100 Floors All Master - Chapter 232

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 232
Floor 51: Elf Forest (4)
[Active Skill: Lost God’s Divine Radiance]
[Grade: Unique]
[Proficiency: D]
[Cooldown: 3 Days]
[Summons the Lost God’s Divine Radiance into the mortal realm. The radiance shall incinerate and annihilate your enemies, while bestowing purification and mercy upon your allies. It spreads the radiance across a wider area with greater intensity.]
Lost God’s Divine Radiance had reached Proficiency D.
And I had obtained yet another skill.
[Active Skill: Lost God’s Sanctuary]
[Grade: Unique]
[Proficiency: F]
[Cooldown: 3 Days]
[Summons the Lost God’s Sanctuary into the mortal realm. The sanctuary blocks enemy approach, strengthens your allies, and heals them. Duration and effectiveness are influenced by the Divine Power consumed.]
The divine territory that Vibrahm had manifested in the first cosmic Quest.
It had blocked the Black Humans’ approach and strengthened the Players.
While incomparable in scale, the effects were remarkably similar. I smiled with satisfaction.
‘That was fast.’
In my previous life, I hadn’t obtained Lost God’s Sanctuary until well past the 70th Floor.
Yet I had acquired it on the 51st Floor. In this life, I might actually be able to complete the entire Scripture. Satisfied, I spoke.
“Thank you, Eldyria.”
It would have been impossible to achieve this level of success with my own strength alone.
My opponent was the Great God, after all.
I could have negotiated and made a deal, but liberating the elves would have been absolutely impossible.
But with Eldyria’s power, everything changed. She was the Queen of Vampires—a cosmic force that no one could oppose unless they commanded a great concept like the Gods themselves.
[You obtained that ability through your own ascent of the Tower. There’s no need to concern yourself with it.]
My relationship with Eldyria was something I had created through my own efforts. Using it was entirely the right approach.
[However, this matter is a special case. It was impossible with your own strength, and Arminin was committing a grave wrong, so I stepped in willingly. I cannot allow you to shift matters you can solve yourself onto me.]
Eldyria was concerned that I might use her name to take undeserved credit. I chuckled softly.
“You needn’t worry about that.”
[True. That would be meaningless to you. I spoke carelessly.]
The elves began gathering in the Elf Village. As I stepped before them, they gasped in awe and fell to their knees.
“Ohhhhh!”
“Rukator!”
“Rukator! We thank you from the depths of our hearts!”
“Merciful God!”
Fervent faith was directed toward me.
It was inevitable. I had not merely rescued the elves—I had spoken directly with a God and ensured that humans could never oppress them again.
This was not a temporary solution but a permanent one.
After a long history of persecution, the elves had finally obtained their freedom.
All of that, Kang Jun-hyeok accomplished alone.
It would have been strange not to send faith.
Beyond that, Kang Jun-hyeok did a few more things.
[Divine Power. Enhancement. Lost God’s Divine Radiance.]
Kiiiiiing!
Brilliant light engulfed the world. The ravaged forest recovered in an instant. Withered trees sprouted verdant leaves, and flowers bloomed in magnificent splendor. The suddenly strengthened natural aura drew gasps of wonder from the elves.
“Waaaaaah….”
“This is, this is!”
[Lost God’s Sacred Sanctuary.]
And the sanctuary enveloped the Elf Village. Kang Jun-hyeok spoke lightly.
“Arminin promised to liberate me and the elves. But humans are foolish and greedy.”
Even if a god forbade it, it was not easy to abandon the benefits they had enjoyed. Though they could not do so openly as before, they would scheme in secret.
The sanctuary was to prevent that. The elves bowed deeply in gratitude.
[Divine Power + 2]
[Lost God’s Divine Radiance proficiency has increased.]
[Lost God’s Sacred Sanctuary proficiency has increased.]
Village Chief Habinias’ eyes glistened with tears.
“Ah… Lord Rukator. Please punish this foolish one who doubted you.
“It is done. I helped you because I too have my purpose. You need only fulfill your duties.”
“Of course!”
Habinias nodded vigorously.
At last, the conflict between humans and elves was resolved.
But this was merely the preparation process.
The real work was about to begin.
“Now I shall gather the elves and open a passage to the Spirit Realm!”
And one day later.
A strange hole opened in the center of the Elf Village. A shimmer rose like heat haze—a hole that seemed unable to exist in this world.
It was a passage leading to the Spirit Realm.
“Are you truly certain about this?”
Habinias asked in a cautious tone.
“You said there is no need to return to this place….”
“There is no need.”
My objectives on this planet were already complete. Rather than bothering to prepare a return journey, it was more important to open the passage swiftly. Habinias bowed and withdrew.
“To worry over a Great God—such words are beyond measure. Then please, may you achieve all your desires in the world of spirits….”
The elves offered prayers to Kang Jun-hyeok. Leaving their faith behind, he stepped toward the passage.
The world inverted.
With the sensation of moving toward a separate world, Kang Jun-hyeok set foot forward.
Before him appeared leaves shimmering in verdant green.
Flames burning in crimson across the empty air.
Water droplets scattering in azure light.
Winds dispersing softly in invisible hues.
If a world existed composed of pure nature alone, would it be like this? The landscape was utterly dreamlike and beautiful.
This was the Spirit Realm.

* * *
‘It’s been a while.’
The Spirit Realm was an extraordinarily closed-off place. On the ground, only Elves could open it, and other species were rarely granted access.
Because he had borrowed the name of a God and saved the Elves as a species, they had opened the passage for him—otherwise, even facing annihilation, it would never be permitted. He found it curious that the same restriction applied to Eldria and Manbyeonggi, and he murmured as much.
[So this is the Spirit Realm. I’ve heard many stories, but this is my first time entering directly.]
[Being at your side means experiencing every conceivable adventure. You came here to form a spirit contract, didn’t you?]
“That’s right.”
A space where colors of every hue bloomed like heat haze.
And between those spaces, I could sense the auras of spirits.
Lowest Grade and Low Grade spirits. Kang Jun-hyeok approached them slowly.
In that instant, the spirits were startled.
[A human!]
[Terrifying! Run away!]
They fled in an instant. Manbyeonggi’s tone suggested he had anticipated this.
[As expected, you’re not accepted.]
Kang Jun-hyeok possessed no natural affinity.
From the spirits’ perspective, he was nothing more than a heterogeneous intruder. The weaker spirits would fear him and keep their distance, while the stronger ones would judge him an invader and attack.
I could forcibly seize them with enough power, but only to that extent. For one without natural affinity, spirit contracts themselves were impossible.
Just as one without mana cannot wield magic, and one without internal energy cannot practice martial arts—natural affinity held the same meaning.
In other words, spirit contracts were impossible for Kang Jun-hyeok as he stood now.
That was precisely why Manbyeonggi was anticipating this.
[Well then. How exactly will you contract with a spirit? I’ll watch with great interest.]
Kang Jun-hyeok gazed intently across the Spirit Realm, as if ascertaining his location and direction.
[Vision Focus.]
After activating the skill and surveying his surroundings, Kang Jun-hyeok fixed his gaze in one direction moments later.
That far edge.
Beyond what was even visible, something was calling to me.
“That direction then. It’ll be tight.”
[Crack Movement.]
Kang Jun-hyeok hurled himself toward the edge of his vision.
He began sprinting at high speed in that specific direction.
Four days remained until the 51st Floor clear deadline.
I had to reach my destination within that time. I ran without rest, expending all my internal energy, mana, and divine power. Clearly searching for a specific location, Eldria asked with puzzlement.
[What are you searching for? Are you perhaps seeking an Elemental King?]
If Kang Jun-hyeok had a goal, the first thing that came to mind was an Elemental King.
Considering that Kang Jun-hyeok had returned from the future, he would know the location where the Elemental Kings dwelled. Finding them and forming contracts—it was not a difficult deduction.
However, there was an ambiguity lingering in Eldyria’s voice.
[Even with your current strength, a contract with them would be extraordinarily difficult.]
Elemental Kings.
They were the sovereigns of the Spirit Realm itself.
They existed beyond the Fifth Tier—beings that even Eldyria could not easily confront. Since their birth, they had never forged contracts with mortals; they were legendary entities of pure fantasy. Manbyeonggi spoke as though I harbored needless concerns.
[You still don’t understand this one. Would I come seeking them without any means to do so?]
[That’s true enough.]
[But this lord is curious. What method do you intend to employ?]
Manbyeonggi and Eldyria waited for my response with keen interest.
And I opened my mouth.
“A contract with an Elemental King? What are you talking about?”
[Hm?]
“There’s no way I could manage such a thing in my current state.”
An Elemental King was an entity equal to Eldyria.
They were essentially divine beings.
A contract with a spirit required equal standing—mutual respect between parties of comparable dignity. In my present condition, no method would suffice.
[Is that so.]
[Hmm… now that I think about it, that’s obvious. Why did I assume you could form a contract?]
Manbyeonggi and Eldyria murmured with disappointment. They had assumed far too readily that I had come here to forge a contract with an Elemental King. I shook my head.
“At least not now.”
A contract with an Elemental King required multiple preparatory steps. If even one were missing, the best outcome would be to avoid being crushed to death. At those words, interest kindled in Manbyeonggi’s voice.
[So you know a possible method.]
I did not deny it.
[A method to contract with an Elemental King who has never once bound themselves to a mortal. I shall reserve that pleasure for later.]
[If not an Elemental King, then what have you come here to seek?]
“You’ll understand soon enough.”
I continued forward.
And two days later.
I arrived at my destination. Eldyria let out a gasp.
[…What is this place?]
The Spirit Realm was an extraordinarily beautiful and harmonious world.
All manner of nature intertwined and blended together, creating something dreamlike. No landscape in the entire universe, however beautiful, could compare to this place. Such was the Spirit Realm.
But what lay before us now was the opposite.
A region so grotesque and foreign that even surveying the entire cosmos would yield few places more defiled than this.
Neither Eldyria nor Manbyeonggi had known of such a place’s existence within the Spirit Realm. I spoke.
“The Spirit Realm is a world where all nature harmonizes in perfect fusion. The spirits dwell there, and when called by cosmic beings, they answer and form contracts. That is the common understanding.”
[So that is not the whole truth.]
“Correct. This is the Hidden Side of the Spirit Realm.”
I continued calmly.
“Nature that cannot harmonize—twisted and broken. Beings unable to answer the calls from the ground. The spirits that dwell in such a place.”
And there was a spirit here that he could contract with.

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