All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 105

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 105

S-rank skill.

How many of these, which could be called the measure of Challenger, one possessed determined whether they were a Challenger or a Diamond close to Challenger.

Having about one would put you at the level of Yeom-wang or Choi Inho, and having three or four would make you an Emperor-class player.

‘In my prime, I had over ten S-rank skills.’

In comparison, Shin Hyeok in his prime had possessed over ten S-rank skills.

And not all S-rank skills were the same S-rank skills.

Though not clearly displayed in the status window, Challenger players would express them as SS-rank or SSS-rank and so on.

In that regard, Shin Hyeok had also possessed several SSS-rank or SS-rank skills.

In other words, obtaining an S-rank skill was something to celebrate and be happy about, but not something to be satisfied with.

“Shall I take a look at your abilities?”

-Yes.

“Let’s go to the dueling room.”

To check the abilities of the S-rank undead, Death Knight, that he had created, Shin Hyeok headed to the dueling room built in the basement of the All Mighty Guild.

This was a place sufficient for even Diamond-rank players to rampage without issue.

Because he had thrown in several legendary materials, Manryeon Steel, to build it.

Since China had offered so much Manryeon Steel as payment in the first place, there was plenty left over, so it didn’t matter much.

Manryeon Steel was a material with no particular characteristics except hardness, making it perfect for use as dueling arena material.

Since Sejin had helped with the construction of this place, the completion was also high.

Of course-

“Full power is not allowed. It’ll break.”

-Understood.

If Shin Hyeok and Muscal, who were Cheon-oe-cheon class, fought at full power, it would obviously break, so they couldn’t fight at full strength.

Since this was just a moment to grasp Muscal’s abilities themselves, they couldn’t already destroy the sparring arena that would be useful in the future.

After imposing such restrictions.

The two simultaneously shot toward each other.

Thwaaaang!!!

Though not at full power, they put in considerable effort, causing fine cracks to appear on the sparring arena floor.

Of course, neither of them paid any attention to the cracks as they focused on each other.

Claaaang!

Shin Hyeok swung his Arcane Spear and holy sword, while Muscal swung a Death Blade condensed with death energy.

Being a sword aura made of pure death energy, its power was by no means inferior to legendary weapons.

However, Shin Hyeok’s weapons were Legendary+ grade weapons, and he could use sword aura through Transcendent – Comprehensive Weapon Arts [A].

In other words, since the advantage of sword aura was the same, Muscal, who had no weapons, was inevitably at a disadvantage.

And this soon became apparent.

Crackle!

Muscal’s Death Blade began to be shaved away in real time as it clashed with Shin Hyeok’s Arcane Spear and holy sword.

Watching the Death Blade being rapidly shaved away like ice brought to fire, Shin Hyeok nodded.

“Not bad. If you lasted this long, you lasted quite a while.”

-…Your weapons are extraordinary, my lord. What kind of treasures are they? Even the empire’s treasury wouldn’t have had such items.

“Are you from an empire? Must have been a pretty good place.”

-Do you know of the Harmadon Empire?

“I don’t. But usually places with ’empire’ attached had some influence.”

-…Ah. You have broad experience, my lord. Have you encountered countless empires from countless dimensions?

“Yeah.”

-How strange. This place clearly hasn’t had the Integrated League opened, yet how…

“I have quite a few secrets.”

-I won’t ask any further. As a subordinate, I cannot pry into my lord’s secrets.

“Good, are you from a knightly background?”

-I was the captain of the Harmadon Imperial Guard.

“This draw was a jackpot.”

Shin Hyeok nodded with satisfaction at his conversation with Muscal.

First of all, his basic abilities were good.

The souls summoned through necromancy varied greatly.

Just because one summoned souls worthy of S-rank didn’t mean they were all powerful souls.

But Muscal, despite having no proper weapon, had lasted quite well against Shin Hyeok with only a Death Blade forged from his own death energy.

This meant Muscal’s energy control was remarkable.

Moreover, as Shin Hyeok said, players from places bearing the title of empire were generally strong.

On top of that, a former captain who led the imperial guard?

This was nothing short of winning the lottery.

Having finished his assessment, Shin Hyeok immediately moved to the main point.

“What’s your swordsmanship skill rank?”

-S-rank.

“Not quite SS-rank?”

-…You even know about that. No, it’s not. However, it was flickering… You could consider it about S+ rank. But since I died and became undead, it’s more accurate to view it as S-rank.

“That’s fine. That’s good. What about other skills?”

-Combat arts was S-rank, and horsemanship was also S-rank.

“Swordsmanship was your main focus, the rest were supplementary. That’s orthodox.”

-Correct.

Asking about the rank of the swordsmanship skill, which was the Death Knight’s main skill.

Muscal couldn’t help but be amazed that Shin Hyeok even knew the skill classification methods of Challenger Tier, but he honestly revealed his rank.

In life: S+ rank.

After death, resurrected as a Death Knight: S rank.

Even this level would be hard to find a match for on Earth.

Especially excluding his main swordsmanship, even the skills he used as supplements were formidable.

In life, he would certainly have been at the level of a native dimension Challenger.

‘In life, Emperor-class would have been difficult, roughly King-class level. And since he died and was reborn as a Death Knight, he’d be below Royal-class. But there are ways.’

Earth hadn’t had the Integrated League opened, so Challenger Tier didn’t exist, but if the Integrated League were to open, Emperor-class players had the ability and talent to definitely become Challengers.

In that regard, Muscal had skills slightly below that.

On top of that, he carried the demerit of being resurrected as undead after death, so an assessment of below Royal-class, above Diamond would be appropriate.

This was exactly the evaluation Shin Hyeok currently received.

However, Shin Hyeok had no intention of being satisfied with that.

“Don’t you want to become stronger? I mean recovering some of your living prowess.”

-…There aren’t many ways for me, an undead, to become stronger.

“Right. The ways for undead to become stronger are absorbing large amounts of energy, namely death energy, and creating numerous deaths.”

-Do you happen to have more death energy?

“I don’t. But there is a way.”

-…?

Muscal was strong but insufficient.

The National Competition was literally a national competition.

A place where not only Royal-class but also King-class and Emperor-class participated.

In such a place, Muscal could be helpful but couldn’t be a joker.

What Shin Hyeok wanted was a joker who could deal meaningful damage even to Emperor-class players.

Therefore, Shin Hyeok proposed to Muscal.

“Are you interested in becoming my vassal?”

-…!

Vassal.

Just as Tarkan had, Shin Hyeok now offered Muscal a vassal proposal.

If he became a vassal, Muscal would no longer be bound by the shackles of being a summoned creature.

However, unlike summoned creatures who could be summoned anytime as long as mana and death energy were sufficient, if one became a vassal, a death immunity token would be needed if they died.

If there weren’t any, he would have no choice but to wait endlessly in the retainer space until he could obtain them.

For Muskal, who had agreed to the undead contract because he feared death, this was bound to be a dilemma.

So Shin Hyeok began dangling the carrot as well.

“Among my companions, there’s a legendary blacksmith and a legendary alchemist.”

-…What? Is that true?

“Yes. Look at my weapon. Does it look like a system-made weapon?”

-…It’s a crafted weapon. There wasn’t even a single legendary crafting player in the entire empire….

“Don’t feel bad that the empire doesn’t have any—lower dimensions don’t have them either. You’d have to go to upper dimensions to find them scattered here and there. Even then, they’d probably be in dimensional realms specialized in specific fields.”

-Such beings exist in pairs in a native dimension where even the Integrated League hasn’t opened yet. And they all belong to my lord.

“That’s right. So here’s my proposal. If you become my retainer, I’ll outfit you with legendary-grade weapons and unique-grade armor. I’ll also prepare elixirs specialized for morale.”

-Hmm…!

Sejin and Hyo-rin.

Not long ago, even Goldrich, the dimensional merchant, had drooled over them and offered a half-price discount for the first time in his merchant life, showing that the boss had gone crazy.

When he mentioned them, Muskal’s contemplation deepened.

But his deliberation didn’t last long.

-Even His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire couldn’t bestow upon me legendary weapons and unique-grade armor. Yet you offer not only that but also elixirs made specifically for me—how could I refuse such a proposal? Muskal Alahandro, Captain of the Imperial Guard of the Harmadon Empire, meets his true lord.

Thud!

It was completely different from what he had shown when first summoned.

Unlike before when he had only bent one knee and slightly bowed his head, this time it was a perfect prostration.

It was a posture of submission.

Along with his sincerity, Shin Hyeok could see the message window that appeared before his eyes.

[You have gained the complete loyalty of Undead: Muskal Alahandro.]

[Undead: Muskal Alahandro wishes to become your retainer.]

[Will you accept?]

“Yes.”

It was the retainer contract message.

When Shin Hyeok nodded and accepted, another message appeared.

[You have acquired your second retainer.]

[Skill: Retainer Summoning[D] has grown to Retainer Summoning[B].]

“Good. Muskal. How much stronger do you feel?”

-I feel about 20% stronger than when I was undead.

“Compared to your prime?”

-I’m still far short… but assuming I get the equipment you mentioned and consume the elixirs, I should catch up considerably. Considering your growth as well, my lord, the moment I surpass my prime doesn’t seem too far away.

“Understood. I’ll prepare everything as quickly as possible.”

-Thank you.

Shin Hyeok nodded at Muskal’s response after becoming his retainer.

While reaching his prime level might be difficult, as he said, just outfitting him with equipment would make it hard to find opponents on current Earth.

Add Shin Hyeok and Tarkan to that, and even Emperor-class players would be worth challenging.

Especially—

‘Once I reach Diamond, victory becomes quite feasible.’

Shin Hyeok was still Platinum.

Unlike Emperor-class players who had already hit the wall of growth limitations, Shin Hyeok had abundant room for growth.

The answer was clear.

“So it’s the Dimension Arena again.”

Dimension Arena.

A place of growth where the strong from various dimensions gathered.

He had to go there.

He had to go there and grow, and grow again.

Faced with the grand imperative that wouldn’t change no matter how much he grew, Shin Hyeok dismissed Muskal’s summoning and returned home.

* * *

Though he had formed a retainer contract with Muskal, Shin Hyeok didn’t bother revealing Muskal.

Tarkan had been unavoidably revealed due to the Colosseum’s champion finals, but Muskal was different.

Of course, if necessary, he would have revealed Muskal’s identity, but—

-Ah, GG~!

-Taking another easy win today~

-Now even Diamonds are getting matched, but nothing’s changing

-For real, seems like everyone below Cheon-oe-cheon is below the Host?

Even without Muskal, Shin Hyeok was strong.

After advancing to Platinum 2, Shin Hyeok began getting matched with Diamond players frequently, beyond just occasionally.

But even they weren’t any different.

They just fought a little better and endured a little longer than Platinum players.

Eventually, Shin Hyeok became a disaster beyond Platinum, becoming a disaster of Diamond, becoming a disaster of the Dimension Arena.

Since he generously distributed the points needed for advancement, Shin Hyeok quickly advanced to Platinum 1, and before long reached the end of Platinum 1.

[You have obtained entry to the Integrated Platinum League.]

“Hmm.”

Naturally, he also obtained entry to the Integrated Platinum League.

With this, Shin Hyeok would participate in all the Integrated Silver, Gold, and Platinum Leagues.

Of course, this wasn’t a particularly difficult achievement.

But if he achieved MVP in this Integrated League as well, it would be different.

“It’s an achievement even Hwang couldn’t accomplish.”

Achieving MVP in all the Integrated Leagues of Silver, Gold, and Platinum would be a first for Earth.

Because Hwang, the Mawang and Muwang, had overlapping periods, so they either split the MVP or failed to achieve it due to combined attacks and interference from other players.

Earth’s first achievement.

Shin Hyeok, who had accomplished many first achievements, knew best how sweet that could be.

Therefore, Shin Hyeok felt great joy.

The higher the tier, the stronger the rewards.

Considering that, the Integrated Platinum League MVP reward would be superior to the previous Silver and Gold MVP rewards.

Add Diamond advancement on top of that, and all preparations for the National Competition would be complete, so he couldn’t help but be happy.

Just then, a message appeared before Shin Hyeok’s eyes.

[…Error. Abnormal strength of one player confirmed.]

[Judged that the Integrated Platinum League cannot be properly conducted at this rate.]

[Rules will be revised.]

Rule revision.

The same thing he had experienced once during the Integrated Gold League appeared before Shin Hyeok’s eyes once again.

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