Overgeared

‘This can’t continue.’

Goldhit anxiously watched Grid and made a hard decision after deliberating for quite some time.

'I have to release the lightning god.’

The lightning god, powered by the huge thunder stone discovered in the northwest forest of Titan 15 years ago, was a guardian that was the culmination of Goldhit’s knowledge, magic, and a huge amount of funding and manpower. Like the other guardians in the Tower of Eternity, it had basic resistance to physical attacks and also combined a magician’s magic power with the brute force of a solo number knight.

While it could only operate within the parameters of the Tower of Eternity, it was the strongest weapon that could advance the empire’s ‘Pioneer the East Continent’ project if its mass production project succeeded. In fact, Emperor Juander had huge expectations for the lightning god.

Goldhit opened the lid of the device powered by the thunder stone, awakening the lightning god.

“Never.” Goldhit gave an order, “You should never kill him.”

***

A guardian didn’t show up on the 32nd floor, just like what happened the 21st floor. Bookshelves crammed with books filled the endless space, and magicians sitting around in various places were indulging themselves in knowledge through them.

‘Is there a magic that can arbitrarily adjust the size of the space?’

The Tower of Eternity had different dimensions for each floor. Some floors were hard to measure, like the 32nd floor, while some floors were less than 300 square meters. The inner structure of the Tower of Eternity couldn’t be imagined just from observing its exterior. The building was so vast that Grid felt that he was exploring another world.

"Overgeared King, I will guide you.”

The stairs to the next floor couldn’t be seen anywhere? A magician approached Grid while he was looking for the way to go. Grid soon arrived on the 33th floor, thanks to his guide.

‘From here on out, it is real.’

From the 33rd floor on, the compensation for climbing a floor increased: instead of two, Grid’s intelligence rose by three each time he climbed a floor. If he could keep up this momentum and reach the 80th floor, it wouldn’t be much longer before he could learn Fireball.

Grid was busy thinking.

Creak.

He opened the door and came across a guardian in a form he hadn’t seen before. A humanoid guardian, with a body covered in gold. Its red eyes, pointed chin, and three horns were all threatening. The most striking feature of the guardian before him was the electric current that danced across the humanoid body. The pale blue light of the electricity intermittently flashed in and out as the dust in the atmosphere was burned away.

Step.

The lightning god, the humanoid guardian that caused minor explosions with the lightning around it. It looked just as threatening as the name.

Step.

Taking one or two steps towards Grid, the Guardian narrowed the distance between them in an instant. The outstretched hand wrapped around Grid’s head and slammed it into the ground.

Kwaaaaang!

“Kuk...!”

It was even faster than the lilith guardian! Grid couldn’t respond to the unpredictable speed and groaned on the floor, suffering a total of 4,230 damage. More than half the damage was lightning damage.

“God Hands!”

Grid had been fighting with his own strength the whole time, and shouted for the first time in the fight. The four God Hands appeared in response to the call, wielding Mjolnir. It didn’t reach, however, due to the lightning god’s magic. When one of its horns shone blue, an electrical barrier was created that enveloped its whole body, demonstrating the power to block physical attacks. The hands that hit the electricity barrier stiffened at the same time. The electric barrier wasn’t just protective, it also had the ability to reflect damage that it received.

Kwaaaaang!

ground. Swinging his sword behind him, flames were released, hitting the lightning god’s arm. In fact, they were the black flames that were considered as a physical attack. The lightning god wasn’t damaged, just like the other

his sword again until finally, the flames emission was activated. Grid was able to escape from the lightning god’s hands and started a

“Pagma’s Swordsmanship, Link!”

used the fast attack speed to release

dealt 4,100 damage to

[You have dealt 4,100...]

[You have dealt 4,100...]

....

...

guardian in all aspects:

Only.

‘Its health is high.’

health gauge was still high, despite being hit by 10 or more fire emissions. This wasn’t due to the lightning god’s

had invaded Reinhardt. He knew it. Magic power

dance. The lightning god released the magic power,

will

enough to deal with the lightning god. The destructive power of the lightning god, which combined the magic power of a magician and the strength of a solo

me the enhanced magic...!” Goldhit shouted

combined the magic power of a magician and the strength of a solo number knight, it didn’t have the ability to

“Revolve.”

that, the lightning god didn’t have the excellent swordsmanship of a solo number knight, meaning that it fell behind in techniques. To a veteran like Grid, who had fought against all kinds of legends, including

god. The lightning god didn’t have the skill to cope with the technique

“Noe!”

finally this body’s

Noe had fewer and fewer opportunities to play an active role. The recent enemies didn’t even allow Noe to get close, meaning the power of

of

‘cat.’ It had suffered a great deal of damage due to Grid’s counterattack, and ignored

opened and swallowed the

Noe has taken half the power of the magic weapon

increase by 3,113 for

have understood the knowledge and

skill Fireball (Enhanced)

skill Dark Cutter

skill Chain Lightning (Enhanced) can be

Weapon (Enhanced) can be

skill Decoy (Enhanced)

Spear (Enhanced) can

skill Mana Jamming (Enhanced)

wouldn’t work properly, and would just cause confusion instead. Braham left behind magic that he judged as necessary for Grid. In fact, Grid

"Decoy.”

bird-shaped mass of mana

Flap.

lightning god entered the mouth of a cat that it didn’t take seriously. It wasn’t aware of its weakened state, but it was attracted by the decoy. It

“Mana Jamming.”

in the air scattered, the lightning god’s mana reversed and stopped. The moment that

“Ice Spear.”

sharp spear of ice that was two metres long was