All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 129

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 129

The opening match of the National Competition.

It wasn’t comparable to the main tournament, but it was still quite popular.

For example, it was like an exhibition match held before the World Cup main tournament begins.

To be precise, it felt like holding a youth World Cup before the main World Cup tournament.

While it couldn’t compare to the main tournament where star players from each country would perform, watching the activities of promising players who would compete in the main tournament in the future was indescribably exciting.

Of course, the biggest reason was that the main tournament would start immediately after the opening match.

And so the opening match began.

[Who do you think will win the opening match?]

Probably the United States?

There’s a lot of evaluation that the current US lineup is legendary level since Mawang.

└Europe is also quite formidable. They’re connected at a high level, so their capabilities are high.

└Looking at it that way, China isn’t to be underestimated either. Their land mass and population are overwhelming.

└That’s why India can’t be ignored either. Ugh, I’ve met some Indian kids a few times and they fight well.

└There’s a saying that you must always be careful of players from Dagestan…

People engaged in heated debates over which country would win.

Traditional powerhouses United States and Europe.

China and India closely chasing behind with their land and population.

And finally Russia with their tough fighters.

Of course, besides the mentioned countries, other nations also had their own trump cards.

In a situation where anyone could win, Korea was in a somewhat ambiguous position.

[What about Korea?]

They’ve been doing something or other a lot this time.

Couldn’t Korea win?

└Hmm…

└Ahem…

└Well…

└They haven’t really shown anything. The only noteworthy player among those participating in the opening match is Su-a Han, but she only got promoted to Platinum a month ago so she probably couldn’t raise her stats much. I don’t have much expectation for the others.

└The main tournament seems promising since Shin-hyeok Choi is there, but the opening match is a bit…

Korea had become a player powerhouse, but it was more accurate to say it had “ended up becoming” one rather than “became” one.

Excluding Shin Hyeok, it was at the level of a mid-tier player nation.

Therefore, the opening match without Shin Hyeok was bound to be treated like fish-shaped bread without the filling.

But after the opening match started.

As time passed, the evaluation began to reverse.

[Su-a Han -> Mutosu Beniyang]

[Su-a Han -> Garanyan Poshu]

[Kim Jin-cheol -> Dawni Esed]

[Hong Ja-ryeong -> Murayama Mishimoto]

Kill messages from the Korean team suddenly started appearing one after another.

Moreover, not all of them were Su-a’s.

Kill messages from players so unknown that viewers asked “Who are these guys?” were enough to perplex everyone watching the live broadcast.

Only in one place.

“Well done!”

“Crush them!”

“Those who underestimated us better be ready for a champagne shower when they return!”

Only the Korean national team gathered at Taereung Athletes’ Village accepted their victories as natural and cheered enthusiastically.

Having witnessed the growth of the national representatives participating in the opening match firsthand, they knew their strength better than anyone – a sight only they could show.

Watching them gather in front of the giant screen and cheer, Geom-wang let out a hollow laugh.

“Amazing. To think those guys would show such behavior… Just last year, it would have been unimaginable.”

“They had to change. If they didn’t change, I would have cut them out.”

Geom-wang knew better than anyone how rotten the national team had been.

They ostracized newcomers and even ostracized each other.

For such people to unite with one heart and cheer for their juniors’ success.

If someone had told him this last year, he would have drawn his sword and told them to stop talking nonsense.

Shin Hyeok chuckled and tilted his ice-filled glass of cola.

“I personally cut out the ones who were really like trash. These guys are, well, slightly less so. I squeezed out the rotting pus, so the inflammation that was about to become pus had only two choices – change or become the pus that was squeezed out earlier… Fortunately, it seems none of them became pus.”

“So all that chaos was planned. You’re quite chilling too.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

When Shin Hyeok completely overhauled the national team, people evaluated that Shin Hyeok had been blinded by ambition.

But that wasn’t it.

Shin Hyeok had attempted delicate surgery and had successfully completed the operation.

While Geom-wang, who only learned the truth months later, let out a sigh.

[Su-a Han -> Shekia Argon]

“Now let’s just watch. Waiting for the glory that the successfully operated patient will bring.”

Seeing Su-a’s kill message appear again, Shin Hyeok raised his ice glass with a grin.

Geom-wang let out a hollow laugh at the sight and picked up his own ice glass, lightly clinking it.

“…Wait, is this Coke Zero by any chance?”

“This is all I drink though?”

“Bring me Pepsi.”

“…No, seriously, what kind of person are you?”

Of course, after the toast, the two began bickering over Coke Zero and Pepsi.

Meanwhile, the opening match was racing toward its end.

“Haa, haa, haa…”

The Battle Royale battlefield.

Not only traversing the gradually shrinking battlefield, but also the players gathered here and there.

Since they were all her enemies, Su-a was exhausted.

But even so, joy was evident on her flushed face.

Everyone gathered here were renowned players from their respective countries, and Su-a was happy to be able to clash with such opponents at full strength.

A dual class of Paladin and Cleric.

Considering that most people with such professions usually had gentle personalities, it was quite strange, but Su-a didn’t care.

“Holy Aura, Divine Enchant, Divine Crash.”

Kwaaaaaaaang!!!

After all, gentleness was completely unnecessary when it came to crushing the enemy before her eyes.

As soon as she detected a player hiding behind a wall looking for an opportunity, Su-a activated Holy Aura.

After enhancing her physical abilities, she applied Divine Enchant to her holy sword.

When she used Divine Crash with her holy sword empowered by Holy Aura and Divine Enchant strengthened through the holy scripture, both the wall and the hiding player exploded.

Insane destructive power as if struck by a hammer rather than a sword.

“Damn! Why is she so strong! She’s just a newbie who’s only been Platinum for a month!”

The death cry of the player caught in such an attack was filled with deep resentment.

It was natural.

The players who participated in the opening match were mostly veterans who had spent several years in Platinum.

They were elite among elites who approached Platinum’s stat limits, handled their skills and traits with considerable mastery, and were armed with rare and unique grade equipment.

It was natural for such elites to feel wronged after being defeated by a 20-year-old girl who had just reached Platinum without even landing a single sword strike.

But there was something they didn’t know.

“Hmph, they don’t know because they haven’t rolled under Shin-woo. And above all, we’re not weak enough to be pushed around by defeated remnants of a bygone era who are busy being content with the present.”

That their several years were inferior to Su-a’s single month.

Su-a was one of the few students taking PT lessons from Shin-woo among the countless players registered at All-Mighty Gym.

Thanks to this, she had built up stats superior to most Platinum players.

That wasn’t the end of it.

She was similarly armed with weapons personally crafted by Sejin, which players worldwide desperately desired, and had consumed elixirs made by Hyo-rin.

The current Su-a was, with a bit of exaggeration, at a level where she could aim for MVP even if she challenged the Integrated Platinum League.

In other words, the number of players in Platinum who could beat Su-a could be counted on one hand, to put it generously.

[Su-a Han -> Zhang Wei Feng]

[Su-a Han -> Do Sun-cheong]

Su-a literally crushed through enemies with unstoppable momentum.

In that process, it wasn’t that there were no players trying to block Su-a’s path.

“Again! Again!!! Again those small country bastards!!! Interfering with the great enterprise of our great nation! These are not people who should fall here!!! They are warriors of Great China who will punish those cunning American bastards!!!”

Dong-pyeong Hong.

After sweeping away Chinese players who happened to be in her path, Su-a stared blankly at his blood-spitting outcry before belatedly recognizing her opponent.

“Ah! You’re that person who kept losing to Shin Hyeok every time they met! Wow! I’m really glad to see you. It’s quite moving to see someone I only watched on TV like this!”

“…You, you crazy small country bitch!!!”

Of course, that wasn’t a good thing for Dong-pyeong Hong.

To Su-a, Dong-pyeong Hong was just Shin-hyeok Choi’s stepping stone.

Dong-pyeong Hong might want to deny it, but it was a title even he couldn’t refute.

Having met Shin Hyeok consecutively in the Integrated Silver League and Integrated Gold League, he was merely kindling that served only to elevate Shin Hyeok.

Knowing this fact better than anyone, Dong-pyeong Hong spewed out his rage toward Su-a and lunged at her.

“Kill her!”

“How dare a player from a small country challenge a player from our great nation!”

Following such Dong-pyeong Hong, the surviving Chinese players also rushed toward Su-a.

Having reached the final stage, the momentum of the surviving players was ominously fierce, but Su-a’s gaze didn’t reach them.

“Protect the team leader!”

“Don’t let those damn Chinese bastards touch even a hair!”

“If we get pushed back here, we’ll get beaten by our seniors when we return!”

Korean players who had appeared behind Su-a at some point blocked the Chinese players rushing toward Su-a.

“These, small country bastards, why are they, so, strong…!”

“Damn it! If you have time to talk, swing your sword one more time!”

While the Chinese players expressed bewilderment at how solidly they were being blocked by those they would have broken through instantly in the past.

“A promising rookie who existed under a world without my friend Shin Hyeok. A defeated remnant of a bygone era. Shin-hyeok Choi’s stepping stone. Mr. Dong-pyeong Hong, who will now be called Su-a Han’s stepping stone. Let’s move quickly. You’re not the end.”

“Th, th, this…!!!”

Su-a had already reached in front of Dong-pyeong Hong and murmured like passing sentence, then opened her sacred scripture and gripped her holy sword.

That was the end.

Thud!

Su-a charged toward Dong-pyeong Hong without hesitation as if there was nothing more to see.

Crack!

After driving her holy sword into the chest of the fallen Dong-pyeong Hong and twisting it to definitively end his life, Su-a raised her head to look forward.

There was one woman there.

A woman wearing blood-red armor and holding a sword that seemed made of solidified blood.

A charming woman with brilliant blonde hair and golden eyes in contrast.

“Ellis Veronia.”

“Hello. Friend of Shin-hyeok Choi. This is our first meeting, isn’t it?”

Ellis was standing there.

She too had fought countless fierce battles, so her armor was covered in bloodstains and her well-maintained hair was disheveled, but Ellis greeted her in a calm tone.

Su-a’s response to that was predetermined.

“Auntie.”

“…Excuse me?”

“I’m 20 years old. Auntie is 22 years old. So you’re an auntie, right.”

“…Ha.”

“Don’t pretend to be close with Shin Hyeok. Shin Hyeok is my friend. Not auntie’s friend.”

“…Interesting. No, interesting.”

Ellis’s smile crumbled at the refreshing cutting remark.

Her mouth said it was interesting, but her eyes held a coldness that wasn’t smiling at all.

“I guess an adult needs to personally teach manners to a brat who just became an adult. And it’s not auntie, it’s big sister.”

“Auntie. Two years is decay, not aging, so big sister is a bit much?”

“…I need to do something about that mouth first.”

But Su-a faced that coldness head-on and poured out words sharp as daggers without a moment’s hesitation.

Finally, Ellis gritted her teeth and gripped her Blood Sword, and seeing this, Su-a also poured sacred power into her scripture and holy sword.

Whoooooosh! Whoooooosh!

The moment a red blood-colored pillar and pure white pillar shot high into the sky.

Roooooooar!

Blood energy and sacred power began to violently intertwine.

It was the moment when the end of the opening match was approaching.

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