100 Floors All Master - Chapter 6

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 006

 

 

Floor 1. All Weapons (1)

 

 

[Title: I have a question. Is it impossible to obtain skills this way?]

[I burned my body in the lava on Floor 1 all day to get the Burn Resistance skill.

But I didn’t get anything. Are there some restrictions?]

[Kang Man-sik (Floor 12): Ah…]

[Olga Fedorova (Floor 22): How many times is this question now.]

[Park Jun (Floor 16): Exactly 43 times since the Tower opened until now, I think? These kinds of guys do get damn strong though.]

[Olivia Turner (Floor 31): To answer you, Tower skills cannot be acquired that way.]

 

 

Three days until the floor would be unlocked.

During that time, Kang Jun-hyeok had been watching the news.

 

[The conflict between Green Guild and Baekdu Mountain Guild has come to an end. The winner is Green Guild. The Ansan Region has become Green Guild’s territory.]

 

“They’re at their peak.”

Green Guild and Baekdu Mountain Guild.

The two guilds competing for Korea’s hegemony had truly fought fiercely. Half of Korea was caught up in their battle. Even his past self had been significantly affected by the two guilds’ conflict.

At the time, he thought it was a very important and meaningful fight, but looking at it now, it was ridiculous. It felt like watching children play a territory game.

‘They must have noticed by now.’

He wasn’t the only survivor of the Floor 0 Quest.

There were 80 out of 100 people.

Considering that Floor 0’s survival rate had been around 50% until now, this was strange. People would search for survivors to obtain information.

And most of the survivors would probably seek out one of three guilds: Green Guild, Baekdu Mountain Guild, or Freedom Guild.

In that process, mentions of him would come up. There was no way they wouldn’t know. The name Kang Jun-hyeok was blatantly displayed as MVP.

When that happened, each guild would learn what he had done on Floor 0.

“It’s going to get noisy.”

Before long, they would come looking for him.

What he needed to do before that was simple.

Build his strength.

Ding-a-ling-ling.

The alarm he had set rang. It meant three days had passed. Kang Jun-hyeok smiled.

“Well then, shall we go.”

Kang Jun-hyeok opened the system without a moment’s hesitation.

 

[Will you challenge the Tower?]

[Floor to challenge: Floor 1.]

 

“Yes.”

 

[Floor 1 Quest begins.]

[Prove yourself.]

 

And the world turned upside down. Kang Jun-hyeok’s body left Earth and crossed into a separate realm.

At the end of it, Kang Jun-hyeok arrived.

Inside a cave where heat could be felt and lava bubbled.

 

[Floor 1 Quest.]

[Reach the exit through the platforms.]

 

“It’s been a while.”

Kang Jun-hyeok looked at the scene spread before him with nostalgic eyes.

The interior of a massive cave.

Inside it existed a huge Lava Swamp.

And circular platforms made of stone were connected with gaps between them.

Floor 1’s Quest was very simple. Step on the platforms existing in the Lava Swamp and cross over to the exit.

“Hup.”

Kang Jun-hyeok kicked off without delay and launched his body toward a platform. As he crossed the Lava Swamp, scorching heat rushed over him.

The gaps between platforms were quite far. If he misjudged his strength, there was a high chance of not reaching them and falling into the lava. Above all, the platforms were unstable and swayed like a suspension bridge. It was simple, but not very easy.

However, for the current Kang Jun-hyeok, there was no problem at all.

His stats were Strength 14, Speed 14.

These weren’t the stats of a typical Floor 1 player. His movements had noticeably changed. With his past life’s experience, crossing the platforms was as simple as taking a stroll for Kang Jun-hyeok.

Tap tap. Thud.

Kang Jun-hyeok instantly stepped on the platforms and arrived in front of the exit.

If he just crossed over like this, Floor 1 would be cleared. It was a record time.

But Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t cross over.

He stood in front of the exit and crossed his arms as if he had something to think about.

‘Now then.’

His purpose wasn’t to clear Floor 1.

It was more than that.

 

 

Climbing the Tower.

That wasn’t very difficult.

Of course, you had to risk your life, but with sufficient resolve and preparation, and if you properly understood the Quest’s objective, you could clear up to a certain floor without much difficulty.

Floor 1 was exactly like that. The distance between platforms was far and unstable, but that was all. Arrows didn’t fly or platforms didn’t fall out.

Even if you made a mistake and fell into the lava, the damage was minimal. There were opportunities to challenge it again and again.

Other floors weren’t much different. Up to a certain floor, they were designed so anyone could clear them.

And because of that, when climbing the Tower, the most important thing wasn’t clearing it.

It was how you cleared it.

‘Achievement rate.’

The Tower had something called an achievement rate.

Beyond simply clearing a floor. How perfectly you reached it.

A percentage calculated by considering all of that. That was the achievement rate.

What reward do you obtain when the achievement rate reaches 100%?

The great divine sword where all gods defeated by the current ruler gathered and infused their power. The Holy Sword.

The evil grimoire written by the Demon King, containing all black magic of this world, said to grant power rivaling the Demon King if mastered. Lemegeton.

Great Return Pills, Azure Stone Oil, Ten Thousand Year He Shou Wu that would let you reach the heavens with their internal energy if perfectly refined.

Miraculous Unique Items that allowed even cowards and fools to survive until the end.

Those were exactly the rewards Kang Jun-hyeok had obtained in the process of reaching 100% achievement rate.

‘The floor where I obtained the Great Return Pill, other players barely got a single Common Medicine.’

Kang Jun-hyeok’s goal was simple.

Perfect clear of every floor.

Completely conquering the Tower.

At the end of that, obtaining what he couldn’t get in his previous life and reaching an even higher realm.

 

 

Thinking rationally, it was a goal close to impossible.

In his previous life, only about twenty floors had been perfectly cleared at most. Among those, he had cleared around ten.

The remaining eighty floors would have to be figured out by his own strength without any particular information.

But he had no intention of giving up. He had come here with that resolve in the first place.

Therefore, starting from Floor 1.

Floor 1 was a floor that no one had perfectly cleared. Since there was no information, he needed to figure it out himself. Kang Jun-hyeok coldly examined the structure of the floor.

Floor 1 involved stepping on platforms existing in the Lava Swamp to cross over to the exit.

Nothing else was visible besides that. No matter how much he looked, there seemed to be no path other than going to the exit.

But he knew.

If he went to the exit like that, the completion rate would be only 0.1%.

Where could the remaining 99.9% be?

To confirm this, Kang Jun-hyeok kept going back and forth on Floor 1. For over an hour, he examined each platform one by one, looked around the entrance, and checked the exit.

But nothing was visible.

It looked as if there really was nothing there. Kang Jun-hyeok frowned.

‘Is it hidden so it can’t be found?’

No. That’s not it. The Tower is honest. Like Floor 0, if there was a method, it would definitely provide hints. Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t give up and continued examining.

At the end of that, Kang Jun-hyeok discovered something. He squinted as if trying to focus his gaze.

“What is that?”

The cave wall.

There was a small hole there. It was so small that you’d miss it if you didn’t look carefully – a small hole that a person could barely enter while sitting.

That’s the place. Kang Jun-hyeok’s intuition was telling him.

But there was a very big problem.

‘Am I supposed to walk there?’

The small hole in the wall. It was beyond the Lava Swamp. Even from the closest platform, it was roughly 100 meters away.

He would have to cross the 100-meter Lava Swamp purely with his physical body.

“That’s insane.”

Kang Jun-hyeok let out a bitter laugh.

A player’s body is protected by the system.

Even when attacked, only health is consumed without sustaining injuries.

Kang Jun-hyeok knew that walking across the Lava Swamp wasn’t theoretically impossible.

But that was only theoretical.

Just because you don’t get injured doesn’t mean there’s no pain. The agony of flesh burning and melting would be transmitted as is.

Above all, he had no idea what was in that small hole. There was a good chance it was simply a flaw in the cave. It was insanity itself.

But Kang Jun-hyeok knew.

That such insane acts were what had the greatest rewards waiting.

“I’m about to do something I never did in my previous life.”

Kang Jun-hyeok muttered as he stepped forward. There was no hesitation. The place he stepped into was directly into the Lava Swamp.

Splash!

His body sank into the lava. He was submerged in lava up to his waist. At the same time, he felt terrible pain.

The sensation of flesh burning and melting away. While there was no physical damage thanks to the system’s protection, the pain wasn’t reduced at all.

They say burns are the most intense pain humans can feel.

Kang Jun-hyeok could tell those words were true. He wanted to immediately climb back onto the platform and escape from this terrible pain.

His instincts screamed madly that this was insane, to go back immediately. That if he escaped through the exit, all this terrible pain would disappear.

Grind.

‘Shut up.’

He suppressed his instincts with willpower.

Gritting his teeth, he walked through the Lava Swamp step by step. Each time, he endured terrible pain. Though it was only 100 meters to the hole, it felt like an eternal distance.

Slowly, surely, he moved forward.

At the end of that.

Grab.

He reached the hole in the wall. Kang Jun-hyeok, who had grabbed the hole, crawled up inside. His body emerged from the Lava Swamp.

And at the same time.

A system window appeared, indicating that his actions were correct.

 

[You have acquired Passive Skill: Pain Resistance.]

[Passive Skill: Pain Resistance proficiency has increased from F to E.]

[Passive Skill: Pain Resistance proficiency has increased from E to D.]

 

[You have acquired Passive Skill: Fire Resistance.]

[Passive Skill: Fire Resistance proficiency has increased from F to E.]

[Passive Skill: Fire Resistance proficiency has increased from E to D.]

[Passive Skill: Fire Resistance proficiency has increased from D to C.]

 

 

“…Phew.”

Kang Jun-hyeok finally exhaled. Perhaps because he had acquired the Pain Resistance skill, the terrible pain had subsided considerably.

Of course, he could still feel pain at the level of ordinary burns, but compared to the agony from just moments before, it was light enough to make him sneer.

Kang Jun-hyeok, who had caught his breath, opened his skill window.

 

[Passive Skill: Pain Resistance]

[Grade: Lowest]

[Proficiency: D]

[Resistance to pain. Pain is reduced. Light pain is only transmitted as sensation.]

 

Pain Resistance skill. It was a good skill that reduced most pain.

To test the skill’s effect, Kang Jun-hyeok lightly struck the ground with his fingertip.

Normally, a needle-like pain should have been transmitted, but now it felt like someone had lightly touched him.

“Good.”

Kang Jun-hyeok smiled with satisfaction and checked the next skill.

The Pain Resistance skill was certainly not bad, but compared to the other skill he had obtained, it paled considerably.

 

[Passive Skill: Fire Resistance]

[Grade: Lowest]

[Proficiency: C]

[Resistance to fire. You become immune to damage from most flames and heat.]

 

A simple description.

But the meaning contained within was very powerful. Not only flames but even damage from heat was reduced.

Among the countless enemies he would face in the future, he could now easily defeat those who wielded heat.

Above all, the proficiency was already at C.

Skills had very large variations depending on proficiency.

At C level, he could probably take a Fireball with his bare body without any damage.

Considering that his previous life self had reached this level of proficiency only after the 30th Floor, this was a phenomenal speed.

“Already three skills?”

Dagger Technique, Pain Resistance, and Fire Resistance.

Kang Jun-hyeok couldn’t help but burst into laughter. It was an incredible number.

Acquiring skills in the Tower was extremely difficult.

Purpose and necessity. Only when both conditions were met and perfectly fulfilled could one barely obtain them, to the point where some people couldn’t acquire a single skill even up to Floor 10.

And that fact was very good news for him right now.

Because breaking through such conditions to obtain Pain Resistance and Fire Resistance skills was proof that this place was indeed the right destination.

‘Then.’

What could possibly be here?

Kang Jun-hyeok entered the hole with an expectant expression.

Upon entering through the hole, there was a small cave inside. And in the very center of the cave stood an old treasure chest.

Inside that treasure chest lay 99.9% of Floor 1’s secrets.

Kang Jun-hyeok opened the chest with an excited face. His expression changed the moment he examined the contents.

“Gloves?”

Inside the treasure chest was a pair of ash-colored gloves.

Thin ash-colored gloves covered in dust, looking incredibly old. Kang Jun-hyeok picked up the gloves.

 

[All Weapons]

[Type: Weapon]

[Grade: Unique]

[Attack Power + ?]

[Can store ten thousand weapons.]

[Only those with qualification can handle it.]

 

Kang Jun-hyeok’s eyes widened as he read the description.

“Unique?”

Unique grade. One and only, singular.

An item that exists only once in the entire Tower, and if someone obtains it, no one else can ever acquire it.

The Holy Sword, Lemegeton, that he had obtained in his previous life was exactly Unique grade.

This meant the gloves he had just discovered were equipment of the same level.

“Wait a minute.”

Something like this existed on Floor 1? Kang Jun-hyeok couldn’t contain his shock. Before that shock could even fade, the item began to activate.

Wooooong.

A strange resonance echoed. The sleeping equipment began to awaken from someone’s touch. The dust covering the gloves slowly scattered away.

[…What?]

And a surprised man’s voice rang out.

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