Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 57
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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 057
57. Park Se Hee’s Visit
Park Se Hee had been incredibly busy lately.
She had to juggle both the emergency room and Labyrinth conquests.
Perhaps that’s why her steps felt heavy as she headed home at dawn.
‘Getting off work doesn’t feel like getting off work.’
As soon as she got home, she’d have to change clothes and head out again.
For the Labyrinth conquest.
‘The conquest is helpful since I can reference Amon’s strategy guides, but…’
She couldn’t guarantee she’d make it out alive today either.
Her skill composition was closer to a support type.
‘I’m confident when it comes to supporting others, but…’
The Labyrinth was basically solo play.
Of course, party play wasn’t impossible.
‘It’s just hard to find people.’
If it’s too difficult alone, should she look for someone to enter with?
She logged into Transcendence Net.
She looked around to see if there were any party recruitment posts.
【Looking for people to conquer Floor 8. Currently 3 members. The more the better.】
‘There is one?’
Park Se Hee was also facing Floor 8 conquest.
But when she clicked on the post, the location was Busan.
‘Busan is too far.’
How could she get to Busan at this dawn hour?
She sighed and looked for other party recruitment posts, but there were none.
Most were recruiting for Floor 15 and above.
‘I guess I started conquests too late.’
The thought of falling behind others was brief.
‘Can’t help it. I’ll have to conquer it myself.’
She decided to enter alone.
She’d done it that way all along.
Labyrinth conquests, and life too.
‘Even though it’s more support-oriented, I have three skills, so it should be possible somehow.’
She knew it herself.
That she had an advantage over others in terms of ability.
That’s why she tried even harder.
To repay the Three Gods who had chosen her, she worked even harder.
‘Now I know. What the gods want is Labyrinth conquest.’
Before, even after awakening as an Apostle, conquest was secondary.
But now she had changed her mind.
‘Labyrinth conquest was the only way to strengthen my abilities and benefit the world.’
She realized this fact while treating more patients with her sponsored skills.
‘I want to become stronger.’
She wanted to increase her current abilities even more.
So she could save more people.
Furthermore, even those struggling with Labyrinth conquests.
That determination led her from reality to the Labyrinth.
Of course, the decisive factor was.
‘It was thanks to the advice of that man who appeared then…’
The mysterious man.
She thought he was a stalker when he followed her in the alley, but now she realized he was a benefactor.
A benefactor who guided her to the right path.
‘Who could he be? That man.’
She couldn’t see his face, but his voice was still vivid.
‘If I get the chance, I’d like to meet him again.’
If she met him, there were things she wanted to ask.
Who are you?
How did you know about me?
Why are you helping me?
But she hadn’t met him even once since then.
That remained as regret.
‘I need to stay strong. To heal more people.’
She dragged her tired body home.
As soon as I arrived, I looked at the shoe rack, but my younger brother’s shoes weren’t there.
“Where did he go again at this hour? Did he go to the PC Bang?”
I went into his room and sure enough, he wasn’t there.
Even though we live in the same house, it’s hard to see his face because of whatever he’s doing outside.
“Haah….”
Lately, whenever I come home, I just keep sighing.
It was because of my younger brother Park Se-jun, my only source of worry.
‘Everything changed after Mom and Dad passed away.’
When Park Se Hee was in high school, her parents suddenly passed away.
The cause was a traffic accident.
Although it was a huge mental shock, that incident actually became the catalyst for deciding her career path.
What she realized while watching patients dying from traffic accidents in the Emergency Room.
‘That’s why I decided. To become an Emergency Room nurse.’
But my younger brother walked the opposite path.
He started getting into fights and causing trouble since middle school, and even after becoming an adult, that habit never changed.
He’d get drunk, pick fights, and not come home.
He’d get involved in voice phishing crimes and frequent the Police Station.
These days, whatever he’s doing, he goes to the PC Bang every dawn.
“Phew… He’ll mature someday.”
I quietly prepared to go out again.
It was the Labyrinth conquest that had now become a habit.
Just then.
Click!
“Oh? You’re home, sis?”
The door opened and Se-jun came in.
“Park Se-jun. Where did you go again at this hour?”
“What does it matter to you where I go?”
“Being rebellious again?”
“Who made me rebellious in the first place?”
He won’t back down from a single word.
Even though he’s my younger brother, I feel like hitting him.
“Tell me honestly. What are you doing wandering around outside?”
“What do you mean.”
“You saying you go to the PC Bang is all lies, isn’t it?”
“It’s not a lie.”
“Really? Then what were you doing just now?”
“….”
He can’t answer, as if he’s lost for words.
I knew there was something going on.
“Don’t tell me… you didn’t start another suspicious part-time job, did you?”
“No, no! I haven’t even looked at high-paying part-time jobs since that time.”
“Then what were you doing before coming home?”
“Geez! Are you interrogating me right now?”
“Yes, I’m interrogating you. You keep causing trouble, so I can’t help it. You caused trouble this time too, didn’t you?”
“….”
“I guess I’m right since you can’t answer. What kind of trouble is it this time.”
“Just… nothing happened….”
I glared at my younger brother with eyes that said to speak up quickly.
“Ha. Fine.”
Still, he doesn’t seem to want to lie in front of his sister, so he confesses obediently.
“I took out a loan before….”
“What? A loan?”
As soon as money was mentioned, I became fully alert.
“Where would they give you a loan? To someone without a job?”
“Well… Heeseong Capital, a Loan Shark Company….”
“This kid has really lost it. Now you’re even using private loans?”
“Ah, I didn’t borrow much. Only 2 million won.”
“Why did you borrow it?”
“Well, there’s online gambling… I needed some funds….”
“Haah….”
Listening to this, I can only sigh repeatedly.
“If you needed money, you should have told your sister. Your sister is earning money.”
“….”
“So how much do you need to pay back?”
“20 million won….”
“What? Didn’t you say 2 million?”
“After a few months, it grew….”
It increased tenfold in just a few months?
But my younger brother’s next words were even more shocking.
“Don’t worry too much! It’s money I don’t have to pay back!”
“Why?”
“I just came back from Heeseong Capital, and they said I don’t have to pay it back!”
“So, why?”
“I, I don’t know. I don’t really know either… Anyway, it worked out well, right? Haha!”
“You can laugh in this situation?”
You borrowed money but they said you don’t have to pay it back?
They forgave the debt?
This is ridiculous.
Would those money demons who multiplied the principal by 10 times in just a few months really do that?
“No matter how I look at it, something’s strange, right?”
“What’s strange about it?”
“This won’t do. Let’s go together right now.”
“Wh, where?”
“Where else! To the loan shark company where you borrowed money!”
Park Se Hee went out first and shouted.
“What are you doing? Hurry up and follow me!”
[You have cleared Labyrinth Floor 78!]
[As a Floor 78 normal clear reward, ‘Random Orb Fragment 2/8’ is granted.]
[35,100 Credits (+8,100) are granted.]
[Booster applied floors: 3/10 floors]
I finished the conquest and returned home.
‘Fortunately, I conquered it without getting hit even once.’
I’m tired from conquering nine floors in a row.
After taking a warm shower, I lay down on the bed.
It feels like all my fatigue is melting away.
‘Floor 79 has a Hidden Piece. I need some preparation, so I’ll conquer it later.’
I was thinking of getting some sleep first, but…
‘Should I try combining the Random Orb Fragments first?’
I took out the fragments I had collected so far.
Four of them had gathered.
Let’s combine them into one.
[4 Random Orb Fragments are being combined.]
[What type of orb will appear is random.]
Light burst forth along with the message.
[Creating an orb randomly.]
[Item ‘Accessory Selection Orb (A)’ has appeared. Congratulations!]
‘Accessory Selection Orb?’
It’s not a bad orb.
And it’s A-grade too.
‘If it’s A-grade, it’s an item you can only get by reaching at least the 400th Floor.’
Getting it now means I’m quite lucky.
‘Let’s open it right away.’
When I used the item, a window appeared along with light.
[Using Accessory Selection Orb (A).]
[Please choose one of the following accessories.]
└ 1. Ancient Pendant
└ 2. Bracelet of Chaos
└ 3. Amulet of Pain
…
…
…
A list of A-grade accessories.
Let me carefully choose what to pick.
‘This one looks good. Number 12.’
[You have selected number 12, Ring of Poison.]
[Ring of Poison (A)]
―Category: Accessory
―Durability: 1,800/1,800
―Effect: Magic Power +12, damage stacks by 1% each time Damage Over Time is dealt (max 100%).
―Usage Restriction: Lee Tae Seong (Bound)
―Description: A ring that gradually leads enemies to death by accumulating Damage Over Time. Once used, it’s said to be difficult to escape from its addictive nature.
A ring that belongs to the top tier among accessories.
That’s the Ring of Poison.
‘However, you need to have continuous skills to see proper effects.’
Currently, I don’t have anything that could be called a continuous skill.
But why did I choose this?
‘Because I plan to copy skills that deal Damage Over Time later.’
You could say I bought the item in advance for that day.
He saw future potential rather than immediate profit.
‘For an A-grade item, the stat increase is small, but…’
Just being able to equip an item that could only be obtained on the 400th floor was something, wasn’t it?
‘Now that I’ve finished choosing equipment, shall I sleep?’
He lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.
Out of habit, he monitored Weihao with Parasite.
‘He hasn’t caused any trouble yet.’
He checked on the others too.
Han So Ra was sleeping well at the hospital, and Seo Mina was absorbed in strategy guides even in the middle of the night.
‘Park Se Hee is… hmm?’
She was heading somewhere with her younger brother.
Where were they going at this hour?
Curious, he kept watching… and they were entering Heeseong Capital?
‘Why?’
He soon found out the reason.
They had gone to ask about the debt forgiveness.
When he saw them getting into trouble with the gangsters, he got up from bed.
‘I guess I need to step in?’
Sleep was out of the question now.
Once again, the door of Heeseong Capital opened.
Bang!
“Geonkon Faction…! Wait, you’re not them?”
“Ah, damn! What is it this time?”
The young man from earlier had returned.
Along with some woman.
“Is this Heeseong Capital?”
“That’s right.”
“I heard my younger brother borrowed money from here.”
Yang Pal looked Park Se Hee up and down as he spoke.
“So?”
“I don’t understand why you’re telling him not to pay it back.”
It was understandable that she didn’t understand.
Where in the world would you find a loan shark company telling people not to repay borrowed money?
They weren’t a charity organization.
‘There must be some kind of trick.’
Park Se Hee had come with that thought, but the situation was different from her expectations.
“Listen, miss. I already told that young man, didn’t I? He doesn’t need to repay the debt, so just go.”
“I know. I know that, but I don’t understand…”
“We’re not in the loan business anymore, so we forgave the debt. That’s why I told you to go.”
“Is that… really true?”
How could she believe a gangster’s words at face value?
When Park Se Hee looked at him with such eyes, Yang Pal got angry.
“Why can’t you believe what people say? I’m telling you we won’t take the money.”
“Do you have the contract?”
“What contract? We already disposed of everything.”
No contract either?
‘But that doesn’t mean the debt disappears… or maybe they’re lying…’
Park Se Hee was still suspicious.
“If you can’t believe it, come in and look for yourself.”
“Alright. Excuse me.”
Park Se Hee boldly stepped inside as if she had nothing to fear.
She searched around to see if there were any contracts left behind.
Yang Pal watched her and let out a hollow laugh.
“Such a pretty girl, but no fear at all.”
With those words, Yang Pal locked the office door.
Click.
Park Se Hee turned around sensing something strange, and Park Se-jun also shouted in surprise.
“Mister, why are you locking the door?”
“Hey there, our pretty one. You’ve been rummaging through this and that looking for contracts…”
Yang Pal swept up a pile of documents and threw them.
“Did you really come here to find the contract? Or did you come looking for something else?”
“Something else?”
“I’m asking if you came here planning to assess our internal situation.”
“What? What do you mean…?”
Yang Pal’s eyes changed.
“Tell me honestly. You two were sent by the Geonkon Faction, weren’t you?”
“What?”
“Why else would you come all the way here at this dawn hour? The only ones who would come are from the Geonkon Faction, right?”
“There’s some misunderstanding right now…”
“Misunderstanding my ass!”
“Yang Pal.”
One of the organization members calmed Yang Pal down.
“What the hell is this about?”
“Boss. Don’t these guys seem suspicious?”
“I think you’ve got it wrong. Just let them go.”
“No, think about it. Coming at dawn and searching around – they’re definitely sent by the Geonkon Faction…”
“I said let them go!”
The organization members seemed to be having a power struggle, but it had nothing to do with Park Se Hee.
“Anyway, there’s no debt under my Se-jun’s name, right?”
“Yes.”
“I understand.”
Just as she was about to leave after confirming the facts.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“Let go of this!”
She reflexively twisted Yang Pal’s arm that was touching her.
Crack!
“Ahhhhh!”
“Oh, I’m sorry! I put too much strength into it without realizing… I’ll heal it for you.”
She immediately used Breath of Regression to restore the broken arm.
“What…? She was an Apostle?”
“An Apostle…?”
“That woman?”
The organization members murmured.
Regardless, Yang Pal frowned.
His arm was fixed, but his mood hadn’t improved.
“This fucking bitch!”
He finally pulled out a sashimi knife from his jacket.
“Do I look like a joke to you? Is healing everything?”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
“Making people feel like shit? Let’s see you go through the same thing.”
As he was about to stab with the blade, Park Se-jun stood in front of him.
“Oh? Won’t you move?”
“Don’t bully our sister!”
“Ha, haha! Even this retarded bastard is looking down on me?”
The moment Yang Pal, who had been laughing hollowly, turned serious and raised his blade.
Crash!
“Ugh!”
The office door panel flew over and struck Yang Pal.
“Yang Pal! Are you okay?”
“Damn… Fuck, which bastard tore off the door panel…”
Yang Pal, who raised his head, immediately shut his mouth.
Standing at the doorway was none other than the boss, Kang Hee Seong.
More precisely, it was Lee Tae Seong disguised with Camouflage.
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