100 Floors All Master - Chapter 5

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 005

Floor 0 (3)

“Hm?”

Kang Jun-hyeok was bewildered. He frowned, wondering if he had seen it wrong. The numbers were that absurd.

The reason wasn’t the level, stats, or skills.

It was because of the gold.

[1,212 Gold has been awarded.]

He had truly been awarded 1,212 gold.

“…Is this real?”

Kang Jun-hyeok was shocked. The numbers were that ridiculous.

The basic reward for clearing the Tower was gold. It was essentially the most fundamental currency that anyone could obtain upon clearing.

And what could be done with such gold was truly limitless.

Purchasing equipment and skills, trading, handling events, and so on. It wouldn’t be wrong to say you could do almost everything with it. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a currency used throughout the entire universe.

Since gold could only be obtained by conquering the Tower, its value was extremely high. As such, it was incredibly difficult to obtain.

Simply put, the gold he had earned from clearing Floor 0 in his previous life was merely 20.

He had earned over 60 times more gold than in his previous life.

“I thought it would be around 500 gold at most.”

What was this? This was a pleasant miscalculation. This opened up many more possibilities.

Above all, gold wasn’t the only thing he had obtained. Kang Jun-hyeok spoke.

“Status window.”

[Kang Jun-hyeok]

[Level: 5]

[Health: 160]

[Strength: 14]

[Speed: 14]

[Attack Power + 0]

[Defense + 0]

“Well, I’ll be.”

Kang Jun-hyeok chuckled softly upon seeing his status window.

Despite having just cleared Floor 0, he was already level 5. His health had increased from the base 60, and his stats had also risen by 4 each.

More than the level, the increase in stats was more noticeable.

In this world, the value of stats was extremely, very high.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they were the foundation of everything.

However, raising stats was incredibly difficult.

Surpassing 100 in stats was the criterion that distinguished upper-tier players from lower-tier ones.

To have stat values of 14 at the point of clearing Floor 0. This was an excellent start. In his previous life, he had reached these numbers only after clearing at least the 3rd Floor.

“But only two stats – just Strength and Speed?”

It felt utterly barren. In his previous life, he had over 20 different types of stats, so it felt even more so.

He would gradually obtain more as he cleared the Tower. Kang Jun-hyeok closed his status window and began his next check.

“Skill window.”

[Passive Skill: Dagger Technique]

[Grade: Lowest]

[Proficiency: F]

[The art of handling daggers. You have become somewhat more skilled at wielding daggers.]

‘I didn’t expect to get a skill this early.’

An F-rank passive skill. Looking at it alone, it didn’t seem particularly impressive. It was a grade that was treated as insignificant in most games.

But in reality, it wasn’t.

Skills in the Tower were extremely difficult to acquire.

The learning difficulty was so high that there were people who had cleared Floor 10 but still didn’t have a single skill.

Kang Jun-hyeok lightly drew his dagger and swung it. Its trajectory was much smoother than before. It was a movement as if receiving system correction.

Having confirmed the effect, Kang Jun-hyeok satisfactorily sheathed his dagger. While it only had an effect when using daggers, there was no harm in having it.

The Tower was incredibly tall, and to clear it required literally many abilities. His previous life self had conquered the Tower in exactly that manner.

“And I never expected to get this.”

Kang Jun-hyeok checked the small pouch with a delighted expression.

[Infinite Inventory]

[An infinitely vast inventory with no known limits. Can contain all items.]

Tower players possessed inventories.

Naturally, there were limits to the number and weight of equipment or items that could be stored.

One had to continuously spend gold to expand the inventory, which was quite a burden.

Kang Jun-hyeok had obtained the Infinite Inventory from the start as an MVP reward.

This alone was equivalent to saving tens of thousands of gold. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it the best reward. He was very satisfied.

His confirmation of what he had obtained was complete.

Now it was time to utilize the rewards.

Kang Jun-hyeok spoke with an excited heart.

“Open shop.”

[The shop can be used after clearing Floor 1.]

“…Ah. That’s right.”

The shop could be used after clearing Floor 1. It had been so long ago that he had forgotten. Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue regretfully.

“Can’t use it right now.”

He wanted to enter Floor 1 immediately, but that was impossible. The Tower had a 3-day cooldown between entries after entering once. For now, he had no choice but to wait.

Time remaining: 3 days.

During that time, he could leisurely clear Floor 1 and think about what to purchase from the shop. Kang Jun-hyeok was about to start calculating happily.

‘Come to think of it.’

Before that, Kang Jun-hyeok thought briefly.

He had created an incident.

An incident that would surely puzzle those who climbed the Tower – clearing Floor 0.

‘I wonder when they’ll notice.’

How is a group called a nation maintained?

How do they control citizens? How can they enforce laws and create order?

It was quite simple.

It was because they possessed the power to protect and control the people.

But 10 years ago, with the appearance of the Tower, that fundamental value was shattered. The Tower appeared suddenly and devoured people. There was no room for public authority to intervene.

No citizens wanted to follow the words of a nation that could no longer protect them. The nation, whose reason for existence had been denied, began to crumble in an instant.

To make matters worse, those who climbed the Tower gained power.

Power that couldn’t be stopped by mere guns and swords.

Those who gained great strength naturally wanted to become kings. Guilds centered around the strong began forming one by one across the world.

South Korea was no different. The country of Korea maintained only a nominal existence, while three guilds held the real power.

Baekdu Mountain Guild.

Green Guild.

And Freedom Guild.

Among them, the leader of Baekdu Mountain Guild, Baekdusan, was kicking his desk with a distorted face.

“Damn it!”

Crash!

The kicked desk flew away, half-crushed. The wall it hit cracked with a loud noise, spreading like a spider web. It was monstrous strength like that of a bear.

‘The repair costs will pile up again.’

The secretary standing beside him said with a sigh.

“Guild Leader. Please calm down.”

“Do I look like I can calm down right now!”

Baekdusan shouted with a flushed face.

“We lost in the conflict with the damn Green Guild! They took one of our territories! Do you know how much capital comes from there!”

“What’s already lost can’t be helped. And more importantly, what good does it do for you to get angry? We lost the territory because you made the wrong judgment, didn’t you?”

The secretary spoke in a cold voice.

“I clearly told you, didn’t I? That it was a trap and you shouldn’t go. But while I was away at the Tower, you charged right in. Did that satisfy your curiosity? If you’re going to ignore everything I say, may I ask why you hired me in the first place?”

At the voice as cold as frost, Baekdusan, who had been raging, flinched and trembled.

“Are, are you angry?”

“I’m angry. Very much so. So please calm down and stop creating unnecessary expenses.”

“Y, yes.”

Baekdusan sat down with a dejected face, picking up the fallen chair. Seeing him like an abandoned large dog, the secretary felt a little sorry.

“The territory we lost was Ansan, wasn’t it? It’s not a small loss, but… it’s not enough to collapse our entire situation. Please be rational.”

“Mm. Got it.”

The secretary who had calmed Baekdusan organized the documents.

“…Two Floor 14 players. And one Floor 16 player injured. We’ll have a loss in our forces for a while.”

“It’s fine. I’m stronger than dozens of those guys!”

“Loss of forces is a separate issue from your personal strength.”

The secretary sighed, but didn’t deny Baekdusan’s words themselves. Because it wasn’t actually wrong.

Baekdusan.

He was one of the top ten players in South Korea who had cleared Floor 24. In terms of pure individual strength, he was even above the leader of Green Guild. He was just losing because of his short-sighted thinking.

‘If only his intelligence was a bit higher to match that strength.’

The secretary kept those words to himself and spoke up.

“Since we have a loss in forces, it seems we need to recruit new people.”

“That would be nice, but… as you know, most of the decent ones are already affiliated somewhere.”

“That’s true.”

The secretary seemed to know this as well, clicking his tongue regretfully. As if something came to mind, he asked in a subtle voice.

“Come to think of it, didn’t you say you were going to ask Sword Saint Yu Jin-ha about joining the guild? How did that go?”

South Korea’s strongest player. Sword Saint Yu Jin-ha.

He wasn’t affiliated with any guild. If they could recruit him, they could instantly collapse the power balance with Green Guild. But Baekdusan shook his head.

“He’s not interested in such power struggles. He says his goal is to climb the Tower and save Earth.”

“Still as heroic as ever. Well, it can’t be helped.”

There was no sarcasm in the secretary’s voice. It was a face that purely respected Yu Jin-ha.

“How wonderful it would be if our guild leader also moved for a greater cause like Yu Jin-ha.”

“Want to die?”

“I’m joking. Then we’ll have no choice but to look for newcomers.”

At those words, Baekdusan made an ambiguous expression.

“Would latecomers have any meaning at this point?”

It had already been 10 years since the Tower appeared. For those entering the Tower now to catch up to them would be extremely difficult. The secretary didn’t deny this either.

“There would be little meaning, but it’s better than nothing. Let me look at some information.”

“Do as you please.”

The secretary looked through the documents he had recently received one by one. Baekdusan seemed bored, tearing the edges of paper bit by bit. The secretary, who had been quietly looking at the documents, frowned.

“Huh?”

“What. Is there something?”

“If there is, there is… but something’s strange.”

“Don’t be frustrating and speak up. Want to get hit?”

“Just yesterday, there was an invitation to the Tower. Korea had one team among them too.”

“So what. That happens every day.”

“80 out of 100 people survived.”

“…Huh?”

Baekdusan, who had been indifferently tearing paper, stopped.

“Is that even possible?”

“As far as I remember, it’s absolutely impossible.”

The Floor 0 Quest they knew was tag. Running away from three mantises.

They had no means of resistance, and the only thing they could do was throw sacrificial lambs. It wasn’t about creating change.

Since no variables existed, the number of survivors had almost no variation.

Survivors ranged between 40 to 60 people, and that average had never deviated once in the past 10 years.

But suddenly 80 people survived?

“Did the Quest change?”

“It doesn’t seem like it… but since it happened just yesterday, we don’t have detailed information yet.”

“Hmm.”

Interest gleamed in Baekdusan’s eyes. He was stupid. But that didn’t mean his intuition was dull. Rather, he had intuition that could offset his low intelligence.

And that intuition of Baekdusan’s was telling him.

That this information shouldn’t be ignored.

“Do you think the Green Guild bastards noticed too?”

“Probably so.”

“Before those bastards move, find out what happened and who exactly survived.”

Baekdusan ordered his secretary. The secretary nodded.

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