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?’

it as the difference between a normal rank class and a

same effort, but the stat growth

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

Ttaak! Ttaak!

the number of firewood increased, I developed the knack of hitting the

pieces of firewood. However, at a certain point, it

pieces of firewood, I had four

half. It is easier to become affected by an abnormal state. If you continue to starve, your health will gradually

was a close call. I

“Pant pant…”

My whole body was screaming in pain, making it hard to move. Despite the

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

now. It is good

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 from exhaustion, not by a monster? I shook my head as I recalled my premature attempt to join

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

had a small amount of

barely recovered

much as possible and managed to

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

like it was funny

‘Is this person bipolar?’

firewood in six hours? If you don’t believe

If you cheat me, I’ll kick you out of here straight

mouth dropped open as he saw

can someone like 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

framing someone? These

“Ridiculous! It can’t be!”

Smith flinched and stepped back

Ttaack!

woodcutting technique had reached the peak after chopping 1,000 logs of firewood. As soon as the axe met the wood, a

then looked surprised 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, but you’ve actually worked for a long time

“No.”

“Then, you’re a woodcutter.”

hand towards Smith, who was talking nonsense. “First, give

I expected, so I will

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 me also changed considerably.

successive S and SS-grade quests, so completing a normal quest after a long time gave me

will be a mine. Gather iron ore from

“How much?”

“As much as possible!”

[Mine Iron Ore]

Difficulty: E

is

but Smith can’t understand why

increased the difficulty of the task in order to assess