All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 5

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 005

Central Island.

Joo-ho, who had occupied the area early with his followers, kicked the ground with an angry face and shouted.

“Damn it! What the hell is going on!”

Anger born from disbelief about what was happening now.

Of course, it wasn’t like that from the beginning.

-The hyenas will kill him quickly.

Until he first entered the game, Joo-ho thought Shin Hyeok would die soon.

But that thought began to go awry when Shin Hyeok’s name started filling the kill log.

And as time passed and Shin Hyeok’s name showed no signs of disappearing from the kill log, Joo-ho eventually stopped farming and fighting and headed to the center.

After that, he set up traps here and there in the center and selected players to team with him.

“Damn! Damn! Damn!”

Nevertheless, Joo-ho’s heart did not settle.

Even while he was preparing, Shin Hyeok’s kill log kept rising.

It was happening because of the bounty Joo-ho had placed, but having no way of knowing this, Joo-ho just kicked the innocent ground and vented his anger.

“Including you and me, how many players are on our side now?”

“21 people.”

“Tsk, can we catch that guy with this?”

“Someone like Useless Scrub should be enough-“

“Idiot. He’s a guy who got 30 kills alone. Think of him as not the guy we used to know.”

The player who was acting as Joo-ho’s lieutenant frowned at Joo-ho’s relentless criticism, but couldn’t defy him, so he bowed his head.

While glaring at the back of that player’s head and grumbling, Joo-ho’s eyes caught the number of remaining survivors.

[Survivors: 36]

“…It’s dropped to less than half.”

“Did Shin-hyeok Choi kill a third of them?”

“Are we sure we can win this?”

A player who had eliminated a third of 100 people by himself.

The players Joo-ho had gathered through teaming were greatly shaken by having to face such a person.

“Everyone quiet. The opponent is just one guy anyway. We just need to kill him! Just stay with me now and I’ll give you all 100 million each. Separate from the bounty!”

“R-right. We have over 20 people.”

“Our farming went well too.”

“Let’s kill him and claim the bounty!”

But when Joo-ho said he’d give 100 million each to the gathered players, their agitation soon turned into burning enthusiasm.

Watching such players, Joo-ho felt relieved while also letting out curses with a sigh.

“Damn, other people are probably watching all this too. How embarrassing.”

Dimension Arena could be watched on TVs, computers, phones, and more.

All electronic devices.

Moreover, since placement tests only happen once a year, citizens of each country all focus on their country’s placement test.

In other words, all of Joo-ho’s current actions were being broadcast in detail.

Of course, this was also part of Joo-ho’s ability so there was no problem, but since he couldn’t avoid criticism and ridicule, Joo-ho’s irritation was great.

“He’s coming!”

“Shin-hyeok Choi is over there!”

“…Right, let’s catch that bastard first and then think.”

But at the shout of the player who had gone out scouting, Joo-ho stood up from his position.

Then he climbed up onto the wall they had built like a fortress and faced Shin Hyeok.

“Shin-hyeok Choi.”

“Lee Jooho. You look like a mole with its head buried in a hole.”

“…Tsk, seems like you had some kind of fortune, but even so, the fact that you’re Useless Scrub doesn’t change.”

“Really? Then why don’t you come out and fight me?”

“…There’s no need to dirty my hands. Kill him!”

“Yes!”

“That bastard is mine!”

At Joo-ho’s shout as he gritted his teeth at Shin Hyeok who was provocatively wiggling his fingertips, the players kicked off from their positions and rushed out.

Thud thud thud thud!

The sight of everyone except those with ranged skills or characteristics like mages or archers charging at Shin Hyeok was too magnificent to describe with words.

In a scene like something from a movie, Shin Hyeok wiggled his hand with a languid expression.

“Charge.”

-Clatter!

At the same time, Shin Hyeok’s skeleton soldiers that had been hiding in the Building Shadows revealed themselves.

“Wh-what is that?”

“It’s necromancy!”

The players who had been charging with great momentum came to an abrupt stop at Shin Hyeok’s suddenly revealed allies.

“But does that make sense? With F-rank necromancy, there’s no way he could control that many skeleton soldiers?”

“Don’t tell me he acquired the skill directly?”

There are two ways to acquire skills in Dimension Arena.

One is to acquire them through skill books that come as rewards.

The other is to acquire skills by receiving Dimension Arena’s recognition through one’s own abilities alone.

And while the former is always F-rank, the latter could receive even higher grades.

While the players who never dreamed that Shin Hyeok would have directly acquired necromancy were in confusion.

Whizz- Thunk!

[Shin-hyeok Choi -> Do-geon Lee]

“…He shoots arrows too?”

Shin Hyeok had somehow drawn a bow and pulled the string.

Having instantly eliminated one player, Shin Hyeok began frantically shooting arrows while protected by his skeleton soldiers.

Whizz whizz whizz whizz!

“Crazy! Why are there so many arrows!”

“He must have farmed after killing other people!”

“Damn, necromancy and archery. Looks like he prepared properly?”

“For Useless Scrub to…”

Unlike the first attack, the accuracy was quite poor, and since the players hid behind cover, no players died.

Stomp stomp-

“The skeleton soldiers are coming!”

“Break through somehow!”

But the problem was that while their feet were tied, dozens of skeleton soldiers were slowly surrounding them.

Eventually, in the dilemma between Shin Hyeok’s arrows and the approaching skeleton soldiers, the players who had been wavering soon kicked off from their positions.

“Run!”

“Let’s retreat to base for now!”

Some fled to their base.

“Kill him!”

“If we just kill the summoner, the necromancy will end anyway!”

“Are you going to cower before one person, you bastards!”

Another group charged at Shin Hyeok.

Slash! Thunk! Slash! Thunk!

The skeleton soldiers, unable to withstand their offensive, began to crumble rapidly.

Whizz- Thud thud thud!

[Shin-hyeok Choi -> Se-hee Kwon]

[Shin-hyeok Choi -> Hye-ri Min]

[Shin-hyeok Choi -> Ju-wan Jeon]

Of course, as the price, the number of players also steadily decreased.

And-

“Rise.”

Crack crack crack!

It goes without saying that the skeleton soldiers were replenished again by the number of fallen players.

The players grew sick of the seemingly endless wave tactics of skeleton soldiers that kept coming no matter how many they killed.

“I broke through!”

“I broke through too!”

“Kill him quickly!”

Among the players, some began to break through the skeleton soldiers’ protection and reach Shin Hyeok.

They rushed toward Shin Hyeok with glee.

Slash slash slash!

[Shin-hyeok Choi -> Dae-in Hong]

[Shin-hyeok Choi -> Seong-sun Lee]

[Shin-hyeok Choi -> Jin-tae Pyo]

Their heads were severed by the sword Shin Hyeok swung.

[You have acquired Skill: Swordsmanship [B].]

“As expected, swordsmanship gets a high rating.”

Before his regression, Shin Hyeok’s main weapon had been the sword.

As such, the highest-ranked skill he had was also swordsmanship.

Whether this was reflected, Shin Hyeok was satisfied with acquiring B-rank swordsmanship from the first acquisition and picked up the weapons scattered on the ground.

“An axe, spear, and gauntlets.”

Shin Hyeok looked at the weapons the three people had dropped and equipped them.

The players mocked Shin Hyeok as he put on the gauntlets and held the axe and spear in each hand.

“I get that you’re impressive with necromancy, archery, and swordsmanship, but don’t you know that axe techniques, spear techniques, and martial arts are completely different?”

“He’s just stupid. That’s good for us.”

“Kill him!”

As the number of skeleton soldiers gradually decreased, more and more players broke through the skeleton soldiers’ protection.

All the players who mocked Shin Hyeok and rushed at him—

Thud— Stab— Crash!

[You have acquired Skill: Axe Technique [D].]

[You have acquired Skill: Spear Technique [D].]

[You have acquired Skill: Martial Arts [E].]

Had their heads split by the axe.

Had their chests pierced by the spear.

Had their heads burst by his fist and died.

“Crazy…”

“He can handle those too?”

“That guy’s supposed to be a jack-of-all-trades! He’s not supposed to be above average at anything! But what is this!”

While the players were in chaos over this fact.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Boom!

The archers and mages remaining at the base helped them.

They looked at them as if they were a ray of salvation, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.

“Gugh!”

“Why are we getting hit too…”

The arrows and magic from the archers and mages were indiscriminate.

Since they couldn’t distinguish between teams, they swept away both Shin Hyeok and the other players without discrimination.

“Did we get him?”

“That bastard?”

While someone was covering the mouth of the player who had tactlessly said what shouldn’t be said.

“Phew.”

Shin Hyeok, positioned within a translucent barrier, swept back his hair and exhaled.

[You have acquired Skill: Shield.]

[Skill: This is a sub-skill of Basic Magic.]

“…It’s a shield.”

“He can use magic too?”

Shield.

It was one of the spells belonging to basic magic, the most fundamental defensive magic.

However, since he had already shown more than enough abilities before and now demonstrated yet another ability, the players’ sense of futility grew.

All the players who had approached Shin Hyeok had met their end at the hands of their own allies.

But it didn’t end there.

“He’s holding a dao…!”

“He’s got a staff too!”

“Don’t tell me he can handle those too?”

A staff and dao.

With the appearance of yet more new weapons, the players were left speechless.

Looking at them as they lost even their will to fight, Shin Hyeok pointed his weapons and beckoned.

“Come at me.”

“…!!”

About ten people still remained, but they were overwhelmed by Shin Hyeok alone.

All the weapons scattered around felt like they belonged to Shin Hyeok.

When no one moved in the end, Joo-ho stepped forward.

“Damn it! Move quickly! Move, you bastards!”

“Hmm…”

“Uh…”

At the sight of Joo-ho stamping his feet and urging them to fight Shin Hyeok quickly, the players didn’t know what to do and shuffled their feet.

That’s when it happened.

“Ah. Or how about we do this?”

“…?”

“If you capture Lee Jooho and drag him to me, I’ll give you 1 billion won.”

“…!”

Shin Hyeok chuckled and made a proposal to them.

Lee Jooho.

A proposal to capture him and drag him forward.

The players who had teamed up with Joo-ho were bewildered by Shin Hyeok’s sudden proposal, but—

“You’ll really give it to us?”

“Do you think Shinwha Group’s name ranks below Oseong Group?”

“…That’s not the case.”

“You bastard!”

At the question from the player who had been acting as Joo-ho’s lieutenant, Joo-ho erupted in anger and grabbed the player’s collar.

But that judgment became the catalyst.

“Honestly, I didn’t like you.”

“You’ve been giving orders from the start but not moving yourself.”

“In the end, you’ll get a high ranking. Built on our corpses.”

The resentment toward Joo-ho, who had been treating them poorly from earlier, began to rear its head.

Seeing the players gradually beginning to surround him, Joo-ho desperately reached out his hands.

“2 billion! No, I’ll give you 3 billion! So hurry up and go catch that bastard!”

“Ha, giving orders till the very end.”

“And we don’t think you’ll actually give us money after we’ve already betrayed once.”

“Grab him.”

“Mmph! Mmph! Mmmph!!!”

One hand cannot block ten hands.

In the end, Joo-ho was caught by the players who had been his own teammates and dragged to Shin Hyeok like a dog.

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