100 Floors All Master - Chapter 315

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All Master of 100 Floors, Episode 315
72nd Floor. Fortress of the Defeated (2)
At some point, the Defeated Ones stopped approaching Kang Jun-hyeok.
They had come to understand that they could not teach him.
Kang Jun-hyeok walked through the fortress, taking in his surroundings.
Dang Jung-ryeong, Astra, and several other Players were undergoing training under the Defeated Ones, subjected to all manner of mockery and oppression.
Touvalt and Ariel were nowhere to be seen. The two of them were far too exceptional. Even the teachings of the 4th Tier could not serve as a barrier for them.
Beyond those two, there were a few others with outstanding talent. They would be advancing much further still.
Kang Jun-hyeok could simply finish his business on the 72nd Floor and move on to the next one.
But he did not.
He had a clear objective here on the 72nd Floor.
‘It should have been around here.’
As he walked, he discovered a man sprawled carelessly in a corner of the fortress.
The man was lying flat on the floor, utterly haphazard in his repose.
Snoring away, sleeping peacefully without a care in the world.
[Who is this?]
[I don’t know. Never seen him before.]
Neither Eldyria nor Manbyeonggi recognized him. He was not someone who had distinguished himself in the Great War.
Yet this man was precisely the one Kang Jun-hyeok had been searching for.
Kang Jun-hyeok shook the man’s shoulder. The man stirred with a groan and slowly opened his eyes.
“Nngh… what?”
“Your name is Doun, correct?”
“Yeah, it is… but who are you?”
“My name is Kang Jun-hyeok.”
Kang Jun-hyeok spoke calmly.
“I have come to receive instruction from you.”
“Huh?”
Doun blinked slowly. His eyes widened as they studied Kang Jun-hyeok for a moment.
“Kang Jun-hyeok… you’re that Perfect Player?”
“That is what they call me.”
“Whoa. A guy famous throughout the entire universe. But… you want instruction from me?”
“That is correct.”
Doun’s expression became decidedly ambiguous.
“Look, it hurts my pride to say this, but… aren’t you stronger than me?”
Doun’s words held truth. His power ranked in the lower tier of the 4th Tier. Kang Jun-hyeok could subdue him without difficulty.
“Besides, you never learned martial arts or magic or anything like that, right? So there’d be even less you could learn from me?”
“No. There is something.”
“There is?”
“You are an Esper, yes?”
“Well, yes…”
Kang Jun-hyeok smiled faintly.
“I wish to learn the secret technique of Superpowers.”
* * *
“Huh?”
Doun tilted his head, his expression as though Kang Jun-hyeok’s words were incomprehensible.
“The secret technique of Superpowers?”
“World Reconstruction.”
Kang Jun-hyeok spoke in a low voice. Doun’s eyes widened.
“Ah, that! That is definitely a secret technique of Superpowers. You want to learn that from me?”
“Yes.”
“…I’m sorry, but that’s not the kind of thing you can learn from another person. It’s a power that only you yourself can understand through your own awakening and comprehension.”
“No. It can be learned.”
Kang Jun-hyeok answered calmly. His voice carried absolute conviction. Doun scratched his head with an uncertain expression.
“I don’t know where you picked up such strange talk. Let me explain it to you properly.”
With a sigh, Doun began his explanation.
“The secret technique you’re talking about definitely exists. But it’s not limited to Superpowers alone.”
The 4th Tier.
A realm where one can traverse the universe alone, transcending the boundary of what life is considered to be.
Those who reach that realm stand utterly solitary. A self that is unaffected by anything becomes complete.
And at the end of that path, one acquires a unique technique possessed by oneself alone.
For example, the Supreme Infinity, Sambo Stabbing, Pixie’s Mana Box, Dragon Breath—these were representative examples.
In martial arts, they were called Ultimate Principles, and in magic, Secret Magic.
Each unique technique was tremendously powerful, and the gap between those who had mastered them and those who hadn’t was vast. The very reason why even Gods and Transcendents only recognized the 4th Tier and above was because of this.
And the unique technique of Psychic Power was World Reconstruction.
“Fundamentally, an Esper is someone who manifests power through willpower that defies the physical laws of the Universe. What do you think makes that possible?”
“Because they distort themselves through their own mental image.”
“Exactly.”
An Esper’s mental image distorts themselves.
I can produce fire from my hands.
I can move objects.
I can read people’s minds.
That intense mental image and will twist themselves, and then manifest as power in the world.
“World Reconstruction goes beyond distorting oneself through mental image—it distorts the world itself.”
A mental image that shakes the world itself, transcending the individual.
That was World Reconstruction, the secret technique that an Esper who had reached the 4th Tier could wield.
Understanding that concept wasn’t difficult. Kang Jun-hyeok had encountered a similar ability in this life.
‘The girl on the 39th Floor.’
A child who possessed reality manipulation.
She could reconstruct every concept in the world. Considering that even a 4th Tier Esper could only reconstruct within their own ability’s scope, she far exceeded that boundary.
“An Esper at the extreme can reconstruct the world and accomplish many things. They might turn a trivial explosion into one with the power of a supernova, or conceptualize a domain and reverse matter. The differences between Espers are vast.”
Doun scratched his head.
“In other words, you can’t teach this to anyone else.”
Psychic Power was different from martial arts or magic, which accumulated as technique.
It arose solely from individual will.
As such, teaching others was nearly impossible. You could see it just from the fact that among the Defeated Ones gathered here, the number of Espers was the smallest.
“So… you’re saying World Reconstruction can’t be taught. You understand?”
“I understand.”
Doun’s expression brightened.
“Then we’re good. I think I should get some more sleep, so as for other people—”
“But your assistance is necessary.”
“…What is?”
“Please unfold World Reconstruction around my surroundings.”
“What’s the point of that?”
Doun’s expression showed incomprehension. By his reasoning, it was useless.
But Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t back down.
In the end, Doun had no choice but to comply with his request, heaving a sigh. When they entered the 72nd Floor, the condition was to cooperate fully with the Player.
“Fine. Good. This is my World Reconstruction. It’s the mechanics of gases and solids.”
Whoooosh.
The world changes.
Centered on Doun, the gas in a certain range transforms into solids, and solids transform into gases. The concepts and matter of things shift into reversed forms.
It was a sight like a miracle itself.
But Manbyeonggi spoke flatly.
[Vague.]
“Right, it’s not that powerful, and the range isn’t that wide either.”
Doun smacked his lips.
World Reconstruction arose from individual will and mental image.
The strength of that power varied greatly, and Doun was on the considerably weaker end of the spectrum.
“Why don’t you go find another Esper instead? They’d teach you better about how to handle mental images.”
“No. This is sufficient.”
Kang Jun-hyeok sat down and closed his eyes quietly.
Doun sighed and settled into a seat.
Time flowed and flowed. Even after considerable time had passed, Doun’s World Reconstruction didn’t disperse. Eldyria muttered in fascination.
[The duration is quite long. At most five minutes is the limit, yet you’ve been sustaining it for hours.]
“It’s my only advantage. Though it’s useless, really.”
Doun spoke flatly. A long duration didn’t help much when the power was weak. After waiting a long while, Doun was about to stop Kang Jun-hyeok with a sigh.
“So I’m telling you, this is useless. To learn World Reconstruction, you have to do it yourself—”
Whoosh.
In that instant, the world distorts.
A distortion separate from Doun’s. It meant that someone’s mental image had intervened in the world itself. Doun’s pupils widened.
“Wh—what—what?”
“There we are.”
Kang Jun-hyeok smiled.
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“Wait—just now!”
The world had clearly begun to reconstruct itself.
It had failed, but it meant he’d succeeded in approaching it. Doun was utterly bewildered.
“How on earth did you manage that?”
World Reconstruction was a secret technique of Superpowers.
It could never be wielded so easily. Kang Jun-hyeok opened his mouth.
“You’ve already reconstructed the world. I was attempting to expand my mental image from within that reconstructed space.”
“……In a reconstructed world, the senses expand?”
“Something like that. World Reconstruction is about warping the world. In an already warped world, grasping that sensation becomes far easier.”
“I’ve never heard of such a thing before…”
“That makes sense.”
Because this was a fact discovered quite late in the game.
Unlike Martial Arts or Magic, Superpowers could not easily be taught to others. Espers who wrestled with this question eventually discovered one crucial truth through their research.
In a reconstructed world, the senses pertaining to Superpowers expanded to an extraordinary degree.
Until now, there had been no way of knowing this. Espers of the 4th Tier were exceedingly rare, and even more so were those who deployed World Reconstruction in front of others. It was a truth revealed only much later.
As a result, Doun’s value skyrocketed immeasurably. He could sustain the world’s reconstruction for an exceptionally long time. All the Espers who found the 72nd Floor came seeking him out.
From now on, Doun would be extremely busy. Kang Jun-hyeok intended to release information about him.
“Ha.”
Doun let out a hollow laugh.
Kang Jun-hyeok continued trying to manifest his mental image into the world. As a result, in just one week, he managed to deploy it in a limited capacity.
“Still, that’s absurd. Isn’t this too fast? Can you really grasp the secret technique at this pace?”
World Reconstruction was a secret technique of Superpowers.
Like the Supreme Infinity or the Sambo Stabbing, it was an exclusive technique achieved only after an individual devoted their entire lifetime to it. By that standard, it was an abnormal pace.
“Is every Player like you?”
“It would be impossible for other Players.”
Kang Jun-hyeok’s Control Skill had reached A Grade.
He could master techniques rapidly enough to control even his own mental image and will, overwhelming the world with them.
Beyond that, he possessed the experience of his previous life.
By his standards, World Reconstruction was the easiest secret technique to acquire.
Interest flickered across Doun’s expression.
“This is interesting. Deploy it once.”
[It might be wise to step back. There could be danger.]
“No. Even so, I am an Esper of the 4th Tier. If danger seems imminent, I can simply cover it with my own world.”
Doun spoke with perfect composure.
Though Kang Jun-hyeok was strong, in Superpowers he still fell short of Doun. A newly acquired secret technique would not be difficult to suppress.
“Since Kang Jun-hyeok’s Superpower is Telekinesis, the World Reconstruction would likely be tied to that. A predictable category.”
[I’m not so sure.]
But Manbyeonggi’s tone was deeply ambiguous.
[World Reconstruction stems from the individual’s mental image and will. Its might varies infinitely depending on their concentration and perception. It’s because Espers’ mental images derive from their Superpowers that they perform reconstructions rooted in them.]
But Kang Jun-hyeok was different.
For him, Superpowers were an ability acquired only afterward—one of countless powers he had gained.
So what would the reconstructed world that Kang Jun-hyeok unveiled truly be?
Manbyeonggi had glimpsed Kang Jun-hyeok’s mental image several times before. Because of that, he could know. This was dangerous. Extremely so.
Kang Jun-hyeok steadied his breathing. His eyes sank endlessly into stillness.
World Reconstruction.
A mental image drowns the world.

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