All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 52

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 052

 

Baek Hyo-rin.

 

Though he had obtained the finest alchemist worthy of being called not just Korea’s best but the world’s greatest, Shin Hyeok didn’t stop there.

 

“Mr. Baek Seong-hun. Shall we play a game?”

 

“A, a game, you say?”

 

Sung-hun asked back in a much more respectful tone.

 

It was a situation that perfectly fit the saying that people only show disrespect when they’re not worried about getting an axe to the head.

 

Anyway, just when he thought everything was over, suddenly being asked to play a game left Sung-hun unable to hide his bewilderment.

 

To this, Shin Hyeok smiled brightly and kindly explained.

 

“We’re asking for Ms. Baek Hyo-rin’s opinion. And whoever Ms. Baek Hyo-rin chooses will be the one she follows. It’s a simple game.”

 

“…Really?”

 

“Yes, and if Ms. Baek Hyo-rin chooses you, I won’t stop her from leaving with you. Whether you flee to the Villain Union or seek asylum in another country.”

 

“…!”

 

For Sung-hun, who had lost everything and was even on the verge of losing his life, this was the greatest opportunity possible.

 

Of course, Sung-hun wasn’t stupid either.

 

“What do you want from me?”

 

“What I want… Let’s say everything except you.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“The Alchemist Korean Branch. That’s everything you have, isn’t it? Hand it all over to me.”

 

“…Hmm.”

 

“Well, if you want to take it as travel money to the afterlife, that’s fine too. You know that villains or those who collaborate with them can be executed on the spot, right? The only reason I’m doing this is because in that case, the villain’s and collaborators’ assets would be forfeited to the state.”

 

“…A vow. Please make a vow under the supervision of the Dimension Arena’s system. If you do that, then I’ll agree.”

 

After hearing Shin Hyeok’s full explanation.

 

Sung-hun nodded, saying he would accept the proposal if Shin Hyeok would ‘vow’ to it.

 

“Good. I’ll make the vow. Will you vow as well?”

 

“…I’ll make the vow too.”

 

Clank clank clank clank!

 

As soon as the vow was completed, invisible transparent chains bound both men.

 

This was the vow supervised by the Dimension Arena’s system.

 

Though they were invisible transparent chains now, if either of them tried to break the vow, these chains would immediately materialize and bind that person tightly.

 

‘Well, there are ways to circumvent or find loopholes in even such vows, but that’s not important right now.’

 

Even such vows weren’t perfect, but Sung-hun felt relieved.

 

“Now then, please guide me to where Ms. Baek Hyo-rin is.”

 

“Ah, understood.”

 

“Oh, right. I almost forgot.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“We need to clean up the trash before we go.”

 

“…?”

 

Whoooooosh!

 

As soon as he finished speaking, Shin Hyeok stopped Sung-hun who was about to guide him and threw his Spear of Annihilation.

 

Though it was a sudden spear throw, the movement was indescribably perfect, and the Spear of Annihilation that left Shin Hyeok’s hand accurately pierced through two villains.

 

“Guhk!”

 

“F, fuck… This is impossible…”

 

The two villains with donut holes in their stomachs looked back and forth between their punctured bellies and Shin Hyeok who had created them with disbelieving eyes, before the life faded from their eyes.

 

Shin Hyeok, who had been watching the villains die in a way that somehow looked like they might shoot fire from their fists or wrap their swords in flames, approached Su-a who had a pale, ashen face.

 

“Su-a, are you okay?”

 

“Ah, huh? Ah! It’s Shin Hyeok. Mmm… I’m, I’m fine.”

 

“I don’t see any obvious injuries… Are you really okay?”

 

“…No, actually I’m not okay.”

 

Su-a was wearing equipment personally made by Sejin and had Man-seok’s assistance, so she hadn’t really suffered any damage.

 

Nevertheless, the reason Su-a wasn’t okay was just one thing.

 

“People died… And they were killed by your hands, Shin Hyeok. Let me ask you instead. Shin Hyeok, are you… okay?”

 

“…”

 

Murder.

 

Though she hadn’t killed directly, people had died before her eyes, and the one who had done it was her friend Shin Hyeok.

 

Warm concern.

 

At Su-a’s worry as she grasped his hand and looked at him with concerned eyes, Shin Hyeok smiled gently and ruffled Su-a’s sweat-dampened short hair.

 

“Ah! What are you doing!”

 

“I’m grateful. You’re worried about me.”

 

“Of course! Shin Hyeok, you’re my friend! Shin Hyeok, wouldn’t you worry if I seemed like I was going down a bad path?”

 

“Mm, I wouldn’t worry about you.”

 

“What?”

 

“Instead, I’d destroy the bad path you were about to walk.”

 

“…Do you want to joke around in this situation?”

 

“It’s fun. We should live with laughter.”

 

Shin Hyeok showed another grin to Su-a who was looking at him with a sulky face, then looked at Man-seok as if his previous laughter had been a lie and spoke.

 

“Secretary Hong. You can identify these guys, right?”

 

“They’re all familiar faces.”

 

“What about their crimes?”

 

“This one committed aggravated rape, that one serial murder, the ones you dealt with committed aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit murder, and extortion, plunder, etc. They’ve committed countless crimes. Most importantly, these types have far more undiscovered crimes than discovered ones.”

 

“I see.”

 

Man-seok poured out answers like an AI to Shin Hyeok’s questions.

 

As Su-a’s face hardened upon hearing the accumulating list of the villains’ crimes.

 

Shin Hyeok turned his head again to look at Su-a.

 

The moment Su-a flinched at the emptiness contained in his eyes despite his smile.

 

“Su-a. Murder is bad, but I hope you’ll remember that it’s not always bad. There are so many trash-like humans in this world.”

 

“…”

 

Shin Hyeok sadly murmured his thoughts.

 

It wasn’t just because of the villains before his eyes that he said this.

 

‘Just like before my regression, there are many irredeemable pieces of trash in this world. The underworld is obvious, but the legitimate world isn’t much better. It’s unfortunate that there are more trash-like humans among those in the legitimate world than in the underworld. They need to disappear or at least be rendered powerless to reach the New Human Empire, so I absolutely cannot leave them be.’

 

Before his regression, Earth’s dimensional tier was Bronze.

 

It was a weak dimension that couldn’t even make it into the lower leagues, let alone the upper leagues.

 

There were various reasons for this, but the trash-like humans existing in both the underworld and legitimate world were a big part of it.

 

For his revenge.

 

For Earth’s sake too.

 

Shin Hyeok, who had solidified his resolve to clean them up, reached his hand toward the villains’ corpses.

 

“Devour.”

 

Crunch crunch crunch crunch!

 

The villains’ corpses disappeared into the maw of Devour.

 

Naturally, this included the Durahan that had been revived through the effect of Necromancy [A] that Shin Hyeok had transcended and activated with his Plus Ultra Ring.

 

Though the Durahan was certainly a good summon and undead, it wasn’t a suitable summon to control with Necromancy that had been demoted to B-rank after the transcendent power disappeared.

 

Most importantly, it was more beneficial to devour the power contained in the villains’ corpses than to control a single Durahan.

 

This was soon proven by the message before his eyes.

 

[You have devoured.]

 

[Absorbing the power possessed by the opponent.]

 

[Stats: Strength, Stamina, Intelligence, Mana, Magic Power have increased to the tier limit.]

 

[Skills: Combat [A], Swordsmanship [B], Martial Arts [B]… have been absorbed into Comprehensive Weapon Arts [C].]

 

[Skill: Comprehensive Weapon Arts [C] has grown to Comprehensive Weapon Arts [B].]

 

[Skills: Sense Enhancement [B], Flow Detection [A], Combat Instinct [A]… have combined to be reborn as a new skill.]

 

[Skills: Sensory Enhancement [B], Flow Detection [A], Combat Instinct [A]… are merging to be reborn as a new skill.]

 

[You have acquired the skill: Super Sense [F].]

 

[Skills: Tracking [B], Escape [B], Parkour [A], Detection [B]… have combined to be reborn as a new skill.]

 

[You have acquired the skill: Mana Detection [F].]

 

“Hmm, this is like a special elixir. No, ordinary elixirs wouldn’t grant skills, so this is better than an elixir.”

 

Having devoured five Diamond-tier Villains, the effects were certainly substantial.

 

Though his stats didn’t rise much due to being blocked by tier limitations, completely absorbing the skills they had learned and honed throughout their lives was profit enough.

 

And it didn’t end there.

 

[All the Apex of Evil smiles, saying you finally used Predation properly.]

 

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you.”

 

[All the Apex of Evil says it was enjoyable to quietly watch your growth.]

 

“I’m grateful that you found it entertaining.”

 

‘All the Apex of Evil’, the original owner of the trait Predation, had revealed itself after a long time.

 

To Shin Hyeok, who quietly bowed his head in gratitude, ‘All the Apex of Evil’ offered a gift.

 

[All the Apex of Evil presents a gift, expecting continued growth like this.]

 

Whoooooosh!

 

“…What is this?”

 

Along with the message, an enormous amount of demonic energy poured out from the message and engulfed Shin Hyeok.

 

More precisely, it seeped into the Absorption Armor he was wearing.

 

The Absorption Armor greedily absorbed the pure and dense demonic energy sent by All the Apex of Evil, emitting a black light.

 

Soon, where the black radiance had settled.

 

Shin Hyeok could see his armor had changed 180 degrees from just moments before.

 

The armor that had only covered his upper body had now transformed into full-body armor that wrapped around his entire form.

 

While everyone watching briefly exclaimed in admiration at the armor’s appearance that felt both splendid and weighty, Shin Hyeok quickly checked the armor.

 

[Absorption Armor]

 

* Unique+ Grade

 

An item that once held the power of a great demon, having partially regained its past glory.

 

* All Stats + 72

 

* Defense + 666

 

* Unique Skill: Shock Absorption

 

* Unique Skill: Shock Release

 

* This item can grow.

 

“Whoa…”

 

The Absorption Armor, which he thought might start growing soon, had instantly grown beyond Unique grade to Unique+ grade.

 

The rewards given by this growth were incredibly sweet.

 

The All Stats bonus had increased by a whopping 51, and the defense had risen to a degree that made comparison meaningless.

 

Especially considering that the Absorption Armor had transformed into full-body armor form, adding defense to his entire body, its value would more than double.

 

‘All the Apex of Evil’, having given such a tremendous gift, sent no more messages.

 

Its attitude seemed to suggest there was nothing more to say.

 

But Shin Hyeok didn’t spare his gratitude.

 

As Shin Hyeok bowed deeply at a 45-degree angle toward where the message had been to express his thanks, other Constellations sent him blunt messages.

 

[Cheonma hopes you will realize your position as a Socheonma Candidate.]

 

[Wushen hopes you won’t forget that you are a candidate for his disciple.]

 

“Haha, how could I forget? I absolutely won’t forget, so don’t worry.”

 

Thinking that being caught between two Constellations and receiving their jealousy wasn’t too bad, Shin Hyeok patted the completely stiffened Sung-hun’s back.

 

“Well then, shall we go play some games?”

 

“Y-yes…”

 

Though he somehow felt like he had stepped into a quagmire, faced with the reality that he couldn’t escape, Sung-hun moved his feet with a sigh.

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