Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 78
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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 078
78. Judgment
Pi Hyeok Jin’s eyes widened to their absolute limit.
Despite being cursed at, surprise came before displeasure.
“Ha… haha…”
Pi Hyeok Jin, who had been laughing like a madman with a sneer.
Step by step—
Approached me.
“Well, well. Our little errand boy has gotten quite bold while I wasn’t looking, hasn’t he? Cursing at your hyung.”
“In front of others, you do look like the older one. Since you have such an old face.”
“…”
Pi Hyeok Jin twitched.
And for good reason—just looking at his face, he appeared to be in his early thirties.
But in reality, he was the same age as me, mid-twenties.
The problem was that I looked young, making us appear at least 10 years apart.
So when we stood side by side, we absolutely didn’t look the same age.
We looked like hyung and dongsaeng with about a 12-year age gap.
“This bastard… why is he acting up like this? I was being a bit welcoming and he’s crossing the line? Haha…!”
Pi Hyeok Jin had been laughing off the reunion with his old classmate, but.
“…Fuck, this is unbelievable?”
Suddenly turned serious and glared at me.
“A slave bastard talking back to his master. Wow… fuck, this is why you shouldn’t take in black-haired beasts…”
“Who took in who, you moron. I played with you out of pity. You piece of shit not even worth the dirt under my toenails.”
When I fired back without backing down, Pi Hyeok Jin widened his eyes once again.
“Wow… you’ve really changed a lot? Back then you kept your mouth shut like a coward, but now your expression and behavior…”
“So what, you idiot.”
I ignored him and continued provoking.
As if I was going to release all the resentment from my previous life right now.
‘Saying words I couldn’t even dare to speak before feels so refreshing.’
Above all, the words I said with the purpose of provoking him.
They definitely had an effect as his eyebrows twitched.
“Ha… this bastard, after seeing hyung-nim for so long, if you can’t greet me properly… why are you acting crazy like this? Are you looking down on me because I do deliveries?”
“No. I’m looking down on your entire existence.”
“You, do you know what kind of person I am before acting like this? I’m an Apostle. Someone like you, a regular person, can suck my… Ah!”
The guy raised his eyebrows as if realizing something.
“Don’t tell me you became an Apostle too? Is that why you’re acting like this? To get revenge on me?”
“…”
“Puhahahat! You stupid bastard. Hey, Woojin. There was a reason this bastard was acting up. Right? Keke.”
Pi Hyeok Jin patted his friend’s shoulder and laughed heartily, but.
“…”
His friend couldn’t laugh.
Because he had seen me treating Weihao like a subordinate.
“Woojin. What’s wrong?”
“Huh? What, what’s…”
“Why are you so frozen? Need to take a shit?”
“No, no…”
“But don’t you remember that bastard? You gave him a cigarette burn before…”
“Sh, shut up, fuck!”
“Why is this bastard suddenly acting like this?”
Since he was acting differently than usual, it was bound to be puzzling.
“Anyway, you… what was your name again? Errand boy bastard. You’re dead. I just had something unpleasant happen earlier, you know? It seems like you came for revenge because you got a little stronger, but you picked the wrong person. Today is your death anniversary.”
Pi Hyeok Jin approached while loosening his neck and fists.
In the past, I would have cowered, but now I wasn’t scared at all.
Unlike the past, I had…
“Huh?”
Become someone who could use telekinesis.
“Why, why won’t my body…”
“Move?”
I took a step and stopped right in front of Pi Hyeok Jin’s nose.
“I’m currently holding your entire body with telekinesis. Unless your resistance stat exceeds 40, it’ll be difficult to move.”
“You fucking bastard, what did you do…”
“Shut your mouth.”
At my words, even his mouth couldn’t open.
“Now, pay attention. We’re settling old scores from now on.”
“Mmph! Mmmph!”
“Past debts need to be settled, don’t they?”
I wiggled my finger.
Crack!
“Grraaahhh!!”
His arm bent in a grotesque direction.
Crack!
“Grraaahhhhh!”
The other arm met the same fate.
“Arms are done, next is….”
I pulled Wang Ho Wei’s Dagger from my Inventory.
Stab!
“Grrgh!”
Stab! Stab!
Grraaahhh!”
I stabbed his thighs repeatedly.
Just before he passed out.
“Don’t worry. I won’t kill you.”
I healed his body with Breath of Regression.
Pi Hyeok Jin became perfectly fine as if nothing had happened, the pain disappearing completely.
“Mmph mmph! Mmmph!!”
He seemed to be cursing, but I didn’t ungag his mouth.
Since he could use the Bite skill.
“Now, shall we start again?”
This time I broke his fingers one by one.
Snap! Snap!
After breaking all ten, I stabbed his stomach with the dagger.
Stab!
“Grrgh!”
I twisted it around to cause maximum pain.
“Grrgh! Grrghhhhh!”
The bastard writhed in agony.
And I repeated the healing process again.
Unable to bear watching his friend’s suffering, Kang Woo Jin slowly backed away.
While watching my reaction.
“Stop right there.”
“!”
“Where do you think you’re sneaking off to like a rat? Did you think I wouldn’t notice?”
“…Fuck!”
Kang Woo Jin turned around and ran.
Or rather, tried to run.
Before he could take a few steps, my telekinesis caught him.
“Ugh…!”
“Who gave you permission to leave? No one leaves without my permission.”
I held both of them with telekinesis simultaneously.
It required advanced control, but for someone of my level in handling mana, it wasn’t particularly difficult.
“S-spare me! P-please spare me!”
As I approached, Kang Woo Jin begged pitifully with the most pathetic expression.
If I hadn’t been holding him with telekinesis, he would probably be clasping his hands together in supplication.
“Tell me now. Why did you do that before?”
“Before? What are you talking about….”
I pulled out a cigarette pack from his pocket.
“This.”
“Ah….”
Kang Woo Jin frantically shook his head.
“I never did that. Really. I don’t even remember.”
“You don’t remember?”
[The target is lying.]
The Truth Reading function, an additional effect of the Scales of Judgment item.
Since it’s a possession, it automatically activates like a passive without needing to be taken out.
‘You won’t speak nicely, is that it?’
I lit the cigarette with the lighter that was in the cigarette pack.
Then I deeply inhaled the smoke.
“Phew. Can’t remember? Can’t be helped then. I’ll have to help you remember.”
Sizzle!
“Aaaahhh!”
I pressed the cigarette burn onto his forearm.
The scar may be faint now, but back then I was tortured like this too.
By this very bastard.
“Still don’t remember?”
Sizzle!
“Ahhhhhhh!”
This time I burned a hole in his face.
“Ugh, I, I remember! I remember! It was me, it was me!”
[The target is telling the truth.]
“Now you’re being a bit more honest. Why do you keep pretending not to know?”
“H-honestly, I thought you’d kill me if I told the truth… That’s why I did that. Sob sob…”
“Why would I kill you? It’s just for giggling while giving cigarette burns.”
“…”
Did he notice there was a thorn in my words?
Kang Woo Jin’s expression hardened in an instant.
But I really don’t intend to kill him.
“I don’t plan to kill you, but…”
I took out the Scales of Judgment from my Inventory.
“Let’s leave the judgment to this. It’s quite a fair judge.”
“…?”
“Shall we begin?”
As I decided to use it and let go, the Scales of Judgment floated into the air.
“Measure that bastard’s sins.”
[Using the Scales of Judgment.]
[The target’s karma will be placed on the scales.]
Soon blue orbs and red orbs began piling up on both sides of the scales.
Thud thud thud thud thud— stop.
The blue orbs representing good deeds stopped quickly.
Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud—
The red orbs representing evil deeds kept piling up.
This side was overwhelmingly more.
[The scales have completely tilted toward the evil orbs.]
[A verdict will be rendered according to the weight of sins.]
《Verdict: Death Penalty》
“Huh?”
Kang Woo Jin’s eyes widened, having seen the message himself.
Soon after.
Whoosh!
Sacred flames blazed up from Kang Woo Jin’s body.
“Ah, ahhhhhhhhh—”
The bastard disappeared in an instant without even leaving a corpse behind.
This is the effect of the Scales of Judgment.
‘He was also an Apostle, but I couldn’t get karma, so ah…’
Just as I was feeling disappointed.
Black energy rose from where he died.
It was karma.
When I placed my hand on it.
[Karma has been absorbed.]
[23% until core completion…]
A satisfying message rang out.
“Hyeok Jin? Did you see that well? Now it’s your turn.”
“…”
Pi Hyeok Jin’s pupils, who had watched his friend’s death, shook incessantly.
Fear.
The only emotion I could read in his eyes was just that.
“Bastard, you’re scared. Don’t worry. I’m not killing you yet. Do you think I’m crazy enough to kill you nicely?”
“Mmph… mmph…”
“Sounds like you’re begging for your life, but that’s not for me to decide—it’s for these scales to judge.”
When I shook the Scales of Judgment in front of him, Pi Hyeok Jin turned deathly pale.
But I couldn’t use it right away.
‘The cooldown is a whole 7 days.’
It’s an item strong enough to kill in one shot, but the long cooldown is the trap.
It would be a waste to use it on Pi Hyeok Jin.
‘Rather, I’ve thought of a better idea.’
If I use the Scales of Judgment, he’ll definitely die.
But it would be a waste to kill him like this.
‘I should use him to the fullest.’
The 93rd Floor is where Hidden Pieces appear.
To clear that floor, I need the Bite skill.
‘This worked out perfectly. Pi Hyeok Jin has that skill.’
I need to keep him alive until I clear the 93rd Floor.
And.
‘I’ll need that item too.’
There’s an item I thought of to use Pi Hyeok Jin effectively.
It’s an SSS-rank item that Orcus has, and I think it would be fine to ask for it.
‘I’ll have to open the Eternal Room later and make the request. To exchange the item.’
I haven’t used the Chains of the Underworld I received from Orcus yet.
Unused sponsorships can be exchanged within a day, so there shouldn’t be a problem.
‘Now, shall I try using Parasite?’
Currently, Parasite is at full capacity with 11 people.
I have no choice but to delete one.
‘I’ll release Prison of Death.’
Then I implanted a Magic Parasite into Pi Hyeok Jin’s body.
[Since the target has only one skill, attempting to copy immediately.]
[Skill ‘Bite’ has been copied.]
▷Bite(S)
―Effect: Literally bites to deal damage. Creates virtual fangs that temporarily paralyze the target. Additionally has a blood-sucking effect.
The Prison of Death skill disappeared and Bite was created.
With this, he’s also entered the surveillance list.
‘Breath of Regression.’
After I finished healing his wounds and released my telekinesis.
Thud!
Pi Hyeok Jin collapsed.
Now free, he moved his limbs and opened and closed his mouth.
“Ah, ah… my voice… is coming out?”
“Pi Hyeok Jin.”
He flinched at my voice.
The torture definitely seemed to have been effective.
“I think this settles our past debts.”
“Then, then…”
“Live righteously from now on.”
Leaving only those words, I turned around.
As if I truly had no lingering attachments.
When I opened the door and went out, Weihao was standing there.
“Finished?”
“Yeah.”
When I turned my head, Pi Hyeok Jin’s eyes were even wider than before.
He seemed shocked to see Weihao and me, who had beaten him to near death, having a conversation.
“Let’s go now.”
“Go? Leaving that bastard behind?”
“You heard it too. This much is enough.”
Weihao, who had heard the torture sounds from outside, nodded.
It was sufficient as revenge.
But contrary to my words, I had no intention of ending it here.
‘Let’s quickly clear up to the 93rd Floor. Using Pi Hyeok Jin comes after that.’
Freedom is only permitted until then.
“But what about the other guy?”
Weihao looked inside and tilted his head in confusion.
“Why can’t I see anything?”
“Just hurry up and go.”
I had a lot to do if I was going to use Pi Hyeok Jin.
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