countdown.]
[Time remaining until destruction: 413 days 19 hours 40 minutes 54 seconds]
The welcome sound of life extension ringing at dawn.
But Jo Do-pal’s brow furrowed even more.
“Crazy bastard Amon. The guy who posted doesn’t even show up and is just conquering floors. Hah… So annoying.”
Even when doing good deeds, Lee Tae Seong was cursed by someone.
[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 39th Floor!]
[You receive ‘Very Weak Essence of Resistance’ as a reward for clearing the 39th Floor normally.]
Gray light was absorbed into his body.
Though it only increased by 1, when accumulated, it would be of considerable help.
Especially the resistance stat.
‘The resistance stat can grant immunity to various status ailments. The higher it goes, the better. Though other stats aren’t lacking either.’
To even scratch Amon’s neck, he needed to become even a little stronger.
Fortunately, there was a clear difference between before his regression and now.
All because of Skill Copy.
‘Thanks to this, my skills increased by 10.’
Moreover, since he had eliminated the penalty, he could use them permanently.
Later, he could strengthen Parasite to increase the number as well.
‘If I keep getting stronger like this, I might really be able to cut his neck.’
Most importantly.
[Credits are added to the normal clear reward.]
[7,000 credits are awarded.]
‘These credits will be a great help going forward.’
Credits, the currency of the Dimensional Shop.
This is an additional reward I gained after using the shop with the Orb of Darkness.
‘Originally, the Orb of Darkness is an item that appears from Floor 160. But I got it on Floor 25.’
Credit rewards start being given from Floor 26.
The reward that started at 1,000 credits has gradually increased to 7,000 credits now.
By collecting up to Floor 39, I’ve gathered 60,000 credits.
Building up credits from Floor 160 versus building up credits from Floor 26.
You can see how big the difference is just by looking at the difference in cleared floors.
‘By calculation, I can earn over 60% more credits than others.’
Credits cannot be transferred.
They’re an asset as valuable as stats.
Having even a little more is advantageous for growth.
[A ‘Random Skill Book (F)’ is awarded as the Floor 39 first clear reward.]
[The acquired item is stored in your inventory.]
‘This kind of thing makes a big difference too.’
You shouldn’t dismiss it just because it’s F-rank.
The rank can be upgraded with Skill Enhancement Orbs.
Theoretically, even F-rank skills can be raised to EX-rank.
‘Though no one would go that far.’
Even I, who survived to the 666th Floor, didn’t obtain an EX-rank skill in my previous life.
I didn’t even have SSS-rank.
The highest I had was the SS-rank Sacrifice Skill given by the Three Gods.
‘I was 11th among the Twelve Apostles, so even when I received support, I was always last priority.’
Who would have known that I would be the only one able to meet Amon?
‘This life, I’m going up solo.’
[Would you like to go down to the next floor? Y/N]
[If you select N, you can return to Earth.]
I immediately touched N and came out of the Sinkhole.
Floor 40 is on hold for now.
As soon as I returned home, I took a shower.
After that, I immediately checked my inventory.
‘Many items have accumulated while clearing up to Floor 39.’
Floors 30 to 39 are trap missions.
Even if monsters appear, they’re illusions, so no Magic Stones are given.
‘I couldn’t collect Magic Stones, but still got many useful things.’
Random Skill Book, Glove Selection Ticket, Mana Elixir, Random Orb Fragment, and up to 3 Random Orb Fragments.
All of these came from normal rewards and first clear rewards.
‘Let me start with the fragments.’
I took out all the fragments from my inventory.
3 fragments stolen from Seo Mina and 2 fragments obtained from Joshua.
And when I combined the 3 fragments I got this time…
Flash!
One Random Orb Fragment was created.
Adding the 1 fragment from the Floor 30 reward.
And the 1 fragment from the Floor 38 first clear reward…
‘I’ve collected 6 Random Orb Fragments.’
There were more fragments in my inventory than I thought.
‘Before assembling the fragments, should I try the skill and gloves first? And consume the elixir too.’
[You have used a Weak Mana Elixir.]
[Mana increases by 2.]
When I consumed the elixir received as the Floor 34 first clear reward, my stats permanently increased.
Then I used the Skill Book with an Activation Word.
[Using Random Skill Book (F).]
[You obtained the skill ‘Quick Reflexes (F)’. Congratulations!]
▷Quick Reflexes (F)
―Effect: You can react slightly faster momentarily.
A decent passive skill came out.
Time to check my Status Window.
《Name: Lee Tae Seong》
《Race : Human》
《Patron Deities : God of Time, God of the Underworld, God of Balance》
《Cleared Floor : Labyrinth Underground 39th Floor》
《Credits Owned : 60,000》
【Achievement】
▶Labyrinth Hunter(F), Explorer(F), Offense is the Best Defense(F), Where I Go Becomes the Path(F)
【Exclusive Skills】
▷Time Stop(SSS), Soul Strike(S), Clear Mind Like Still Water(SS), Skill Copy(EX)
【Acquired Skills】
▷Upward Strike(F), Vitality(F), Parasite(S), Dice Roll(A), Neurotoxin(A), Flight(B), Camouflage(B), Dragon’s Breath(A), Prison of Death(S), Cloud’s Protection(S), Mind Control(S), Whip of Seduction(A), Time Regression(SSS), Quick Reflexes(F)
【Stats】
●Strength : 16 / Penetration : 16
●Durability : 16 / Agility : 17
●Life : 16 / Magic Power : 17
●Regeneration : 16 / Resistance : 16
To think it’s this good even though I’m still in the early stages of the 39th Floor.
I’m quite satisfied with this.
‘Next, the gloves.’
[Using Glove Selection Ticket(F).]
[Choose one of the following gloves.]
└ 1. Worn Cloth Gloves
└ 2. Worn Leather Gloves
└ 3. Lightweight Metal Gloves
‘I choose number 3.’
[Lightweight Metal Gloves(F)]
―Category : Gloves
―Durability : 100/100
―Effect : Durability+1, Shock absorption when striking
―Usage Restriction : Apostles who have cleared 1st Floor or higher
―Description : Lightweight but highly durable metal gloves. Thanks to their shock-absorbing function, they don’t strain the hands even when worn for long periods.
I also obtained some useful gloves.
‘Now finally….’
I took out the Random Orb Fragments from my inventory.
I put the four pieces together.
Flash!
With a flash of light, they transform into a single item.
[4 Random Orb Fragments are combining.]
[What type of orb will appear is random.]
Indeed, what kind of orb will come out?
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