100 Floors All Master - Chapter 120

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 120

 

22nd Floor. Slime Bug (1)

 

Pixie instantly closed her mouth. An Advanced Skill? Already? She stammered as she spoke.

 

[How? As far as I remember, the Gold you have is at most around twenty thousand Gold?]

 

“I told you. There was an event?”

 

[…What kind of event was there?]

 

“A very simple and brutish event.”

 

So much so that fifty thousand Gold had accumulated. Pixie muttered as if dumbfounded.

 

[All Administrators are crazy, but the Administrator of your planet seems to be exceptionally crazy even among them. Fine. If you have Gold, I must do my job as Shop Owner. Here. Take it.]

 

[You have obtained an Advanced Active Skill Box.]

 

The box fell into Kang Jun-hyeok’s hands. Pixie smiled slyly.

 

[You’re the first to purchase an Advanced Skill on this planet. Well, it’s not the first in the entire universe though.]

 

Earth was quite a weak planet when viewed from the universe. The Player he had faced when meeting Eldyria had used Advanced Skills.

 

But even looking at the entire universe, there weren’t many Players who had obtained Advanced Skills. They were that rare and incredibly powerful. Kang Jun-hyeok showed a satisfied expression.

 

“Thank you.”

 

[See you again next time.]

 

Pixie departed. Kang Jun-hyeok touched the box with a delighted face.

 

Lowest Grade Skills assist actions.

 

Low Grade Skills cause actions.

 

From Intermediate Skills onward, they go beyond simply causing actions to wielding tremendous power.

 

And Advanced Skills create a phenomenon.

 

That was the classification point of skills created by Players. Not all skills were like this, but broadly speaking, it wasn’t wrong.

 

The Advanced Skill used by the Player he met when facing Eldyria immediately came to mind. Earth Crush.

 

That skill caused the phenomenon of an earthquake in the area. It was on a different level from lower grade skills.

 

Now he too had obtained a skill of the same level. Kang Jun-hyeok opened the box. Along with bright light, a window announcing the acquisition of a skill appeared.

 

[You have acquired Active Skill: One-Point Pierce.]

 

[Active Skill: One-Point Pierce]

 

[Grade: Advanced]

 

[Proficiency: F]

 

[Cooltime: 24 hours]

 

[Rush toward one point in an instant and pierce through powerfully.]

 

“One-Point Pierce?”

 

This was a skill he hadn’t seen in his previous life.

 

From advanced skills onward, they consumed too much gold, so not many players possessed them. It wouldn’t be strange if there were skills he didn’t know about.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok stroked his chin.

 

‘From the description alone, it seems like a combination of Charge and Thrust.’

 

It didn’t look like an advanced skill’s effect.

 

Seeing is believing. He would check it out directly.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok moved to the nearby Abandoned Mountain. He climbed to about halfway up and distanced himself from a house-sized boulder.

 

He drew his spear and steadied his breathing. Then he activated the skill.

 

[One-Point Pierce.]

 

“Ugh.”

 

The moment he activated the skill, Kang Jun-hyeok made a sound.

 

His body accelerated. Regardless of his will. Faster than sound.

 

The spear pierced through one point of the boulder.

 

Craaaaaash!

 

A thunderous roar echoed throughout the area. The mountain trembled and tree branches swayed. Animals cried out and scurried away in panic.

 

“….”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok let out a groan.

 

The boulder had been shattered to pieces.

 

It didn’t stop there. The force’s aftermath spread even beyond the boulder. A massive hole appeared as if a giant rat had gnawed through the mountain itself. Manbyeonggi muttered.

 

[Quite useful.]

 

“…It’s embarrassing to compare this to Charge and Thrust.”

 

He let out a hollow laugh. As expected of an advanced skill. It had monstrous power.

 

‘The speed exceeded sound.’

 

The force contained in the spear also far surpassed his physical strength.

 

It thrust very powerfully toward the target. Simple, but equally strong. This was definitely worth it.

 

Having finished his confirmation, Kang Jun-hyeok called Kim Tae-yeon.

 

-K-Kang Jun-hyeok! You’re alive!

 

“Did you think I was dead?”

 

-No. Not that, but… what’s the matter?

 

“I wanted to ask about the situation after the event ended.”

 

Earth’s Administrator had caused a massive event.

 

Its aftermath had surely swept across the entire Earth. Kim Tae-yeon began explaining calmly.

 

-First… the bottom 10% seems to be roughly under 8 minutes. The minimum clear time confirmed so far is 8 minutes and 12 seconds. …It’s a tragic affair. Some people I know have disappeared too.

 

Kim Tae-yeon’s voice was filled with melancholy. They had been diligently climbing the Tower, only to vanish in vain due to a single event like this. It was truly regrettable.

 

But Kang Jun-hyeok was surprised for a different reason.

 

‘The bottom 10% is 8 minutes?’

 

In his previous life, it had been 6 minutes.

 

It had increased by 2 minutes. It was a very clear difference.

 

“How many minutes did you get, Kim Tae-yeon?”

 

-20 minutes.

 

20 minutes.

 

It was the same time as Yu Jin-ha from his previous life. This made him curious.

 

“How many minutes did Yu Jin-ha and Olivia manage to endure?”

 

-Uh… Olivia lasted 26 minutes. Yu Jin-ha lasted 31 minutes.

 

“…I see.”

 

Yu Jin-ha, who had only endured 20 minutes in his previous life, had broken through the 30-minute wall.

 

‘That coward was capable of going that far.’

 

Kang Jun-hyeok was quite surprised. He acknowledged Yu Jin-ha’s abilities, but his personality was the problem. He never expected that guy who always sought only stability would surpass 30 minutes. Kim Tae-yeon asked cautiously.

 

-Then, Kang Jun-hyeok, how long did you…

 

“60 minutes and 6 seconds.”

 

-My goodness.

 

Kim Tae-yeon caught her breath for a moment, then soon became puzzled.

 

-Huh. 6 seconds?

 

“Thank you for the information. I’ll see you next time then.”

 

-Ah. Yes!

 

“Oh, could you possibly get me some more gems? It doesn’t matter if the purity is low.”

 

Since he had consumed almost all his gems in the process of clearing the event, he needed to recharge.

 

-Hmm… If low purity is fine, I should be able to get some. I’ll send them when they’re ready!

 

“Thank you.”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok hung up the phone.

 

After staring at his cell phone for a moment, he opened his contacts. When he pressed the call button, the ringtone sounded about twice before the other party answered.

 

-Kang Jun-hyeok! What’s the matter!

 

The other party was Yu Jin-ha. Whether he had answered in a hurry when the ringtone sounded, his voice clearly showed urgency. Kang Jun-hyeok asked.

 

“I heard you endured 31 minutes. Is that right?”

 

-Yes, yes…

 

Yu Jin-ha answered in a frightened tone. Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue.

 

“Why could you only endure that much?”

 

-I, I did my best! But my abilities were lacking…

 

“Don’t give me that crap about lacking abilities. Based on my assessment of you, you should have been capable of reaching the mid-30s.”

 

-Yes! You’re absolutely right!

 

Yu Jin-ha’s voice was like that of a disciplined new recruit. Kang Jun-hyeok said.

 

“Come find me next time. I’ll re-educate you.”

 

Yu Jin-ha hesitated.

 

-Uh, what?

 

“Don’t want to?”

 

-How, how could that be! I’ll contact you soon!

 

“If you don’t, you’re dead.”

 

-…Yes!

 

After ending the call, Kang Jun-hyeok looked down at his cell phone.

 

Sword Saint Yu Jin-ha.

 

Coward Yu Jin-ha.

 

It seemed that if someone kicked his butt with their foot, he would somehow manage to run.

 

Then he would just have to kick him hard.

 

‘This time you’ll have to suffer a bit.’

 

It wasn’t bad since he could also relieve stress.

 

And a day later. Kang Jun-hyeok entered the 22nd Floor.

 

The first thing that came into his view were black, thick, wriggling masses of slime.

 

They were devouring space. Eating away at the ground, staining it. They were changing its nature to their own.

 

[22nd Floor Quest.]

 

[Stop the planet’s contamination.]

 

[The Quest will automatically end after one week passes.]

 

* * *

 

[Title: 22nd Floor… Something feels very alien.]

 

[The difficulty itself isn’t that high, but it’s strange. Just looking at it, just facing it makes me feel like my brain will break. It felt like being in a nightmare. I never want to see it again.]

 

[Choi Min-seok (Floor 25): I agree. Why do such things even exist? It felt like… it wasn’t of this world.]

 

* * *

 

Writhing black slimes stain the ground.

 

It wasn’t simple contamination. They were defiling and crushing all things of the world, their values, their laws.

 

Those with weak minds would feel nauseous just from looking at them. It couldn’t be helped. Those things were not of this universe.

 

Victors. Things that came from outside the universe.

 

Those black slimes were things derived from them.

 

The 22nd Floor was precisely a floor related to the Victors.

 

For ordinary Players, it was also the first floor to be associated with Victors. Though they could encounter them a few times before, generally the opportunity wasn’t given. It was the floor where they would learn what they would face going forward, and what they would have to encounter.

 

Eldyria muttered.

 

[Slime bugs. It’s been a while since I’ve seen them.]

 

“Slime bugs?”

 

[Bugs that terraform planets where life has disappeared to suit their taste. Filthy things.]

 

“So that’s what they were.”

 

Squirm.

 

The slimes slowly approach to devour Kang Jun-hyeok. Kang Jun-hyeok draws his great sword.

 

Swish!

 

The slimes are cut away. He bounces them off with his shoulder, kicks them with his foot. In an instant, the slimes are torn apart and scattered in all directions.

 

The slime bugs devouring the planet of the 22nd Floor.

 

Their strength itself isn’t that impressive.

 

The devouring power itself is strong, but its speed is quite slow. Even ordinary Players can handle it without problems. It was a floor where dead Players could be counted on one hand.

 

‘But no one has ever exceeded 1% achievement rate.’

 

The reason was simple.

 

The slime didn’t die.

 

No matter how much he destroyed and cut it down, it regenerated and contaminated the planet. It was nearly impossible for a single individual to stop the slime that devoured entire planets through effort alone.

 

Even after desperately trying for a week, it barely ended with just managing to keep one’s body intact.

 

The average achievement rate reached that way was 0.1%.

 

It was a utterly miserable figure.

 

Another problem was that Kang Jun-hyeok also had no information.

 

The slime bugs don’t appear after the 22nd Floor. He had never seen them in the Great War that occurred afterward either.

 

He could guess the reason. The slime bugs’ role was planetary terraforming. After gaining control of the universe, there would have been no use for them.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok stepped forward toward the slimes that were creeping closer.

 

Kwaddddeuk!

 

In an instant, the slimes were torn apart and the contaminated planet was purified.

 

He was far stronger than other Players. If it was him, he could purify faster than the slime could contaminate the planet. If given enough time, he could erase everything.

 

But the 22nd Floor had a time limit.

 

[The Quest will automatically end after one week passes.]

 

The time limit of one week.

 

It was extremely short.

 

No matter how diligently he purified, about city-size would be the limit.

 

Perfect Clear was nearly impossible.

 

But there was no problem.

 

He would find an answer somehow.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes darkened.

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