Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 35
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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 035
35. Seo Mina
As the existence of Magic Stones became known, people’s attention was drawn to them.
―What? You can make money by conquering the Labyrinth?
―Should I try going in once? I heard ordinary people can do it too.
―I won’t die if I mess up, right?
―There are good strategy guides out these days, so don’t worry!
Apostles wouldn’t have to worry, but what about ordinary people who haven’t awakened?
They couldn’t even dream of conquering the 4th Floor or higher.
Still, they showed interest at the mention of making money with Magic Stones.
Students were no different.
[Hello, this is Makjjang from Makjjang TV! Everyone, do you know where this is? It’s the Labyrinth Underground 1st Floor! Look! Isn’t it beautiful?]
“This is the Labyrinth?”
“Look at that. Isn’t it fucking nice? Saengsu?”
“If it were me, I’d settle down and live here.”
“Then, want to go in with Saengsu? You too?”
“Are you crazy? I’m just joking.”
[Actually, since I’m an ordinary person, I was scared to come in, but I mustered up courage for the subscribers of Makjjang TV despite my fear. The 1st Floor is known to be easy for ordinary people to conquer as long as they have a cell phone flashlight.]
“Look. Even an ordinary ViewTuber has the courage to go in.”
“You can do it too. Gisaengsu! Fighting!”
[Now, shall we start exploring the Labyrinth? Oh, is that the famous Dark Slime? It’s much cuter than I thought?]
“Let’s see how he catches it, how does he do it.”
“Ooh, so that’s how you catch it?”
“Saengsu, you do it like this. Fucking easy, right?”
[You catch 100 of them like this. Now, that’s all for the video I prepared. Please subscribe, like, and set notifications! Please! Goodbye!]
The strategy video ended, and the students put their arms around their friend’s shoulders.
“Hey. Conquering the 1st Floor is nothing special.”
“Ordinary people do it, so why can’t you?”
“But Min Su isn’t just an ordinary person. He’s Gisaengsu.”
“Ah… this bastard is a bit different. Kekeke.”
Gisaengsu.
Slang that disparages basic livelihood benefit recipients.
The students teased Min Su by calling him Saengsu.
Just because he had no parents.
“Don’t feel insecure just because you don’t have mom and dad. What good are parents anyway?”
“Right. Our parents just nag when they see us. They say we’re no help in life.”
“Shouldn’t you hear your parents’ side too? They might think their kids are no help either?”
“Puhehehe!”
The gang was giggling, but Min Su couldn’t laugh.
Because of these guys who kept trying to send him into the Labyrinth.
“Saengsu. Go in once.”
“Into… the Pit?”
“Yeah, you frustrating bastard. We were talking about that the whole time. Why do you think we came here?”
In front of Min Su was a huge Sinkhole.
Normally, Safety Personnel should be guarding it, but this place hadn’t been assigned anyone yet.
“We showed you the video. Right?”
“I’m, I’m scared…”
“Hah… this fucker is pissing me off?”
Suddenly, one of the students who had been glaring fiercely looked at Min Su as if he would kill him.
“I’m scared of falling in there.”
“…”
“Choose. Will you fall in on your own, or will you get beaten to shit by me and then fall in?”
“…”
There weren’t many choices.
“I’ll, I’ll go in…”
Min Su’s choice was the Labyrinth.
He had seen the strategy guide, so couldn’t he at least survive the Labyrinth 1st Floor?
“But you can’t take your mobile phone.”
“What…?”
“This is confiscated.”
The students quickly snatched Min Su’s mobile phone.
“Can an ordinary person conquer it without a mobile phone?”
“Let’s see if our Saengsu survives and comes out.”
“Kekekek.”
Min Su reached out his hand, asking them to give it back.
“I, I can’t catch Dark Slimes without my mobile phone. Give it back…!”
“This bastard. Aren’t you going in quickly?”
The group kicked him and pushed him toward the Pit.
Fear filled Min Su’s face.
“D-don’t push me. I’ll really die at this rate!”
“You won’t die, bastard. What’s so scary about some Dark Slime?”
“Even if you fall, you’ll just drop into a new world. You don’t have parents anyway, wouldn’t it be better to live there?”
“Rather than being treated like shit, I’d go in if I were you. Tsk tsk.”
Demons.
To Min Su, those three weren’t friends but demons.
They always had been.
School bullies who played with him while enjoying his reactions.
He’d been targeted as soon as he entered high school and had to endure being their plaything ever since.
But this was a matter of survival.
He couldn’t take it anymore.
“D-don’t… push me!”
He turned around and swung his fist, but it missed.
The school bullies’ expressions hardened instantly.
He’d just added fuel to the fire.
“Has this fucking bastard lost his mind? How dare you swing at us?”
“He’s dying to get killed.”
“Fine, I’ll really kill you. Fucking bastard.”
There happened to be no one around the sinkhole.
This was bad.
If he fell in like this, it would be hard to survive.
Just as he cowered in fear.
“Hey! Seo Min Su!”
At someone’s shout, all the school bullies stopped their actions and turned around.
A young woman approached with an angry face.
“What are you doing? Can’t you even handle one bastard properly?”
“What? Who’s that?”
“That?”
Sparks flew from Seo Mina’s eyes as she came closer.
“Didn’t your parents teach you to speak respectfully to adults?”
“Acting all adult-like. Who are you?”
“I’m Min Su’s older sister.”
“Sister?”
“Ah! Right. You said you had a sister?”
“Ooh, your sister’s pretty cute?”
“Nice body too. Hehe.”
Seo Mina sighed at the students who were leering and evaluating her.
“These bastards are already acting up, haa… This won’t do.”
The moment her sigh ended.
Flash!
Seo Mina’s eyes turned purple.
“Put down your mobile phones and go into the labyrinth.”
“What?”
“Are you crazy? Why would we go into the labyrinth… Huh? Hey! What are you doing?”
One of the school bullies obediently put down his mobile phone and started walking toward the sinkhole.
It was the student who had made direct eye contact with Seo Mina.
“Hey! What are you doing!”
“Hey hey! Hey! You’ll fall!”
The school bully jumped into the sinkhole in an instant.
Soon Seo Mina’s eyes returned to normal.
“Now one’s gone?”
Having sent him away with Mind Control, she grinned wickedly as she looked at the remaining two.
The moment the school bullies sensed something ominous and stepped back.
Whack!
“Aaah!”
Seo Mina threw the first punch.
Crack!
“Ugh!”
The school bullies collapsed with broken noses.
Regardless, Seo Mina collected the mobile phones from their bodies.
“You were going to do this to Min Su? I’ll do the same to you.”
“You… fucking bitch!”
He tried to punch her but couldn’t reach.
Seo Mina easily dodged and delivered a soccer kick.
Crack!
At her extraordinary movement, the remaining school bully’s eyes widened.
“A, Apostle…?”
“Too late to know now.”
Crack!
After Seo Mina sent the remaining guy’s cheekbone flying, her next action was.
Drag drag drag―
Grabbing both of them and throwing them together into the Labyrinth.
“Ugh, uaaahhh―!”
“Farewell, you fucking bastards.”
Seo Mina watched the falling School Bullies and looked at Min Su.
“What are you doing? You should say goodbye too.”
“Th, they already fell.”
“Still, you should give them a final farewell.”
“Why did you do that? Do you know what you just did, sis?”
“This kid complains even when I help him.”
Seo Mina sighed and continued speaking.
“My little brother was getting beaten up like an idiot, should I just leave him alone?”
“B, but what if they die from falling? If something happens to them…”
“That’s their fate. If they’re so great, they’ll find a way to survive and come out.”
“They fell without their Mobile Phones. How will they survive?”
“It’s already done, so don’t worry about it anymore.”
“Can you just bury it as something from the past, sis? Even about our parents?”
“…”
At her brother’s words, Seo Mina’s brow furrowed.
“Damn it. Don’t even mention those people. I want to forget them.”
Could you call people who abandoned their children and ran away after failing in business parents?
Those who even took out loans in their daughter’s name and left irresponsibly?
“Those people’s debt is still remaining. The Loan Sharks called yesterday saying they’d come visit.”
“This month too… the interest is overdue?”
“Of course it’s overdue. How can we handle all that interest?”
Though she lived desperately to earn money, it wasn’t enough.
The basic living allowance was barely enough to cover living expenses.
Her brother, Seo Min Su, looked around with anxious eyes.
“Those men aren’t coming again, are they? I’m so scared…”
“Let them come if they want. I’m not scared.”
But her words came true.
That evening, the Loan Sharks came.
“Seo Mina. Seo Mina!”
A burly Thug pounding on the door.
Next to him were two more Thugs.
If the three worked together, they could probably break down the door.
“Not opening the door? Should we break it down?”
Perhaps not wanting to cause trouble for the landlord.
Click.
The door of the Semi-basement Studio where the siblings lived opened.
“What do you want?”
“What do we want? Has this girl lost her mind? Why didn’t you answer your phone?”
“The battery was dead.”
“Whatever, move aside. Let us take a look around the house.”
The Thugs squeezed through the already narrow-looking door.
Inside was her brother Seo Min Su as well.
“Hey, little brother. Were you eating with your sister?”
Pat pat.
A Thug touching Seo Min Su’s head.
Seo Mina’s eyes turned purple again.
“Don’t touch my brother, you fucking bastard.”
The hand stopped mid-air.
It obediently went into his pocket, but only for a moment.
“Wait… I think I lost my memory for a moment… This bitch used her Ability again, didn’t she?”
“Yeah, I did. Asshole.”
“Did I tell you not to use your Ability or not? Damn it!”
The Thug who was about to raise his hand showed patience at Seo Mina’s gaze.
After all, an Apostle was still an Apostle.
“Ha. This damn bitch. If it weren’t for the debt, you’d be dead.”
“If it weren’t for the debt, you guys would be dead. By me.”
“This girl really…”
“Hey, hey, that’s enough. We didn’t come here to fight. We came to collect money.”
The particularly large thug intervened and stood in front of Seo Mina.
“Where’s the money?”
“I don’t have any.”
“None? Not even a penny?”
“Can’t you tell by looking?”
“After all the times I’ve let this slide, you’ve gotten quite bold, huh?”
The thug made a menacing expression, but Seo Mina didn’t shrink back.
“If you borrowed money, you should pay it back. That’s the right thing to do.”
“Did I borrow it? My father borrowed it.”
“In the end, it was borrowed under your name. You agreed to it at the time.”
“….”
“If there’s debt in your name, you have to pay it back no matter what. Whether your old man screwed up his business and ran off or not.”
“….”
“So give me my money.”
“I don’t have any.”
“None? You have no intention of paying it back at all?”
“I will pay it back. But I don’t have money right now.”
“Aren’t you even going to try to earn some?”
“Who said I’m not trying? I am working on it. It just takes some time….”
“Hah.”
The thug who had been laughing bitterly suddenly became serious.
“Hey. You know what I hear most from debtors? Please give me some time. Just give me a few days and I’ll definitely pay you back. Bullshit, it’s all lies.”
“I’m really trying to pay it back. If you could just wait a little longer….”
“I’m sick of hearing that too. I’m tired of waiting. There’s no other way.”
When the thug gestured, the other thugs grabbed Min Su’s arms.
“If you don’t have money, we’ll have to sell your brother’s organs.”
“Wh-why are you doing this! S-sis!”
“Damn it! I told you not to touch my brother!”
Seo Mina tried to step forward, but.
“Or.”
The thug blocked her path.
“There’s another way.”
“What.”
“Your skill. It’s perfect for stealing money, isn’t it? How about using that skill to pull off something big? With us.”
It was obvious what he meant by “something big.”
“I won’t do anything that hurts innocent people.”
“Anyone would think you’re some saint. A petty thief acting all high and mighty.”
“How is that the same thing? At least I only robbed criminals’ inventories!”
“So what? Did your living situation improve at all?”
“….”
Seo Mina shut her mouth tight.
Far from improving, she had been robbed by someone recently.
Falling victim to the very Mind Control Skill she had tried to use.
“If you don’t like that, there’s another way. With your body, you could pay off the debt pretty quickly….”
Seo Mina raised her middle finger.
“Screw off and get your hands off my brother. Unless you want them cut off.”
“Try it if you’re confident. You can’t even clear the 1st Floor.”
“It’s not that I can’t, I just haven’t.”
“Whatever the case, you’re still weaker than me.”
“….”
The thug she was talking to was also an Apostle like herself.
The reason Seo Mina couldn’t use her full power was because of that thug.
Unlike her, he was an ability user who had cleared up to Floor 15.
“What’s it gonna be? Will you use your ability to work with us? Or will you do some other kind of work?”
“….”
Seo Mina couldn’t answer.
This time, it seemed like they weren’t planning to just back down.
“Or should we really harvest your brother’s organs?”
“S-sis….”
Seeing Min Su’s frightened face, she made up her mind.
It would be better to get involved in crime than to put her brother in danger.
“I will….”
Just then.
“Don’t answer.”
Someone’s voice was heard.
When had he entered? An unknown man was standing behind the thugs.
No, now that she looked closer, it was a man she had seen somewhere before.
“You, you’re…!”
It was the man who had robbed her inventory a few days ago.
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