Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 36

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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 036

36. Loan Shark Park Do Hwan

Loan shark Park Do Hwan was completely dumbfounded.

‘What the hell is this bastard? When did he get here?’

He had absolutely no presence.

So much so that he hadn’t noticed until the guy spoke up.

He was the right-hand man of the Heeseong Faction and an Apostle of the [Butcher of the Land], yet he failed to detect an ordinary person’s presence?

‘Could he be an Apostle?’

Whatever the case.

‘Could he possibly be stronger than me, who climbed to Floor 15?’

Just by looking, there was a huge difference in their builds.

While he was thinking he should throw the first punch.

“Hey. What are you? Want to die? The bosses are talking here, who said you could butt in?”

A subordinate beside him made the first move.

He wasn’t awakened, but he was a thug with a build rivaling his own.

He was at a level where he wouldn’t lose even against a newly awakened Apostle.

‘Perfect. This way I can find out whether he’s an ordinary person or an Apostle.’

Just as he was about to cross his arms and watch leisurely.

Thud!

Suddenly his subordinate collapsed to the floor.

‘Wh-what happened?’

At a glance, it looked like he had suddenly fallen over by himself.

But there was a clear fist mark left on his face.

‘Wh-when did he attack?’

He hadn’t even seen the arm swing.

‘No way… he’s fast enough to be invisible?’

As he looked at his opponent with disbelieving eyes, another subordinate stepped forward.

“You son of a bitch!”

He crouched down as if to push forward with his bulk and charged like a bull.

‘Good! A guy like that just needs to be crushed with brute force…’

That’s what he thought, but.

Thwack!

“Huh?”

The guy didn’t need to dodge in the first place.

Because he could just block it with force.

‘He-he blocked it with one hand? What kind of strength is that?’

All he had done was place his hand on the head.

Yet his large subordinate couldn’t budge an inch.

He was blocking his subordinate’s charge with just one hand.

‘That guy… he’s not ordinary.’

Even he, who had climbed to Floor 15, would find it difficult to handle with one hand.

Smack!

Soon his subordinate was struck on the back of the head and fainted.

Now only he remained.

“Hah… I don’t know where you crawled out from, but today you di— Aaaaaahhhhh!”

Park Do Hwan couldn’t continue his words.

Because suddenly he felt pain throughout his entire body.

It felt like bugs were crawling through his blood vessels.

“Urgh, uuuurgh!”

After convulsing for a while, Park Do Hwan eventually lost consciousness.

‘Crazy… what kind of person is he?’

Seo Mina’s pupils shook.

He had suddenly appeared and subdued three thugs in an instant.

That included Park Do Hwan, who was an Apostle.

‘Park Do Hwan is an Apostle who climbed to Floor 15. Even I couldn’t handle an opponent like that…’

He collapsed as if having a seizure from one unknown skill and eventually fainted.

‘He had more skills besides Mind Control?’

When I saw him before, he even had a Protection Skill.

My Mind Control had been blocked because of it.

But now he’s showing yet another new skill?

‘Just what exactly is that person?’

The loan shark convulses and faints from one dose of Neurotoxin.

Regardless, my emotions remained calm.

‘Being an Apostle, he sure has loud vocal cords.’

I just felt like looking down at a noisy insect.

I had already confirmed everything he did to Seo Mina through Parasite anyway.

So there was no way I’d feel good about him.

‘Trash who threatens using her sister as bait and suggests committing crimes together. He deserves to die.’

But I won’t make a corpse here.

There are still uses for him.

The reason I only lightly applied Neurotoxin to knock him out was for that purpose.

When I turned my head, Seo Mina was looking at me with surprised eyes.

“We’ve met before, right? Remember? You tried to rob my Inventory with Mind Control.”

Seo Mina nodded.

“…I remember. So you followed me because of that? You came here now for revenge?”

“Hm?”

Revenge?

Over such a trivial matter?

“I already got my revenge back then, didn’t I?”

“…You robbed my Inventory.”

“You know it well.”

“I admit it. That what happened then was my fault.”

“Then you won’t ask me to return the items either.”

“I won’t. But let me ask one thing. If not for revenge, why did you come all the way to our house?”

Her eyes were full of wariness.

It was a natural reaction.

A man she’d been involved with in an unpleasant incident before had invaded her home and knocked down three thugs.

Even I would have thought he came for revenge.

“I have no business with you.”

“What?”

“My business is with these guys.”

I pointed with my eyes at the fallen loan sharks.

“Can I take them with me?”

“Of, of course. By all means.”

She seemed flustered as if this was a different answer than expected.

I dragged the big guys outside the house.

To think they came into such a narrow semi-basement with bodies like that.

‘They must have really needed Seo Mina?’

More precisely, they must have needed Seo Mina’s Mind Control Skill.

I’ll find out later what they were trying to make her do, so there’s no rush.

For now, I need to take these guys to a quiet place.

Flap!

When I spread my Wings from my back, Seo Mina, who had come out to see me off, was startled.

“Um, excuse me…”

“?”

As I was about to fly away, she hurriedly spoke up.

“Th, thank you.”

“For what?”

“For helping me…”

“No need to thank me. My business was with these guys.”

“Still, thank you. And I’m sorry about what happened before.”

“Forget it. That matter was settled with your items.”

Before flapping my wings, I threw out a word of advice.

“Stop robbing other people’s Inventories.”

“What?”

“I heard earlier that you haven’t conquered the Labyrinth yet?”

“Ah… yes.”

“Why haven’t you?”

“I’ve been too busy making a living…”

“Don’t do that, enter the Labyrinth now and start conquering it. When you reach Floor 15, you can get something called ‘Magic Stone,’ and you can make plenty of money with that. Don’t pick other people’s pockets, make money legitimately. Got it?”

“Ah… I understand.”

Leaving behind my advice, I soared into the sky.

Carrying the three unconscious big guys divided between my hands.

“Huff!”

Park Do Hwan, the only Apostle among the three, was the first to open his eyes.

He examined his body thoroughly, but there wasn’t a single visible wound on the surface.

Even so, a tingling sensation remained throughout his body, making him feel uncomfortable.

“Damn bastard. When I meet him, I’ll beat him half to death…”

“Are you talking about me?”

Park Do Hwan’s face instantly turned pale.

The opponent was right in front of him, staring at him.

“Don’t worry. I have no intention of fighting you again. Oh, was it too one-sided to even call it a fight?”

“…Where is this place?”

“Building Rooftop.”

It wasn’t a lie, as the wind was cold.

On both sides lay his subordinates who hadn’t woken up yet.

“Why did you bring us here?”

“Just wanted to ask you a few things.”

“After asking? Are you going to kill us?”

“You really are like a gangster. The word ‘kill’ just rolls off your tongue.”

At those words, Park Do Hwan’s expression hardened.

“How did you know we’re gangsters…?”

“All loan sharks are like that. And look at your build. Who wouldn’t see you as gangsters?”

“…”

“Anyway, wake up your friends.”

Park Do Hwan woke up the two sprawled on either side.

After slapping their cheeks a few times, his subordinates groaned and got up.

Like him, they showed surprised eyes when they saw the opponent.

“H-Hyung-nim. That bastard is…”

“He says he brought us here because he has something to ask. So, what do you want to ask?”

When he threw the question, an unexpected answer came back.

“Have you heard the name Kang Hee Seong?”

Park Do Hwan’s eyebrow twitched slightly.

‘How does this guy know the boss’s name…?’

But he quickly maintained his poker face.

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know a famous gangster boss in the area? I heard it’s called the Heeseong Faction.”

“How would I know that?”

“I thought you’d know since you’re from the same gangster background.”

Of course I know.

I was the right-hand man of the Heeseong Faction.

But Park Do Hwan’s expression remained natural.

“I don’t know that, so ask something else.”

“That’s the only thing I’m curious about… Hmm. You don’t know? What about the other guys?”

His subordinates shook their heads.

All of them had expressions saying they didn’t know.

“If you don’t know, then there’s nothing I can do.”

Park Do Hwan tensed up as the opponent approached.

‘Could it be… he’s going to kill me?’

At that moment when his heart was pounding.

Pat.

The opponent placed his hand on his head.

“Live a good life from now on.”

What he was worried about didn’t happen.

The opponent just left uncomfortable advice and fell off the rooftop.

Whoosh!

“Huh? What’s with that guy? Why is he falling?”

“T-That bastard fell! Isn’t he dead?”

“Ha, you idiots.”

Park Do Hwan clicked his tongue watching his subordinates making a fuss.

“A guy whose punches are so fast you can’t see them, who can drag all three of us with one hand, would he die from falling off a rooftop?”

“Ahaha… R-Right?”

Still, just in case, his subordinates checked below the rooftop.

“He’s not there.”

As expected, the opponent was nowhere to be seen.

Now I can curse freely.

“That bastard. Where did such a monster-like guy come from, damn it!”

“Boss. Are you alright? I passed out so I don’t really know what happened after…”

“Me? I barely survived! Got hit by some weird skill… ha, just thinking about it gives me chills.”

“What happened?”

“Ah, I don’t know! I don’t even want to think about it!”

“Then, does that mean he’s an opponent even you can’t beat, boss?”

“Can’t beat him. Can’t you tell by looking?”

He was in a bad mood.

Both having a stupid subordinate and getting beaten by that bastard.

‘Either way, I have to report this to big brother. How embarrassing.’

The biggest problem was that guy looking for the boss.

He managed to get by with acting somehow, but the situation wasn’t looking good.

He definitely wasn’t looking for him with good intentions.

“Why do you think that guy is looking for Heeseong hyung?”

“How would I know?”

“Maybe they know each other? Like they have some grudge.”

“I said I don’t know, you bastard! Tsk!”

Park Do Hwan sighed.

Let’s go back for now.

He’d postpone threatening Seo Mina for later.

“We’re going to the office.”

“Yes!”

Though blurry, I can see the gangsters going down from the rooftop.

I’m monitoring them with Parasite.

‘To think those guys were the Heeseong Faction gangsters I was looking for. Good thing I planted Parasite on Park Do Hwan.’

The Parasite monitoring list was already full with 10 people.

To monitor a new target, I had no choice but to release one person.

‘It’s a shame to release Neurotoxin, but well, it’s been replaced with a new skill so it’s fine.’

I casually touched his head and planted Parasite on Park Do Hwan.

What was Park Do Hwan’s skill that I traded for Neurotoxin?

▷Dissection(A)

―Effect: Dissects the body and deals bleeding damage over 5 seconds.

It was a skill sponsored by the Transcendent Spirit called Butcher of the Land.

‘It’s a skill that has good synergy when used together with the skill called Flesh Absorption.’

Not bad as a replacement for Neurotoxin.

Though it’s not very efficient for continuous use.

‘I was lucky. To think the Heeseong Faction gangsters I was looking for were exactly these guys.’

I recognized them from when they avoided eye contact.

That they were the Heeseong Faction.

I became even more certain through the other subordinates’ awkward acting.

‘From now on, I’m going to catch that boss guy, Kang Hee Seong.’

Am I going there knowing where he is?

Don’t worry.

Those guys will guide the way like guide dogs.

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