100 Floors All Master - Chapter 26

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 026

 

 

4th Floor. World of Insects (1)

 

 

[Title: The 4th Floor was horrible…]

[I never want to see it again…]

[Pham Min Deuk (23rd Floor): It was unpleasant indeed.]

[Irina Pavlova (12th Floor): I agree.]

[Olivia Turner (32nd Floor): …Me too.]

 

 

[Hello…]

Space splits open and Pixie appears. Seeing Kang Jun-hyeok, she lights a cigar as if she expected this.

[Right. You’re alive… You look unchanged…]

Pixie, who had been looking at Kang Jun-hyeok with curious eyes, subtly turns her gaze to Manbyeonggi.

[You seem the same as always too…]

[Yeah.]

Pixie’s eyebrows twitched upon hearing the response.

[…What. You.]

[What’s wrong.]

[No. Something’s different…]

When she first saw him, Manbyeonggi was like a withered old tree.

Twisted and rotten, a dead tree that could never come back to life. He had the atmosphere of a dead soul who had given up and let go of everything.

But now Manbyeonggi’s atmosphere had changed. It was a very small change, one that would be missed unless you were as sensitive as her, but it was definitely a change.

[Seems like you’ve had some change of heart. Not that it’s any of my business…]

Pixie put the cigar in her mouth.

[So what are you buying this time…]

“Three Lowest Grade Active Skills.”

Kang Jun-hyeok answered immediately. His current gold was 3,221.

He could purchase three Lowest Grade Skills. Pixie flicked her ash as if she expected this.

[Fine…]

 

[You have obtained a Lowest Grade Active Skill Box.]

[You have obtained a Lowest Grade Active Skill Box.]

[You have obtained a Lowest Grade Active Skill Box.]

 

Having obtained the boxes, Kang Jun-hyeok immediately opened them.

 

[Active Skill: Wall Climbing]

[Grade: Lowest]

[Proficiency: F]

[Cooltime: 10 minutes]

[For 10 seconds, you can climb vertical walls at high speed without falling.]

 

“Hmm.”

Wall Climbing.

A skill that could only be used when two conditions were met: a vertical wall and a reason to climb it. Its versatility was extremely low, but it wasn’t completely useless. It could be useful in appropriate situations.

 

[Active Skill: Hunger Relief]

[Grade: Lowest]

[Proficiency: F]

[Cooltime: 1 day]

[Relieves hunger for 12 hours. After that, the skill’s effect gradually weakens.]

 

“This is also a peculiar skill.”

Players basically don’t starve to death.

Having become completely different beings through the Tower’s system, they had no problems acting without eating, and biological functions were also unnecessary.

But ridiculously, the sensation of hunger remained. If they didn’t eat for a certain period, they would feel hunger and starvation.

Even if there were no physical problems, extreme hunger was a pain in itself. It caused considerable mental stress.

Even in his previous life, he had quite often suffered from hunger and eaten dirt.

Thinking about that, it was a useful skill. Kang Jun-hyeok organized it neatly.

And Pixie was watching this with a displeased expression.

Pixie was the Shop Owner.

She had seen countless Players.

All of them purchased skills one by one after long deliberation, and rejoiced or despaired according to the results. It was natural given the considerable gold cost.

That’s why Kang Jun-hyeok was the first to coldly analyze and organize each effect like this. Pixie muttered bluntly.

[Interesting guy…]

Kang Jun-hyeok checked the last skill.

 

[Active Skill: Vision Focus]

[Grade: Lowest]

[Proficiency: F]

[Cooltime: 5 minutes]

[Temporarily focus your vision to see farther and in more detail.]

 

“Oh.”

Kang Jun-hyeok made a sound.

Vision Focus. The effect was simple. Like a telescope or microscope, he could see far and in detail. The cooltime was short, and the effect was broadly useful.

It was one of the few winning Lowest Grade Skills, like Stealth.

[Is that all…?]

“No. One more thing at the end.”

Kang Jun-hyeok purchased two spears with his remaining gold. Pixie was puzzled but fulfilled her role as Shop Owner.

“Good. This should be enough.”

[Hmm…]

Pixie stared at Kang Jun-hyeok intently.

From her perspective, Kang Jun-hyeok was an extremely rational person.

He didn’t make useless purchases and bought exactly what he needed.

For such a Kang Jun-hyeok to purchase two spears and buy Lowest Grade Active Skills like this meant it was necessary for climbing the Tower.

‘…I’m curious.’

This guy, just how is he climbing the Tower?

What method did he use to achieve something called Perfect Clear?

She was a fairy.

Essentially a race with more curiosity than anyone else, with many things they wanted to know.

But she erased her curiosity. Her current self was a Shop Owner who had given up everything. How Players climbed the Tower was completely unimportant to her.

[…See you again.]

So the fact that her last words were different from before must simply be a whim.

[You’re not in a position to say anything to me. Pixie.]

Manbyeonggi muttered quietly after hearing her last words. Kang Jun-hyeok also had a surprised expression.

“See you again, I suppose.”

In his previous life, Pixie had never opened her heart to anyone.

Always with dying eyes, she only played the role of a merchant. She had shown some interest in him, but as soon as he began yielding power to others, she immediately lost interest.

This was the first time he had seen Pixie like this.

It wasn’t bad. It was proof that he was on the right path. Kang Jun-hyeok continued to rest a bit more. And the moment it became possible to enter the Tower, he immediately moved.

 

[Will you challenge the Tower?]

[Floor to challenge: 4th Floor.]

[4th Floor Quest begins.]

[Prove yourself.]

 

Kang Jun-hyeok’s body left the Universe and entered the Tower.

The place he was transported to was inside a cave.

At the same time, the sound of crawling insects echoed. Kang Jun-hyeok raised his great sword. The crawling sounds grew closer and soon revealed their forms.

Six legs. A body divided into three parts. Long antennae and massive jaws.

They were ants.

Naturally, they weren’t ordinary ants. The ants’ size was close to that of small dogs. They looked like insects from horror movies where bugs had grown extremely large due to excess oxygen.

‘They’re still disgusting to look at.’

[…Kiiiii!]

[Tziiiik!]

The ants spotted Kang Jun-hyeok and screamed with shrill cries. They moved their six legs and charged at high speed. At the same time, a Quest window appeared.

 

[4th Floor Quest.]

[Kill as many ants as possible.]

[You can end the Quest after at least one week.]

 

 

Killing ants.

That was the 4th Floor’s Quest. The ants approached Kang Jun-hyeok at high speed. Their sharp jaws clacked together as they tried to bite and tear at his flesh.

Kang Jun-hyeok stepped forward and swung his great sword.

Kwaddeuddeuk.

The head of the ant struck by the great sword was literally crushed and flew away. Without retreating, he moved forward. He pulled back the great sword and swung it again.

Kwaang!

Three ants were cut into pieces with a single blow.

He stomped on the head of an ant that was trying to cling to his leg and bite it, crushing it completely. In an instant, ten ants were dismembered and scattered.

It wasn’t particularly that the ants were weak.

Each individual’s strength certainly didn’t reach the level of a 3rd Floor Player, but they made up for it with overwhelming numbers.

The number of ants in the cave exceeded several thousand.

If handled incorrectly, the ants would swarm and literally crush the Player.

For that reason, most Players would lure the ants and deal with them one by one.

In extreme cases, they wouldn’t fight the ants at all. Since there was no condition requiring a minimum number to be killed, it wasn’t impossible.

That was the typical 4th Floor clearing method.

But Kang Jun-hyeok had become strong enough to easily crush even 16th Floor Players.

Moreover, his current defense was extremely high. Attacks from ants only consumed about 2 or 3 health points, so he could just push through with brute force.

After killing the ants, Kang Jun-hyeok wandered around the cave. He searched for ants and crushed them one by one. The cave was quite spacious, but after moving around non-stop, he could see its end in roughly ten hours.

Kwajijik.

[Tziiiik!]

Kang Jun-hyeok split an ant’s body in half. He moved his body to avoid the bodily fluids that spurted out.

The one he had just defeated was the last ant in the cave.

Kang Jun-hyeok felt no excitement. The gap was far too large. Since he couldn’t gain experience or proficiency, it was closer to labor.

‘Now then.’

This was where it became important.

In his previous life, he had defeated all the ants.

He had invested nearly a week, leaving not a single one alive.

Satisfied that he had done it perfectly, he had ended the Quest.

The completion rate that appeared before him was only 0.001%.

It wasn’t just him. There were quite a few who had defeated all the ants in the cave. But all of them had only achieved 0.001%. Considering that even Floor 1 with Manbyeonggi was 0.1%, it was bizarre.

There was something more here.

Kang Jun-hyeok examined the inside of the cave. He looked at each wall to see if there were hidden places and checked for any devices. He spent more than a full day searching through the cave interior.

But nothing came up.

This place really looked like an ordinary cave.

“Hmm.”

Kang Jun-hyeok stroked his chin.

It was certain that something was here. The completion rate proved it.

That meant there was something he hadn’t found. As Kang Jun-hyeok pondered, one thought occurred to him.

This was a cave.

At least that’s what they thought.

But approaching it coldly, there were many strange aspects to simply call it a cave.

First, the slopes were quite steep. Some slopes were so steep you’d have to climb the walls. Moreover, all the walls were soft dirt that could be dug out with bare hands.

The creatures living in such a cave were ants.

In that case.

Kang Jun-hyeok went up along the slope. He headed to the highest point of the cave.

There was nothing there.

There was just a moderately sized plaza.

Kang Jun-hyeok took out his great sword from Manbyeonggi and thrust it into the wall.

Puuk.

With a soft sound, the great sword penetrated into the cave wall.

The 4th Floor cave walls could be dug. He had known this in his previous life too.

But there was no meaning to it. No matter how much you dug, only dirt came out.

Despite knowing this, Kang Jun-hyeok continued digging the wall. He gathered the excavated dirt in one place and began piling it up.

The ceiling was quite high. At least 10 meters. Normally, it wouldn’t even be within sight. But Kang Jun-hyeok, who continuously piled up dirt, soon created stairs that could reach the ceiling.

Approaching the ceiling, Kang Jun-hyeok thrust his great sword into it.

Manbyeonggi quietly watched Kang Jun-hyeok.

He repeatedly removed dirt from the ceiling. When he had climbed up several meters like this.

Puuk.

He felt the great sword pierce through something.

Kang Jun-hyeok’s movements became faster. He cut and slashed the dirt, making it fall. And finally.

Hudududuk.

Dirt fell, and light came through the gap.

Kang Jun-hyeok put away his great sword, inserted his hand into the gap, and pulled himself up.

“Whew.”

Kang Jun-hyeok brushed off the dirt on his body and raised his head.

As a result, he could see.

That he was in the middle of plains, lush with bushes.

That the sky was spread out above.

“So it was an ant nest.”

The place he had been wasn’t a cave. It was an ant nest with a blocked entrance.

The real background of the 4th Floor was a vast world.

And in such a world, countless ants could be seen.

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