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?’

between a

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

forgot all of my fatigue and started to chop the

Ttaak! Ttaak!

increased, I developed the knack of hitting the

one point every 200 pieces of firewood. However, at a certain point, it no

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

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

was a close call. I was lying

“Pant pant…”

making it hard to move. Despite the compensation from the persistence stat,

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

it have been if I died from exhaustion, not by a monster? I shook my head as I recalled my premature attempt

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

a small amount

recovered and

did as much as possible and managed to

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

like it was funny and glared

‘Is this person bipolar?’

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

that. If you cheat me, I’ll kick you

dropped open as he saw the 1,000 firewood piled

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

you framing someone? These are my own

“Ridiculous! It can’t be!”

didn’t he believe me? I picked up the axe. Smith flinched and stepped back

Ttaack!

had 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

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.”

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

better than I expected, so I will give you more compensation than I

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

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

climb the mountain, there will be a mine. Gather iron ore from

“How much?”

“As much as possible!”

[Mine Iron Ore]

Difficulty: E

is suspicious of

keeps looking and looking, but Smith can’t understand

greatly increased the difficulty of the task