Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 83

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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 083

83. I am Amon.

The 93rd Floor’s Hidden Piece, Blood Supply.

An exclusive skill that only the Apostle of the Ancient Vampire can obtain, and its effects are quite good.

▷Blood Supply(S)

―Effect: When draining blood from a target with Bite, recovers health and temporarily increases all stats by 10%. Duration is 3 minutes.

‘Health recovery from blood drain is nice enough. But the real good part is the buff effect.’

An all-stat increase buff.

And it’s not a fixed value but a percentage.

The higher the stats, the greater the effect.

‘That’s this skill’s greatest advantage. But…’

There are also disadvantages.

The duration is short.

‘Only 3 minutes? How am I supposed to properly utilize this?’

Above all, to receive the buff effect, you have to bite the opponent first.

Meaning if there are no monsters, you can’t even get the buff.

‘That’s a fatal flaw, but…’

What if there’s always a target ready to bite?

The story changes.

‘I didn’t ask Orcus to change it to a skull jar for nothing.’

Pi Hyeok Jin isn’t dead in a way.

He’s just trapped inside the Skull Jar of Binding.

Because of that, Skill Copy was still maintained, and I could even use the Parasite function.

‘Looking through Parasite, he’s sharing the same vision as me.’

The slave trapped in the skull jar can see what the master is doing.

This is possible because of the master-servant relationship.

‘At least he won’t be bored inside.’

Instead, he must obey whatever the master says.

The master can summon him whenever they want.

‘I’ll make good use of you from now on. As my slave.’

What use could I have for that guy?

Quite a lot actually.

‘Since he has an immortal body, I can use him as a meat shield.’

Or use him as bait to draw a boss monster’s attention.

‘Best of all, I can use him to receive the buff effect from Blood Supply.’

I should quickly enter the Labyrinth for testing.

‘First, let me release Parasite.’

Since he’s in the jar anyway, he’s always by my side.

There’s no need to monitor him.

When I removed the parasitic organism from Pi Hyeok Jin’s head, one slot became available.

‘There might be someone worth using Parasite on later, so I’ll save it for then.’

As expected, the Bite skill didn’t disappear either.

Since he was within range of Skill Copy, the skill was always maintained.

‘Now let’s test it in the Labyrinth. See how effective the buff is.’

[You have entered Labyrinth Underground 94th Floor.]

Before performing the collection mission, I tested it first.

“Come out.”

When I took out the skull jar from my Inventory, Pi Hyeok Jin appeared along with smoke.

In his original body.

“Huh! Wh-where is this?”

“Where else. It’s the Labyrinth.”

“The Labyrinth?”

Pi Hyeok Jin looked at me and soon frowned.

“Wh-what the hell did you do? How did you bring me to the Labyrinth, you son of a…”

“Shut your mouth.”

The master’s command is absolute.

Unable to even open his mouth despite his feelings, Pi Hyeok Jin looks at me with surprised eyes.

This is the power of the master-servant contract.

“From now on, you’re my slave. If I tell you to crawl, you crawl, and if I tell you to do a butt show, you do a butt show. Though I don’t want to see that kind of thing.”

“Mmph, mmph!”

“Shut your mouth for now. I don’t want to hear your voice. Let’s start with Blood Supply first.”

I didn’t want to bite that bastard’s dirty neck, but it’s fine.

When I use the Bite skill, virtual teeth appear anyway.

Chomp!

“Keurgh!”

After sucking his blood with a slurp, Pi Hyeok Jin collapsed to the floor with a thud as his strength drained away.

[Your health is restored through the effect of Blood Supply.]

[All stats increase by 10% for 3 minutes due to the buff effect.]

I opened my Status Window to check the increased stats.

“Good.”

Looking at Pi Hyeok Jin, he couldn’t move due to paralysis.

Even though he became an undead being through the Skull Jar’s effect, he still feels status ailments and pain as before.

“Now get lost.”

When I put the Skull Jar into my Inventory, Pi Hyeok Jin automatically disappeared.

“Well then, shall we start the conquest?”

For Wang Ho Wei, disposing of corpses wasn’t difficult.

Living in an organization, that’s what he did all the time.

‘That bastard Amon. Leaving me to handle the cleanup and then leaving.’

And now he’s diligently conquering floors.

Judging by the conquest messages appearing.

‘While someone was busy smelling corpses all night… Sigh.’

Suddenly, reality hits him.

‘Still, I handled this pretty cleanly.’

Balance Gap isn’t a skill that only moves bodies to another world.

It makes everything invisible, including possessions and clothes being worn.

It means anything that isn’t a living being can be hidden.

‘That’s why disposing of corpses was easier.’

Amon must have known this when he asked me to do it.

Though it was more of a threat than a request.

‘What can I do? The one with power wins. Plus, he has my dagger too.’

Wang Ho Wei rationalized that he had no choice because of the dagger, but honestly, he was afraid.

The power Amon showed was beyond imagination.

‘I didn’t know he could handle the Ten Strongmen so easily by himself.’

He expected his abilities to be far superior to Regular Apostles.

But he never thought he would have so many skills.

‘Just the skills I saw were 4 different ones.’

That was just a minimum estimate; there might be even more.

He could tell just by looking at the corpses at the abandoned factory that Amon told him to clean up.

‘Looking at the state of the corpses, they seemed to have been caught in an explosion with limbs severed and flesh burned.’

What kind of skill did he use to cause that?

Just how many skills does Amon have?

He disposed of the corpses with such questions in mind.

‘Anyway, now the underworld is mine.’

Sun Gang, the leader, was dead.

The Ten Strongmen, who were obstacles, were also gone.

The underworld, having lost its leadership, naturally became Wang Ho Wei’s domain.

There was no longer anyone blocking his path.

‘But then, what is this empty feeling in my heart…?’

Now he could return to his homeland without problems, but he couldn’t bring himself to leave easily.

‘Is it because I’m worried about the dagger? No, it’s more of a fundamental issue than that.’

Wang Ho Wei, who had come to Korea to find his dagger, felt empty and stared blankly at the sky.

He saw an airplane flying by, but soon turned his gaze away.

His wandering steps began to seek out someone.

[You have cleared Labyrinth Underground 95th Floor!]

[As a reward for clearing the 95th Floor normally, ‘Slightly Weak Life Essence’ is granted.]

[45,500 Credits (+10,500) are granted.]

[Booster applied floors: 10/10 floors]

[The Credit Booster usage has expired.]

[You have conquered 10 floors without taking any damage.]

[Condition met! 400,000 credits will be refunded.]

After using up all the Credit Boosters, I immediately summoned Luster with the Dimensional Orb.

[Human, why did you call me again?]

The Death God with an annoyed attitude.

“Your attitude is a bit unpleasant? Am I bothering you?”

[Ah, no. That can’t be… You’re mistaken.]

When I made my eyes sharp, he immediately tucked his tail.

[But… why did you call me?]

“What else would I call you for?”

[Are you planning to buy another Credit Booster?]

I nodded.

But this time I’m not just buying a booster.

“I’m going to buy one more thing.”

[What kind of…]

“Just open the shop window first.”

As soon as I opened the Dimensional Shop, I first purchased a Credit Booster.

[You have purchased the item ‘Credit Booster’.]

[400,000 credits have been deducted.]

Now my remaining credits are 1,176,000.

With this.

‘I should buy some useful items.’

[You have purchased the item ‘Amulet of Pain’.]

[1,000,000 credits have been deducted.]

I bought one accessory with decent effects.

[Amulet of Pain (A)]

―Category: Accessory

―Durability: 1,800/1,800

―Effect: Mana+12, inflicts curse of pain when attacking

―Usage Restriction: Lee Tae Seong (Bound)

―Description: An amulet created by an ancient shaman to eternally perpetuate an enemy’s pain. It is said that the deeper the enemy’s pain, the more the wearer falls into dark pleasure.

An amulet that inflicts a curse of pain with every attack, just like its name.

‘When cursed, you can feel pain as if all the nerves in your body are burning.’

However, no actual damage is dealt.

It only feels that way.

Still, what makes this item effective is that the curse is applied even with just a graze from the blade.

Mental damage is dealt.

‘Especially, I can torment Pi Hyeok Jin a bit more.’

I can’t stand seeing that bastard comfortable inside the Skull Jar.

I should at least curse him to torment him.

But Luster seemed to think differently.

[You’re paying 1 million credits for this…? Something that doesn’t even deal damage? Has this human finally gone crazy?]

He nitpicks with an irritating tone.

Immediate punishment with a slap.

Smack!

“Are you crazy?”

[…]

“A salesperson cursing at a customer?”

[…S-sorry.]

“Use honorifics.”

[…I apologize.]

As expected, a slap infused with mana can make even a Specter kneel.

“If you’re going to say useless things, just leave.”

[Ah, I under…stand. Then, I’ll be going…]

Not wanting to get hit more, Luster hurriedly hid himself.

“But the buff effect is quite useful, isn’t it?”

When I receive the 10% increase buff from Blood Supply, all stats go up by 8.

I can maintain this by sucking Pi Hyeok Jin’s blood every 3 minutes.

However, there’s the drawback that the duration is short, so I have to bite his neck frequently.

‘Anyway, let’s just focus on clearing floors.’

To the 99th Floor, without rest.

On the Apostle Community, Transcendence Net, various topics are posted regularly.

【Looking for party members to clear 21st Floor. First come, first served!】

【Anyone want to meet up for drinks and hang out? I’m so bored ㅠㅠ】

【Selling F-Grade Magic Stones below market price. Contact 010―XXXX―XXXX.】

【I cleared the Labyrinth today and almost died.】

【Is there any way to enter Sinkholes without Apostle registration?】

【Please just read this once. This isn’t a begging post….】

Various topics flooded the board, but among them, the most common were party recruitment posts and stories about Amon.

【Title: Amon is really amazing. Already cleared up to 98th Floor.】

[Total Comments: 89]

└Already? That’s insane!

└How many days left on survival timer now?

└Says 993 days remaining.

└Wow… It feels like yesterday when there were 30 days left, and now it’s extended by 3 years?

└Everyone attention! Salute to Amon who leads the way for humanity!

└I just cleared 21st Floor… This is completely monstrous.

└A message just popped up in the middle of this.

└99th Floor cleared successfully.

└Almost one floor per hour.

└Time remaining until destruction: 1,003 days!

└Wow! Over 1,000 days!

└I was worried about my lease expiring soon, but now I can renew it.

└Thank you. Thanks to Amon, I live another day.

└I really want to see their face just once.

└I want to see some combat scenes.

└Isn’t it uploaded on ViewTube?

└Videos are only up to 37th Floor so far.

└Then it’ll be trap missions until 39th Floor.

└They don’t even trigger traps, so no combat scenes in the videos.

└Then we’ll have to hope for combat footage starting from 40th Floor.

└Even that’s useless if 40th Floor mission isn’t combat-related….

└If they filmed all the way up to floor 99… just how much footage do they have stockpiled? ㄷㄷㄷ

That Amon was amazing was now known to everyone.

The entire world was watching his progress with interest.

However, what they were curious about was the combat aspect.

How strong he was compared to Regular Apostles.

What kind of fighting style he used.

What Skills he employed.

What Items he possessed.

Who his Transcendent Spirit was.

Since almost no information was revealed, even Amon’s gender became a topic of unprecedented interest.

That was something Pi Hyeok Jin was curious about too.

However.

‘Th-this guy… just how many Skills does he have?’

Pi Hyeok Jin, trapped in subspace and directly observing Lee Tae Seong’s combat, couldn’t help but have reasonable doubts.

‘There’s only one person this strong in the entire world… could it be?’

He’d have to ask when he was called out later.

Soon enough, he’d be summoned again to have his blood sucked.

Sure enough.

Pi Hyeok Jin, materialized outside the Skull Jar.

“Give me the buff.”

He raised his hand to stop Lee Tae Seong who was about to bite him with his Blood Supply Skill.

“W-wait! I have something to say.”

“What is it.”

“I’m curious about something… are you by any chance Amon?”

“….”

“N-no, right? Haha. I thought so. No way that loser I knew could be Amon. That’s ridiculous….”

“How did you figure it out?”

At Lee Tae Seong’s words, Pi Hyeok Jin’s mouth immediately snapped shut.

“I am Amon.”

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