100 Floors All Master - Chapter 67

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 067

 

11th Floor. True Ancestor (4)

 

“What is this?”

 

[It says it’s a ring to be given to one who will become a husband.]

 

“That’s what it looks like to me too.”

 

As a special reward, he was given the ring that Eldyria had planned to give to her husband.

 

The meaning was clear.

 

Eldyria had been thinking of accepting him as family.

 

‘…This is unexpected.’

 

Eldyria was alone. Her clan had been exterminated by werewolves, and even her uncle, the only remaining family member, had betrayed her. She couldn’t help but develop feelings for Kang Jun-hyeok, who protected her until the very end.

 

But even so, he hadn’t expected it to go this far. Manbyeonggi let out a chuckle.

 

[Congratulations. You’ve been proposed to by the most courted being in the universe.]

 

“That’s probably not true.”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok clicked his tongue.

 

“Rather than true love, it’s probably more like an expression of affection. She was cornered at the edge of a cliff. She wouldn’t have had the luxury to distinguish between the two emotions.”

 

[That’s likely the case.]

 

“Above all, it’s something that happened inside the Tower. It has nothing to do with this place.”

 

[How cold. But you’re not flustered by my words. You already knew who Eldyria was.]

 

Manbyeonggi muttered cheerfully.

 

[How interesting. I wonder how someone like you came to exist.]

 

“Try your best to guess.”

 

It wouldn’t be able to figure it out anyway. Time had rewound the moment he tried to tell the truth. There seemed to be powerful restrictions in place.

 

Looking at the ring’s performance alone, it was good. No. It was beyond simply good. The stat of 100 stamina was amazing, and on top of that, it even had defense stats.

 

Even excluding the description, it wasn’t equipment that could be considered a simple ring.

 

This was superior grade equipment that surpassed intermediate grade. He hadn’t expected to obtain superior grade equipment so soon.

 

And the superior grade he obtained wasn’t just equipment.

 

[Active Skill: Royal Blood]

 

[Grade: Superior]

 

[Proficiency: F]

 

[Cooldown: 3 days]

 

[Recovers all health. Also becomes an incomplete True Ancestor for 10 minutes. Afterwards, health becomes 1 and enters a state of exhaustion.]

 

“…”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok let out a silent groan.

 

True Ancestor. The bloodline of the Progenitor. A pure and complete vampire with no weaknesses whatsoever.

 

It was a skill that allowed him to become that existence.

 

‘So the condition for creating a True Ancestor was to transfer True Blood.’

 

At the end, Eldyria must have given him True Blood when she kissed him.

 

But there was something puzzling.

 

“Why is it an Active Skill?”

 

According to her words, he should have become a vampire as a species itself. But what he obtained was a limited True Ancestor Transformation. Manbyeonggi spoke quietly.

 

[Remember what you said to her.]

 

“…Don’t tell me it’s because of that.”

 

During their journey, Kang Jun-hyeok had told her that he liked himself as a human, that he didn’t want to become a vampire. It seemed to be because of those words.

 

“I should have said I’d be fine with becoming a True Ancestor.”

 

The reason he said he disliked vampires was because of their many weaknesses.

 

They had to avoid sunlight, couldn’t eat garlic, and couldn’t cross flowing water.

 

But True Ancestors had no such weaknesses.

 

If he had known he would become a True Ancestor, he would have said he liked vampires. It was regrettable. Kang Jun-hyeok slowly read through the skill.

 

When the skill is activated, health is fully restored and he becomes a True Ancestor. But when it ends, health drops to 1 and he enters an exhausted state.

 

It was a typical high-risk, high-return skill. If he activated the skill and couldn’t finish the battle, he would be the one to die.

 

But it didn’t matter.

 

Becoming a True Ancestor.

 

If that was at the level he knew, it was an exceptional skill.

 

He could verify it on the next floor.

 

Next was the Guardian title. The effect was simple.

 

[Title: Guardian]

 

[A title given to those who risked their lives to protect someone.]

 

[When fighting to protect, all stats increase by +1.]

 

“Ho.”

 

The conditions were simple and comprehensive. Despite that, the effect was +1 to all stats. It was quite excellent.

 

And the added effect of the Perfect Player title was +30 health. Equally impressive.

 

“Well. Good. Let’s leave it at that.”

 

[You’re trying hard to organize your thoughts. There seems to be something more important than these trivial skills.]

 

“Shut up.”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok cut off the conversation. Manbyeonggi chuckled.

 

[Save it for later enjoyment. But so this was the flow of floors 10 and 11. Hmm.]

 

Manbyeonggi clicked its tongue as if pitying.

 

[From Eldyria’s perspective, it must be a disaster. She must be quite annoyed.]

 

* * *

 

At that moment.

 

At the outer edge of the universe.

 

On a coldly frozen wandering planet.

 

There was a woman on that planet.

 

Brilliantly shining silver hair.

 

Gem-like crimson eyes.

 

Pure white skin so pale that veins were visible.

 

She was staring expressionlessly into the air. On this desolate planet, someone had come to find her.

 

“Ah, aah… aah…”

 

The visitor was a man. His clothes were worn, as if he had been traveling for a long time. The man’s eyes filled with ecstasy upon discovering the woman.

 

“Aah… finally! Finally! I’ve finally found you!”

 

“A Player. I hid on this abandoned planet to avoid you people. What truly persistent creatures.”

 

Unlike the rejoicing man, the woman clicked her tongue as if annoyed. The man spread his arms wide.

 

“I’ve been searching for you! Vampire Princess! Lady Eldyria!”

 

The man shouted enthusiastically. It wasn’t empty words. The man had climbed the Tower like a madman, gaining strength and traveling the universe. He had literally invested his entire life to find the hidden Eldyria.

 

“I love you! I can even sacrifice my life for you! We traveled together and shared deep affection! Please be with me!”

 

A desperate cry of love.

 

But Eldyria’s face was endlessly cold.

 

“What do you know about me?”

 

“I know many things! You are affectionate and fragile, and you want people by your side!”

 

“Shut up.”

 

A cold voice rang out. The man instinctively closed his mouth.

 

“Filthy creatures who see fragments of the past trapped in the Tower, presume to know me, and beg for affection. How utterly annoying. I’m so irritated I want to destroy everything.”

 

“L-Lady Eldyria?”

 

The man was confused. This ice-cold appearance was completely different from the Eldyria he knew.

 

His heated emotions cooled down. Then the man saw what was behind Eldyria.

 

At first he thought it was a small hill.

 

But it wasn’t.

 

It was countless bone fragments.

 

Bone fragments piled upon bone fragments, forming a small hill.

 

“…Ah.”

 

The man realized. All those bone fragments were Players who, like himself, had come seeking Eldyria with memories from the Tower.

 

“I clearly warned you. If you came looking for me, you would all die.”

 

Her eyes turned red.

 

“You said you could even risk your life for me. Then perish here to relieve my irritation.”

 

“Wait…”

 

Crack.

 

The man was strong. As a result of climbing the Tower like a madman for the purpose of finding Eldyria, he was a top-tier Player even by universal standards.

 

But that was all. The Player who had cried out his love died without leaving even a trace.

 

“Playing with my past and planting false emotions. Is this the punishment for opposing you, Master of the Universe? How utterly cruel.”

 

Eldyria muttered.

 

Eldyria, who had been staring blankly into the air, put her hand into her bosom.

 

When her hand emerged from her bosom, it held a ring.

 

It was completely identical to the one Kang Jun-hyeok possessed.

 

In the distant past. The ring her father had told her to give to the one who would become her husband.

 

The Ruby Ring.

 

Eldyria had kept it with her.

 

“Hmph.”

 

Eldyria, who had been looking at the ring with a strange expression, let out a snort. It was all over now. She stared blankly into the air again.

 

* * *

 

He had cleared the 11th Floor.

 

It was a perfect, Perfect Clear.

 

And with this, another Quest had been cleared. Kang Jun-hyeok opened his mouth.

 

“Shop open.”

 

Space tore open with a crack, and Pixie appeared with a cigar in her mouth. Her eyes wavered when she saw Kang Jun-hyeok.

 

[…You came.]

 

“I did.”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok said calmly.

 

“The Quest. You remember it, right?”

 

[Hidden Quest.]

 

[Perfect Clear the Tower’s next progression Quest and deliver that memory to Pixie.]

 

[Reward: What Pixie is hiding.]

 

The Quest she had given to Kang Jun-hyeok.

 

Kang Jun-hyeok had fulfilled the Quest’s conditions. Now it was her turn. Pixie nodded her head.

 

[If you agree to transfer the memories of the 10th and 11th Floors to me, take my hand… If you don’t want to, you can refuse….]

 

There was no way he would refuse. Kang Jun-hyeok immediately took Pixie’s hand. He felt a small but soft touch.

 

And light erupted. His memories began transmitting toward Pixie.

 

The memories of the 10th Floor, the 11th Floor. Eldyria’s past. The process. And even the ending.

 

[…Ah. Ahhhhh….]

 

Pixie let out a moan. That moan soon turned into an exclamation.

 

[Ahh. Ahhhhh!]

 

Pixie’s face filled with ecstasy. It was the same expression someone who had given up sweets would have when eating sugar for the first time in decades.

 

[Ahhhhh… This is it. This is it….]

 

Her thirst for knowledge, her desire for excitement, the instinctual urges she had been suppressing were being satisfied. Saliva drooled from her mouth that hung open in a daze.

 

[…You.]

 

She barely regained her composure and looked at Kang Jun-hyeok with an expression colored by shock.

 

[Eldyria proposed to you?]

 

“Do I have to say it again? She was cornered on a cliff and mistook her emotions. And since it’s something from the past, it has nothing to do with the present.”

 

[No. Even so, that Eldyria proposing to someone? And even kissing them?]

 

She approached Kang Jun-hyeok with sparkling eyes.

 

[Do you know who Eldyria is! She’s the most courted being in the Universe! In her prime, she was truly amazing! Even gods would come just to see her! Although she’s grown tired of it now and has hidden herself, there were many who longed for her! And such a woman, even if it’s a fragment of her severed past, showed those kinds of feelings to someone?]

 

“You’ve suddenly become quite talkative.”

 

Kang Jun-hyeok stepped back with a displeased expression.

 

“I’d like you to calm down a bit.”

 

[Do I look calm? So that’s Eldyria’s past! She was betrayed! And her kinfolk were all wiped out! No wonder she was so happy when she first met the True Ancestor! She thought she was alone all this time!]

 

Hidden facts were being revealed one by one. Pixie trembled with ecstasy. Kang Jun-hyeok chuckled.

 

“So this is your true nature.”

 

Talkative, emotional, and thirsting for knowledge.

 

This was Pixie’s true nature before she became the Shop Owner. Only after dozens of minutes had passed did she finally manage to calm her excitement.

 

“Have you calmed down?”

 

[My heart is still pounding, but somewhat. …Haha. You were right.]

 

She hadn’t let go of everything.

 

She had only been forcibly suppressing her instincts as a race, her thirst for knowledge, her desires. She felt more alive now than ever before. Pixie smiled.

 

[You’ve perfectly cleared my Quest. Now it’s my turn.]

 

[Hidden Quest Cleared.]

 

[Pixie’s hidden possession will be given as a reward.]

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