All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 67

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 067

 

KWAAAAAAANG!!!

 

A violent explosion shook the entire Colosseum.

 

The Colosseum was massive enough to comfortably accommodate dozens of Players, but the number of alchemical bombs Shin Hyeok had scattered was no small matter either.

 

A tremendous number that could perfectly cover the giant Colosseum and still have some left over.

 

The shock created when they all exploded at once was so intense that the Players, who had already lost half the buffs wrapped around their bodies, could barely withstand it.

 

The problem was that the power of alchemical bombs wasn’t limited to just explosions.

 

Whoooooosh!

 

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

 

“Fire resistance! Fire resistance!”

 

“Damn it! Spray water, you mage bastards!”

 

“Did this bastard fill his brain with muscle too? You wanna die?”

 

“Kyaaaah! I like well-done, but I don’t want to become well-done myself!”

 

The compressed flames contained within the alchemical bombs burst forth, spewing violent fire.

 

The Players caught in it could only scream at the heat.

 

When both Mages and Warriors alike were being roasted to a golden brown.

 

Shin Hyeok, who had been watching everyone pour out praise for the warm spring breeze, moved.

 

“True Black Demon Fire.”

 

Whoooooosh!

 

As he pulled out the Arcane Spear stuck in the ground, he activated the skill: True Black Demon Fire.

 

He absorbed the massive flames spread throughout the entire Colosseum.

 

The moment the massive flames covering the entire Colosseum were sucked into True Black Demon Fire and swelled in size.

 

Crackle!

 

Shin Hyeok compressed it all at once.

 

When the pitch-black flames compressed and transformed like gleaming black crystal.

 

“Throwing Enhancement, Enhancement, Killing Strike.”

 

The three sacred treasures of destruction.

 

The power of Throwing Enhancement, Enhancement, and Killing Strike dwelled in the Arcane Spear.

 

With that, preparations were complete.

 

Crack!

 

He twisted and contorted his entire body, reassembling his whole physique for a single spear throw.

 

When it finally reached its peak.

 

Shin Hyeok had become a single spear.

 

Now that the spear was ready, all that remained was to leave his hand and pierce the target.

 

“Lightning Step, Flash.”

 

Kwaaaaaaah!

 

The spear named Shin Hyeok, launched at lightning speed while stepping on Lightning Step, pierced through everything in the trajectory it passed.

 

“Kheuk!”

 

“Khak!”

 

“Wh-what kind of attack power…”

 

“This is supposed to be weakened… don’t bullshit me…”

 

“Crazy…”

 

When the dejected voices of Players who had become grilled meat skewered on the Arcane Spear echoed hollowly.

 

“Attack!”

 

“He’s penetrated inside, so if we swarm him at once, we have the advantage!”

 

The remaining Players, abandoning their skewered comrades without a moment’s hesitation, rushed toward Shin Hyeok.

 

A sharp coordinated attack targeting Shin Hyeok who couldn’t move properly while skewered on the Arcane Spear.

 

However-

 

“Devour.”

 

Crunch!

 

Like cutting through a chicken skewer in one bite, Shin Hyeok devoured all five Players skewered on the Arcane Spear at once, freeing his weapon.

 

The Players who had been rushing madly toward Shin Hyeok tried to brake and stop, but it was impossible to completely halt their already committed bodies.

 

“Wind Demon.”

 

Whoooooong!

 

The violently swung Arcane Spear drew a circle, harvesting the lives of Players within its radius.

 

Those caught by the shaft were smashed to pieces, and those caught by the blade were split in half.

 

“Damn it, create distance!”

 

“Create distance and have ranged attackers like Mages and Archers bombard!”

 

“Warriors! Move forward and buy us some time!”

 

“Damn it! Fine, just prepare your attacks!”

 

“We can’t hold out for long!”

 

Eventually, the Players gave up on capturing Shin Hyeok and decided to split into front and rear lines for a massive bombardment.

 

Of course, knowing Shin Hyeok’s monstrous attack power, the front line knew they couldn’t hold out for long.

 

Even so, they spat on both hands with curses and gripped their weapons to hold Shin Hyeok back even a little.

 

“Uooooooh!”

 

“Power Strike!”

 

“Strike with light!”

 

“Slash!”

 

“Shield Bash!”

 

“Wow! You know shield bash! That’s really solid!”

 

“Shut up and raise your shield!”

 

A fierce will to somehow stop Shin Hyeok and protect the rear to turn this situation around.

 

Shin Hyeok’s response was simple.

 

“Invisible Hand.”

 

Crack!

 

He firmly grasped Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s bow with his invisible hand and pulled back the string.

 

“…Huh?”

 

“W-wait, time out.”

 

“How about we call it a draw?”

 

“Invalid! Invalid! This game is invalid! Invalid!”

 

The moment the front line, sensing something was wrong, expressed their bewilderment.

 

Kwaaaaaaah!

 

The great arrow that left the string shattered the Player with the tower shield who was at the very front.

 

The tower shield, befitting its massive size, had defense incomparable to other shields.

 

And the Player using such equipment was focused on defense, with overwhelmingly higher defense than other Players.

 

“Is he… dead?”

 

“No way, this doesn’t make any sense…”

 

“I need to get out of here! Huh? It’s not working? Kyaaaah, Gordon! Gordooon!”

 

“Everyone’s lost their minds. Then I should lose mine too. Hehe, Fire Shot!!”

 

When such a Player was killed in one hit, even the Players with strong and solid mentals capable of taking the front line were greatly shocked.

 

But front-line fighters were originally beings who would join battle even while eating, and participate in combat at full strength even when woken from sleep.

 

They blocked Shin Hyeok even though they couldn’t serve as proper shields and would be killed in one hit.

 

“Good. That spirit. I hope you keep it up.”

 

Hoping this mindset would continue until the Integrated League where death was no longer exempted, Shin Hyeok struck them down to his heart’s content.

 

He trampled, trampled, and trampled again.

 

As if testing just how far they could endure, Shin Hyeok mercilessly ravaged them.

 

Every time the Arcane Spear was swung or thrust like a beam of light, the front line collapsed.

 

But even so, they spread their formation wide to be careful not to let several get caught in Shin Hyeok’s attacks at once.

 

Thanks to this, Shin Hyeok couldn’t skewer or smash multiple enemies in one strike like in the beginning.

 

Especially-

 

“I won’t be defeated so helplessly like last time.”

 

“…Ellis.”

 

Ellis Veronia.

 

She, who was called the Blood Berserker, was definitely troublesome.

 

There was no such thing as order in her movements.

 

Only instinct.

 

Blood that went mad, entrusting everything to it.

 

Because she relied on her mad blood, Ellis dodged, deflected, and parried Shin Hyeok’s attacks with animalistic intuition.

 

Thanks to that, Ellis alone did the work of over ten other players.

 

A machine that moved with only one purpose: to block Shin Hyeok with her blood-colored armor and crimson sword pulsing with bloodlust.

 

In addition to that, there were other front-line players who used their own bodies as the price to stop Shin Hyeok for even one second.

 

Eventually, the rear bombardment was completed.

 

“Fire Ball!”

 

“Fire Arrow – Triple Shot!”

 

“Pour down! Arrow Rain!”

 

“Spirits, descend to this place!”

 

“Charge, my undead!”

 

“Bind him, curse of weakness!”

 

“Spirits! Show your power!”

 

Magic, arrows, spirits, necromancy, curses, spirit arts, and more.

 

Various abilities burst forth and poured toward Shin Hyeok, befitting the diverse players.

 

Since these were participants in the Integrated Gold League, each of their individual skills could already be considered Platinum level.

 

Not the lowest Platinum 5, but around Platinum 4 to 3 level.

 

The skills such people possessed couldn’t be ordinary.

 

High-level skills ranging from C at minimum to B+ at maximum.

 

Nearly twenty players unleashed all of these at once.

 

‘This is it.’

 

‘We definitely got him.’

 

‘At minimum, he’s seriously injured.’

 

‘After this, if we quickly press the attack centered around Ellis, it’s possible to finish that guy off!’

 

Their confidence in victory was natural in a way.

 

The attack they had just unleashed was one that even a Diamond grandpa, not just Diamond, wouldn’t be able to handle.

 

Kwarrrrrrrrung!

 

The place where Shin Hyeok had been just moments before was swept by all kinds of attacks.

 

Even the solid floor of the Colosseum was crushed, and thick clouds of dust rose up, obscuring vision.

 

It was so dense that even a player’s vision could hardly penetrate it.

 

Nevertheless, the players didn’t let their guard down and surrounded the dust cloud in a circle.

 

“Phew, did we get him?”

 

“Ah, when this league ends, I’ll confess to my lover.”

 

“Heh, isn’t my daughter so cute? For this child’s sake, I absolutely must achieve good results in this league.”

 

“Tsha! Deploy the heaven and earth net! I absolutely won’t let that guy escape!”

 

“Hey, you crazy bastards! Even if we held a ritual to bring someone back to life, it wouldn’t be this intense!”

 

There was some commotion in the process, but the tension was definitely maintained.

 

And the moment the thick dust disappeared.

 

Tutatatatatatatang!

 

“What, what is it!”

 

“Crazy, block it for now!”

 

“Wait, wait. This couldn’t be…!”

 

The players couldn’t hide their bewilderment at the powerful attacks that shot out from within the dust cloud.

 

Various and powerful attacks.

 

Of course, they knew well enough that Shin Hyeok was capable of handling multiple abilities, but the current attacks were somehow strange.

 

A player who noticed this shouted in horror.

 

“Damn! These are the attacks we made!”

 

“Reflection? Damn, then I’m rainbow reflection!”

 

“Stop talking nonsense and get in position! If he really reflected our attacks, then that monster Shin-hyeok Choi is…!”

 

Magic that returned the attacks they had made back to themselves.

 

And the fact that their attacks were being returned meant one thing.

 

“Lightning.”

 

Kwarrrrrrung!

 

That Shin Hyeok, who had taken those attacks, was perfectly fine.

 

As if to prove this, Shin Hyeok, wreathed in black lightning, began to sweep across the battlefield, completely scattering the remaining dust clouds.

 

“Why, why are the attacks coming back!”

 

“He’s not even defending, so why aren’t our attacks working!”

 

“Damn, we broke through his defense but no damage seems to be going through! He’s too fine!”

 

A situation where all their attacks were blocked, reflected, and ignored.

 

The result of adding invincible defense to Shin Hyeok, who already boasted one-hit kill or near one-hit kill attack power, was obvious.

 

‘Good effect.’

 

And the reason this was possible was thanks to the legendary equipment Shin Hyeok had newly acquired: the Automatic Defense Device.

 

Unique Skill: Automatic Defense blocks all attacks directed at oneself.

 

Unique Skill: Automatic Counterattack reflects some attacks.

 

Unique Skill: Walking Fortress additionally grants tremendous defense power.

 

The harmony created by combining these three skills was more than perfect.

 

‘It doesn’t even reach the Absorption Armor’s unique skill: Shock Absorption.’

 

Of course, even if they broke through those, what awaited them was the Absorption Armor’s unique skill: Shock Absorption.

 

Since it had easily absorbed even Tarkan’s attacks, players of this level wouldn’t be able to overcome the wailing wall that was the Absorption Armor.

 

But the world didn’t have only good points.

 

‘Hmm, the mana consumption rate is definitely tremendous.’

 

Originally, skills attached to higher-grade equipment were usually mana-devouring hippos, but the skills belonging to the Automatic Defense Device were severe in that regard.

 

Even though the Colosseum’s buffs weren’t properly applied due to penalties, his mana pool was plummeting toward the bottom after just a few minutes of use.

 

‘It’s like looking at my old stock account.’

 

Before regression.

 

Before the late bloomer’s flowering, when he was poor and tried to make some money through stocks, Shin Hyeok canceled the skills as he watched his mana pool plummet like his stock account used to crash.

 

From then on, more attacks reached Shin Hyeok and impacts increased, but since most had already been dealt with, it wasn’t particularly dangerous.

 

After finishing off all the remaining players.

 

“Don’t you feel déjà vu?”

 

“…Ahaha, you’re right.”

 

Ellis let out a hollow laugh, feeling the final scene of the Integrated Silver League overlapping.

 

It was the same then too.

 

She was left alone at the end, fought a bloody battle with Shin Hyeok, and was defeated.

 

But Ellis smiled instead.

 

“But this time will be a bit different, right? Mad Blood Explosion, Mad Blood Enhancement, Mad Blood Amplification.”

 

Puhwaaaaaaak!

 

The activation of three latent abilities inherent in the trait: Mad Blood.

 

Knowing that originally only one or two would have been activated at this point, Shin Hyeok looked at her with a momentarily surprised expression.

 

Of course, the surprise didn’t last long.

 

“Left hand or right hand, which do you prefer?”

 

“What?”

 

“I’m asking which you prefer between left hand and right hand.”

 

“Uh… right hand?”

 

At the strange question that sounded like asking “Do you like country mice or city mice?”, Ellis, covered in bloodlust, unconsciously answered blankly.

 

“I shall bestow upon you the Heaven-Destroying Lightning Secret Blade.”

 

“…Wait!”

 

Before she knew it, the holy sword gripped in Shin Hyeok’s hand absorbed massive amounts of mana, converting it to Sacred Power while simultaneously transforming into a lightning secret blade capable of destroying even the heavens.

 

The holy sword, having completed all preparations, shone with brilliant white light.

 

Shin Hyeok casually threw it.

 

“Heaven-Destroying Lightning Secret Blade – Sacred.”

 

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

 

As if sacred light was purifying something wicked, Ellis’s red blood energy was engulfed by the Heaven-Destroying Lightning Secret Blade – Sacred that Shin Hyeok had thrown, and faded away.

 

“Purification successful.”

 

“This kind of thing… isn’t purification….”

 

Lord, today too you’ve succeeded in purifying wicked blood energy.

 

Ellis, unable to accept Shin Hyeok’s purification, gasped for breath as she protested, but-

 

“Ellis. In Korea, there’s a saying like this. Even hell is still a ‘rak’.”

 

“…?”

 

“Then wouldn’t physical purification also be purification?”

 

“No, that’s, what….”

 

She couldn’t even properly continue her words at Shin Hyeok’s absurd follow-up statement.

 

However, Ellis was already pushed to her limits to say anything more.

 

In the end, watching Ellis (not dead) who met her end without even being able to close her eyes, Shin Hyeok observed a moment of silence.

 

“Three seconds. Alright, moment of silence over. Now shall I eat.”

 

There were no prayers, no Buddhist chants.

 

Having quickly finished his moment of silence in just 3 seconds, Shin Hyeok licked his lips as he devoured all the Players who had become corpses in the Colosseum, including Ellis, then dismissed the Colosseum.

 

Since this was still a league where death was exempted, even though he had devoured dozens of Players, things like stats didn’t particularly increase, but since he had recovered most of his health and mana that had dropped to rock bottom, Shin Hyeok’s face was full of smiles.

 

“When I return to the Demon King’s Castle, a buffet will be waiting for me. Ha, since I’m running predation on double speed, the joy is also doubled.”

 

Since there were still many Players to dispose of through predation, Shin Hyeok took light steps toward his Sweet House.

 

He returned to the Demon King’s Castle.

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