100 Floors All Master - Chapter 209

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 209

46th Floor. Happiness (3)

Marble floor. Brilliant jeweled decorations. Antique paintings hanging on the walls. The bed where he lay his body.

Everything in the royal castle crumbles down.

The false appearance disappears and returns to its original form as roots.

It was a massive, enormous root.

A root that had taken hold in the universe itself, sucking up all its nutrients.

That was the true identity of the royal castle.

What stood before his eyes was not some minion or apostle of the Victor.

It was the Victor itself.

But it was far too small to be called the main body. That one surely had roots throughout the planet itself, growing a tree in the universe.

‘Is this part of the roots scattered throughout the universe?’

Compared to the main body, it would possess power that couldn’t even be called a fragment.

But even so, a Victor was still a Victor.

When faced by one who lacked the proper qualifications, that alone should have caused their mind to collapse.

A strong shock was overwhelming Kang Jun-hyeok. His mind, having faced something beyond comprehension, was about to crumble. He wanted to scream, cover his eyes, and run away.

“Hmm.”

He lightly suppressed it.

Rooted Tree showed interest.

[You meet my expectations. Hunger Growing in the Cracks. There was a reason that scrawny bastard vented his resentment.]

[You! Rooted Tree!]

Eldyria burst out in fury. Her uncontainable emotions shook the world. At that fierce anger, Rooted Tree lightly sneered.

[Pitiful vampire. I have no business with a loser like you.]

[…!]

Eldyria trembled with rage. Rooted Tree didn’t even pay attention and spoke to Kang Jun-hyeok.

[Mortal being who has received opportunity. I make you one proposal. You have realized the truth of the 46th Floor and cleared it. Will you return as you are? Or will you receive a trial from me?]

[Rooted Tree proposes a trial to you.]

[Condition: Pass the trial.]

[Reward: Authority of Rooted Tree.]

[Will you accept?]

[Kang Jun-hyeok.]

Manbyeonggi spoke quietly. The emotion contained within was a warning.

This was a trap.

Rooted Tree was presenting an undisguised trap and telling him to enter. Normally, there would be no reason to accept it anywhere.

But Kang Jun-hyeok smiled and nodded his head.

“I accept.”

[As you should.]

Rooted Tree laughs joyfully. The power of mighty authority distorts the Quest window.

[46th Floor Quest.]

[For one month, happiness…]

[46th Floor Quest.]

[Reach Rooted Tree and carve a wound into its roots.]

The 46th Floor Quest itself had changed.

Kang Jun-hyeok’s body moved to the village plaza.

It was the same place as when he first came to the 46th Floor.

Back then, all the citizens had offered him words of blessing and cheered him on as he climbed the Tower.

But now it was the opposite.

“Hero!”

“Our great Hero!”

The citizens rush at him. With desperate faces, holding weapons like pickaxes and sickles. They cry out with one voice.

“Please! Die for us!”

Kang Jun-hyeok kicks off the ground to avoid the citizens’ attacks.

Someone who appears to be a knight thrusts a spear at high speed. When he flicks his finger to strike the spear, it breaks and the knight’s body flies away.

Their strength is not remarkable.

They’re just ordinary humans without even aura. If Kang Jun-hyeok put his mind to it, he could defeat them all within minutes.

But the problem wasn’t their strength.

“Aaaaah!”

An old man staggers while swinging a sickle. Unable to withstand his own force, he falls face-first to the ground. Even while breathing roughly, he somehow gets up.

“Hero. That thing, that thing is making us suffer without being able to die. Please die! Only if you die can we become free! If you’re called a hero, please, I beg you!”

“Hero! Please! I don’t want to suffer anymore!”

“Waaaaaaah!”

Cries and screams burst out from all directions. Desperately earnest pleas bind Kang Jun-hyeok.

Eldyria grinds her teeth.

[Still doing such vile things.]

Rooted Tree.

That being mocks the universe, mocks Players.

The 46th Floor was all by design.

Praise Players, revere them, make them happy.

Especially the Princess and Prince build intimate bonds with Players and share their bodies. There weren’t many who could refuse the earnest requests of those two handsome and beautiful beings.

Most Players form connections here and spend unforgettable time.

And these people appear again later.

As the Player’s enemies, mocking, condemning, disparaging, and cursing them.

They literally defile the bonds and memories that were built. Not few had their hearts broken by this.

Rooted Tree’s reason for doing such things wasn’t to break Players’ hearts.

It was simply because it was enjoyable.

That was a being with such malice.

Probably Eldyria had experienced something similar.

“Hero!”

“Hero!”

“Please!

“Die for us!”

The citizens plead toward him.

Kang Jun-hyeok knew their faces.

Not just their faces, but their names, personalities, characteristics – he remembered each and every one of them.

His past life self had been no different from other Players.

He had built deep connections and been mocked.

So he won’t fall for it anymore.

Kang Jun-hyeok reached out his hand. The treasured sword of Astia Kingdom came into his grasp.

He steps forward just like that.

His body creates afterimages as it passes by the citizens.

And the citizens’ bodies fall in pieces.

“Ah, aaaaah!”

“Hero! Why are you doing this to us!”

“Shut up.”

Kang Jun-hyeok frowns as if annoyed and steps forward again. In an instant, the citizens’ bodies fall in pieces.

Having defeated all the citizens, Kang Jun-hyeok heads down to the underground of the royal castle. There was a massive root pulsing like life.

Rooted Tree lets out laughter.

[You mercilessly slaughtered the pitiful children who begged for salvation. Correct. You are a Player. One granted the qualification to save the great universe. You need not concern yourself with suffering mortals.]

“Stop spouting bullshit.”

Kang Jun-hyeok spoke calmly.

“Those are nothing more than recreations of the forms of those you’ve devoured, aren’t they? Is it fun for you to play around by reviving the forms of those who have already perished?”

[Of course it’s fun. Do you know how delightful it is to see those pitiful things wavering? Playing with the vampire clinging to you was also unbearably enjoyable.]

Eldyria’s emotions filled with rage could be felt. A gaze looking at something strange turned toward Kang Jun-hyeok.

[But… according to the Tower’s contract, information about us cannot be transmitted to Players, yet you know about me. How utterly strange.]

“I’m a bit special, you see.”

Kang Jun-hyeok spoke as if joking, but his mind was spinning at high speed.

‘It doesn’t know about my peculiarity.’

The Rooted Tree didn’t know that he had returned from the past.

It meant that even the Victors hadn’t grasped that fact.

‘Then.’

Whose possession was the rewinding gem he had used?

If even the Victors couldn’t notice it, there was only one possibility.

[You are a special being. So I’ll make you one proposal. Become our ally.]

The Rooted Tree whispered.

[Is there any need to risk your life fighting for something like the universe? They have already been defeated. There’s no reason anywhere for you to fight for those who have lost their qualifications. I don’t know why that being gave you a chance, but… it’s nothing more than a simple whim. You have no chance of victory.]

Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t deny those words.

After all, he had been defeated.

He thought he could win if he took all the power without yielding any, but that was just a matter of possibility. He didn’t know what lay beyond that.

[Join us. Then you will be able to share in the new world.]

“Sorry, but I already have a prior engagement.”

Kang Jun-hyeok shrugged his shoulders.

“And I have the sensibilities of an ordinary human. I have no intention of living together with bizarre things like you.”

[How unfortunate.]

The Rooted Tree laughed.

[Then become my nourishment.]

At the same time, an intense wave spread from the roots. Kang Jun-hyeok quickly raised his sword and swung it.

[Sword Energy Wind Blade.]

Sword energy exploded and flew toward the Rooted Tree.

But far from reaching it, it was perfectly absorbed by the wave before it could even approach. In an instant, Kang Jun-hyeok’s body staggered.

His physical strength, internal energy, mana, psychic power, abilities.

All of it was being absorbed toward the roots.

One of the Rooted Tree’s divine authorities.

It could use everything in this world as nourishment.

Even attacks and defenses were all absorbed and made into its own power. In an instant, Kang Jun-hyeok’s strength began to be sucked away.

[It’s dangerous.]

Eldyria spoke urgently. No one could resist that divine authority. He needed to create distance and escape beyond the range of the wave.

[You need to activate Crack Movement and escape…]

[Crack Movement.]

Kang Jun-hyeok activated Crack Movement.

But he didn’t escape.

Instead, he approached the Rooted Tree. Eldyria held her breath.

“Even activating Crack Movement, is this distance the limit?”

The opponent was also a Victor. No matter how much it was a Victor’s divine authority, he couldn’t close the distance without any restrictions. There was a distance of ten steps between him and the Rooted Tree.

Kang Jun-hyeok bared his teeth and put strength into his feet.

Thoom!

He stepped forward.

Slowly, but surely approaching the Rooted Tree.

That thing absorbs all the power in the world.

Then, if he advanced while bursting with power, he could approach it.

[High-Output Gauntlets from Somewhere.]

Power burst forth. It was instantly absorbed, but Kang Jun-hyeok could advance forward by that much.

[Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]

One step.

[Pixie’s Magic Box.]

One step.

[Jealousy’s Reverse Heaven Spear.]

Once again, one step.

[…]

[Ah.]

Eldyria and Manbyeonggi quietly watched that sight.

It was the correct judgment.

Right now, the Rooted Tree wasn’t even a fragment of its former self. If it was Kang Jun-hyeok, he could advance about ten steps sufficiently.

The Quest’s condition wasn’t victory.

It was to inflict damage.

For that much, the current Kang Jun-hyeok was sufficient.

But the two couldn’t think of that possibility.

Trapped by memories of past defeat, they thought they couldn’t win, that they should flee before the mighty divine authority.

In the end, they were the defeated.

But Kang Jun-hyeok advanced forward more confidently than anyone.

An incomparably mighty Victor.

A being from outside the universe, beyond categorization.

A worthless being was approaching that existence.

[Enhancement. True Ancestor Awakening.]

The skill Eldyria granted activated. He advanced two more steps and arrived before the Rooted Tree. The Rooted Tree showed interest. Kang Jun-hyeok raised his sword.

“Lady Eldyria. I promised you. That I would act on your behalf and fulfill your wish. This is the beginning.”

Crack.

The sharp blade pierced into the root.

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