Overgeared

1.6 seconds. It was the time it took Tarma to reach Grid with Shadow Shift. After that, Tarma’s dagger stabbed Grid’s shoulder and it took another 0.5 seconds for Grid’s sword to reach Tarma’s body.

Yes, just 2.1 seconds. It was the time it took to defeat Tarma. It broke his previous record of 3 seconds.

“...”

Tokyo Dome fell silent.

Duk.

Some viewers in South Korea dropped their jokbal on the floor. They were eating spicy jokbal instead of chicken. The viewers and TV commentators belatedly opened their mouths.

『 Skill... Player Grid has acquired a powerful skill. 』

『 Ah...! Yes! C-Correct! That’s right! 』

Most of Grid’s attack skills required the preparatory actions of a ‘sword dance.’ Sometimes it was an advantage, but there were more disadvantages. There were blind spots compared to the immediate skills of the combat specialized classes. It was viewed as Grid’s weak spot. This year’s Grid had overcome his weakness.

『 Player Grid is a hero who captured the Behen Archipelago. He seems to have acquired the strongest skill as a reward from the Behen Archipelago. 』

『 He’s born again as a complete body... 』

Nobody expected that what Grid used to kill Tarma was a ‘basic’ attack. No, they couldn’t even imagine it. People rarely imagined things that broke common sense. The experts interpreted it as Grid acquiring a new ultimate skill. The audience and viewers saw the replay video that was repeated several times and agreed.

『 A quick fire skill boasting a range that even the fastest assassin can’t avoid... Ah! Maybe it’s a black fire dragon...! 』

『 Black fire dragon...? Do you mean the power that Player Lauel mentioned several times? 』

『 Yes, that’s right. Lauel had said it in an interview with various media. The power of a black dragon was sealed in his right hand and he served his master Grid with this power sealed. Maybe Grid has released the seal of that power... 』

『 I think the black fire dragon is a reward from some type of quest. It’s really scary if it’s true... 』

This was an interpretation that started to spread, but few people were concerned about this part. It didn’t matter if it was a black fire dragon or not. Either way, Grid had acquired the ultimate skill. The anticipation towards the battle between Grid and Kraugel increased.

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"Player Tarma! Tell me how you feel about being logged out in two seconds!”

"Shut up!”

After the match. Tarma hurriedly came down from the stage like he was ashamed. He was terrified. He feared Grid who disbanded Blood Carnival... The fear that he had forgotten filled Tarma’s body and mind. Tarma’s body was shaking as he rushed to the waiting room. Tarma realized. The fact that the power gap with Grid couldn’t be filled up no matter how he struggled.

‘I can’t face that monster.’

what type of harm he would come to from

Scoff.

“...?!”

away with a pale face. Zhang Zheng was leaning of one

you think it makes sense to die in one blow? The old generation

“You..!”

His grudge against this bastard, who didn’t even know Grid’s power, was very large. His eyes instantly filled with killing intent. But it quickly died down. Tarma confirmed that there were bodyguards by

me? This small fry who was just born? I think

a third-generation

new rookies were born every year. They used the know-how accumulated by senior players and information released to the world to speed up their growth. They believed that their growth was faster than their predecessors due to

die in two seconds. You will die in a single strike from Grid. Grid is a monster and

hoped it would be like this. He didn’t like

the day would come when I will

Tarma disappeared after ranting.

"This dog only knows how to talk! I will show you how incompetent

to developed. This also applied to humans. There were far more great people in the science age than in history. The new generation was unconditionally better than the old generation. These were Zhang Zheng’s thoughts. It

***

won’t

“...”

back to the waiting room. Grid met Bubat, who was waiting for him. There was a bitter smile on Bubat’s

defeated by Zhang Zheng. I have no

overlooked because he kept being defeated by Grid. It was the limits of a Crusher. After all,

years to acknowledge

weak people. I thought I was really strong. Therefore, I was burning with a will to challenge you. But I realized it in this fight with Zhang Zheng. It’s impossible to beat an opponent who has reached a certain

“Hrmm...”

been three years since the start of his bad relationship with Bubat and there was no reason to like him. Grid was clearly aware that Bubat took part in the invasion of Patrian and put the Overgeared Guild in a crisis. Such

"No, I don’t mean to burden you. It’s too presumptuous to try and start

recalled the phone call to his wife a moment ago. The shock

you don’t

called

Please be careful. If that type of person wins

daughters and other children. Bubat wanted to provide information to help Grid

rookie. Zhang Zheng’s armor has an option of reflecting

terrible when thinking of Grid’s strong attacks being reflected with three times the damage.

times the damage reflection.. Hmm, I

nodded with a calm expression

Step step.

“...”

knew what he did to Grid and the Overgeared members. He couldn’t expect to be

"You are weak."

“...”