100 Floors All Master - Chapter 107
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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 107
19th Floor. Magic World (2)
[Title: 19th Floor…]
[What? I couldn’t do anything and it just ended? I was holed up in the Magic Tower slacking off and then the Quest was completed.]
[Maruima Atsuya (20th Floor): Most people probably experienced that. I never thought they’d make it so you couldn’t even approach the Quest location.]
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Kang Jun-hyeok and Tia moved to a place a little away from the Magic Tower.
There was a mountain there.
Clouds and ground. A moderately-sized mountain positioned between them. It was an ordinary mountain that you could find similar ones just by looking around a bit.
However, countless people were currently gathered at that mountain.
That place was where Archmage Weed’s tomb from a thousand years ago was located. Tia spoke energetically.
“Let’s go!”
“Yes.”
They approached the mountain. The mountain was surrounded and protected by a massive magic barrier. As they approached the entrance, two mages blocked their way.
“This place is currently protected by the Magic Tower and outsiders cannot approach. We’re sorry, but please step back.”
“Ah. I’m also a mage!”
Tia said confidently. The mage made a strange expression.
“…You’re saying you’re a mage?”
He looked Tia up and down.
A face with baby fat still remaining. Her height only reached a man’s chest. She looked more like a girl than a woman.
The mage made a gentle expression.
“Little one. Sorry, but this place is off-limits. I understand you’re interested, but go back. Where are your parents?”
Tia’s face turned bright red.
“I, I’m really a mage! Here!”
Tia handed over an identification token proving she was a mage of the Magic Tower. The mage who confirmed it showed a surprised expression.
“It’s true. I’ve confirmed you’re a mage. But you can’t enter this place. Only outstanding mages can enter.”
“That part is no problem either!”
Tia said confidently.
“I’m Tia Lilinetth. I’m the School Leader of the ArcanaGem School. The person next to me is my direct disciple. This is Kang Jun-hyeok.”
“ArcanaGem?”
The mage’s eyes widened as he searched his memory for a moment.
“Su, surely not that ArcanaGem?”
“That’s right.”
“I, I’m sorry for being rude! Please enter!”
The mage bent his waist 90 degrees. Tia was rather flustered by the suddenly changed treatment.
“Ah, thank you.”
Tia, who had entered the mountain, muttered quietly.
“This is the first time I’ve received such treatment.”
“People are finally starting to recognize your value.”
“Hehehe.”
Tia scratched her head as if pleased.
They had entered the mountain protected by a barrier. There were dozens of people moving around inside. Seeing their faces, Tia let out an exclamation.
“Harotorang. Geshark. Altzrun… They’re all School Leaders of the Magic Tower.”
Only the highest-ranking mages recognized by the Magic Tower were inside.
Archmage Weed’s Tomb from a thousand years ago. Riffraff couldn’t enter here in the first place. Kang Jun-hyeok made a strange expression.
‘To think I’d get to enter here.’
In his previous life, he couldn’t even approach it. Unable to obtain mana, he just did odd jobs at the Magic Tower and couldn’t accomplish anything before the 19th Floor ended.
The clear rate he achieved that way was 0%.
It was a floor where he only achieved miserable results.
Now he had approached the core of that very 19th Floor. While he was lost in strange emotions, someone approached.
“Lady Tia and Mr. Kang Jun-hyeok have come as well.”
“Ah, Lord Alfrein!”
The Magic Tower Master’s direct disciple. The genius who appears once in a thousand years had personally greeted them. Tia hurriedly adjusted her clothes and showed proper courtesy. Alfrein shook his head.
“Lady Tia is the leader of a School. I’m still just a disciple. There’s no need for you to be so formal.”
“Ha, hahaha…”
Tia let out a dry laugh. No matter that she was a School Leader, the Magic Tower Master’s direct disciple had a different status. Even if she was higher in rank, she couldn’t treat him carelessly.
But Alfrein seemed sincere as he greeted them with polite courtesy.
“I’m interested in the ArcanaGem School that Lady Tia created. Would it be alright if I visited your School later to have a conversation?”
“Of, of course! You’re welcome anytime!”
“Thank you. I’d like Mr. Kang Jun-hyeok to be there as well.”
He had suffered a crushing defeat to Kang Jun-hyeok. But in Alfrein’s eyes looking at him, there was curiosity rather than hostility or wariness. Kang Jun-hyeok nodded.
“I’ll gladly welcome you.”
“Thank you. This must be fate. I’ll guide you.”
“Th, thank you!”
Tia hurriedly followed behind Alfrein. Kang Jun-hyeok asked him.
“How was it discovered?”
“A mage got lost while passing through this mountain. He wandered around the mountain here and there. In the process, he discovered a clearing on the mountainside.”
There was writing in the clearing. Very primitive writing made by scratching the ground. It should have normally disappeared without a trace, buried by the flow of wind and dirt.
But the writing remained clearly visible. The mage who was puzzled by this strange phenomenon investigated the writing and was soon shocked.
“The writing said this:”
[You who have found this place. Congratulations.]
[I am Archmage Weed. I was the Magic Tower Master of the Magic Tower. When I set everything down and ascended, I left one gift for you.]
[Solve my riddle, discover the tomb, and take the Final Legacy that lies there.]
“Could I see it directly?”
“I’m guiding you there right now.”
Alfrein smiled broadly. Soon, along with murmuring sounds, dozens of mages came into view. When Alfrein asked for permission and entered inside, writing inscribed on the ground caught their attention.
“Wow…”
Tia, who had been tracing the writing, let out a moan.
“Magic is… carved into the ground.”
“It’s magical power that hasn’t disappeared for over a thousand years.”
“My goodness.”
An indelible mark had been left on the world itself.
It was magic that only the Archmage from a thousand years ago could have accomplished. Kang Jun-hyeok read the writing aloud.
“It seems the part below is a riddle.”
[Can kindle fire but cannot ignite it.]
[Can give sight but cannot send it.]
[Can advance on a path but cannot illuminate it.]
[Find this place.]
“Have you perhaps found any hints?”
“Unfortunately, we have not.”
To Tia’s question, Alfrein shook his head with a regretful expression.
“For the past few days, outstanding mages have searched the entire mountain. We activated every detection magic. But we couldn’t find any traces whatsoever.”
“It means his legacy cannot be found so easily. Alright. I’ll lend my humble assistance!”
“Please do.”
Tia energetically clasped hands together.
The mages were desperately activating magic trying to find the tomb.
And Kang Jun-hyeok leisurely strolled around the mountain. Tia asked with a puzzled expression.
“Kang Jun-hyeok? What are you doing?”
“I’m looking for the tomb.”
“…It just looks like you’re walking around?”
Kang Jun-hyeok was moving his steps leisurely as if going for a walk. He wasn’t activating any magic whatsoever.
The Archmage’s hidden tomb.
To find it, magic was necessary. Everyone thought so.
But Kang Jun-hyeok knew that this thinking was wrong.
‘I know it’s around this area.’
[Pixie’s Treasure Intuition.]
A skill, not magic, activated. At the same time, something caught Kang Jun-hyeok’s senses. A hidden, secret space.
Here it is. Kang Jun-hyeok searched through the bushes. Tia followed with a puzzled expression. Alfrein also approached belatedly.
“What are you doing…”
“Shh.”
Kang Jun-hyeok made him keep quiet and expanded his senses. When he reached his hand through the bushes, something caught at his fingertips.
Click.
He applies force and pulls it as is. Soon, mechanical sounds begin to ring out.
Kuguugugugugung….
“Huh?”
“What, what is it?”
Other Mages came rushing over in a hurry after hearing the commotion.
The bushes split apart. The ground rises and a massive device reveals itself. It takes shape with clicking sounds.
“…Ah?”
“Huh.”
An underground passage that had been hidden among the bushes revealed itself.
In the silence, Kang Jun-hyeok answered simply.
“This place must be the Archmage’s tomb.”
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After a long silence, Alfrein spoke with a groan.
“None of the mages could find it, so how….”
“Because the method of searching was wrong from the beginning. It’s not found through magic.”
[You can light a fire but cannot ignite it.]
[You can give your gaze but cannot send it.]
[You can advance on a path but cannot illuminate it.]
[Find this place.]
The meaning of the riddle left by the Archmage was very simple.
You can physically light a fire, but cannot ignite it with magic.
You can give your gaze with the naked eye, but cannot send it with magic.
You can walk a path with your feet, but cannot illuminate it with magic.
Handle it using your body, not magic. That was exactly the answer to the riddle. Alfrein, who heard the explanation, let out a groan.
“…It was quite simple.”
The reason they couldn’t find that answer was also simple. For them, magic was everything. The option of searching without magic simply didn’t exist.
“My goodness. Kang Jun-hyeok….”
Tia and Alfrein. And the other mages sent looks of wonder. Kang Jun-hyeok smiled silently.
‘I feel a bit guilty.’
The riddle wasn’t something he had solved.
He had merely moved according to memories he heard in his previous life.
But since it didn’t happen in this life, he could shamelessly accept it.
At the entrance of the underground passage, there was one inscription written.
[This place is a dungeon for you.]
[But it is not a dungeon for you.]
“What does that mean?”
“Hmm….”
People held their chins and fell into deep thought. In the midst of this, one mage hurriedly stepped forward.
“Where’s the time to think! There’s an Archmage’s relic inside! I’ll go in first! Follow me! My disciples!”
“Yes!”
People rushed in following the mage. Alfrein spoke cautiously.
“Shouldn’t you stop them? Since Kang Jun-hyeok discovered it, he has priority. Though he may be the leader of an influential school, I can help you.”
“That’s not necessary. They’ll be back soon anyway.”
Kang Jun-hyeok spoke leisurely. Alfrein soon understood what he meant.
“Sa, save us!”
“Hieeek!”
Not even a few minutes had passed before the mages who had entered the tomb came back screaming.
“Ma, magic doesn’t work in there!”
“What did you say?”
Alfrein’s eyes widened. The mage caught his rough breath and shouted.
“Magic doesn’t work! The mana scatters away!”
“This place is a dungeon for you, yet not a dungeon for you.”
What the mages desire lies at the end, but they cannot reach it through magic.
“How cruel.”
‘Though it doesn’t matter to me.’
Kang Jun-hyeok hummed as he stepped inside.
“Ka, Kang Jun-hyeok?”
“If you want to follow, then follow. You too, Alfrein. I can’t protect anyone else besides you two.”
“Uh, um….”
Kang Jun-hyeok had already entered the underground and disappeared. Tia, who had been restless, made an “eek” sound and went inside. Alfrein also hurriedly followed. The other mages couldn’t bring themselves to enter and just wandered about in confusion.
Kuguuguung….
Soon a golem appeared before Kang Jun-hyeok. Alfrein’s face, who had been trying to use magic, froze completely.
“…Magic really doesn’t work.”
His magic was impossible.
But the ArcanaGem School’s magic was a school that dealt with gems. If it were them, it would be possible. That’s why Kang Jun-hyeok had confidently entered. Thinking this, Alfrein looked at Tia.
“Ah, it won’t work!”
But Tia was also just fumbling around while taking out gems. Alfrein’s eyes widened.
“Huh?”
“Magic won’t activate! What is this!”
“Wa, wait!”
Arcana Gem Magic doesn’t work either?
Then why! In the midst of confusion, the golem launched its body with a whoosh. Just as Alfrein and Tia were about to scream and run away, Kang Jun-hyeok’s fist moved.
Kwaaaaang!
The golem shattered into fragments and scattered in all directions.
“…Huh?”
“Whoa?”
“Please follow me.”
Leaving behind the dazed expressions, Kang Jun-hyeok went inside.
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