All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 85

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 085

Just like during the opening match national team selection, the broadcast for the main tournament national team selection was something South Korean viewers couldn’t miss.

Especially since Shin Hyeok, who had literally demolished the opening match national team, was now facing the main tournament national team, interest was even greater.

[How are you guys watching the main tournament national team selection?]

What do you think? I’m gonna watch it in 3D anyway yeah

└Uncle… when exactly was that gag from…

└Well, Shin-hyeok Choi winning is a given. Isn’t the important thing how overwhelmingly he wins?

└Shin-hyeok Choi? Hey bastard. Is our host your friend?

└I’m from the Shin-hyeok Choi Too Good Good Love Club. Open the door.

└??? : FBI OPEN UP!!!

└Our open tournament guy beat everyone and won ㅇㅇ I saw it myself

└Are you a genius???

Of course, no matter how much they were the national team participating in the main tournament, there was no one who predicted Shin Hyeok’s defeat.

What mattered was simply how overwhelming it would be.

However, those who watched the main tournament national team selection came to realize once again how complacently they had evaluated Shin Hyeok.

[Hmm, I got it exactly]

Can’t win.

└You really hit the core.

└ Hahahaha shit, that bastard Lee Juwon got beaten like a punching bag when I met him in Dimension Arena, but now he’s the punching bag over there hahahaha

└Sandbag? You bastard, does a sandbag that stays fine after dozens of hits look like shit to you?

└Kugh, sandbag. Are you saying even your durability is the strongest!

└Wow, there’s really no answer. Our host. He’s beating everyone.

└This is real equality. Senior? Age? Fuck that. If you don’t like it, be stronger than me.

After seeing all those participating in the main tournament national team selection get swept away by Shin Hyeok alone, it was inevitable to feel that way.

But the real surprise came after that.

[No way, even Mujeonggeum and the Vice-Captain got taken down?]

Hehe… This too must be Shin Shin-hyeok’s grace…

└Shin Shin-hyeok is so good good…

└I feel like I’ve seen those two techniques from quite a while ago, but they’re still active.

└They seem even stronger than back then. It’s natural since the Player has grown, but…

└Our host is pretty amazing. You suck too.

└Exactly! Swoooooosh!

└Kraaaah! What the hell is this ugliness! Jehahahaha!!

└Fucking bastard.

Mujeonggeum and the Vice-Captain of the national team.

Even these two, who were the core pillars leading the current main tournament national team, were no match for Shin Hyeok.

At that fact, everyone had no choice but to acknowledge it now.

Heavenly Realm.

In South Korea, excluding the Twin Kings, there was no one who could match Shin Hyeok.

Of course-

[The Twin Kings… wouldn’t it be manageable?]

Am I the only one who thinks so?

Honestly, I don’t think even the Twin Kings could do as much as Shin-hyeok Choi.

Agree? Yeah, agree.

└Hey, no matter how amazing Shin-hyeok Choi is, he can’t compare to the Twin Kings

└Yeah, the reason Choi Shin-hyuk is dominating the national team players right now is purely because of his diverse abilities. In other words, he lacks depth. On the other hand, Ssangwang has reached the pinnacle in his own path. Choi Shin-hyuk dug multiple wells while Ssangwang dug just one well all the way to the bottom. It’s clear who will win.

└Please give a three-line summary

└Shin-hyeok Choi gets demolished by the Twin Kings, okay?

└Heretic!!! Heretic!!!

└How dare!!! Blasphemous one!!!

└Shinwha Legal Team! Over here!!! Someone’s insulting our lord here!!!

There were also those who thought the Twin Kings would be manageable too.

Naturally, since there were those who opposed that view, the Community becoming a mess was instantaneous.

But a scene that would instantly silence all of them spread across the live broadcast.

[The Twin Kings appeared!]

Because the Twin Kings they were fighting over right now.

The Flame King and the Sword King.

In other words, the captains of the National Team had revealed themselves.

* * *

Flame King, Choi Inho.

Sword King, Lee Hoseok.

The beings called South Korea’s Twin Kings had simultaneously revealed themselves, but Shin Hyeok was calm.

‘The heavy-bottomed gentlemen have finally come. Actually, I knew they’d been here watching since earlier.’

He had already figured out that they were watching him anyway.

He couldn’t not know in the first place.

Shin Hyeok’s sparring with the entire national team was being broadcast live in real-time, and it was no different from a predetermined sequence for the Twin Kings, who couldn’t possibly be unaware of this, to directly observe the sparring.

Especially since he had activated mana detection and super senses, the Taereung National Training Center was within Shin Hyeok’s sensory range.

It meant he couldn’t not know if auras as strong as the Twin Kings were revealed without even hiding.

Anyway, the Twin Kings who revealed themselves were grouped together as Twin Kings but were distinctly different.

Inho, the Flame King, had his hair neatly combed back with his usual relaxed smile.

It was like the feeling of a noble young master.

In contrast, Ho Seok, the Sword King, was different.

With his neatly arranged hair and upright aura befitting a swordsman forged like a blade, he exuded an aura that was difficult to approach.

If Inho was a noble young master, then this one was a knight.

The two people who approached with completely opposite atmospheres despite being the same king-level soon faced Shin Hyeok.

“Hey there, All Mighty Guild leader. Long time no see?”

“It’s the first time since the legendary equipment crafting rights, so it’s been almost a month.”

The two people approached Shin Hyeok amicably.

But there was no way the seasoned Shin Hyeok wouldn’t recognize them just because they put on some masks.

‘The Flame King side is sulking, and the Sword King side genuinely seems happy to meet after a long time. How amusing. The blood-related one is hostile, while the one not blood-related is rather friendly.’

Inho pinpointed the incident where Shin Hyeok had given the legendary equipment crafting rights to Ho Seok and opened the conversation.

That itself already subtly revealed that he had harbored resentment about that incident.

In contrast, Ho Seok simply agreed with those words and nodded his head coolly.

At the sight of the two who were the same king-level but truly different, Shin Hyeok nodded coolly.

“Yes, well, it’s been a while.”

“Even though we’re meeting after a long time, dropping bombs hasn’t changed.”

“They say people die if they suddenly change. So I try never to change.”

“…You won’t give in with a single word?”

“If you give in once, you end up giving in twice. By the way, that’s a saying from our family.”

“…You know we’re from the same family, right?”

“I know well. How could I not know when I can’t forget.”

“…Hmm.”

Inho tried to pick a fight while smiling, but Shin Hyeok calmly countered without batting an eye.

Rather, Inho, who had picked the fight, took the hit and stepped back with an amused smile.

But Shin Hyeok knew well that this was how Inho looked when he was truly angry.

‘Looks like I scratched him well. I wish he’d disappear from my life.’

Of course, even that didn’t satisfy Shin Hyeok.

He inwardly wished for him to disappear from his presence instead of just being in a bad mood, but unfortunately, such a thing didn’t happen.

In the first place, the Taereung National Training Center belonged to the national team, and Inho was one of the captains of that national team.

In other words, the owner here was Inho.

Originally, if you don’t like the temple, the monk should leave, but unfortunately Shin Hyeok hadn’t yet fully achieved his purpose for coming here.

“Want to have a match?”

“…Ha! You want to fight us too? You’ve grown quite bold, Shin Hyeok.”

“I was always tall. While the Flame King is average height, I’m above average.”

“…Interesting.”

Inho was around 178cm, slightly taller than the Korean average, but Shin Hyeok was well over 180cm.

When he pointed this out to make fun of him, cracks appeared in Inho’s smiling face.

He was so heated that he couldn’t even maintain his facade.

True to his title as the Flame King, Inho had a fiery personality and roughly loosened his tightly bound tie as he took his stance.

“Good, very good. It’s a senior’s duty to teach lessons to arrogant juniors.”

Inho was a dual class of Mage and Spirit Master.

Starting with unique-grade jobs and traits, he was undoubtedly the pinnacle among fire-type players.

As his name suggested, his main abilities were fire magic and fire spirits.

He unleashed explosive firepower with flame magic and covered his lacking utility with fire spirits.

A simple but overwhelming approach.

To break through this, one needed either more overwhelming firepower or completely opposing abilities as a counter, but since both conditions were difficult to achieve, Inho reigned at the top of South Korea’s player industry as the Flame King.

‘Can I win?’

Because he was such an existence, Shin Hyeok couldn’t be certain of victory.

After all, reaching a level where he could face the Flame King at this point was something the pre-regression Shin Hyeok couldn’t even dare imagine.

‘Back then, I would have been… ah, barely struggling in Bronze while being called Useless Scrub.’

His thoughts stopped there.

It was just the erased past from before his regression.

Shin Hyeok, who stood here as an All Master rather than the past where he was called Useless Scrub, observed the Flame King with eagle eyes.

‘His aura itself is certainly intense enough to be called explosive. Plus, as an early player, he’s probably already reached Diamond’s stat limits. That’s not the end either. He’s been absorbing the overwhelming resources that Shinwha Group invested in the player industry for decades. Considering that, he probably has one or two legendary-grade equipment pieces. Not to mention unique-grade equipment. Enhancement potions are definitely prepared at world-class level, even if not as good as Hyo-rin’s. It’s certainly ambiguous.’

The Flame King and Sword King were literally the greatest players Korea had produced, a heavenly realm unto themselves.

As second-generation chaebols of Shinwha and Oseong, South Korea’s top conglomerates, they could receive unlimited support from major corporations and the state.

Of course, this was only possible because of their talent, but it was clear that their backgrounds had a tremendous impact on their growth.

Catching up to such beings just three months after awakening as a player was difficult even for Shin Hyeok.

Just then.

“Sorry, but I’d like to participate too.”

“…What? This is a family dispute, so shouldn’t outsiders stay out of it?”

“Really? To me, this looks like a sparring match between player seniors and juniors. So I should be able to join in, right?”

“This is ridiculous. You weren’t originally this kind of personality, were you, Sword King?”

“Seeing such excellent late-stage growth makes my competitive spirit surge. More importantly, the All Mighty Guild leader uses a sword well.”

“…He probably uses magic too, right?”

“But that’s just a supplementary means. Unlike the sword.”

“Ha!”

Due to Ho Seok’s sudden intrusion, the sparring match between the two suddenly stalled.

‘What kind of crazy situation is this now?’

The sight of two middle-aged men fighting over him was enough to make even Shin Hyeok, worn down by pre-regression experiences, feel dizzy.

But the gap between the two was minimal, and their player distributions weren’t much different either.

In other words, nothing would be decided even if they argued.

Eventually, the choice fell to Shin Hyeok.

“Who will you fight?”

“Obviously me, since I’m also a swordsman, right?”

“…No, what are grown adults fighting over something like this for?”

It was like teenage girls simultaneously confessing to a boy they liked and asking ‘Which one of us do you like?’

A similar situation would be parents asking a newborn baby ‘Do you like mommy or daddy better?’

Naturally, since both subjects were middle-aged men in their mid-40s with hairy legs, Shin Hyeok’s mood was very unpleasant.

‘I’d like to tell them both to follow me to the rooftop, but then I’d be the one getting beaten up. Hmm, what to do about this.’

If he had sufficient force, he would have liked to call them to the rooftop, South Korea’s official fighting venue, but unfortunately Shin Hyeok was already struggling with just one person.

Especially since these two were the most orthodox combination called Mage and Swordsman.

So when Shin Hyeok was pondering how to handle the two.

[Wushen is calling you]

“Emergency escape! I’ll go meet with a Constellation, so you two decide while I’m gone!”

“What? No, wait-“

Fwaaaaaaash!

An emergency escape ticket came to Shin Hyeok.

A meeting with a Constellation.

Even if there was a heavenly realm grandpa in front of him rather than just a heavenly realm, Inho couldn’t refuse this irrefutable summons and tried to stop Shin Hyeok in bewilderment, but Shin Hyeok had already disappeared, wrapped in light.

“…We’ve become like dogs chasing chickens.”

“Hmm….”

The absurd situation where the target of their passionate courtship suddenly flew off to the sky left Inho dumbfounded, but only briefly.

When Ho Seok, who had been stroking his chin in thought, spoke up, the atmosphere suddenly changed.

“So who’s going to fight after he returns?”

“No way, you’re still talking about that?”

“Then are you giving up?”

“…As if. Of course I’m fighting.”

“This won’t get us anywhere. Let’s just fight each other first. Then whoever wins can fight him, right?”

“Ha! A sword-wielder daring to challenge a mage. I’ll teach you your place.”

“A mage who runs away crying like a three-year-old when someone gets close sure talks a lot.”

“…Fine, let’s settle the hierarchy today.”

The two men, who had shown such love for Shin Hyeok in his absence, soon drew their sword and staff and clashed.

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