All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 27

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 027

Crack!

Shin Hyeok, who instantly moved from his room to the waiting room, leisurely looked around the waiting room.

The waiting room for the Top 100 Silver Tier Players in the World.

It was Shin Hyeok’s first time coming to this place.

When Shin Hyeok first participated in the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament, he was Platinum with the trait: Late Bloomer unlocked, so it was natural.

However, Shin Hyeok, who had firm confidence in his strength, observed the other participants with an unusually relaxed expression for a first-timer.

Top 100 in the world.

Naturally, the players who participated here were veterans among veterans.

But since it was their first time participating in the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament, most of them showed clear signs of nervousness.

However, among them, there were definitely those who exuded composure like Shin Hyeok.

“About ten people, I guess. They must be talented players from each country.”

Ten out of a hundred people.

The ratio of one-tenth was quite impressive.

However, the most important thing was whether there were faces that Shin Hyeok remembered.

If Shin Hyeok, who was a Challenger before regression, could remember them, it meant they were players who would be sufficiently active in the future.

And about four faces among the ten came to mind from Shin Hyeok’s memory.

“The Berserker of the United States, the Omnipotent Warrior of China, the Shrine Maiden of Japan, and the Flash Knight of Europe.”

The United States and China, which were player superpowers.

And players from Japan and the European Union, which were closely following behind them.

The nicknames Shin Hyeok mentioned were the nicknames they would have in the future, so no one paid attention to them.

Of course-

“Are you Shin-hyeok Choi?”

“Berserker?”

“…? Seeing that you know about my profession, it seems you’ve researched me quite a bit too.”

“Hmm, let’s say that’s the case.”

Berserker. Ellis Veronia.

Her profession was Blood Berserker [Unique].

Because of that, Shin Hyeok unconsciously showed interest in Ellis, but he didn’t particularly mind.

Although Ellis was a beautiful woman with blonde hair and golden eyes, Shin Hyeok showed no interest at all.

He wasn’t particularly concerned with women and beauty in the first place, and even Su-a was a tremendous beauty, so he had built up resistance.

But for Ellis, this was an unfamiliar experience.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve met a player who doesn’t flirt with me after seeing me.’

Not only those of similar age to her, but even those who boasted considerable age would often show interest in Ellis.

But this was the first time she encountered someone who wasn’t captivated by her appearance, so Ellis felt quite pleased.

“I look forward to a good match. Of course, I’ll be taking first place.”

“Unfortunately, that’s mine, so it’ll be hard to give it up.”

“Hehe, we’ll see about that.”

Although she was clearly in a competitive relationship with Shin Hyeok, Ellis quite liked him, so she smiled and was about to leave.

“A small country and a Yankee getting along well together.”

“…Dong-pyeong Hong.”

“You know me? Well, you should. I’m a player who will become a pillar supporting a great nation in the future.”

“Ha! We’ll have to see if that really happens.”

“Keh, this is my talent that even Wuji himself praised. It would be good for you to get on my good side even now. We’ll be clashing frequently in the upper tiers from now on.”

“You’re the one who should be careful. My sword doesn’t have eyes or anything like that.”

If it weren’t for the Chinese player Dong-pyeong Hong swaggering over and picking a fight.

Ellis responded with thorny eyes and words toward him who called her in a derogatory manner, but Dong-pyeong Hong didn’t care at all and approached Shin Hyeok, pressing against his chest and mocking him.

“I heard the knight say he’d take first place… I guess that’s all they teach in small countries. Looking at all that bluster, it’s obvious you’ll be eliminated early.”

“….”

Even as Dong-pyeong Hong pressed against his chest and mocked him, Shin Hyeok made no response and just looked at Dong-pyeong Hong with silent eyes.

When there was no response to his mockery, Dong-pyeong Hong turned around with a deflated expression.

When Shin Hyeok didn’t respond at all, Ellis looked at Shin Hyeok with a dissatisfied expression.

“Why didn’t you say anything?”

“I’m not the type to respond to every dog that barks.”

“…Pfft! You’re really an interesting person. I looked it up and I’m one year older, so can we speak casually?”

“Do as you like.”

“Yeah, it’s about to start soon. See you at the top.”

But perhaps pleased with Shin Hyeok’s response, Ellis completely wiped away her uncomfortable expression and grinned while waving her hand.

Shin Hyeok nodded appropriately in response and stood quietly waiting for the waiting time to end.

Fortunately, there were no other players who picked fights with Shin Hyeok following Dong-pyeong Hong.

The players from Japan and the European Union, who were notable figures, only remained wary of Shin Hyeok.

They didn’t approach him significantly.

As time passed and the waiting time ended.

Crack!

The 100 players gathered in the waiting room simultaneously moved to the battlefield.

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Thud!

Shin Hyeok, who lightly landed on the ground, looked around.

“Even in Silver Tier, the map itself hasn’t changed.”

The map for the Global Top 100 Promotion Tournament was always the same.

This was true even for higher tier promotion tournaments.

A vast forest terrain.

The vast forest, reminiscent of the Amazon in reality, was so huge that even over 100 players could move around freely without any problem.

Having finished thinking up to that point, Shin Hyeok immediately looked around.

“Tracking.”

Swoooosh!

Originally, tracking before obtaining the skill was a method of finding targets through surrounding terrain, scents, and wind.

It could be called a primitive method.

But after obtaining the skill, it was different.

Mana.

The miraculous energy that makes the impossible possible.

It spread to the surroundings and tracked the beings in the vicinity.

From Shin Hyeok’s perspective, it was like an invisible net of mana covering the surroundings.

Targets touched by the mana net had their locations revealed to Shin Hyeok.

Of course, it wasn’t an easy method, nor was it something anyone could do.

However, it was an easy method for Shin Hyeok, and Shin Hyeok wasn’t just anyone.

“Found them. Three to the north, two to the east, two to the south, five to the west. Quite a lot.”

Shin Hyeok, who instantly grasped the number of enemies in all directions, chuckled and raised his head.

“And there’s one above me too.”

-…!!!

At Shin Hyeok’s gaze and words, a stealth-type player hiding among the thick leaves was startled.

With the pride of being a Silver 1 tier ranked in the top 100 worldwide, he was confident that no player of the same level could detect his stealth.

‘Clumsy.’

But no matter how briefly he had stepped back from active duty, to Shin Hyeok’s eyes, which had seen through even Diamond-grade players’ stealth, it was far too clumsy.

Especially since tracking became more powerful the closer the target was.

His location being discovered was no different from a predetermined outcome.

[Skill: Tracking [E] has grown to Tracking [D].]

Of course, since his stealth technique itself was at a level worthy of escaping Silver, it helped with the growth of the tracking skill.

“I have no more business with you now.”

“…!”

The stealth player, who had finished serving as fodder for the growth of tracking skills, had nothing more to give Shin Hyeok.

Trees that have nothing left to give are meant to be cut down.

Swoosh!

As Shin Hyeok’s holy sword drew a half-moon and scattered sword energy, the stealth player’s head fell with a thud and rolled away.

[Shin-hyeok Choi has eliminated Hagin Omar.]

[First Blood!]

“First kill, huh. Not bad. I’ll count this as an Achievement too.”

First Blood.

It was the first kill.

Having obtained one of the Achievements available in promotion matches right from the start, Shin Hyeok smiled with satisfaction and took a step forward.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

From that moment, explosive sounds and blasts that shook the entire Vast Forest began erupting.

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“…Crazy bastard from a small country. Just how many has he killed?”

Dong-pyeong Hong, who was crushing all enemies charging at him while tearing through the entire Vast Forest, couldn’t hide his dismay at Shin Hyeok’s kill log that was rising like mad.

Dong-pyeong Hong had also achieved a record of 5 kills befitting a powerful player, but the results Shin Hyeok was currently showing were so extraordinary they could be called beyond standard.

[Kill Rankings]

1. Shin-hyeok Choi : 16 kills

2. Ellis Veronia : 8 kills

3. Deville Allongdong : 6 kills

4. Dong-pyeong Hong : 5 kills

4. Mizuki Ryo : 5 kills

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“…This is ridiculous. Three times my kill count?”

Nearly half of the players had already died at this point.

Faced with rankings that showed Shin Hyeok alone had killed almost half of them, Dong-pyeong Hong was left speechless.

But soon Dong-pyeong Hong gritted his teeth and pulled himself together.

Grind!

“…He must have only caught low-grade opponents. If they were strong opponents like the ones I faced, he definitely couldn’t have achieved such a kill count.”

Of course, this wasn’t due to his remarkable mental strength, but rather the result of belittling Shin Hyeok’s displayed prowess.

In reality, among the opponents Shin Hyeok had fought, there were plenty stronger than those Dong-pyeong Hong had faced, but there was no way for Dong-pyeong Hong to know this.

His grinding teeth while thinking Shin Hyeok was having it easy lasted only briefly.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

“What the hell is this…!”

At the massive explosive sound and blast that shook the entire forest, Dong-pyeong Hong startled and clenched his fists.

The sound of the gauntlets created for him by the Chinese government and Trinity Party creaking echoed, but even that was swallowed by the explosive noise.

Feeling as if an irresistible enemy was approaching, Dong-pyeong Hong unconsciously recalled the emotion called ‘fear’.

‘A boss monster? No, there’s never been a boss monster in promotion matches. Then this was done by a player like me. But… is this really something a Silver Tier player can do?’

Such powerful momentum and explosions that they brought to mind a boss monster he’d never seen before.

Dong-pyeong Hong couldn’t believe that it was from a Silver Tier player like himself.

But whether he believed it or not, an irresistible monster.

The fact that a monster unbelievable for a Silver was now approaching Dong-pyeong Hong remained unchanged.

Crrrrrumble-

A giant tree swept up in the massive explosion falls with a tremendous crash.

What revealed itself from the space thus created was a single player.

A player whose entire body was covered in blood, yet showed not a single wound.

In other words, all that blood belonged not to himself, but to the opponents he had clashed with.

The moment Dong-pyeong Hong faced his opponent with trembling eyes at this realization.

“So you’re a dog.”

“…?”

Dong-pyeong Hong tilted his head briefly at the unexpected words from his opponent’s mouth.

“It’s unfortunate to disturb a dog trembling in fear. Go on.”

“…!!!”

Treating him like a dog.

Moreover, treating him like a dog trembling in fear – anger spread across Dong-pyeong Hong’s face as he realized this.

“You damn bread bastard, how dare you!”

Boom!

Anger soon led to explosion.

Dong-pyeong Hong’s trait was Martial Arts Library.

It was a trait that allowed him to obtain an incredibly diverse array of martial arts.

Drawing from it a martial art that combined mystical footwork and movement techniques, Dong-pyeong Hong – the blood-soaked player.

He charged toward Shin Hyeok.

Crack!

“…Guhk!”

“So you weren’t a dog trembling in fear, but a mad dog.”

But the moment he approached Shin Hyeok, Shin Hyeok’s Geumna Tree that flew out gripped Dong-pyeong Hong’s throat.

At the same time, as an eerie smile rose on Shin Hyeok’s lips, Dong-pyeong Hong flinched.

“For mad dogs, beating is the medicine.”

“W-wait-“

Unlike the holy sword he had set down to grip Dong-pyeong Hong’s throat, Shin Hyeok put strength into the demon spear he held tightly.

Whack!

In the forest where explosions and blasts had subsided, cheerful beating sounds began echoing.

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