100 Floors All Master - Chapter 80
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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 080
Floor 15. Heaven-Gifted Blacksmith (1)
[Title: I cleared Floor 15.]
[Uh… what is that? A blacksmith]
[Kang San (17th Floor): You’ve cleared Floor 15. Congratulations. Looks like you met the blacksmith. Most people don’t even get to meet him.]
[Baek Seon-ah (Floor 16): He’ll be very helpful going forward. Though his attitude is quite annoying.]
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[Those who magnificently pass the test will receive rewards! The better your performance, the more special the reward will be!]
[Conversely, those with disappointing results will face penalties.]
[For those who failed to pass the first test, a makeup test will be conducted! If you pass the makeup test, you can participate starting from the third test!]
[If you fail this time too, there will be truly severe penalties, so please be careful everyone!]
[Then for the remaining week, climb the Tower diligently! Fighting everyone!]
The System Window ended with those words.
Kang Jun-hyeok, who had been staring into the air, opened the Community.
[Kang San (17th Floor): …Again? This is driving me crazy. Really.]
[Jung Ji-hoo (Floor 25): Haha. What was bound to come has come.]
Naturally, the Community was in chaos. Those lamenting, those despairing, and those who had steeled themselves were all mixed together as posts went up at rapid speed.
And among them, there were some who stood out.
[Kang Ji-an (3rd Floor): It’s nothing anyway, right? Even if you don’t pass, there’s no penalty. They scared us last time but nothing happened, right? Why is everyone so frightened?]
Those who failed to pass the first test.
But who felt no sense of crisis and treated it as no big deal.
Quite a few posts from those who had given up appeared. Since this had happened in his previous life too, it wasn’t particularly surprising. However, an unexpected difference caught Kang Jun-hyeok’s interest.
“The numbers have decreased.”
The number of those who had given up was clearly fewer than in his previous life.
He could understand the reason. It was probably because people like Olivia Turner, Kim Tae-yeon, and Baekdusan had been working hard to encourage others.
“They’re making efforts on their own.”
What kind of difference would that make? He was quietly looking forward to it.
What he had to do didn’t particularly change. Climb the Tower as much as possible during the remaining week. After three days had passed, Kang Jun-hyeok entered the Tower.
[Floor 15 Quest.]
[Reach the end of the mine.]
Kang Jun-hyeok had arrived.
The abandoned Iron Mine.
At the entrance to the mine, located there.
“Shall we go?”
A floor with an average clear rate of 1%.
Kang Jun-hyeok drew his weapon.
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Kang Jun-hyeok stepped into the mine.
With each step he took, dust swirled up and the musty smell of coal wafted through the air. Various ores were embedded in the walls of the mine.
On the surface, it looked like an ordinary abandoned mine.
But this place was a floor of the Tower.
Naturally, it wasn’t an ordinary mine. After advancing to a certain point, the minerals embedded in the walls suddenly began to rise. With a tremendous noise, they collided with each other and formed a shape.
Kuguuguung.
It was a golem made of ore.
The main monster of the 15th Floor.
The golem charged forward to eliminate the intruder. He moved his body backward to dodge the swinging fist. The fist smashed the floor of the mine.
Kuuuuung!
The floor shook momentarily and cracks spread.
The golem’s movements were sluggish, but each attack contained considerable power. An ordinary Player would have difficulty even defending against it.
Most importantly, its body was made of ore, making it difficult for swords to penetrate properly.
The strategy was to strike the relatively vulnerable joint areas multiple times to stop its operation.
Naturally, this didn’t apply to Kang Jun-hyeok. He swung his Great Sword as if annoyed.
Kwaaaaang!
A thunderous roar erupted. The golem’s head literally exploded and it collapsed helplessly.
His current strength stat was 60.
It was a number that even Players above the 40th Floor couldn’t reach. It was impossible for a mere 15th Floor golem to stop him.
He advanced without obstruction, smashing the appearing golems. The mine was like a maze with paths branching in all directions and winding around. Kang Jun-hyeok explored all those paths.
‘Was the direction this way?’
As a result of moving while tracing his memories from his previous life, Kang Jun-hyeok was able to discover it.
At the end of the path, a fragment was lying there.
A piece of fragment shining with rainbow colors. That was what he had been looking for. After picking up the fragment, Kang Jun-hyeok turned back and continued exploring the mine. And he was able to find one more fragment.
Click.
When he fitted the two fragments together, they matched perfectly. Judging by the shape, it seemed like the piece would be complete if he gathered just one more.
After continuing to explore the mine, Kang Jun-hyeok was able to find the last fragment.
The exploration of the mine was finished. Kang Jun-hyeok immediately headed toward the end of the mine. Golems and traps appeared here and there, but he handled them without problem using his stats and Trap Disarmament skill.
And finally, he arrived at the end of the mine.
There was a house-sized golem there.
But unlike the golems he had encountered so far, it wasn’t taking any action and stood there like a statue.
[Clear condition completed. Would you like to clear the Quest?]
A System Window appeared.
Most users cleared the Quest here without much thought.
But if that were truly the end, the clear rate for the 15th Floor wouldn’t be a mere 1%.
Kang Jun-hyeok approached the golem.
There was a groove in the golem’s chest area.
Its shape matched perfectly with the piece fragments Kang Jun-hyeok had collected.
Kang Jun-hyeok inserted the piece into the groove. Then, light ignited in the golem’s eyes.
Kuguuuung!
The golem began to move with creaking sounds.
The method to proceed to the next stage of the 15th Floor.
Travel throughout the entire Mine to collect three fragments, then insert them into the golem at the end of the Mine to activate it.
And then, defeat the activated golem.
Kang Jun-hyeok quickly pulled his body back. The golem that had started operating soon looked at Kang Jun-hyeok.
Kiiing.
The light in the golem’s eyes glowed red. Intense hostility was revealed.
“Let’s do this.”
Kuuuung!
The golem moved its body. It was faster and stronger than any golem he had encountered so far.
Most importantly, it didn’t just possess physical strength. The golem roughly raised its arm.
Puhwahahak!
Flames erupted from the end of its arm and engulfed Kang Jun-hyeok.
Strong, fast, and wielding flames as well. Quite a few Players would have been unable to defeat this golem and fallen helplessly.
However.
“It’s warm.”
Kang Jun-hyeok waved his hand and brushed off the flames.
Despite being covered in intense fire, there wasn’t a single wound on his body.
His Fire Resistance skill had reached C-level proficiency.
A mere 15th Floor golem couldn’t inflict any damage on him.
Its strength and speed were also superior to the golems he had encountered so far, but that was about it. Kang Jun-hyeok struck down with his Great Sword. The golem’s body began to shatter like a toy.
The golem didn’t fall easily. It somehow moved its broken body to swing and spread flames. But the flames were brushed off with a light gesture, and its swinging attacks were deflected by punches.
Kuguuuung…
Due to the overwhelming difference in power, the golem couldn’t hold out for long and collapsed.
[The proficiency of your Fire Resistance skill has increased slightly.]
[The proficiency of your Greatsword Mastery has increased slightly.]
He had defeated even the golem at the end of the Mine without any particular problems.
However, this was where the real beginning started.
Those who defeat this golem achieve only a 10% clear rate.
There was still 90% remaining.
And the door leading to that 90% began to open.
Kuguugugung…
The floor that the golem had been guarding opened up, creating stairs leading underground. Manbyeonggi muttered.
[I’ll see a face after a long time.]
It was as if he knew who was at the end of these stairs.
Kang Jun-hyeok descended underground into the mine. The deeper he went down the stairs, the more he felt the sweltering heat. Heat as if there was a furnace. Without Fire Resistance skills, it would be difficult to even breathe.
And sounds began to be heard from the end of the stairs.
Clang! Clang! Claang!
The sound of a hammer striking iron.
Listening to that sound, Kang Jun-hyeok reached the end of the stairs.
That place was a small cave existing inside the mine.
The cave walls sparkled with sharp ore veins, and the smell of molten metal was mixed in the air.
On one side of the cave wall, countless tools were lined up. Giant tongs, hooks, endlessly connected chain links.
That place was a blacksmith shop.
And in the center of the blacksmith shop, there was a giant hammering a massive anvil.
Claang! Claang! Claaaang!
The air trembled each time the hammer struck. It felt like an illusion that not only physical things but even conceptual things were being hammered.
The giant’s appearance was extremely alien. His entire body was covered in calluses from hammering for so many years that he felt like a golem rather than a living being.
Claaang!
The hammer stopped.
The giant slowly raised his head. An utterly bored, annoyed gaze turned toward Kang Jun-hyeok.
“A Player after a long time.”
[Loser of the Great War. Heaven-Gifted Blacksmith has appeared.]
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The Blacksmith said Player.
It meant he was aware of the Tower’s concept. You could tell not just from his manner of speaking but from the System Window alone.
Loser of the Great War.
Like Alessandro, Manbyeonggi, and Pixie, he was a being from the universe who participated in the Great War in the distant past. Manbyeonggi opened his mouth.
[It’s been a long time. Heaven-Gifted Blacksmith. The one who can hear the voices of all things. Are you called Blacksmith now?]
“…Hmm?”
The Blacksmith, who had been wearing an indifferent expression, showed a surprised look upon discovering Manbyeonggi.
“Is that you?”
[Call me Manbyeonggi. That is my name now.]
“Didn’t you say you would give up on everything? Did you end up in human hands after all? What exactly were your last words supposed to mean?”
The Blacksmith asked in disbelief. That question contained some mockery and ridicule.
“To think that your end, who was great and stood alone, would be such a sorry state. How pitiful. It seems I’m in a better situation even bound by chains.”
Even at the insulting words, Manbyeonggi showed no particular reaction.
[Our defeat as well. Life is truly unpredictable, isn’t it? Don’t you think so?]
“…You?”
The Blacksmith wore a puzzled expression at Manbyeonggi’s calm attitude.
“Your personality seems to have changed quite a bit. My greetings are late. It’s been a long time, Manbyeonggi.”
[Indeed.]
“Then… you are the Player who possesses Manbyeonggi.”
The Blacksmith looked at Kang Jun-hyeok with eyes that saw something strange.
“You own that one. Hmm… you seem different from the Players I’ve met so far. Well, even so, what I must do doesn’t change.”
Clang!
The Blacksmith strikes his hammer. The vibration shakes body and soul.
“I am a blacksmith.”
A blacksmith is one who forges metal to create weapons.
“Bring me the metals, the materials you’ve obtained while climbing the Tower. I’ll craft inferior works befitting you lot.”
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