Overgeared

‘It’s difficult to adjust to this body.’

Hao was a martial artist ahead of being a high ranker. In reality, he was a monster who practiced martial arts around the world to the limit. He had a transcendent body in Satisfy and the real world. Thus, he was forced to feel a lot of dissatisfaction with the newly granted body in Battlefield.

It was a rotten body equivalent to a level 10 character in Satisfy. Heavy, slow, and weak. Hao’s perception was already far away while his body was still in place. Hao filled that his whole body was covered with shackles. He was shocked that he wasn’t even aware someone was watching him.

‘But.’

Hao thought. This unreasonable situation, it wasn’t just him. All other participants were experiencing the same thing. He wasn’t the only one disadvantaged. It was an equal situation. Hao tried to identity the man in front of him.

‘It isn’t Kraugel.’

Kraugel was the strongest person that even Hao envied. It was absurd that such a person would say that they wanted to test their abilities. Hao identified the blunt weapon in the man’s hands and thought of a few people.

‘Damian, Vantner, Toban, Bubat, Shane, Ronam...’

They were the rankers who focused on blunt weapons. Among them, Damian favored the sword. But he was a paladin, so he was probably used to blunt weapons. Hao thought about it and came to a conclusion.

‘Damian.’

Hao decided since Vantner, Toban, Bubat, Shane, and Ronam were two or three levels below him. He was sure that this was the truth.

‘If they saw my skills, they wouldn’t dare come forward.’

On the other hand, Damian was different. Damian, one of the few people who played a close match with Grid in the last National Competition, was Hao’s competitor.

‘But that’s in Satisfy.’

In Satisfy, Damian reigned as the pope. As the pope, his skills composition was beyond the realm of a player. Hao couldn’t guarantee victory. But this was Battlefield. This was a separate world where he didn’t need to be afraid of Damian’s fraudulent skills.

‘If we fight under the same conditions, I will definitely be superior.’

Supak!

Hao promised and moved the spear in a straight line. It was the basic thrust of the spear. Hao had steadily trained in the sword for 20 years, but he also had considerable skill with the spear. Moreover, he had Weapons Mastery and often used the spear in Satisfy. He was able to use spear techniques with a lot of difficulty.

Then why use a basic thrust? Difficult techniques would just grab his ankles. Hao judged that it was counterproductive in his present body. It would just expose gaps. Thus, he decided to rely on the most familiar and efficient basic operations. The result?

Puok!

Hao’s basic thrust was very powerful. Hao guessed that his opponent was Damian. In other words, Hao’s spear pierced Grid’s chest. Grid couldn’t respond to Hao’s spear, which moved through the shortest route. Grid recognize that Hao’s spear was coming almost at the same time that Hao’s spear reached Grid’s chest.

‘This is my chance!’

Hao immediately withdrew the spear. He wanted to accumulate damage with continuous stabs. But he couldn’t pull the spear back. It was because Grid moved forward the moment Hao started to retrieve the spear. The distance between Grid and Hao narrowed in an instant. It was a distance where Grid’s blunt weapon could be effective.

Peng!

Grid rush and the blunt weapon narrowly brushed by Hao’s head.

action won’t stop

his ears, Hao felt pity that he could only deal fixed damage. Normally, that attack would be enough to

Puuok!

and retreated, security a safe distance for the spear. Then he stabbed without hesitation. Grid

Peng!

to avoid Grid’s attack. He turned his spear to recover. Once his waist was back in its original

Pakak!

struck Grid’s forearm! Grid accumulated 3 damage in

‘Vantner or Toban?’

level was lower than expected. Hao realized that his opponent wasn’t Damian

once while he was hit

too obvious.

courage

-That’s the current Grid.

frustrating to challenge Hao. Did

Cheook!

again. Then Grid moved to the left and right in front of Hao. The movement was too ludicrous to be simple evasive action. It was

‘These movements...!’

Hao’s eyes widened.

-Eh...?

-Isn’t this vaguely familiar?

felt something strange. Then Grid’s blunt weapon struck

Peng!

The second blow.

Peeng!

The third blow.

Kwajak!

several blows. On the other hand, Grid avoided all of Hao’s stabs. It was the side

“Grid...!”

a trembling voice after finding out who he was fighting

Grid retorted.

best with behavior the body is

and was the ‘base’ of Grid. Grid reminded himself. Unlike other skills that could be activated just by crying out the skill name, this damn skill had the disadvantage of going through a ‘process’ before

Battlefield. The unavoidable accumulation of experience was sublimated into a powerful

“Pagma’s Swordsmanship.”

again. It was the skilled footwork that had been repeated hundreds of thousands of times. The moves he used to approach

“Kill!”

Peeng!

raising the killing intent. Unlike Satisfy, the damage was only 1. However, the momentum expressed

have suffered 1

“Kuk...!”

to breathe as he was beaten by Grid’s attacks. The notification window reminded Hao of reality. He recovered his composure. But Grid already had

“Endless Pagma’s Swordsmanship!”

used the footwork for Link, Kill, Wave, Pinnacle, and Revolve.

Peok!