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?’

think of it as the difference between a normal rank

might be the same actions and same effort, but the stat

legendary class, I forgot all of my fatigue and started to chop the firewood

Ttaak! Ttaak!

of firewood increased, I developed the knack of hitting the

durability of the axe decreased by one point every 200 pieces of firewood. However, at a certain point, it no longer decreased and the speed of my chopping

pieces of firewood,

haven’t consumed food in a long time, so all stats have dropped by half. It is easier to become affected by an abnormal state. If you continue to starve,

I was lying breathless

“Pant pant…”

were heavy. My whole body was screaming in pain, making it hard to move. Despite the compensation from the persistence stat, my -3 level stamina was still

six hours, but I was exhausted. I ate the bread and water that I took out of my inventory and looked towards the east where the Grey Forest

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

level stamina, I wouldn’t even have been able to follow the movement speed of the other party members. How embarrassing would it have been if I died

of blue orichalcum. My thinking was too simple when I tried to join the party. I should think and act

I had a

barely recovered and returned to Smith’s

much as possible and managed to obtain

in six hours? You aren’t just a

was funny and glared at

‘Is this person bipolar?’

lie that I chopped 1,000 firewood in six hours? If you don’t

that. If you cheat me, I’ll

After a few moments… Smith’s mouth dropped open as he saw the 1,000

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

are you framing someone? These are my own logs

“Ridiculous! It can’t be!”

flinched and stepped back as he saw it

Ttaack!

As soon as the axe met the wood, a clear sound was heard. It was a thrilling sound that rang through the

when he saw the log split neatly in two. After staring blankly, he nodded and opened his mouth, “I thought you were an ordinary newbie,

“No.”

“Then, you’re a woodcutter.”

I reached out a hand towards Smith, who was talking nonsense.

expected, so I

stated that I received 15 experience points. The way that Smith

quest after a long

will be a mine.

“How much?”

“As much as possible!”

[Mine Iron Ore]

Difficulty: E

Smith is

looking and looking, but Smith can’t understand

the difficulty of the task in order to assess