100 Floors All Master - Chapter 170
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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 170
36th Floor. Madman (2)
“Ah. Sorry, but it’s not really a request.”
Energy suddenly surges. Something crawling and creeping gathers around Kang Jun-hyeok. The Madman grins wickedly.
“I’ll try my best not to kill you, but sometimes I make mistakes without realizing it. I hope you have high stamina!”
Just as he’s about to charge, Manbyeonggi speaks up.
[It’s been a while. Are you called Madman now? A fitting title for you.]
“…Huh?”
The Madman hesitates. His upturned eyes widen.
“Oh? Is that you?”
[Call me Manbyeonggi. That is my current name.]
[You’re still the same. Not a single thing has changed.]
“Huh? Eldyria. You’re here too?”
The Madman, momentarily flustered, soon smiled brightly.
“Wow. It’s been so long! Good to see you all!”
[Not particularly pleasant to see you.]
Eldyria said with displeasure. The Madman laughed heartily as if he didn’t care.
“I thought I’d never see you again in my lifetime. I never expected to meet like this! …Wait. If you’re here, does that mean you’ve contracted with this Player?”
[That’s right.]
[That would be the case.]
“Oho?”
The Madman tilted his head and looked at Kang Jun-hyeok with curious eyes.
“He doesn’t seem like an ordinary Player. Would you two get angry if I modified this guy as I please?”
[We wouldn’t like it, at least.]
“Hmm… Well, fine. I should listen to my friends’ request.”
The Madman clapped as if pleased.
“Good! I was just wanting to introduce my home to someone else anyway. How about it? Is that okay?”
“That sounds good.”
Kang Jun-hyeok nodded. The Madman grinned wickedly.
“Then follow me!”
Kuuuung!
The Madman kicked off the ground. In an instant, his body disappeared beyond sight. Kang Jun-hyeok, who had been watching that direction for a moment, activated his skill.
[Crack Movement.]
Swoosh.
Kang Jun-hyeok also moved beyond sight.
The Madman had run to the other side of the planet. It was a distance that would take days even on horseback, but Kang Jun-hyeok caught up in 30 minutes. The waiting Madman was surprised.
“You’re here already? I thought it would take at least a day. So he really does have the power worthy of those two contracting with him?”
“Is this your home?”
“That’s right. My nest.”
“It has a strange appearance to call it a nest.”
It was like a house.
But no one would think of it as a house. The pillars were made of broken creatures, and the ceiling was something indescribable. It looked more like a monster than a house.
The Madman entered the house as if he didn’t care.
“Those who are ahead of their time don’t receive recognition from others. It doesn’t matter! Come in!”
Kang Jun-hyeok followed him.
The furniture inside the house wasn’t much different from the outside. Victor’s belongings and defeated ones’ belongings were mixed together in a terribly horrific state. The Madman picked up a teacup.
“Want some?”
“…What is it?”
Inside the teacup was a writhing mass of slime. The Madman answered casually.
“I mixed corroding tribute with tomatoes. So this came out? It has a strange taste. I’d say it feels like your intestines are physically twisting.”
“I’ll pass.”
Kang Jun-hyeok declined. The Madman giggled and drank the writhing thing.
“Too bad. It would be great if you knew how amazing this is.”
[Truly nothing has changed at all. Madman.]
Eldyria muttered.
[You’re still obsessed with them.]
The Madman showed the teacup as if it were obvious.
“Look. Eldyria.”
The Madman had drunk nearly half the contents of the teacup. But the teacup’s contents were still full.
“I clearly drank the contents of the teacup. But it automatically refills with the power of the corroding tribute. Even if thousands of years pass, even if the universe is destroyed, this teacup’s contents will remain full.”
What was contained in those eyes was captivated madness.
“Don’t you think it’s truly beautiful? Don’t you think it’s a miracle?”
Victors.
Alien powers that cannot be explained by laws. Alien beings from somewhere.
The Madman was captivated by that alienness.
The reason he entered the Tower was not to help Players save the universe.
It was to analyze the Victors’ power and make it his own.
Among the many defeated, he was one of the most alien defeated ones.
[So have you made progress? Didn’t you say you would make their power your own.]
“…So-so.”
[Seems like there hasn’t been any.]
“It can’t be helped. No matter how I try to analyze and find patterns, it changes every time. It’s too alien.”
The Madman made a groaning sound and grinned wickedly while looking at Kang Jun-hyeok.
“So, can I try modifying you? You’re a Player, right? A being of the universe yet under the Victors’ laws. If I modify you, I might get some answers.”
Madman NPC.
He was an NPC of the Tower but not friendly to Players at all.
Rather, he tried to modify and kill them.
That’s why his existence had been forgotten for a long time. Kang Jun-hyeok smiled and put his hand into his inventory.
“Rather than that, I have something that might interest you more.”
He took out and showed the slime bug body. The Madman’s eyes widened.
“…Wait. Wait. This is!”
He hurriedly grabbed the slime bug body and examined its structure and contents. Soon his eyes widened as if they would pop out.
“Victors’ equipment! And it’s so perfect! No one has ever brought anything like this before!”
“Shall I give it to you?”
“Good. Very good! Thank you so much!”
He who had been ecstatically happy soon hesitated.
“What are you. How do you have something like this?”
“I am a Player. But I’m very different from those you’ve known. That’s not all.”
Kang Jun-hyeok put his hand into his inventory again.
“That’s a finished product. You might be able to analyze it, but you can’t touch it. But these are different.”
[Lowest Grade Core from Somewhere]
[Grade: Intermediate]
[An energy source of unknown identity. Beings of the universe cannot understand or analyze it.]
[Ship Parts from Somewhere]
[Parts made of strange matter. Beings of the universe cannot understand or analyze it.]
The Madman swallowed his breath.
“Tower materials.”
“The reason you haven’t been able to understand the Victors’ concepts is because they exist in a realm that cannot be understood in the first place.”
It was like a two-dimensional being trying to understand three-dimensional concepts. It was impossible from the start.
“But what I have are Tower materials.”
Things created to become materials for something.
“It’s close to a three-dimensional concept that descended into the second dimension. And you are an NPC of the Tower.”
“…Only materials of that form can I touch and modify?”
“Correct.”
Kang Jun-hyeok nodded.
In his previous life, the Victors’ materials were close to being burdens.
The Blacksmith couldn’t touch them, neither could the Enchanter. No other NPCs in the Tower could handle them.
But the Madman.
He was different.
That being who was obsessed with the concept of Victors was the only one who could handle the Victors’ materials.
After that fact became known, the Madman’s value skyrocketed instantly. Though it would be decades from now, Kang Jun-hyeok knew that fact.
“…”
The Madman fell silent. For the first time, reason appeared in his eyes as he looked at Kang Jun-hyeok.
“What are you?”
“What do you mean?”
“Why do you know so much? You look like you’ve experienced this kind of thing before.”
The structure of the Tower,
concepts, relationships – he understood, grasped, and knew how to handle them. He looked like someone who had once climbed the Tower before.
Kang Jun-hyeok smiled silently.
“That’s not what’s important. What matters is that I can fulfill your wish, isn’t it?”
“…That’s true.”
“Please use those materials to make equipment for me. You understand the concept, I obtain equipment – don’t you think it’s a reasonable trade?”
“Not bad. It’s not a bad deal. But…”
Suddenly the atmosphere changed. The Madman grinned wickedly.
“Wouldn’t it be easier to just kill you and make everything mine?”
Killing intent surged forth.
Space was occupied and began to constrict around him.
The opponent was a Defeater. A powerhouse who could kill the current him in just a few seconds. Eldyria spoke coldly.
[Then you’ll die by my hand. Madman.]
“It’s fine. Eldyria.”
Kang Jun-hyeok stopped Eldyria. Even before the enormous killing intent, he was utterly calm.
“If you’ll be satisfied with such trivial junk, then go ahead.”
“…What do you mean?”
“You’re trapped on the 36th Floor. You can never obtain Tower materials by yourself. In the end, you have to depend on Players.”
Kang Jun-hyeok shrugged.
“I can bring you much more. If you want to lose a greater future for immediate gain, be my guest.”
“Ha. Are you threatening me?”
“Yes.”
Kang Jun-hyeok smiled slightly. The Madman hesitated.
“You want to make the Victors’ power your own. Don’t you want to obtain that perfection? I can help you with that.”
“…”
“This is a trade. Madman. You make what I want, and I provide what you want. It’s mutually beneficial.”
“Ha, hahaha! Hahahahahaha!”
The Madman burst into uncontrollable mad laughter. He shouted as if incredulous.
“Just! One insignificant Player! A tool of the Master of the Universe! Threatens me! Wants an equal trade with me, who was once the greatest conqueror in the universe!”
The world trembles from laughter alone.
The being before him was a Defeater.
One who could shake the universe single-handedly.
He could crush and kill the current him with just one finger.
But Kang Jun-hyeok remained calm. He stood before the Madman without a trace of fear.
“Let me ask one question. Why should I trust you?”
“Because I will clear the Tower.”
Kang Jun-hyeok answered calmly.
As if pleased by that confidence, the Madman grinned wickedly.
“That confidence. You must prove it!”
[Hidden Quest: Prove your qualifications.]
[Condition: Gain the Madman’s recognition.]
[Upon success: The Madman will acknowledge you and create equipment.]
[Upon failure: The Madman will kill you.]
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