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.’

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[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.

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"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

be easy. Don’t you know? It will be very difficult to win a gold medal against

his country. Once he won a gold medal in this event, the chances of Canada being ranked first would be increased exponentially. Chris had an obligation and a desire to win. Chris’ eyes showed

was a fierce war of nerves between those who were regarded as the 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 at Peak Sword

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

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and Damian have an 80% chance

in the unified rankings while Damian has

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 a high chance of winning if he

the same as Kraugel. It will be difficult for them to

Peak Sword and Ibellin are highly likely to be eliminated.

Peak Sword was very cold. Peak Sword had a disadvantage against Kraugel because the characteristics of his class were weaker than the other participants. It was natural to analyze that he couldn’t defeat

couldn’t

will be very difficult for

team, but there are too many vulnerabilities when fighting solo. There’s no answer when his opponent is

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

has the highest possibility of

knew exactly the power of

has a paper body. He just needs to be

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.

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Wahhhhh! It’s an overwhelming attack

Jjejeong!

Jjeejeeeong!

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

Puok!

of the Hero was damaged by

“Cough!”

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 multiple times due to

In the end.

Kwajajak!

20 minutes shorter than the time it took for last year’s Grid to be defeated by Kraugel. He

“Wow, really great.”

a year is

of a fierce battle, Kraugel was victorious. 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 front of Chris, the first ranked player. Everyone was realizing how great

various buffs, and the pope skills to win. Damian took 20 minutes and 55 seconds to take

"Ugh, gold medal...”

became frustrated by the fact that

‘What a monster...’

and the other participants were unable to close their mouths. It was because Damian’s attack was incredibly powerful. It was comparable to a major damage

beaten up by

he was so

pledged not to be

Then.

"I’m next.”

was Peak Sword. He went on stage without