All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 14

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 014

[Shinwha Distribution, New President Appointed]

The article about Shinwha Distribution was brief.

The appointment of a new president.

Since Shinwha Distribution was a company that, despite being called a large corporation, didn’t have much recognition anyway, people didn’t show much interest.

Choi Inguyn, who naturally became the president of Shinwha Distribution, couldn’t hide his bewildered feelings.

“I never thought I’d become a subsidiary president this easily… I’m really benefiting from my son’s success.”

“This is just the beginning. After all, Shinwha Distribution is a place that lacks in many areas like fame and profits, unlike the value of the Shinwha name.”

“Right. Even if you bring good products, people would hesitate if the distributor isn’t reliable. I’ll properly lay the foundation until you grow.”

“Yes, I’ll trust only you, Father.”

However, he didn’t take the opportunity his son created for granted.

Rather, he resolved to help Shin Hyeok by making this company, which was nothing without the Shinwha name, into something proper.

Shin Hyeok grinned at Choi Inguyn, who clenched his fists and showed burning enthusiasm, then stood up from his seat.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to start playing Dimension Arena in earnest now. Since Sejin hyung’s matter ended well, I should return to my main job.”

“Come to think of it, I haven’t seen you access Dimension Arena since the placement exam.”

“Yes, real-world matters are important, but what’s truly important is Dimension Arena.”

It was to prepare for Dimension Arena.

Since he was too busy with real-world affairs due to meeting Sejin and handling matters related to him, Shin Hyeok couldn’t even access Dimension Arena.

But now that all the important and major tasks were finished, it was time to return to his main job.

Choi Inguyn patted Shin Hyeok’s shoulder and gave him his full support, then began handling Shinwha Distribution’s business while wearing his glasses.

‘It suits him well. As if it was originally his.’

Seeing the appearance of a seasoned businessman emerge, Shin Hyeok suppressed his inner laughter and returned to his room to check his status.

“Status window.”

[Status Window]

Name: Shin-hyeok Choi

Class: All Master

(Stats)

Strength: 49 (+43) Stamina: 47 (+43) Intelligence: 47 (+43) Mana: 47 (+43) Divine Power: 1 (+43)

(Traits)

1. Versatility

2. Predation

(Skills)

Necromancy[C], Martial Arts[E], Shield, Comprehensive Weapon Mastery[D], Tracking[E], Metallurgy[D]

“This should be more than enough even in Gold tier.”

The most important things for a Player were stats, traits, and skills.

However, depending on how well one used them, they could either be pearls before swine or a wooden stick given to a sword master.

In that regard, Shin Hyeok was the latter.

Having all the experience from his previous life, Shin Hyeok was confident he could demonstrate more than what was given to him.

Looking at his stats that nearly reached 100 due to his equipped gear, Shin Hyeok didn’t hide his satisfaction.

“The armor and sword are good too.”

After finishing his final equipment check, Shin Hyeok fell asleep thinking about Dimension Arena, where he would start running in earnest from tomorrow.

* * *

The next morning.

Shin Hyeok woke up early, enjoyed the meal his mother prepared, took a quick shower, and then equipped his gear.

The Absorbing Armor, which was common grade but growth-type.

Se-jin Bang’s Well-Made Sacred Sword, which was unique grade.

After equipping both items, feeling his stats grow to nearly match his original stats, Shin Hyeok accessed Dimension Arena.

[Welcome to Dimension Arena.]

[Matching with opponents suitable for your tier and MMR.]

Seeing the familiar translucent message window as he entered Dimension Arena, Shin Hyeok waited for opponent matching while thinking about what he would do next.

‘I should start with broadcasting first.’

The most important thing among them was broadcasting.

More precisely, Dimension Broadcast Casting, which was linked with Dimension Arena.

It was called D.B.C for short.

Having to show viewers everything about how he played Dimension Arena.

Although broadcasting completely went against the Player characteristic of hiding one’s abilities as much as possible, there was a reason why most Players did broadcasting.

“Achievement shop.”

[Welcome to the Achievement shop!]

[Shin-hyeok Choi’s current Achievement score is 7,000 points.]

[Achievement: Achieved 1st place survival.] – 1,000 points

[Achievement: Achieved most kills.] – 1,000 points

[Achievement: Achieved perfect play.] – 5,000 points

The Achievement shop was the reason.

“The Achievements I got during the placement exam are quite decent.”

The Achievements from the placement exam were beyond his expectations, and the sweetness they provided was quite satisfactory.

This was even more so considering that ordinary Achievements were at most 10 to 100 points.

And what Shin Hyeok could purchase from the Achievement shop was as follows.

[{Class}, {Traits}, {Equipment}, {Gacha}, {Miscellaneous}]

“The most important thing is still the class.”

Among them, what Shin Hyeok cared about most was the ‘Class’ section.

[Class Enhancement Ticket[Common]: 1,000P]

[Class Growth Ticket[Common]: 10,000P]

“Common grade is indeed cheap.”

In the ‘Class’ section of the Achievement shop, one could enhance or grow their class.

Naturally, the enhancement and growth tickets for common grade, the lowest tier, were very cheap.

“Unique grade is… Ha, this is basically telling me not to buy it, isn’t it?”

[Class Enhancement Ticket[Unique]: 5,000,000P]

[Class Growth Ticket[Unique]: 50,000,000P]

However, to enhance or grow Shin Hyeok’s class, All Master[Unique], he needed Achievement points that couldn’t even be compared to common grade.

Smiling bitterly at this fact and clicking his tongue inwardly, Shin Hyeok closed the Achievement shop.

The ‘Class’ and ‘Traits’ sections didn’t differ much in price, and the ‘Equipment’ section was already perfect, so there was no need to look.

The ‘Gacha’ section was too gambling-oriented, so there was no reason to dump his limited Achievement points there.

The ‘Miscellaneous’ section sold various things, but there was nothing Shin Hyeok needed right now.

Just as he finished thinking about that.

[Matching complete.]

[Game starting.]

“Finally.”

The matching was complete and the real game began.

Soon, Shin Hyeok’s figure disappeared completely from the waiting room.

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[Theme is Defense.]

[Type is Demi-human.]

“Defense theme with demi-human type. Not bad.”

Shin Hyeok, who had vanished from the waiting room, appeared in a crumbling fortress.

After checking the message that appeared before his eyes, he nodded.

Defense theme with demi-human type.

That meant he had to defend the fortress while beating down the incoming demi-humans.

Considering that monster types would pour out monsters and undead types would pour out undead, demi-humans were rather preferable.

Of course, this was purely Shin Hyeok’s opinion.

“Damn, why does it have to be demi-humans!”

“They look too much like people, makes it uncomfortable to kill them!”

The players matched with Shin Hyeok in this game were disgusted at the mention of demi-humans.

As the name suggested, demi-humans had appearances similar to humans, so many people felt reluctant to kill them.

But for Shin Hyeok, this wasn’t a problem at all.

‘Most of those Homo Novus Empire bastards were demi-humans. I should get some practice in while I’m at it.’

The Homo Novus Empire – the reason Shin Hyeok had regressed.

Most of those who belonged to it were demi-humans.

For practice in killing those he would meet later, Shin Hyeok drew out ‘Se-jin Bang’s Well-Made Holy Sword’.

Or the Holy Sword for short.

Whoooosh!

“Wow, look at that equipment.”

“The armor looks crude, but that sword is really… a work of art.”

Silver players couldn’t yet be considered proper players, but even so, Shin Hyeok’s sword caught their attention.

However, soon surprise spread across their faces as they recognized Shin Hyeok.

“Isn’t that Shin-hyeok Choi?”

“Looks like he got proper support this time.”

“He’s been quiet for a few days – was he getting equipment?”

Shin Hyeok was currently the hottest topic in South Korea.

The first player to be placed in Silver 1.

It was obvious he would continue his winning streak all the way to Diamond tier.

Especially since he had the backing of Shinwha Group, South Korea’s top corporation, people’s interest was immense.

In a world where the number of outstanding players had become national power.

The commotion from those who recognized Shin Hyeok was brief.

“Starting broadcast.”

Shin Hyeok paid no attention to their interest and immediately started his broadcast.

After the broadcast started and he confirmed the semi-transparent broadcast screen had appeared, Shin Hyeok turned off the screen.

-First!

-Sniff sniff, I smell a newbie.

-Wow, I thought you’d stream right after the placement exam, but you’re doing it now.

-Anyway, so what are you doing now?

-Looking at that crumbling castle, seems like defense?

-Lol a defense theme, the so-called newbie grinder.

Of course, he left the chat window open.

Thanks to the name value of Shin Hyeok, quite a few viewers had come despite this being his first broadcast.

[Achievement: Reached 100 Viewers] 5 points

Though it was modest, Shin Hyeok confirmed that Achievement points had come in, and seeing that a decent number of viewers had gathered, he proceeded with the broadcast.

“Hello everyone, this is Shin-hyeok Choi.”

-Wow, he’s handsome.

-Rich, talented, and handsome… what doesn’t he have!

-He doesn’t have me, Kim Chang-gi, 42nd descendant of the Chungnyeol Gong Clan.

-Wouldn’t take you even if offered.

Viewers who saw the face revealed on the broadcast screen cheered.

No one disliked good looks, so it was natural.

Looking at the stream of chats appearing, Shin Hyeok smiled pleasantly and immediately explained the current situation.

“This is my first game since the placement exam. Luckily, I got matched with a defense theme. Oh, and by the way, the type is demi-humans.”

-???

-Did I hear that right?

-You got matched with the defense theme, the so-called newbie grinder, and you say you’re lucky?

-Wow, and if it’s demi-humans, that’s a type newbies especially avoid;;

And the viewers who heard the explanation were shocked.

The defense theme was commonly called the newbie grinder and had crushed countless newbie players.

But Shin Hyeok was actually smiling happily, saying it was good, so their reaction was natural.

Especially since the type was demi-humans, which particularly triggered newbie discomfort.

Despite the viewers’ reactions, Shin Hyeok even added explanations for those who didn’t know.

“The defense theme is about blocking incoming waves. It consists of a total of 5 waves, and in the Bronze-Silver range, blocking 2 waves is considered doing well.”

-Ah lol but why is that lucky lol

-It’s difficult in Bronze-Silver range -> I’m not at Bronze-Silver level

-Well, someone like Shin-hyeok Choi could probably make it to wave 3?

-No no, you have to look at the level of the matched teammates too

The defense theme was simple.

Block five waves that match the type.

Of course, blocking all five was difficult even in higher tiers, so in the Silver range, about two was the limit.

As the chat window buzzed with nodding at Shin Hyeok’s explanation.

“Now, here’s a question. How many waves do you think I can survive?”

Shin Hyeok dropped a bombshell.

In a defense theme consisting of 5 waves, how many waves could he survive?

As meat that the hyenas of the chat window loved to tear into was dropped, viewers rushed in like a school of piranhas.

-3 waves?

-Looking at the teammates roughly, seems about that much

-This is his first game and you think decent teammates will make that possible? I say 2 waves

-I also say 2 waves

Viewers arguing back and forth about Shin Hyeok’s final wave count, each insisting their opinion was correct.

Watching them, Shin Hyeok dropped another bombshell.

“By the way, among those who get the answer right, I’ll randomly select 3 people to give Shinwha Automotive’s new S5 model.”

-…Crazy.

-The new S5, even a no-option base model costs at least 50 million won, right?

-Yeah;; that’s right;;

-Wow, spending 150 million won on one question.

The new S5.

At the mention of giving away not just one but three of the new model cars recently released by Shinwha Automotive, the chat window erupted.

[Achievement: Reached 1,000 Viewers] – 50 points

[Achievement: Reached 5,000 Viewers] – 250 points

[Achievement: Viewers…]

From Shin Hyeok’s first broadcast, viewers began flocking in like crazy.

Shin Hyeok’s full-scale money-throwing broadcast was just beginning, but no viewers knew that yet.

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