100 Floors All Master - Chapter 278

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 278
Third Universe Quest (3)
Crash!
Haimon’s body slams into the ground. He coughs blood, life draining from him.
As one of the highest tier of the 3rd Tier, Haimon’s body was tremendously resilient. Ordinarily, he could have endured even a pierced heart.
But Kang Jun-hyeok’s current attack power exceeded 150.
Against such a blow, even Haimon could not hold. He let out a laugh.
“Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha… I concede. There was a reason you two were chosen….”
[Rest now, Haimon.]
Manbyeonggi spoke softly.
[Our duty is finished.]
“Then, if I may be so bold…… I shall retire for now…. …You. Your name was Kang Jun-hyeok, was it not.”
Haimon spoke before departing.
“I ask of you. Please, save us.”
With those words, Haimon’s body went limp.
Kang Jun-hyeok gazed down at him for a moment, then murmured.
“I’ll do it whether you ask or not.”
The first trial had ended.
And the second trial began.
Across the vast plains, no one was visible. But soon a startled voice pierced the empty air.
“Huh? What?”
Kang Jun-hyeok turned toward the sound.
In doing so, he sensed someone concealing themselves in the air.
That aura felt familiar. Kang Jun-hyeok, searching his memory, murmured.
“Rocktia?”
The wretched assassin he’d met on the 42nd Floor. Rocktia.
It was her aura.
Soon Rocktia appeared, scratching her cheek with an embarrassed expression.
“Hey. Long time. Have you been putting that Concept Cutting I taught you to good use?”
“I haven’t used it as much as I expected. It’s rather difficult to handle.”
“It’s not an easy power to wield, that’s for sure. But if you master it, it’ll definitely help you!”
[Rocktia. Why are you here?]
“Oh, no particular reason. The Players haven’t been coming by lately, so I was bored. The Administrator suggested I try participating in the trials. Since I’m bound to the Tower anyway and can’t truly die, there’s no real loss. So I accepted without much concern…… but I never expected it would be like this.”
Rocktia glanced around the area, her expression darkening.
“But why is no one else here? I was told there would be a considerable number of Players to face…….”
Rocktia’s voice trailed off. Realization dawned on her face.
“You. Have you already reached that level?”
Seeing is believing. Rather than answer, Kang Jun-hyeok drew his axe. Rocktia gripped her dagger with interest.
“Good. Let me see it firsthand.”
Rocktia’s body dissolves into shadow.
In that instant, Kang Jun-hyeok steps forward. As if compressing space itself, he controls his strength perfectly and closes the distance. A startled cry rings out from the shadows.
“Ugh!”
Clang!
Rocktia, who blocked the swung axe, staggers and is driven back.
Kang Jun-hyeok takes another step, trapping Rocktia within the Limitless Heaven-Earth Suppression Domain. He swings his weapon with flawless control and mastery of his strength.
Clang-clang-clang-clang!
Relentless pressure pours down upon her.
Rocktia, desperation written across her face, wields her dagger frantically. She tries to cut through the very concept of pressure itself and escape.
[Concept Cutting.]
And Kang Jun-hyeok severs her attack.
“……Didn’t you say you couldn’t use it well!”
Rocktia’s frustration poured out.
Kang Jun-hyeok sweeps her leg and shakes her by the shoulders. With a sickening pop, her shoulder dislocates. Rocktia grits her teeth and wrenches herself free.
‘What kind of strength is this!’
Even dispersing the force as much as she could, her bone came free. Kang Jun-hyeok’s strength had transcended normal categories.
That wasn’t all. As Rocktia tries to create distance, Kang Jun-hyeok closes it in an instant. His speed, too, easily exceeded ordinary bounds.
Clang-clang-clang!
He flicks aside her defending dagger. With perfect force control, Rocktia couldn’t mount effective resistance. In the end, she collapsed after mere minutes, defeated.
“Cough!”
Spitting blood, she laughed in disbelief.
“……It hasn’t been that long, yet……”
The 42nd Floor.
There, Rocktia had subdued Kang Jun-hyeok easily.
Though he’d caught her off-guard at the end, it wasn’t a mortal wound. An unbridgeable gap lay between them.
But now, that gap had reversed.
His growth was incomprehensible—almost miraculous.
“I’m disappointed not to have the chance to fight together…… but this isn’t so bad either. I’ll be rooting for you.”
Kang Jun-hyeok nodded silently.
It had been an overwhelming victory. Rocktia, after all, was merely mid-to-high tier in the 3rd Tier. With Haimon defeated, she stood no real chance.
Now only the final trial remained.
But the trial didn’t proceed. Manbyeonggi, as if understanding, murmured.
[The Administrator must be troubled as well. You occupy an ambiguous position right now.]
Even the highest echelon of the 3rd Tier fell easily to him. Yet calling him 4th Tier seemed premature.
The Players’ unique nature played a great role in this.
His overwhelming stats and skills granted a power unreachable by ordinary 3rd Tier beings. Consequently, few among the Defeated could match him. Eldria opened her mouth.
[Still…… the other Players will struggle considerably.]
Most of the Defeated began at the 3rd Tier.
Those below that had no right to participate in the Great War in the first place.
But most other Players, aside from Kang Jun-hyeok, were below the 2nd Tier. Given the absolute gap between tiers, passing the trial seemed impossible in practice.
“Ordinarily, that would be so. But Players possess unique characteristics.”
Skills and stats—nearly divine authority in their own right. Using them, even at a lower tier, one could at least impede opponents. Pushing through in numbers, victory wasn’t unthinkable.
Of course, the difficulty remained.
In the third Universe Quest, countless Players had fallen.
Proving one’s worth and qualification demanded such a price.
[I suspect some Defeated who received new opportunities emerged from that trial. What became of them?]
Kang Jun-hyeok answered with silence.
Eldria offered a bitter smile.
[As expected. You are a cruel being indeed.]
After that, considerable time passed, but the third trial showed no sign of proceeding. Kang Jun-hyeok leisurely examined his strength.
Time flowed on, until roughly a day had passed.
Finally, Kang Jun-hyeok’s body moved.
“Hmm?”
Kang Jun-hyeok’s expression changed. This time, he was not alone. There were other Players.
But there were far too many.
Players filling the entire area.
In sheer numbers, over a million.
Quickly sensing their power, he discerned that the vast majority ranked between 1st and 2nd Tier—among the highest in the Universe.
And among them was a familiar face.
“Ah! Kang Jun-hyeok!”
“K-Kang Jun-hyeok.”
Touvalt and the Saintess Ariel were there. Touvalt approached with the face of a child eager to show off his accomplishments, while the Saintess came with something weighing on her conscience.
“Kang Jun-hyeok. I have grown stronger. Since then, I’ve cultivated considerable power. Following your counsel, I’ve done my utmost to utilize the Tower’s skills. As a result, I’ve become even stronger. Your advice was truly correct.”
“Um, we’ve met again in this Universe Quest. Haha. But the situation isn’t favorable right now. If you don’t mind, could we postpone our meeting another time?”
Their voices overlapped. Ariel and Touvalt regarded each other.
“Who are you?”
“I am the Saintess Ariel…….”
“Ariel?”
Touvalt’s expression twisted.
“The one who aided Kang Jun-hyeok greatly, as I recall. Do not mistake it. Circumstances merely aligned. Had I been at his side, I would have been far more useful.”
“……Are you perhaps his disciple?”
Ariel asked hesitantly.
Attention began focusing on Kang Jun-hyeok. Both Touvalt and Ariel were Players who ranked among the highest in the Universe, drawing many eyes. For both to show such deference suggested only one existence in the entire Universe.
As others began cautiously approaching, Kang Jun-hyeok cut them off.
“I’m sorry, but we probably won’t have time for leisurely conversation. It looks like things are about to begin.”
“……Ah.”
“Mm.”
Touvalt and Ariel’s expressions hardened.
They were currently undergoing the third Universe Quest.
The Quest’s objective: defeat the Defeated.
The number of opponents matched that requirement.
And now, Kang Jun-hyeok stood among them.
It meant there existed an enemy even Kang Jun-hyeok alone would struggle against.
The air instantly grew heavy, tension permeating everything. From within it came a leisurely voice.
“We could speak at greater leisure, if you wish. Since you’ve earned this opportunity, there’s no need to rush.”
“Huh!”
“Yikes!”
People instinctively scattered.
Upon a broad boulder.
Sat a middle-aged man.
He wore a shabby hood pulled over his head. At first glance, he resembled a vagrant on the street. By no measure could he be called a Player.
Manbyeonggi murmured.
[Sang-yeon.]
“It has been long indeed. Now you are called Manbyeonggi, I hear. And Eldria as well.”
[I never imagined seeing you again.]
“Nor did I expect such an opportunity to fall to me.”
The man called Sang-yeon rose leisurely. The Players shrank back uncertainly.
“I had believed it would require far more time before Players could reach my level. So I had abandoned such hopes. But for this chance to arrive thus…… Such fortune! I never thought it possible. It must be thanks to you.”
A quiet gaze turned toward Kang Jun-hyeok. Sang-yeon smiled faintly.
“You possess considerable power indeed. I offer my thanks.”
“Tear, cut, crush, and kill them!”
“Hah!”
Ariel’s Divine Power erupts. Strength infused into the very language itself, pinning down everyone present.
Touvalt, too, unleashes his power. Demonic energy materializes into countless weapons, raining down upon all.
Both were noticeably stronger than when last seen.
Upper-tier 2nd Tier strength. Remarkable growth compared to their previous lives.
But.
Ting.
A light sound, and it stops.
“…….”
Both their expressions froze. Sang-yeon lifts his hand without concern.
“It seems there are quite a few distractions preventing leisurely conversation. Let us tidy up the surroundings first, young friend.”
Whoom.
In an instant, a wave sweeps across the entire area.
The perceptive ones recognized it immediately: a Superpower.
“Ah…….”
“Ah, ah.”
The Players’ faces go pale.
Hundreds of thousands fell within that range.
It was a scope of power they had never once witnessed.
Kang Jun-hyeok lets out a low laugh. The Superpower that just spread encompassed a range rivaling the Red Giant Star. Its meaning was singular.
4th Tier.
Kang Jun-hyeok murmured.
“They really prepared properly for the finale.”
“Let us see what manner of being earned the title of the Universe’s hope.”
Sang-yeon flicks a finger with a faint smile. The range of power engulfing the area crushes everything beneath it.

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