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Skill monopolization up to floor 666 Episode 009
9. Buy me some food.
My hunting pattern was simple.
“Kiaat! Katkat! Kirururu!”
Gather monsters with the support request skill.
Woof.
Use your magical powers to find out if someone has a magical power or not.
What if you see that guy?
Phew!
[You have acquired F-class magic.]
[Items acquired are stored in your inventory.]
[Collect 4/5 F-Grade Magical Spirits]
Quickly kill and bounce back.
Because I didn’t want to waste my energy on other guys.
‘If you repeat this, you can clear it easily. You can also get the magic key quickly.’
I opened the inventory and checked the information on the magic.
[Majeong (F)]
-Category: Belongings
-Description: The essence of condensed magical power. Can be processed and used as an alternative energy source.
As the description shows, magic is used as an alternative energy source.
Oil, coal, natural gas, etc.
It means an energy source that can be replaced in many ways.
In short, it is something that you can’t buy even with money.
‘This kind of stuff will be released into the world soon.’
The mission from the 15th floor is to collect 5 magic items.
How many will be released when all the conquered apostles return with magic?
‘The value decreases as you go back. You have to sell before that. At the highest price.’
For now, since I haven’t even cleared the 6th floor, this is probably the only thing I have.
“Money is good if you have a lot of it.”
Where can we gather the magic properly?
Up to the 19th floor where the F-class magic appears. * * *
[The number of apostles worldwide is estimated at about ten million.]
[Apostles who commit crimes with powers that surpass humans appear one after another.]
[Apostles who are on a different level from ordinary people. Can they really become saviors?]
[Resignations pouring in from all over. Only half a year left until destruction. Citizens are anxious.]
[An ordinary person who failed to become an apostle. A person who is treated as leftover food by the apostles.]
[A civilian who entered the labyrinth saying he would help. In the end, he never returned… .]
[Finally, a new type of part-time job targeting the general public appears.]
The man’s hand that was looking over the article stopped.
“Hey. Look at this. There’s an article about a part-time worker who works as a swindler.”
“What? Really?”
People who approached the man in droves checked the news article.
“Really?”
“It would be a problem if it became known like this already.”
“It’s written negatively after all.”
“Ha, you little rags.”
“No word on who died?”
“There’s no such thing. Not yet.”
“Since we only accept guys who are okay with dying as our herders, there won’t be any trouble later. Moreover, you are the ones who volunteered to be the herders, right?”
“Yeah. It’s not our fault.”
By saving the swindler Alba, I have already driven three people to their deaths… .
“Those kids are practically martyrs.”
“That’s right. Because he died fighting for the Earth.”
“What about fighting? I was too busy running away.”
“Heh heh, I fell down like a bug.”
There was no sign of guilt on their faces.
Because they thought that ordinary people were the commoners and apostles were evolved beings.
“By the way, should we find a herder again?”
“Oh. But where can I get it?”
“I told you that Hwiyong would ask. Just wait… .”
at that time.
Squeak-
A man limped into the hideout.
It was Lee Hwi-yong.
“Hey! What’s wrong with your leg?”
“Did you go to the hospital?”
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“Are you crazy? What kind of hospital is this for criminals?”
“Are we criminals?”
“He’s a criminal. Three people died because of us.”
“Why is it our fault that they lost while being a herder?”
“By the way, this kid has a scary expression on his face?”
“How did things go?”
“What about the fool who said he would bring me water?”
Lee Hwi-yong was in no mood to respond.
The only thought in my head was revenge.
To Lee Tae-seong, who made me like this.
“What happened?”
“Ah, I don’t know! F**k!”
“It looks like things didn’t go well for you since you’re getting angry.”
“Then that’s right. I knew it the moment you started shouting. Tsk tsk.”
Lee Hwi-yong’s face turned red at the laughter of his friends.
Clang!
“Whoa, whoa!”
“what are you doing?”
“Is this kid crazy? Won’t he put the blade away?”
Lee Hwi-yong, who had been floating his blade in the air, calmed down.
Chomp!
Only when the blade disappeared did the strings of caution loosen.
“Hey. What’s wrong? Why are you so sensitive?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Don’t tell me. I don’t feel like talking.”
“It’s because of that fool you said you’d bring along.”
“You really think you were hit by a normal person?”
“Oh, so that’s why your legs are like that?”
The look in my friends’ eyes changed.
Are you being treated like an apostle by ordinary people?
Something that is impossible for them.
Lee Hwi-yong, who was in danger of being eliminated from the group if he made a slip of the tongue, shouted.
“You have to make sense! Why am I being treated like this by a normal person? That bastard is an apostle!”
“apostle?”
“Hey! You’ve put a god of death with the same blade as me into a transcendent spirit!”
It was a mistake, but Lee Hwi-yong believed it firmly.
Because the skill that Lee Tae-seong showed was the same skill as his own.
“Yeah, there’s no way Hwiyong would be affected.”
“I would have been disappointed if it had happened to a normal person.”
“Okay, you guys. Come hit that kid with me. I’m going to get pissed off and can’t go on like this.”
“What should I do?”
Lee Hwi-yong’s eyes became fierce.
“I have to tear him to pieces and kill him.”
“This kid is serious.”
“X must be really pissed. Heh heh.”
“I’ll help you, I’ll tell you, F*ck.”
The friends who had been laughing heartily nodded their heads.
“I have to help you. It’s a friend’s business.”
“We’ve already gone as far as we can go. We’ve seen everything that’s bad.”
“If anyone heard that, they’d misunderstand, you punk.”
“We have to go all the way, our party. Let’s all get to the 666th floor.”
“Isn’t a man loyal? Loyalty.”
Five people, including Lee Hwi-yong, came to a consensus.
I decided to tear that guy named Lee Tae-seong to pieces. * * *
Phew!
As its head was pierced, the hobgoblin’s body sagged.
[Collect 15/15 F-Grade Magical Spirits]
[You have cleared the 19th floor of the labyrinth!]
The missions that started with 5 gradually increased to 15 on the 19th floor.
It would have taken hours for other apostles to collect it, but for me it only took an hour.
‘Because the technique of releasing magical power externally is something that only I can do.’
In order to defeat a monster with magic power, you need to check if the magic blood is blocked, so you need to have a high level of magic power control.
‘Can people who only know how to use skills by command control magical power? It’s impossible unless you have learned it through experience like me.’
Only those who have understood and mastered magical power through using skills tens of thousands of times can use magical power.
If it had been a record-setting layer, there would have been no chance of losing the title.
[‘Extremely Weak Magic Essence’ is awarded as a general clear reward for the 19th floor.]
The magical power increased as purple energy seeped in.
[I cleared the 19th floor of the labyrinth for the first time!]
[‘Armor Selection Ticket (F)’ will be awarded as the first clear reward on the 19th floor.]
[Items acquired are stored in your inventory.]
‘It’s a choice of armor… I wish there was at least one anyway, so this is good.’
It’s an F-class, so don’t expect much.
[Would you like to go down to the next floor? Y/N]
[If you select N, you can return to Earth.]
My finger pressed N.
The 20th floor is where survival missions occur and records are measured.
I need to go home and catch my breath for a bit.
I also have to recall my memories using the clarity index.
‘I don’t have the stamina to support myself, so I need to get some rest.’
Soon the field of vision was engulfed in light.
[You selected N.]
[Return to Earth.] * * *
Tick!
[Time left until destruction: 168 days, 20 hours, 51 minutes, 33 seconds]
The world will end in about six months.
That fact terrified people all over the world.
It hit me harder when I saw the timer in front of me.
but.
[Someone has conquered the 15th floor of the labyrinth!]
… … … … … …
[Someone has conquered the 16th floor of the labyrinth!]
… … … … … …
[Someone has conquered the 17th basement floor of the labyrinth!]
… … … … … …
People couldn’t sleep because of the message that rang out at dawn.
But no one complained.
As you conquer each floor, your survival time increases.
Rather, whenever a strategy message popped up, I shouted in joy as if I had scored a goal in the World Cup.
It was a World Cup that united the world.
[Someone has conquered the 19th basement floor of the labyrinth!]
[The 20th basement floor of the labyrinth is opened.]
[10 days added to the countdown to Earth’s destruction.]
[Time left until destruction: 218 days, 18 hours, 10 minutes, 36 seconds]
The messages that continued until the morning kept people awake at night.
Because I’m writing in the community.
└You’ve already cleared the 19th floor?
└I cleared floors 10 to 19 in 6 hours.
└100 days of survival time by conquering 10 floors? Awesome!
└100 days added in one day, it’s sweet~
└Is it because the apostle named Bona Mana Amon woke up?
└I’m not sure, but that person is the most likely.
└There was a huge uproar in the Apostle community called Transcendence Net because a strategy guide was posted.
└The person who uploaded the strategy guide is probably Amon.
└The only person you can truly trust is Amon.
└But it’s not time to rest easy. There’s less than a year left to live… .
└I’m going to sell my house and stocks and build a bunker.
└What good is a bunker if my core is destroyed?
└I think it would be best to just leave on a spaceship ㅋㅋㅋ
└I knew this would happen, so I bought all the space-related stocks. Haha
└What good is money in this situation?
└You never know. It might prevent destruction. * * *
After returning home, I washed my body first.
From the 10th floor to the 19th floor.
Because I had been focusing solely on the strategy for 6 hours straight, my whole body was covered in sweat and body fluids.
“Ah. That feels refreshing.”
The first thing I did after washing up was to check my inventory.
Random skill book (F) received as a reward for first clearing the 16th floor.
Armor Selection Ticket (F) received as a reward for first clearing the 19th floor.
‘Should I start with a random skill book?’
Let’s take out the item and memorize the starting word.
[Use random skill book (F)]
[Skill ‘Vitality (F)’ has appeared. Congratulations!]
A fairly decent F-class skill has emerged.
▷ Vitality (F)
-Effect: Your endurance increases and you can run longer than usual.
Since it was a passive skill, it was applied immediately.
‘Skill books are the best after all. Getting one skill like this is a hundred or a thousand times better than raising just a tiny bit of stats with essence.’
If you get these as your first clear rewards, you’ll get stronger quickly, but unfortunately, the rewards are random.
Most of the time, you get an essence that increases your stats.
‘Still, I’m glad something like this came out.’
Armor options visible in your inventory.
Let’s use it right away.
[Use Armor Selection (F)]
[Choose one of the following armors.]
└ 1. Rag hood
└ 2. Faded leather armor
└ 3. Light Armor
Anyone can see that the first one looks the worst.
‘Choose number 1.’
My fingers chose the rag hood without hesitation.
‘This is coming out in this situation. Did I get it?’
Because I knew the benefits of a rag hood.
[Ragged Hood (F)]
-Category: Armor
-Durability: 100/100
-Effect: Agility +1, body temperature control
-Usage restrictions: Apostles who have conquered more than 1 floor
-Description: A hood that may look plain, but is actually quite functional. It’s perfect for midsummer or midwinter.
It not only increases stats, but also has a body temperature control function.
‘If you just cover this, you’ll be cool in the summer and warm in the winter.’
Since the labyrinth is also a world in another dimension, you cannot ignore the influence of the environment.
Because some environments are hot and humid, and some places have blizzards.
‘Its weak defense is a downside, but it’s light so it’s not bad.’
In addition, I collected 45 F-class magic weapons.
If you sell it for a high price later, you won’t have to worry about money.
‘Status window.’
《Name: Lee Tae-seong》
《Race: Human》
《Sponsoring Spirit: God of Time, God of the Underworld, God of Balance》
《Conquest Completed Floor: Labyrinth Basement 19》
《Credits held: 0》
【achievements】
▶Labyrinth Hunter (F), Explorer (F)
【Exclusive Skill】
▷Time Stop (SSS), Soul Strike (S), Clear Index (SS), Skill Duplication (EX)
【Acquired Skills】
▷Upward Strike (F), Vitality (F)
【Stats】
●Strength: 13 / Penetration: 12
●Stamina: 12 / Agility: 14
●Life: 12 / Magic Power: 13
●Play: 12 / Resistance: 11
For a 19th floor raider, his stats are quite good.
‘Usually when you clear the 19th floor, your stats are between 8 and 9.’
At this level, you can easily conquer the 20th floor.
But what I want to do is set a record.
A record that no one can break.
‘I’m ready to go up to the 20th floor. Before that… .’
I need to eat something.
I’ve been starving for a while and I’m so hungry I could go crazy.
Dude!
A text message arrived along with the vibration.
[Lee Hwi-yong: Tae-seong. I’m really sorry about what happened last time. I want to apologize to you in person. Can we meet?]
‘What the heck? Is this kid an idiot? Why would he use such an obvious trick?’
I told you to never see me again, even poking your thigh, but what? You want to meet me?
Unless you’re crazy, you’re meeting with impure intentions.
‘Are you trying to get revenge?’
It’s so cute. I want to bite it to death.
‘The intention is obvious, but would you like to hang out for a bit?’
Tododok.
I sent a reply right away.
[Lee Tae-seong: That’s enough of the apology, buy me a meal.]