Overgeared

Seven players from six countries participated in breaking the hero. There was a ‘Hero’ in the center of the stage.

"Are you challenging me?”

A black-haired man asked with a nonchalant face. He was the ‘Hero.’

***

[Breaking the Hero]

It was the event Peak Sword was participating in. The participants would fight one on one with the Hero and the contestants who defeated the Hero the quickest would win. It was an ordinary time attack game. However, the public’s expectation for the event that was debuting this year was very big.

It was due to the identity of the Hero. It was the PvP winner of the 2nd National Competition, Kraugel. That’s right...

To be precise, the Hero was a ‘doppelganger’ who duplicated Kraugel’s stats and skills from last year. How many of this year’s contestants could fight against the strongest player last year? Breaking the hero was enough to stimulate the curiosity of the public and attracted a great deal of attention long before the 3rd National Competition began.

『 Chris from Canada, Damian and Katz from Japan, Pon from Spain, Regas from the United States... The participants are amazing. But the number of participants is much lower than expected. Why? 』

『 This the majesty of Kraugel. It might be the Kraugel from one year ago, but Kraugel of last year is still recognized as the ‘best.’ How many would dare challenge him? I think it’s great that there are seven participants. 』

Some experts interpreted this way, but reality was different. The reason why other players didn’t participate in breaking the hero wasn’t because they feared Kraugel’s doppelganger.

“What’s the point of knocking down a ghost of the past?"

The Argentina team’s waiting room. Soul Predator Seuron scoffed as he confirmed the participants of breaking the hero.

“Pathetic losers. If you want to be a real hero, you should play in PvP.”

It wasn’t just Seuron. The elites of the other countries also laughed at the participants of breaking the hero. What was the pointing of winning a fight with the Kraugel from one year ago? It was clear that this year’s Kraugel would be much stronger than last year after becoming a Sword Saint. They had to fight and win against this year’s Kraugel in order to be qualified to win the title of the strongest.

‘Breaking the hero is nothing but a refuge for the cowards who don’t dare to challenge the true Kraugel.’

The people who thought like this didn’t realize that all the participants in breaking the hero were members of Overgeared or deeply related to the Overgeared Guild.

***

"In the end, we gathered like this.”

1st on the unified rankings, Chris. He broke the expectations of many people and participated in breaking the hero instead of PvP. Then he greeted the other participants.

Pon, Regas, Peak Sword, Katz, Ibellin, and Damian. All the participants except for Damian belonged to the Overgeared Guild and Damian was a famous Grid fan. The people who challenged the non-PvP event, breaking the hero, had one thing in common. They were those who knew the power of Grid’s new sword, the Enlightenment Sword.

In particular, Damian had the direct experience of dying from the Enlightenment Sword. That’s right. The reason they didn’t participate in PvP wasn’t because they were afraid of Kraugel like the other strong players thought. Grid was scary.

“But...” Katz ignored the other participants and talked to Peak Sword and Ibellin. "Isn’t it too difficult for guys like you to challenge Kraugel?”

It was a realistic question, not a hurtful one. Peak Sword and Ibellin were vulnerable to Kraugel. It was suicide for Peak Sword to compete one on one against the nimble Kraugel, since Peak Sword had a big delay after attacking. Ibellin was very talented, but he was still inexperienced. He couldn’t handle Kraugel’s skills.

Ibellin replied ambitiously, "I don’t believe I can win! But I think this is a good chance to measure my skills! I’m determined to use today’s challenge as a platform for my growth!”

On the other hand, Peak Sword...

“Hut. The Japanese have such futile hobbies? You don’t need to worry about me.”

were very

laughed. "It’s nice that you have faith. But it won’t be easy. Don’t you know? It will

event, the chances of Canada being ranked first would be increased exponentially. Chris had an obligation and a desire to win. Chris’ eyes showed his desire not to yield

power of their countries. It was like there were flames in their eyes as they looked at each other. However, their eyes were amiable when they looked

but he muttered with a calm expression. "...I will

***

Damian have an 80% chance of winning in breaking the hero.

the unified rankings while Damian has been the pope

his greatsword, so he’s likely to kill the Hero faster than Damian. Apart from these two, Katz seems to have high odds. Katz has

On the other hand, it’s questionable if Pon and Regas can win. Their strength is in their control, the same as Kraugel. It will be difficult for them to

Sword and Ibellin are highly likely to

started speculating ahead of the match. The evaluation of Peak Sword was very cold. Peak Sword had a disadvantage against Kraugel because the characteristics of

couldn’t

very difficult

but there are too many vulnerabilities when fighting solo. There’s no answer when

they thought, it was difficult to expect anything from Peak Sword. People thought that the chance of

Sword has the highest

who knew exactly the

paper body. He

year’s National Competition. The Iyarugt’s Sheath that was made from it fit very well with Peak Sword. It wasn’t something Grid intended from the beginning, but it ended up

Duguen! Duguen!

Grid’s expectations were amplified.

***

Wahhhhh! It’s an overwhelming

Jjejeong!

Jjeejeeeong!

Hero, did as well as everyone expected. He blocked the swift attacks of the Hero while

Puok!

body of the Hero was damaged by the

“Cough!”

was instantaneously amplified. The Chris of last year wouldn’t have been able to handle the Hero in this state. But Chris had been hunting harder than anyone in the past year. This was how he could maintain the number one ranking. He had encountered Super Sensitivity

In the end.

Kwajajak!

19 minutes to turn the Hero to grey. It was 20 minutes

“Wow, really great.”

a year

Now one year later. No, to be exact, it was one year and three months. Last year’s Kraugel was no longer the best. He seemed like nothing in

again defeated by Damian, who used the strong defense of a paladin, various buffs, and the pope skills to win. Damian took 20 minutes and 55 seconds to take down the Hero. It was two minutes slower

"Ugh, gold medal...”

became frustrated by the fact that he lost first

‘What a monster...’

their mouths. It was because Damian’s attack was incredibly powerful. It was comparable to a major damage dealer using the greatsword. His defense was also several times

him get beaten

didn’t know he was

Overgeared members pledged not to

Then.

"I’m next.”

on stage without any