All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 123

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 123

“Whoa, hyung got a lot stronger. You could even be a Player now.”

“Not interested. But it seems Shin-woo has been a great help. I could definitely feel that my strength increased, but more importantly, my body’s balance is coming together. That had a big influence on breaking through the wall too.”

“Ah, so that’s why.”

“…? What?”

“Nothing, never mind.”

After a brief physical scuffle.

Shin Hyeok was surprised by Sejin’s strength, which had grown beyond what he remembered.

Realizing that his younger brother Shin-woo was the foundation of this growth, Shin Hyeok understood the reason for Sejin’s development, which was much faster than before his regression, and nodded to himself.

When Sejin, who didn’t know about the time before regression, tilted his head in confusion, Shin Hyeok chuckled and shook his head, then immediately rolled up his sleeves.

“I’ll help too. My metallurgy just reached S-rank, so I should be useful.”

“You’re adequate as an assistant.”

“…Is this how other people feel when they look at me? This is really annoying.”

“Then they probably saw you correctly. You are really annoying.”

“Tsk, let’s hurry up. After we finish this, I need to make equipment too.”

“Equipment? For who?”

“Muscal. Iron sand should be perfect for my Death Knight’s equipment, right?”

“…Definitely. A unique-grade material deeply connected to a familiar would be better than a legendary-grade material with no connection at all. I can raise the grade with my own power anyway.”

“Good. We have our answer. Then shall we start with the boring and tedious ingot smelting?”

With their light banter finished, Shin Hyeok and Sejin began their work in earnest.

Using the special unique-grade material iron sand to create equipment for a Death Knight that had never appeared even once on Earth.

Moreover, it was for Muscal, who had become even more powerful by becoming Shin Hyeok’s familiar.

Smelting ingots was an extremely tedious and boring task, but thinking of the interesting work to come, Sejin felt energy surging through him.

Whoooosh!

As soon as work began, Sejin lit the massive furnace in his workshop.

Just seeing how it blazed blue as soon as it was lit showed it was a furnace close to the highest quality.

“I made it myself. I used ten-thousand-fold steel and thousand-fold steel as the base, mixed in auxiliary materials strong against heat and auxiliary materials that enhance heat. Honestly, it would be difficult to find something of this level anywhere in the world. Well, maybe the Forge God’s Temple might have one.”

“Even the Forge God’s Temple wouldn’t have a furnace of this level.”

“How would you know?”

“Well, I’ve seen it.”

“…?”

Since the Forge God’s Temple didn’t exist on Earth, Sejin was puzzled, but Shin Hyeok just shrugged his shoulders.

‘I saw it several times before regression. But it wasn’t as good as what Sejin hyung made.’

Before regression.

After the Integrated League opened, Shin Hyeok had visited various dimensions, and among them was a dimension with the Forge God’s Temple.

Befitting the blacksmith god, his temple was used as a blacksmith’s workshop, so there was a massive furnace in the center of the temple.

The sight of countless blacksmiths gathered around that furnace, each melting their own materials, was so magnificent that even the word “majestic” wasn’t enough to describe it.

That’s why Shin Hyeok was certain.

That the furnace Sejin made was better than the furnace he had seen back then.

Of course, that didn’t mean Sejin was better than the Forge God.

The furnace Shin Hyeok had seen was from a temple located in just one of countless existing dimensions.

It couldn’t even be compared to a furnace located in the main base of the upper echelon.

Even if the furnace in the upper echelon’s main base was inferior to Sejin’s, that wouldn’t change anything.

‘But the future will be different.’

However, Shin Hyeok looked at the future, not the present.

In less than a year since regression, Sejin had reached a state close to what he was before regression.

If he continued to grow like this.

If Shin Hyeok solidly supported him and raised the status of Earth’s dimension.

Perhaps Sejin could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Forge God.

Or even become an existence of higher status than him.

“Hey, Choi. Stop spacing out and crush some ore.”

“…Got it.”

Of course, now was the time to focus on smelting iron sand ingots.

Nodding at Sejin’s scolding, Shin Hyeok immediately picked up an ore-crushing hammer and began smashing chunks of iron sand ore with loud bangs.

“Wow, a human is better than a machine.”

“That’s a compliment, right?”

“Of course. Let’s hurry up. There’s a mountain of work to do. Because of someone.”

“Ahem.”

The iron sand ore chunks were incredibly hard—it would be insulting to compare them to ordinary piles of stone—but before Shin Hyeok, they were no different from fragile sand piles.

When Shin Hyeok instantly crushed the iron sand ore chunks into easily meltable pieces and handed them to Sejin—

Whoooosh!

Sejin threw them into his furnace and added various additional materials to extract pure iron sand.

During this process, Shin Hyeok could learn and feel Sejin’s techniques by watching over his shoulder.

Feeling his metallurgy proficiency naturally rising, he focused intently on crushing and stealing glances for a while.

“Now let’s try working together. I’ve got the hang of it, so there shouldn’t be any failures.”

“I was waiting for those exact words.”

Having figured out how to extract iron sand, Sejin called Shin Hyeok to work together and accelerated the iron sand smelting process.

Shin Hyeok was an excellent student.

The kind of student who, when taught one thing, understood ten and grasped a hundred.

Thanks to this, Sejin seemed to enjoy teaching, and with a bright face, he passed on everything he knew.

Working like this, Shin Hyeok became a bit more familiar with examining materials.

The furnace’s heat.

The iron sand hidden within the iron sand ore.

Additional materials added at precise timing.

‘It feels like opening my eyes.’

Thanks to this, his ability to see the grain—which he gained when his metallurgy reached S-rank—improved even further as a bonus.

Anyway, after focusing solely on iron sand smelting without rest, Shin Hyeok and Sejin were able to create a total of twenty-three iron sand ingots.

“Considering the yield was a bit low at the beginning, it’s not bad, right?”

“It’s enough. How many of these do we need to make the equipment?”

“Eight? That should be enough.”

“Okay.”

After setting aside eight of the twenty-three iron sand ingots.

Shin Hyeok put the remaining ingots into his inventory.

These could be delivered when he met Goldrich later.

Of course, there would be no problem delivering them right now, but—

‘It’s still too early to obtain the item. I should call him when it’s time to get the item.’

There was no way Goldrich had already obtained the trait scroll for Kkamak that he had requested, so he postponed it.

Having finished the preliminary work, Shin Hyeok summoned Muscal.

-I greet my lord.

“Muscal. This is Sejin hyung, the craftsman who will make your equipment. Hyung, this is my familiar, the Death Knight Muscal.”

-Hmm! So you are the one…! It is an honor to meet you.

“Oh, so this is what a Death Knight feels like. The aura of death is definitely strong. My skin feels tingly. Hmm, I’ve grasped the feeling. It looks like good equipment will come out.”

At Shin Hyeok’s introduction, Muscal bowed deeply to Sejin.

An excellent craftsman was an existence worthy of respect from dozens of excellent knights.

Moreover, if it was a craftsman who would make his equipment, it wouldn’t be wrong to consider him second only to his lord, so there was no hesitation.

While receiving Muscal’s greeting, Sejin quickly scanned Muscal’s entire body and made an estimate, then smiled like a child who had received a gift.

Creating equipment imbued with the aura of death for a Death Knight.

It was a special attempt he had never tried before, but precisely because of that, it stimulated Sejin’s desire to create.

“Go back for now, and I’ll make you something proper.”

-Yes!

Having finished confirming the estimate through Muscal, Shin Hyeok dismissed the now-useless Muscal and smiled at Sejin.

“Ready?”

“I’m always ready.”

“Not tired?”

“Ha! What do you take me for? I could go all day.”

“Good, then shall we begin?”

“Sounds good.”

Sejin also maintained his smile and picked up his hammer with a matching grin.

Shin Hyeok likewise roughly grabbed his own hammer, not to be outdone.

A collaboration between two proud craftsmen.

The result was the birth of new legends that had never existed in the world.

“This is… really quite good.”

“…I honestly can’t deny it.”

The collaboration between a craftsman with SS-rank metallurgy and an All Master with S-rank metallurgy brought truly excellent results.

While Sejin proceeded with orthodox techniques to elevate the quality of the work itself, Shin Hyeok enriched the piece based on his versatility.

“Using Death Flowers to light the fire and adding Dead Soul Wood to build it up was good.”

“Same goes for you. Using necromancy to make dead souls into kindling, concentrating the aura of death into the equipment itself? Plus using magic to maintain the fire stably. Without you, it would have been hard to produce something this good.”

“In the end, it’s a work that came out because we both did well.”

“That’s true. Then shall we check the items we made?”

“That sounds good.”

After praising each other’s techniques and abilities once, creating a warm atmosphere.

The two simultaneously checked the status windows of a sword and armor.

[Deathbringer]

* Legendary+ Grade

A cursed demonic sword that goes beyond harboring death to summoning death itself.

But even the already dead would consider this a blessing.

* Strength, Stamina, Morale+ 134

* Attack Power: 8,874

* Unique Skill: Death’s Descent

* Unique Skill: Death Enhancement

* Unique Skill: Death Explosion

[Death Scale Armor]

* Legendary Grade

Armor made of scales forged from death.

Just bringing a weapon near this armor will bring death upon you.

* Strength, Stamina, Morale+ 107

* Defense: 1,469

* Unique Skill: Fortress Wall of Death

* Unique Skill: Death Bestowal

“…Amazing. To think we got results like this using unique-grade materials as the base.”

“But we used legendary-grade materials for the auxiliary components, so that’s probably why. Even considering that, it’s still tremendous results.”

“Haha, that was fun after so long. Especially handling special materials like Death Iron – it felt like glimpsing a new path. I think it’ll be a great help when crafting other items in the future.”

“Good work. Rest now.”

“Yawn, I should. I’m heading out first.”

Tremendous results.

A Legendary+ grade sword and Legendary grade armor.

Results made possible by using Death Iron as the base but supporting it with legendary materials.

Satisfied with having seen new possibilities and paths in metallurgy through handling the special material called Death Iron, Sejin yawned and headed to his quarters attached to the workshop.

Having hammered away while day turned to night and dates changed, he had reached his physical limits.

Though he had a robust body and stamina befitting an excellent blacksmith, he was essentially not a Player.

In contrast, Shin Hyeok was perfectly fine.

It was a clear example showing what level Shin Hyeok had reached as a Player.

In the spot where Sejin had disappeared.

“Muscal.”

-…Yes, my lord.

“Come here.”

-…Understood.

Shin Hyeok called the loyal knight who had not left his post even once while day and night changed, standing guard the entire time.

Muscal quietly bowed his head and approached Shin Hyeok.

Then, as if it were natural, he bent his knees and placed them on the ground.

Not just one knee, but both knees entirely.

Not a knight’s posture, but a posture of submission.

Even so, Shin Hyeok didn’t blink an eye as he drew the Legendary+ grade sword, Deathbringer, and placed it on Muscal’s shoulder.

“Do you swear to become my sword and the vanguard that will crush my enemies?”

-That is the path I desire.

“No matter who that enemy might be?”

-Yes, my lord. Even if your sword points toward the Constellations, I will stand at the very front.

“Good, Muskal Alahandro. My first knight. But don’t worry. I will always be by your side as you stand at the front.”

-It is an honor.

Click!

After the oath was complete.

Shin Hyeok sheathed Deathbringer and personally fastened it around Muscal’s waist.

Clatter!

The Death Scale Armor was the same.

Having personally helped Muscal equip the Death Scale Armor, Shin Hyeok met the fiercely burning gaze and then dismissed his summon.

“Phew, have I advanced even a little?”

The New Human Empire, the target of his revenge.

Shin Hyeok let out a satisfied sigh at having advanced even a little closer to them.

It was exhausting and difficult work, and while he was confident that he would grow stronger rapidly after his regression and surpass his past prime, his enemies were still far too powerful.

But even so, Shin Hyeok had no intention of giving up.

He would rather break than bend.

With such thoughts, Shin Hyeok opened his eyes wide and opened the Achievement shop.

Among the countless product listings, there was one thing Shin Hyeok chose.

[Unique Grade Trait Enhancement Ticket: 100,000P]

“Well then, shall we take another step forward?”

The Unique Grade Trait Enhancement Ticket.

Plus the Unique Grade Trait Growth Ticket he received as a reward.

The only trait Shin Hyeok had possessed since his awakening.

It was time to elevate Versatility to Legendary grade.

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