All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 101

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 101

The Ravine.

There, Mid could be said to be the most important lane.

In a way, it was natural that Mid, as the name literally suggests, was the lane positioned at the very center of the map.

That meant it was a lane that could go anywhere – to Top, to Bottom, or to the Jungle.

In other words, Mid could be called the maestro who dominated the entire game from their own lane.

Players who stood in the Mid lane called themselves ‘Royalty’ and flaunted their superiority.

Of course, that was only what they said, and players from other lanes just treated them like supports who farmed minions.

Tools to be used when they needed them, perhaps?

Anyway, the two players who called themselves royal Mid Laners strived to seize lane dominance through fierce psychological warfare, mind games, and wars of attrition.

Shin-hyeok’s team’s Mid Laner was a mage class, while the opposing team’s Mid Laner was an assassin class.

The mage class gradually whittled down the opponent while quickly clearing minions with powerful area attacks.

Conversely, the assassin class killed minions through ranged attacks while preventing their health from being chipped away by the opponent’s attacks as much as possible, constantly looking for an angle to pounce on their opponent.

Naturally, the mage class knew this well too, so they absolutely refused to give any openings.

Thus, the end of the fierce laning phase between the two Mid Laners came soon.

Crash!

“Delivery!”

“…Gah!”

By Shin Hyeok, who burst out of the bushes with black lightning wrapped around both legs.

Ryeomapo.

Though it was the first Cheonma Seonggong technique Shin Hyeok learned, befitting a martial art used as Shin Hyeok’s main movement technique, its power far exceeded the reaction speed of the assassin class player.

If they had known about it, there might have been room to react, but unfortunately, the bushes Shin Hyeok emerged from had already lost vision after Tarkan passed through and destroyed the ward.

In other words, an attack that was hard to react to even when seen came from a place that couldn’t even be seen.

Especially since the Arcane Spear that Shin Hyeok thrust was wrapped in spear energy, it was too much for the already fragile assassin class player to withstand.

Additionally, having their health slightly chipped away by Shin-hyeok’s team’s Mid Laner during the laning phase also played a part.

Anyway, having killed the opposing team’s Mid Laner in one strike, Shin Hyeok looked at the Mid Laner who was staring at him blankly and said.

“Mid-nim.”

“Yes?”

“Please attack quickly too, Mid-nim. Give me money.”

“…Damn it!”

The Mid player, already knowing the situation at Bottom, frowned at Shin Hyeok’s familiar words and began frantically killing minions.

“I’ll eat well and go.”

“Ah, seriously, this life.”

But naturally, there wasn’t a single minion he managed to kill.

Though he was specialized in killing minions as a mage class player capable of both burst damage and area attacks, Shin Hyeok wasn’t just burst damage but nuclear bomb damage, and his range was as wide as any mage class.

“ADC-nim, I finally realize now… How did you live like that…”

Having met him just once was this painful.

Then how painful must it have been for the ADC who suffered under Shin Hyeok throughout the entire laning phase.

The Mid player lamented dismissing it as not his problem, but Shin Hyeok had already disappeared.

“Top will be another delicacy.”

The last lane, Top.

The most isolated lane where Top players who had fallen into their own world resided.

* * *

Top is a strange lane.

Unlike Mid and Bottom, Top is a lane isolated from the overall flow.

Because the unique monster that changes the tide of the game is first spawned on the Bottom side.

Another unique monster spawns on the Top side, but that’s mid-game, and because of its strength, players only dare to hunt it in the mid-to-late or late game, so Top couldn’t become a major battleground.

Since there’s no benefit, other players don’t come, and since other players don’t come, Top players have only themselves to rely on.

They became Galapagos-ized and only engaged in crazy dog fights, killing each other.

But the surprising thing was that these players, isolated from the game, often caused won games to become close, and not only that, but surprisingly often turned them around.

That’s why Top players called themselves ‘Great Generals’.

In the sense that they were beings who decided the victory or defeat of the war called the game.

Well, just as Mid called themselves royalty, it was only a term used among Top players.

Most people just called them maniacs.

“Kahahaha! You’re pretty good!”

“You’re pretty good too!”

Indeed, the situation currently unfolding at Top was truly maniacal.

They were brawling without even farming minions.

But unlike what was mentioned earlier, in this game, Top was a battlefield.

“Junglerrrrrrr!!!”

“You butcher bastard!!! Can’t you come gank right now!!!”

“Damn, if only I hadn’t been counter-jungled…”

“Top is the only place I can gank…”

Shin-hyeok’s team’s jungler had nowhere to go but Top, and the enemy team’s jungler had only ganking since Tarkan would pop out if he entered his own jungle.

And decisively, since Bottom was out of the question for both jungle players, Top was the only answer.

Eventually, Top became a place comparable to the Warring States period where 2v2 skirmishes occurred non-stop.

“Got you!”

“Calling jungle to the sacred Top lane! You’re not qualified to be a Top Laner!”

“Bullshit, you called yours too and now you’re losing. Pathetic, so pathetic.”

“Jungle diff! Jungle diff! Jungle diff!!!”

The winner of that fight was the enemy team.

It happened because the enemy team had superior basic abilities.

It was because the balance-breaking criminal named Shin Hyeok caused the skill of all other players except Shin Hyeok to be generally lower compared to the enemy team.

Anyway, as a result, when the defeated Shin-hyeok’s team’s Top player was cursing at his teammate jungler lying next to him in a heartwarming scene.

“Tarkan.”

“Yeah, let’s go!”

Thud!!!

Instead of a ninja, Shin Hyeok and Tarkan burst in.

At the sudden intrusion, the enemy Top player looked surprised and hastily prepared his defense.

[An ally has been defeated.]

[An ally has been defeated.]

Of course, he didn’t forget to finish off Shin-hyeok’s team’s Top and Jungle who were already half-dead.

Having killed two players, leveled up, and even partially recovered the health and energy consumed from fighting, he was confident.

‘This is doable. No matter how much of a monster Shin-hyeok Choi is, I’ve grown pretty well too. If I fight together with our team’s jungler, it’ll be evenly matched.’

First, Top was the lane with the fastest leveling in the ravine, and second, he had grown quickly thanks to constantly engaging in 2v2 skirmishes.

The third and final point was that Tarkan was a summon.

He judged it to be about 2v1.5 rather than 2v2, considering that summons are generally weaker than regular players.

“I need to get out of here.”

“What?”

“That orc bastard is crazy!!!”

Of course, it was all his misconception, having never been hit by Tarkan.

The enemy team’s jungle player, who had his jungle completely ransacked and donated kills every time they met, developed PTSD and fled without looking back.

Conversely, the Top player was thinking of fighting while trusting the jungler, so his response was delayed.

What that meant was one thing.

“I’m… left alone…”

“Kiyaaaah!!!”

Shin Hyeok and Tarkan.

It meant he had to face two monsters all by himself.

Naturally, if that had been possible, he would have occupied one of the positions in the Heavenly Realm rather than struggling in Platinum.

[You have slain an enemy.]

In the end, he soon turned into jingling gold.

“Since we’re here, let’s destroy the tower too.”

“Let’s do that.”

The top lane was completely empty with both the enemy top and allied top dead.

Shin Hyeok moved to demolish the tower, which was good for the body and tasted good too.

Bang bang bang!

Shin Hyeok swung his Arcane Spear and holy sword, while Tarkan swung his glaive.

Before the insane combined attack of the two summoners and summon, the incredibly sturdy turret crumbled like tofu.

[The first turret has been destroyed.]

[Additional gold has been awarded.]

“Mm, sweet.”

Gold from destroying the turret plus additional gold from destroying the first turret.

With his pockets now full, Shin Hyeok returned straight to the well.

“My tower!!!”

And the top laner from Shin Hyeok’s team who returned to top cried out in anguish at the enemy turret that was now only rubble.

For a top laner, the enemy top’s first tower was more important than the enemy’s sanctuary.

There was even a saying that even if the sanctuary exploded, as long as you broke the enemy top’s first tower, it was his victory.

But the top laner who had such a sanctuary stolen by someone else stood up with tears.

Even though the tower was gone, minions remained, so he was trying to at least eat those.

“…Even if I’m sad, I have to do what I need to do… But where did my minions go?”

Of course, since Shin Hyeok had cleanly swept away the enemy minions, the top laner perfectly embodied Danbi and began cleaning the ground with his back.

Just as Shin Hyeok swept through all lanes and even the enemy jungle, completely tilting the game’s momentum toward Shin Hyeok’s team.

* * *

More than 30 minutes had passed since the game started.

During that time, the enemy team had tried their best to play the game in their own way.

Each did their utmost, and to create variables, they even tried strategies they normally wouldn’t attempt.

Thanks to this, they gained small advantages bit by bit, but-

[Avatar of War!]

“Someone stop that crazy bastard!”

“Ha, what’s the point of catching other guys… We can’t catch Shin-hyeok Choi…”

“He’s eating all the resources in the entire game by himself, so he’s really become a monster.”

“Invaaaalid! This game is invalid! Invalid!!!”

Since they couldn’t catch Shin Hyeok, nothing changed.

The players on Shin Hyeok’s team couldn’t grow properly.

Because Shin Hyeok sucked up all resources like a black hole.

Usually, such cases are described as carrying a log.

And if you could just bring down the one person carrying the log, even a 9 vs 1 game could be reversed.

But Shin Hyeok never fell.

He easily handled even 5 vs 1 situations, and in such circumstances, he slaughtered two enemy players and leisurely escaped himself, so that said it all.

Even in this situation, the enemy team didn’t give up.

“We got beaten too badly… If we lose this game, the penalty will be no joke…”

“Sigh, we’ll lose all the stats we’ve accumulated over months…”

“There’s no choice. There’s only one answer. Let’s catch the Demonic Avatar.”

“…That’s all we have left.”

If they lost like this, they would lose all the stats they had earned over several months.

In the end, they decided to make a gamble.

The Demonic Avatar.

A unique monster that appeared from the mid-game, positioned on the top side.

When defeated, it provided massive gold as well as various buffs, blessings, and exclusive blessings that could only be obtained by killing the Demonic Avatar.

Therefore, the Demonic Avatar was like a stepping stone for comebacks.

Of course, if they failed, even their hope for a comeback would disappear, but they couldn’t just lose helplessly like this, so they secretly gathered at the Demonic Avatar’s nest.

They thoroughly monitored the area around the nest and set up numerous traps in preparation for possible enemy reinforcements.

Since they were special ravine traps sold only in shops, their power was sufficient.

-Vermin have come. Die.

Whoooooosh!

Once all preparations were complete, they immediately began fighting the Demonic Avatar.

The Demonic Avatar was, as its name suggested, a monster that wielded demonic energy.

It was a crystallization of violence based on overwhelming attack power.

Facing it as it endlessly spewed out the massive demonic energy supplied by the nest was no easy task, but surprisingly, it was manageable.

“…Is it real that one player is more troublesome than a unique monster?”

“Be careful of one player?”

“Yes, Player Shin-hyeok Choi is dangerous.”

“If you have time to chatter, pour out your skills! We’ve almost got it.”

After being beaten by Shin Hyeok, they had somehow grown(?) as well.

Just as they shouted “Thumbs up, thanks Shin Hyeok” and entered the final phase of hunting the Demonic Avatar.

Rumble!

In the distance, they saw a massive black lightning strike down.

The intense lightning, incomparable to Shin Hyeok’s Ryeomapo they had seen several times, made them feel uneasy.

“F-fuck. Kill it quickly! Kill it now!”

“Damn, I already used all my skills!”

“He’s coming! He’s coming! He’s coming!!!”

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!!!

Continuous explosions heard from beyond their vision range.

What was more terrifying was that they were getting closer and closer.

And faster and faster.

The explosions that instantly reached beyond the nest left them unable to say anything, just staring beyond the nest.

And from beyond the nest, a monster revealed itself.

“Geobukseon summon, Heaven-Destroying Bungjo Fist.”

Kuooooooo!!!

-Kieeeeeek!!!

The Geobukseon boasting monstrous size and weight.

The heaven-destroying Bungjo that far surpassed even such a Geobukseon.

“I’ll eat well and go.”

Kwaaaaaaaang!!!

Furthermore, Shin Hyeok, who had all of that beneath his feet, fell down onto the Demonic Avatar.

[The Demon Faction has stolen the Demonic Avatar.]

The ravine was divided into Demon Faction and Celestial Faction teams for the game.

And here, the Demon Faction was Shin Hyeok’s team.

In other words, the Celestial Faction had spent all their resources to secure vision, set traps, and beaten the Demonic Avatar to death for nearly a minute, only for Shin Hyeok to smoothly take the last hit.

“Ah, I’m full.”

Finally, Shin Hyeok’s unquenchable hunger was completely satisfied.

“Now I should eat dessert.”

“Ah, really please.”

Of course, the stomach for meals and the stomach for dessert are different.

Shin Hyeok charged relentlessly toward the Celestial Faction team, who had exhausted all their health and energy hunting the Demonic Avatar.

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