Overgeared

Chapter 14

Once I finished my 280th piece of firewood, my hunger became worse and I started to become dizzy. However, I didn’t stop.

‘I wouldn’t be me if I gave up at this point.’

Since childhood, I had never been good at anything. I wasn’t smart, wasn’t handsome, and my personality wasn’t good. I wasn’t even good at sports or exercising. I didn’t have a special talent in a single field.

I had no abilities, felt severe jealousy towards others, and made excuses…

I couldn’t deny that I was a bad representation of the human race. However, the reason I was able to build amicable relationships in high school was through my persistence.

I wasn’t very smart. I needed to study several times more than others just to maintain a normal grade. My personality was bad. I often put on a charade that was just as good as the politicians. I wasn’t good at exercising. During PE, I was able to play soccer with others because I tried diligently.

I knew this about myself, so I tried. I did my best to not give up. Thanks to my persistence, I was able to go to university and make it safely through the army. I might be debt-ridden because of Satisfy, but I barely managed to maintain an ordinary life.

Anyway, persistence was my strong point.

“Level… money…”

I was caught by this obsession and didn’t stop moving my axe. I had just chopped the 460th piece of firewood when suddenly, a notification window popped up.

[Persistence stat has been opened.]

“Eh?”

Surprisingly, it was a new stat. I immediately checked the stat.

[Persistence]

You never give up, even in the face of a difficult task. You won’t get tired easily. The possessions weight limit has increased. The feeling of satiation will last for a long time.

* The higher the number, the higher the effect.

* Stat points can’t be distributed to this stat.

* Every time 10 points are gained in this stat, the ‘Indomitable’ stat will increase by 1 point.

“Wow!”

I wouldn’t tire easily, my weight limit would increase, and satiety would last for a long time! It was truly fantastic. Furthermore, my indomitable stat would go up by one with every 10 points in persistence?

‘I have to be persistent to raise this stat?’

I felt some doubt as I returned to chopping the firewood.

‘I showed a lot more persistence when completing Ashur’s quest… why wasn’t the persistence stat created until now?’

could only think of it as the difference between a normal rank class and

but the stat growth rate

forgot all of

Ttaak! Ttaak!

I developed the knack of hitting

every 200 pieces of

firewood, I had four points in the persistence

It is easier to become affected by an abnormal

close call. I was

“Pant pant…”

making it hard to move. Despite the

chopped firewood for only six hours, but I was exhausted. I ate the bread and water that I took out

Forest by now. It is good that I didn’t join the party… I would’ve

party members. How embarrassing would it have been if I died from exhaustion, not by a monster? I shook my head as I recalled my premature attempt to

know the drop rate of blue orichalcum. My thinking was too simple when I tried to join

I had a small

I barely recovered and returned to

much as possible

chopped 1,000 pieces of firewood in six hours?

it was funny and glared at

‘Is this person bipolar?’

to lie that I chopped 1,000 firewood in six hours? If you don’t believe me, why don’t you go

tell me that. If you cheat

followed Smith towards the backyard. After a few moments… Smith’s mouth dropped open as he saw

you cut 1,000 pieces of firewood so quickly? They’re also perfect…! No, the amount of time isn’t the problem. You don’t have the stamina to chop 1,000 pieces of firewood! Tell me honestly! Where did all this firewood come from? Did it come from Vans carpenter store? Or did you buy it from the woodcutter

framing someone? These are my own logs of

“Ridiculous! It can’t be!”

Smith flinched and stepped back as he saw it in my

Ttaack!

the axe met the

then looked surprised when he saw the log split neatly in two. After staring blankly, he nodded and opened his mouth, “I thought

“No.”

“Then, you’re a woodcutter.”

towards Smith, who was talking nonsense. “First, give me the

is better than I expected, so

40 coins. At that moment, the quest completion notification window stated that I received 15 experience points. The way that Smith gazed at me also changed considerably. Before, he had looked at me like a cockroach, and now I

quests, so completing a normal quest after a long time gave me a sense of accomplishment. As I was bathing in the afterglow, Smith

be a mine. Gather

“How much?”

“As much as possible!”

[Mine Iron Ore]

Difficulty: E

is suspicious of

Smith can’t understand why you are better

greatly increased the difficulty of the