All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 48

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 048

 

Alchemist.

 

This was a worldwide alchemist organization.

 

Naturally, they had a branch in Korea as well, and surprisingly, the Korean branch was one of the most capable branches among Alchemist’s branches.

 

Considering that fields like alchemy were dominated by the United States, the home of Big Pharma, or Europe with traditional powerhouses like Germany, this was an unbelievable result.

 

As a side note, the Chinese branch also showed remarkable achievements, but there was the peculiarity that missing person reports were frequent around the Chinese branch.

 

Anyway, Shin Hyeok, who had arrived in front of the Alchemist Korean Branch located in Gangnam to meet the branch manager of such an organization, clicked his tongue at the sight of a building that obviously reeked of money.

 

“Tsk, I don’t like it.”

 

“Why? Aren’t the elixirs here really good?”

 

“They are good. Very good. But in the end, those things were born from grinding up the alchemists under them. The higher-ups take all the credit.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“Most Korean companies are like that. Shinwha, Oseong, they’re all the same.”

 

“…Is it okay for you, Shin Hyeok, the 3rd generation of Shinwha Group, to say that?”

 

“I’m saying it because I’m an insider. Let’s go in for now.”

 

“Okay!”

 

Shin Hyeok let out a chuckle as he watched Su-a grinning happily at the prospect of moving together alone after a long time, and he started walking.

 

“How’s Dimension Arena these days?”

 

“Thanks to you and Sejin oppa, it’s worth living! I also got into the Integrated Silver League!”

 

“Oh, that’s impressive?”

 

“When the Integrated Silver League MVP says that, it doesn’t really feel like a compliment.”

 

“I’m being sincere. I’m the weird one. Normally, people aim for about 6 months for the Integrated Silver League, but you, Su-a, reached it in just 2 months. That speaks to your ability.”

 

“Really?”

 

“Oh, of course I reached it in one month, and this time I’m participating in the Integrated Gold League.”

 

“…Ugh! How annoying!”

 

Shin Hyeok showed a mischievous smile as he watched Su-a hitting his arm repeatedly, satisfied with Su-a’s growth that was definitely different from his previous life.

 

The Su-a of his previous life was certainly a talented individual with powerful potential, but her growth was very slow because she didn’t meet proper support and guilds.

 

Eventually, she crushed everything with talent alone and rose to the position of One Star, but shortening that period was a sufficiently encouraging result.

 

‘…It’s starting to hurt?’

 

When Shin Hyeok’s complexion turned slightly pale from Su-a continuously hitting his arm without rest.

 

Fortunately, there was someone who came to Shin Hyeok’s rescue.

 

“Nice to meet you. I’m Baek Seong-hun, the manager of Alchemist Korean Branch.”

 

“…Yes, nice to meet you too. I’m Shin-hyeok Choi, guild master of All Mighty Guild.”

 

It was Baek Seong-hun, the manager of Alchemist Korean Branch, who was the party involved in today’s appointment.

 

He was a middle-aged man with a neat impression.

 

His well-maintained body was solid, and the white coat worn over it seemed to represent Sung-hun himself.

 

It gave the feeling of ‘So this is what an alchemist looks like!’

 

Shin Hyeok rubbed his tingling arm and returned the greeting.

 

“Hello! I’m Su-a Han! I’m also affiliated with All Mighty!”

 

“Ah, I know. You’ve been showing remarkable performance in this batch, haven’t you? I heard you also earned participation rights for the Integrated Silver League.”

 

“Gasp! You know about that?”

 

“Information about outstanding players is important. Alchemy and players have an inseparable relationship. After all, if there are no players to buy the items we make, we have no meaning.”

 

“Come on, alchemy also makes useful items for ordinary people.”

 

“That’s also correct. Pharmaceuticals and chemistry are also branches of alchemy. But ultimately, the center of alchemy lies in elixir production. In that sense, outstanding players are always welcome. We exist because of the elixirs you consume.”

 

Sung-hun also exchanged greetings with Su-a.

 

Sung-hun, who engaged in light conversation with a friendly smile toward Su-a who was surprised that he recognized her, tapped his forehead as if he had forgotten something and let out a sheepish laugh.

 

“Oh my. I’ve been talking about boring things for too long. Let’s go inside. After a brief internal introduction, let’s sit in my office and have a proper conversation over tea.”

 

“Understood. Su-a, let’s go.”

 

“Okay!”

 

Thus, Shin Hyeok and Su-a entered the interior of the Alchemist Korean Branch with Sung-hun’s guidance.

 

* * *

 

“This is the Material Management Department. It’s where we organize and manage all kinds of materials from dungeons and Dimension Arena. Right next to this is the Material Blending Department. It’s where we gather the materials organized by the management department and blend them in appropriate ratios. Both places are indispensable to us.”

 

“It’s certainly systematic. Where do you get your material supply from?”

 

“We have main suppliers, but we don’t particularly discriminate when buying materials. What’s important is not the seller but the goods.”

 

“That’s impressive. With materials coming from all sorts of places, it must be difficult to maintain quality uniformity.”

 

“That’s precisely why we sometimes obtain hidden gem-like materials. Haha, shall we move on to the next place?”

 

The first place they saw was the Material Management Department and Material Blending Department.

 

It was the most basic place, but therefore also the most important place.

 

If things went wrong here, it could become a serious problem in the production stage.

 

The next place they visited was more substantial.

 

“This is the Production Department. All the items we make come from here. It’s no exaggeration to say this is our heart.”

 

“Wow, Shin Hyeok, look over there! So many elixirs that are hard to find on the market…!”

 

“I’ll give you a few as gifts when you leave. They’ll be helpful for Player Su-a Han.”

 

“Re, really? Those must be incredibly expensive too…”

 

“Haha, you can’t pretend not to know me when you reach Diamond tier, okay?”

 

“Of course! I only use Alchemist elixirs even now!”

 

It was the Production Department.

 

The Production Department, the second place they saw, was exactly as its name suggested – a place with all the elixirs made within Alchemist, and even now, numerous alchemists were making elixirs in their respective stations.

 

There were products easily found on the market as well as items that would be hard to even see unless you were a major guild.

 

But precisely because of that, Shin Hyeok’s eyes narrowed.

 

“I don’t see any high-end grade products?”

 

“…High-end products are made in more secretive places. I’m afraid I can’t show you that. It’s classified for us.”

 

“Well, I understand. Let’s move on.”

 

Because the most important items, high-end grade elixirs, were absent.

 

Even with the sharp question, Sung-hun manipulated his facial muscles in split-second intervals to smoothly navigate the situation.

 

Shin Hyeok didn’t bother to dig deeper either.

 

After that, Shin Hyeok and Su-a’s tour of the Alchemist Korean Branch continued.

 

Starting from the company cafeteria, they toured the park and rest floors built inside the building, examining the Alchemist Korean Branch, and finally the three reached the top floor.

 

“This is the Quality Control Department. Finally arriving here, the special-grade alchemists affiliated with Alchemist Korean Branch inspect the quality. Products that fall short of the special-grade alchemists’ standards here are never sold.”

 

“That’s amazing! Each elixir is incredibly expensive…”

 

“Haha, we live by trust and die by trust. Compared to the value of our trust and faith, it’s pocket change.”

 

“Wow!”

 

Quality Control Department.

 

That place was using an entire floor that was enormously large.

 

Inside, there were only 10 special-grade alchemists, and it was filled with all the elixirs and items that had been made.

 

When Su-a was exclaiming with admiration at Sung-hun’s words full of great pride toward those items.

 

“Shall we go to my office now and have a proper discussion?”

 

“Sounds good.”

 

Shin Hyeok and Su-a followed behind Sung-hun, who was guiding them to his office as if all introductions were finished.

 

Swoosh-

 

“…”

 

Shin Hyeok, who had swept over the scenery of the Quality Control Department one last time, turned his head again as if there was nothing more to see and quickened his pace.

 

* * *

 

Interestingly, Sung-hun’s office was located on the middle floor of the building.

 

Usually, the higher the position, the higher the floor, but strangely, Sung-hun’s office was in the middle.

 

When asked about this, Sung-hun shrugged his shoulders.

 

“I don’t really like high places. More importantly, the middle floors are the most spacious. I like spacious places.”

 

“That makes sense.”

 

Certainly, middle floors had to be more spacious than high floors.

 

However, apart from such words, the flaw was that the middle floor where the office was located didn’t look very spacious.

 

Anyway, after moving to the office, it was only briefly that they drank the tea Sung-hun served.

 

“Shinwha Distribution and All Mighty Guild. May I ask what you two want from our Alchemist Korean Branch?”

 

“…Hmm.”

 

Sung-hun threw a direct pitch right away.

 

At the fastball that came straight at him, Shin Hyeok savored the tea he was drinking once, let out a light groan, then looked at Sung-hun.

 

“Shinwha Distribution wants to supply various goods to various places. That’s why we’d like to handle your company’s elixirs.”

 

“That’s not a difficult matter. The amount produced by our Alchemist is quite substantial. Even if we sell here and there, there’s always surplus. If you offer a good price, we’ll agree.”

 

First up was the Shinwha Distribution matter.

 

They wanted to take charge of distributing the Alchemist’s elixirs.

 

Surprisingly, Sung-hun readily agreed to it.

 

“Don’t you already have a place handling distribution?”

 

“Yes? Well, we do, but… it’s Shinwha, isn’t it. More than anything, I chose based on seeing Player Shin-hyeok Choi. I hope you won’t forget me later.”

 

“Ah, I understand exactly what you mean.”

 

“Haha, thank you for understanding right away.”

 

There was already a place handling distribution, but he was saying he’d change distributors after seeing Shin Hyeok.

 

In a way, it was a bribe.

 

A bribe to establish connections with the deity called Shin Hyeok.

 

When he spoke indirectly without saying it outright, and the man nodded as if that was correct, Shin Hyeok smiled with satisfaction.

 

“With such consideration from you, our side’s business should go well too.”

 

“Ah! All Mighty Guild must have something you want as well. I’ll accommodate that side as much as possible too.”

 

“Since we’re running a guild, it seems good to have at least one skilled alchemist. That would be much more profitable, wouldn’t it.”

 

“Haha! That’s right, that’s right. After all, if a guild directly crafts with resources they directly gathered, the efficiency would be incredible. Wait, now that I see it, are you trying to scout our staff?”

 

“Couldn’t that work? It’s something we really need. One person would be enough.”

 

“Hmm, well, there’s nothing that can’t be done. If you treat them well, it could be a transfer by mutual agreement.”

 

“That sounds good. Do you happen to have a list? I’d like to see and choose myself.”

 

Shin Hyeok’s purpose was to recruit one alchemist into All Mighty Guild.

 

Learning of Shin Hyeok’s purpose, Sung-hun chuckled and nodded.

 

If he could directly place his person into All Mighty Guild, the connection with Shin Hyeok would become even stronger, so it wasn’t a bad thing for him.

 

Therefore, he immediately pulled out a list containing the names and brief information of all alchemists belonging to the current Alchemist Korean Branch and handed it to Shin Hyeok.

 

“I’m sorry, but you can’t choose the special-grade alchemists. They’re no different from the backbone of this place.”

 

“That’s fine. What I’m looking for isn’t them anyway. Then excuse me for a moment.”

 

“Please look comfortably.”

 

Though he couldn’t choose special-grade alchemists, Shin Hyeok didn’t mind and examined the lists.

 

The list pages flipped, and beside him, Su-a munched on snacks like a squirrel cracking acorns.

 

Shin Hyeok also occasionally moistened his throat with the tea set aside for him while examining the list.

 

Watching this scene leisurely with his legs even crossed, Sung-hun was asked by Shin Hyeok as if something was strange.

 

“The name of an alchemist I know isn’t here.”

 

“Hm? That can’t be. That list has the names of all alchemists belonging to Alchemist Korean Branch written on it.”

 

“But it really isn’t there.”

 

“That’s strange… What might be the alchemist’s name? I’ll look for it myself.”

 

At the statement that the alchemist he was looking for wasn’t on the list, Sung-hun looked puzzled but straightened his posture and stepped forward, offering to help.

 

To this, Shin Hyeok shook his head.

 

“There’s probably no need to look for it. Because the branch manager knows this person too.”

 

“Someone I know? But why isn’t it on the list? Are you perhaps mistaking it for another branch instead of our Alchemist Korean Branch?”

 

“No, that can’t be. Because the name of the alchemist I’m looking for is Baek Hyo-rin. She’s the branch manager’s daughter. I definitely know she works at Alchemist Korean Branch, but strangely she’s not on the list.”

 

“…!!!”

 

Baek Hyo-rin.

 

Korea’s best that Shin Hyeok was looking for.

 

No, the world’s best alchemist.

 

She was the daughter of the branch manager right before his eyes, Sung-hun.

 

Therefore, Shin Hyeok spoke with a gentle smile.

 

“Branch manager. Please give me your daughter.”

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