Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor Chapter 3

Skill monopolization up to floor 666 Episode 003

3. Clear Reward

There are three rewards you can get when you clear the labyrinth.

General clear reward.

First clear reward.

Record clearing reward.

I intend to monopolize all three.

‘Then we need to hunt a little faster.’

Catching them one by one is not satisfying.

He brought a strong branch and dug the dirt.

I kept digging.

A hole large enough to bury a person was dug, and one side was filled with dirt.

‘That should be enough. Now, shall we go look for the dark slime?’

Just then, three or four of them saw me and jumped out.

‘Dark slime likes dark places.’

As we moved towards the gloomy forest, another group came into view.

This way, that way.

I wandered around here and there, luring dark slime.

There are only 20 of them collected like that.

A ton of dark slimes are struggling to get me.

It may seem like a dangerous situation, but there wasn’t even the slightest hint of tension.

‘I’ve been on a hunt countless times. There’s no way I’d be nervous.’

But this is not enough.

We must not stop here, we must collect more.

I kept looking for black slime.

30, 40, 50… .

The number of jellies that follow increases noticeably.

Todododododong!

Todododododong!

A huge line of dark slimes.

In the meantime.

[The Transcendent Spirit ‘Shadow Hunter’ has offered you to become his apostle.]

[The transcendent spirit ‘Sniper of the Shadow’ has proposed to you to become his apostle.]

[The transcendent spirit ‘Mother of Clouds’ has proposed that you become an apostle.]

The offers came pouring in.

‘I guess I definitely caught your attention. Well, I guess I’m the only one who hunts as a normal person.’

But everyone is not interested in the transcendent spirit’s proposal.

I refused every time he came.

Because the goal was to receive the three gods’ offer as before.

[I will become an apostle of God’s representative… I refused.]

[I would like to become an apostle of the outlaws of the wilderness… I declined.]

[I will become an apostle of the evil spirit’s archon… I declined.]

The rejection actually made it more interesting, as more apostles’ messages came than before.

As expected, I refused.

‘This is so annoying. Block all suggestion messages.’

[All suggestion messages have been blocked.]

[Blocked messages are not visible.]

I blocked the messages completely using a command that no one told me about.

Of course, since it is invisible to my eyes, the spirits do not know.

Whether your messages are blocked.

‘I’m not interested in the Transcendent Spirit. I must become an apostle of the Three Gods like before.’

But in this life, I won’t be manipulated like a puppet.

I will use God thoroughly.

Todododododong!

Todododododong!

The hunt continued until the number reached 99.

Whoosh.

Only then did the driving stop and change direction.

I moved to the place where I had dug up the dirt earlier.

99 dark slimes chase after you, not knowing it’s a trap.

“I prepared it for you.”

I dumped the previously prepared tree fruit into the hole.

Then the dark slimes that were chasing me jumped into the pit on their own.

To eat the fruit.

‘They are so obsessed with fruit that they won’t even notice me.’

As expected, the dark slimes rush at each other, trying to eat each other.

Slowly, slowly, slowly.

Let’s wriggle around in a small space and merge into one.

These guys are growing bigger and bigger.

When everything finally came together and became one.

Chomp!

It was completely covered with the piled up dirt.

Okay then.

Pat pat pat!

Dark slime that hardens like a dumpling.

I jumped straight into the hole and stepped on it.

Crunch! Crunch!

It was big so I had to kick it several times, but it was okay.

Even if you catch just one big one, it counts as catching several.

[Dark Slime Kill 100/100]

[You have cleared the first basement floor of the labyrinth!] * * *

The moment Lee Tae-seong entered the labyrinth.

People all over the world saw the message.

[For the first time, someone steps into the basement of the labyrinth.]

[Time left until destruction: 29 days 23 hours 58 minutes 06 seconds]

└A message just popped up. Did anyone see it?

└I saw it. It was a message saying that someone had entered the labyrinth.

└Who goes in without fear?

└Is it an apostle or something?

└You’ve already been chosen by the Transcendent Spirit and entered?

└What are you all talking about? Am I the only one talking about something I don’t know?

The response has been lukewarm as the transcendent spirits have not yet chosen it.

After some time, the Internet became abuzz.

└The transcendent spirit known as the Butcher of the Land has chosen me… What does that mean?

└I was a transcendent spirit who ran away as a test subject.

└I see a strange message before my eyes, asking if I should become an apostle of some death prison guard. It’s not just me, right?

└How did you all get your choices from the Transcendent Spirit?

└What are the benefits of becoming an apostle? Can someone tell me?

└Who accepted the offer from the Transcendent Spirit? Please leave a review.

└Is today April Fool’s Day? Why are we doing this as a group? I don’t see a single message.

As the transcendent spirits began to send messages, more and more people began to realize the gravity of the situation.

As the number of witnesses of the message increased, it was recognized that it was real and not a hallucination.

└ I’ll tell you what happened after becoming an apostle. As the status window appears, your strength increases. It feels like you’ve evolved to the next level. Above all, you can use apostle-only skills.

└In terms of games, it’s like getting a job?

└Really? You can use skills in real life?

└My friend became an apostle, and it’s real. He has an intuitive way of using skills. I’m so jealous…

└Whose apostle did you become? Can you verify it?

└What happens to the apostles, guys? Please tell me. ㅠㅠ

└Here’s the link ☞http://www.viewtube.net/watch?v=xgQ7RqNg☜ It’s all organized, so go there and take a look.

└Apostle pups, stop communicating here and go conquer the labyrinth quickly. For the sake of our humanity.

└I could buy it, but the guy above has such a shitty attitude that I don’t want to do a strategy. ㅅㄱ

└The guy above must be joking. There’s no way God would send a message to such a loner.

└I also received an offer from some transcendent spirit, but I declined.

└Why?

└It’s scary. What if I go into the labyrinth and die…?

└Anyway, everything will be lost in 30 days. In that case, it’s better to fight.

Now, we have accepted the reality and discussed countermeasures for the current situation.

└If you’ve become an apostle, quickly go in from the first floor and start clearing!

└Jump into a sinkhole? Isn’t that suicidal?

└That’s because the sinkhole is a passage leading to a labyrinth. You won’t die anyway.

└How many apostles have entered now? Are you clearing the first floor?

└If I were an apostle, I would have gone straight in for the sake of humanity, you motherfu*kers.

└ㅈㄹ ㄴㄴ. You must have been a coward so you just stayed in the corner of the room.

└Why are you guys fighting each other? If we don’t conquer, we’ll all die.

└I need to think about how to quickly conquer it and buy some time. Tsk tsk.

└Who else has entered since the first person? What’s going on? What does the labyrinth look like?

└I don’t know since I’m not an apostle.

└Should I install CCTV in every sinkhole? So I can check how many people entered?

There were many voices of concern that 30 days was a bit too short a time frame.

but.

[Someone has raided the first basement floor of the labyrinth!]

[The second basement floor of the labyrinth is opened.]

[10 days added to the countdown to Earth’s destruction.]

[Time left until destruction: 39 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes, 19 seconds]

└??????

└Huh??

└What is it?

└Did you see the message just now?

└Who conquered the first floor?

└Already?

└It hasn’t even been an hour yet.

└Did the first person to enter do the raid?

└Wow, that’s awesome.

└Oh yeah~

└I have 10 days to spare.

└Phew, I feel relieved.

└Even so, it’s only 10 days more. I don’t even get a message from the liver.

When someone’s strategy message came to mind, everyone’s reaction was that they were relieved.

They were still anxious, but they didn’t know.

Itaesung’s attack starts now. * * *

The idea is to create one using the dark slime’s favorite fruit.

I never thought of this method in the past.

I just tried to catch it with the skills I got from Samshin.

‘I was so foolish back then. Getting carried away by guys like these.’

In the end, I conquered the game, but I couldn’t even set a record for clearing it.

First clear too.

‘This time it’ll be different. I got in faster than anyone else.’

As expected.

[‘Extremely Weak Essence of Strength’ is awarded as a general clear reward on the 1st floor.]

A red aura appeared before my eyes and was absorbed into my body.

[Absorbed an extremely weak essence of strength.]

[Strength increases by 1.]

I couldn’t see the numbers because the status window wasn’t active.

‘Still, the stats don’t go up.’

I could feel the evidence.

The difference in strength is stronger than before.

[I cleared the first basement floor of the labyrinth for the first time!]

[A ‘Random Skill Book (F)’ will be awarded as the first clear reward on the 1st floor.]

There are several rewards you receive when you first clear the level.

Sometimes you are given a random skill book like just now, sometimes you are given an essence, and sometimes you are given an item.

‘If you clear it first, you can grow much faster than others.’

In the past, there were times when I yielded compensation after listening to the words of the three gods… .

‘There is no such thing as compromise anymore. I will monopolize it all.’

A book appeared right before my eyes and then disappeared somewhere.

[Items acquired will be stored in your inventory.]

What went into inventory.

But I can’t open it because I’m a civilian.

When you awaken as an apostle, you can use the status window, inventory, and everything else.

‘You don’t need it yet. You can conquer it without becoming an apostle.’

Above all, since I have something to offer to the Three Gods, I need to show more performance.

As an ordinary person, I can do this much.

The rewards didn’t end there.

[1st floor clear time: 47 minutes 47 seconds]

[Cleared in the shortest time possible!]

[Achievements are unlocked as record clearing rewards.]

The catching time was short, but it took some time to dig the hole and drive it.

[Achievement ‘Labyrinth Hunter (F)’ has been unlocked.]

[If a new record is made within 10 days, the achievement will be returned.]

[If no new recorder appears, the achievement effect is permanently obtained.]

Labyrinth Hunter (F)

-Obtaining route: Labyrinth basement level 1

-Effect: You can skillfully set traps and detect monster locations better.

– Time left until permanent acquisition: 9 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds

Achievements are rewards that are given only when certain records are achieved.

However, it is not given to each floor.

1st floor, 10th floor, 20th floor, 30th floor… .

In this way, it is given every time the first digit of the floor changes.

‘It’s my first time on the first floor, so it’s an exception.’

Of course, in the past, you couldn’t get the 1st floor achievement.

‘Even though I became an apostle of the three gods, I had sacrifice-related skills from the beginning. I didn’t even know how to gather dark slimes.’

As this is my first strategy, my record is the shortest time.

‘It’s good because the achievement effect applies even if you’re not an apostle.’

Instead, if someone else sets the fastest time, the achievement effect is passed on to that person.

However, only records established within 10 days are valid.

What if you successfully defend your title by then?

Achievement effects are applied permanently.

‘I don’t think it’ll be taken away at this point. It’s been a while since I figured out Dark Slime’s weakness.’

Of course, Dark Slime has more than one weakness.

It is also weak to light.

That’s why in the early days, a method was used to make it hard by shining a cell phone flash on it.

‘But it’s five times faster to harden it with dirt.’

No one will ever break my record unless they know how.

[Clear records will be listed in the Hall of Fame.]

[Please set the name to be registered.]

The name isn’t that important.

It’s just for show.

It doesn’t matter which way you decide.

But to become stronger.

‘Amon.’

You have to use everything you have available.

[Listed under the name ‘Amon’.]

【Labyrinth Basement 1】

【Strategist: Amon】

【Clear Time: 47 minutes 47 seconds】

‘My actions now will serve as a stepping stone to remove the penalty for the unique skill I will obtain later.’

That’s why I registered under the name of Amon, the God of Destruction.

Otherwise, why would you use the name of a guy who deserves to be beaten to death?

‘The Three Gods may not like it, but they don’t see the name of the strategist. In a way, he is an outsider who interfered with the game.’

The three gods cannot interfere with or see the system.

All he knows how to do is bend the rules and create and support apostles like other transcendent spirits.

‘So it’s not just humans who participate in Amon’s game.’

There is no need to believe in or rely on such a god.

What good is a Samshin who can’t even check other people’s status windows or know what missions are on the next floor?

You just have to move forward, believing only in yourself, with the knowledge you have accumulated before the regression.

[Would you like to go down to the next floor? Y/N]

[If you select N, you can return to Earth.]

Okay, stop.

Let’s check the message before choosing.

‘Unblock all suggestion messages.’

[Suggestion message blocking has been lifted.]

[You will see the suggestion messages that have been blocked so far.]

A feast of messages that suddenly come to mind after a while.

[The transcendent spirit ‘Son of Thunder’ has offered you to become his apostle.]

[The Transcendent Spirit ‘Angel of Fallen’ has proposed to you to become an apostle.]

[The transcendent spirit ‘Plague-infected Lab Rat’ has proposed to you to become an apostle.]

[The Transcendent Spirit ‘Great Wizard’ has proposed that you become his apostle.]

… … … … … …

… … … …

… …

The messages are endless.

‘There are so many. I guess all the transcendent spirits have been sent away?’

Less than an hour had passed since the sinkhole appeared.

I’m probably the only one who’s received this many messages.

‘I guess I’m the only one who didn’t respond.’

This is enough to attract attention.

The attention of none other than the three gods.

[The god of time, Kairos, has proposed that you become his apostle.]

[Would you like to become an apostle of Kairos? Y/N]

[The god of the underworld, Orcus, has proposed that you become his apostle.]

[Would you like to become an apostle of Orcus? Y/N]

[The god of balance, Harmonion, has proposed that you become his apostle.]

[Would you like to become an apostle of Harmonion? Y/N]

As expected, I also saw the offer from the three gods that I had wanted.

‘In my last life, I was used… but in this life, I will use you.’

I lifted my finger and touched the N part of the message.

All three.