All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 120

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 120

After conquering the ravine underground mine.

Shin Hyeok met face-to-face with his father Inguyn after a long time.

“Father.”

“Yes, you’ve caused another big incident in the past few days. So did you really obtain ownership of the Sacheolseok Mine?”

“Yes, I went through such hardship that I had to bring back at least that much to make it worthwhile.”

“Hehe, then Korea will really be flooded with unique-grade materials.”

Inguyn confirmed the truth of the rumors circulating in the community with Shin Hyeok and let out a hollow laugh.

His son had truly acquired a mine that gushed forth unique-grade materials.

Considering the value of unique-grade materials, that single mine alone was enough to slap around any decent mid-sized company.

No, since the value of unique-grade materials wasn’t just money, the actual influence would rival that of major corporations.

‘Really… I’m amazed anew, but when did he grow up this much…’

Looking at his son who had grown to the point where even chairmen of major corporations had to be mindful of him, Inguyn felt his nose tingle.

However, Shin Hyeok pinpointed the incorrect part of Inguyn’s statement.

“Korea? It’s coming from me.”

“Isn’t that the same thing?”

“It’s different. It’s going from me to Korea, not that the two are identical.”

“Aren’t you being too rigid? It’s still your homeland…”

“I haven’t particularly received anything from that homeland. Korea is already gaining great benefits just from what it receives from me. And Father, keep this in mind. Korea is a place full of people who get angry and demand you give two things when you give one.”

“Hmm…”

Feeling the distrust toward Korea emanating from Shin Hyeok as he clearly drew a line separating Korea and himself, Inguyn swallowed a groan but couldn’t refute it.

Certainly Korea was his homeland and he thought it was a good country, but if asked whether all the people within it were good people, even Inguyn had to shake his head.

“I heard that ministers from the Player Department have flocked to Korea again.”

“I heard. Our Player Department minister was practically begging. Please meet with them, he said.”

“So, are you thinking of meeting them?”

“I should meet them. But I don’t need to meet them myself.”

“…Don’t tell me, no way?”

But his head being complicated with thoughts about Korea was only momentary.

When Inguyn looked at Shin Hyeok with a ‘surely not’ expression after reading something in Shin Hyeok’s familiar voice, Shin Hyeok grinned and shrugged his shoulders.

“Why not? It’s about time Father tried being a major corporation chairman too.”

“No, I’m already overwhelmed with what I have, what do you mean…”

“Really? If Father truly finds it difficult, then it can’t be helped. Well, I’ll ask Grandfather to find someone decent to use.”

“…Ah, such scheming. Where did that cunning brain of yours come from?”

“Hmm, they say blood is thicker than water. Why are you spitting on your own face, Father?”

“Tsk!”

While it was true that he was struggling with Shinwha Distribution’s affairs, he didn’t want to hand over what had come into his hands to someone else, so Inguyn clicked his tongue and frowned.

Most importantly, the biggest reason was—

“This would help you, right?”

“It would. Very much so. That’s why I want to entrust it to Father. I can only focus on being a Player with peace of mind when I entrust it to the most trustworthy person in the world.”

“…Haaa.”

Because it would help Shin Hyeok.

Unable to bear the thought of entrusting such work to others, Inguyn hung his head low and let out a big sigh, then raised his head with a resolute expression.

“I’ll do my best.”

“Good thinking. For the name, how about something like Shinwha Mining?”

“Using the Shinwha name requires Father’s permission…”

“You can be flexible about that much. Grandfather knows I’m behind you anyway, so he won’t interfere.”

“Understood. Then I’ll register the company right away and meet with the foreign Player Department ministers.”

“Take this opportunity to scrape up all the necessary interests too.”

“We’ve already scraped up almost everything related to Sinwha Workshop and Paracelsus, so I’m not sure if there’s more to scrape, but I’ll try scraping more.”

“You know how the last bits scraped from the rice bowl are the most delicious part of fried rice, right? There’s definitely the most delicious part left, so scrape until metal shavings come out.”

“Alright.”

Having quickly created a company called Shinwha Mining that held rights to the Sacheolseok Mine, Shin Hyeok stopped worrying about Shinwha Mining after that.

‘Father will handle it well.’

Because he trusted Inguyn’s abilities.

Though he had fallen out of favor with his grandfather and couldn’t properly realize his ambitions due to his siblings’ interference, Inguyn was also a member of the Shinwha Family.

In this area, Inguyn was also formidable.

Oh, of course he didn’t forget to make one request.

“Please find people to work in the mine too.”

“Huh? Other people can work there too?”

“It’s possible with my permission.”

“Well, finding manpower isn’t difficult. Any other necessary conditions?”

“You’ll need to find Gold rank or higher. Due to the miasma of the Sacheolseok Mine, those weaker than Gold rank could have problems from miasma erosion.”

“I see, understood. I’ll post job openings while establishing the company.”

“Yes, I’ll be counting on you.”

It was recruitment of miners to work in the Sacheolseok Mine.

The Sacheolseok Mine was enormous.

Covering such a massive mine entirely with just the orc miners was impossible.

Of course it was possible, but only when treating them not as living beings like the dwarves did, but as machines for mining sacheolseok.

However, Shin Hyeok, who had no intention of treating the orc miners that way, decided to recruit additional manpower.

He also didn’t forget to recruit Gold rank or higher Players to escape the problem of miasma that would naturally accumulate in the Sacheolseok Mine.

Having dumped everything related to the Sacheolseok Mine onto others, Shin Hyeok left his meeting with Inguyn with light steps.

“Now, I’ve passed all the complicated and difficult work to Father… Should I go do what I’m best at?”

From Shin Hyeok’s perspective, the Sacheolseok Mine was a treasure vault spewing gold, but it wasn’t particularly nutritious for his own growth.

The massive money and interests generated there were certainly good things, but unfortunately Shin Hyeok had little interest in real-world money and interests.

He just found it inconvenient when he didn’t have them, and disgusting to see people who took what he did for granted.

Since Inguyn would handle all such problems from now on, Shin Hyeok just needed to do what only he could do.

“Sacheolseok Mine transfer.”

Flash!

After finishing his conversation with Inguyn, Shin Hyeok visited the Sacheolseok Mine.

“You’ve arrived, Boss!”

“Mr. Katan. You’re not uncomfortable, are you?”

“Haha! How could we be! Thanks to the supplies you brought us, Boss, we’re living more abundantly than when we lived in our home dimension!”

“That’s a relief.”

As soon as Shin Hyeok appeared at the Sacheolseok Mine, Katan, the leader-type orc who led the orc miners, welcomed Shin Hyeok.

Katan’s complexion kept getting better with time.

Because Shin Hyeok had started supplying materials to the mine after obtaining ownership of the Sacheolseok Mine.

Thanks to eating and resting well, Katan had plumped up nicely.

Of course, befitting a born warrior race, Shin Hyeok was well aware that vicious muscles lay beneath that flesh.

Incidentally, the reason Katan called Shin Hyeok ‘Boss’ was simple.

-Übermensch! Übermensch!

-Honorary Orc! Honorary Orc!

-Please just call me Boss. If you shout that in front of other people, it’ll cause chaos, really.

Because he had been stopped by Shin Hyeok after shouting the nickname they had chanted during Tarkan’s speech previously.

That’s how Shin Hyeok came to be called Boss by the orc miners.

Anyway, since that wasn’t the important matter, Shin Hyeok brought up the main point of his visit to the Sacheolseok Mine.

“You’ve gathered everything in the warehouse, right?”

“Yes! Fortunately it was just before tribute time, so we had a lot of ore left. It’s in ore form since it hasn’t been refined, but the quality can be considered top-notch.”

“Good. We can handle the refining on our end, so that doesn’t matter.”

It was the massive amount of sacheolseok mined from the Sacheolseok Mine.

Luckily it was before tribute to Ironforge, so the amount of accumulated sacheolseok was considerable.

From Ironforge’s perspective, it would feel like having their tribute money stolen, but from Shin Hyeok’s perspective, it was actually good.

He got iron ore and could screw over Ironforge too, so it was killing two birds with one stone.

Shin Hyeok, who headed to the warehouse with Katan, burst out in admiration.

“Wow… It’s really packed full?”

“Still, if we crush the ore and filter out only the iron inside, the amount will be reduced to one-tenth.”

“Even that much is enough. It looks like we’ll get over twenty ingots.”

“Haha! I’m glad it’s sufficient. Then I’ll go back to mining! For the Übermensch! For the honor orc!”

“…Good work.”

The warehouse was large.

And Shin Hyeok didn’t hide his satisfaction with the iron ore stones that filled such a warehouse.

He shook his head at Katan’s shout as he finished guiding and returned to his main job, but didn’t scold him.

“This kind of stress is necessary too. If the orcs can gain strength from the stress I receive, I can take as much as needed.”

Being someone’s salvation or someone’s superhero on a white horse was awkward, but if it was necessary, he could endure it as much as needed.

Shin Hyeok, left alone in the warehouse after Katan disappeared, took out a business card from his pocket.

It was a business card embroidered with splendid gold leaf.

-Caaaawk!!! Caw caw caw!!!

“Tsk, no. This isn’t for you to eat.”

-Caaaawk…

“Eat this instead. But you have to be quiet during this time, okay?”

-Caw caw caw!!

Befitting a business card made of pure gold, Kkamak, who had been preening his feathers on his shoulder, had a fit, but when he took out a don of pure gold from his inventory and put it in his mouth, he quickly became quiet.

It was made in rod form for Kkamak to eat easily.

With Kkamak behind him starting to gnaw on the pure gold rod like a dog chew, Shin Hyeok looked at the business card in his hand.

[Goldrich]

“Is it time to use this?”

It was exactly the business card that Goldrich had given him before leaving.

Using that medium that could summon Goldrich, who traveled around as a wandering merchant, would allow him to call Goldrich.

However, since this item was single-use, if the merchant was dissatisfied with the trade after summoning, he might not give another medium, so it could only be used when there was something the merchant wanted.

That’s why it had been stuck in his inventory since receiving it, but not now.

Whoooosh!

When Shin Hyeok infused mana into the business card, the card that burned with golden light filled the warehouse with golden radiance.

In the place where the blinding golden light disappeared.

A neat-looking blonde, golden-eyed handsome young man appeared.

“Finally! Are you finally fulfilling the contract?!”

Goldrich couldn’t contain his joy as soon as he was summoned and let out an exclamation.

The contract made with him.

An exclamation that burst out because he firmly believed that the contract to let him meet Sejin, the legendary craftsman, would be fulfilled.

“But… is this a workshop? It doesn’t look like a workshop where a legendary craftsman would work at all. Are you perhaps short on money?”

“No way. This just isn’t a workshop.”

“…Kuaaaak! You tricked me, you tricked me, you tricked me!!!”

But when his expectations were cleanly betrayed, the exclamation soon turned into a scream.

Shin Hyeok quietly watched Goldrich, who clung to him, thrust his face forward, and screamed with a ‘you tricked me’ expression, then gently peeled Goldrich off.

“Huh… Don’t tell me you got stronger again?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s impossible… Are you really a monster…”

“I can hear everything.”

Even though it wasn’t his full power, Goldrich’s runaway mind quietly returned home at Shin Hyeok’s strength that easily peeled him off when he had been clinging while half out of his mind.

Of course, that didn’t mean Goldrich had submitted to Shin Hyeok.

“Didn’t you promise me! That we’d see that craftsman together next time!”

“That’s what you said. I said later, I never said next time.”

“No, that’s, hah…”

But Shin Hyeok didn’t back down either.

Actually, “next time” was what Goldrich said, and “later” was what Shin Hyeok said.

Since Shin Hyeok’s logic wasn’t wrong, Goldrich had a lot to say but couldn’t bring himself to say it.

“If you come out like this, I won’t give you my business card either?”

“Really? Then I can transfer the trading rights with the legendary craftsman to another merchant?”

“Urgh, ugh, uaaaah!!!”

“Then the 600,000 Achievement points discount from last time was free. Thanks, Goldrich! You’re the best merchant! The boss has gone crazy!”

“Hyaaaah! Oh heavens!!!”

He tried being stubborn by saying he wouldn’t give his business card to avoid handing over the initiative to Shin Hyeok, but only Goldrich would suffer losses.

Since the terribly heavy sunk cost of having already discounted 600,000 Achievement points in the previous trade had already caught him, such bluffing didn’t work.

Finally, to Goldrich who was kneeling and wailing to the sky, Shin Hyeok quietly threw a carrot.

“Look at what’s in front of you first and then talk.”

“What can mere ore do…”

“Does that look like just ore to you? Hmm, did I misjudge the merchant…”

“…Wait. Don’t tell me that’s iron ore?”

“You recognize it after all. You have good eyes?”

“This is crazy. Is this all…?”

“Right. These are iron ore stones before being refined into iron. How about it? Don’t you want them?”

“I, I want them.”

“Yeah yeah, I knew you would. I called you thinking of you, you know? Hah, not knowing my heart and throwing a tantrum because I didn’t let you meet the craftsman makes my heart feel like it’s collapsing…”

“Hieek! I was wrong! Pl, please forgive me just once!”

Thud!

Goldrich, who realized that the rocks filling the warehouse were actually iron ore stones containing iron more precious than gold, slammed his head down with a pale face.

Shin Hyeok, who was watching that scene with satisfaction, stroked the trembling Goldrich’s back of the head and asked.

“Let’s check it out. First, let’s see how much there is.”

“Yes, yep!”

Pleasant extortion.

No, it was time for fair trade.

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