100 Floors All Master - Chapter 172

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 172

36th Floor. Madman (4)

Kang Jun-hyeok lightly shook his sword clean.

Being merely a fragment of the Yellow Pig, the amount of power it could digest was quite small.

If it had been the main body, defeating it this way would have been impossible. Its stomach was so massive it could devour universe-sized power.

Only through abstract concepts, not physical force, could meaningful damage be dealt.

‘Well, if it were that level, it wouldn’t barely be here in the first place.’

Leaving the fallen corpse behind, Kang Jun-hyeok walked away. When he returned to the Madman, he giggled as if he had been waiting.

“You came back faster than I thought. Troublesome, right? You must have had a hard time.”

The Madman naturally assumed that Kang Jun-hyeok had failed to defeat the Yellow Pig and returned having given up.

It was a perfectly normal reaction.

It was just that Kang Jun-hyeok wasn’t a normal person. Kang Jun-hyeok opened his mouth.

“I defeated it.”

“…Huh?”

“The Yellow Pig. I defeated it and came back.”

“What?”

As if he couldn’t understand the meaning, the Madman kept asking back with a bewildered face. Kang Jun-hyeok gestured with his chin toward the direction he came from, as if annoyed.

“If you don’t believe it, go see for yourself.”

“…”

Kuuuuung!

The ground split as the Madman’s body disappeared.

And shortly after, he returned. He had covered the distance that took Kang Jun-hyeok several days in just a few dozen seconds.

The returned Madman had rabbit eyes.

“It’s real? What? How exactly? Huh?”

The Madman was endlessly flustered. That was a perfectly natural reaction.

Objectively speaking, this might have been the most difficult of all the Defeated Ones’ Quests he had received so far.

The opponent was the Yellow Pig.

Not some minion of a Victor who once devoured galaxies, but a fragment itself.

Without knowing the strategy, it was an existence that couldn’t be defeated at all. In fact, even when all Players in the previous universe joined forces, it took over a year just to figure out that strategy. The Madman must have judged that Kang Jun-hyeok would either fail or take at least several decades.

But he knew the answer.

More than anyone else in the universe, more than the Defeated Ones.

From the Madman’s perspective, who didn’t know him, it felt like he was dreaming.

“How exactly? Even we took several months to figure out how to defeat that thing? In less than a month? …What is this?”

The Madman unconsciously looked at Manbyeonggi. Manbyeonggi spoke quietly.

[Intuition that grasps things beyond the universe. That’s how I judge it.]

“What? You were thinking that?”

Even Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t know this. Manbyeonggi continued.

[I once thought this guy was an avatar of the Master of the Universe. But no matter how much I thought about it, that was impossible. So I concluded simply. This guy can intuitively grasp external things.]

“…Is that possible for a being of the universe?”

It was like saying a two-dimensional being could grasp three-dimensional concepts. The Madman showed a bizarre expression, but Manbyeonggi only spoke calmly.

[I also think it’s impossible. But this guy actually produces results and achieves goals. Denying results is what fools do.]

“Hmm…”

The Madman still had an expression of not being able to accept it.

But even he could be certain of one thing.

Kang Jun-hyeok was different.

Compared to the Players he had seen so far, no, compared to beings in the universe excluding Players. After pondering for a moment, the Madman nodded.

“…Fine. You’ve proven your confidence. The Quest is cleared.”

[Hidden Quest Cleared.]

[Reward: The Madman acknowledges you and will craft equipment for you.]

“Then please do so.”

Kang Jun-hyeok smiled slightly. The Madman clicked his tongue regretfully and gathered the materials Kang Jun-hyeok handed over.

“Tsk. I wanted to use them myself. But this isn’t bad in its own way.”

After all, he had become able to handle the Victors’ materials. He laughed happily and went inside the house.

“I’ll make it within three days, so wait!”

“Understood.”

During those three days, Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t stay idle. He didn’t remember everything from his previous life perfectly. Parts he thought unimportant had been forgotten and erased.

He needed to bring back that sense. He wandered around the Abandoned Battlefield, dealing with and responding to remnants left by the Victors. Not perfectly, but he regained his previous life’s senses to some degree.

And after three days.

“I made it!”

The Madman held out a glove with shining eyes. A black glove. Strange devices were attached to it, making operational sounds.

“Could you explain it?”

“Of course! Our power requires preparation. Whether it’s magic incantations, internal energy movements, or spirit summoning. To handle strong power, you need that much time. But the Victors, especially the empire from somewhere, don’t need such things.”

Anytime, anywhere, they could unleash power close to full strength without any delay or preparation. The Madman handed over the glove with a proud face.

“This is equipment that utilizes that concept.”

[High-Output Glove from Somewhere]

[Part: Weapon]

[Grade: Superior]

[Attack Power + 100]

[Equipment Ability: Delivers a powerful punch with 8,000 damage.]

[Cooltime: 3 days]

[Created using a warship and core from somewhere.]

Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes widened.

8,000 damage.

It was phenomenal fixed damage. Not only that, but the equipment’s own attack power was a whopping 100.

“Now. Since you got new equipment, you should test it, right?”

The Madman urged him with a face more excited than Kang Jun-hyeok’s. He equipped the glove and headed toward a small hill.

“Don’t pull back your fist or put in force. Just bump into the target and activate it.”

“Like a one-inch punch?”

“Exactly!”

Kang Jun-hyeok followed the Madman’s words. He placed his fist against the hill and activated the glove.

[High-Output Glove from Somewhere.]

And a roar erupted.

Kuuuuuung!

Intense force struck the hill. Everything flew away with a crushing sound. He caught his body trying to be pushed back with Balance.

“…Haha.”

Kang Jun-hyeok let out a chuckle as he looked at the scene before his eyes.

An entire hill had completely disappeared.

It vanished without a trace, becoming an empty plain.

That itself was possible for him now if he gathered all his internal energy to use Manbyeonggi’s Martial Arts, or threw all his gems at once.

But handling such power required sufficient time and consumption.

In contrast, this glove drew out such power with just placing a fist and activating a skill.

A warship from the empire from somewhere. That output that could single-handedly destroy stars was gathered in this small glove.

The Madman grinned with satisfaction.

“Good. The power is a bit lacking, but… not bad! How is it!”

“Excellent.”

The best part was that it was equipment with no penalties for him.

A typical player could only handle one weapon, so they would have to keep the gauntlet equipped at all times.

But Kang Jun-hyeok had Ten Thousand Weapons Control.

It was possible to handle two weapons simultaneously. He could equip the gauntlet while drawing and wielding swords and spears. It was nearly perfect equipment.

[Is it to be worn over this lord? How inconvenient.]

“Bear with it.”

However, Manbyeonggi would inevitably overlap in gauntlet form as well. Kang Jun-hyeok smiled silently at the grumbling Manbyeonggi.

“Thank you.”

“Come again next time. I have so, so many things I want to make.”

Kang Jun-hyeok nodded.

[36th Floor Quest Clear.]

[Rewards will be determined based on your performance.]

[Checking achievement rate…]

[Check complete.]

[Achievement Rate: 100%]

[Perfect Clear. Congratulations! Additional rewards will be granted.]

[Title: Perfect Player effect has been added.]

[4,444 Gold has been granted.]

[Perfect Clear reward [Weapon: High-Output Gauntlet from Somewhere] acquired.]

[Perfect Clear reward [Title: Victor Slayer] acquired.]

[Players who Perfect Cleared the 36th Floor: 1 person.]

[You are alone!]

[Universe Announcement.]

[Please congratulate! Everyone in the universe! A Perfect Player of the 36th Floor has appeared. This is an achievement no one has accomplished until now!]

[Great Achievement + 4]

Kang Jun-hyeok returned to Earth.

There were two Perfect Clear rewards. One was the weapon he had obtained, and the other was a title. The title’s effect was also considerable.

[Title: Victor Slayer]

[A title given to one who has killed three or more Victors.]

[All stats increase by +7 when facing Victors.]

An increase of 7 to all stats.

Though limited to when facing Victors, it was an outrageous number.

Combined with the previously obtained Victor Killer title, all stats increased by 10 when facing Victors.

It was practically equivalent to gaining 5 or more levels. This much could change the outcome of battles.

The Perfect Player title also granted all stats +1 when facing Victors.

“Not bad.”

He had succeeded in perfectly obtaining the Madman.

Kang Jun-hyeok called Pixie with satisfaction. Having received the memories, she made an equally bizarre expression like the Madman.

[…I’ve been feeling this for a while, but what exactly are you? How do you know the strategy for that thing?]

“I have good intuition.”

[Intuition that grasps things beyond the universe? How reasonable that sounds.]

[350 Starlight.]

Pixie spoke as if dumbfounded and handed over the starlight.

[Haven’t you accumulated quite a bit of gold and starlight by now? When are you going to use it?]

“I’m thinking about it.”

Should he gather small things to supplement his power?

Or should he take one powerful force?

He had been continuously pondering that aspect.

“For now, later.”

[Got it. See you next time then!]

Kang Jun-hyeok took sufficient rest before entering the Tower again.

[37th Floor Quest.]

[Save the people of the village who worship monsters.]

The 37th Floor was a rural village that worshipped an imugi.

The imugi itself wasn’t particularly strong. It was embarrassing to even call it a monster. Even an ordinary player could somehow subdue it.

But the villagers’ faith was the problem.

Their faith in the imugi, continued for hundreds of years, was very deep-rooted and strong. Moreover, being a rural village, they had strong hostility toward outsiders. Even if you defeated the imugi, without gaining the villagers’ trust, Perfect Clear was out of reach.

Gaining the villagers’ trust.

Breaking down their worship of the imugi.

That was the Perfect Clear condition for the 37th Floor.

And that was the field Kang Jun-hyeok was most confident in.

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