Overgeared

Chapter 403

[It’s possible for a great demon.]

“What?”

Pagma was a great demon? It was ridiculous.

‘Wait.’

Grid attempted to deny it when he suddenly stopped. He didn’t know enough about Pagma to judge, and Braham’s nature was also odd.

‘In fact, isn’t Braham a vampire, rather than a human?’

A legendary great magician was a demonkin, so it wouldn’t be strange if a legendary blacksmith was also one. But why?

‘Why isn’t it mentioned in the legends?’

Braham sensed Grid’s confusion and laughed.

[Aren’t you an idiot, to take my words at face value?]

Grid frowned.

“I have taken the intelligence elixirs, so why are you still seeing me as an idiot? No, what does that mean?”

[To put it more accurately, Pagma is a human who accepted the power of a great demon.]

“He accepted the power of a great demon?”

[Baal.]

“…!”

Grid was startled. Did he know the weight of the name Baal? No. It was because Grid felt Braham’s anger. The anger was deeply imprinted in Braham’s soul like an abyss and it slowly boiled up. Grid held Braham’s soul, so he was also angry.

[Pagma was Baal’s contractor.]

“…!”

Grid was once again surprised. Questions filled his eyes.

“What is Baal’s contractor?”

[…Hah.]

It was the first time Grid discovered that souls could also sigh.

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The 1st great demon, Baal. As the peak of the 33 demons, he reigned as the master of hell. It was easy to call him the demon king. He was an absolute existence that even the dragons guarded against.

[He is more faithful to his instincts as a demon than anyone else. He is proud, destructive, and does anything for pleasure. Plantings seeds of chaos through contracts with humans is very entertaining for him.]

“Why did Pagma sign with such a bad demon?”

[Ironically, he had to borrow Baal’s strength to protect the Behen Archipelago.]

“Eh?”

Archipelago from the great

as you said. Baal likes

“So?”

whether the target being deceived is a human or a great

“…”

in the past would’ve been frustrated without understanding to the end. But now it

demons with the power

[That’s right.]

Baal screwed over his own people. Grid

demons with the prejudice. Don’t humans also betray

isn’t Baal the master of hell? Isn’t he the king of the great demons? A king sacrificing his servants just for entertainment… I guess there are

he thought about it, there were many crazy people in the world. Grid was convinced and defined Baal as a psychopath

why the Behen Archipelago changed in this

question. Why did Pagma leave the Behen Archipelago in this state? He protected the Behen Archipelago with a contract with a great demon, and then the Behen Archipelago eventually deteriorated and the original function was lost. If Pagma truly wanted

But he didn’t…

that the great demons would

had

Grid asked a question.

demon to protect the Behen Archipelago? Did he die? Or is he

you think

great demon,

contract with humans is to basically take their life force

he lived for hundreds of years? Wasn’t it because of his contract

are mistaken. Pagma made the contract with

“…Ah!”

being

of years, regardless

What was Pagma’s identity?

can a human live

[…]

him again. Grid’s spine became soaked with cold sweat before Braham finally

why Pagma could live for hundreds of years, despite being a human,

“What?”

might be a way to transfer his lifespan to someone. It wasn’t strange for a non-human and legendary great magician to do something that was

Braham said that his lifespan was

didn’t give it

if I was

“…”

hear more of the story. Grid was curious,

island. Then

on the islands in the 60s that Braham was so sure he couldn’t overcome? Braham spoke to the troubled

your duty to break through this

if you hadn’t said this. I’m just a little worried about how

you have to fear with an immortal

possibility that a quest related to Pagma’s Descendant was hidden here. Grid felt a need

“Okay.”

moved towards the gate of the 61st island with determination. Then Sticks, who

must not be

know that elves and demonkin have a bad relationship. But shouldn’t you cool your head? Aren’t you the one who is the most desperate for the Behen Archipelago to be purified? I

“…”

He wasn’t someone who would be dazzled

enlightened Sticks followed

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have entered the

Kuooooh!

with fire. The lush forest was burning and the river running