100 Floors All Master - Chapter 18
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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 018
Strategy Guide (2)
[…Low Grade?]
Pixie tilted her head. Though her face was darkly shadowed with deep dark circles, her inherently beautiful appearance made her look quite cute.
[Low Grade, Active Skill…?]
“That’s right.”
Kang Jun-hyeok nodded.
“It’s possible to purchase, right? If you have Achievement stats, it should be unlocked up to that point.”
[It’s not impossible, but… wait a moment.]
Pixie quickly checked Kang Jun-hyeok’s gold holdings.
And her eyes went wide like a rabbit’s.
[…12,214 gold?]
What was this.
Wasn’t this literally an impossible amount of gold? Pixie hurriedly looked at Kang Jun-hyeok. Kang Jun-hyeok said leisurely.
“I received something useful as a reward from the Tower.”
[A reward that would give this much gold…? Then it would have to be something like strategy guide writing rights…?]
“Correct.”
[…Geez. What kind of guy are you.]
Pixie shook her head back and forth. The bewilderment had settled in her expression. She hadn’t accepted it. She had just become calm because the situation was so unrealistic.
[If I think too deeply about it, I’ll just get a headache… So you want Low Grade Active Skills?]
Kang Jun-hyeok nodded again.
“To be precise, I want to purchase both Low Grade Skills and Lowest Grade Skills together.”
Since Active Skills had proficiency levels, the sooner you obtained them, the better. From the moment he saw the ten thousand gold figure, he had planned to purchase skills in bulk.
[Low Grade Skills are 5,000 gold each… so you can buy two Low Grade and two Lowest Grade. Are you going to do that…?]
“Please.”
[Alright… I never thought I’d be giving this much to a 2nd Floor Player.]
Since Players could only purchase Active Skills starting from Floor 25, there were currently few Active Skill holders on Earth.
Pixie gave Kang Jun-hyeok four boxes with an incredulous expression.
[You have obtained a Lowest-Grade Basic Active Skill Box.]
[You have obtained a Lowest-Grade Basic Active Skill Box.]
[You have obtained a Low-Grade Basic Active Skill Box.]
[You have obtained a Low-Grade Basic Active Skill Box.]
Kang Jun-hyeok immediately opened the Lowest Grade boxes first without delay.
[You have obtained Active Skill: Water Walking.]
[Active Skill: Water Walking]
[Grade: Lowest Grade]
[Proficiency: F]
[Cooldown: 1 hour]
[For 1 minute, you can walk on the bottom of water as if it were flat ground.]
“Hmm.”
Kang Jun-hyeok paused after seeing the skill.
It was a dud.
The effect of Water Walking was exactly as described. If you touched the bottom of a sea or lake, you could walk around freely there.
That was all. Unless it was a very special situation, there would be no opportunity to use it at all. Kang Jun-hyeok opened another box.
[Active Skill: Spear Throwing]
[Grade: Lowest Grade]
[Proficiency: F]
[Cooldown: None]
[Throws a spear accurately toward the target. The used spear is consumed.]
“…It’s not exactly a dud.”
But it wasn’t a jackpot either.
The effect itself was useful and had no cooldown, but the problem was that spears were consumed. Even buying the cheapest equipment, it would be a terrible skill that consumed 100 gold each time it was used.
‘This is the problem with Lowest Grade Skills.’
Some of them had effects that rivaled Low Grade Skills. A few even reached higher tiers.
But their versatility was extremely low.
Stealth was the strange one; the vast majority were like extremely sharp awls.
Even if you raised proficiency to the maximum, the advantages were strengthened but the disadvantages weren’t resolved. The man who had become a top-tier Player with only Lowest Grade Active Skills eventually met his death after hitting that limitation.
That’s why Kang Jun-hyeok had no intention of obsessing over only Lowest Grade Skills.
[You have obtained Active Skill: Thrust.]
[Active Skill: Thrust]
[Grade: Low Grade]
[Proficiency: F]
[Cooldown: 5 minutes]
[Thrusts a weapon toward the target.]
Thrust. It was a good skill.
Looking at the effect alone, it seemed meaningless, just an ordinary thrust. It didn’t even seem worth calling a skill.
But Active Skills had the characteristic of ignoring physical laws.
From that perspective, the skill’s value was very high. The remaining Low Grade Skill was also a jackpot.
[Active Skill: Air Jump]
[Grade: Low Grade]
[Proficiency: F]
[Cooldown: 10 minutes]
[You can jump once more in mid-air.]
It was a double jump. An excellent skill that could be used in any situation.
‘This is the answer.’
Kang Jun-hyeok planned to solve the weaknesses of Lowest Grade Skills with skills of other grades.
The Player who handled Lowest Grade Skills couldn’t obtain other grades because he spent everything buying Lowest Grade Active Skills, but Kang Jun-hyeok could secure both.
Kang Jun-hyeok was satisfied. Manbyeonggi and Pixie watched him with strange expressions.
[A 2nd Floor Player… has five Active Skills and nine Passive Skills… what kind of guy did you get attached to…?]
[This lord thinks this guy might be an avatar of the Master of the Universe.]
[Even so, that’s… hmm….]
Pixie couldn’t refute it.
Finally, Kang Jun-hyeok used his remaining gold to purchase Combat Gloves and an axe. Pixie made a fed-up expression.
[You’re so thorough… Is your inventory capacity okay…?]
“I have Infinite Inventory.”
[…Where did you even get something like that…]
“This should be enough. Thank you.”
[Yeah… There really are all kinds of people…]
The Pixie’s voice as she spoke and left carried a faint interest that was different from before.
Kang Jun-hyeok, having finished all preparations, leisurely threw himself onto the bed. Two more days passed like this, and finally the restriction was lifted. Kang Jun-hyeok immediately opened the system.
[Will you challenge the Tower?]
[Floor to challenge: 3rd Floor.]
[3rd Floor Quest begins.]
[Prove yourself.]
“Well then.”
Let’s go.
Kang Jun-hyeok made a pleased expression. His body left the universe and moved to the Tower.
And at that moment.
The world was turned upside down by the strategy guide Kang Jun-hyeok had posted. Various emotions and thoughts swept across the planet.
Those who marveled at the depth of the 2nd Floor Quest.
Those who were amazed by the completely different progression from what they had done.
Those who pondered how to use this information to become stronger.
And one who suffered with guilt over spreading another’s information without permission.
Countless thoughts filled people’s minds. And at the end of those thoughts, they arrived at two questions.
What kind of power does the one who achieved Perfect Clear possess?
And who exactly is that person?
That was currently the biggest topic on Earth.
One of those who came closest to the answer was Baekdusan of the Baekdu Mountain Guild.
He was now sitting in a chair in silence. After keeping his mouth shut for a while, he spoke.
“Did you see it?”
“…How could I not have seen it?”
“That guy from Floor 0… right?”
“Probably… the possibility is very high.”
Kang Jun-hyeok, who killed the mantis on Floor 0 and achieved MVP.
Three days after that, the 1st Floor Perfect Clear appeared, and about a week later, the 2nd Floor Perfect Clear appeared. No matter how he thought about it, there was no one else but Kang Jun-hyeok.
“…This is.”
Baekdusan had been looking for Kang Jun-hyeok.
He had planned to quickly recruit him into the guild and make him his subordinate. He thought he was an outstanding rookie who appeared after ten years.
But this.
“…He’s not just at the rookie level.”
Baekdusan let out a hollow laugh.
The 2nd Floor strategy guide.
If Baekdusan himself climbed the 2nd Floor again knowing the strategy, could he succeed?
Impossible. Baekdusan was certain of it.
Even if he somehow managed to persuade the Guard Captain, he would die unable to withstand the Goblin Lord.
“Could you do it?”
“I don’t think I could even manage the persuasion.”
“Right. That’s what I thought.”
If even Baekdusan, one of Korea’s top players, couldn’t do it, there was no need to mention others.
Kang Jun-hyeok had accomplished such a thing on his own, without any strategy guide.
He had reached 100%.
And not just one floor, but both the 1st and 2nd Floors.
“Can we contain him?”
“…I don’t know.”
The Secretary let out a groan.
“Fundamentally… he’s probably different. His path and goals are likely different too.”
If they were wolves, Kang Jun-hyeok was a lion. A lion couldn’t fit into a wolf pack. Even if they somehow managed to work together, either the lion would maul them all to death, or the lion would become the pack’s leader.
What was certain was that Kang Jun-hyeok’s existence threatened the current balance.
The Secretary’s eyes darkened.
“How about changing our plan?”
“Change it?”
“Yes. It’s too dangerous to bring him in. So…”
“Kill him?”
“…Dangerous elements must be eliminated.”
The Secretary spoke seriously. But Baekdusan chuckled.
“I’m not a good person. If I were, I wouldn’t have created a guild. I’ve killed quite a few people in the process of getting this far. But you see, all of that had one goal. You know what it is, don’t you?”
“…It was to get back at the Tower Master.”
“That’s right.”
Baekdusan’s face contorted with rage. His expression was filled with anger.
“I’m going to punch that bastard in the face – the one who destroyed our world, killed half the world, and killed my mother. That’s my purpose.”
It was precisely for this that Baekdusan founded his guild, built his strength, and climbed the Tower.
“And you’re telling me to kill Kang Jun-hyeok, the one who seems most likely to reach the top of the Tower? That’s a joke, right?”
“I apologize.”
The Secretary hurriedly bowed under those murderous eyes. Baekdusan leaned back in his chair.
“That was an unfunny joke. You’d better be careful next time.”
“Yes.”
The Secretary swallowed and spoke cautiously.
“Then… what should we do?”
“Hmm. But I can’t just give up…”
Baekdusan, tapping the desk with his fingernail, came to a decision.
“Keep looking for now. No, look more actively. You don’t need to worry about conflicts for the time being. Invest all our manpower.”
“Understood.”
The Secretary bowed and was about to leave the room. Baekdusan asked the departing Secretary.
“What about the Green Guild guys?”
“They’ll probably move similarly to you, Guild Master. Excluding the Freedom Guild since they don’t interfere anyway.”
“I suppose so.”
Kang Jun-hyeok was dangerous.
If they were wolves, he was a lion.
He was an existence that could go beyond changing the game and completely crush it.
“…I wonder what will happen.”
Baekdusan muttered in an anxious tone.
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