100 Floors All Master - Chapter 105

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 105

 

18th Floor. Magic World (6)

 

[You look just as pathetic. Isn’t that right? Eldyria.]

 

[…He is different from me. He merely appears as a supporting character. He hasn’t been directly humiliated like I have. There’s no value in comparison.]

 

“Don’t compete over such strange things.”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue. Alfrein smiled refreshingly with his handsome face.

 

“I heard about you from my master. He said you’re a promising newcomer? I’m looking forward to it. Please treat me well.”

 

“Likewise.”

 

“Begin!”

 

Wihanian, who served as the referee, lowered his hand.

 

The moment the sparring match began, Kang Jun-hyeok immediately threw a ruby.

 

Activating magic requires casting. In contrast, Arcana Gem Magic activates simply by throwing gems without any preparation process.

 

Until now, no mage had been able to respond to such violent activation speed.

 

But this time was different. Alfrein quickly swung his hand and completed his casting.

 

“Block. Barrier.”

 

A curtain of mana formed. It defended against the explosion of the flying ruby. Alfrein extended his hand.

 

“Charge. Thunder.”

 

Kuguuuung!

 

Lightning rushed toward Kang Jun-hyeok like a beast. Kang Jun-hyeok took out a sapphire and threw it into the air. Ice crackled and froze the air, blocking the lightning.

 

‘His casting is fast.’

 

He immediately responded to the flying gems and activated magic. A speed that would make other mages look like slugs.

 

He quickly thought it through. The magic Alfrein wielded was from the Eternal School. Judging by the manifestation format, it was magic that infused power into language. It had fast response but was a type that struggled with delicate operation.

 

In that case. Kang Jun-hyeok took out a diamond from his chest.

 

There are dozens of gems that exist in this world. The ArcanaGem School assigned individual effects to each of those gems.

 

Ruby’s effect is Flame Explosion.

 

Sapphire is Cold Manifestation.

 

And diamond is Physical Force and Pursuit.

 

Crack.

 

He applied force to his hand and shattered the diamond. He threw the dozens of fragments that were created.

 

Chajajajajak!

 

The fragments scattered in the air and aimed at Alfrein’s body like a shotgun. Alfrein let out an exclamation.

 

“You immediately grasped the weakness of my magic. You’re certainly worthy of my master’s expectations.”

 

Alfrein lightly waved his fingers.

 

“Scatter Chaotically. Mana Fragments.”

 

Dozens of mana fragments rose and swayed. They collided with the diamond fragments as if intercepting them.

 

Jjeojeojeojeojeojung!

 

He intercepted all the fragments without missing a single one. Alfrein smiled slightly.

 

“But unfortunately, it doesn’t work on me.”

 

“Tsk.”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue. It was near-perfect control.

 

‘As expected of a genius who appears once in a hundred years.’

 

Even throughout the entire universe, a magical genius who might appear once in a hundred years.

 

That was exactly what Alfrein was.

 

Although he died during the Great War over ownership of the universe, he was said to have performed remarkably.

 

Even using his abilities as a Player, this was not an easy opponent. He had to face such a person using only magic and physical abilities.

 

His talent for magic was nothing more than ordinary.

 

Without relying on the uniqueness of the ArcanaGem School, he wouldn’t even be able to learn magic.

 

If comparing talents, there would literally be a difference like between a slug and an elephant.

 

Moreover, even their training time was different. He had been learning magic for at most a month. In contrast, his opponent had been training for five years.

 

Countless Players with magical talent had challenged Alfrein, but most of them were defeated.

 

Unless one possessed talent that might appear once in ten thousand years throughout the entire universe, victory would be impossible.

 

In terms of magic, Kang Jun-hyeok had not even a speck of chance for victory.

 

But it didn’t matter.

 

The magic of the ArcanaGem School had sufficient uniqueness. After catching his breath for a moment, he took out gems.

 

One of the methods for dealing with mages.

 

Close the distance.

 

Swoosh!

 

Two Ruby Crystals. And one Sapphire Crystal flew toward Alfrein. Alfrein quickly finished his casting.

 

“Rush. Lightning.”

 

Crackle!

 

Lightning coiled and intercepted the three flying gems. In that gap, Kang Jun-hyeok closed the distance and threw gems again.

 

Two Ruby Crystals. Two Sapphire Crystals.

 

Toward the gems flying like bouncing balls, Alfrein cast again.

 

“Burst. Air.”

 

Whooom!

 

The air burst and deflected the flying crystals. At that moment, Kang Jun-hyeok took out gems again. This time it was three Ruby Crystals.

 

“Rush. Lightning.”

 

Crackle!

 

Lightning surged again. And Kang Jun-hyeok threw Ruby Crystals once more.

 

Alfrein’s casting was incredibly fast. Other mages would look like slugs in comparison.

 

But even so, casting was still casting.

 

The distance of the flying gems was gradually closing.

 

“…!”

 

Only then did Alfrein’s expression harden.

 

“Widen Distance. Space.”

 

He pushed away as if expanding space and fled. This time Alfrein chose evasion instead of responding.

 

Thud.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok quickly ran forward, grabbed the thrown gems, and bounced them back toward Alfrein. Alfrein’s expression hardened. He began his incantation.

 

“Burst. Explosion.”

 

Kuuuuung!

 

An explosion erupted. He judged that simply intercepting wouldn’t be enough, so he gathered his power to attack both the gems and Kang Jun-hyeok at once.

 

It was a rational decision, but unfortunately, it wasn’t the right answer.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok threw an amber crystal from his chest.

 

Chwaaaaak!

 

Alfrein’s magic was swallowed by the amber crystal.

 

The amber crystal’s effect. It was mana absorption.

 

The erupting explosion was absorbed by the amber. To use powerful magic, his casting took longer than usual. Kang Jun-hyeok seized that opportunity to close the distance.

 

Chwaralak.

 

Two ruby crystals flew right in front of Alfrein’s eyes.

 

Alfrein hastily shouted.

 

“Block. Barrier!”

 

Kwaaaang!

 

An explosion erupted. The barrier shook violently. Alfrein quickly began casting.

 

“Push Away. Space!”

 

Uuuung!

 

The moment space itself was about to be pushed away with Alfrein at the center, Kang Jun-hyeok immediately threw an amber crystal. It absorbed the mana of the pushing space.

 

Walak.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok arrived right in front of Alfrein’s nose.

 

A sapphire was thrown into the air.

 

Jjeoeoeong!

 

“Urk!”

 

Alfrein hastily covered his face and stepped back. He barely succeeded in defending, but couldn’t completely block the damage.

 

‘This won’t do.’

 

He needed time to prepare powerful magic. Alfrein, making a quick judgment, activated his magic.

 

“Track. Lightning Swarm!”

 

Chijijijijik!

 

Dozens of spherical lightning bolts tracked Kang Jun-hyeok. After all, activating magic required casting time. If continuously interfered with, it was difficult to activate magic.

 

In that sense, Alfrein’s tactics were extremely useful.

 

However, unfortunately, not against the ArcanaGem School.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok lightly leaped to avoid the lightning spheres while continuously throwing gems.

 

Jjeojeojeojeong!

 

“Kreuuuk!”

 

Arcana Gem Magic that used gems as catalysts to handle magic. There was no need for casting.

 

It didn’t require talent for magic either. Mana consumption was also extremely low.

 

Despite having such advantages, there was one reason it was rejected and despised.

 

In the end, gems were consumed.

 

In this world, the value of gems was a hundred times that of Earth.

 

No matter how excellent a computer might be, it would be unusable if it consumed so much power that it couldn’t handle it.

 

But that was only the story on this planet.

 

Looking at the entire universe, gems weren’t that precious.

 

Even Kang Jun-hyeok had obtained over a hundred high-purity gems, though it took several months and support.

 

Moreover, Players had a currency called gold. Obtaining gems wasn’t that difficult.

 

In other words, Arcana Gem Magic was truly magic optimized for Players.

 

Only after breaking free from the constraints of the planet did the true value of magic become widely known throughout the universe. For Players with even minimal talent and resources, learning Arcana Gem Magic became basic knowledge.

 

How should this magic be handled?

 

How should it be used to achieve optimization?

 

He knew better than anyone else about that.

 

Zzzt-zzzt-zzzt!

 

A genius who appeared once in a hundred years throughout the entire universe was being pushed back by Kang Jun-hyeok, who had no talent for magic.

 

“…This is.”

 

Wihanian let out a groan.

 

Arcana Gem Magic that handled gems.

 

Wihanian had also highly evaluated its potential.

 

But he thought it had limitations since it ultimately required gems as currency.

 

But it was the opposite. What it required was only gems as currency. It needed no talent, no casting, no mana. Rather, it was closer to having no limits compared to other magics.

 

It wasn’t just Wihanian. Horror appeared on the faces of the mages who came to watch the finals. Even Tia herself seemed not to have expected this much, her mouth hanging open in shock.

 

“Graaah!”

 

Small wounds began appearing on Alfrein’s body. His concentration was dropping and his mana was gradually decreasing. He gritted his teeth.

 

‘This won’t do.’

 

To defeat his opponent, he needed powerful magic.

 

But that required casting, and his opponent wasn’t giving him that opening.

 

Resolve was needed. Alfrein’s eyes darkened. He spread his hand.

 

“Rise. Banish!”

 

Kiiiiing!

 

Space was pushed away. Kang Jun-hyeok quickly threw amber to devour mana and attacked using diamond.

 

Alfrein didn’t defend with magic. He roughly spread his robe.

 

Kugugugugung!

 

“Wait!”

 

“It’s dangerous!”

 

He was exposed to powerful magic with his bare body. The watching mages were horrified and tried to intervene, but soon swallowed their breath at what was revealed.

 

Alfrein’s robe was tattered, but there was no major damage to his body.

 

He had used his robe to deflect the flow of magic almost perfectly.

 

Having bought time, Alfrein completed his casting.

 

“Rush and Shatter! Storm!”

 

Kugugugugung!

 

A massive storm arose that engulfed the entire training ground. Powerful magic that embodied nature. It was incomparably more powerful than any magic Kang Jun-hyeok had been using.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok burst out in admiration.

 

‘This is genius.’

 

Understanding and analyzing the raging magic to respond, buying time to complete perfect casting.

 

This is exactly what appears once in a hundred years, someone with talent beyond his imagination.

 

But it doesn’t matter.

 

Clatter.

 

Gems burst forth. Complete gems, not crystals.

 

Two Ruby Gems.

 

Three sapphires.

 

And one amethyst for amplification.

 

Zing! Zing! Zinnnng!

 

The power contained in the gems explodes. Those forces combine through the amethyst, becoming denser and larger. And finally, becoming one force, it strikes the storm.

 

Craaack!

 

The storm Alfrein unleashed breaks, scatters, and shatters. He let out a hollow laugh.

 

“Such an absurd magic…”

 

Thud!

 

His body slams into the wall. After twitching for a moment, he goes limp.

 

[Arcana Gem Magic proficiency has greatly increased.]

 

Kang Jun-hyeok looks at the System Window with satisfaction. In the silence, he opens his mouth.

 

“It’s over.”

 

“…Tournament concluded. The winner is Kang Jun-hyeok of the ArcanaGem School!”

 

A silence filled with shock lingered around the Training Ground.

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