100 Floors All Master - Chapter 167

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 167

35th Floor. Raising a Dragon (3)

A deeply affectionate embrace.

No. I can feel emotions that go beyond that. A force so strong it seems like it would crush my entire body is transmitted.

The Hatchling, polymorphed into human form, cries out loudly.

“Dad!”

“What?”

Kang Jun-hyeok frowned. He slowly grabbed the Hatchling’s arms and loosened them. The Hatchling was grinning and looking up at him.

“Did you just call me dad?”

“Yeah. Dad.”

“I’m not your dad. I’m your guardian.”

“No. You’re my dad.”

The Hatchling insisted so. With a face full of conviction, as if there was no room for compromise.

Kang Jun-hyeok was flustered.

‘What the.’

And also.

‘Why isn’t it ending?’

The Quest showed no signs of completion.

* * *

Kang Jun-hyeok quietly stared into the air.

No matter how long he waited, the completion window didn’t appear.

‘…The Quest’s objective is to help the Dragon’s perfect growth.’

Kang Jun-hyeok thought growth meant the Dragon’s hatching.

But even though the Dragon had perfectly hatched, the floor didn’t end.

‘Don’t tell me.’

Am I supposed to wait until it can fully function as an individual?

That would be absurd. It took a hundred years just for the Dragon to emerge from being a Hatchling. There were floors that required decades to clear, but those were all after the 70th Floor. There was no reason to demand such a floor this early.

‘Is there some problem?’

Kang Jun-hyeok examined the Hatchling that was clinging to him. No matter how he looked, there didn’t seem to be any particular problem. The Hatchling tilted her head.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Dad?”

“I’m not your dad. You know that. I’m human.”

“Then mom?”

“Even less so.”

Kang Jun-hyeok shook his head.

“The one who gave birth to you is someone else. I just helped you hatch.”

“So that makes you my dad, right?”

The Hatchling looked like she didn’t understand what he was saying.

Kang Jun-hyeok hesitated.

“Family means risking your life to protect each other, right? You protected me. You suddenly appeared and did everything for me.”

The Girl pressed her forehead against Kang Jun-hyeok’s chest.

“Those who gave birth to me and abandoned me aren’t my parents. You, who did everything for me, are my parent.”

Her eyes contained deep, deep affection.

Manbyeonggi muttered as if understanding.

[She’s judging based on who raised her, not who gave birth to her.]

Dragons could have self-awareness and understand the outside world even while in their eggs.

As such, she would remember everything.

That she was abandoned, and that Kang Jun-hyeok took care of everything.

In her value judgment, the parent seemed to be Kang Jun-hyeok.

Though it was bewildering, it wasn’t that strange. Having deeper affection for an adoptive father who directly raised you rather than an unknown biological father wasn’t uncommon.

‘I understand this part.’

But that didn’t explain why the Quest wasn’t ending.

Kang Jun-hyeok fell into thought.

‘…Don’t tell me this isn’t the only egg?’

The Quest’s condition was the Dragon’s perfect growth.

What if this wasn’t the only Dragon?

What if there was another Dragon’s egg nearby?

It was possible. Kang Jun-hyeok stood up to check the surroundings.

“Wait here for a moment.”

At that moment, the Hatchling grabbed his collar.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to look around briefly.”

“I’ll come with you.”

“No. You stay here.”

The Hatchling was extremely delicate. Of course, she had sufficiently powerful strength on her own, but just in case, he couldn’t take her outside.

Kang Jun-hyeok gently removed the Hatchling’s hand that was gripping his collar.

The Hatchling’s eyes darkened.

“Are you going to abandon me too?”

“I’m not abandoning you, I’m just going to look around briefly…”

Kang Jun-hyeok, who was trying to speak lightly, hesitated.

The aura he felt from the Hatchling had sunk endlessly.

“Are you, going to abandon me?”

A gloomy voice echoed. A dark aura began to settle in her red eyes.

This was dangerous. Kang Jun-hyeok immediately turned around and soothed her.

“You’re worried about me going out. I understand. I won’t go out and I’ll stay by your side. Is that okay?”

“Yeah. You really are my dad.”

Only then did the Hatchling smile brightly and embrace Kang Jun-hyeok. Kang Jun-hyeok soothed her while imperceptibly frowning.

‘I can see why the Quest isn’t ending.’

Manbyeonggi muttered.

[This child is obsessed with your very existence. She needs someone to lean on emotionally. If you leave or show even the slightest ambiguous attitude, she’ll immediately become twisted and collapse. It’s hard to say it’s just because she was abandoned. Is this an innate personality?]

[It seems so. This is unexpected even for me.]

The care before birth wasn’t what was important.

This Hatchling was broken from the beginning.

Kang Jun-hyeok quietly looked down at the Girl.

A face that was somehow familiar.

Kang Jun-hyeok slowly asked.

“What’s your name?”

“Can’t dad decide for me?”

“Dragons decide their own names, right? Even I can’t do that for you.”

“Hmm…”

The Girl pondered for a moment. Soon she nodded as if something had occurred to her.

“Anthonia.”

The Girl grinned as if pleased.

“Anthonia. That is my name.”

“…I see. It’s a good name.”

Kang Jun-hyeok closed his eyes.

Anthonia.

It was the name of the Dark Dragon he had buried with his own hands in his previous life.

* * *

“I hate you. Kang Jun-hyeok.”

The Black-haired Woman smiled. It was a smile where everything had been emptied out.

“I hate everything in this world. It’s not that I’m particularly siding with the Victors. It’s just that doing this seems like it would destroy the world a bit more.”

“…Anthonia.”

“If you want to stop me, it’s simple. Kill me. Trample over my corpse and pass over it.”

The woman spread her arms. As if she welcomed it, with an expression of anticipation.

* * *

Anthonia was sleeping with her head on his knee.

As if she didn’t want to be separated even a little, she was tightly holding onto his leg.

Kang Jun-hyeok quietly looked down at her.

Dark Dragon.

They were broken beings.

Twisted and collapsed, they couldn’t have normal interactions with others. Most of them died fighting alone.

But even so, they were beings of the universe.

Their main opponents were ultimately the Victors.

But among the Dark Dragons, there was one who was especially broken. A being with whom communication was absolutely impossible.

That Dark Dragon didn’t antagonize the Victors. Rather, she tried to destroy the universe through tacit cooperation with them.

The problem was that this Dark Dragon’s power was counted among the top five among Players.

They had left her alone because she couldn’t be easily touched, but eventually she crossed the line and the Players joined forces to attack her.

After countless top-tier Players died, they were barely able to kill her.

That name was Anthonia.

She was the being who destroyed this universe second only to the Victors.

She was now lying on his knee, seeking sleep.

[Do you know each other?]

“To some extent.”

Actually, it was ambiguous to say they knew each other. She was a being he had directly killed. Kang Jun-hyeok leaned his back against the wall.

‘She was said to be especially strange, but she was broken from the beginning. Well, that personality wouldn’t have developed just from being a Dark Dragon.’

Anthonia hugged his knee and talked in her sleep.

“Daddy. Let’s live together. Here forever. For eternity….”

[This will be troublesome.]

“You’re telling me.”

The biggest problem with the 35th Floor Perfect Clear.

It was Anthonia’s personality itself.

Making Anthonia independent without problems would probably be the condition for the 35th Floor’s Perfect Clear.

But make this broken personality become independent?

Make her able to live well on her own without him?

He had no idea how to do it. Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue and fell into thought.

Then he frowned.

“They’re crawling over again.”

He could sense Demons approaching from outside.

Kang Jun-hyeok sighed. At the same time, a spear appeared.

[Spear Throwing.]

Pababababak!

The spear quickly headed outside. With single screams, the Demons fell.

Demons who hadn’t even obtained wings. They couldn’t even block Spear Throwing. It seemed Rubonta who had appeared before was the strongest Demon.

“This is annoyingly troublesome.”

Kang Jun-hyeok, who had clicked his tongue, paused.

Soon a strange light appeared in his expression.

[It seems some thought has occurred to you.]

“It’s close to half gambling, but it seems worth trying. There’s no other way anyway.”

Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes sank as he organized his thoughts.

* * *

After that, Kang Jun-hyeok continued to stay by Anthonia’s side.

Whatever she did, he followed her around and took care of her. More precisely, he had no choice but to do so. If he tried to leave even a little, Anthonia’s attitude would immediately change.

And a few days later.

Demons came again. Anthonia spoke as if annoyed.

“Daddy. They came again.”

“I’ll handle it.”

Kang Jun-hyeok, who was about to throw a spear, suddenly smiled as if a good idea had occurred to him.

“This time, Anthonia. Do you want to watch together?”

“Huh? Is that okay? You always tell me I can’t go out.”

“You’ve grown enough now. And you should see the outside world too.”

“Hehe. Good.”

Anthonia smiled and followed Kang Jun-hyeok. The Demons who were looking around swallowed their breath when they saw Kang Jun-hyeok and Anthonia.

“…Red Dragon!”

“Damn. It hatched!”

“Die.”

Kang Jun-hyeok lightly threw a spear. In an instant, the Demons became skewered. Anthonia watched the scene as if enjoying it.

Kang Jun-hyeok quietly read the timing.

And the moment her attention was most focused on the Demons, he immediately moved.

Kang Jun-hyeok’s expression changed. Like someone in crisis, he hurriedly embraced Anthonia.

“Anthonia. Run away!”

“Daddy?”

Kang Jun-hyeok’s fingertips touched the bewildered Anthonia.

[Six Senses Exclusion.]

And all her senses were excluded.

Kang Jun-hyeok forcibly burst all the Internal Energy in his body.

Kuuuuung!

His body shook with intense impact. Kang Jun-hyeok’s body flew far away and crashed. Anthonia’s eyes widened as the skill’s effect wore off.

“Daddy!”

“Kuhuk!”

Kang Jun-hyeok let out a pained groan. Anthonia, who had rushed over in panic, supported Kang Jun-hyeok.

“Daddy? What on earth happened!”

“…Enemy, there was an enemy.”

“Enemy? Those kinds of guys couldn’t possibly hurt Daddy!”

“It wasn’t those guys. It was someone else. They attacked you and ran away. I barely succeeded in defending, but… Kuhuk!”

“Daddy!”

Anxiety appeared on Anthonia’s face. Manbyeonggi let out a quiet laugh.

[What obvious acting.]

There was no enemy.

It was all acting for Quest clear.

Using Six Senses Exclusion to scatter Anthonia’s senses, then bursting Internal Energy to create self-inflicted internal injuries. After that, make her mistakenly think a powerful enemy was targeting them, and persuade her that they needed to separate for safety.

It was his acting for Quest clear.

[Do you think she’ll fall for such acting?]

[This Dragon is still a child. She’s naive about the ways of the world. Above all, isn’t this guy’s acting skill considerable.]

Kang Jun-hyeok’s Acting proficiency was C.

It was above even top-class Actors.

On top of that, his Persuasion Skill was also C.

Even with absurd claims, there were people who would be fooled, let alone someone who had trust in him.

“…Daddy?”

But Anthonia’s expression slowly sank. Soon she tilted her head.

“Are you perhaps playing a prank?”

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