100 Floors All Master - Chapter 159

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 159

32nd Floor. Dwarf Kingdom (4)

Kang Jun-hyeok slowly approached the castle wall.

The dwarfs who saw him shouted.

“Human! Stand back! This place is currently at war with the demons!”

They didn’t guard against Kang Jun-hyeok. It was a natural reaction. With demons and dwarfs fighting, they couldn’t imagine that a human would attack them.

However, Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t stop walking.

He approached the castle wall with his weapon drawn. His speed gradually increased. The dwarfs’ faces hardened.

“…Attack!”

Boom boom boom!

Cannons and ballistae were fired. Weapons like shotguns operated, filling the space with projectiles.

[Anti Field.]

Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t dodge. He wrapped a barrier around his body and charged, successfully approaching the pillar.

[Wall Climbing.]

He climbed up the pillar and reached the top. Then he raised his finger.

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]

The pillars surrounding the castle wall had strong resistance against demonic energy.

Conversely, they were rather vulnerable to divine power.

Kiiiiing!

Intense light devoured the world. The pillar instantly burned and corroded. Kang Jun-hyeok lightly tapped the pillar.

Rummmmmble!

The pillar, burned by the divine radiance, couldn’t withstand the impact and collapsed.

The dwarfs who had been watching blankly began to panic.

“…The pillar collapsed!”

“This is insane!”

“Good work, everyone.”

Having achieved his objective, Kang Jun-hyeok retreated and headed toward Asokan. He, who had been in the midst of battle, was flustered.

“Lord Kang Jun-hyeok? Why have you come?”

“Because I succeeded in bringing down one pillar.”

“…What? Already?”

Asokan’s eyes widened.

Not even an hour had passed since the battle began. Kang Jun-hyeok nodded.

“Retreat the demons.”

“Yes, yes!”

Asokan hurriedly gave the order. The demons retreated with confused expressions. After cleaning up, Asokan went to see the pillar and swallowed hard.

“My goodness.”

The pillar they hadn’t even been able to touch was completely collapsed. The dwarfs frantically tried to repair it somehow, but it seemed hopeless as it was burned down to the roots.

“H-how exactly did you do it?”

“That’s not something you need to be curious about. I’ll rest a bit and then move again. Have everything ready by then.”

“Understood! Would a week be enough?”

“A week? What are you talking about?”

“Ah. That’s too short. Well, destroying the pillar must have consumed a lot of your strength. Then about a month…”

“Three days.”

“…What?”

Asokan blinked. Kang Jun-hyeok said.

“I’ll move again in three days, so be prepared.”

“Uh… ah, understood.”

Asokan hurriedly nodded.

Three days later. The demons attempted another attack. Kang Jun-hyeok moved toward the pillar on the opposite side.

Unlike before, the dwarfs who had prepared in advance burst into angry shouts upon seeing Kang Jun-hyeok.

“That’s him! That’s the one who destroyed the pillar!”

“Why is a human siding with the demons!”

“Kill the traitor!”

Boom boom boom!

All kinds of attacks poured down on Kang Jun-hyeok. Having prepared with determination, their power was considerable. It was at a level that would give him some trouble if he tried to approach normally.

So he approached in a different way.

Kang Jun-hyeok lightly stomped his foot.

[Crack Movement.]

Kang Jun-hyeok’s body immediately moved to the top of the pillar.

The dwarfs were horrified.

“Spatial movement? That’s impossible!”

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]

Light descended upon the world. When the divine radiance that illuminated the world faded, the pillar had collapsed. A dwarf who had collapsed sat there muttering stupidly.

“…Divine power?”

“Then I’ll see you in three days.”

Kang Jun-hyeok retreated.

Another three days passed after that. The dwarfs had gathered almost all their forces. Naturally, it was meaningless.

[Crack Movement.]

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]

The divine radiance burned the world and the pillar was destroyed.

“…This is a dream. It has to be a dream!”

Leaving behind cries filled with despair and denial, Kang Jun-hyeok returned.

“Now there’s one left. Prepare for total war.”

“…Yes.”

Asokan nodded with a hardened face. As they entered the outpost, the demons subtly kept their distance and avoided his gaze.

Kang Jun-hyeok entered the tent provided to him and sat down in a chair. Eldyria let out a bitter laugh.

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance. A very powerful force. Even a believer who receives deep favor from a god would need years of recovery after using it once.]

A power too strong for mortal beings to use, a power that even the current Kang Jun-hyeok could barely handle.

[But you can use it every three days without any penalty.]

“It’s one of the Player’s advantages.”

Skills possessed by Players have no consumption cost.

You can use them without any price as long as you wait for the cooldown. It was a characteristic that would make existing powerhouses vomit blood if they heard about it.

[It’s very alien, a power that doesn’t match providence and laws. And Crack Movement is still the same.]

Eldyria spoke in a displeased tone.

Crack Movement.

No warning, no delay, no consumption cost. You can freely move to any crack visible to the eye.

Normal spatial movement can be defended against by scattering mana or pushing space away, but since Crack Movement doesn’t follow the laws of the universe, there’s no way to block it.

At least in one-on-one combat, you could respond by reading the opponent’s pattern like Kang Jun-hyeok had done, but even that was impossible in many-versus-many battles.

During the Great War, Hunger Growing in the Cracks would jump out from cracks everywhere, destroy strategic points and flee, driving everyone to madness. Eldyria, whose trauma was stirring up again, shuddered.

[It’s terribly frightening.]

“But now it’s my power.”

Even such alien authority was now his power.

And three days passed.

Only the last pillar remained. Kang Jun-hyeok patted the shoulder of Asokan, who stood before the demons.

“I’ll destroy the pillar and come back, so wait.”

“Ah, understood.”

Asokan nodded while stammering. Fear lurked in his eyes as he looked at Kang Jun-hyeok.

It wasn’t just Asokan. All the demons gathered here didn’t dare look at Kang Jun-hyeok.

Demons worship power.

But in the end, they too were beings of the universe.

They could only fear what was beyond their comprehension, what they couldn’t understand.

Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t care. He had never expected their understanding in the first place.

He moved his steps and advanced toward the pillar.

“…Attack!”

A desperate cry like a howl could be heard. Attacks poured down, seeming weak as if they had given up. Kang Jun-hyeok lightly looked at the pillar.

[Crack Movement.]

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]

And light erupted.

Kuguuguung!

Finally, the last pillar collapsed. Whether they had completely given up, only despairing sighs could be heard.

Kang Jun-hyeok, who had returned to the demons, gestured with his chin.

“Go.”

“…Yes. Everyone attack!”

“Wa, waaaaaaah!”

The demons rushed toward the dwarfs’ castle wall.

The dwarfs somehow pulled themselves together and began defending the castle, but all the pillars had been destroyed. When demonic energy struck the castle wall forcefully, it didn’t take long to crumble. The demons shouted in triumph as they entered inside the castle wall.

Kaaaang!

Kagagak!

The sound of clashing weapons rang out.

Kang Jun-hyeok leisurely entered inside the broken castle wall.

Compared to the towering castle wall, the buildings inside were much shorter in height. This was because the dwarfs themselves were short in stature.

Numerous blacksmith shops could be seen, along with half-finished weapons and armaments.

‘It’s been a while.’

In his previous life, he had joined forces with them and protected this place.

But now he was entering this place as an invader.

It was an extremely strange feeling.

The demons and dwarfs were engaged in fierce combat. Thanks to no one blocking his way, he arrived at the entrance to the kingdom without any particular problems.

There, countless demon corpses were scattered about.

And a dwarf was guarding the entrance.

A dwarf wearing brilliant golden armor and holding a silver hammer. His proudly grown, luxurious beard reached down below his chest.

“Dwarf King. Haierm.”

He was the king of this kingdom.

Haierm glared at Kang Jun-hyeok with sunken eyes.

“You bastard.”

What was contained in that voice was anger and hatred.

The sound of grinding teeth rang out.

“You’re human.”

“I’m human.”

“And you serve a god.”

“It’s ambiguous to say I serve one, but at least I’m related to a god.”

At the light answer, Haierm’s face contorted endlessly. He roughly stomped his foot.

“You! You! You! You! You’re human! A believer of a god! How dare you attack us! Take the demons’ side! Are you insane!”

His thunderous roar echoed throughout the entire royal castle. The ground cracked and intense waves of power swept through.

“You traitor! How can you do such a thing! They are demons! Enemies of the ground! Eternal and immortal evil! Divine punishment will befall you!”

That anger was certainly justified.

Demons were enemies of the ground.

It was an absolutely unacceptable relationship.

At least at this point in time.

“Well.”

Kang Jun-hyeok spoke with an ambiguous expression.

“At least it seems difficult for you to say such things. Because this land originally belonged to the demons, didn’t it?”

“Nonsense! This land has been protected by our ancestors for generations!”

“That’s a lie.”

Kang Jun-hyeok smiled quietly.

Kang Jun-hyeok knew better than anyone that it was false.

Because in his previous life, Haierm, who had become close to him, had told him directly.

“Long, long ago. This land, this planet originally belonged to the demons. But beings from the ground invaded and seized it from the demons. It’s distant history that can’t even be remembered now, but at least you know that’s the truth. Haierm.”

“…The ground is ours! The demons were merely occupying it! What’s wrong with us reclaiming what was ours!”

“There’s nothing wrong with it.”

Kang Jun-hyeok answered lightly. Haierm hesitated, not expecting him to acknowledge it so easily.

“Whether it was originally demon land or not, now it’s your land. There’s nothing wrong with your claim. Conversely, the demons attacking to reclaim their land is also reasonable from their perspective.”

“What are you trying to say.”

“In the end, I’m not interested in lengthy history lessons.”

Once upon a time.

Half of this ground had belonged to demons.

And once upon a time, beings from the ground had claimed everything on this ground. And at another time, demons had occupied nearly the majority of the ground.

That long invasion war was like the history of the universe itself.

Who was good and who was evil was merely a matter of perspective.

“I don’t care about either side.”

At the indifferent answer, Haierm contorted his face.

“But in the end, you’re also human. How dare you take the demons’ side! Those things are unacceptable evil to humans!”

“The thing is. In the future, that’s not necessarily the case, which is the problem.”

“What?”

“There’s a separate absolute evil.”

Beings from outside had invaded the universe.

A massive war called the Great War had occurred.

There was no existing good or evil in it. Demons, dwarfs, humans, gods. Everyone joined forces to fight against the Victors.

In the end, they were defeated and became the defeated, but that alliance didn’t disappear.

Demons and gods joined forces to grant power to players.

The Book of Lemegeton created by the Demon King and the holy sword created by the combined power of gods were representative evidence of that.

“So from my perspective, this is simply a power struggle.”

In that case, he would simply move in the most beneficial direction. Kang Jun-hyeok answered lightly.

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