All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 43

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 043

 

Shinwha Workshop.

 

A place that once functioned as a subsidiary workshop under Shinwha Guild, but has now become completely independent and mine.

 

That place was enjoying unprecedented prosperity.

 

First of all, just the size alone had grown incomparably larger than before.

 

It naturally grew in size when Five Star Forge merged with it.

 

Of course, it had only grown in size.

 

All of Five Star Forge’s business connections had fallen away.

 

But that didn’t matter.

 

I had swept up not only Five Star Forge’s facilities and craftsmen, but also all the materials that filled the workshop.

 

As a result of growing like that and naturally swallowing up the surrounding buildings to make them part of Shinwha Workshop.

 

“Wow, it’s huge.”

 

Shinwha Workshop was no longer confined to just one building.

 

A village born from the combination of two or three ultra-large buildings as the main structures, several large buildings joining them, and small to medium-sized buildings under their command.

 

That place was no different from a giant mechanical device.

 

Each part meshed together like gears to produce the result called ‘creation’.

 

Since it existed solely for that purpose, the inside was hot and busy.

 

Accordingly, security had also increased to an tremendous degree.

 

Not only Shinwha Group, but even the government stepped forward to take responsibility for Shinwha Workshop’s security.

 

Literally an iron fortress.

 

Not even a single ant could get in, but-

 

“Please go right in.”

 

Shin Hyeok was an exception there.

 

As soon as Shin Hyeok rolled down the window of the black sedan he arrived in and showed his face, the checkpoint opened wide like Moses’ miracle.

 

The sedan that quickly crossed through the village called Shinwha Workshop arrived at Shinwha Workshop’s headquarters.

 

This was where Shinwha Workshop began and had now become the center of this village.

 

Shin Hyeok, who set foot in that place, immediately headed to the top floor that had been renovated exclusively for the workshop owner.

 

Whoosh!

 

‘The heat is… tremendous.’

 

Just the elevator doors opening brought tremendous heat.

 

The important point here was that this heat had been blocked once by a barrier.

 

A space arranged with consideration for those who would visit the top floor.

 

Even so, feeling Sejin’s greatness once again from this level of heat, Shin Hyeok steeled himself once and opened the door connected to the workshop’s interior.

 

Sizzle!

 

His skin was burning.

 

As soon as he confirmed that his clothes and skin were burning, unable to withstand the heat in the air, Shin Hyeok immediately drew up mana to protect his clothes and skin.

 

Only then could Shin Hyeok barely endure the heat and see Sejin hammering at the center of the workshop.

 

Clang! Clang! Bang! Clang! Claaaaang!

 

The cheerful sound of hammering.

 

It was so rhythmical that it even gave the illusion of playing a music game.

 

That appearance looked so easy, but that’s why the value of Sejin’s ability increased.

 

People say that if something looks easy on the surface, it’s definitely because that person is an excellent craftsman or master.

 

Anyway, Shin Hyeok, who had been quietly watching that scene, only approached him after Sejin’s hammering ended.

 

“Hyung.”

 

“Huh? Shin Hyeok, what brings you here?”

 

“I may not look it, but I’m also a blacksmith.”

 

“You haven’t come once since making the Arcane Spear. You’re fake, fake.”

 

“Really? Should this fake blacksmith go back? I brought a lot of things you’d like though.”

 

“Stop. I should at least serve a cup of coffee to the owner of our workshop.”

 

“Good, I can look forward to how delicious the coffee you make will be, right?”

 

“Of course! Hehe, after drinking the coffee I make, you won’t be able to drink any other coffee.”

 

Light small talk.

 

Afterwards, the two left the workshop and moved to a room prepared for receiving outsiders.

 

There, Sejin quickly brought two cups of coffee and smilingly set them down in front of Shin Hyeok and himself.

 

“Wow, what’s this? The aroma is incredible. It’s not instant coffee, is it?”

 

“Right. It’s instant coffee with coffee beans I got and other sweeteners added as a custom blend.”

 

“…Even latte art. Isn’t this a barista rather than a blacksmith?”

 

“It’s a hobby. It’s surprisingly fun. Making new latte art unexpectedly helps with blacksmith work too.”

 

Shin Hyeok, who was dumbfounded looking at the phoenix embroidered on top of the coffee cup, hesitantly took a sip of coffee.

 

Then he widened both eyes and downed the entire cup of coffee in one shot.

 

“Amazing. You could become rich just selling this, couldn’t you?”

 

“I’m already rich enough just selling the equipment I just made?”

 

“That’s unique grade, right?”

 

“Yeah. Unique grade is easy now. Sometimes defective or flawed ones come out, but even those are at a level that’s hard to get elsewhere.”

 

“As expected of my hyung. My blacksmith teacher.”

 

Shin Hyeok, who naturally moved from coffee talk to talk about the equipment he was just making, nodded his head and gave a thumbs up.

 

Sejin, who was smiling at that sight and sipping his share of coffee, got to the main point.

 

“What did you bring?”

 

“You didn’t hear, hyung.”

 

“No, I’ve been in the workshop for a few hours. What trouble did you cause this time?”

 

“Maybe? I succeeded in 10 consecutive wins at the Colosseum.”

 

“Right, you succeeded in 10 consecutive wins at the Colosseum… wait, that’s not right! Wasn’t 8 consecutive wins the maximum?”

 

“Right.”

 

“And you succeeded in 10 consecutive wins, not even 9?”

 

“It was difficult. A Diamond Player came out at the end. And it was Mujeonggeum from Osung Guild.”

 

“Crazy…”

 

Mujeonggeum from Osung Guild.

 

That was a name well-known enough that even Sejin, who wasn’t particularly interested in the Player world, knew it well.

 

Sejin couldn’t hide his surprise at the fact that he had concluded his 10 consecutive wins against such a Player, but only briefly.

 

“And I want to give you the rewards I got there.”

 

“What came out?”

 

“Unique and legendary materials.”

 

“Kyaaaah! Shin Hyeok! Let me call you hyung! No, master! Savior!”

 

Sejin, who heard about the rewards Shin Hyeok obtained, jumped up from his seat and spat fire from his mouth.

 

No, he went wild while spitting out coffee.

 

Unique grade was something Sejin could now handle to some extent, but legendary was literally on a different scale.

 

It was natural for Sejin to react this way when he casually offered to give him something that even the state would struggle to obtain.

 

“Magic iron and Rune of Annihilation. I want to use both for repairing the Arcane Spear.”

 

“What effect does the Rune of Annihilation have?”

 

“500% of attack power, but only once.”

 

“That’s properly Arcane Spear-like. Okay, can we start right away? My hands have been itching.”

 

“Don’t you need to prepare anything separately?”

 

“Of course not. The unique grade equipment I was making was just something I was making to kill time to raise my senses before repairing your Arcane Spear.”

 

“…Nice.”

 

At the fact that he made unique grade equipment just to kill time and sharpen his senses, Shin Hyeok smiled and handed the magic iron and Rune of Annihilation from his inventory to Sejin.

 

Even though he had seen magic iron once before, Sejin’s reaction was intense.

 

When the actual items were placed before his eyes, Sejin, who could no longer endure it, jumped up from his seat.

 

Following him as he snorted and strode back into the workshop, Shin Hyeok entered the workshop again and immediately prepared.

 

“I’ll assist this time.”

 

“Hmm, right. This will definitely be difficult for you to handle. But assisting will be difficult too. What’s your metallurgy skill grade now?”

 

“B-grade.”

 

“It’s high. Higher than other craftsmen. But that’s not enough. This time, we’re going to create something that reaches the pinnacle of legendary items. For that, it needs to be at least A-grade.”

 

But Sejin was ruthless.

 

Metallurgy [B].

 

Even this level alone was worthy of discussing the world’s greatest blacksmith.

 

Especially since B-grade was evaluated as capable of crafting unique-grade equipment.

 

However, even that didn’t satisfy Sejin’s standards.

 

At minimum A-grade.

 

Though Sejin was setting a grade that didn’t exist anywhere in the world as his starting point, his demand was reasonable.

 

Of course—

 

“Then I’ll just raise it.”

 

“What? Shin Hyeok, going from B to A requires an enormous amount of work. Even for you, that’s impossible—”

 

“I got something good this time. Let’s give it a try. Transcendence – Metallurgy.”

 

“…!!!”

 

That only applied to Shin Hyeok before he obtained the Plus Ultra Ring.

 

Sejin’s face was briefly colored with surprise as he felt the craftsman’s aura emanating from Shin Hyeok, who had elevated his B-grade Metallurgy to A-grade through the transcendence skill embedded in the Plus Ultra Ring.

 

“Assistant. I’m counting on you.”

 

“Of course.”

 

Sejin immediately acknowledged Shin Hyeok and announced the start of their work.

 

At minimum a legendary-grade Arcane Spear.

 

This was the moment when crafting that might even yield a legendary+ grade Arcane Spear would begin.

 

* * *

 

Whoooooosh!

 

The furnace burned intensely.

 

The two people standing before it coordinated as naturally as flowing water.

 

They quickly procured what each other needed and acted organically as if connected by a collar, even without words.

 

Having already made an Arcane Spear together once, calling their teamwork perfect would be an understatement.

 

“What about the spirits?”

 

“I succeeded in contracting with an intermediate spirit this time. It’ll be better than last time.”

 

“Good, then we can proceed similarly to before.”

 

Having made one before, the two clearly knew the direction they needed to take.

 

“It’s Superflame Wood. This will guarantee the firepower.”

 

“And if we add the flames of an intermediate fire spirit on top of that?”

 

“Just imagining it feels good. Let’s get right to it.”

 

The already powerful furnace flames grew twice as large.

 

“What’s the ratio of materials?”

 

“Magic Iron 7, Mithril 1, Thousand-Refined Steel 1, Arcane Essence 1.”

 

“You’re going to add Arcane Essence here?”

 

“By adding Arcane Essence during the repair process, we can increase the absorption rate for Arcane Essence and even suppress any potential backlash.”

 

“Perfect.”

 

The ratio of materials for repairing the cracked Arcane Spear was organized in the blink of an eye.

 

“Adding them in.”

 

“Ready.”

 

Kwaaaaaaaah!

 

Unique, unique, unique, legendary materials entered the furnace, causing tremendous backlash to erupt.

 

A powerful will that they could never be mixed together.

 

It was clear that if they yielded to it, those materials would become nothing but a handful of ash.

 

But the two instead raised the firepower even higher, adjusting and coaxing the materials.

 

The materials’ backlash and fusion occurred by the second—a terrifyingly dangerous task where even the slightest mistake would waste the materials.

 

Especially the continuous backlash was enough to consume even the blacksmiths, but the two overcame everything without flinching.

 

“It’s beautiful.”

 

“Let’s move on to the next step immediately.”

 

“Yes.”

 

Golden liquid that appeared dozens of times darker than the darkest vanta black rippled.

 

The intense magical energy was so severe it would contaminate the surroundings just by existing, but the two blacksmiths paid no attention to it and began the next task.

 

Hissssssss!

 

The golden liquid made with golden ratio was carefully poured over the Arcane Spear that had cracks throughout.

 

Careful movements without a single error or waste.

 

And it soon ended in success.

 

“It’s perfect. Even just this is much better than the original.”

 

“So? You’re not thinking of being satisfied with this, are you?”

 

“What’s there to say? Let’s move on to the Arcane Essence work.”

 

“Good.”

 

Of course, that was merely preparation for a new challenge.

 

Arcane Essence was placed on the Arcane Spear that had perfectly regained its form.

 

Before that, the two conducted preliminary work.

 

“Let’s slam in Sacred Power first.”

 

“The process of forcibly creating backlash? Like last time, it seems like a really good method. Let’s do it right away.”

 

Kwaaaaaaaang!

 

They slammed Sacred Power into the Arcane Essence.

 

At that moment, tremendous backlash enveloped the entire workshop.

 

The workshop became a complete mess.

 

Amid shattered furniture and fixtures scattering everywhere.

 

Kwaaaaaaaang! Kwaaaaaaaang! Kwaaaaaaaang!

 

The backlash from Sacred Power injection continued relentlessly.

 

The forced backlash work finally stopped only after they had used up all their Sacred Power to the very bottom.

 

“It’s really angry.”

 

“Let’s inject it right away.”

 

“Right.”

 

Due to the backlash from Sacred Power injection, the Arcane Essence was in a terribly unstable state.

 

Injecting this directly into the Arcane Spear.

 

If done wrong, the Arcane Spear itself might collapse, unable to withstand the Arcane Essence.

 

Even though they could lose an Arcane Spear that had surpassed unique+ and reached legendary- grade, the two injected the Arcane Essence without a moment’s hesitation.

 

Kwaaaaaaaah!

 

“Success.”

 

They succeeded beautifully.

 

They could tell without looking at the status window.

 

This was definitely a complete and perfect legendary-grade Arcane Spear.

 

But there was still finishing work remaining.

 

“Rune engraving.”

 

“The easiest yet most difficult part.”

 

“What about Rune Polish?”

 

“The workshop is overflowing with Rune Polish. We can use it all up.”

 

“I’m reminded once again how nice it is to have money.”

 

Rune of Annihilation engraving work.

 

Before starting that, they slammed in the highest-grade Rune Polish to enhance the rune’s performance itself.

 

Of course, rune polishing is delicate work.

 

The tail must never wag the dog.

 

If the rune being engraved becomes more powerful than the equipment it’s being engraved on, collapse occurs.

 

So meticulous adjustment to polish to the maximum while never exceeding the equipment’s limits is essential.

 

And the senses of these two people were in a state that could be called nothing short of the world’s finest.

 

Clatter- Clack- Clatter-

 

“Any signs of collapse?”

 

“Still checking… There is resistance, but- it’s within acceptable parameters.”

 

“That means…”

 

Click!

 

As the rune was engraved, the movement of the Arcane Spear, which had been clattering like a Pokémon’s monster ball, came to a stop.

 

The Arcane Spear stopped in perfect upright position.

 

At the same time, a message appeared before the two of them.

 

[Congratulations!]

 

[The world’s first Legendary+ grade equipment has been created!]

 

[Achievement location is Korea!]

 

No, to be precise, it appeared before the eyes of everyone in the world, including them.

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