Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 63

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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 063

63. Messenger

Even a blank sheet of paper is better when held together.

Just like that saying, the Labyrinth is more helpful when tackled with others rather than alone.

Is there really a need to shoulder the danger by yourself?

‘That’s probably why I’ve been seeing a lot of party recruitment posts on Transcendence Net lately.’

But forming a party with strangers has its risks.

Because you never know when they might stab you in the back.

Could you really trust your back to someone you’ve just met?

‘Of course, that risk is small. There’s no real reason to harm others.’

The situation has survival as a common goal.

Unless it’s for personal greed, there’s no reason to betray anyone.

‘Even so, it’s better not to bring in outsiders if possible.’

That’s why I sought out Han So Ra, Seo Mina, and Park Se Hee.

They all had a common problem at the moment.

Namely, they were having difficulty conquering the Labyrinth.

‘All three are Support types, so it’s hard for them to conquer it alone.’

Strictly speaking, Seo Mina was more of a Crowd Control type, but she was no different in that she lacked Attack Skills.

‘If the three of them team up for a party at a time like this, there should be synergy effects.’

From what I’ve observed so far, all three have excellent character scores, so the probability of trouble is low.

Being women, they’d probably understand each other in some ways too.

Fortunately, when I made the proposal, two of them accepted.

I just need Park Se Hee here to accept as well.

However, Park Se Hee seemed somewhat flustered.

“You came to help… with what?”

“You’re having difficulty conquering the Labyrinth right now, aren’t you?”

“Don’t tell me… you were the person who gave me advice in the alley before? The one who told me to enter the Labyrinth…?”

“That’s right.”

“Ah… I thought so…”

“You sound like you expected it?”

“Your voice was the same.”

I figured as much.

The fact that I didn’t deliberately change my voice probably played a part too.

“But you used formal speech before, so why are you speaking casually now?”

“Since you already know my identity. It’s okay to speak comfortably, right?”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

Without dragging it out, I got straight to the point.

“I know you’re having problems conquering the Labyrinth. That’s something I can help you with.”

“How do you know that too? Don’t tell me, like before…?”

She meant whether I had followed her again like before.

Well, it was natural for her to be suspicious.

From the beginning, I had known her name and Sponsoring Spirit, and I had accurately guessed Park Se Hee’s personal concerns.

Even now, I was speaking as if I knew about her conquest problems.

‘It’s natural for her to be so wary.’

To clear up this misunderstanding, I’ll need to make up some story, won’t I?

“Do you know about someone who has a Future Sight Skill?”

“Yes. I heard about it at Capital last time. Someone abandoned the business they built just believing in the Prophet’s words…”

“Right. I’m just conveying that person’s words.”

I’m just a messenger for someone with a Prophecy Skill.

That’s what I claimed.

Because that was more convincing.

But Park Se Hee still had a disbelieving expression.

I’ll need to add a bit more lies to this.

“Who is this prophet?”

“There’s a name people commonly call them.”

After pausing for a beat, I added:

“Amon.”

“What?”

“The name of the person I serve is Amon.”

Park Se Hee’s eyes wavered at my lie.

“So, so… the person who sees the future… is called Amon?”

“That’s right.”

“Is it the same Amon I know? The one who posted conquest methods on Transcendence Net…?”

When I nodded, Park Se Hee’s eyes widened once again.

“Then… that person saw my future and sent you to help me?”

“Something like that.”

“Why…?”

“I don’t know the reason either. But since they’re someone who sees the future, they must have their intentions.”

The lies flow smoothly.

‘Can’t help it. If I want to make her believe.’

When it’s burdensome to reveal your identity?

You just disguise yourself as a third party.

By vaguely saying you can see the future.

Fortunately, the strategy seemed to work, as the wariness faded from Park Se Hee’s eyes.

“So that’s why you knew so much about me.”

Park Se Hee even nods her head.

She accepts the situation.

“To think it was Amon who helped me…”

She even seemed to feel grateful.

“Can’t I meet him? I’d like to thank him at least…”

“He’s someone even I find difficult to meet.”

She attempts to make contact.

Of course, I firmly refused.

“That’s unfortunate. But how exactly will you help me?”

Now we’ve finally returned to the main topic.

I made a proposal while pretending to relay Amon’s words.

“He knows a few people who are having difficulties with their conquests. Since your floors are similar, he said it would be helpful if you banded together.”

“Are you telling me to form a party?”

“That’s right.”

“How many people?”

“Three including you. The other two have already agreed to the proposal. What do you think? It’ll be better than conquering alone.”

In other words, I’m arranging party members for her.

Park Se Hee had no reason to refuse.

“I’ll do it. I was having trouble with conquests anyway…”

“Good thinking. First, give me your mobile phone.”

Taking Park Se Hee’s phone, I entered Kang Hee Seong’s contact information.

“I’ve saved my number. Also the numbers of the other two who will be your party members.”

Park Se Hee takes back her phone and checks it.

“The names… they’re women?”

She’ll probably even know one of them.

“Han So Ra…? It’s not the celebrity Han So Ra, is it? No way?”

“That no way is correct.”

“Ah…”

“She’s trustworthy, so don’t worry.”

With this, the party was formed.

Han So Ra, Seo Mina, Park Se Hee.

Their conquest floors are similar and all three are supports.

It’ll be better than struggling to conquer alone.

‘It would have been better if there were tanks and dealers… but it’s unsettling to include outsiders.’

Since it’s the early stages, three people shouldn’t have trouble with conquests.

Even if there are slight differences in their levels.

‘Park Se Hee will probably stand out the most among the three.’

While the other two are ordinary Transcendent Spirits, Park Se Hee is an Apostle of the Three Gods.

Her stats are superior and she has three skills.

‘If I nurture a support that’s essential to the party, I can use her as a fighting force later.’

Of course, all of this isn’t for my sake.

It’s all for my comrades.

‘I can’t lose my comrades like in the past.’

And so it was gradually being completed.

My own raid party.

Crack!

Weihao dealt with the rolling Dark Roller.

For him, the Floor 25 mission was nothing special.

‘I just need to endure for an hour. Nothing difficult about it.’

Survival was a sure thing if he just occasionally killed the monsters that chased him with telekinesis.

But then.

[You have defeated 100 Dark Rollers.]

[Hidden Event: Giant Dark Roller appears.]

A problem arose because he had killed too many.

‘Giant? Don’t tell me it’s a boss?’

As expected, a Ball Bug boasting tremendous size appeared.

The vibrations were tremendous as it rolled toward this direction.

‘Damn it! I just need to hold out a little longer, but a boss?!’

There was no mention of this in Amon’s strategy guide posted on Transcendence Net.

‘I just made the difficulty harder by hunting monsters… wait.’

A sudden thought occurred to him.

‘Don’t bosses drop equipment when you kill them?’

Equipment items were precious in the Labyrinth.

Only one piece of equipment had dropped while conquering up to Floor 24.

And now a boss had appeared?

He couldn’t help but feel greedy.

Wasn’t it a rule of games that defeating a boss would give appropriate rewards?

‘5 minutes remaining.’

Could he really defeat the boss within that time?

Was one item worth risking his life for?

Weihao stood at a crossroads.

Should he just safely avoid it and clear the mission, or take a gamble?

‘I’m not afraid of dying anyway. It would be better to at least try something.’

However, he was afraid of the Death God.

He had shuddered even when it entered his body.

He had been suppressing his murderous urges out of fear that his soul would be taken.

‘Surely I won’t be taken by the Death God just for dying? I haven’t killed any innocent people.’

Would the Death God take his soul if he died?

Even if he died fighting monsters?

‘If I die… won’t the Death God inside my body be released too?’

That thought made Weihao hesitate.

A sense of crisis that he must not die washed over him, who had never feared death.

‘Ah, whatever. I need to survive first.’

He changed his mind to running away.

If he died, the Death God inside his body would be released, and it was obvious it would prey on his soul.

[The time limit has expired and the mission has ended.]

[You have survived for 1 hour.]

[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 25th Floor!]

When time ran out, the boss disappeared like a mirage.

“Nice!”

Weihao was delighted, but he didn’t know.

That he had missed the chance to obtain an Orb of Darkness.

At the moment Weihao was clearing the Labyrinth.

Rustle.

The sound of grass could be heard around the cabin.

It wasn’t a passing mountain animal.

It was the sound of human footsteps.

And not just one person, but several.

“Wait.”

The man who stopped in front of the cabin looked back at the men who had followed.

“Did you guys do this?”

“No way.”

The lock was broken.

Signs of someone breaking in.

Creak—

He carefully opened the cabin door, but there was no one inside.

Instead, there was a smell of ramen.

Someone had broken the lock and even cooked ramen.

“Which bastard messed with our hideout…”

“Boss. What should we do?”

“Search the area immediately.”

Underworld Action Squad leader Wang Ho Wei was genuinely pissed off.

“I’m going to report to the boss.”

After Floor 25, Liu Weihao didn’t hunt monsters.

He couldn’t risk carelessly provoking them and having a boss appear.

‘I can’t die in a place like this.’

Let’s endure just as the survival mission says.

If I avoid monsters for just 1 hour, I can go to the next floor with rewards, can’t I?

‘The goal is Floor 30. If I just break Amon’s record, I can get a better Achievement than defeating the boss.’

With that mindset, enduring wasn’t difficult.

Up to the 29th floor was lightning fast.

It only took 1 hour to clear each floor.

[You have entered Labyrinth Underground 30th Floor.]

《Type: Trap》

《Condition: Alone without help from others》

《Mission: Find the exit.》

[You cannot leave until you clear the mission.]

I arrived.

At Floor 30, my target.

‘Amon, I’m going to set a record that surpasses that bastard.’

Then I can claim the Achievement.

For this moment, I studied by watching videos dozens of times in that damn cabin.

Amon’s videos.

‘Stupid bastard. Sharing the Floor 30 strategy guide. And in video form too.’

He must have uploaded it confident his record wouldn’t be broken, but that was a mistake.

I memorized all 50 patterns shown in the video.

I also remember which door to enter among the multiple doors.

‘First, I need to go to the far left. Then the right door, then the center…’

Having memorized everything from the video, I can clear it faster than anyone.

So as soon as I started, I entered the left door.

I didn’t have time to check if it was a trap or not.

To break the record, I had to go without hesitation.

But.

“Huh?”

I ended up entering a strange place.

The environment had completely changed unlike the video.

And hobgoblins appeared.

“Ah, fuck.”

Only then could I realize.

The fact that I had fallen into a trap.

Crack!

After crushing the monster’s head with telekinesis, I returned.

To the starting point where I began.

When I examined the door I had entered earlier, it was different from before.

‘The pattern has changed.’

In the first checkpoint, the door handle’s pattern should be different, but it wasn’t.

The position, the pattern, everything was different.

‘It’s not the same pattern for everyone.’

Meaning memorizing the answers won’t work.

‘Then memorizing the positions is completely useless?’

Sharing the Record Layer?

Even though his record might be broken?

I had cursed him for being stupid, but now I see there was a reason Amon made it public.

‘So that’s why he made it public. He knew the patterns are different for each person, so it can’t be broken anyway.’

How on earth did he know?

I don’t know the reason, but one thing was certain.

“I just wasted my time. Fuck!”

The fact that breaking the record was already out of reach.

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