All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 80

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 080

During the National Competition period, something called mock battles appears in Dimension Arena.

Simply put, it’s a temporary game that allows you to experience the National Competition in advance.

Through this, national representatives who will participate in the National Competition are selected in advance.

‘The National Competition has four games in total: Battle Royale, Cargo Transport, Territory Control, and Tournament. Among them, the selection tournament adopts the Battle Royale format. In a way, it’s natural. But the problem is that this has become a hotbed of corruption.’

There are four games conducted in the National Competition.

Among them, the only category that could properly evaluate players’ skills was Battle Royale.

Cargo Transport and Territory Control formats were difficult to evaluate properly, and tournaments took too long and only showed one-on-one combat.

In comparison, Battle Royale had the advantage of saving time since all national representative candidates participated, and could evaluate players engaging in various combat scenarios like one-on-one, many-vs-many, one-vs-many, etc.

However, that advantage instead became a hotbed of corruption.

But that very advantage has instead become a breeding ground for corruption.

Do we look like idiots? Their acting is awkward as hell lol

└What kind of nonsense are you spouting about our national representatives who are sacrificing themselves for the acting industry!

└Thinking about the acting industry is so thoughtful~

└What the acting industry thinks is this and that~

└But this is pretty bad lol Look how they completely ignore people they know and only hunt the newbies

The Battle Royale game format involved throwing many players into a battlefield at once, using various equipment and consumables present on the battlefield to eliminate opponents and become the final victor.

Since so many players participated, Battle Royale awarded points based on final ranking achieved.

The National Competition operated on a point system, with the highest scorer being selected after combining points from all final battles.

Therefore, Battle Royale was essentially a honey pot where you could earn the maximum number of points.

Naturally, since it was a National Competition, teaming up among players from the same country was expected, but doing this even in the national team selection tournament was the problem.

And only among those who already knew each other.

It was such a low-level method that even viewers watching the broadcast could notice it, but it didn’t work on Shin Hyeok.

“Hello there, senior.”

“Uh, uhh!”

“Well then, farewell, senior.”

“…!”

Crack!

Shin Hyeok frantically ran around the area searching for ‘senior’ players.

And he would eliminate the players he found in one second and quickly leave the scene.

In the bizarre situation where killing was faster than searching, the merciless kill log that emerged made Shin Hyeok’s seniors panic and move to avoid him.

But even that, they couldn’t do properly.

“Mana Detection, Super Senses, Assassination Manual.”

Shin Hyeok’s massive mana spread outward, creating a giant net and web.

Because of this, everyone within the range of Shin Hyeok’s mana detection was essentially in the palm of his hand.

Where they moved, who they met, how they fought, etc.

All information created by their movements was transmitted to Shin Hyeok.

It didn’t end there.

Super Senses.

A new sense one level higher, born from enhancing one’s senses.

It neatly organized the information gathered by mana detection and searched for prey.

Finally, Assassination Manual hunted players based on the information obtained and organized through mana detection and super senses.

Slash- Slash- Crack- Thud!

Cut, cut, pierce, and crush.

Shin Hyeok repeated this relentlessly.

National Team Selection Tournament.

Befitting those participating in the opening division, they were among the top-tier platinum players in terms of ability.

Of course, there were some gold-level players among the participants since it was the opening division, but all players who could be called ‘seniors’ were platinum.

‘Their level is still lacking.’

But even they were nothing more than children before a giant in front of Shin Hyeok.

Facing opponents he could have completely defeated even during his gold days, now as platinum.

With even his Trait: Patience unlocked, there was no way they could be his match.

Eventually, the senior players being chased by Shin Hyeok came up with one clever plan.

“Let’s use the newbies as bait.”

“Good idea, they should sacrifice themselves for their seniors like this.”

“They’d probably be happy about it, right? Sacrificing for player seniors, no less.”

“We can just buy them drinks later and bring them into our circle.”

They would use new players as bait.

They tried to use newbies in various ways.

Like asking them to fight together, or deliberately choosing escape routes toward the newbies.

Since Shin Hyeok seemed to be using a ‘kill every player in sight’ strategy, it seemed like a decent method at first glance, but-

“Ah, what’s this? Is someone there?”

“…?”

“Hmm, if I pass by now, no one would notice, right? Hah, suddenly my vision is blurry. Am I lacking iron?”

“…Ah!”

Shin Hyeok neither fell for nor went along with their scheme.

A new player trembling before him.

He waved his hands dismissively while putting on obviously bad acting in front of him.

Initially not understanding, the player grasped Shin Hyeok’s intention and slipped past him with a brightened face.

When this was repeated several times, the senior players burst with frustration.

“Damn! How does that make sense?”

“That’s clearly illegal! He could be punished under such and such law!”

“…Hah, we’re screwed. He’s clearly targeting only us. At this rate, all the existing national team members will be eliminated, right?”

“…Nah, no way.”

But that was all they could do.

More importantly, whether Shin Hyeok committed illegal acts and got punished or not, what mattered now was the reality before their eyes.

Namely-

“Hello there, senior.”

“Kyaaaah! Air raid alert! Air raid alert! Uaaaah!”

“Farewell, senior.”

Slash!

It was Shin Hyeok.

When another senior player’s head flew off due to Shin Hyeok who suddenly appeared where they had gathered to talk, the players scattered in all directions like children who had seen a ghost.

This continued.

Until only the players Shin Hyeok wanted remained.

* * *

At the point when all senior players had been slaughtered.

Shin Hyeok was facing Su-a.

“…Shin Hyeok, is this really okay?”

“What is?”

“You told me to participate in the opening division national team selection, so I did… but isn’t this illegal?”

“What are you talking about. Illegal?”

“No, but look! You eliminated all the seniors, Shin Hyeok, and deliberately gave opportunities to me and other new players.”

Su-a participated in the selection tournament at Shin Hyeok’s recommendation.

Of course, she had no expectations of being selected at all.

She just applied thinking there must be some reason since Shin Hyeok told her to.

But she never imagined that Shin Hyeok’s chosen method would be to sweep away senior players for her and other new players, so her reaction was natural.

However, Shin Hyeok was confident.

“When did I do anything illegal? I just dealt with players I saw in front of me.”

“When did I ever do anything illegal? I just dealt with the players I saw in front of me.”

“He ignored the new player right in front of him and walked past. I heard it from that person. Even now, I’m not attacking you either.”

“What?! You, Su-a, were in front of me? This can’t be. There must have been a temporary problem with my eyesight. I should go out and get a potion from Hyo-rin.”

“…That kind of concept?”

“Oh my, calling it a concept. What harsh words to say to me, Su-a, when I’ve been cursed with sudden vision loss that only lets me see senior players.”

“…Sigh, you’re really impossible to stop.”

Because Shin Hyeok firmly believed he had been afflicted with a curse(?) that unjustly made him only able to see senior players.

Well, what could be done.

He said he was cursed.

More importantly, Shin Hyeok had the power to make lies into truth.

Knowing this, Su-a sighed and shook her head back and forth.

“You know this is being broadcast live, right?”

“I know.”

“There’s definitely going to be problems. Not only the seniors who were eliminated today, but other people will make an issue of it too.”

“I don’t think so?”

“What?”

“The eliminated seniors might do that. But other people won’t.”

“What do you mean… Ah!”

“Looks like you caught on too, Su-a. To be honest, the things our seniors have been doing aren’t exactly likeable, right? But it’s also true that we can’t do anything about them since they’re the privileged class. But I scratched that itch for them in a satisfying way, so how could they complain.”

“Shin Hyeok, you had it all thought out…”

Realizing that the entire game had already been orchestrated by Shin Hyeok, Su-a let out a hollow laugh.

She thought he was just like a lone wolf who smashed everything he didn’t like, but that wasn’t it.

Rather, Shin Hyeok was thoroughly calculating.

He had perfectly scratched the emotions of disillusionment, contempt, abandonment, and resignation that the people felt toward the national team through himself as a medium.

Of course, problems remained.

“What about the national team seniors? You said it yourself, Shin Hyeok. Those people are the privileged class. The privileged class reacts most violently when their territory is invaded. Furthermore, those connected to them won’t stay still either.”

“Right. Attack a child and an adult comes out, attack an adult and the old folks in the back room come out. They’ll probably come out connected like pumpkin vines. But so what?”

“So what?! All the current and former national team players will attack you. The companies that sponsor them, congressmen, organization heads, and other powerful authorities too!”

“Oh, impressive? You know about that stuff too?”

“Don’t treat me like a kid!”

The national representatives eliminated by Shin Hyeok’s hand.

And the former national representatives, businessmen, politicians, and other powerful authorities who made them into national representatives.

They would harshly criticize Shin Hyeok.

Knowing this, Su-a glared at Shin Hyeok with a pouty face, treating her like a child, and demanded an answer.

But Shin Hyeok didn’t really have much of an answer.

“Su-a.”

“What!”

“I’m also part of the privileged class.”

“…Huh.”

“Are they impressive? More than me, who has Chairman Choi Cheolho, the third-generation chaebol and founding chairman of Shinwha Group, backing me?”

“…No.”

“Same with the national representatives. Are they stronger than me? Do they have greater talent than me? Have they achieved greater Achievements than me? Even in all of Korea, you can count on one hand the players who can accomplish even one of these things.”

“…That’s probably true.”

“Lastly, the politicians. The Minister of the Player Department, who already holds tight control over player authority, is already on my side after I threw him some bait a few times. Other politicians are similar. Just the money Shinwha Group circulates in political circles easily exceeds the annual revenue of small and medium enterprises, right? Could they really attack me, who’s practically the heir apparent of Shinwha Group?”

“…They can’t.”

Because right now in South Korea, Shin Hyeok’s existence was the correct answer in itself.

The privileged class.

They are certainly powerful beings.

Specialists who excel at using their power to prevent the non-privileged from ever becoming privileged, and at crushing them down.

But their weakness was also clear.

“If there are still people who bark at me despite all this… I’ll have to help them understand their place.”

“…Wow, Shin Hyeok, you really seemed like a villain just now.”

The privileged class is powerless against a greater privileged class.

And Shin Hyeok could be said to be at the pinnacle of the privileged class.

That was the end of Shin Hyeok and Su-a’s conversation.

“Let’s stop the headache-inducing talk here. Now come at me. Let me see how much you’ve grown.”

“…Do I really have to when I already know the answer? Can’t I just forfeit?”

“Nope, you can’t.”

“Ah, I really hate this.”

Now it was time for physical dialogue rather than verbal dialogue.

Shin Hyeok lightly chuckled as he drove the Arcane Spear and holy sword into the ground, unstrung Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s bow and set it on the floor, then clenched his fists.

Su-a sighed as she watched Shin Hyeok, who remained completely relaxed despite disarming all his most powerful weapons, then gripped her holy sword, opened her holy scripture, and charged toward Shin Hyeok.

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