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 class and

and same effort, but the stat growth rate of

I discovered the new benefits of the legendary class, I forgot all of my fatigue and started to

Ttaak! Ttaak!

the number of firewood increased, I developed the knack of

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

time I finished 1,000 pieces of firewood, I had

is easier to become affected by an abnormal state. If

was a close call. I was lying

“Pant pant…”

were 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

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

of the Forest by now. It is good that I didn’t join

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

My thinking was too simple when I tried to join

like I had a small amount of

a while, I barely recovered

firewood. I did as much as possible and managed to obtain 1,000

A newbie like you chopped 1,000 pieces of firewood in six hours? You aren’t just a newbie, but a liar as well! Are you

like it was funny and

‘Is this person bipolar?’

1,000 firewood in six hours? If you

don’t have to tell me that. If you cheat

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

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 who lives in the mountains? Foolish guy! I asked you to chop the firewood

framing someone? These are

“Ridiculous! It can’t be!”

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

Ttaack!

the peak after chopping 1,000 logs of firewood. As soon as the axe met the wood, a clear

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

“No.”

“Then, you’re a woodcutter.”

reached out a hand towards Smith, who was talking

expected, so I will give you more compensation

Smith’s eyes, but he pulled out 40 coins. At that moment, the quest completion notification window stated that I received 15 experience points. The way that Smith gazed at

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

the mountain, there will be a mine.

“How much?”

“As much as possible!”

[Mine Iron Ore]

Difficulty: E

Smith is suspicious of

looking, but Smith can’t understand why you are better at chopping firewood

greatly increased the difficulty of the task