All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 81

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 081

The selection tournament for national representatives to participate in the opening match of the National Competition.

Like all countries, the National Competition was a national event, so the selection tournament to choose the national representatives who would participate in it was always popular.

Well, that popularity had waned a bit recently, but this year was different.

[Oh almighty Shin-hyeok Choi…]

Please bring normalization to the stagnant national representative scene…

└Damn, it’s Shin-hyeok Choi again… I have no choice but to worship him…

└What? Shin-hyeok Choi? Is our god god god your friend?

└I’m starting to wish Choi Sinhyuk would come out and give us one refreshing dance performance, upvote if you agree ㅋㅋ

└Rubbing upvotes like crazy lol

Because this time, Shin Hyeok had declared he would participate.

Moreover, Shin Hyeok said he would participate not just in the opening match but in the main game, so expectations were even higher.

So the people sat in front of their TVs thinking this time would be different-.

“Holy… shit…”

They were all shocked and had no choice but to curse in amazement.

Anyone who watched Shin Hyeok’s broadcast once or twice could tell that he possessed power that didn’t match his tier.

But while Shin Hyeok’s strength was impressive, attention inevitably got divided to other secondary things.

That was because what Shin Hyeok held was simply too big.

Third-generation heir of Shinwha Group conglomerate.

Owner of Sinwha Workshop.

Owner of Paracelsus.

Any one of these would be tremendous, but since one person held all of them, proper evaluation was inevitably difficult.

Especially since he had as many haters as fans, befitting a superstar, there were many question marks about Shin Hyeok’s abilities themselves.

Well, roughly speaking about equipment advantages and such.

And Shin Hyeok proved himself in the selection tournament filled with veterans who had rolled around in Platinum to their heart’s content.

[National team old bastards cut cut cut!!!]

Serves them right.

Always busy pushing out newbies who reek of perverted rookie vibes lol

└Normalization is Shin Shin Hyeok!

└Normalization of the national team scene.

└Seeing him slice through three Platinum national team members alone made me think this guy is the real deal

└Did you really think those Platinum scrubs could compete with our gallery master?

└That’s right lol

└Now all those bastards badmouthing our gallery master are gonna get wrecked. What? Even though he’s diamond rank, he can’t get proper recognition because he’s a monster? ㅋㅋ You pathetic losers

The battle with Tarkan was certainly impressive, but since Tarkan was just a monster, the claims of the slanderous forces that his true level would be exposed when fighting real players were directly refuted.

Especially-

-Fine, I’ll give you Black Orc. But Heartless Sword is also a monster? These guys only see what they want to see ㅇㅇ

-Come on, would the gallery master who used to hunt Mujeong with just gold gear really lose to some measly platinum national team player? lol

-Trash begone! Bring out the twin kings!

-What about Lee Hwang?

-Lee Hwang should go in!

Since Shin Hyeok had already fought against a player once before.

And a Diamond tier player at that, their claims sank even faster.

They insisted it was just once, that it was coincidence, but now it was no longer coincidence.

Still, there weren’t no worried looks.

[But there are too few veterans, so like this]

Can we handle the opening match with just Shin-ppyeong?

And this time there are even some Golds… Is this right?

└Honestly everything’s good but participating in the opening match through friend connections is a bit lame

└Stop talking shit. Friend connections? Does Su-a Han look like trash to you? Does the Integrated Silver League MVP look like trash to you? A bastard who’d get wrecked if he met her in Dimension Arena is talking shit on the community

└But well, Su-a Han aside, the other Golds do seem… lacking

└That’s true

└Especially since Shin-hyeok Choi is supposed to prove his skills in the opening match then immediately take the main game national representative selection tournament, right? That means the opening match will be without Shin-hyeok Choi… Hmm, is this right?

Because Shin Hyeok had deliberately swept away the existing national representatives and inserted new national representatives including Su-a in their places.

Among them were several Gold tier players like Su-a, so their concerns were natural.

But their worries soon disappeared.

“I will personally take charge of the growth of all national representatives participating in the opening match. As long as I’m here, South Korea may face defeats in battles, but in war there will be only victory.”

Shin-hyeok Choi.

Because he declared he would take responsibility for the growth of all players participating in the opening match.

* * *

After Shin Hyeok’s declaration.

Su-a was startled and rushed to Shin Hyeok.

“Shin Hyeok, are you serious about this? I mean, I know you’re strong, but growth is a different story! Have you ever taught other players?”

“Yeah.”

“Right, of course you haven’t- Wait, you have?”

Su-a, who was about to scold him asking what he’d teach if he’d never taught before, creaked as she heard an unexpected answer.

Of course, it wasn’t about the current timeline.

‘I taught a lot before regression.’

Shin Hyeok’s experience teaching players was naturally from before regression.

It was during his time as Earth’s only Integrated League Challenger, when he was called the Infinite Emperor.

Back then, Shin Hyeok had no rivals on Earth in terms of combat power.

This was true even setting aside his high stats befitting a Challenger.

The Magic Emperor, master of all magic.

The Martial Emperor, master of all weapons.

They were disciples who received teachings from Shin Hyeok.

Anyway, there was no problem at all with his teaching abilities.

But that didn’t mean all problems had disappeared.

“What about stats? You, Shin Hyeok, grew insanely fast thanks to destroying all of Dimension Arena, but ordinary people like us can’t do what you do, you know? Should I ask Hyo-rin unnie to get us some elixirs?”

“That’s one method. I’ll actually do that too. We don’t really need high-end elixirs anyway, right? Decent level elixirs can be handled by the lab rats… I mean, alchemists under Hyo-rin.”

“But elixir effects max out at once or twice. That won’t be enough for proper growth…”

“Right. In the end, proper growth has to be done through Dimension Arena. Or through specialized training and conditioning.”

“Ugh, so the problem isn’t solved after all. What exactly are you planning?”

It was the fundamental problem of growth.

A player’s power depends greatly on stats fundamentally, though skills and traits are also important.

If one had overwhelming skills, traits, and experience like Shin Hyeok, it wouldn’t be a problem, but if that were easy, Shin Hyeok wouldn’t be receiving such overwhelming evaluation now.

So stats were important, and how to fill them during the roughly 3 months remaining until the National Competition was the watershed.

Elixir support from Paracelsus and Shin Hyeok’s skill and sparring lessons were certainly great, but ultimately solving the problem of stat increases was impossible.

No matter how amazing Shin Hyeok was, proxy gaming was impossible.

But Shin Hyeok didn’t mind.

“Physical training should be left to someone good at physical training.”

“You’re planning to get a professional trainer? Hmm, that’s not bad either. But aren’t all the good trainers in powerful countries? How will you get one? Do you know someone from Shinwha?”

“Well, it’s someone from Shinwha, and someone I know.”

Because he knew a trainer as professional as himself when it came to physical conditioning.

At this fact, Su-a made a strangely contorted face and shouted.

“Eh? There was such a person?! Why didn’t you introduce them to me! Kuk, is Shin-hyeok Choi afraid of Su-a Han’s growth?”

“What are you talking about.”

Smack!

“Ack!”

Shin Hyeok lightly chopped Su-a’s head and shrugged his shoulders.

“It’s someone you know too. You’ve probably seen them a lot.”

“…What? Is this a hidden camera? Is this that Truman Show thing? Gasp! Was it the Su-a Han Show? I knew it! There’s no way you, Shin Hyeok, could be that amaz- Ow! Owow! Stop hitting me!”

“Wait. I’ll bring him right away.”

After once again subduing Su-a who was causing a ruckus in one swift move.

Shin Hyeok departed to recruit the world’s best physical training trainer.

* * *

The destination where Shin Hyeok went to recruit a trainer was none other than-

“Huh? Hyung, you’re here? What brings you home so early? You’ve been so busy with work that it’s been hard to even see your face.”

Home.

When Shin Hyeok entered the house, his younger brother Shin-woo tilted his head while welcoming Shin Hyeok.

He was just surprised because Shin Hyeok’s status had risen so much recently that he rarely came home.

To Shin-woo, Shin Hyeok was a good older brother.

There were no power struggles that usually exist between siblings, and Shin Hyeok always took good care of Shin-woo.

It was inevitable.

For them, who had been abandoned by the Shinwha Family, their only real family was each other.

Anyway, now that he had greeted Shin Hyeok.

Shin-woo was about to return to his room to continue preparing for his school exams.

“Shin-woo. How’s school life?”

“Huh? All of a sudden?”

“Just asking.”

“Well, it’s pretty good. It wasn’t like this before though… It’s thanks to you, hyung.”

Shin Hyeok stopped such Shin-woo and asked him a casual question.

The change in school life.

That was naturally thanks to Shin Hyeok.

As Shin Hyeok rapidly rose to become Korea’s top Player, naturally the evaluation of Shin-woo, his younger brother, also changed dramatically.

There were those who approached thinking he might become like Shin Hyeok, and there were also parasites who gathered just looking at the halo of being a third-generation chaebol of Shinwha Group, but as a result, Shin-woo’s school life changed dramatically.

But Shin Hyeok knew.

“It’s not fun, is it?”

“…Huh?”

“You’re not interested in being a Player, are you, Shin-woo?”

“…You’re really perceptive.”

“Because you’re my only younger brother.”

“…Right. Honestly, it’s not fun, and I feel repulsed by the idea of fighting someone. But what can I do? In today’s world, if you don’t have the Player label, you start from a disadvantage.”

That Shin-woo didn’t particularly like preparing to be a Player at Shinwha High School.

Shin-woo had been like that since he was young.

He felt repulsed by the very act of attacking someone, and naturally disliked being attacked as well.

Even if such a Shin-woo awakened as a Player, succeeding as a Player would be difficult, if not impossible.

Well, his older brother was Shin Hyeok, and though not blood-related, his older brother’s older brother was Sejin, and his older brother’s daughter(?) was Hyo-rin, Earth’s greatest alchemist, so if he just said he wanted to be a Player, unlimited support would pour in and Gold and Plae ranks would be manageable, but that would be all.

“I can’t cause trouble for hyung. I also hate hearing that I’m an incompetent younger brother under a capable older brother. So I’ll work hard. That’s how everyone in the world is, right? There aren’t many people who do what they want to do.”

“…Hmm.”

Nevertheless, Shin-woo was working hard and studying to become a Player.

Solely to avoid causing trouble for Shin Hyeok.

Shin Hyeok looked at Shin-woo with a strange expression after hearing his younger brother’s feelings directly for the first time.

Of course, that moment didn’t last very long.

“Shin-woo.”

“Yeah?”

“You can quit.”

“What?”

“You can live doing what you want to do.”

“No, but then-“

“Don’t worry about what anyone says. Are what those people say important? Or is what I say important?”

“…Of course it’s you, hyung.”

“Then we have our answer. Let’s quit school.”

“Hyung! That’s too sudden-“

“And let’s do an early awakening.”

“…Huh?”

Shin-woo looked at Shin Hyeok with a soul-drained face, feeling the heartwarming brotherly scene instantly shatter.

“You just told me to quit being a Player…”

“I said quit school, not quit being a Player, didn’t I?”

“Isn’t that the same thing? But early awakening? What’s that?”

“It’s an item I got as a reward that allows Player awakening to happen early, literally.”

“…So such things exist.”

“There’s nothing that doesn’t exist in Dimension Arena. Anyway, I’m thinking of using this to awaken you early.”

“But does it need to be me? We don’t even know what kind of talent I have…”

Shin-woo shrank with an unconfident face.

Shin Hyeok nodded at his attitude that seemed to suggest using such a thing as an early awakening ticket, which he’d never seen before, on himself wouldn’t be particularly meaningful.

“You have no talent as a Player.”

“Geez, I know that too.”

“But you have talent as a trainer.”

“Trainer? You mean someone who helps train physical stats?”

“Exactly.”

“How do you know that, hyung?”

Shin-woo had rock-bottom talent as a Player, but instead had the greatest talent as a trainer who develops Players.

This was something Shin Hyeok had directly seen and felt before his regression.

But since he couldn’t say that, Shin Hyeok took out glasses from his inventory and placed them on his nose.

“Glasses of Talent Inspection.”

“You used that expensive thing on me?!”

“Anyway, Shin-woo. Since that’s how it is… You, become my trainer.”

“…!”

Shin Hyeok, who had instantly become intellectual, made a recruitment offer to Shin-woo like a pirate wearing a straw hat.

“Annual salary of 100 million won. Free commute when there are no appointments. 12 days of annual leave. Salary and vacation pay support even during holidays. Unlimited support for everything needed as a trainer. How about it? If you need anything else, just say it. I’ll grant it all.”

“…!!!”

An offer that Shin-woo, who had just become a high school sophomore, couldn’t dare refuse.

Shin Hyeok acquired the world’s best trainer that day.

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