All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 1

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 001

“…Kugh.”

A heavy groan echoed across the battlefield that had become a sea of blood.

In that battlefield, several figures clicked their tongues while looking at the owner of the groan.

“As expected of an All Master. To still be alive after taking those wounds.”

“The poison of the Ten Thousand Year Poison Dragon. The Spear of Divine Death. The Hero’s Sword. The Bow God’s Arrow. Even bringing countless other legendary and mythical items, this is all we could manage….”

“I can’t help but think we did well to nip this in the bud early.”

“Hmm, I’ll be getting paid handsomely for this job.”

Their appearances were all different.

Someone had the form of a dragon-human, as if dragon and human had been mixed together.

Another had pointed ears and a sculpted appearance.

Yet another had green skin with a body of rough muscles.

Finally, there was one with a short stature and sturdy build.

Among them, there was only one human.

“All Master, Shin-hyeok Choi. Do you have any last words?”

It was only Shin Hyeok, who was called by the glorious nickname of Infinite Emperor in Earth’s only unified league, Challenger Tier.

When the dragon-human asked Shin Hyeok for his final words, Shin Hyeok looked up at him with an incredulous expression and said:

“Suddenly ganging up on me in a cooperative game… Do you think you can win Challenger Tier games without me?”

The place where they currently stood was the battlefield of Challenger Tier.

Naturally, the enemies they had to face were also Challenger Tier.

Having to play the game without one person in such a place was fatal.

This was even more so considering that defeat in Challenger Tier imposed heavy penalties not only on the affiliated dimension but also on individual players.

However, those who attacked Shin Hyeok didn’t care about that fact at all.

“Right. If we had no preparations, this would have been impossible.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means all the Challenger players participating in this game agreed to your death.”

“…!”

There were a total of 100 Challenger players participating in this cooperative game.

Shin Hyeok was incredulous that 99 of them, excluding himself, had agreed to his death.

“Without me, you’re nothing special. What could you possibly gain from a Bronze Tier dimension to plan such insanity?”

“….”

Earth, the dimension Shin Hyeok belonged to, was Bronze Tier, the lowest among many dimensions.

Though thanks to Shin Hyeok, they were on the verge of promotion to Silver, it was Silver at best.

“Homo Novus Empire. What could your dimension, which belongs to Challenger Tier, possibly lack to do this!”

Compared to the Homo Novus Empire, which seemed to have focused on ganging up on Shin Hyeok, it was nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

That’s why Shin Hyeok was even more furious.

Then the dragon-human who appeared to be the leader of the group spoke up.

“According to you humans’ words, there’s a saying like this.”

“…?”

“Does a human need a reason to step on an ant?”

“…Krodden. This lizard bastard-“

At the reason given with a bitter smile, Shin Hyeok vented his rage toward the dragon-human, Krodden.

But that was the end.

“Farewell, Shin-hyeok Choi. Divine being born in a frontier dimension.”

“Kuk! Kugh! Kraaaaaa!”

Even as Krodden looked at him with pity as if he felt sorry for him, his entire body pierced by weapons and his flesh poisoned by extreme toxins did not respond to Shin Hyeok’s rage.

Krodden swung his sword toward such Shin Hyeok and said:

“Earth will be your companion on the path you’re taking.”

“…Ah.”

Slash!

Those final words.

At the words that Earth would be his companion, Shin Hyeok, who could picture Earth’s fate after his death, let out a low exclamation.

‘Father… Mother… Shin-woo… Su-a….’

His parents.

His one and only younger brother.

Finally, his only friend who always cheered him on, guided him, and later followed in his footsteps.

Feeling their images flash by like a panorama, Shin Hyeok closed his eyes.

[The achievement conditions for ‘Another Chance’ have been met.]

[Would you like to obtain the reward?]

[Error! Error! Error!]

[The target is in a state where they cannot obtain the reward.]

[Automatically receiving the reward.]

‘What is this…again….’

The system’s voice echoing in Shin Hyeok’s head seemed to accompany him on his final journey.

And then-

Smack!

“Ah, this Bronze bastard is out of his mind.”

“Go buy bread. Bronze boy.”

“…?”

A gloomy alley.

The throbbing pain felt in his head.

The name tag attached to Shin Hyeok’s school uniform reminded him of the current situation.

[Shin-hyeok Choi / Bronze]

‘Bronze? Me, Earth’s only Challenger player, am Bronze?’

It was a name tag with a clear bronze color that sparkled, proving he was Bronze.

In that moment, Shin Hyeok remembered the fact that he had been Bronze in the distant past.

His nickname back then was definitely-

“Useless Scrub. Have you finally lost your mind?”

“Ugh, your predicted tier is Bronze, and if you lose your mind too, you’ll only end up being placed in Iron.”

Useless Scrub.

A nickname that the future Shin Hyeok, who was called by the glorious nickname of All Master, couldn’t even imagine.

But that was reality and the past.

And now it was the present.

“Useless Scrub, you’ve returned to your Bronze days?”

Not as All Master, but as Useless Scrub.

To a reality where he was Bronze, not Challenger.

“Was I dreaming? No, were all those things my delusions? That can’t be right.”

When Shin Hyeok was clutching his head and agonizing over the sudden reality.

The two people who wouldn’t leave Shin Hyeok alone swung their fists.

“What’s wrong with this bastard?”

“Let’s beat him up first. Getting hit should bring him to his senses.”

Seeing the fists of the two people wearing silver-gleaming name tags flying toward him, Shin Hyeok let out a hollow laugh at the two fists that seemed so slow to him and dodged them.

Tap- Tap tap-

Just two steps.

With two movements, Shin Hyeok smoothly deflected the two fists like flowing water, then swung his own fist to strike both of their jaws.

Thwack!

“Kuk!”

“How did the Bronze boy?”

They never expected Shin Hyeok to dodge their attacks.

Furthermore, the two people who didn’t know he would counterattack couldn’t hide their bewilderment.

But they weren’t the only ones who were bewildered.

‘Huh, he didn’t pass out even after I hit his jaw? Just how terrible was my past self’s condition?’

Shin Hyeok was amazed by his pathetically weak past body.

Of course, the bewilderment didn’t last long.

-Attention, all students please gather in your classrooms.

“…You better be grateful the homeroom teacher saved you.”

“See you on placement day, bastard.”

At the teacher’s voice echoing throughout the school, the two disappeared while grumbling and clutching their swollen red jaws.

Shin Hyeok watched them disappear quietly, then followed behind them toward the classroom.

‘It’s been so long I couldn’t even remember where the classroom was, but this works out well. I can get to the classroom by following those guys.’

Thanks to the excellent navigation guides, Shin Hyeok, who had regressed to the past, was able to find the classroom without difficulty.

Creak-

When Shin Hyeok opened the back door of the classroom and entered, what met his eyes were dozens of pairs of gazes focused on him.

They were looking back and forth between Dong Hyeok and Ho Bin, who had confronted Shin Hyeok, curious about what had happened between them.

But finding no reason to explain, Shin Hyeok roughly went to an empty seat and sat down.

“Shin Hyeok, what happened?”

“…Oh, it’s you, Su-a. It’s nothing much. They just came at me, so I fairly gave them each a hit.”

However, he couldn’t ignore Su-a, who was sitting in the seat in front of him and had only turned her body around to ask the question.

‘To think Su-a was this young. It really hits me that I’ve regressed.’

The Saint of the Battlefield.

A dual class who was an excellent paladin while being called the Holy Mother of the upper tiers.

But more important than that was the fact that she was the only person Shin Hyeok could truly call a friend.

Su-a until just before Shin Hyeok’s death was beautiful enough, but her age couldn’t be hidden.

As Shin Hyeok was inwardly chuckling at Su-a’s young appearance.

“You did that, Shin Hyeok?!”

“Han Su-a. If you’re going to chatter, go outside and chatter.”

“I’m sorry!”

There was a commotion where Su-a, startled by Shin Hyeok’s words, jumped in surprise and then got scolded by the homeroom teacher, Han Taehun.

When the classroom became quiet with Su-a being the last, Taehun lightly cleared his throat and spoke.

“As you know, today is December 30th. There are two days left until the placement exam on January 1st. So I hope you all prepare well both mentally and practically during this one day. Show all of South Korea that you are the pride of Shinwha High School.”

“Yes!”

“Thank you for the past three years!”

“I’ll definitely get placed in Silver!”

“Me too!”

At Taehun’s words, the students also seemed moved, their eyes reddening as they jumped up from their seats and shouted.

Watching them, Shin Hyeok could tell what time period this was.

‘December 30th at age 19. Two days before the placement exam.’

Age 19.

December 30th, which could be said to be right before turning 20.

To be precise, it was two days before the ‘placement exam’ on January 1st.

‘The placement exam… It’s really been a long time.’

An exam that could only be taken once, at age 20 or the moment of first entry into Dimension Arena.

Since it determined one’s life path, the entire world would go quiet during placement exam periods.

Shin Hyeok had also taken the placement exam.

And at that time, Shin Hyeok’s placement was-

‘Iron. Iron 5 at that.’

Not even Bronze, which meant brass, but Iron, a lump of steel.

And it was tier 5, the lowest among the 5-tiered system, so that said it all.

He was briefly chewing over past memories that felt like being pushed into an abyss of despair.

“Well then, everyone have a good 31st and I hope you succeed on the January 1st placement exam.”

“Yes!”

At Taehun’s words, the students nodded and answered vigorously, signaling the end of class.

“Shin Hyeok, let’s walk home together. We can talk about the placement exam too.”

“Sure.”

In fact, since Shin Hyeok was the only Bronze Tier at Shinwha High School, the placement exam was as good as already failed, but Shin Hyeok agreed to Su-a’s words.

‘It’s for my sake. She’s too kind for her own good.’

A noble paladin who wouldn’t shed a single tear in front of enemies, but a saint who would cry profusely over small wounds in front of allies.

Knowing that was exactly who Han Su-a was, Shin Hyeok walked home side by side with Su-a.

As he was walking home with Su-a like that.

“Young master. Today is the day of the family gathering at the main house. Please get in.”

“Ah, that was today too.”

A luxury sedan parked in front of the school and a man in an expensive suit.

But even at the irreverent attitude the man displayed, Shin Hyeok didn’t mind and recalled what was happening today.

“The Shinwha Group family gathering was today.”

Shinwha Group.

A major corporation that truly deserved to be ranked number one in Korea’s business world.

Today was the day of a family gathering for the owner family of such a major corporation.

It might be a position someone would dream of, but past Shin Hyeok wasn’t one of them.

‘The eldest son of the youngest son who fell out of favor with Chairman Choi Cheolho, who could be said to be everything of Shinwha Group. And for someone whose expected tier was Bronze, such family gatherings were rather poison.’

Just looking at how Shin Hyeok was treated at school showed that clearly.

‘What did I do in my previous life… Ah, I tried to run away but got caught by that secretary and was forcibly dragged there.’

Shin Hyeok, who even recalled the disgraceful behavior of his past self, pushed aside Su-a who was worrying about him and stepped forward.

When the suited man, who was thinking of immediately running out to catch him if Shin Hyeok tried to escape, flinched.

“You said to get in.”

“…I apologize. I’ll escort you.”

At Shin Hyeok’s words mixed with laughter as he calmly got into the back seat where the door was opened, the man got into the driver’s seat with cold sweat behind him.

“Shin Hyeok…”

“Su-a, do well on the placement exam. Let’s meet after the placement exam.”

“…Yeah.”

Leaving behind Su-a, who couldn’t let go of her worry for him until the end, the black sedan carrying Shin Hyeok headed relentlessly toward the Pyeongchang-dong family home.

Inside, Shin Hyeok crossed his legs so arrogantly that the man in the driver’s seat would think him presumptuous, and looked out the window.

‘New Human Empire. Before I sweep you guys away, I need to clean up my family first.’

An opportunity given once again.

With the thought of properly changing his past using that opportunity.

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