Leveling Up with Skills Chapter 397

_ Volume 16, Episode 22,

397. 80th Floor Lion King (1)

[The ring of those who succeeded in the struggle.]

[Attack power + 300]

[The ring worn by those who overcame their own struggles to the end. He did not reach a high level in the end, but his power could not be ignored”

[Used ???]

[Obtained a token of struggle.]

[Mark of struggle.]

[Dedicated life itself to struggle. Proof of growing up. This mark has a strong power in itself.]

A ring. And one material item. As it was a ring with high pure attack power, the performance was compliant. You’ll have to check it with Hafran to know, but the power you felt was by no means a low value item.

And got a unique skill.

[Special permanent activation skill: Absolute authority]

[Proficiency level: 1%]

[An opponent with a lower level than you feels absolute authority over you and loses your fighting spirit. Resistance is impossible unless you have very strong mental power and strength.]

Power A skill obtained when conquering a floor without using it once. Probably nobody got it. It was his own skill that only he had acquired

.

[You really have all kinds of skills.]

The ghost laughed.

[Seeing that even the boss on the 79th floor couldn’t resist, I guess most mortals couldn’t resist. Barbababamba deserves a headache.]

A labyrinth is a place for mortals.

The 80th floor section will produce similar results to the 79th floor. Now, each layer has almost no meaning.

Barbaba went to see the sorcerer for him.

When the conclusion comes out, I will come back again.

Taesan moved on. The beasts quietly bowed their heads and saw off Mount Tai.

And he stepped on the 80th floor.

[Starting the 80th floor quest.]

[Pass the ordeal of Acurus.]

[Reward: Thread of collapse.]

[Secret reward: ???]

After passing the shop owner and arriving at the store, there was a pitch-black sphere.

[You found the Altar of Acurus.]

[First discovery bonus]

[Strength increased by 100 permanently.]

Terrible power was flowing from the jet-black sphere.

Taishan had encountered altars of many gods, but it was the first time that such a deep wave was emitted from the altar. If you were a clumsy person, just being nearby was enough to cause your body and mind to collapse.

[Accurus. The god of collapse.]

The ghost’s low voice rang out.

A transcendental figure who presides over the realm of collapse. That’s Acurus.

[Among the gods in the Labyrinth, he is the closest to evil.]

“More than the God of Fall?”

The god of the fall, who treats all mortals like toys, was clearly close to the evil god from the human point of view.

[In a sense, it’s a worse god than that.]

“What on earth is it like?”

[Accurus literally wants the world to collapse. I want order to break down and laws to disappear. Faith in God, the minimum level of humanity that humans must protect. Soul-staking contracts, etc. I want it all to break and crumble. It is literally a god who wants the collapse of all things.]

The collapse of all concepts and matter.

That seemed to be the principle of action of the god of collapse.

[From the point of view of a mortal, it is an evil god. nothing more, nothing less. I suffered quite a bit too. I’m really sick of

it.]

The ghost trembled.

[Since Shinmyeong is Shinmyeong, he must have a very bad relationship with other gods.]

“Then, of course, I would hate it too.”

[Perhaps… I guess.]

Taesan approached the altar of Acurus. Power suddenly rose up and swallowed Mount Tai.

It was proposed quietly without any consideration, even feeling the sign of crushing it.

[Start of sub-quest]

[Acurus wants to test you who have come to his altar. If you accept, trials will come to you. If you overcome, a reward follows.]

[Reward: Acuras decides according to your performance.]

“I accept.”

Taesan nodded.

The condition to clear the floor is to pass the ordeal of Acurus. Denial was not even an option. Power flowed from the altar, and eventually it began to take shape.

It had gray hair like a lion. His whole body was muscular, and the greatsword he was holding seemed to prove the man’s strength.

[…Hah?]

The ghost raised a voice as if it were absurd.

The power slowly faded, and the implementation of the shape was over.

The existence that appeared in the labyrinth opened its eyes.

[The servant of Acurus. The Lion King has appeared.]

* * *

“Hoo.”

Taesan let out a voice. lion king. It wasn’t the first time I’d seen it. I had seen their faces once when I met the guides.

“If my memory serves me right, he was definitely not a servant of Acurus.”

The Lion King

opened his mouth while looking at Mount Tai and the ghost.

“Long time no see. Warrior.”

[you. What is it?]

the ghost asked in an absurd tone.

[…Did you sacrifice yourself?]

“The results are already in front of you, but what are you asking?”

The Lion King spoke calmly. The ghost let out a laugh.

[Such a madman. After going down the labyrinth like that, the result is a servant of God, not an apostle?]

Servant of God. Taesan had a memory of seeing it once in the trial of Rakiratas. Now that I have reached the Immortal, I can essentially grasp what it is.

“As a tool.”

Being an apostle was a relationship made by contract.

In exchange for the mortals offering themselves to the gods, the gods also bestowed their proper power and dignity.

Because it was a contract that was mutually agreed upon, the number was very small. Right away, Maria

did not make the apostle’s proposal to anyone except Taesan and Lee Taeyeon.

To that extent, God also cared for his apostle. He respects opinions and sometimes tries to protect them even at the cost of his life like Levinenov.

There is an exception called Horai, but that was a special case. The relationship between an apostle and God in general was one of mutual respect.

But the Servant of God was different.

That was just God’s tool.

They are used according to God’s will and can be sacrificed as discarded words. Power, values and experience so far. It was the worst result of everything he had built up until now

becoming meaningless.

That’s why the ghost couldn’t understand it.

[Is that the ending you wanted? Throwing away everything and being used by God casually?]

“No way.”

The Lion King lightly denied it.

“Even though I became Lord Acurus’ servant, I am strong. No matter how much God is, it can’t be thrown away with disposable words.”

[Even if it is, the essence does not change.

You have no value to Acurus. You barely gave yourself for it.]

The ghost said sharply.

The Lion King was silent.

[but. There’s no way Acuras will accept you as a buyer. It’s probably the same with other gods. He may have approached Acurus as a desperate solution… but I still can’t understand. Do I have to go that far to kill Taesan?]

“….Shut up.”

The Lion King gnashed his teeth.

His eyes were full of wild anger.

“I am! I can’t tolerate it!”

A loud voice hit the labyrinth.

“It hasn’t been three years since he entered the labyrinth. But we’ve already reached the 80th floor! Unacceptable! There shouldn’t be such a thing! That’s wrong!”

His face contained anger and hatred.

And it was inferiority complex and jealousy.

“A person like you should not exist in this world! It’s a being that distorts order! I just put the world in order!”

It was a voice with a strong will. A cry that makes the heart shrink and emotions shake just by hearing it.

Taesan took it seriously.

“After all, you are only jealous of me.”

“What what?”

“Right? I, who have just entered the labyrinth, have already reached this place. In an instant, you reached a place that you could not reach even though you

put all your efforts together and invested a lot of time.”

It was a shocking thing. Even the ghost couldn’t help but marvel at the speed at which Mount Tae became stronger.

The Lion King hated such a mountain.

[…okay. Come to think of it, you always said We are the best in the world. It’s just that the labyrinth is absurd, and we are the strongest in the world.]

“Hero…

The Lion King’s face is distorted.

Most of those who stepped into the depths of the labyrinth were stronger than anyone else in the outside world.

The Lion King is no different. In fact, he must have descended to the depths without hindrance. In the process, he must have had the confidence that he was the best.

But the depths did not allow him.

It completely destroyed his confidence and talent.

He suffered from a sense of

shame and inferiority in front of the depths, and people similar to him appeared one by one.

All of them have excellent talents like the Lion King, but they failed to break through the depths and collapsed.

The Lion King was deeply relieved. It’s not just you. Even the very best of them are blocked here. This is the unavoidable limit of mortals.

Thinking so, the Lion King gathered them together and made a guide to sin.

He was the one who initiated the creation of the Guide to Sin

.

Just as he comforted himself and kept his confidence, the existence of Taesan appeared.

Even though he did not have outstanding strength, he broke through the labyrinth at a speed that was incomparable to his own, and even the depths could not stop him.

The Lion King couldn’t tolerate that.

“In a way, it’s amazing.”

Absolute authority was exercised.

The Lion King

meant that he was resisting the effects of absolute authority with his twisted stubbornness and inferiority complex.

[Still, I don’t understand. Dedicate yourself to just that?]

“Shut up.”

The Lion King spoke harshly.

“You know nothing. I cannot tolerate that.”

“I give my life for my confidence. It’s not that rare.”

It happened often on Earth.

Even more so if, like the lion king, the ego itself comes from one’s own strength and consequent confidence

.

It wasn’t much of a surprise.

The Lion King grinned and revealed his teeth.

“You are not wrong. i am a tool But it gave me strength.”

Ku-gu-gu-gu-gung…

The labyrinth trembles.

The power of the Lion King is amplified. The whole body begins to distort as if it were collapsing.

[The Lion King invoked the Oath of Collapse.]

Taishan knew.

That was the authority of Acurus.

The Lion King has reached a high level. Gyeok stopped on the mortal wall breaks through the boundary with power.

“oh! oh! Oh oh!”

Forcibly correcting his broken spirit, the Lion King swung his great sword vigorously.

“Ha ha ha ha ha!”

The Lion King burst into madness.

A sense of omnipotence that he had never felt before was dominating his whole body.

My body and mind were slowly disintegrating

, but it didn’t matter. The feeling right now was so much fun.

“Is this immortality!”

I reached the place where I could only look at it, which I could not reach even though I gave my life.

I literally felt like I could do anything.

The Lion King looked at Mount Tai with a smile.

“Ego! die! The humble…

words couldn’t lead.

“..ah?”

“Are you using your body and mind as sacrifices to transcend your status?”

Taesan looked at him calmly.

As if his attaining immortality meant nothing.

And, ironically, the Lion King also intuited that.

When he met Taishan, he noticed that Taishan had reached a high place. However

, I thought it would be just a

very uneasy beginning .

It was natural. Taishan became strong so quickly. Even reaching immortality already. Conceptually, it was impossible.

I used some trick. The Lion King had no doubts.

That’s why he thought that if he became immortal, he could overwhelm Mount Tai.

But now that he had become immortal, he knew.

The state of immortality that Taesan had reached was a stable state different from his own

.

“…Nonsense! How! How are you already there!”

“Noisy.”

Taesan dismissed it and took out his sword.

“Let’s finish quickly.”

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