Overgeared

[You have been discovered by a magic power detector!]

[The effect of the Hooded Zip Up has been rendered ineffective and Stealth has been turned off.]

[The magic power detector is looking at you, and any actions considered dangerous in the next three minutes will cause it to strike.]

He had seen this happen dozens of times since he first entered Titan. Grid became a person in a plain white hooded outfit.

‘How much money do they have?’

It wasn’t just the palace — the magic power detectors were installed in ordinary stores, even including the slums. Just this was a small glimpse of the great wealth and technological prowess of the empire that ruled the continent for hundreds of years.

‘I can’t draw any attention to myself.’

Grid barely escaped the palace, suppressing the urge to rush as he headed to the north gate. He boldly walked down the street without covering his face and ID. Satisfy had a huge player count of two billion: wouldn’t there be at least one or two people with the ID of Grid? When he walked by on the street, he looked like a passerby to the people around him. There wasn’t a single person who observed him closely. If he hid his identity and acted suspiciously, he would become more noticeable.

Kwaang!

“...?”

The relatively quiet north street. Grid entered a new area without much difficulty since people were concentrating on the south wall. Grid suddenly stopped, hearing a loud sound at the end of the quiet street. Grid had heard this sound thousands, if not tens of thousands of times.

‘Combat? Who is fighting here?’

Grid could ignore it. He needed to get away from Titan as soon as possible, and not get caught up in an unknown fight. But Grid found it hard to just walk away. This was because a golden exclamation mark shone in the direction where the fighting was heard.

A quest signal!

‘A quest at this time?’

Who in the empire would give him a quest in this turmoil?

‘Who is associated with me?’

Grid found it hard to imagine, but he didn’t give up and kept thinking. As a result, he could recall one person with surprising speed.

“...Mercedes!”

The First Knight who shared a secret with Grid. She was committed to revealing the truth about what happened 12 years ago. In some cases, there was the risk of being exposed. The moment he thought about this, “Quick Movements!”

Grid didn’t delay and rushed over. Since Blackening was on cooldown, he used Quick Movements to greatly increase his agility and ran over to the scene of the battle. From there...

“Thank you for digging your grave yourself. Watch in limbo. Scream in pain and sorrow at the sight of the empire that you wanted to protect so much.”

A middle-aged man, who looked like a more bizarre version of Grid’s Blackening form, was threatening Mercedes. She was wearing a white dress and coughing up black blood. Grid received a notification window.

[A new quest has been created!]

[For Piaro]

★ Hidden Quest

First Knight Mercedes, who was digging into the truth about what happened 12 years ago, is experiencing a great crisis.

If you are unable to save her, Piaro will forever be labeled a traitor.

Save Mercedes!

Conditions: The survival of

increase in affinity with Mercedes. An event

episodes related

‘Isn’t this funny?’

couldn’t understand what was happening. Why was Mercedes in such trouble despite being comparable to Piaro? And

any case, this

a strong enemy being nerfed as soon as they turned friendly. Grid transformed one of the four God Hands into Lifael’s Spear. In the battle with Immortal, only one God Hand transformed so the remaining three God Hands were available

“Ugh...”

moment Mercedes moaned and was on the brink

Grid as he gave an order to

Puoook!

dealt 26,900 damage to

man threatening Mercedes coughed up blood and stepped back. The fact that Lifael’s Spear caused enormous damage showed that he was obviously a demonkin. And demonkin were helpless in front of Rebecca’s divine artifacts. Grid expected the demonkin called ‘Gyuratan’ to not be able to move for a while. He planned to use this

However.

“Overgeared King...?”

Grid’s expectations. He pulled out Lifael’s Spear that pierced his waist. His health

‘Transcendent named?’

as possible, he was almost at Mercedes’ location. This meant he was close

You were in league with the Overgeared King! This has made your betrayal

was a smile of joy on his face as he stabbed towards Grid, who was reaching for Mercedes. The weapon that Gyuratan wielded was a twisted,

Kwaaaaang!

“...!”

was paying

‘Autonomous artifacts?’

flew towards him. Lifael’s Spear, which had fallen onto the ground, also aimed at Gyuratan. Gyuratan allowed an attack from another golden hand and Lifael’s Spear, which flew from behind. Despite the numerous attacks, he was fine and only became stiff for a moment. Gyuratan withdrew the golden spear from his chest

King and Templar... No,

were slaughtered throughout the continent. The culprit was Overgeared. He was a strong man who had

build a kingdom. It is no wonder that you can

"Who are you?"

and Yura were the only ones who knew the relationship between Grid and the Yatan Church. Yet this demonkin

you also

nodded at Grid’s question. "You could say that. All creatures under

wasn’t the answer he wanted. Grid started

careful!” Mercedes was staring at Grid only to suddenly shout, “He will use

"What?"

alert, but it was too late. Gyuratan had started casting the magic circle from

“Naive guy,” Gyuratan ridiculed.

Kuwaaaaaah!

causing a gigantic hellfire to billow out and swallow Grid and Mercedes at the same time. The

to be able to handle two troublemakers at

delighted. He believed that Grid and Mercedes would vanish without a trace after being swallowed

should I

Sururuk.

his whites appeared amidst his pitch-black eyes. He returned to his human form, no, disguised himself as human and wondered how to report today’s events to the emperor. He never imagined that

“What is your weakness?”

“...?!”

up in Grid’s arms and didn’t have a single scratch on her. It felt like Grid alone had endured the explosion.

"Why are you fine?”

didn’t have any outstanding injuries, an unbelievable fact given that he

know why I

Grid’s sword struck Gyuratan.

Puoook!

the Enlightenment Sword. A human’s weapon was powerful enough to compare to