100 Floors All Master - Chapter 58
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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 058
Floor 10. Vampire Princess (1)
[Title: Floor 10 Review.]
[Uh… feels like I didn’t do anything? Just followed around and it ended.]
[Kang San (Floor 15): Looks like you cleared Floor 10. There really wasn’t much to do. I was just desperate to survive. It was a floor that made you feel helpless.
[Albert Rutan (Floor 12): But… it’s a floor I want to visit again.]
[Samamoto Soseki (Floor 10): Ah. I agree with that too. I just saw it and want to see it again…]
[Baek Seon-ah (Floor 14): Me too… She was incredibly beautiful… It was breathtaking… Like a moving sculpture.]
[Choi Do-yoon (Floor 23): She even appears in my dreams.]
[Samamoto Soseki (Floor 10): But isn’t the ending strange? It felt like being cut off mid-dump.]
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Protect and escort the vampire princess Eldyria to reach the destination.
That was the purpose of the Floor 10 Quest.
Eldyria must be referring to the woman before his eyes.
The woman’s hair was disheveled. Her once luxurious clothes were torn and ripped in places, their luster faded, and dust covered her face. She looked almost like a beggar.
But no one would see her that way.
Despite her wretched appearance, she possessed an undeniable beauty, an unmistakable grace.
Brilliantly shining silver hair. Gem-like red eyes. Transparent white skin so pale that veins were visible.
If God had personally sculpted the ultimate beauty, would it look like this? Despite the youthful traces still remaining, her beauty was impossible to hide.
‘She’s still pretty even after all this time.’
Thinking to himself, Kang Jun-hyeok bowed politely.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Princess Eldyria. I am the guard assigned to escort you.”
The Quest told him to protect her.
In that sense, Kang Jun-hyeok’s words were close to textbook.
But if there was a problem, it was that the Quest target didn’t actually need any escort.
“My guard? How dare a lowly human mock me?”
Eldyria’s eyes turned sharp. Killing intent suddenly emanated from her. The leaves trembled violently.
‘This is the problem.’
Escorting Eldyria was the Floor 10 Quest, but Eldyria herself rejected that escort. Instead, she was hostile toward Players and tried to kill them.
Facing Eldyria and surviving her attacks.
That was the first thing you had to do on Floor 10.
“I’ll kill you.”
With those murderous words, Eldyria charged forward. The air was suddenly pushed aside, causing the bushes to bow down to the ground. Kang Jun-hyeok raised his arms.
Kuuuung!
Flesh collided with flesh. Eldyria threw punches and kicks, trying to kill him.
Kwadeudeuk!
In the process, the forest collapses. The giant tree struck by Eldyria’s fist breaks and falls, while her kicks uproot the bushes.
Eldyria is strong.
Her physical body itself was far beyond the realm of ordinary humans. A typical Player couldn’t respond to her attacks.
First, being subdued by her.
That was the start of Floor 10.
But he was different. The flying fist collides with Kang Jun-hyeok’s fist. The aftermath bursts forth violently.
Kuuuuung!
“Krgh!”
Eldyria groans and slides back. Her expression fills with shock. Kang Jun-hyeok turns his wrist.
“How about we have a conversation first.”
“…You’re not an ordinary human. Good. I’ll crush you to pieces.”
A strange, eerie aura emanates forth.
Eldyria’s whites slowly turn red. Droplets of fresh blood bubble up around her body.
Vampire’s Authority.
Kang Jun-hyeok clicks his tongue.
“Die.”
Blood droplets pour down. They pierce through the forest like bullets. Kang Jun-hyeok quickly kicks off and dodges.
Eldyria roughly swings her hand. The blood droplets become blood and form blade shapes. They all charge at once. Dozens of giant trees are cut into pieces and fall.
‘So dialogue won’t work after all.’
Then he had no choice but to use the alternative. Kang Jun-hyeok draws his weapon. He slowly regulates his breathing.
Short and deep, quiet yet fierce.
He steps forward and swings his sword.
Kwaaaaang!
The Blood Blade that collided with the sword bursts apart. Using that recoil, he charges forward even more fiercely. Eldyria’s eyes widen.
“You bastard!”
She hastily moves blood to protect her body. Kang Jun-hyeok gathers Internal Energy to strengthen his body.
The blood defense and sword collide.
Kaaaaang!
And Eldyria’s defense shatters.
Eldyria’s expression filled with shock becomes visible. She hastily tries to respond.
[Instant Acceleration.]
At that moment, Kang Jun-hyeok’s body accelerates.
That speed, combined with Internal Energy enhancement, was a speed Eldyria couldn’t react to. In an instant, Kang Jun-hyeok closes in on Eldyria.
“You!”
“Please sleep for a moment.”
Kang Jun-hyeok grabbed her head and slammed it into the ground. With a thunderous sound, the earth was gouged out. Eldyria’s body went limp.
“Whew.”
Kang Jun-hyeok caught his breath. Though he had to control his strength to avoid injuring her, it wasn’t easy. Even though she was already in a considerably weakened state.
‘She really is strong.’
Someone would come chasing after hearing the commotion. He moves before that happens.
[Crack Movement.]
[Stealth.]
He leaps through space and erases sound. In an instant, he escapes from the location and enters deep into the forest. After getting sufficiently far away, he digs into the ground.
[Digging.]
He camouflages himself out of sight from the surroundings and lays Eldyria down. Eldyria was quietly unconscious with her eyes closed.
Manbyeonggi mutters.
[Was this what she looked like in her childhood? So young.]
“You seem to know her.”
[We have a connection. Quite an old connection at that.]
Kang Jun-hyeok could understand what Manbyeonggi meant. After all, he too knew Eldyria.
Silver hair. Gem-like red eyes. The incarnation of beauty created by God. Eldyria.
‘It’s been a long time.’
The floors of the Tower are fragments of the severed past.
They were inserted by the Master of the Universe, all of them events from universes that actually existed.
The Goblin King of the 2nd Floor.
The Ant Planet of the 4th Floor.
The tomb of White Sword Gate on the 9th Floor.
All of them were time periods and events that had actually existed. The 10th Floor was no different.
But the 10th Floor was a bit special.
Eldyria. The vampire princess. The escort target of the 10th Floor.
She was a miraculous vampire called the reincarnation of the progenitor. She was a woman with the most outstanding talent in vampire history.
One of the highest-ranking beings in the universe. A lofty transcendent and one of those who fought for the universe.
One of the defeated from the Great War, like Manbyeonggi or Pixie, a lofty and noble being who was still alive and breathing in the current universe.
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‘But not in this place.’
The time period of the 10th Floor was the distant past. It was before Eldyria was called the Vampire Queen. The current her only possessed enough power to be subdued by Kang Jun-hyeok.
“Mmm….”
The unconscious Eldyria lets out a moan and twists her body. She slowly opens her eyes and stares blankly at Kang Jun-hyeok.
Kang Jun-hyeok smiles slightly.
“Have you awakened? Lady Eldyria.”
“…!”
Eldyria bolts upright and tries to throw her body backward. However, she’s blocked by the cave wall and can’t retreat. She hurriedly tries to attack but hesitates.
“…You.”
She realized it. That while she was unconscious, nothing had happened.
“What are you?”
A wary gaze turns toward Kang Jun-hyeok.
Kang Jun-hyeok spoke calmly.
“I am not your enemy, Princess. I am your escort.”
“For a mere human, you certainly wag your tongue well.”
Wariness turns toward Kang Jun-hyeok. The tendons in her hands twitch as if she might attack at any moment.
This is where the second obstacle begins.
Eldyria does not trust players.
The typical flow of Floor 10 started with the player being subdued by Eldyria.
Eldyria, who had intended to kill the player, would suddenly change her mind and drag the player around as a pack mule and emergency meal.
It was essentially a relationship close to slavery.
It was only natural. To Eldyria, a vampire, players were untrustworthy beings. Even if Kang Jun-hyeok had subdued her, her attitude wouldn’t change.
So he builds that trust.
Kang Jun-hyeok searches through his memories.
Compile the information he knows. Recall what Eldyria from his past life had told him.
What he knows and what he doesn’t know. Insert lies into the gaps between them.
Kang Jun-hyeok opens his mouth.
“I am the Princess’s father. The great Vampire Lord. A guard secretly prepared for the Princess by Lord Altoso.”
“A guard? Ridiculous. I’ve never heard Father mention such a thing.”
“Of course you wouldn’t have. The Princess had no need for guards. He raised me in secret.”
“Why would Father raise a mere human?”
“I was abandoned at the kingdom’s gates as an infant. Lord Altoso took pity on me and raised me himself.”
“Your tongue moves quite well.”
Eldyria’s narrowed eyes turned toward Kang Jun-hyeok.
“I cannot trust your words. Present evidence.”
Kang Jun-hyeok smiled slightly.
“Didn’t Lord Altoso have a habit of gnawing on gems when his fangs itched?”
“…!”
Eldyria’s pupils dilate. Kang Jun-hyeok continues speaking.
“He was troubled by his sharp features. He said his retainers would get scared and make assumptions even when he said nothing. Though he raised his children strictly, he had the kindness to quietly watch over them when they slept.”
“You, you, you….”
“He was troubled by his short stature. Even when those around him said it was sufficient, he claimed it didn’t match a Lord’s dignity. He seriously considered wearing height-increasing shoes.”
Eldyria was flustered. She had no choice but to be.
“The great Vampire Lord’s private life. His secrets unknown to the outside world.”
Private life that would damage the Vampire Lord’s dignity.
Only his family knew these things.
The reason Kang Jun-hyeok knew this was simple.
‘Those nerve-wracking drinking sessions were worth attending.’
Because Eldyria from his past life would often talk about these things when drunk at drinking sessions.
Of course, they weren’t ordinary drinking sessions. They were life-threatening drinking sessions where even those who admired her would flee in terror, where Blood Blades would sweep through whenever she felt like it.
“I was raised by his hand. I learned many things and trained hard. So that someday I could grow up to become your guard and attendant.”
Kang Jun-hyeok smiled bitterly.
“Though I never expected we’d meet like this.”
“….”
“In any case… I am on your side.”
Kang Jun-hyeok bowed his body. Following vampire etiquette, he spoke to her.
“The sole heir of the fallen Vampire Kingdom. Great and magnificent true ancestor. One born purely and perfectly. Vampire Princess.”
‘And.’
One of my future close friends.
Kang Jun-hyeok smiled faintly.
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