100 Floors All Master - Chapter 9

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All Master of 100 Floors Episode 009

 

 

Shop (2)

 

 

There were largely two types of skills that existed in the Tower.

One was Passive Skills like Dagger Technique.

And the other was Active Skills.

Passive Skills could be obtained through a player’s actions during the process of climbing the Tower.

But Active Skills couldn’t be obtained that way. They could only be acquired through very limited methods.

One of those methods was purchasing them with gold at the shop.

At Kang Jun-hyeok’s words, Pixie muttered as if finding it fascinating.

[You know an incredible amount about the system… Is it possible to become this proficient just by gathering information beforehand?]

Pixie looked at Manbyeonggi with a puzzled expression.

[Did you teach him…?]

[Do I look like such a kind being to you?]

[Well, no… So he figured it out himself.]

Pixie was amazed, but didn’t think beyond that. She had already been shocked enough at the 2,500 gold.

But Pixie shook her head.

[Sorry, but purchasing Active Skills is impossible…]

Active Skills are special. As such, unlike equipment, they required considerable conditions for purchase.

[Clearing Floor 25 or higher. Or possessing a stat exceeding 40. Or possessing 10 or more Passive Skills. Those are the basic conditions for purchasing Active Skills… Even for you, it’s impossible to meet them.]

“I know that.”

And naturally, Kang Jun-hyeok was aware of that fact.

“But those aren’t all the purchase conditions for Active Skills.”

[…Huh?]

At that moment, Pixie realized. Kang Jun-hyeok continued.

“Possessing an Achievement stat. That also fulfills the purchase conditions for Active Skills, doesn’t it?”

[…Right. Since you obtained Manbyeonggi, you would have an Achievement stat.]

Pixie let out a hollow laugh. Even she, who had given up on everything, couldn’t help but ask.

[This is insane… What are you? Have you climbed the Tower before…?]

To those words, Kang Jun-hyeok answered silently with a smile. As if she hadn’t been serious, Pixie snapped her fingers.

[…Achievement stat possession confirmed. Active Skill purchase has been unlocked. With your current status, you can purchase one Lowest Grade Active Skill. The price is 1,000 gold…]

1,000 gold.

A single skill was worth as much as ten pieces of equipment.

But Active Skills had that much value. Though his mouth felt bitter, Kang Jun-hyeok nodded.

“I’ll purchase it.”

[Here. Take it…]

At that moment, a box arrived in front of Kang Jun-hyeok from thin air.

 

[You have obtained a Lowest Grade Active Skill Box.]

 

[What will come out… Let’s test your luck…]

‘This is the biggest problem.’

Active Skills weren’t purchased by designation. They were completely random.

There was no way to know what skill would come out. This was the biggest drawback when purchasing Active Skills from the shop. He too had spent tens of thousands of gold in his previous life trying to get the skill he wanted.

There was a good chance of getting a skill that couldn’t be used properly. If that happened, it would be throwing away 1,000 gold for nothing. Even Kang Jun-hyeok couldn’t help but feel tense.

“Whew.”

With a short deep breath, Kang Jun-hyeok immediately opened the box.

 

[You have obtained Active Skill: Stealth.]

 

“Oh.”

Kang Jun-hyeok unconsciously made a sound.

Stealth. Despite being a Lowest Grade Skill, it was one of the few jackpots that could be meaningfully used until quite late.

At that sight, Pixie gave him a cold look.

[I’m leaving now… There’s nothing more to see, right?]

“That’s the end. Thank you.”

[…Hmm.]

Pixie looked at Kang Jun-hyeok with strange eyes.

Kang Jun-hyeok’s reaction just now was the reaction of someone who knew the value of the Stealth skill.

Obtaining Manbyeonggi.

2,500 gold.

And these unusual reactions.

‘He really is a fascinating guy…’

But that was as far as it went. She was already a finished being who had given up on everything. It was a story unrelated to her. Pixie said her farewell.

[Farewell… I hope we don’t meet again… but you won’t die halfway through.]

The space like the universe closed and Pixie disappeared. Kang Jun-hyeok examined the skill with a pleased expression.

 

[Active Skill: Stealth]

[Grade: Lowest]

[Proficiency: F]

[Cooldown: 10 minutes]

[Erases all sounds you make for 3 seconds.]

 

The effect of the Stealth skill was simple.

It literally erased all sounds coming from one’s actions.

With the Stealth skill activated, even if you thrashed through bushes or shouted loudly, those sounds wouldn’t be heard.

It was a very useful skill that could be used until quite late.

And most importantly, the most crucial thing.

‘The timing of obtaining the skill is very early.’

Lowest Grade Skills weren’t very meaningful to ordinary players.

The basic condition for obtaining Active Skills was clearing Floor 25 or higher.

Players at that level would have accumulated enough gold to purchase Low Grade Skills.

There was no reason to specifically purchase Lowest Grade Skills.

Moreover, most Lowest Grade Skills had low versatility. The mainstream opinion was that there were many duds that couldn’t be used in normal situations. Stealth was special.

The evaluation of Lowest Grade Skills was that they weren’t worth purchasing even through gambling.

But in such a situation, there was one man.

Lowest Grade Active Skills that others didn’t pay attention to.

But there was someone who took great interest in them, investing in purchasing Lowest Grade Skills as soon as gold accumulated.

As a result, he purchased all the Lowest Grade Active Skills that existed in the shop. It was a miraculous achievement.

Naturally, since he invested all his gold, he couldn’t purchase Higher Grade Active Skills. Everyone thought what he was doing was pointless, that he wouldn’t survive long.

The mainstream opinion was that while the variety of skills was great and the proficiency increase speed was fast for Lowest Grade Skills, there was still a difference in grade.

But he survived.

Until the very end, almost to the final destruction.

“The power of lower skills that you kept talking about. This time I’ll use it myself.”

Kang Jun-hyeok muttered quietly.

Finally, he checked his stats.

 

[Kang Jun-hyeok]

[Level: 8]

[Health: 260]

[Strength: 20]

[Speed: 21]

[Achievement: 11]

[Attack Power + ?]

[Defense + 8]

 

“Good.”

Kang Jun-hyeok smiled. Manbyeonggi also muttered in a tone of disbelief.

[These aren’t the stats of someone who cleared Floor 1.]

Looking at just the stats alone, it would be fair to say he was a Floor 10 player.

All preparations were complete. Three days remained until the next Tower climb.

Kang Jun-hyeok cheerfully laid down on his bed.

 

 

At that moment.

Baekdusan, the leader of Baekdusan, was looking at the materials his secretary had handed him.

He stared at the sentences written on the paper without moving a single eye muscle.

Though his appearance might have seemed frustrating, the secretary waited quietly. He too had reacted the same way as Baekdusan when he first received the materials.

After quite some time had passed, Baekdusan opened his mouth.

“Do you think this makes sense?”

“No.”

The secretary answered Baekdusan’s words promptly.

“It’s impossible. It doesn’t make sense. If someone had told me such a thing, I would have thought they were delusional.”

“But more than twenty people can’t all be delusional.”

“…That’s the problem.”

Baekdusan rested his chin on his hand and continued looking at the materials. The title of the materials was simple.

 

[Clearing the Floor 0 Quest. And Kang Jun-hyeok.]

 

Eighty people who survived the Floor 0 Quest together with Kang Jun-hyeok.

Among them, twenty had come to the Baekdu Mountain Guild. These materials were compiled based on their testimonies.

“Hah. Really.”

Baekdusan shook his head. The more he looked, the more his head felt strange.

“The mantises. Those things could be killed?”

“…That’s what I’m saying.”

The monsters of Floor 0. Three mantises.

They were beings that couldn’t be resisted. Like bosses in games that must be defeated at the beginning. All you could do was run away. They all believed that.

But according to the materials, that wasn’t the case.

The mantises could be killed.

And quite simply at that.

“Thinking coldly… it’s not impossible.”

Baekdusan’s eyes darkened.

The houses they thought were meaningless. The weapons that existed inside them.

And the mantises’ attack speed.

The Quest’s explanation.

Combining all of that, killing the mantises certainly seemed possible.

But that was only speculation possible from Baekdusan’s perspective, having already cleared Floor 0. Even he would have scoffed and told them not to talk nonsense if he didn’t have materials of this level.

And such a thing was figured out by a player who had just entered Floor 0?

And he killed all three mantises by himself?

“So MVP appears on Floor 0.”

“I didn’t know either.”

“The Administrator shows interest in someone? She used to look at us like bugs and disappear.”

“I experienced the same thing.”

All the common sense they knew was completely destroyed. Baekdusan shook the materials and asked.

“Could the Floor 1 Perfect Clear announcement that appeared a few hours ago also be related to this guy?”

At the same time Kang Jun-hyeok cleared Floor 1, a Perfect Clear announcement appeared throughout the entire universe. They had seen Perfect Clear announcements several times before, but Floor 1 was a first. The secretary said quietly.

“The possibility is high. Looking at the timeline, it matches exactly.”

“Floor 0 MVP. Floor 1 Perfect Clear. And such a guy is in Korea. His name is Kang Jun-hyeok.”

The materials Baekdusan was looking at contained a composite sketch of Kang Jun-hyeok. It was compiled based on testimonies from Floor 0 survivors about his appearance.

“Send word to all guilds to pull people out. We can yield in the fight with the Green Guild for now. No wait. Those guys will probably move exactly like us anyway.”

Petty fights weren’t important. The most important thing right now was finding the existence called Kang Jun-hyeok. And drawing that existence to their side.

Baekdusan commanded.

“This is an order as guild leader. Above all else, get information on this guy Kang Jun-hyeok.”

The secretary nodded. The Green Guild was no different.

The two guilds that dominated Korea began moving to find Kang Jun-hyeok.

 

 

[Hey.]

Manbyeonggi spoke to Kang Jun-hyeok, who was lying on his bed blankly watching TV. Kang Jun-hyeok answered.

“What.”

[Instead of being cooped up in your room for three days, how about going outside?]

“What’s this all of a sudden?”

[Aren’t you bored? The body rusts if it doesn’t move for a day, and degenerates after two days. How about moving around.]

“I’m not particularly bored though.”

He had spent over 100 days doing nothing but meditation on certain floors. There was no reason to be bored just from being cooped up at home for three days.

Manbyeonggi fell silent.

[I see.]

Kang Jun-hyeok chuckled.

“Are you bored?”

[As if I would be bored. I just thought it would be good to see with my own eyes what kind of world you live in, since I’ll have to spend a long time with you from now on.]

“So you are bored. A guy who should have been sleeping until the universe’s destruction on Floor 1 is bored after just three days?”

[I was in a dormant state, so the flow of time had no meaning.]

“Then how about watching TV.”

[I’m not particularly interested in such paper scrap theater. I want to see the world directly with my own eyes.]

‘Do gauntlets have eyes too?’

Having such thoughts, Kang Jun-hyeok answered.

“Just be patient a little. I have no intention of going out for the time being.”

Probably by now, information about him had been delivered to each guild. They would be making every effort to find him somehow.

‘It’s troublesome right now.’

At this point, the highest-level players were in the mid-30th Floor. If they were the guild leaders of Baekdusan and the Green Guild, they would have reached the mid-20th Floor. He still lacked the power to oppose them.

‘Not yet.’

He needed to hide his presence for the time being.

At Kang Jun-hyeok’s answer, Manbyeonggi made a groaning sound but didn’t argue further. After all, Kang Jun-hyeok was his master.

 

A few hours later. Exactly three days had passed since he cleared Floor 1.

Kang Jun-hyeok didn’t delay.

 

[Will you challenge the Tower?]

[Floor to challenge: 2nd Floor.]

 

[2nd Floor Quest begins.]

[Prove yourself.]

 

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

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

Lush green vegetation.

An endlessly vast sky.

And behind him, a fence on the verge of collapse.

Clanking sounds could be heard from the surroundings. It was the sound of metal. Tense breathing disturbed his ears and pale white faces came into view.

He was now among countless people.

“You fools! Get it together! We must protect the village!”

In front of them, a man in somewhat better attire shouted commands. He roughly pointed forward with his sword.

“There! Monsters are coming to trample our village! Everyone take up your weapons! Prepare for battle!”

“Kyarrrreuk!”

“Kyaaak!”

From the direction the man pointed, dozens of monsters were charging toward them.

Green-skinned monsters with child-like builds.

They were goblins.

‘Just as I remember.’

Though they called it a Tower, it wasn’t particularly enclosed or confined space. The quests on each floor were truly diverse.

And the 2nd Floor quest was simple.

 

[2nd Floor Quest.]

[Save the village against the goblins.]

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