100 Floors All Master - Chapter 256

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 256
Floor 57. Dragon Lair (1)
Dragons.
They were the guardians of the ground.
Among Monster Classes, they stood at the absolute pinnacle, and ancient dragons had even reached the 5th Tier. It was fair to say they were the strongest race in the Universe.
To infiltrate the Dragon Lair itself and retrieve treasure—what an absurd demand.
Having a Lair meant possessing an Adult Form Dragon. And an Adult Form Dragon wielded the power of the 4th Tier by its very nature.
It was a Quest bordering on the impossible. But the greatest problem was that even I didn’t know the location of the Lair.
Eldyria murmured with evident intrigue.
[The Blacksmith gave you quite a difficult Quest. This will be quite challenging, won’t it?]
“You sound rather delighted about it.”
[From my perspective, the harder your trials become, the more enjoyable they are.]
Eldyria spoke with genuine pleasure. I grumbled to myself, organizing my thoughts.
Floor 57.
This world had a fantasy setting. And several mysterious legends had been passed down since ancient times.
Seven overlapping cliffs where reality and illusion were separated by glass.
Ancient ruins sprawling deep within the Underground.
The illusory Sky Island existing above the clouds.
Beyond these, numerous fantastical places that could not exist in reality were known to exist.
And I knew the locations and discovery conditions of all those places.
‘But there was no information about the Dragon Lair.’
After pondering briefly, I headed toward the Adventurer Guild.
Floor 57 was a world where all manner of legends were passed down.
Naturally, a considerable number of adventurers roamed about searching for those legends. A Guild had been established to recruit them, and its power exceeded even the Empire. I made my way to the Adventurer Guild and met the Guild Leader.
“I’m looking for information about the Dragon Lair.”
“A powerful figure of unknown identity suddenly wanted to meet me—I wondered what this was about.”
The Guild Leader of the Adventurer Guild. A middle-aged man chuckled while smoking a cigar.
“The Dragon Lair. If such a place existed, I’d love to hear about it myself.”
“It definitely exists in this world. Gather information from across the world and tell me.”
“Perhaps. But I have no reason to provide you with information. Outsider.”
What they sought were mysterious places hidden by legend. Information was naturally more precious than life itself. There was no reason they would cooperate willingly.
That’s why I spoke.
“Let’s exchange information. Since you won’t trust me, I’ll provide information first.”
“That’s an interesting proposal. What information do you intend to provide?”
The Guild Leader asked with a playful expression. He didn’t take my words seriously at all. I opened my mouth.
“The way to reach the Sky Island.”
“Ha, haha! How amusing! You’re saying you know about the illusory island that supposedly exists above the clouds! Very well. Let’s hear it!”
“Altman Plain. If you examine the western edge of that place, gray vegetation will be standing upright. Position yourself there on the night when the moon is obscured by darkness. And if you speak the word of Unlock, a path leading to the sky will open.”
I explained calmly.
The Guild Leader’s expression, which had been twisted in a mocking smirk, changed for the first time.
“…Your words sound plausible. But there’s no evidence to trust them.”
“Believe me. I’m not lying.”
My words carried tremendous power.
It was the force of my Persuasion Skill and Acting Skill. The Guild Leader couldn’t simply dismiss it and, after deliberation, made his decision.
“A lunar eclipse will occur in three days anyway… I’ll give it a try.”
“As you wish.”
I spoke with unhurried ease.
And three days later.
We headed toward the western edge of Altman Plain. Elite adventurers, including the Leader, stood atop ashen vegetation. They regarded me with skeptical eyes.
“Representative. Can we truly trust this man’s word?”
“There’s no harm in being deceived once in a while, is there? Strangely enough, I feel his words ring true.”
Regardless of their murmuring, I paid no attention and gazed upward at the sky.
The moment the moon vanished into darkness, I opened my mouth.
“Open the way. Umon.”
Uuuuuung!
And the sky split asunder.
Within the darkened world, a pillar of light descended. The pillar solidified, forming an endless staircase. The adventurers’ eyes widened as if they might burst from their sockets.
“Gasp!”
“Huh, gasp!”
“Follow this staircase and you’ll reach Sky Island. Once the eclipse ends, the staircase will vanish, so you’ll need to move quickly.”
“E-Everyone, move at once! Climb now!”
“Yes, yes!”
The adventurers hurriedly ascended the staircase into the sky. The Leader stared at me with astonished eyes.
“How on earth did you obtain such information….”
“I provided the information. Now it’s your turn.”
“Hahaha! Of course! I’ll do my utmost to gather information about the Dragon Lair!”
The Leader chuckled with delight. To think the secrets of the legendary Sky Island would be unveiled in his generation! His mind felt as though it would melt from pure joy.
The Leader kept his word. He mobilized every adventurer in the Guild to gather information about the Dragon Lair.
Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t have been so easy. It was natural that he’d want to concentrate all his manpower on Sky Island now that he’d obtained information about it. But the power of my Persuasion Skill blocked the Leader’s greed.
And I didn’t remain idle either, compiling the materials the Leader had gathered to extract the information I needed.
The Leader asked with curiosity.
“You have no interest in Sky Island?”
“None.”
I already knew everything hidden there. My Remaining Time was now twenty-five days. I couldn’t afford to waste it.
“I see….”
The Leader regarded me with a weary expression. From his perspective, I was nothing but a madman who’d uncovered the legendary Sky Island yet obsessed over the Dragon Lair’s existence or non-existence.
Another week passed, and we successfully obtained information about the Dragon Lair.
Five hundred years ago. A Dragon appeared in this world.
That being plundered countless treasures and relics from this world. With power that could cleave the heavens and erase the earth, none could stand against it.
Having gathered treasures and relics, the Dragon vanished without a trace.
That was all the information they had managed to extract. The Guild Leader clicked his tongue.
“We’ve combed through ancient texts again and again, and barely scraped together this much. It was buried deep. How can something of such magnitude be concealed so thoroughly?”
“The Dragon probably had a hand in it.”
An adult-form Dragon possessed the power of the 4th Tier.
In other words, they could traverse the Universe.
Their first task was to find a Planet and construct their own Dragon Lair.
They likely descended to this Planet, gathered Treasures and Relics to construct the Lair, and concealed information about themselves. But they couldn’t hide everything—fragments remained like this.
“It was a Monster composed of green Scales.”
What existed on this Planet was a Green Dragon.
This was invaluable information. Dragons were born with varied Attributes. And they constructed their Lairs in locations suited to their Attributes.
Blue Dragons in the deepest, darkest Deep Seas.
Red Dragons in spaces brimming with heat, like volcanoes.
And Green Dragons, near steep and towering Mountain Ranges.
I had to search for Mountain Ranges. Kang Jun-hyeok rose from his seat.
“I’ve gathered all the information I need. Thank you.”
“Wait. I can’t let you leave like this. We’d like to help you find the Dragon Lair….”
Greed gleamed in the Guild Leader’s eyes. If he discovered a Dragon Lair unknown even to legend, what sort of Reputation might he gain? He couldn’t even fathom it.
But Kang Jun-hyeok shook his head.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t need help.”
“Wait. Please don’t….”
[Crack Movement.]
Kang Jun-hyeok’s body traversed through the empty air.
[He doesn’t seem like he’ll give up. He’ll try to find the Lair one way or another.]
“Do as you wish. It won’t help you anyway.”
The Dragon had concealed all information about itself. It was impossible for those at their Level to find the Lair.
[This is where the real problem begins.]
I had discovered that I needed to search primarily steep and towering Mountain Ranges.
The problem was that the search area encompassed the entire Planet.
The Dragon’s Lair was buried deep. Even I would need considerable effort to locate it. Remaining time: one month and eighteen days or so. No matter how I calculated it, time was critically short.
“It’s cutting it close, but it’s not impossible.”
For movement, I used Vision Expansion and Crack Movement to rapidly close distances between Mountain Ranges. And most importantly, detecting the Lair itself wasn’t difficult.
Having reached the peak of a Mountain Range, I expanded my senses.
[Enhancement. Pixie’s Magic Power Control.]
The formidable Control ability of a Transcendent dominated my entire body. Then I activated one more Skill.
[Pixie’s Treasure Intuition.]
Millions of pieces of information flooded into my mind at once. Every precious thing existing in the towering Mountain Range entered my perception.
I organized and catalogued each one.
As a result, I determined that this Mountain Range contained no Dragon Lair.
“It’s not here. I’ll need to search elsewhere.”
[…Impressive.]
Eldyria was quite taken aback.
Kang Jun-hyeok had reached a realm comparable to that of a Transcendent.
She knew he could handle Pixie’s Magic Power Control because of that, but this exceeded even that level.
Treasure Instinct was a Skill that revealed precious things existing within a surrounding range.
The criteria for determining what was precious varied depending on the user, and because it was such a subjective concept, controlling it was extraordinarily difficult.
It was nearly impossible to control unless one was Pixie herself. It was common to be overwhelmed by the flood of information and miss most of it.
Yet now Kang Jun-hyeok had controlled Treasure Instinct with near-perfect precision.
The Kang Jun-hyeok of his previous life had surpassed merely reaching a Transcendent’s realm—his Magic Power Control ability had achieved the exact level of the Transcendent Pixie.
Or perhaps even beyond that.
[I’m growing curious. Just how far did you reach?]
“It was not such a remarkable level.”
He had surrendered the realms he could have attained to others.
But he no longer intended to do so.
After that, Kang Jun-hyeok continued wandering through the Mountain Ranges. The World was vast, but through the power of Crack Movement and Magic Power Control, he extracted as much information as he possibly could.
And approximately forty days later.
At a point when only about one week remained until the Quest’s termination, Kang Jun-hyeok made his discovery.
“Found it.”
Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes gleamed with light.
A treacherous and towering Mountain Range—a place no human footstep could reach.
Within its midpoint, the Dragon Lair came into view.

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