All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 25

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 025

Hwaaaaaaarrrrrr!

The Shinwha Workshop blazed with intense heat.

This was because the furnaces had been lit.

It was only natural, given that the finest flame charcoal made from premium flame wood and fire stones imbued with the power of flames had been brought into use.

And this wasn’t limited to just one furnace.

“Move quickly!”

“We need to break down the mithril from the ores and equipment!”

“It’s an essential mineral for this project, so we need to gather as much as possible!”

Mithril.

A unique-grade material that had a significant impact on weapons and armor even when used in small amounts.

Its effect was simple.

It made the user’s energy flow better and made it stronger.

But because of that simple effect, mithril boasted one of the highest collection difficulties among unique-grade materials.

Thanks to this, equipment that used only small amounts of mithril or scrap iron mixed with mithril were traded at high prices.

And right now, preparations were underway to extract as much of that mithril as possible.

The preparations didn’t end there.

“From now on, we’re going to forge Thousand-Refined Steel.”

“Phew, we’d better prepare to die.”

“Alright, let’s give it a try.”

Thousand-Refined Steel.

A steel born through a thousand refinements, its strength alone was the greatest among other unique-grade materials.

Since it was one of the few unique-grade materials that could be made by human hands, its value was slightly lower compared to other materials, but that didn’t mean Thousand-Refined Steel’s value was undervalued.

Clang! Clang! Bang! Clang!

The sound of hammering echoed madly.

The process of putting iron into the hot furnace, taking it out to pound it, then putting it back into the furnace was repeated.

Thousand-Refined Steel was born only after repeating this process a thousand times.

Crack!

“Damn it, again!”

“Again!”

Even then, if it failed in the middle, they had to start over from the beginning, making the hardship indescribably tremendous.

The culprits who had covered the entire workshop with hot heat were contemplating over a single material.

“How should we melt this demon iron to get a good reputation for melting it well…”

“Should I try wrapping the demon iron with divine power?”

“Oh, that’s not bad. If we melt the demon iron while creating a shock through the repulsion between demonic energy and divine power, we might get quite a good reaction.”

Demon Iron.

Among unique-grade materials, it was one of the top materials alongside Holy Steel.

Mainly used by mages, and with few users since improper use could lead to corruption into a demon, but its value was second to none.

Because it was such demon iron, the two people had finished an in-depth discussion about how to handle it.

“Mithril and Thousand-Refined Steel? Aren’t we using too much?”

“If I don’t have the skill, I need to rely on materials. I’m not like you, hyung.”

“Three unique-grade materials including demon iron. There are quite a few rare-grade and rare+ grade ones too.”

“Yes, I’m going to use them as auxiliary materials.”

“…A truly amazing work is going to be born.”

After finishing the discussion.

Sejin clicked his tongue watching Shin Hyeok seriously pour in materials.

It was a natural reaction since it was literally enough materials to buy a building and have money left over.

But Shin Hyeok didn’t care.

‘Too much is as bad as too little. If this wasn’t enough, I would have brought out more.’

Shin Hyeok wanted to create the best equipment.

For the growth of his metallurgy skill and his own strength.

After slowly confirming that the materials for himself were being prepared, Shin Hyeok also stood in front of the Forge Master’s Furnace.

“Let’s begin.”

“Right.”

Hwaaaaaak!

With Sejin’s nod, Shin Hyeok immediately infused divine power into the demon iron.

Massive divine power that could heal even serious injuries in an instant.

Combined with Shin Hyeok’s characteristic precise control, the precision poured into the demonic energy without missing a single strand of divine power.

When the two energies that could never mix collided, a change worthy of heaven and earth opening occurred.

Kurrrrrrring!

The demon iron vibrated roughly and let out a roar.

Shin Hyeok spat out blackened blood as the demonic energy and divine power clashed, creating the roar.

It was due to internal injuries caused by the repulsion generated when demonic energy and divine power collided.

“…Kuk!”

“You can’t stop injecting divine power! This is the crossroads!”

“I know that too!”

Hwaaaaaaaaak!

But without time to heal his internal injuries or catch his breath, Shin Hyeok continued to inject divine power.

After wrestling with the demonic energy for a long time, Shin Hyeok’s eyes flashed.

“Now!”

I know!”

Hwarrrrk!

The demon iron, whose demonic energy had been enhanced to its limit by divine power, was thrown into the blazing furnace.

But that wasn’t the end.

Rather, this was where it really began.

Kurrrrrrring! Kurrrrrrring!

“We need to control the flames! The demon iron is rebelling against the furnace fire!”

“What should we do?”

“…Spirit. That’s it! Let’s try using a spirit.”

“A spirit?”

“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about this for a while. If mana-infused power like Mana Wind helps when making equipment, then if a spirit that is nature itself directly participates in crafting, there will definitely be amazing synergy.”

“Not an object imbued with a spirit’s power, but having the spirit itself participate in crafting… That’s not bad.”

The two people who put their heads together to capture the demon iron that was starting to run wild soon came up with the solution of using a spirit.

The solution of having the spirit itself participate in crafting was something anyone could think of.

But the reason it wasn’t commonly used was one thing.

“Kasa, go into the furnace and help suppress the demon iron.”

-Kiiit!!!

“As expected, it won’t listen just like that.”

It was because spirits didn’t like doing that.

There was a reason other spirit users sold dirt imbued with spirit power instead.

Of course, Shin Hyeok had a way for everything.

“If you go in now, I’ll give you this.”

-…Kiiit?!

“It’s the lowest grade, but it’s a fire spirit stone. How about it? Do you feel like going in now?”

-Kiiit!

When the other party refuses, you should first check if the offered amount is insufficient.

Shin Hyeok presented the lowest-grade fire spirit stone he had to Kasa.

And Kasa, without saying anything, gobbled up the fire spirit stone and threw herself into the furnace.

“With this, we can put our minds at ease about the demon iron.”

“I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of work will be born if the demon iron is imbued with the fire spirit’s energy.”

As soon as Kasa entered the furnace, the rampage of the demonic iron calmed down to some extent.

It wasn’t completely gone, but they could worry less about the furnace collapsing.

“Well, shall we melt these down again now?”

“Phew, I’m already breaking out in a cold sweat.”

“Is it hard? If it’s hard, I’ll do it.”

“No, that can’t be.”

Leaving the demonic iron behind, Shin Hyeok wiped away his cold sweat while looking at the mithril and thousand-forged steel that other artisans had gathered, waving his hand dismissively at Sejin.

Even though just the demonic iron alone was enough to drain all his energy, there was a reason he wanted to greedily handle all the mithril and thousand-forged steel of the same grade like Scrooge.

[You are handling materials above your ability level.]

[Metallurgy is growing.]

[The more materials you handle, and the more perfectly you handle them, the more it helps with growth.]

[The end of growth will be determined when the equipment being crafted is completed.]

‘If I see this and still leave the thousand-forged steel and mithril to Sejin hyung, I’d be a complete idiot. I’m definitely taking it all.’

As if showing why he was the owner of the trait Predation, Shin Hyeok’s eyes were filled with greed to greatly increase his metallurgy skill.

Besides, Sejin wasn’t at a level where his skills would improve just from touching some unique-grade materials.

Thus, the thousand-forged steel and mithril came into Shin Hyeok’s hands.

Whoooosh!

The mithril carefully selected by artisans and the thousand-forged steel made with blood and sweat were sucked into the furnace where Kasa resided.

Soon, when the completely melted demonic iron was also mixed in, Shin Hyeok began investing rare materials in earnest.

Thus, three unique-grade materials and dozens of rare-grade materials became one inside the furnace.

Hissssss-

Shin Hyeok and Sejin carefully poured the red-hot molten metal into a mold made from earth imbued with spirit energy, then looked at each other and nodded.

“Sylph, wind.”

-Hmm~ Should I~ or shouldn’t I~

“I’ll give you a spirit stone.”

-Uhehe! Of course I have to do what my contractor wants!

Whooooooo!

This time using the wind spirit Sylph to solidify the molten metal, Shin Hyeok quickly hammered away.

Clang! Bang! Clang! Bang!

At the sight of Shin Hyeok swinging his hammer as if possessed, even Sejin, who was sweating profusely from the hot heat in front of the furnace, smiled.

‘Yes. That’s it, Shin Hyeok. A blacksmith must put that kind of love into their work. You’ve become a splendid artisan.’

Though Shin Hyeok had only held a hammer twice at most, his talent and love for his work had already reached the level of an artisan.

Having confirmed that, Sejin stepped back and plopped down heavily in his chair.

“The student surpassing the master… I’ll really have to work harder if I don’t want that to happen.”

At the thought that Shin Hyeok might truly surpass him someday, Sejin fell into serious contemplation.

The All Master’s talent had stimulated The Artisan.

Thus, without Shin Hyeok knowing, The Artisan Sejin moved toward the Artisan that Shin Hyeok remembered.

* * *

“Phew…”

When the hammering and blade sharpening that continued for several hours ended, Shin Hyeok let out the breath he had been holding and sat down.

It was proof that even Shin Hyeok, who had physical abilities rivaling a decent Gold Player, had such a hard time that his legs gave out.

Sejin brought him cold water and checked the spear.

“The appearance is perfect for now? Black and red combination… that’s classy.”

The long spear shaft and blade were beautiful enough to be believed as works of art.

Moreover, the spear with black as the base and red added was attractive enough to draw even those who weren’t spear-wielding lancers.

“We need to check the options.”

“Ah, right.”

But the most important thing wasn’t the appearance but the options.

Since it was something he’d have to use until at least reaching Platinum, Shin Hyeok couldn’t overcome his nervousness and handed the demonic spear to Sejin.

“Hyung, you look first.”

“Me? Is that okay?”

“I’m too nervous to look.”

“Then there’s no choice. Let’s see… Oh!”

“Did it turn out well?”

“See for yourself.”

“…Tch, what’s the harm in telling me?”

At Sejin’s reaction and response after checking the demonic spear he received, Shin Hyeok grumbled but couldn’t hide his anticipation as he checked the demonic spear.

“…Oh!”

And Shin Hyeok’s following reaction was no different from Sejin’s.

The reason was simple.

[Shin-hyeok Choi’s Well-Made Demonic Spear]

* Unique+ Grade

* All Stats + 42

* Attack Power + 1,000

* Bound Equipment

* Grants the stat Magic Power to the bound owner.

* Unique Skill: Black Flame

[Skill: Metallurgy [D] has grown to Metallurgy [B].]

The demonic spear Shin Hyeok made was literally a jackpot.

Like the holy sword Sejin made, it was Unique+ grade, and the all stats were even 4 points higher.

Moreover, the attack power was 1,000, the maximum possible for unique grade.

Finally, with a unique skill that was rarely seen, this was a weapon worth any amount of money – the demonic spear Shin Hyeok had made.

Thanks to that, his D-grade metallurgy jumped all the way to B-grade in one go, which said it all.

“This is… really amazing, isn’t it?”

“You really did surpass your teacher. People who’ve held hammers their whole lives are going to be so envious~”

“I’ll buy dinner today.”

“Korean beef, right?”

“+2 quality!”

“That’s great! Let’s call Su-a and your parents to eat together.”

“You’re better than me, who’s the friend and son. Let’s do that.”

“Phew, so now we’re done, right?”

“Yes, we’re finished.”

Only after checking the demonic spear’s information did the two people completely relax.

That was brief.

Grip!

Shin Hyeok smiled as he tightly grasped the demonic spear he had made himself and completed the binding.

“Now all that’s left is the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament.”

“Come to think of it, you’re participating too, right? What place do you think you’ll get?”

Toward Sejin, who was sitting in his chair gulping down ice-cold cola, Shin Hyeok smiled as if to say ‘what do you think?’

“First place, of course.”

The Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament.

A gathering of the world’s strongest Silver 1s.

But for Shin Hyeok, it was just a place to claim the first place that was waiting for him.

Thus, several days passed.

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