Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 84
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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 084
84. Forced Leave
I spoke honestly.
That I was Amon.
Pi Hyeok Jin’s eyes widened beyond measure.
Then began the denial of reality.
“N-no way. How could you be Amon? That joke is really…”
“A joke? Do I look like someone who would make trivial jokes with you?”
As I glared at him intently, Pi Hyeok Jin gulped.
Though he said no, he must know too.
That my words were the truth.
“You asked because you thought I might be Amon too. You’ve never seen an Apostle who uses this many skills. Right?”
“…”
“And you must be feeling it too? That there’s no lie in my words.”
Systemically, Pi Hyeok Jin and I have a master-servant relationship.
A slave cannot doubt their master.
Perhaps because of that, his eyes quickly showed acceptance.
“The world’s Supreme Apostle was you? H-how is that possible…”
“That’s not important, let’s try a test.”
“A test?”
I equipped the Amulet of Pain at my waist, then bit the back of his neck.
Chomp!
“Kuk!”
Perhaps he’s adapted now, as his groan wasn’t as loud as the first time.
However.
“Wh-what is this message?”
“What?”
“There’s a strange message saying I’m afflicted with the Curse of Pain… Kruuuk!”
The guy suddenly convulsed and twisted his body.
“Uhheuk! Kruuuuk!”
He writhed in agony, twisting his entire body as if his blood vessels were burning.
“The effect is working properly. I can see it activates immediately.”
“Wh-what did you, kheuk… do to me… yak!”
“It’s called the Curse of Pain. As the name suggests, I cast a debuff that inflicts pain. Duration is 24 hours.”
“Cr-crazy! 24 hours?!”
“Don’t worry. It doesn’t deal damage so you won’t die. Though with your immortal body, you wouldn’t die anyway.”
“Immortal? What do you mean by that… hueok!”
Pi Hyeok Jin occasionally convulsed and grimaced.
Watching him suffer brought an inexplicable pleasure.
“Go and wait. I’ll call you again later.”
“You son of a…”
I didn’t give him a chance to curse.
I immediately put him into the Skull Jar and resumed hunting.
I easily cleared up to the 99th Floor like that.
[Would you like to descend to the Next Floor? Y/N]
‘The 100th Floor is the Record Layer, so I’ll rest a bit first.’
Don’t I need rest too?
I had a lot of bodily fluids on me, so I needed a shower as well.
I pressed N to return and went back Home.
As soon as I arrived, I showered and sat in front of the computer.
‘The videos are running out soon.’
The videos scheduled for the Channel go up to the 39th Floor.
I set them to upload one floor per day, and currently they’ve gone up to the 37th Floor.
‘Should I check the Channel after a while?’
I’d been too busy with various matters to check the Channel.
[Amon’s Labyrinth Strategy]
Total subscribers: 3,002,854
Total views: 15,182,582
Total videos: 9
“Oh.”
Including the imposter arrest video, there are 9 videos, and this level of views isn’t bad.
It had grown considerably since I last checked.
‘Should I check the comments too?’
└First!!!
└222222
└It uploads precisely at midnight like clockwork.
└This time it’s the 37th Floor.
└Is it trap missions up to the 39th Floor?
└I watched the video and he doesn’t say a single word again this time.
└It’s a quiet video. Perfect for ASMR.
└There aren’t many subtitles anymore either. Is it because he’s revealed all his know-how?
└But he’s really the GOAT. How does he never fall for a single trap?
└The way he picks only the right answers without hesitation is no ordinary skill.
└This isn’t staged, right? It’s actually filmed with an action camera, right?
└I’m looking forward to the 40th Floor. What type of mission will it be?
└Amon who already reached the 99th Floor must know everything, right?
└Amon sir, please give us a hint. Will there be combat scenes from the 40th Floor?
└I want to see Amon fight. Not just opening doors like this.
└I seriously want to see how strong he is too.
└I’m curious about how many skills he has.
└Isn’t it just one skill? Are there Apostles with multiple skills?
└Someone like Amon probably has multiple, right?
└This is boring. Fall into a trap on purpose at least.
└I want to see combat scenes so baaad!!!
After that, there wasn’t much worth reading.
Most were comments wanting to see combat scenes.
‘From the 40th Floor, it’s rescue missions, so they’ll be able to see the combat scenes they wanted. Flying through the sky too.’
My skills will be revealed, but there’s no one in this world who could threaten me anyway.
As long as my identity isn’t revealed so I don’t get involved in troublesome matters, that’s enough.
I started editing the video like before using the files I had recorded.
Unlike before, this video had my voice in it.
Since I had exchanged a few words with the Cat People I rescued.
‘My identity won’t be exposed just from my voice…’
I didn’t bother editing it out.
‘Let me add some nice subtitles.’
I also added English subtitles.
The videos weren’t just watched by Koreans.
‘There are statistics showing that adding English subtitles dramatically increases view counts.’
I upload strategy videos partly for public benefit, but also to make money.
The revenue from ViewTube is quite substantial.
‘Once I reach a certain trajectory, money will come in steadily.’
The editing didn’t take long.
Since I only needed to add subtitles, there was no need to cut and paste.
[Scheduled upload complete. The video will be published at the scheduled time.]
‘That finishes the scheduling up to the 49th Floor.’
However, there’s no video for the 44th Floor.
I deliberately didn’t record videos for floors with Hidden Pieces.
‘Now shall I open the Random Orb?’
The Random Orb Fragments that had been collected for a while but I hadn’t opened yet.
I took them out of my Inventory and put them together.
‘I wonder what kind of orb will come out…’
Half expectant, half nervous as I watched.
[4 Random Orb Fragments are combining.]
[What type of orb will appear is random.]
[Creating an orb randomly.]
[Item ‘Strong Agility Elixir (A)’ has appeared. Congratulations!]
‘An elixir?’
Unlike elixirs that temporarily boost stats, this elixir has permanent effects.
Being A-grade, its efficacy is quite good.
[Strong Agility Elixir (A)]
―Classification: Consumable
―Effect: Permanently +60 Agility
―Usage Restriction: Apostles who have conquered Floor 100 or higher
―Description: An elixir that permanently enhances the body. Can only be used by Apostles who have conquered Floor 100 or higher of the Labyrinth.
‘It boosts Agility stats by up to 60.’
However, I can’t use it yet.
I need to conquer the 100th Floor first.
‘I’ll keep this and go eat since I’m hungry.’
Before putting on my coat and going out, I closed my eyes for a moment.
I should check what everyone’s doing with Parasite at least once.
‘Weihao is quietly watching WebFlix, and Wang Ho Wei still hasn’t left Korea? Well, as long as he doesn’t cause trouble, it doesn’t matter.’
But then.
‘Hmm…?’
A situation arose that required my intervention.
A day isn’t enough for an emergency room nurse.
Especially for a popular nurse like Park Se Hee.
“Park Teacher! Please take care of the patient in bed 3!”
“Yes, I’m coming!”
“When you’re done with treatment, please come to bed 5 too. They’re in so much pain…”
“I’ll be right there!”
She fully utilized her abilities to fulfill her professional calling.
Park Se Hee thought it didn’t matter if she was revealed to be an Apostle as long as she could save patients.
However.
“Nurse Park. Come see me for a moment.”
“Ah, yes.”
Called by the department head, she found herself in a difficult situation.
“Nurse Park. Stop treating patients immediately.”
“Excuse me? What do you mean…”
“Using skills to treat patients is fine. Your spirit of volunteering for free without taking money is also commendable.”
“Thank you…”
“But there’s a problem.”
“Yes? A problem?”
“Patients who heard the rumors are all causing a fuss trying to get treated only by Nurse Park. Reporters outside are also making a fuss saying they’ll write articles with titles like ‘miracle nurse.'”
“…”
“Think about it. Some people spend expensive money to get treatment, but patients treated by Nurse Park can save millions of won in hospital bills and time. Who do you think patients will flock to?”
“Ah… I didn’t think of that…”
“Do you know what the doctors are thinking right now? They think of Nurse Park as a monster stealing their patients.”
“…”
A monster.
It was a shocking word for Park Se Hee.
“So stop using skills from now on.”
“But what about the patients…”
“Leave the patients to us. Or are you going to steal all the doctors’ rice bowls?”
“That’s not it, but…”
Telling her not to treat patients when there were patients she could save right before her eyes.
Still, it wasn’t that she couldn’t understand the hospital’s position.
“If you really can’t do it, I’d like you to leave the hospital.”
“Excuse me? What do you mean…”
“You saved patients by doing unauthorized treatment on your own, so isn’t that sufficient grounds?”
“…”
She didn’t know.
That things would escalate this far.
“What will you do?”
“Well, that’s…”
Park Se Hee sighed deeply after pondering.
“I’ll… stop using skills.”
“Good thinking.”
She chose to give up on patients.
She couldn’t cause harm to the hospital.
She didn’t know her well-intentioned actions would trouble the medical staff.
“Rest at home for a while. Until the situation calms down.”
“I understand… I’m sorry.”
On the way home.
Park Se Hee felt complicated.
It felt like being forced to resign.
It was practically the same as forced leave.
She would be on indefinite standby until she got permission to return.
“Sigh…”
Even after entering the house, her complicated feelings didn’t resolve.
“Huh? Older Sister. Why did you come home so early? Is something wrong?”
Park Se-jun sensed something was amiss.
“It’s nothing.”
Park Se Hee suffered alone as always.
“It’s not nothing. Tell me. What happened?”
“I’m just tired.”
“That’s not it. Something happened at work, right?”
“Se-jun. I’m tired, so I’m going to go in.”
Park Se Hee closed the door and went in, then lay down on her bed.
‘What do I do now? What kind of work should I do in the future…’
Just then.
Ding!
A message arrived.
When I checked, it was the support group chat.
[Han So Ra: Is everyone busy?]
[Seo Mina: Not at all. I wish I was a bit busier.]
[Han So Ra: Se Hee unnie must be busy with work.]
[Seo Mina: What’s going on? Unnie?]
[Han So Ra: Oh, I showed our strategy video to the agency CEO.]
[Seo Mina: Ooh, really? What did they say??]
[Han So Ra: They really loved it.]
[Seo Mina: Really?!]
[Han So Ra: They said it’s good enough to upload to the channel right away, but they want to meet and make an official contract first.]
[Seo Mina: A contract?? Really?]
[Han So Ra: So I was wondering if everyone has time?]
[Seo Mina: Of course I do!]
[Han So Ra: What about Se Hee unnie?]
Park Se Hee, who had been reading, also joined the conversation.
[Park Se Hee: I’ll do it.]
[Han So Ra: Are you sure it’s okay? If we sign a contract, we might have to enter the Labyrinth more often…]
[Park Se Hee: It’s fine. I have a lot of time now.]
This worked out well.
Is healing the only way to save people?
I can contribute to society in other ways too.
[Park Se Hee: Where should we meet?]
“Over here, unnie!”
When I went to the cafe where we’d met before, the group was already there.
Seo Mina in modest clothes and Han So Ra with a hat pulled down low.
No matter what they wore, their beauty couldn’t be hidden.
Park Se Hee smiled and showed her delight at seeing them.
“Did you wait long?”
“No. We just got here too.”
“More importantly, tell us, unnie. What happened at the hospital?”
She told the truth to the two who were curious.
“My goodness… they really said that?”
“Those damn higher-ups are the problem. What matters is saving even one more person, but firing someone because of the hospital’s profits and their own rice bowls? Fucking hell.”
“Mi, Mina. Calm down. And I haven’t been fired yet.”
“It’s practically the same thing.”
“But were you always this rough with your words?”
“Sorry if it made you uncomfortable, unnie. I’ve always had a foul mouth.”
“No, it’s not uncomfortable. Honestly… it feels kind of refreshing.”
Park Se Hee had always been busy taking care of others.
Now someone was cursing on her behalf.
It wasn’t a bad feeling.
“By the way, when are you going to drop the formal speech with me, Se Hee unnie? You’re casual with So Ra unnie here.”
“Ah… really?”
“Right? So Ra unnie?”
“Y, yeah… it’s still awkward, but, haha.”
“But is it okay to keep talking like this? Shouldn’t we go sign the contract right away?”
Park Se Hee shook her head.
“There’s someone we need to get permission from first.”
“Permission? Who… Ah! Amon?”
“Since Amon is the one who brought us together.”
It was Amon who had arranged the three supporters and taught them strategy.
In a way, he was like a mentor.
“But we can’t contact him. How do we get permission from Amon?”
“You don’t need to.”
A third party’s voice suddenly interrupted.
When they turned their heads, a man had approached and sat down without saying a word.
It was Amon’s messenger, Kang Hee Seong.
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