All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 28

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 028

‘Hong Dong-pyeong is quite an outstanding player in his own right.’

Thinking this, Shin Hyeok struck the struggling Hong Dong-pyeong before him with the shaft of his demonic spear.

Hong Dong-pyeong, freed from Shin Hyeok’s Golden Binding Technique, struggled like a mad dog, but before the mystical spear techniques, his struggles were more than meaningless.

“Why! Why can’t I hit you! My martial arts should definitely be perfect!”

This fact drove Hong Dong-pyeong to the brink of madness.

His trait, Martial Arts Library, granted him various martial arts suited to his tier.

From his perspective, having trained the martial arts most suited to him to their limits, the current situation where he couldn’t land a single hit was beyond comprehension.

But Shin Hyeok kindly helped him understand.

“It’s perfect, but not powerful.”

“What?”

“Your Martial Arts Library only provides martial arts at the Silver Tier level at best, doesn’t it?”

“…How do you know that?!”

Hong Dong-pyeong had succeeded in perfectly mastering the martial arts given to him.

However, that was all there was to it.

The weakness of Martial Arts Library.

That was precisely that the martial arts obtainable through Martial Arts Library were proportional to the player’s current tier.

In other words, Hong Dong-pyeong’s martial arts were only at a level that could dominate within Silver.

Naturally, they couldn’t reach Shin Hyeok, who surpassed Gold and even aspired to Platinum.

Eventually, the moment Hong Dong-pyeong staggered from exhaustion first became his end.

Thud!

“Kugh!”

The sharply honed demonic spear pierced through Hong Dong-pyeong’s heart.

Hong Dong-pyeong also possessed incredibly exceptional equipment, but it was insufficient to withstand the demonic spear with its Unique+ grade and attack power reaching 1,000.

Shin Hyeok quietly watched Hong Dong-pyeong collapse while coughing up blood, then quickly turned and disappeared.

[Shin-hyeok Choi has eliminated Hong Dong-pyeong.]

The kill log that appeared afterward was just a bonus.

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After eliminating Hong Dong-pyeong, Shin Hyeok began frantically racking up kills.

In a way, it was natural.

Hong Dong-pyeong was among the strongest of the strong, positioned in the top tier among players participating in the promotion battle.

Since even such a strong player had been eliminated by Shin Hyeok, players who saw the kill log chose to flee rather than fight when encountering Shin Hyeok.

And for Shin Hyeok, who possessed tracking skills, pursuing and eliminating fleeing enemies wasn’t particularly difficult.

Crash!

Shin Hyeok, who had cut down a massive tree in one strike, pierced the back of a player visible before him with his holy sword.

With a precise strike that penetrated the heart from behind, the player collapsed without even letting out a death cry.

“About 10 left now.”

Due to Shin Hyeok’s rampage and the offensive of other top-tier players, the Vast Forest had long since been half-destroyed.

Naturally, the countless players who had been running around within it had also long since become kill logs.

[Kill Rankings]

1. Shin-hyeok Choi: 49 kills

2. Ellis Veronia: 15 kills

3. Deville Allongdong: 10 kills

4. Mizuki Ryo: 8 kills

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[Remaining Survivors: 10]

Among them, it went without saying that Shin Hyeok’s kills were overwhelming.

Even combining the kills from 2nd to 4th place couldn’t surpass Shin Hyeok’s kills, which said it all.

And this inevitably brought about an alliance.

“An alliance of four.”

“You really showed monstrous performance.”

“To face you, this was an unavoidable choice.”

“Hiya! Of course we’d team up against an Eastern powerhouse!”

“Grr! Once we take you down, the others are nothing.”

Deville Allongdong from the European Union.

Mizuki Ryo from Japan.

Though they fell short of those two, Julian Califa from Brazil and Vladimir Ivankoff from Russia, who had survived this long, were certainly worthy of being called top-tier powerhouses.

Seeing a total of four players form an alliance to face him, Shin Hyeok planted his holy sword in the ground and pointed his demonic spear at them with a flick.

“Too much talk. Aren’t you coming?”

“…How arrogant.”

“O God, your daughter wishes to borrow your name. Descend upon this place!”

“What an interesting fellow!”

“Awoooooo!”

At such a clear provocation, the four immediately entered combat stance.

Deville gripped his beloved weapon, and Mizuki used her trait ‘Divine Possession.’

At the same time, Julian kicked off from his position, and Vladimir had already transformed into a complete werewolf.

At this sight that marked the beginning of true battle, Shin Hyeok smiled wickedly, pulled out the holy sword planted in the ground, and began unleashing an offensive while swinging his demonic spear.

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Crack! Smack! Crack! Smack!

Julian’s attacks, rushing in while using his legs like whips, were capoeira.

Shin Hyeok’s eyes flashed as he blocked Julian’s windmill attack, which came at him using his arms to support himself on the ground while attacking with his legs, with his holy sword and retreated.

Swoosh- Clang!

It was swordsmanship like lightning itself, but Shin Hyeok blocked it with the shaft of his demonic spear.

Bright red sparks flew up and obscured his vision, but Shin Hyeok wasn’t fooled by it.

Clang!

“Grr, how?”

“There are things you can see without looking.”

Seeing the werewolf Vladimir, who had been struck by the quickly swung holy sword and slid back, make a bewildered face, Shin Hyeok kicked off from his position.

Boom!

A pure white pillar of light struck down where he had been just moments before.

“How did you do that?”

“If you can sense the concentration of energy, you can dodge even invisible attacks.”

“…Is that something humanly possible?”

It was Mizuki’s attack.

But Shin Hyeok, sensing energy concentrating above his head, easily avoided it by immediately moving away.

Shin Hyeok smiled once at Mizuki, who couldn’t believe it and was shocked, then immediately went on the counterattack.

“Having blocked each of your attacks once, I understand your level well. How boring.”

“…How arrogant.”

Even after blocking the attacks of all four people once, his composure overflowed, causing Deville to frown momentarily.

“Rise.”

“…!!!”

Crack crack crack!

The bone fragments that Shin Hyeok had scattered while receiving their attacks began transforming into undead and rising.

The undead, who instantly regained their original forms, began attacking the four players one by one.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sound of weapons echoing through the crumbling forest.

Listening to it, Shin Hyeok immediately prepared his next attacks.

“Kasa, Gnome, Undine, Sylph.”

The four spirits revealed themselves.

“Elemental Shower.”

Kwaaaaaaaaa!

They struck the four players who were busy fighting the undead.

Before the overwhelming destructive power displayed by the Elemental Shower, which combined the forces of the four spirits, they could only be helplessly pushed back.

Watching them being swept away, Shin Hyeok immediately summoned Kkamak.

“Kkamak, Feather Storm!”

-Kawk!

Whioooooooo!

The moment Feather Storm, a new trait gained from evolving to rare grade, manifested.

Before the fierce storm of feathers, the four players could only grit their teeth, not knowing what to do.

‘How can just one player possess such diverse abilities? This is impossible!’

‘What is that pet? How can a mere crow have such power?’

‘This is difficult, very difficult.’

Power so overwhelming they couldn’t even respond.

But unfortunately for them, the real fight was just beginning.

“Equipment transformation.”

Charrrrrrrr!

Shin Hyeok equipped Kkamak after transforming him into equipment, having completed his duty with Feather Storm.

With nearly all his stats increased by close to 20, Shin Hyeok gripped the holy sword and demonic spear with even greater strength.

Ppuddeuddeuk!

Eerie sounds echoed from the sword’s handle and spear shaft, but Shin Hyeok paid no mind and swung them.

“Heaven-Destroying Avalanche, Heaven-Destroying Lightning.”

Heaven-Destroying Avalanche Fist with the demonic spear.

Heaven-Destroying Lightning Blade with the holy sword.

This was a technique he could display thanks to being able to somewhat modify the Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style due to his status as Wushen’s disciple (temporary).

Originally, these were techniques that could only be performed with fists and daggers, but Shin Hyeok’s talent succeeded in adapting them.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The heaven-destroying forces erupting from the holy sword and demonic spear intertwined with each other, exploding with even greater power.

Power so strong that it completely erased the traces of the players who had barely been holding on.

All that remained where Heaven-Destroying Avalanche and Heaven-Destroying Lightning had swept through were kill logs.

[Shin-hyeok Choi has eliminated Julian Califa.]

[Shin-hyeok Choi has eliminated Mizuki Ryo.]

[Shin-hyeok Choi has eliminated Vladimir Ivankoff.]

Swaeeeeeeek!

And among the kill logs, a single flash of light rose up and struck Shin Hyeok.

Jjeooooooong!

“Cough… With this, we die togeth-“

“That’s quite tingly.”

“…How?”

“My armor is pretty good.”

“That’s… impossible…”

Deville’s final strike, delivered when he was driven to the brink of death by Heaven-Destroying Avalanche and Heaven-Destroying Lightning.

But his last attack was nullified by the unique skill attached to the Absorption Armor: Shock Absorption.

Deville, who had been staring at Shin Hyeok with an incredulous expression as he patted his armor and grinned, crumbled into dust and scattered.

[Shin-hyeok Choi has eliminated Deville Allongdong.]

“That leaves six people.”

[Ellis Veronia has eliminated Lloyd Hollan.]

“…No, five people left.”

Confirming through the kill log that the final opponent he had to face remained, Shin Hyeok kicked off from his position to avoid having his remaining prey stolen.

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“It’s just the two of us left.”

“Indeed.”

“You’re being too much, trying not to let your kills be stolen until the very end.”

“I’m still hungry.”

“…Ha, saying that after getting over 50 kills. You’re making me look too pathetic.”

In the place where only the final two remained.

Shin Hyeok, who had split the remaining four people with Ellis two each, was facing her.

Shin Hyeok’s current kill score was 55.

This meant he had single-handedly swept through more than half the players.

Even so, Shin Hyeok stroking his belly saying he was still hungry was bizarre to an eerie degree.

But regardless of his bizarre appearance, it was certain that Shin Hyeok was the strongest among the current Silver 1 players.

‘He faced four opponents at once that even I would have difficulty guaranteeing victory against in a one-on-one. I have to acknowledge it. This person is… much stronger than me. Perhaps even more than the Silver-era Iwhang Samjeo Owang!’

Furthermore, Ellis’s eyes gradually turned red as she became convinced that no one from the past had ever shown as much greatness and uniqueness as Shin Hyeok.

“Blood Frenzy.”

“You really know a lot about me. And… I have no intention of going down easily.”

Ellis’s trait, Blood Frenzy.

This trait, which perfectly matched her class, was one that granted overwhelming power for a short time in exchange for boiling her blood and driving herself mad.

When activated, the aftereffects following Blood Frenzy’s end were severe, so Ellis wouldn’t dare use this power unless facing a considerable enemy, but now was exactly that moment.

Kwaaaaaa!

The overwhelming aura emanating from the combination of her class, Blood Berserker, and her trait, Blood Frenzy, pressed down on the surroundings.

Watching the crimson aura ripple like heat waves, Shin Hyeok nodded slowly.

“An opponent worthy of respect deserves appropriate courtesy.”

Comparing someone like Dong-pyeong Hong to Ellis would be an insult in itself.

Therefore, Shin Hyeok, with an expressionless face, struck the ground with his demonic spear with a thud.

Hwarrrrrrrr!

The demonic spear’s unique skill: Black Flame wrapped around the spear.

Soon, looking at the demonic spear blazing with black flames, Shin Hyeok exhaled demonic energy.

Puhwaaaaaaak!

The moment his demonic energy, raised to Silver’s limit, burst forth and dyed the surroundings black.

“Heavenly Demon Divine Art.”

[The Heavenly Demon looks at you with an astonished gaze.]

Shin Hyeok brought out his second divine art following Wushen’s Heaven-Shattering Annihilation Style.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Chapter 1, Section 1.

“Thunder Demon Step.”

Charrrrrrr!

Black lightning wrapped around Shin Hyeok’s lower body.

Whoosh!

“…Where-“

“Behind you.”

“…!!”

At the same time, shock spread across Ellis’s face as she confirmed that Shin Hyeok, who had vanished without a trace, was behind her.

Watching her expression, the demonic spear wrapped in black flames pierced through Ellis.

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