Overgeared

Chapter 31

“Khan, I heard the rumour. But…you aren’t drinking?”

Kaaang! Kaaang!

It happened when I was working hard raising my blacksmith skills in the smithy. Khan’s friend arrived and started talking.

“Not drinking? What are you saying?”

“No, if you’re sober, then why are you hanging out with this unimpressive newbie every day? Tsk tsk. At first glance, he looks like someone who is ignorant of the world.”

I was referred to as an ‘unimpressive newbie’ by this damn bastard. This damn bastard had been talking ever since he entered the smithy.

“Old Man, if you stopped drinking because of this person…”

I placed strength in the hand holding my hammer. A rapidly rising killing instinct! Khan noticed that the hammer in my hand was shaking and hurriedly told his friend.

“Hey, shut up. You’re mistaken.”

“Mistaken?”

“Yes, mistaken. That young man might have a garbage-like appearance, but you shouldn’t judge a person from their outer appearance. That young man is actually a big person.”

Garbage-like appearance? Did Khan always think like that about me? I felt betrayed.

Kwang! Kwang!

I seethed with anger and hammered the steel with more strength. Then I suddenly looked at myself. I had levelled up from the gangsters, but I was still only level 21. Since both my armor and weapon were left in the warehouse, I was just wearing beginner clothes.

The criteria that an NPC used to judge users was their level, equipment and reputation. I didn’t have any equipment, my level was low and my reputation was low, so I naturally looked like crap to the NPCs.

‘What about the reputation I gained when I killed the gangsters?’

As I had some doubts, I listened to Khan and his friend’s conversation.

“You don’t believe it? Don’t be deceived by his appearance and watch his techniques closely. That isn’t the normal skill for a blacksmith. Isn’t it? And this is a secret, but this young man took care of Veil’s gang alone.”

“Uhuh! What nonsense are you talking? Yes, I admit that his blacksmithing technique is great now that I’ve seen it with my own eyes. That young man seems moderately good, unlike his appearance. But taking care of Veil’s gang alone? Aren’t they the fiercest outlaws in Winston? It’s impossible! How could a blacksmith take them out alone?”

directly. Have you seen any of Veil’s gang on the street

this friend should really drink less. If this is

rumors spread that this young man defeated Veil, the Mero Company wouldn’t leave him alone. So why bother spreading it? There are no rumors because I was the only witness. Therefore,

Is that young man so great? Huhut,

were no rumors that I defeated Veil’s group,

“Khan! Are you here?”

entered the smithy. They were holding flyers in their

the contents of the flyer and

intrigued, so I moved closer and examined

‘Ohu.’

to Khan in this game, our company will help Khan keep his smithy by paying off his debt. On the other hand, the smithy will get transferred to us if we

that the people were carrying. I could feel that the day of the

nervous. No matter how skilled the blacksmith hired by the Mero Company

‘Legendary Blacksmith’s Craftsmanship Skill.’ Even if the Mero Company hired a blacksmith,

the advanced level. The opponent I

The people were agitated.

didn’t just forcibly take the smithy, and instead asked for a

if they win the game, they will allow Khan to operate the smithy? Then is the rumor

seems to be the case. Maybe the Mero Company isn’t as bad as we

really plausible when listening to the

so I thought they were bad guys. But they are actually decent. Then why were the gangsters so arrogant? Was there an error

hostility towards

allow me to receive 600 gold. There is

of the people present, as well as myself, developed a slight liking towards the Mero Company. However,

for the game! That Rabbit, he isn’t

He ripped

Winston’s development beforehand and used the information to monopolize our land. You were deprived of everything, becoming poor and

people sympathized with

Are we going to commit another mistake by being deceived by their tricks? Don’t be nice to them! We will

and the Mero Company was

the rage, someone held up his

‘A user.’

their heads. But the name of this man was white. It meant

him. “Young man, you aren’t a resident of this

is Huroi. I am an ordinary visitor who

what question

You might feel uncomfortable

“Speak.”