Overgeared

“Y-Your Majesty!”

What was this? It was an unbelievable sight! Mercedes looked at the sky with a devastated expression. Then Kir urged her, “Your Majesty? Are you referring to Grid? Then you should hurry. Isn’t it dangerous to be alone this deep in the forest?”

“Kuk!” There was nothing more important than her master’s safety. Mercedes looked at the elves and then at the ugly Kir before leaving without hesitation. She ran in the direction that Grid had flown to. It was only after she had left completely that Kir revealed his desperate situation. “Another unexpected expenditure...”

[Flying Money]

[-Hits the target and blow them away. It applies to everyone that can’t resist the smell of money, except a certain species.

It inflicts 1 damage to the target and blows the target 3 kilometers away.

Skill Resource Consumption: Gold in proportion to the target’s level and attack power will be consumed. The skill won’t activate if there isn’t enough gold.

Skill Cooldown Time: None.]

Flying Money was a survival skill that only a third advancement merchant could acquire. Since there were only two merchants who had acquired their third advancement class, there were only a few people who knew the identity of this skill. This meant people didn’t know much about the skill, and even Kir couldn’t grasp it accurately.

Why? That was because he’d never used it before! As a result, he confirmed that it was a very powerful skill that guaranteed a high survival rate.

“...430,000 gold was blown away.”

An absurd amount of money was consumed. Kir expected the spending to be great considering the effect of the skill, but he hadn’t expected it to be so big. When he saw that his number of gold had sharply decreased, Kir trembled. The operation to capture the elves had failed because of Grid, and Kir was forced to give up ownership of the world tree. This resulted in a total loss of 40.43 million gold, which was worth more than 48.5 billion won. The loss was so large that it was hard for Kir to bear.

“Dammit...! Dammit!!”

The merchant’s ranking wasn’t simply calculated based on level. It was also based on completed transactions and the total number of assets. Due to this incident, Kir would lose the title of 1st in the merchant rankings as well as many things he had enjoyed in the meantime. The expression in his eyes turned dark, and he felt suffocated as his body trembled.

“Hrmm, this is great.” Beniyaru laughed at the angry Kir.

It was natural for Kir’s anger to turn to her. “You! It is because you cried out for help!” Kir kicked Beniyaru’s face many times. He spat on her and then forced her onto his horse. “I will sell you for an expensive price.”

“Beniyaru!”

The elves tried to stop Kir, but it was impossible. Having been poisoned by the Yatan Essence, they couldn’t even move their fingertips. Kir was about to leave with Beniyaru when he shouted, “Knight Summoning!”

Three knights were summoned. They were named NPCs that Kir was proud of. Kir gave an order to the best knights that ordinary players couldn’t go against. “One minute. Kill as many elves as you can in one minute. Then take a few back to the city.”

“Yes!”

A deep grudge settled in Kir’s heart as he sat behind Beniyaru and rode in the opposite direction of Grid’s flight.

‘Grid! I will make you regret your actions today for the rest of your life!’

The screams of the elves rang through the forest behind him.

“...” Darkness filled Beniyaru’s empty eyes.

***

“...” Grid didn’t know where this place was. After being hit by a bag of money and flying a few kilometers away, he laid on the ground for a while. However, he recovered within a short span of time and got up.

“Wow, isn’t this absurd?”

The power of gold that couldn’t be resisted...? He never imagined that there would be this type of skill. If he had known that a merchant had such a dangerous skill, Grid wouldn’t have spared Kir.

‘I didn’t think it would be so annoying.’

Grid was aware that Kir had left the battlefield at the beginning of the battle, but Grid hadn’t gone after him. It had been a conscious decision to not place Kir into the range of 100,000 Army Massacre Sword. Why? It was because Grid had been confident that he could easily deal with a merchant who didn’t have a separate escape route. However...

‘Dammit.’

Having too much confidence was terrible. Grid felt the need to study.

possible about

in Satisfy. However, Grid was confident that he wouldn’t regret it. He believed that he could do it

should’ve used Mercedes more

ordered Mercedes to watch Kir in order to grasp some of his skills and abilities. There was a low probability that she could’ve detected the Flying Money skill and

but I haven’t been using

to be a top player while Kir was an insignificant enemy. Therefore, he had been careless. Grid had failed to maintain his concentration and ended up missing

is

on Braham’s Boots and started flying. There was no nervousness about the fact that Mercedes and the elves were left alone as he believed in Mercedes. Grid flew back to his original location. He smiled as he overcame all the

‘Kir, you stupid bastard.’

remained behind. She would take care of the remaining members of Kir’s Company and rescue

that Kir is still

could take his money. It hadn’t been out of ‘general consideration’ that Grid had listened to Kir’s uncomfortable nonsense from beginning to end. He’d done so out of patience to gain the maximum advantages. Grid intended to gain money by bargaining with a ‘merchant’ who was afraid for his life, giving Kir hope for his future. What if

his life. Um...?’

running toward him from

“What?”

was confused for a bit and then smacked his lips together with regret. “Did you already kill

I was worried about

Mercedes was surprised since Grid had only shown her a gentle appearance after acquiring her. Grid asked, “Are you that bad? You let go of the enemies that needed to be kept and the targets

it. However,

speaking to the silently bowing Mercedes, “Well? Return to the front line

“Yes!”

top priority, he understood why she had run while leaving Kir and the elves alone. Mercedes’ master had been attacked by the enemy and had disappeared before her eyes. Had there been room to think about anything else?

What if Mercedes were a player? They would be able to respond flexibly to the situation by sending a whisper to Grid or by checking the

limitation of an NPC.’ Grid felt strange whenever he remembered that players and NPCs were different from each other. In particular, his heart throbbed when he thought about Irene. Trying to shake off

to summon Piaro

burden to summon Asmophel, who was traveling all over the continent to find the Red Knights. Meanwhile, Piaro would have to return to the vampire city all over again. In the first place, Grid wanted the knights with high mobility since it was to track down Kir who had

“Huroi! Faker!”

summoning command has been

have accepted the

and Faker have

Huroi! I have come in

“What's going on?”

Faker immediately appeared in response to Grid’s

He couldn’t have gone too

to see the entire forest from the sky and demonstrate an excellent maneuverability. Meanwhile, Faker was an assassin who

“Yes!”

“I understand.”

idea what was going on,

few minutes after they

“...Ah.”

“...”

obviously been reduced. More than 100 elves had disappeared in the short time

her bound wrists and ankles

and just shook her head with a frightened expression. She was obviously afraid

this day had been caused by her. She felt sad because the trust Grid had built up with the elves collapsed due to her not being able

It isn’t your fault. Kir is the one in the wrong. In

Kir who had tried to enslave the elves using the excuse that they were just NPCs with an artificial intelligence. However, he knew that most people, not just Kir, perceived NPCs as bits of artificial intelligences or chunks of graphics. Just looking at the Overgeared members, weren’t there also players

Kir. He was just a bastard that money could be obtained from. Of course, that was until a few minutes ago. Now, the situation had changed. Grid took several deep breaths in an

how hard he tried, he couldn’t calm down. He had witnessed countless terrible and miserable things in the past, but why was it that he couldn’t adapt every time? Grid’s eyes were cold, and his hands trembled as he released some of the frightened elves

King Kir. What kingdom

-Lauel: The Gauss Kingdom

If we invade the city, does it count as invading the

high probability that a diplomatic problem

what happened. He had sent a whisper to Huroi after the summoning

My role in this life is to

-Grid: ...

They can’t

and the Overgeared Kingdom would suffer a great crisis. However, Lauel didn’t say this. After all, Grid was the strongest player. Lauel couldn’t control him under the reigns of ‘responsibility’

thinking from Grid’s position. How frustrated would he feel if he were suppressed by the guild and kingdom that he had built up with his own efforts? He