All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 111

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 111

Looking here and there, there were only orcs.

Every single one was skin and bones, not having eaten a proper meal, but Shin Hyeok’s discernment wasn’t so poor that he couldn’t recognize them as orcs.

‘The minimum is Gold. Most are Platinum. A very few are Diamond. If players who are Gold tier or above ended up in such a state, just how harsh must it have been?’

Shin Hyeok clicked his tongue after grasping the tiers of the orc miners with just a brief glance.

From Gold onwards, they could be called superhumans, Platinum was a walking army, and Diamond was simply at the level of tactical weapons.

The fact that such beings had become wretched creatures who could neither die nor live, doing mining work, was itself a contradiction so severe it was hell itself.

This was especially true given that not a single orc with green skin could be seen among them.

‘Earlier, the dwarves who faced Tarkan said this mine received investment from the Emerald Orcs. To push even their own kind into lives worse than slaves just because of different skin color… Really… these upper dimension bastards are just unlikable.’

It wasn’t because the dwarves were fucking racists.

It was simply because Emerald Orcs, unlike Non-Green Orcs, were a race of the ruling class in the Dimension Arena.

It was actually ridiculous.

To divide by skin color alone wasn’t enough, but to make it this miserable.

However, Shin Hyeok could only wear a bitter smile because their discrimination theory wasn’t entirely wrong either.

‘The greener the skin, the closer to the original bloodline. The closer to the original, the higher the probability of having excellent talent. Still, Non-Green Orcs aren’t completely without talent, but really…’

Orcs were a race that could be called the pinnacle of green skins.

Ogres and trolls, unlike orcs, lacked intelligence or reproductive ability.

In the case of goblins, unlike orcs, they lacked strength and stamina.

As such, orcs had a higher probability of possessing excellent talent the closer their skin was to a deep green color.

It was discrimination with reason, but also discrimination that couldn’t be understood.

‘Seeing the essence of discrimination that didn’t change until my death right before my eyes makes me feel complicated.’

The discrimination that didn’t disappear even before meeting his end at the hands of traitors recruited by the Homo Novus Empire couldn’t possibly be absent now, but seeing it directly with his own eyes was a slightly different story, so Shin Hyeok was lost in thought for just a moment.

Crack!

“You stupid bastards! Stop spacing out and get back to mining! If you don’t meet today’s quota, I’ll make you beg to be killed!”

Shin Hyeok snapped out of his thoughts at the sight of the dwarf overseer roughly swinging his whip while shouting.

The opponent was the strongest among all the dwarves he had faced so far.

Of course, he wasn’t a match for Shin Hyeok.

‘The real one hasn’t appeared yet.’

That didn’t mean he planned to let his guard down.

Shin Hyeok had already swept through the inside of the mine with mana detection long ago.

In that process, he had detected an opponent that even Shin Hyeok couldn’t take lightly, so Shin Hyeok quietly glared at the whip-wielding dwarf overseer and then—

Whoosh!

“Ryeomapo.”

“…What?!”

Immediately deployed Ryeomapo and approached him.

The dwarf overseer, who had been focused only on berating the orc miners despite the commotion outside, looked at Shin Hyeok in surprise.

At the sight of Shin Hyeok who had approached in the blink of an eye, he was shocked like the previous dwarves but also responded quickly.

Whiiiiish!

The whip in his hand broke through the sound barrier with a rough tearing sound and entered sub-light speed.

A whip was a weapon that could break the sound barrier even when wielded by an ordinary human’s hand.

Since such a weapon was held in the hands of a Diamond tier player, its attack power went without saying.

‘If it hits, flesh won’t just tear but explode.’

Watching the whip flying while tearing through space, Shin Hyeok calmly finished his analysis and swung his Arcane Spear and holy sword.

Clang!

A heavy shockwave generated from the collision of the whip, Arcane Spear, and holy sword spread to the surroundings.

The surroundings became a mess due to that force, but Shin Hyeok didn’t care and burrowed into the dwarf overseer’s embrace.

A whip was a powerful weapon, but since it was a mid-range weapon, it was also difficult to use properly when the distance was closed.

“Tsk!”

The dwarf overseer also knew this well, so he threw his body backward while continuously swinging the whip.

It was a struggle to somehow shake off Shin Hyeok, but dwarves are short.

In other words, their legs are also short.

As such, even if he had learned footwork, it was difficult to demonstrate its usual power.

Especially since Shin Hyeok’s footwork was of a different class from the footwork the dwarf overseer had learned, the level difference was even greater, making it even more difficult.

Eventually, Shin Hyeok succeeded in penetrating inside the whip’s effective range, and the dwarf overseer reluctantly dropped his whip and immediately drew out a war axe.

The enormously large war axe was as huge as the dwarf overseer himself.

Despite holding a war axe as big as his own body, the dwarf overseer charged toward Shin Hyeok without the slightest tremor.

Thud!

The stone floor of the mine shattered and stone fragments scattered in all directions like an exploded grenade.

Since he had deliberately infused mana, its power was stronger than, if not equal to, an actual grenade.

A worn and weathered player who used everything he did in combat.

It was a move steeped in experience that couldn’t even be compared to Earth’s players who just threw skills around and relied only on traits, but—

Ting ting ting ting!

“…No, you’re kidding me.”

“Don’t you have anything like this? Wasn’t dwarf technology the best in the dimension?”

“Kuk, shut up!”

It was a meaningless attack before the Legendary Equipment: Automatic Defense System.

The dwarf overseer’s face turned red with rage at the easily deflected stone fragments, and he spat out curses before swinging his war axe greatly.

Whoosh!

Shin Hyeok watched the trajectory of the war axe charging through the air with unwavering eyes, then brought his holy sword to the trajectory at the precise timing.

Clang!

With an unpleasant metallic sound, the blade of the war axe twisted along the surface of the holy sword.

The moment the dwarf overseer’s beard twitched at Shin Hyeok’s swordsmanship that precisely deflected his attack.

“Continuous Spiral Thrust.”

Thud thud thud thud thud!

Shin Hyeok’s Arcane Spear flew toward the dwarf overseer’s weak points.

Faced with the Arcane Spear’s attack that seemed to split into dozens, the dwarf overseer gritted his teeth and pulled out a card he had been saving.

“Burning Furnace!”

Hissssss!

The form of a massive furnace rose behind the dwarf overseer, and tremendous heat swirled, erasing all the trajectories of the incoming Arcane Spear.

‘A summoning-type trait? So he does have a hidden ace up his sleeve.’

Summoning-type trait.

It was an ability that was a lower-tier version of domain, with the power to summon structures, buildings, etc., to adjust the surrounding environment to suit oneself.

However, the ability of that power itself couldn’t be ignored.

Especially since, like a worn and weathered player, he would have scraped the very bottom of the traits he possessed.

“Be crushed to death by the heat!”

Roar!

Soon, the furnace that rose behind the dwarf overseer blazed up, spewing heat incomparable to before.

The dwarf overseer, wrapping such heat around his war axe, kicked off the air with his short legs and lunged at Shin Hyeok.

Terrible heat spread like mirages, drawing dozens of trajectories.

An attack so cunningly crafted that it was impossible to tell which was real.

“Observation Eye.”

Whirrrr!

But it was meaningless before Shin Hyeok.

The moment Shin Hyeok’s eyes glowed blue.

The Observation Eye didn’t just penetrate the heat but dissected it completely.

“Even if you distinguish between real and fake, nothing changes!”

Of course, the dwarf overseer wasn’t to be underestimated either.

As if it didn’t matter whether Shin Hyeok distinguished between real and fake as long as his attack hit, he swung his war axe toward Shin Hyeok’s neck.

Deceive the eyes with heat mirages, and the main body quickly approaches to strike the opponent’s weak point.

It was a perfectly flawless attack, but—

Crash!

First, it was caught by the automatic defense system.

Crash!

Second, it was blocked by various shields and protective devices that Shin Hyeok had deployed in advance.

Crunch!

The remaining impact was absorbed by the Armor of Absorption.

“…Not yet! It’s not over yet! Die crushed by the heat!”

Though his full-power attack had been futilely blocked, the Dwarf Overseer didn’t give up.

Even if the physical force was gone, the overwhelming heat wrapped around his war axe remained.

Believing without doubt that this heat would devour Shin Hyeok and turn him into charcoal, the Dwarf Overseer smiled.

“So refreshing~”

“…What? No… What the hell is this?”

However, that smile didn’t last long.

In the overwhelming heat of the trait: Burning Furnace, Shin Hyeok didn’t turn into charcoal but instead let out refreshing exclamations like someone enjoying a sauna.

Since the heat was so intense that even dwarves, who had felt the heat of workshop forges since birth, couldn’t endure it, the Dwarf Overseer’s bewilderment was indescribably great.

‘The Flame Extreme Body’s performance is definitely solid.’

Since he didn’t know about the Unique-grade Body: Flame Extreme Body, his bewilderment was natural.

Of course, Shin Hyeok had no intention of explaining the Flame Extreme Body to him in detail.

“Explaining how that’s possible would be tedious and pedantic, so I’ll pass. If your attack failed, you should get hit, right? Island bastard.”

“…!”

Whoooooosh!!!

The failure of his prepared full-power attack.

It was time to pay the price for closing the distance and giving Shin Hyeok his turn.

Shin Hyeok shot out his tightly gripped Arcane Spear, piercing straight through the Dwarf Overseer’s abdomen while slamming his opponent into the mine wall.

“Kraaaaaaah!”

Since the Arcane Spear was wrapped in True Black Demon Flame, the Dwarf Overseer was burning in real-time from his pierced abdomen.

Even the dwarf racial trait of heat resistance was utterly useless at this moment.

Even as a dwarf, he had no way to endure the demonic flames that burned from his internal organs.

The Dwarf Overseer screamed and struggled in agony as he was cooked alive from the inside.

But that didn’t change anything.

Since Shin Hyeok’s Arcane Spear had penetrated more than half of the mine wall, it would be strange if he could escape with ordinary strength.

Eventually, the Dwarf Overseer died shortly after.

“Devour.”

Crunch!

[Stat: Monstrous Strength increased by 16.]

[Stat: Stamina increased by 9.]

[Stat: Intelligence increased by 5.]

[Stat: Mana increased by 9.]

[Skill: Metallurgy [A] proficiency has increased.]

After devouring the corpse of the Dwarf Overseer who died skewered like a kebab, Shin Hyeok wore a satisfied smile.

Though it was just one person, since the opponent was who he was, the efficiency of Devour was considerable.

The gradually rising proficiency of Metallurgy [A] was a bonus.

Shin Hyeok smacked his lips at the effect that was better than making several pieces of decent equipment.

‘If I devour a few more dwarves, S-rank might be possible.’

S-rank Metallurgy.

The starting line for crafting legendary-grade equipment.

And Shin Hyeok was also seeing other possibilities for metallurgy.

‘I didn’t know before regression since I’d never learned metallurgy… This is surprisingly helpful in combat. The equipment opponents wear. The weapons they wield. By examining those, I can roughly see what their weaknesses are. If metallurgy reaches S-rank, I might see something more.’

This was the combat application of metallurgy.

Metallurgy was a skill for handling metals and crafting equipment.

Therefore, it could also analyze already-made equipment.

Things like joints between equipment pieces or structural flaws that existed from when the equipment was made.

Combining all these things provided surprisingly great help in combat, so Shin Hyeok finished his thoughts while anticipating when metallurgy would grow by one level.

“Cheolmangchi is dead…”

“That vicious bastard actually died…”

“His personality was trash, but he was still someone even the veterans couldn’t beat when they ganged up on him…”

“Just who are you?”

The Orc Miners cautiously approached Shin Hyeok and asked questions.

The Dwarf Overseer that Shin Hyeok killed, Cheolmangchi, was a piece of trash who exploited the Orc Miners, but he was also a player with correspondingly powerful strength.

A powerful player who had a record of suppressing rebellions single-handedly when uprisings occurred during the exploitation process.

Of course, they had no proper equipment and couldn’t use their full power due to not eating properly, but even when three veteran Orc Miners who were formerly Diamond tier attacked together, they couldn’t defeat him, so his strength was real.

But Shin Hyeok had disposed of such a Cheolmangchi as if he were playing with him.

Evidence that he overwhelmed Cheolmangchi in skill, equipment, and talent.

Therefore, they had no choice but to treat Shin Hyeok cautiously.

If they acted carelessly toward a player who easily overwhelmed even Cheolmangchi, they could end up joining hands with Cheolmangchi in Shin Hyeok’s stomach.

Looking at the Orc Miners who were watching him with eyes filled with fear, joy, longing, and desperation, Shin Hyeok readily answered their question.

“I’m someone who came to help you all.”

“Pardon?”

It was an answer that somehow reeked strongly of being fake.

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