Overgeared

“Kuk! Kuaaaah! Gridddd!”

Veradin thought it was a dream until he opened his eyes in the capsule. It wasn’t a dream but reality. He had died two times in a row and was forcefully logged out from Satisfy. Additionally, he permanently missed the chance to become a resident of the Hwan Kingdom.

Veradin raised himself from the capsule and couldn’t help questioning it, ‘How could he have that much power remaining?’

Penan had 3,000 troops. Thanks to the power of Merchant King Kir, there had been many rankers and soldiers armed with items, including the necromancers of Immortal. As such, Veradin had predicted that Grid would’ve consumed most of his skills and stamina in order to break through the elite troops and reach him.

No, the word ‘predicted’ was too modest. Veradin had been convinced. Grid should have been exhausted before chasing after Veradin. Even if he managed to chase Veradin, Grid shouldn’t have had the stamina to swing his sword once.

Why?

It was due to the special nature of the resource called ‘stamina.’ Stamina was different from ordinary resources such as health and mana. It wasn’t something that could be recovered with artificial methods such as taking a potion. A person had to unconditionally rest in order to recover stamina.

Logically, it was impossible for him not to be tired, even if Grid’s stamina stat was over 3,000 points.

‘Yet he was fine.’

How was this possible?

‘Did the Immortal members on the front lines surrender to Grid?’

Was that why Grid had stamina remaining? It was possible but...

‘It isn’t enough.’

Veradin wasn’t convinced by his guesses. He was frustrated because he couldn’t understand what had gone wrong with his calculations. In actuality, Merchant King Kir was to blame. When he spoke to Veradin, Kir had ‘reduced’ the amount of damage he’d suffered in order to maintain his pride. He hadn’t told Veradin that he had lost his unicorn to Grid! So, in the end, Veradin had been forced to make a false guess.

“...Surely, Grid doesn’t have over 4,000 points in stamina?”

If Grid’s stamina was this high, then his defense also made sense. Then new questions arose. What was the secret behind Grid’s extremely high attack power when most of his points were invested in stamina? How many intelligence points did he have that he could use magic? What was with his agility?

“...Is it due to him being overgeared after all?”

Veradin’s fist slammed down onto the capsule. However, he couldn’t exert a high strength with his lean body which didn’t have muscles. So, the expensive capsule was fine. Veradin was overwhelmed with a sense of helplessness, feeling that he was a small and shabby person. He had always been a victor in reality and in Satisfy, so his consecutive losses to Grid were shocking.

“Shit! Dammit!”

Veradin had wanted to become a yangban. He wanted to show there was a difference between himself and the two billion players. Someday, he wanted to put Agnus under his feet and feel an unrivaled sense of superiority.

“Grid!!”

His grudge toward Grid soared into the sky.

“...”

Veradin hesitated

had known that the identity of the

became filled with frustration and regret. He would’ve been a star that shone for a long time if

***

merchant, Muto—he had cooperated with Grid to sell the chandelier to the imperial palace and was on the track of unprecedented

rights secured with the support of the Overgeared Kingdom and made a pricing policy that satisfied the consumers rather than being greedy for profit. Now, hundreds and thousands of players came to the Overgeared Kingdom to

for the second rank. Muto predicted that he would reach the second rank in the merchant rankings within the next

ranking of the merchant, the higher the number of stores that could be held. Therefore, the value of

wanted to praise himself for having gained Grid’s favor even if it meant going against

with the current situation. Then one

anxiety. The 1st ranked merchant Kir, who was praised as the Merchant King, was visiting

‘Once again...!’

Muto. Muto believed that Kir was doing some political maneuvering behind the scenes and realized that the position he had

city was being invaded by Grid... He turned

at him with eyes filled with hostility. “Don’t look at me like I’m a villain. From my point of view, you are

confused. It was because Kir handed over the ‘account balance’

‘What is this joke?’

at the extremely confused Muto. “Accept it. This is a book that provides a comprehensive view of the Merchant King’s

What is this

careful question, “This evil bastard is pretending not to know anything until the end. You don’t know the plan that involves taking everything away from me and handing it over to you?

“What...”

and giving it to him? Muto’s brain couldn’t keep up with the discussion. Lauel patted

“...”

Merchant King. This is an order from

Duguen! Duguen! Duguen!

red as he finally found out the situation. All sorts of emotions bubbled up in

have a merchant, so Grid could only use

thoughts. Muto’s response showed that a new Grid fanatic was born. Lauel was pleased but he clearly distinguished between public and private matters. “Muto, in the future, you will gain an astronomical amount of money using Kir’s rights and the commerce of the Overgeared Kingdom. Do you admit

“Of course.”

give 70% of your

be between 40~60% if it was an exclusive deal. After all, Grid had secured the Overgeared Kingdom’s commerce rights as well as Kir’s commerce rights for Muto. It was would difficult for him to refuse a profit

Kir thought that Muto

‘What is 70%?’

the 2nd ranked Cecilia. This meant it was inevitable for Grid to rely on Muto. Muto was aware of this fact, so would he be satisfied with only 30% of the profits? 40% to 60% was

was as

don’t like that,” Muto declined

‘Look at this.’

Muto. He didn’t want to see them embracing each other. Lauel sighed. He didn’t show any signs of being upset at all. It was because Lauel had

understand. Then we will discuss this a bit more.” Lauel thought that 60% was a

will give