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

actions and same effort, but the stat growth rate of a legendary class

benefits of the legendary class, I forgot all of

Ttaak! Ttaak!

the number of firewood increased, I developed the

the grain, the durability of the axe decreased by one point every 200 pieces of firewood. However, at a certain

finished 1,000 pieces of firewood, I

is easier to become affected by an

close call. I was lying breathless

“Pant pant…”

weak and my arms 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

and water that I took out of my inventory and

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

embarrassing would it have been if I died from exhaustion,

rate of blue orichalcum. My thinking was too simple

a small amount

barely recovered and

chopping the firewood. I did as much

burst out, “Puhahahahat! A newbie like you chopped 1,000 pieces of firewood in six hours? You aren’t just

it was funny and

‘Is this person bipolar?’

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

tell me that. If you cheat me, I’ll kick you out

few moments… Smith’s mouth dropped

of firewood! Tell

framing someone? These

“Ridiculous! It can’t be!”

he believe me? I picked up the axe. Smith flinched and stepped back as he saw it in my hands.

Ttaack!

reached the peak after chopping 1,000 logs of firewood. As soon as the axe met the wood, a clear sound was heard. It was a thrilling sound

he nodded and opened his

“No.”

“Then, you’re a woodcutter.”

hand towards Smith, who was

Yes. The work is better than I expected, so I will give you more

that moment, the quest completion notification window stated that I received 15 experience points. The way that Smith

the successive S and SS-grade quests, so completing a normal quest after a

there will be a mine.

“How much?”

“As much as possible!”

[Mine Iron Ore]

Difficulty: E

Smith is

but Smith can’t understand why

the task in order to assess