Overgeared

Shortly after the Noll raid ended.

“Won’t the soldiers need a break? Let’s take a break in Reidan.”

"Thank you for your deep consideration!”

Chris encouraged the soldiers to take a break before returning home. The soldiers were in tears from the consideration. The soldiers marched without a break because they thought Grid was in danger, then they fought the vampires after crossing the desert. They were physically and mentally in a difficult state. Their eyes were dark at the thought of crossing the desert again to return home. It was recommended that they take a break. It was a break in Reidan, the second capital. It was obviously sweet honey.

"Leave the rest to me and return.”

Chris told Grid as he smiled at the cheering soldiers.

Grid expressed his appreciation. "Thank you for taking care of the soldiers. It will cost a lot of money to provide accommodations and meals to tens of thousands of people..."

"It’s natural as a duke of the Overgeared Kingdom. It isn’t something to be thankful about.”

“...It feels good.”

Grid was fulfilled. The presence of strong colleagues made him happy. The melancholy of the days when he was alone was washed away.

***

“What? What force is that?”

"Is this the power of the Overgeared Kingdom?”

‘If you want to interview me, come to Reidan.’

This was the words of Chris, the hope of Canada. Since he was busy as duke of the Overgeared Kingdom, he refused to hold a press conference in reality. He couldn’t afford to waste that much time. Canada’s media agreed to his position. They dispatched reporters to Reidan.

At this point, the reporters’ only concern was the National Competition. The most prominent Canadian ranker, Chris, received overwhelming support from the Canadian people. He had been in the top position in the rankings for more than a year. They wanted to know what he thought about the 3rd National Competition, what vision he had and how much he could achieve. The reporters had hundreds of questions to ask Chris, many of which were related to the National Competition.

But now.

"Duke Chris is returning in triumph!”

Tuong!

Tung! Tung! Tudong!

The procession of tens of thousands of soldiers following Chris as he returned changed the interest of the reporters.

'The total force of the Overgeared Kingdom was estimated to be 60,000...?’

‘The information was wrong...! Rumor has it that the Overgeared Kingdom only has 60,000 troops. Yet how could there be 40,000 troops in Reidan when it isn’t the capital...! The Overgeared Kingdom must have at least 100,000 troops!’

‘The Overgeared Kingdom...! How can a new kingdom have this much power...? This is Grid’s power!’

The media paid attention to the great procession of soldiers following Chris. They were excited to find proof that the power of the Overgeared Kingdom was more than the rumors. It was a scoop. But the real scoop occurred afterwards.

“An envoy from the Saharan Empire has arrived!”

“What?”

“Huh?”

the reporters were surprised. The

completely hostile since the tributes

sight of the envoy. He was already

reason why an envoy was sent here might be to test

worried about how the empire would pressure him. He was feeling anxious when the empire’s envoy came up to him. The people

declared to Chris, “I came to tell you the will of His

“What...?

tension. The tens of thousands of people gathered around him, the people of Reidan and the reporters of Canada were all nervous. It was a message from Juander, the ultimate person who could change the map

to convey? It didn’t seem to be anything good. They could only assume the worst. The

Kingdom. If the Overgeared King doesn’t want the empire to

“...?”

"?????"

air suddenly died down. Reidan fell silent. It was difficult to believe even when they heard it from the empire’s envoy. The empire wanted to make ‘peace’? They would make a truce with the enemy if the Overgeared King wanted

a big event in the continent’s history? No. The empire’s emperor always exercised absolute power. Everything was resolved according to his will. He

Due to that...

‘A scoop...!’

be an overseas

were convinced. The story of the empire’s envoy would be a featured

to the great

the envoy elsewhere. Due to this, the reporters didn’t know what happened afterwards but it wasn’t a

“Logout!”

about their original purpose

***

requested to make peace with the

power of the Overgeared Kingdom is much

in history, the empire is engaging in ‘diplomacy’...

even the absolute ruler of the West Continent aware of it,

thought it was

“What’s this situation?”

doing this? Why was he requesting to make peace with them? In order to make peace, he was even willing to sign a

there

the God Hands. He was feeling confused when

“It’s Lauel.”

“Good! Come in!”

changed recently so he thought that Lauel could resolve his questions. Grid wanted

"Great.”

“What?”

assembling an

“...?”

expression like

most of their

“...”

empire recognized that it was dangerous to deal with both Overgeared and Valhalla at the same time, making them pull out a carrot. The emperor had to start diplomatic actions. I am sure that the name of Your Majesty will remain in the history

understand why the empire felt a threat? Can’t the power of the empire destroy both Overgeared and

also because

“Because of me?”

Lauel laughed.

the descendent of the Undefeated King appear in Valhalla and push the Red Knights to the point of collapse? The

“Ah...”

moment he used 100,000 Army Massacre Sword in the war, Grid was misunderstood as

is afraid