Chapter 9
The Monster That Can Devours Everything
"Thread spikes!" I casted one of my main skills. Allowing, spikes that are made of thread like steel show up in the ground that pierce through the body of the red giant-ogre I am facing right now.
"Grahhh!!" The three headed orcs howl in pain shake the sailing of the floor where I am in. It also tried to erase my existence in this world by smashing me with his giant club that has spikes. But lucky me, he can't reach my distance because of my thread spikes in his body.
I smirk arrogantly as I cast my second ability in my left hand, "Goodbye, Ogre. See you in hell," I remarked as I released the tornado that I am casting in my left hand directed to the Ogre's three heads that vanished instantly when my attack landed.
[Alert! The host cleared the 97th floor by killing the Red King Ogre. Congratulations! Kai!]
[Alert! New title will be added: The Ogre Slayer. Kai!]
[Alert! Due to the title, The Ogre Slayer, the host will be given another one-thousand points in strength by completing an impossible quest that no other beings did! Implementing the buff in the host. Kai!]
I didn't mind the notification that the system said in my head. And just made my butt rest on the corpse of the Red King Ogre because I am really worn out from my previous battle as it takes me two days to defeat that boss of this floor.
'Damn, as I think about how it got a tyrant instantly and wants me dead by continuously heating me with his club as I entered his den- I don't want to think anymore about the other parts of our battle because most of it is really a near death experience for me.'
I sighed heavily.
It's already been a week I guess since I came out of the safe zone. And as of now, I am still making adjustments when it comes to my combat fighting skills since this stuff is really new to me: Facing a real opponent. Though, I am really adapting well to it thanks to my monster instinct I guess because I don't really feel any guilt nor anything when I kill one monster that helps me a lot to follow the phasing.
This floor was also the second floor that I completely cleared already. The first one is just right below this floor that is also really hard to clear since that floor is full of arachne that can melt your body using their toxic breath and make your body paralyze using their poisonous fangs.
The boss also on the 98th floor is also a tough and gigantic as well, just like this one (The Red Ogre King), the Mother Of Arachne. And the most crucial part of fighting that boss is her endless hatchlings that can kill you with just one bite. It is a pretty hard battle because everytime I kill them, another batch of hatchlings will hatch on their eggs and attack me. Plus, the Mother of Arachne has one skill that allows her to shoot a dead beam. That's why I need to avoid those deadly beams while struggling to get stung by her hatchlings.
'Tsk, as I recollect it. How did I even manage to survive that battle again?"
[Alert! Analyzing the question of the host. Please wait for a moment. Kai!]
[Alert! Analyzing completed. The host survives fighting the Mother of Arachne using his new ability: [Disintegration]. Kai!]
"Tsk! I didn't ask you System! Scram! I am asking myself!" I complained that the system destroyed my me-talk time. Tsk!
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Anyhow, the system is right. I use one of Chronas ability's gift to me which is the [Disintegration].
Which reminds me to not use that skill for now, not in this secluded-area because as soon as I casted that ability the other day just to survive from the Mother of Arachne and to her hatchlings, a big ray of light comes down in my enemy in the blink of an eye and make their existence gone. Though, the cons of using that powerful skill is, I also mostly died together with the Mother Of Arachne as the sailings of the 98th floor collapse!
It has almost become my graveyard! Though, because I am so expert at running for my life, thanks to Chronas, who keeps threatening me to take it during our sparring matches, I barely manage to escape an early grave.
I sighed again as I pity myself from having this chaotic life.
Furthermore, going back to reality, as I get back all the energy to keep continuing my adventure, I did a favor for the system before going forward to the 96th floor.
"System, can I use [devour] again to steal the Red King Ogre's skill just like what I did to the corpse of Mother of Arachne?" As I ask that, the demon inside me cannot really hold to smile demoniacally as I find my unique skill: Devour really advantageous and at the same time, a cheat skill that I think bestowed upon me by the universe as a compensation to my fuck up life before and by putting me to this slugish body.
Because using the [Devour] skill, I can collect powerful skills and stats of my enemies that I defeated. What I only need to do is to make sure to kill them and huwallah! — I can gain a new ability and use it in my disposition! Isn't that great?!
'Haha! How genius I am!'
Sorry Chronas, if ever you are seeing this right now, I am really sorry if this action makes you ain't proud of me because it is really like a cheating method to become instantly strong. Though, It's really not cheating because I kill them first before eating them up and steal their skill... w-well.
.. yeah... I guess you can call this method anything you want. I don't care. I'm just exercising the universe gift bestowed upon me!
[Alert! The answer for the question of the host is yes. The host can use the unique skill: [Devour] to let the system analyze and copy the skill of The Red Ogre King. Kai!]
[Alert! Does the host want to use a unique skill: [Devour]? Kai?]
My demon inside me instantly felt content when he heard that.
I cannot hide my evil smirk to nothingness, "Yes please, system. Use Devour. Now."
And at that time, the familiar black mist that came from me embraced the corpse of the Red King Ogre and soon as the mist covered all of it. The corpse is gone as the mist goes back on me again.
[Alert! Analyzing the corpse of the Red King Ogre. Please wait for a moment. Kai!]
[Alert! Analyzing the corpse of The Red King Ogre completed. The system enable to copy the skill of the Red King Ogre. The skill: [Berserker] will be added to the abilities of the host. Kai!]
My heart jumps in joyousness as the system didn't fail to copy the powerful skills of the bosses that let me have a glimpse in the after life!
'Ha! With this, if I keep copying the skill of the bosses of each floor, maybe after I cleared the remaining floors I will be as powerful as Chronas. No- maybe I can even surpass Chronas after I steal all of their skills! Who knows, right?!'
"Right! Let's try to do that!" I answered myself like a crazy bastard that keeps jumping because of my innovative and genius plan that just came out fresh and promising.
"Let's go to the 96th floor and steal the skill of the boss there, already!"
To Be Continued...