Overgeared

Ttang... Ttang... Ttang… Amidst the smoky gray of dawn, a hammering sound rang out in the serene forest.

‘It isn’t a matter to worry about.’ Mercedes shook her head in an effort to shake off her thoughts as she watched Grid sweat at dawn.

Why did Grid have Lorex’s axe? Who dropped these sets of armor?

Yesterday, Mercedes witnessed Grid putting the red armor and the big axe into the furnace, and her imagination ran wild. The feelings in her heart became complicated. However, Mercedes knew that the doubts and anxiety stirring her mind were nothing. After all, the worst things she could imagine had all happened in the past.

Indeed, she wasn’t in a position to feel angry or betrayed even if Grid turned out to be the Undefeated King’s descendant, who had slaughtered the Red Knights during the war between the empire and Valhalla.

‘The empire is a potential enemy of the Overgeared Kingdom.’

After all, the empire had the greatest potential to threaten the survival of the Overgeared Kingdom. It was the same even now. Mercedes couldn’t blame Grid for his activities which caused enormous damage to the empire. From Grid’s perspective, they were natural actions. Even if he did deserve to be blamed for it, Mercedes was now Grid’s knight. She had to understand and embrace Grid’s past, rather than hold it against him.

There was only one regrettable thing.

‘If Lorex had known about the relationship between Grid and Piaro...’

Lorex might not have died. Maybe he would be serving Grid by Mercedes’ side right now. Of course, this theory was meaningless. There were no if’s in history.

‘...It isn’t a problem to raise a fuss about.’

Mercedes was trying to control her heart when her ears heard something. It was a strange sound that came from nearby.

‘What?’

Was it because she was too immersed in her thoughts? It was shameful that she had allowed something to approach in this empty area. The frustrated Mercedes jumped up while rotating at the same time, with her hand holding a sword naturally. Then her sword hit a solid barrier, and a sharp metallic sound entered Mercedes’ ears.

Sensing the turmoil, Piaro immediately rose from his seat and was startled as he witnessed the sight before him. A huge cave cricket the size of a house was attacking Mercedes.

It belonged to an ancient species, creatures that had existed since the beginning. Having lost their homes as human societies developed and expanded, they had long since disappeared from the history of humanity. However, they were alive in the world tree’s forest.

“Urgh!” Mercedes was on the defensive.

The creature had a total of eight legs. Two of them were relatively short front legs, and there were four sharp side legs that were used as a shield and weapon. This gave the creature a combat style that was beyond human comprehension. The hunting instincts imprinted on the organism that had survived for tens of thousands of years were beyond measure.

In the end, Mercedes spread her silver wings and flew into the air in an attempt to free herself from the attacks of the cave cricket. However, the cave cricket’s long and resilient antennae detected Mercedes’ movements in real time. The cave cricket raised its legs and hit Mercedes, causing her to cough up blood as she was blown away.

“Ku....ock!”

How could a noble knight possibly be hit by an insect?

thoughts. After all, the giant cave cricket was

a wyvern’s scales, and its strength was higher than that of the bear-wolves in the daytime. Furthermore, its irregular attacks were hard to figure

It was a phenomenon caused by the giant cave cricket bending its hind legs. As this continued on, the ground caved in around the place where the cave

“Mercedes! Wake up!”

giant leap? Mercedes was staring blankly at the cave cricket high in

“Growth!”

the cave cricket couldn’t land on the ground and struggled among the trees. The giant branches were cut off by the front and side legs of the

with a white light that shook off the darkness. Meanwhile, Piaro was using Pounding Mortar without hesitation. Simultaneously, a huge object fell from the sky

rushed forward with her silver wings and stabbed the cave cricket’s bulging belly several

However...

“Uh!”

“Ha!”

cave cricket. The cave cricket’s weakness was that it was only active at night. Nevertheless, the strength of the cave cricket that had reigned as a supreme predator since the beginning was comparable

was stunned for a moment when she noticed the corpses of dozens of bear-wolves beyond the large trees that had been cut down due to the struggle. That was the cave cricket’s trail, and now it was planning to feast on the

started to detect its movements little by little. Piaro also thought of methods to deal

avoiding the frontal attack of the cave cricket. The ground shook every time the cave cricket’s front legs struck

and the portable furnace were located shook like it was going to collapse. Nevertheless, Grid was solely focused on his work. From the moment of the cave cricket’s emergence to the

place. However, the amazing thing was that it wasn’t an exaggeration. Grid was in a world of his own, one which consisted of him, his hammer, the anvil, the fire,

‘I feel it.’

ogre bones were tempered into their ideal form, and all their potential power was pulled out, causing the black mithril’s fighting energy to surge in response. Meanwhile, the rosar tin calmed down the ogre bones and

constant reoccurring effects of the Blacksmith’s Patience and

‘Now!’

Grid saw the end.

completed the

that his skill has once

laughing at the

the blacksmith god

god reaches -10, any items made (above legendary rating)

with the blacksmith

or purple depending on the refraction of light, was

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were burning with a silver flame-like energy. She couldn’t afford to hold back her strength in front of an ancient predator that couldn’t

the transcendent leap from those hind legs and the strength of a mountain, the fast and irregular attacks from the hard but flexible front legs, and the antennae and

was great. Mercedes’ body was wounded as she confronted the cave cricket with White

field and using Free

the cave cricket’s side legs, which had been used for defense, suddenly switched to offense. They breached Mercedes’ defense perfectly and stabbed her in the

set of armor, Mercedes’ leather armor hadn’t been repaired. Therefore, it hadn’t been working properly from the

Cracks started to form on the silver wings wrapped around Mercedes’ body. Dozens of sharp hooks at the tips of the cave cricket’s legs broke through and tore

it, she couldn’t shake off the despair in her heart. ‘How fleeting