All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 21

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 021

“…Where am I this time?”

After meeting with Cheok Nosa and receiving plenty of gifts, when Shin Hyeok woke up from his fainting spell and opened his eyes.

What greeted Shin Hyeok was an unfamiliar ceiling.

Of course, it was merely unfamiliar, but there wasn’t a single uncomfortable aspect about it.

The bed his body was lying on was soft and fluffy, the interior of the room was neat and extremely satisfying, and the sunlight streaming in through the window was incredibly warm.

But what was important was why he was in this place.

Fortunately, those who could solve his questions soon revealed themselves.

“Son, are you okay?”

“Shin Hyeok!”

“Is your body alright?”

Inguyn, Shin Hyeok’s father, and Su-a, his only friend.

Lastly, even Se-jin Bang, with whom he had recently reconnected after his regression.

When they opened the door with a rattle and revealed themselves, Shin Hyeok was the one who was startled instead.

“Father, Su-a, even Sejin hyung. What’s all this about?”

It was natural since he had woken up from a good sleep to find three people waiting for him with faces that looked like the world had collapsed.

But upon hearing their subsequent explanation, Shin Hyeok’s face hardened.

“It’s already been 3 days since you fell asleep.”

“3 days ago, after your broadcast suddenly ended, you were found unconscious in your room!”

“I was hammering at the workshop when I got contacted by your father and Su-a, so I dropped everything I was doing and came.”

“…I was like this for 3 whole days?”

3 days.

That was the time Shin Hyeok had been unconscious.

At that fact, Shin Hyeok realized just how absurd an experience he had gone through.

‘…I met directly with a Constellation. Before my regression, I met one during my Challenger days and couldn’t properly feel it, but… that itself must have put a great strain on my current body condition. On top of that, using Overload made my body condition a mess, so fainting for 3 days isn’t strange at all.’

Constellation, Wushen.

The meeting with Cheok Nosa was certainly an incredibly remarkable event.

This was evident from the fact that despite him lowering his dignity considerably to reduce the pressure on Shin Hyeok, Shin Hyeok’s body and mind still suffered great damage.

But there was no time for other thoughts.

A busy time had arrived where he had to appease the three people who had rushed over worrying about him.

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The three people left their seats as if they understood to some degree after Shin Hyeok’s persuasion.

Of course, he didn’t mention anything about meeting with Cheok Nosa.

Shin Hyeok, who had roughly brushed it off saying it seemed to be because he had been very tired lately, caught Sejin who was about to leave last.

“Sejin hyung.”

“Hm? What is it?”

“I got a new reward this time, would you like to take a look?”

“…A guy who just woke up from fainting is suddenly saying what-“

“So you won’t look at it?”

“No, I should look.”

The words about showing a reward suddenly after Shin Hyeok had fainted.

It was certainly strange, but Sejin, who was confident it wouldn’t be ordinary, turned his steps around and took a seat.

Shin Hyeok, who let out a chuckle at Sejin’s appearance as a natural blacksmith, took out magic steel from his inventory.

“…What’s this?”

“It’s magic steel. Steel imbued with magic energy.”

“Magic steel? This is mainly used by villains and demons for weapons. That’s why I know the country doesn’t easily give permission for magic-related weapons…”

“Getting permission isn’t difficult. You haven’t forgotten what kind of family mine is, have you?”

“Ah…”

Shinwha Group.

One of the giant pillars supporting South Korea.

Naturally, obtaining permission for magic-related weapons was as easy as lying down and eating rice cakes.

In the first place, even just Sejin was the workshop master of Sinwha Workshop.

If such a person directly requested permission for magic-related weapons from the country, the country would generally grant it.

Sejin, who once again realized that he still hadn’t properly grasped his and Shin Hyeok’s current positions, scratched his head with an awkward smile.

“There’s only one reason you’d show me this, right?”

“Yes, I want to make a weapon with this.”

“What about the sword I made for you?”

“That’s good too, but you know I don’t use just one weapon.”

“That’s true.”

The creation of a new weapon.

Shin Hyeok already possessed ‘Se-jin Bang’s Well-Made Holy Sword.’

The one he had lost during the fight with Cheok Nosa had returned safely to his inventory, but Shin Hyeok wanted a new weapon.

“Is it a sword again this time?”

“No.”

“Then?”

“A spear.”

“A spear… Not bad. But why a spear?”

“The ability I’ll be using from now on is related to spears.”

The weapon Shin Hyeok wanted was a spear.

Since Shin Hyeok had reached a level of mastery in swordsmanship, it would generally be right to seek another sword, but Shin Hyeok deliberately chose a spear.

The reason was simple.

‘Divine Spear (Shinchang). Or Spear God (Changsin). And the single title that encompasses all of that. Heavenly Demon (Cheonma). When displaying his martial arts, a spear suits best.’

If before his regression he had learned the Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style from Wushen, he had learned the Heavenly Demon Divine Art from the Heavenly Demon.

Therefore, Shin Hyeok planned to borrow magic energy through the magic steel to display the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

Furthermore-

‘I hope I can meet him again this time. Old man.’

Before his regression.

Remembering him who had cherished him greatly despite seeing him only once, Shin Hyeok smiled brightly and got up from his seat.

“Getting up already?”

“If I’ve rested for 3 days, I need to move quickly. Gold rank isn’t far away.”

“…You’ll probably be the first Player to have Gold rank in sight when not even half a month has passed since taking the placement exam.”

“I don’t plan to be satisfied with just Gold rank, so that’s why.”

“Got it. I’ll let you know when the materials are ready.”

“Thank you, hyung.”

“What’s there to thank. I’m more grateful. Take good care of your health.”

“Yes.”

Expressing gratitude to Sejin’s worried voice, Shin Hyeok changed into the clothes placed on the side table.

The fluttering of the hospital gown was comfortable, but he couldn’t wear hospital clothes when he needed to check his body condition from now on.

However, Shin Hyeok, who was about to head straight to the training ground, had no choice but to stop when he saw someone standing outside the hospital room.

“…Grandfather.”

“Heh heh heh, yes. I heard you woke up, but since the other guys came first, I waited a bit in the hospital director’s office. Do you have time to talk for a moment?”

“Even if I didn’t, I’d have to make time.”

“Good. I’ve cleared out the hospital director’s office, so let’s go there.”

“Yes.”

Choi Cheolho.

The chairman of Shinwha Group and Shin Hyeok’s grandfather was there.

He treated the hospital director’s office as his personal room as if it were natural.

But Shin Hyeok didn’t mind much either.

‘The place I was hospitalized would be Shinwha Hospital, and if it’s the director of Shinwha Hospital, they’d be grandfather’s person, so there’s no problem.’

In places touched by the name of Shinwha, nothing existed that wasn’t Choi Cheolho’s.

Knowing that the hospital director’s office at Shinwha Hospital wouldn’t be any different, Shin Hyeok stood beside Choi Cheolho and headed toward the hospital director’s office.

“I don’t see the person I saw last time.”

“Tsk tsk, he’s reconnecting to the Dimension Arena because of how badly you beat him last time.”

“…Hmm, I might miss him next time I see him.”

“You’re not saying you’d miss him even if you died?”

“I can’t say something that isn’t true.”

“Kahahaha! That’s right, that’s right. My grandson should naturally be like that!”

Shin Hyeok’s intuition, which immediately saw through that the owner of the presence he had felt in Choi Cheolho’s study wasn’t here today, pleased Choi Cheolho greatly.

Shin Hyeok entered the hospital director’s office with Choi Cheolho, who was patting his back and openly expressing his joy, and sat down on the plush leather sofa.

Naturally, Choi Cheolho took the head seat that would originally belong to the hospital director.

“What happened?”

“….”

A question that came out of nowhere.

In response, Shin Hyeok told him everything he had experienced.

Not only clearing the Hidden Stage, but also his encounter with Cheok Nosa, everything.

The reason he told Choi Cheolho what he hadn’t even told his family, friends, or brothers was just one.

“You’re saying you received a Constellation’s attention? And you even gained skills and titles because they liked you?”

“Yes.”

“Magnificent. You might actually be able to do it. Represent South Korea. Furthermore, become the face of our Shinwha Group!”

Choi Cheolho’s excited appearance.

More precisely, it was to completely monopolize his attention.

After confirming that Shin Hyeok had not only caught a Constellation’s attention but also gained skills and titles, Choi Cheolho suppressed his fidgeting bottom and asked.

“What do you want to obtain?”

‘This is what I was hoping for.’

Choi Cheolho is a person who is clear about rewards and punishments.

If you achieved merit, he would give an even greater reward.

If you committed a fault, he would give an even greater punishment—that was exactly who Choi Cheolho was.

As such, Shin Hyeok had been waiting for Choi Cheolho to say these words.

“I need rare grade and rare+ grade materials.”

“That much isn’t difficult, but… would that be enough?”

“To be precise, I need materials until the growth-type item I have grows to rare+ grade.”

“That would require a tremendous amount.”

Without missing the timing, he laid out what he desired.

Growing the growth-type item ‘Armor of Absorption’ to rare+ grade.

The tremendous amount of materials needed for that was an amount that an individual could never collect.

“Then the quantity going to Shinwha Workshop would become insufficient.”

But not for Choi Cheolho.

However, the quantity heading to Shinwha Workshop would decrease, and then Sejin, who was Shin Hyeok’s person, would suffer losses.

To Choi Cheolho who pointed this out, Shin Hyeok smiled.

“It doesn’t matter if the quantity going to Shinwha Workshop becomes insufficient.”

“It doesn’t matter? Why?”

“Take the materials that would go to those who make useless things and push them to Sejin hyung. That’s as far as what I desire goes.”

“…Hehehe, you’re cunning. You cut others’ portions to increase your own. I like it very much. I’ll do that for you.”

“Thank you.”

If the quantity that would go to other blacksmiths at Shinwha Workshop also went to Sejin, there would be no shortage of materials for Sejin.

Furthermore, since that appearance of coveting others’ things to increase his own pleased Choi Cheolho greatly, Shin Hyeok was able to obtain everything he wanted.

“Well then, let’s go now. There are too many things troubling this old man, so I don’t even have time to rest.”

“I’ll escort you.”

“Tsk tsk, I’m grateful, but grandfather isn’t that old yet. Anyway, there are attendants scattered all over outside, so you just keep one thing in mind.”

“….”

“That Shinwha is number one. Just think about showing that to the world.”

“…Yes.”

Choi Cheolho, who had erased all the smiles he had shown so far and coldly delivered those words, smiled brightly again and bid farewell to Shin Hyeok.

Left alone like that, Shin Hyeok shook his head and let out a sigh.

“Even if grandfather doesn’t worry, Shinwha Group will become number one. Though the owner of Shinwha at that time won’t be grandfather.”

Ending with a resolution that wouldn’t reach Choi Cheolho, Shin Hyeok headed toward the Player Training Ground bearing Shinwha’s name.

“Then shall I check the things I obtained this time first.”

The things that Wushen, Cheok Nosa had gifted him.

It was to check those things.

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