Overgeared

Chapter 431

The NPC called Swan.

He had the unique skills of ‘Adaptation’ and ‘Escape.’

Adaptation showed the effect of ‘increased speed of recovery from abnormal conditions,’ ‘decreased terrain penalty,’ and ‘decrease in the usage conditions of items.’ Escape had the effect of ‘never being caught by the enemy and never dying in combat.’

Grid had an idea the moment he saw Swan with the Great Lord’s Sword. He gave Swan the role that he originally intended for himself, under the assumption that Lauel predicted all his thoughts and actions and prepared countermeasures for them. It was to convince the enemy that Swan was Grid and make them follow Lauel’s plan.

The result was commendable. Swan was armed with Grid’s Greatsword and Triple Layers. He was recognized as Grid and served as good bait for Skull’s group. The US determined that Lauel’s plan was a success and completely erased their guard against Grid.

Thanks to this, Grid could act freely. He waited until the buff effect of the Motley Flail was activated and successfully pushed the US into a crisis.

The result was a defeat.

***

After the end of the siege.

The resurrected NPCs gathered around Grid. The NPCs in the US team seemed to be resurrected as well. The NPCs for the siege weren’t disposable. At least, in the server dedicated to the National Competition, they enjoyed eternal life, just like players.

“I’m sorry. I was unable to properly perform my role as bait.”

Swan apologized and looked at Grid.

Grid alternated looking between him and Lucky. He was filled with a powerful possessive desire to have them.

‘I want to take them to Reidan...’

Third advancement NPCs. The level was nearly twice as high as the soldiers in Reidan, and a lot of them were able to deal with the unbuffed Grid. In addition, Lucky had the good luck special stat and Swan had skills that would be useful in raids. But Grid had to end this relationship here. They would only temporarily be used for a limited amount of time in the National Competition.

“You did nothing wrong. I’m sorry that you lost because I was lacking.”

Those who were originally in a high position couldn’t easily recognize their mistakes because they had a lot to lose, and were also good at passing on responsibility. But Grid was the opposite. He apologized to Swan and even knocked on his shoulder to encourage him.

Swan was thrilled because he was a noble person with humility and responsibility. There was a growing sense of respect in his heart. Grid reached out to the thrilled Swan. Did he want to shake hands?

‘A noble man is shaking hands with someone like me...’

The moment the excited Swan grabbed Grid’s hand.

“What are you doing?”

“...Huh?”

was rising resentment in Grid’s eyes as he looked at

you planning to keep

“Ah...”

to take off Grid’s items that he had been wearing for a while. Grid also gave back Swan’s

"...”

Someday, they hoped to meet again. On the other hand, the

taste of hitting was very

muscles. Due to Grid, Lucky got a new hobby. Unfortunately, his

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the United States, other countries

be armed with new items. Third, there was no

a simple matter if you walk through

path, rather than disperse their forces and take risks on inaccurate plans. Most of the

Of course, it wasn’t just a contest of power. The battle tactics was the key. The representatives of each

maintained a steady high audience rating and produced

prepared a lot, while Lauel’s brains made everything useless. Grid’s destructive force which smashed the US

Lauel’s reputations rose in an

***

National Competition’s third

16 and the quarterfinals, the four finalists were decided. Under the power of Damian, Japan earned the nickname of the ‘Strongest Army.’ Russia had Kraugel, who broke through the enemy and reached

Argentina to advance to the semi-finals. Even the people of Argentina didn’t expect it. Argentina was

they advanced into the top four and were facing

was due to his

“Soul Predator...”

Seuron. They weren’t the only ones. Players from all countries were concentrating on Seuron as they watched the siege. It was due to Seuron’s presence. His strength was comparable to Kraugel,

is the dignity of

to exploit the souls of enemy and allied corpses to increase his own strength was perfect. It was difficult to find any weak points in all aspects

think that even God Grid will

But Grid had no interest in Seuron. Grid was only focused

he think

all the concentrated attacks of dozens of NPCs while breaking through the enemy at the same time. Grid couldn’t even imagine the movements, let alone mimic it. Grid realized one

‘Imagination.’

strength? It was a tremendous weapon because Kraugel could move in ways that

In other words...

is good at fighting

that he heard people who were smart were good

"This is very annoying.”

desperate reality for Grid who wasn’t smart. He felt like he faced a higher barrier than an average person living in this world. The

‘But I’m not useless.’

It was much more profitable to overcome this than to

“Umm...”

focused as he watched Kraugel. He was devising methods to win against Kraugel in

At that moment.