100 Floors All Master - Chapter 153

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 153

31st Floor. The Empire from Somewhere (1)

Aloanian Hasat.

And Dang Jung-ryeong.

Both were people he knew. It wasn’t just the two of them. He knew most of those belonging to the upper group.

[Aloanian Hasat (60th Floor): You must be the Family Head of the Sacheon Tang Family. I’ve heard of your reputation.]

[Dang Jung-ryeong (64th Floor): Same here. I heard that a notable talent among Lord Pocatoria’s believers had arrived. You must be that person.]

The two were talking as if they knew each other. The Players from Earth couldn’t help but feel a sense of disconnect.

[Trey Dice (59th Floor): 64th Floor…]

[Dang Jung-ryeong (64th Floor): Which planet are you from?]

[Trey Dice (59th Floor): Earth.]

[Dang Jung-ryeong (64th Floor): Earth? I’ve never heard of that place.]

[Trey Dice (59th Floor): Same here. The universe is vast.]

In this universe, there were many who had climbed higher than him. Trey quickly understood that fact.

But he probably thought it wasn’t an unreachable level. A 5-floor difference. It wasn’t small, but it wasn’t that large either.

‘It’s a futile thought.’

The floor reached doesn’t directly correlate to a Player’s strength.

Kang Jun-hyeok himself was one piece of evidence for that.

At the 30th Floor, he could overwhelm Trey who was at the 59th Floor.

Unless one surpassed the 70th Floor, strength couldn’t be determined by floor number alone.

Before long, Trey would realize. That he wasn’t that high up when viewed from the entire universe.

“The test is finally over.”

Everything up until now was close to a tutorial. From now on was the main story. Losers and Victors. And cosmic Quests would appear.

“There will be a lot to do.”

Before Kang Jun-hyeok closed the Community, he saw one last message.

[Dang Jung-ryeong (64th Floor): Then this works out well. I have something I’m curious about to ask you.]

[Trey Dice (59th Floor): What is it?]

[Dang Jung-ryeong (64th Floor): Do you happen to know about the existence called Perfect Player?]

As he closed the Community, Manbyeonggi and Eldyria also spoke up.

[You probably already knew, but the universe is vast. Your planet isn’t the only one where life exists.]

[From what I can see, your planet seems to be quite on the outskirts. It would be difficult to establish exchanges with other worlds. There might be ways to break through with force, but… mechanical civilizations that haven’t entered orbit can’t help it. The technology is still insufficient.]

[Is that so? The items from this planet were quite interesting though.]

[You weren’t really interested in anything other than martial arts. It’s not that impressive a level.]

After thinking for a moment, Eldyria opens her mouth.

[I suppose it would be good to explain this at least once.]

“Please speak comfortably.”

[The universe is vast. Countless lives exist on numerous stars. Accordingly, there are those who possess powerful strength.]

However, the standards for judging that power differed vastly between each planet.

[That’s why there exists a concept that distinguishes strength on a universal scale. We call it hierarchy.]

‘It’s been a while since I heard this.’

Naturally, Kang Jun-hyeok already knew this. But he wasn’t so tactless as to stop Eldyria when she seemed happy to explain as if she had become a teacher. Eldyria continued speaking joyfully.

[Strength is divided into a total of five hierarchies. The lowest level is the First Hierarchy.]

Sword Master. Court Mage. Supreme Master. Perfected Esper and others belonged to this hierarchy.

They were by no means weak. They were close to the limit that ordinary mortals could reach.

However, from the universe’s perspective, they had only just barely reached the baseline level.

[Next comes the Second Hierarchy.]

Grand Sword Master. Transformation Realm. Archmage. Awakened Esper. Lower-class monster tier.

This was a stage close to the limit of ordinary mortals.

[The Duneshade you defeated exists precisely in this hierarchy. Your current power belongs here. You can be proud. Reaching this realm in just around one or two years is unprecedented.]

But there were still three more levels above. Eldyria continued.

[Next comes the Third Hierarchy.]

Sword Emperor, Manifestation Realm, Magic Tower Master, Transcendent Esper, upper-class monster tier.

[Among those you’ve met, Magic Tower Master Wihanian has reached this realm.]

The master of the 18th Floor Magic Tower. He was positioned in the Third Hierarchy. He was an existence that could be called powerful even in the universe. An adult Kraken also belonged to the Third Hierarchy.

Even the Third Hierarchy alone was beyond the norm. A level difficult to find even when looking across multiple planets. They were beings at the very edge of the limit mortals could reach.

And then next.

A realm that surpassed the limits of mortals. A miraculous position that even talent couldn’t reach.

[Fourth Hierarchy.]

Grand Sword Emperor, Life-Death Realm, Demon King, Enlightened Esper.

[Upon reaching this realm, one can no longer be called a living being. They transcend the boundary of life and death and can travel the universe alone. Alessandro, whom you faced. He belonged to this realm.]

Next came the Fifth Hierarchy.

[From here on, we don’t make detailed distinctions. Only one designation exists.]

The Reached.

Those who reached the end.

That was the Fifth Hierarchy. It was a kind of destination and the final point.

Kang Jun-hyeok asked.

“Then where do Lady Eldyria and Manbyeonggi stand?”

[We exist outside such hierarchies. For convenience, we call it five levels, but there is something above that.]

Gods born with the destiny to rule concepts from birth.

And those who reached the same realm as them with mortal bodies.

Those beings couldn’t belong to the concept of hierarchy. They were too alien and mighty, so the beings of the universe called them with reverence.

Transcendents.

Kang Jun-hyeok was only at the second level now. There were still countless stages remaining ahead of him.

Eldyria spoke playfully.

[We were such beings. How about it? Do you feel a sense of respect?]

“As expected of Lady Eldyria. I cannot even imagine it.”

[…It feels like empty flattery.]

Eldyria muttered with displeasure. But it couldn’t be helped.

His past life self had also reached that realm.

Manbyeonggi spoke quietly.

[Even we who had reached the realm of Transcendents were miserably defeated and became like this. Alessandro, who was a wandering knight of the fourth level, lost all his power and was stuck in the Tower before dying by your hand.]

Even those who once ruled the universe were miserably defeated.

These were the kinds of beings Kang Jun-hyeok would have to face in the future.

There was an indescribable wall. Just imagining it was enough to make him breathless and dizzy.

[But you won’t break, will you.]

Manbyeonggi muttered.

There wasn’t the slightest waver in Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes.

He didn’t feel any wall. He had almost reached victory in his past life. No. If he hadn’t made that foolish mistake, he would have reached it.

‘So this time.’

This time for sure, he would seize victory.

Kang Jun-hyeok steeled his resolve once more.

The organizing was finished. He went to find the Blacksmith. Having completed the refinement, he handed over lower body armor made from Duneshade’s carapace.

“Take it. It was quite interesting.”

[Dunshade Carapace Protection Gear]

[Part: Lower Body Armor]

[Grade: Advanced]

[Strength + 7]

[Speed + 3]

[Defense + 22]

[Duneshade’s carapace. It has been refined to near perfection by the hands of a master blacksmith. It boasts defense power close to absolute.]

Advanced-grade defensive equipment.

The stats were also very high. Kang Jun-hyeok received the equipment with satisfaction.

“Excellent. And I have one more request.”

“One more?”

Kang Jun-hyeok handed over the materials.

[Meteorite Fragment]

[Grade: Intermediate]

[A meteorite that fell from heaven to the ground. This is a fragment of it.]

The material obtained from Olivia. The Blacksmith who received the meteorite fragment showed a puzzled expression.

“This is something you can’t have with your current status, isn’t it?”

“I exchanged it with another Player.”

“…You obtained it during the test process. You really do all sorts of things. Fine. I’ll make this one too.”

“Thank you.”

Kang Jun-hyeok smiled slightly.

Next, he returned to Earth. After taking a moment to steady his breathing, he called for Pixie.

[Hello? You must have had quite a lot going on?]

The appearing Pixie grinned as if she knew everything.

[The Universe has finally opened.]

“You know about it.”

[I’m bound to the Tower anyway. I roughly know about the things that will happen. Of course, I can’t tell you about them.]

Pixie spoke quietly.

[Everything up until now was essentially a tutorial. The real main story starts from now on. Both the Victor and the defeated will actively intervene. You’ll also meet beings from other planets. How do you feel?]

“Not much different.”

Kang Jun-hyeok shrugged his shoulders. There was nothing that would shake his emotions at this point. Pixie, who had been observing him for a moment, realized he was sincere and showed a slightly disappointed expression.

[I thought you’d be at least a little surprised by events of this magnitude, but you’re still the same. How boring.]

Pixie spun her body around.

[So you called me because you have something to purchase, right? What are you going to buy? You should be able to buy a few Intermediate Skills by now.]

“Two Advanced Skills.”

[Two Intermediate Skills? You’ve saved up diligently. Got it…]

Pixie, who was responding as if she had expected it, suddenly stopped.

[…Wait a minute. What did you say?]

“Two Advanced Skills.”

[Huh?]

Pixie’s face contorted strangely.

[Not Intermediate, but Advanced Skills. Wait a minute. Are you saying you have over a hundred thousand Gold right now?]

Kang Jun-hyeok nodded with a smile.

He had received about twenty-four thousand Gold as compensation from Olivia.

On top of that, he had dueled with Players in exchange for receiving 500 Gold each.

The Players he dueled were a very small number of Players who belonged to the top 100.

The amount of Gold they possessed was by no means small. They were at least people for whom 500 Gold used for dueling wasn’t a waste.

Except for those who had consumed all their Gold, everyone had requested duels with him. After dueling and dueling for three days straight, the Gold he currently possessed was as follows.

[123,379 Gold.]

“Two Advanced Skills. I’ll purchase them.”

Kang Jun-hyeok said cheerfully.

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