Overgeared

-I’ve finished cleaning up the 1st Battalion.

“...”

It was said simply. It was like someone finished cleaning a room. 2,000 elite troops were easily killed. Grid was covered with sweat as he saw the whisper and replied to Euphemina.

-Are.you.okay↗?? Was it↘ hard↗? You. I. Bothersome. Work↗? I was worr.ied. (Tone marks: Grid's voice going up and down)

Of course, Grid cherished all his colleagues. But among them, his feelings towards Euphemina were special. It was a fear of dying. Grid was always nervous and tried not to make any mistakes in front of her. He was like a mouse in front of a beast.

Thus, whenever he talked to Euphemina, it was like he was reading from a bilingual book. Euphemina just thought that Grid was especially kind to her. She had to be equally friendly to Grid.

-Why is it bothersome? I’m happy to play an active role for the Overgeared Kingdom. Give me many opportunities in the future.

-Ah, yes... Y-Yes? I’m thankful for your words. Ha.ha.

-But...

-Huh?

-I think Ares’ power is really great. We must be alert.

Euphemina’s voice was heavy. To be honest, she felt a great shock.

-The armored elite troops... None of them died despite being hit by four S-grade magic spells in succession. The attributes that Ares gave to the armored elite troops included magic resistance and increased health. What would’ve happened if one or two healers were among them?

-...Granting attributes.

The value of the information obtained by the Overgeared Guild in this war was very high. The armored elite troops were directly trained by Ares. The number of skills and attributes possessed by the armored elite troops were so varied as to be comparable to named monsters. In many circumstances, Ares seemed to have the ability to forcibly raise the level of his soldiers and to give them skills and attributes.

In other words, it was a scam.

‘Of course, there are likely to be big restraints. But even considering that...’

Over time, the strength of the Ares Army would increase dramatically. It would be in full swing the moment the Belto Kingdom was occupied.

‘He can constantly produce the best units based on the vast territories, people, and taxes.’

The thought was threatening. The future Ares Army could have military power comparable to the empire. Euphemina was worried about this part.

-The armored elite troops belong to the Belto royal family. They aren’t strictly part of Ares’ army. Ares is likely to have trained ‘proper’ armored elite troops. But based on this... The strength of the army that Ares nurtures with all his heart will exceed our imagination. We shouldn’t give Ares time to grow.

why Grid and Euphemina could take care of the armored elite troops relatively easily was because of their overwhelming attack power. Both of them had legendary rated weapons and used top rated skills in a ‘continuous’ manner, allowing them to kill the armored elite troops. But what if the armored elite troops were more powerful? If they had a few healers like Euphemina said, it was likely that even Grid and Euphemina would be countered by the

maintain this alliance for long. If we hold

-...I know.

what can

required in

was dangerous to maintain a long-term alliance with

as possible. It

against the enemy’s potential. Don’t forget. I’m the

need to unnecessarily worry. Being afraid of the future Ares Army? Why? The Overgeared Kingdom would become

is just as capable as Ares’ army. No, they can grow stronger than Ares. So don’t be afraid of

I was too

voice. Grid wasn’t aware of it, but

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Guild? Mmmm,

6th Battalion. Grid kept his promise of handling the four battalions of

the fact that the battalion commanders

superior commander. No matter how powerful the army, they wouldn’t be able to exercise their full

battalion commanders didn’t have a strategy to raise the true strength of the armored elite troops and

that determines

Ares’ troops had the ability to command an army, although their combat power might be somewhat lower. Ares

armored elite troops against the Overgeared members. I will train a new

happy when thinking about the large army he could raise

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to a lot

the armored elite troops. His gaze was focused on Euphemina.

be afraid

in him. Grid smiled as he

lead the army in four days. Will the Overgeared members be able to

the Ares Army conquer the Belto Kingdom. This was the condition proposed when the Overgeared Guild offered an alliance. Grid

will remain to support the

“You will...?”

great honor that the king of another kingdom would

‘He has some conscience.’

royal family. Scott had no choice but to

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armored elite troops were

the armored elite troops would

Ares defeated them, despite losing so many troops in the war with the

the war against the empire! He had planned to deceive the royal