100 Floors All Master - Chapter 238

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 238
The Second Universe Quest (4)
‘Grrrrrrgh!’
Ariel shook her head. Time was abundant. Within the remaining hours, I could surely uncover the truth somehow. She forced herself to think that way.
Kang Jun-hyeok began touching the terrain he had created using the planetary control tool. While he had established the overall framework, the intricate details required his personal touch.
Confusion flickered across Yu Jin-ha’s expression as he observed this.
The terrain Kang Jun-hyeok had created was remarkably peculiar.
Every landscape featured perfect curves without a single sharp edge.
And like a maze, the paths wound tortuously. The short distances between passages severely obstructed the line of sight.
Though several voiced their discomfort with this arrangement, Kang Jun-hyeok answered calmly.
“It’s necessary.”
“I see….”
“Then so be it.”
The Players acquiesced. How could they possibly object when the Perfect Player spoke of necessity?
Thus one week passed, and finally the moment arrived.
A System Window materialized before the Players, who stood in tense anticipation.
[The time has come. I hope you have prepared diligently!]
[The raid will now proceed for one month.]
[Your enemy is none other than one of the Victors—Hunger Growing in the Cracks!]
A crack.
The sky shatters. From beyond that space, something dwelling in the crevice gazes upon them.
[Victor of the Great War, Hunger Growing in the Cracks, observes the Universe.]
“…Ah.”
“Ugh, ah.”
They crumpled.
The Players unwittingly lost their strength and collapsed.
What existed beyond was impossibly distant.
In terms of universal scale, it dwelt hundreds of millions of light-years away. No matter how hard they tried, they could never reach it.
Yet still, their strength drained away.
A sensation saturated with heterogeneity enveloped them. The weak-willed clutched their heads and retched helplessly.
“So it is this one after all.”
This was no different from my previous life. Kang Jun-hyeok looked up at the sky. The gaze of Hunger Growing in the Cracks shifted.
It was unmistakably fixed upon Kang Jun-hyeok.
Kang Jun-hyeok smiled faintly.
“It’s been a while.”
Hunger Growing in the Cracks was an old acquaintance in this life.
Floor 5. Monster Forest.
There, Kang Jun-hyeok had discovered that Victor’s Altar.
And accepting the trial, he had triumphed.
Enraged, Hunger Growing in the Cracks had attempted to intervene, only to be restrained.
Given such connections, the gaze directed at Kang Jun-hyeok was saturated with bitter irritation and Killing Intent. Kang Jun-hyeok sneered.
“It seems I’m not to your liking? The feeling is mutual.”
[Then do your best to block his attacks for one month!]
[Rewards will be distributed differentially based on your performance!]
Along with words that were utterly delightful, the Crack in the sky sealed shut. The Players barely managed to exhale.
But there was no time to compose themselves. Soon, dozens of Spaces opened.
Whoosh, crackle.
Through the Spaces, a Dog Monster with six legs appeared.
A Minion of Hunger Growing in the Cracks—creatures that Kang Jun-hyeok had once defeated.
‘But far stronger than before.’
The restrictions seemed to have loosened considerably; they possessed power incomparable to that time. Their number was approximately one thousand.
“…Huh?”
“Just that many? Isn’t it too few?”
The number of Players exceeded one hundred million. It was a numerical difference they could crush through sheer quantity. That was the moment their tension began to ease.
The Dogs’ bodies vanished.
Crack, crunch.
And in an instant, a thousand died.
They vanished again, and another thousand fell. In mere seconds, nearly ten thousand Players perished.
“…Ah.”
“Ahhh! Ahhhhh!”
Players who belatedly regained their senses drew their weapons. But they died again in an instant to the Dog that had used Crack Movement. One Player thrust a Sword forward with a terrified expression.
“Die!”
The moment the Sword was about to connect, the Dog’s body vanished. The Player’s eyes widened.
“Where….”
Crack.
Those were that Player’s final words.
Due to the peculiarity of a Player’s Physical Body, blood and flesh did not scatter. But that made it more horrifying. Tens of thousands of lives died in grayscale.
“…This!”
Trey Dice swallowed hard.
He had been defeated by Kang Jun-hyeok and learned in the first Universe Quest that he was a frog in a well.
The cruel truth that he could never become the Strongest Player consumed him.
But he did not break.
It was nearly impossible, but not entirely so.
He had climbed the Tower with all his might, and as a result, he had become distinctly stronger than before. He had confidence that he could perform well in the second Universe Quest.
But what is this.
Whoosh, crackle!
“Ahhhhh!”
“Save me!”
Players continued to die. No one could even respond. Trey, who had belatedly regained his senses, stepped forward.
Whoosh, crackle!
A sharp Sword Strike was hurled at the Dog Monster.
The Dog Monster glanced at him with an air of indifference.
Its body vanished as if being sucked into something. In that instant, Trey felt a powerful Intuition—he would die if this continued.
“Ugh!”
He reflexively rolled his body low. Sharp claws scraped past just above his head.
He had nearly died.
Had it not been for the miraculous Killing Intent Awakening he had acquired while climbing the Tower, he truly would have perished. He counterattacked in panic, but the Dog Monster vanished without a trace once more. The Intuition of death washed over him again, and he desperately evaded.
“This… thing!”
Trey hurriedly surveyed his surroundings.
The Dog Monsters were sucked into the fractured Crevices and emerged from them.
They move through the Crevices. He succeeded in realizing this fact, albeit belatedly.
But at the same time, he understood.
How could one possibly confront a being that could move through every Gap in this world without any warning whatsoever?
“…Hah!”
There was no time to ponder the answer. Trey rolled across the ground once more to evade the attack.

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Countless Players were slaughtered mercilessly.
Only belatedly did they grasp the characteristics possessed by the Minion of Hunger Growing in the Cracks, yet they found no solution.
However, among them, there were a few who fought with confidence and emerged victorious.
Whoooosh!
Flames ravaged all directions. The Dog Monster leaped through a Crevice to evade. Ultira clicked her tongue.
[This is absurd. So these are what I’ll be facing from now on.]
Ordinary attacks could not connect.
Then she would simply incinerate everything.
Flame erupted. In an instant, it swept across the entire Area. The Dog Monster that tried to flee too late could not escape the range and was consumed by fire.
And then there was Ariel Won.
“Aha. I heard it wouldn’t be easy, but… this exceeds my imagination.”
Ariel opened her mouth with a weary expression.
“Tear to death any enemy that dares target me.”
In that moment, blades of Divine Power materialized in the world.
They attempted to pierce the Dog Monster, but it easily evaded by moving through a Crevice. Ariel placed a finger against her cheek.
“This approach is difficult. Then… twist to death anything that approaches me.”
Crackle!
The instant the Dog Monster attacked Ariel across the Crevice, its body was literally crushed to death.
“So active attacks cannot connect, but passive attacks barely work. How tedious.”
Ariel moved about while muttering complaints.
As for Yu Jin-ha and Kim Ha-young, they were not as perfect as the two, but they managed to hold their own and attempted counterattacks. The Top Players also moved earnestly and tried to strike back.
And Kang Jun-hyeok’s situation was quite different.
“There are so many of them.”
He was surrounded by countless Dog Monsters.
There were roughly a hundred of them. He sneered.
“So out of a thousand, you’re investing a hundred just to kill me? I must have really gotten under your skin.”
In a flash.
A Dog Monster instantly repositioned behind Kang Jun-hyeok and lunged for his throat.
But a Sword pierced its jaws. Kang Jun-hyeok had read the attack’s trajectory and immediately countered with the precision of Killing Intent.
“One down.”
[Grrrrr!]
[Roooar!]
The Dog Monsters howled and charged. They encircled Kang Jun-hyeok, snapping at him from all directions.
[Crack Movement.]
Kang Jun-hyeok deftly slipped through the Crevice to evade.
“That’s not something only you possess.”
[A High-Output Gauntlet from Somewhere.]
Tremendous force literally pulverized the Dog Monsters. Those barely clinging to life retreated. Kang Jun-hyeok flicked his fingers.
[Pixie’s Magic Power Box.]
Countless boxes materialized into existence.
“Wow.”
[Boom!]
The Dog Monsters’ bodies vanished. The Magic Power Boxes blazed with light.
Dog Monsters moving through Crevices.
There were no warnings whatsoever.
But it was possible to read the very Pattern of their movements. Countless beams of light preemptively blocked the spaces where the Dog Monsters would leap.
With his Martial Extreme Divine Domain Suppression, Kang Jun-hyeok sensed the surrounding forces. The moment a Dog Monster approached, he moved his body with Telekinesis and responded instantly.
As a result, the Dog Monsters died before Kang Jun-hyeok one after another.
[Roooar!]
[Clang!]
[Spear Throwing.]
[Spear Throwing.]
Spears flew through the sky toward the Dog Monsters. They desperately leaped through Crevices trying to escape, but the Spears did not stop. A Dog Monster focused solely on the Spear failed to notice the incoming light and had its head crushed.
It took less than an hour to kill all hundred Dog Monsters.
Kang Jun-hyeok looked up at the sky.
“So you tried to catch me using only the lowest-tier Minions, simply by increasing their numbers? That’s disappointing.”
I’ll need to use more force. Kang Jun-hyeok, mocking, moved forward.
“Aaaahhh!”
“Eeeeek!”
Countless Players were fighting for their lives. Their expressions brightened upon spotting Kang Jun-hyeok.
“It’s Kang Jun-hyeok!”
“Oh, yes!”
The mighty, the formidable Kang Jun-hyeok.
If that were the case, I could defeat all these bizarre enemies and save them.
But Kang Jun-hyeok remained motionless and spoke quietly.
“You’ve probably figured it out by now, but those creatures move through every Crevice that exists in this world. There’s no warning, no cooldown. The ways to counter them are to strengthen your senses infinitely, rely on each other’s eyes, or use the simplest solution.”
Kang Jun-hyeok pointed with his finger at the passages that sprawled out like a maze.
“Move to a space with as few Crevices as possible and grasp your opponent’s movements. Find a method that works for you.”
“Um….”
“W-wait, Kang Jun-hyeok?”
Kang Jun-hyeok was teaching them how to counter the enemies.
His posture suggested he had no intention of moving himself. Kang Jun-hyeok spoke softly.
“What are you doing? Fight back.”
“W-we can’t! Please save us!”
“Why should I?”
The Player who had cried out flinched.
Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes gazing down at him were infinitely cold.

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