All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 24
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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 024
“…Wooooooaaahhh!”
“Did he really win?!”
“This is unbelievable!”
“A Silver beat a Diamond!”
The dueling room set up within the training grounds was filled with cheers.
It was only natural.
Silver and Diamond.
Despite two players with literally a difference like heaven and earth facing off, the Silver player had won.
Especially since his opponent wasn’t just any ordinary Diamond player, but one of Korea’s greatest players known as the Sword King.
“How is that even a victory.”
“The Sword King went easy on him, obviously.”
“Honestly, getting so excited over a duel with restrictions is weird too.”
“Agreed.”
Of course, not everyone acknowledged it.
The duel between Lee Hoseok and Shin Hyeok had started with Lee Hoseok under a handicap.
“What are you talking about. The Sword King accepted and started the duel.”
“Would it even be possible for a top-tier Diamond player to seriously fight against a newly Silver player in the first place?”
“He could easily crush him with stats. But this was a place to showcase each other’s skills and techniques. And Choi Shin-hyeok’s skills and techniques beat the Sword King.”
“What’s the point of talking. People who don’t even know anything are just flapping their mouths.”
But those were only a very small minority.
The small voices of what could be called the Sword King’s fans were quickly drowned out.
“…I’ll send the contract for Osung Workshop to Shinwha Group. I’ll have the equipment and craftsmen transferred immediately.”
“Thank you, senior.”
Lee Hoseok’s face, accepting his defeat, was red as a beet.
To escape this place as quickly as possible, Lee Hoseok abruptly turned around and strode toward the training ground’s exit.
“Let’s go!”
“Huh?”
“Let’s go! Don’t tell me you’re planning to stay here?”
“Ah, no. Let’s, let’s go together. Father!”
Watching Lee Jooho chase after Lee Hoseok with a bewildered face, Shin Hyeok let out a chuckle.
“The title effect is pretty good.”
[Wushen’s Disciple (Temporary)]
* You can handle all martial arts better.
* The proficiency of all martial arts increases.
The biggest reason Shin Hyeok could win against Lee Hoseok.
It lay in the title Shin Hyeok had obtained this time.
The effect the title gave applied not only to ‘Choi Shin-hyeok Style’ but also to Wushen’s ‘Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style’.
Because of this, it was fair to say Shin Hyeok’s techniques had become more than twice as powerful as usual.
This fact could be clearly seen just from how he deployed the Heaven Destruction Thunder Rain Blade, the 1st chapter 2nd verse of Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style he had just learned, to break through Lee Hoseok’s restrictions.
“With this, it’ll be a great help when learning new Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style techniques in the future too.”
Especially since it was clear this would be a great help when learning new Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style from Cheok Nosa in the future, his joy was even greater.
The training ground where Lee Hoseok and Lee Jooho had disappeared.
“Director.”
“Uh, yeah?”
Shin Hyeok called out to the training ground’s director.
The Iron Man, Sang-cheol Oh, who had been blankly watching the duel.
“Could I ask you for a duel as well, Director?”
“Heh, I’m in a position receiving salary from the country, so I don’t have a business like Osung Workshop?”
Just as he had with Lee Hoseok, Sang-cheol gave a bitter smile to Shin Hyeok who was now asking him for a duel.
He was a state-affiliated player.
As befitting a Diamond player, he earned a lot of money, but not enough to own a conglomerate-level business.
But Shin Hyeok didn’t mind.
“That’s fine. I don’t expect to win this time anyway.”
“Hmm?”
“Please use your full power. Without any restrictions.”
“…Hooh.”
A Diamond player’s full power.
He didn’t even dare harbor the thought that he could face that in his current situation and win.
At this fact, Sang-cheol also stroked his chin with an interested expression, then soon took out his main weapon, gauntlets, from his inventory.
“That’s a unique-grade item owned by the Korean government. The Indomitable Gauntlets.”
“My beloved weapon. Your sword is better though, so it’s fine, right?”
“Yes. Then… shall we begin?”
“Sounds good.”
Clang clang!
At Shin Hyeok’s words announcing the start of the duel, Sang-cheol clashed his gauntleted fists together with a grin.
Soon, Shin Hyeok and Sang-cheol charged toward each other.
* * *
“…Damn, this hurts.”
Whoooosh!
The duel with Sang-cheol was Shin Hyeok’s defeat.
It was inevitable.
Just because an ant has world champion-level boxing skills doesn’t mean it can beat a lion.
Shin Hyeok’s condition after getting thoroughly beaten was pitiful.
Starting with his tattered clothes, his whole body was covered in bruises.
He had to use expensive potions and even draw upon divine power to directly heal his wounds, which said it all.
“Still, his surprised face was amusing enough.”
However, a deep smile hung on Shin Hyeok’s lips as he treated his wounds.
That was because Sang-cheol, who had faced Shin Hyeok, had sustained several wounds from Shin Hyeok who had broken through his senses multiple times.
Silver and Diamond.
Despite the tremendous difference that existed, when he broke through his senses and inflicted wounds, Sang-cheol’s reaction was still vividly etched in Shin Hyeok’s mind.
Having honed his senses by fighting two Diamond players, Shin Hyeok thought of his next plan.
“Now what’s left is the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament.”
The Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament.
It was something every player dreamed of.
Of course, it didn’t exist in Iron and Bronze tiers.
It only existed from Silver tier and above.
And the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament was really simple.
They select the top 100 most outstanding players from each tier worldwide.
A death match where those 100 selected players fight and fight again until ultimately only one remains.
That was the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament.
“To participate in the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament, I need to reach the end of Silver 1 and receive system recognition, so I should focus on Dimension Arena for the next few days.”
System recognition to participate in the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament was as good as guaranteed.
The only player in the dimension to receive Silver 1 in placement matches.
A player who perfectly cleared a hidden stage that seemed nearly impossible.
Not giving such a person entry to the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament would be absurd.
There was only one important thing.
He had to reach the end of Silver 1 to participate in the promotion tournament.
“Ah, I need to handle this first before that.”
Finishing his thoughts, Shin Hyeok took out magic iron from his inventory.
As soon as he took it out of his inventory, the dense magical energy that emanated from the steel infused with magi brought a smile to Shin Hyeok’s face.
An ordinary player would shudder at the sensation of being pulled into a sticky swamp the moment they touched the magi, but not Shin Hyeok.
“I need to obtain magi as soon as possible.”
Magi was an essential energy for Shin Hyeok.
To achieve an overwhelming first place in the upcoming Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament, magi was precisely the energy he needed.
Having finished that thought, Shin Hyeok threw the magical steel back into his inventory and headed toward the Shinwha Workshop.
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-Oh, you can put that over there.
-The materials warehouse is this way.
-New craftsmen, please gather in front.
‘What on earth is going on?’
Sejin, who had become the owner of Shinwha Workshop, couldn’t hide his surprise and confusion at the sudden situation.
‘Shin Hyeok told me not to be surprised, but how could anyone not be surprised seeing this.’
Shin Hyeok’s phone call from a few hours ago.
Sejin, who hadn’t hidden his bewilderment even after taking the call, was now feeling confused by what had transpired a few hours later.
Blacksmithing equipment bearing the Five Star Forge mark filing in, and craftsmen from Five Star Forge entering with similarly puzzled expressions, tilting their heads.
Finally, from common to rare.
Seeing wooden boxes containing materials up to unique grade being neatly stacked in the materials warehouse, Sejin gave up thinking.
“Hyung, I’m here. Oh, you’re already in the middle of moving. You’re certainly fast.”
“Sh-Shin Hyeok. What on earth is going on here?”
“I told you, didn’t I?”
“You only told me not to be surprised, but you didn’t explain anything!”
“Ah, did I…?”
Meanwhile, Sejin burst out with a cry filled with grievance toward Shin Hyeok who had visited the workshop.
At that appearance, which was no different from being on the verge of tears, Shin Hyeok scratched his cheek with an awkward smile.
“Well, what happened was…”
Eventually, Shin Hyeok spent quite a long time telling Sejin about what had happened at the training grounds.
“Th-the Sword King visited the training grounds and requested a duel?”
“Yes.”
“And you bet Shinwha Workshop and Five Star Forge on it?”
“You listened well.”
“…And you won that bet, so Five Star Forge was merged into Shinwha Workshop?”
“That’s right. I did well, didn’t I?”
“…Haah.”
It was absurd enough that they had bet Five Star Forge and Shinwha Workshop, which boasted sizes rivaling major corporations, on a mere wager, but Shin Hyeok asking for praise with sparkling eyes was even more absurd to Sejin.
“…Are you hurt anywhere?”
“No, I did get hurt dueling with the director afterward, but I’m all healed thanks to potions and divine power.”
“The director… you mean Iron Man, Sang-cheol Oh?”
“You know him too, hyung.”
“It would be strange not to! He’s one of the top-tier players among our country’s Diamond tier players!”
“If the director is treated at that level… our country’s situation is quite depressing.”
“Why?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
When Sejin made a tearful face out of worry for Shin Hyeok after the absurdity had passed, Shin Hyeok waved his hands saying he was fine.
Following that, Shin Hyeok’s face hardened upon hearing the current evaluation of Sang-cheol, but it didn’t last long.
“Now let’s handle this.”
“…Magical steel!”
Because before Sejin could say anything, Shin Hyeok had taken out the magical steel from his inventory.
Being a natural blacksmith, he showed tremendous interest in the magical steel.
Shin Hyeok, who had known Sejin would react this way since waking up in the hospital room, grinned.
“We can’t let the newly acquired materials, equipment, and craftsmen sit idle.”
“Of course not. Letting what you’ve brought us sit idle would be outrageous.”
Facing Shin Hyeok’s smile, Sejin grinned back and shouted toward the craftsmen moving in perfect order with a confident face.
“Everyone, assemble!”
“…Assemble!”
Since they already knew that Sejin was the workshop owner, the craftsmen’s movements were swift.
What was amusing was that the craftsmen who had just joined from Five Star Forge gathered faster than the craftsmen from Shinwha Workshop.
With that fact reinforcing Shin Hyeok’s resolve to overhaul Shinwha Workshop once again, Sejin spoke.
“From now on, we will create the finest spear. We need your help for this. Will you assist me?”
“…!”
The Five Star Forge craftsmen couldn’t hide their surprise at the calm modesty that was unbecoming of the owner of Shinwha Workshop, which had become Korea’s top workshop through the merger of Shinwha and Five Star.
To those who had only dealt with people who thought equipment would appear if they constantly pressured them, Sejin was a savior appearing for the first time in their lives.
Therefore, they raised their tools high into the air and nodded their heads.
Shin Hyeok looked at Sejin with surprise, seeing how he had made dozens of craftsmen his people in just one go.
Feeling Shin Hyeok’s gaze, Sejin scratched his cheek with an awkward laugh.
“I can’t remain forever as the guy who hammered away in Cheonggyecheon. Now I’m the owner of Shinwha Workshop that you support and believe in.”
“…That’s exactly it, hyung.”
Shin Hyeok smiled brightly at Sejin, who had broken out of his shell and grown even more.
He was no longer the Cheonggyecheon Mr. Bang.
He was the one and only owner of Shinwha Workshop.
Sejin, who had developed the charisma and leadership befitting that position, led the craftsmen at the forefront, gathering materials needed for crafting the magical spear and operating the equipment.
As Shin Hyeok watched the workshop that had instantly become more than twice as bustling, Sejin approached and handed him a hammer.
“Hyung?”
“I could see your talent in the last crafting session. Let’s have you make today’s magical spear yourself. Don’t worry, I’ll assist you.”
“…Can I really do it?”
Shin Hyeok looked with trembling eyes at Sejin, who readily handed over the hammer that was like life itself to a blacksmith.
At that appearance like a young lamb yearning for an answer, Sejin chuckled and patted Shin Hyeok’s shoulder.
“It’s also a master’s role to help an apprentice become a craftsman. Today, at this moment. One apprentice will die, and one craftsman will be born.”
“…!”
At Sejin’s appearance of believing in him one hundred percent, Shin Hyeok’s entire body jumped in surprise, but somehow he could feel his heart warming.
“Of course, you can’t make it better than mine, right?”
“Don’t you know about surpassing your teacher, hyung?”
“No, I don’t.”
“How childish. You’ve ruined all the emotion.”
Shin Hyeok let out a hollow laugh at Sejin, who winked and threw out a joke as if to ease his tension, and gripped Sejin’s hammer tightly.
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