Genius Regressor Makes Mythic Items

The Arena broadcast channel TWC, recognized by the World Awakeners’ Association. Is it because of that?

Even Galaxy Arena officially acknowledged it, making it Earth’s representative Arena channel in name and reality. Thus, it became able to broadcast several debut matches and other Arenas of famous players.

One of them:

『Hopefully, Player Kim Shimun will agree to the broadcast…….』

『It’s not unusual to refuse. It’s a sensitive matter from the player’s perspective.』

『Of course! In fact, more than half of the participants in the Master Rank debut matches have denied the broadcast.』

Unlike previous debut matches, the Master Rank debut match requires the player’s consent for the broadcast.

Therefore, the Caster Michael and Commentator Jonathan of TWC waited with tense faces for the news.

Ding.

At the sight of the green light appearing before them,

『Oh! Fortunately, Player Kim Shimun has allowed the broadcast!』

『As expected of Player Kim Shimun. He never hesitates to show his performance!』

The two hosts cheered. To date, those who advanced to the Master Rank were players who were at least in the upper ranks of Diamond before. In a way, it could be seen as a rank where even rankers could be divided.

And the protagonist at the peak of his popularity, Kim Shimun, wasn’t he?

Naturally,

“Alright!”

“This will record the highest viewership of the month!”

“Not just this month! It might surpass the quarterly records!”

“There were even scandals in Europe recently. It might be the highest of the year!”

As the broadcasting team cheered, the explosion in viewership was not a concern.

『Jonathan? Can you hear me? My heart is already pounding!』

『Haha! I can’t hear your heartbeat, michael, but I can tell you’re very excited. Your face is as red as a ripe tomato.』

『Oh! Stop teasing me. Jonathan, aren’t you excited too?』

『Of course, I’m excited. Player Kim Shimun always shows something new, doesn’t he?』

Unlike other players who became somewhat standardized, Kim Shimun’s Arena was always fresh and new.

Naturally, from the host’s perspective, watching was immensely enjoyable.

『Oh! The Arena is starting!』

『It’s the waiting room, but the atmosphere is already intense.』

『The previous Master Rank debut matches were the same, weren’t they?』

『Indeed, something about the Master Rank gives off a different vibe from the beginning.』

On TWC’s screen, Shimun’s image appeared. The two hosts and the broadcasting staff.

-Oh! The matching is fast?

-They’ve spent some time supporting the Europe outbreak.

-Right. It must have been timed perfectly?

-To think it starts quicker than my chicken delivery!

-Has Kim Shimun opened his personal broadcast? I’m heading there!

And even the viewers from all over the world closely watching. Everyone’s eyes full of anticipation poured onto the screen.

*

『Starting the Master Rank debut match.』

『Participants: 1,000.』

『The Arena will begin once all participants have entered.』

The familiar message popped up.

Then, ‘Let’s see… I did allow TWC to broadcast…’

Shimun started tapping the air here and there. Soon, he skillfully turned on the Arena broadcast.

-Bang bang! Open the door!

-Oh? It’s open! It’s open!

-Hiya~!

Flooding in were the messages. Especially, Perhaps because the European Union, boasting second place in the world, made an official apology to an individual.

-Shimun-hyung! What happened with Europe?

-What happened in the meeting room?

-Aren’t you close with Leoni Wolf? The Valtenberg Guild has a strong influence in the European Union.

-You seemed very close with Fabian Wolf too. Why did they apologize?

Questions about this recent European matter poured in.

=Europe? What’s that?

=Meeting room? Was there an incident?

=How rude. Don’t talk about things only you know.

=Leave them. That’s typical of lower species.

On top of that, messages from other dimensions unaware of Earth’s situation mixed in.

-This is absurd. So, we can’t even discuss Earth matters in an Earth’s broadcast?

-In other rooms too, they’re always making species remarks.

-Those supposedly great species don’t even know this big scandal?

=You impudent…!

=Give me coordinates. The day I come to your dimension, I’ll slaughter you all!

The chat window turned into a pot of chaos.

“Everyone, please calm down.”

Shimun quickly turned on the slow mode at the maximum setting in the chat window.

“I can’t mention what happened in Europe. So please avoid further discussion about it.”

He swiftly settled the situation.

But,

-Can’t you just tell us what happened?

-Shimun-nim. You’re not siding with those other species, are you?

-If that’s the case, it would be very uncomfortable.

=Ha! As expected of the lowest-ranking species. Such narrow-minded thinking.

Despite Shimun’s efforts, the chat window did not easily die down.

-Black Goat: Got a problem? Then get out! You bastards!

『Manager ‘Black Goat’ has kicked out qnfakscnd.』

-Ra: Hoho. It’s actually fun doing it. (Chopping heads without reason!)

『Manager ‘Ra’ has kicked out roRnfwoarkdxhl.』

Ra, the sixth Constellation under the “Chosen by the Constellations”.

With his inclusion, there were now six manager Constellations unleashing indiscriminate ban hammers.

-Everyone, duck!

-What’s going on! When did Ra become a manager?

-Newcomer? Didn’t he catch some monster lion last time?

=Somehow… the manager nicknames don’t look ordinary.

=Hmph! Must be those who are overly bold.

=Typical behavior of the lowest-ranking species, isn’t it?

The chaotic chat window was quickly subdued.

Just as the chat window’s crackdown was coming to an end,

『You have acquired the achievement ‘Breaking 100,000,000 Viewers’ has been unlocked.』

『You have surpassed the threshold for this achievement.』

『The ‘Achievement Points’ awarded will be converted into ‘Merit Points’.』

『You have gained 100,000 Merit Points.』

Suddenly, the achievement window popped up.

“Eh?”

Shimun’s eyes widened in surprise. It was understandable.

‘A-a hundred million?’

Previously during his Diamond Rank debut match, Shimun surpassed 60 million viewers. Even that number was greater than the entire population of South Korea.

But a hundred million?

That’s twice the population of South Korea, isn’t it?

Moreover, ‘Even though TWC is broadcasting, to surpass a hundred million…’

Currently, his debut match was being broadcast on TWC, earth’s top Arena channel. Yet having over a hundred million individual viewers was highly encouraging.

Of course,

‘Then again, it’s not so strange, is it?’

He could roughly guess the reason.

‘With the recent European incident and the continuous influx of viewers from other dimensions…’

The recent hot European incident and viewers from other dimensions. Considering this, it wasn’t so strange to surpass a hundred million viewers.

‘No wonder the chat window felt unusually crowded today.’

Shimun smiled wryly.

Right in front of him, 『All participants have entered.』

With the message signaling the start of the debut match,

『The event format for this debut match is the Conquest Battle, and the region is ‘Sword Hell’ among the Ten Underworlds.』

『The capture zone is a place unaffected by Sword Hell’s influence. Capture the zone and earn points.』

The void space transformed.

Screams echoed before anything else in the eerie and dark area.

It was so horrifying, the screams were filled with such agony that it was fitting for a map named Hell.

And then, ‘Hell… Isn’t Hell a map that matches from Challenger rank?’

With the sudden appearance of the Hell map, not only Shimun, the debut match participant, but also,

=Did they say Sword Hell? Did they really say Sword Hell?

=Why is that being matched here?

=It’s a map that appears in Challenger ranks. What’s it doing in a Master Rank debut match…?

Viewers from other dimensions also expressed their surprise.

=Well, is it really a big deal? This is the guy who summoned Heimdall last time.

=But that was under specific conditions. Heimdall wasn’t even the main figure there, was he?

=I agree.

=So, he’ll probably be eliminated right away here.

-What’s going on? Why do they say he’ll be eliminated right away?

-Other dimension folks, please share some info with us newcomers.

-We want to know too…

Before the Earth viewers could even voice their questions,

Shuaaaak!

A fierce sound cut through the air,

Schlsh.

Something sharp grazed Shimun’s upper body.

*

A dark and ominous forest. A place that instinctively evokes a sense of repulsion just by looking at it.

Thump.

Two large figures with green skin. A troll man and woman were cautiously moving forward. Among them, a troll with a voluptuous figure. A troll that, at first glance, was perceived to be female, clumsily asked, “This, this is definitely the place, right?”

In a voice quivering with fear.

To which, “Can’t you tell by looking? Do you think they’d give us something broken?”

The more brutish troll man than the woman frowned deeply, extending his large hand. On it, a dark red pointer, emitting a sound akin to the groan of the dead, wavered unstably.

Huuuh…

Though the wavering was slight.

“This direction is definitely it.”

The man, though uneasy, Pointed at the direction where the pointer trembled faintly.

“Well, true. On the way here, no Black Swords have attacked us.”

With a trembling voice, the woman nodded her hefty head.

At that moment, “Aaaaah! Damn it! Damn it!!”

A sudden scream came from straight ahead. As they watched the scene, “Get out of the way! Move!!”

A wolf-like beastman burst out of the bushes, running on all fours. Considering that this was currently the stage of the Master Rank debut match, they should have drawn their weapons to fight immediately, but the two large figures did as the wolfman’s words commanded.

“Uh!”

“Gah!”

They swiftly shifted their bodies, clearing the path. However, this was only the intention of the two figures. The surrounding forest had a different opinion.

Srrng.

From the dark grass on the ground to the bushes and tree leaves, it was as if the area around the wolfman belonged to another world entirely. Everything in the forest exuded a sharp aura.

Shuaaak!

Like an excellent swordsman, leaves imbued with cutting force swung at him. Though he had surely advanced to the Master Rank and possessed great skills, he couldn’t even defend himself properly.

Schlsh.

Soon his entire body was soaked in red.

Splurt.

“Kyah!”

A pained scream erupted along with a fountain of blood. But was it merely a coincidence that he had achieved Master Rank? Despite being slashed all over while in mid-air, “Damn it!”

Kicking off the air, the cursing wolfman soared into the sky. But that was as far as he got.

Drdrdrk.

With a heavy, timber-specific sound, like a flexible creature, a gigantic, ominous tree swung its massive trunk. Naturally, the countless leaves attached to its top were also imbued with a sharp aura.

“This damned…”

Thud!

Unable to even finish his short curse, the wolfman was struck directly.

Thump.

And naturally, he was slammed to the ground.

From the ground to all sides, the forest, which had been exuding sharp auras,

Scrrk.

Crunch!

It immediately tore apart the wolfman who had fallen into its embrace.

“Kaaaaaah!!”

The screams of agony continued unabated.

Even a player who advanced to Master Rank couldn’t easily endure the pain of having his entire body mutilated alive.

“Stop! Please stop! Just kill me! Kill me!!”

Crunch.

Eventually, the wolfman began to plead in a desperate voice.

“Tsk… It seems he has no resistance to the power of Constellations or any divine authority.”

The large, brutish man watched the scene with a pitying expression, clicking his tongue.

“If we delay, we’ll end up like that too. So let’s move quickly!”

“Got it.”

Spurred by the female troll’s urging, they moved in the direction the dark red pointer indicated.

Soon, had the wolfman’s pleas been heeded?

Or had he been shredded to the point where no trace of him remained?

No further screams or sounds of flesh being torn came from behind. With tense faces, the troll man and woman cautiously moved forward, staying alert.

How much time had passed?

Rustle.

From a not-so-distant place, another presence was sensed. Having seen numerous players, including the earlier wolfman, being shredded, “Another poor soul is about to die.”

“I never thought I’d see the day when I’d be glad to meet some giants.”

“Agreed. Thanks to them, we can be safe from the Sword Trees.”

The two trolls, somewhat mentally prepared, continued walking.

Srrng.

The dark bushes before them suddenly became imbued with sharp auras.

“What, what’s happening? Isn’t the duration still valid?!”

The female troll furrowed her brow slightly, but,

“No. The pointer is fine.”

The male troll displayed the dark red pointer beside him.

“Ha. It’s not us….”

The female troll sighed in relief after confirming it.

“The movement of the Sword Trees around us suggests someone is close by.”

“Ha! Do we have to watch another one get shredded?”

“With a thousand participants, it’s inevitable, isn’t it?”

The male troll shrugged his shoulders and subtly changed direction. Yet, could it be someone with speed comparable to the earlier wolfman?

Rustle.

Like a magnet attracting metal, a two-meter-tall human figure, breaking through the aura-filled bushes, was revealed. Or rather, a platinum-colored dragonkin.

“Wha-what?”

“Huh?”

The eyes of the troll man and woman widened in shock. The reason was simple. The platinum dragonkin appeared through the aura-filled bushes. Despite the aura-laden leaves constantly brushing his entire body, “Why is that guy…”

“Why is he unharmed?”

Unlike the previous victims, he wasn’t bleeding a drop.

Then, “Found you.”

Watching the platinum dragonkin smile at them, they understood.

“Hey, you two trolls. I heard something interesting from you earlier….”

The malicious Sword Trees imbued with aura weren’t shredding the dragonkin.

But instead, “What did you say about the giants?”

Like pets showing affection, they were rubbing themselves against his entire body.

TL’s Corner:
Damn, Shimun grinding again just after the outbreak.