Overgeared

‘This is a great demon’s ability?’

Four years after becoming Pagma's Descendant, none of Grid’s skills had reached the master level. It was extremely difficult to raise skill levels, which meant that the value of the Dantalian’s Knowledge Fragment was unreasonably high. This wasn’t even all of the knowledge.

Despite the two levels he gained from killing Hill, Grid had been disappointed when only one old booklet dropped. Then his thoughts changed after reading the description of the booklet. Rather than disappointed, he was now satisfied, and his admiration for it was far beyond his satisfaction.

‘Is there something like a blacksmith’s knowledge fragment? In any case, this knowledge would be a great help to Regas.’

Grid didn’t think about how much it could be sold for and the people it could be sold to. He had no intention of taking anything from his colleagues. Right now, he wasn’t frantic about immediate gains. It wasn't because he had become a pushover who easily gave things to others. Instead, it was because he was certain that the stronger his colleagues and friends became, the more they could be of great help to him and his precious ones.

Grid judged that the benefits gained from Regas acquiring Dantalian’s Knowledge Fragment were much higher than the value of a few coins. In the first place, he could get money easily.

‘Regas will pay me back like Jishuka and Yura.’

That’s right. Grid was unconsciously making a project where the Overgeared members would be indebted to him.

[The duration of Item Combination is over.]

[Belial’s Staff and the Lightning Sword Born from Enlightenment and Strong Desires have been separated.]

[The cooldown time of Item Combination is reset by the effect of the skill ‘Divinity’.]

The spear reverted back to the form of a sword and a staff. Aliburn was stunned as he watched Grid kill Hill and return the staff to his inventory. It was due to the familiar earrings hanging from the black-haired man’s ears. Aliburn was sure that the tasteful ivory earrings were Dark Bus’ earrings—the ones he'd worn during the mission to infiltrate the Saharan Empire. It was the strongest artifact with the Blackening ability, which turned the wearer into a half-demonkin once every 12 hours...

‘Is it him?’ Aliburn had heard the name of the Overgeared King.

It was impossible not to know the famous person who built up a new kingdom. Yet he was also the person who killed Dark Bus…?

‘No, it is strange to think that he killed Dark Bus. Dark Bus was performing a mission to drive the empire into chaos. There was no reason for him to be killed. It doesn’t add up...’

Aliburn denied it only to be surprised again. He noticed the ring that Grid was wearing on his finger. It was a thin black ring. This was Dark Bus’ Ring, which consumed the wearer’s mana and exploited the dispel function. Aliburn could no longer deny it. Dark Bus’ killer... He had to acknowledge that the Overgeared King was the Yatan’s Servants’ Slaughterer that he had been searching for.

‘He is a more famous person than I expected!’ Aliburn was ready to chew on Grid’s skull.

Simultaneously, some people cheered after seeing Grid kill Hill while others felt desperate.

“Overgeared King! The Hero King and Yatan’s Servants’ Slaughterer!” Aliburn’s scream soared into the sky.

It had only been two minutes. Despite seeing Grid take care of Hill in that short amount of time that the items were combined, Aliburn didn't shrink back. Grid was able to sense that Aliburn was a tough opponent.

‘He knows that I’m tired.’

Grid had already exhausted skills like Blackening on the way to the Vatican and then shortly after arriving there. Having placed Irene and Lord’s safety as the top priority, he had used most of his trump cards at the beginning. It also meant that Hill was strong and Grid wanted to get rid of some of the enemy’s overwhelming numbers.

In fact, the battle was going as he intended. Pope Damian's appearance had demoralized the black magicians earlier, and now they were on the verge of losing their fighting spirit after witnessing Hill’s death. Currently, the black magicians attack power and defense were lowered.

enough to be shaken by Hill’s death, and he was aware that Grid had consumed a lot of

caught me off guard with your divinity skill. But even

care about the power of a divine skill because he was familiar with them. He pointed a finger at Grid. The tips of Aliburn’s long fingernails were blackened, but it wasn’t nail polish. His fingernails had been stained by the blood of countless humans. Just like most of Yatan’s Servants, Aliburn was a terrible murderer. He could slaughter innocent children for his own ambitions and

“Warning Cannon.”

power to focus on his fingertips. Then took him another 0.5 seconds to fire it. It was one second in total. The focused magic power gun that Aliburn fired destroyed all the

Warning Sphere, and so on—this transcendent black magic had been presented to Aliburn by the

I kept as a means to harm Rebecca’s Daughters! It is an absolute power that can’t be sustained even by the Hero

was swept up in the explosion. The wall of the banquet hall where Grid was standing couldn’t withstand the shock and collapsed. The ground was broken,

“Grid!”

“Your Majesty!”

They witnessed the power of Aliburn’s magic cannon and thought it was unlikely that Grid was safe. Pope Damian and Lord were the same even though they were people who knew Grid’s skill and trusted him more than anyone else in

in a trembling voice while feelings of anxiety rose within him. The child wanted

from the past had been wiped out the moment Grid appeared. Her trust in Grid was absolute, and Damian and Lord were unable

their faith, Grid emerged safe and sound. His ring shone red as soon as he escaped from the dust. It was Dark Bus’ Ring, which dispelled the attack and became hotter as it devoured Grid’s mana. This was the sign of an explosion that was soon to occur. Once the ring absorbed 5,000 of the wearer’s mana, Skill Dispel had to be used two times in 10 minutes

to dispel another attack,’ Grid grumbled inwardly and sent a provocative gaze to Aliburn. He was planning to fight back after neutralizing Aliburn’s next round of attack. However, Aliburn was unexpectedly calm and just stared

‘Since when?’

and were being hit one-sidedly by the Rebecca members

they know about Dark

The members of the Yatan Church knew the characteristics of Dark Bus’ Ring and were inducing

Ring is too high. Dark

seconds left until Dark Bus’ Ring explodes. The explosion will permanently destroy Dark Bus’

thought about Lord and

to directly block the skill by making the ring come into contact with it. Dark Bus’ Ring rating was not legendary but unique because its utilization

“Hah? U-Understood!’

understand, but he followed Grid’s orders anyway. However, he

“Warning Curtain.”

that made all living

20 seconds left until

“Damn!”

forced to take special measures. He had to give up the ring. Although the ring was definitely a valuable item, Irene

Dark Bus’ Ring

yet he couldn’t remove it from his

nervousness reached the peak. Then a skeleton emerged from beyond the collapsed outer wall and used magic. A total of six magic power pillars sprang up,

option of Dark Bus’ Ring

in Dark Bus’ Ring has been consumed, and it has entered the

four seconds before it was

Pant... Pant...” Feeling like he had regained 10 years, Grid looked away. He held a killing intent toward the lich who suddenly appeared

was hiding somewhere

was filled with anger when he heard another

magic. He was upset about losing a great opportunity to get rid of Grid. Dozens of black spheres formed around Aliburn. The number of spheres wasn’t something that the Overgeared

Church. It was a bonus to warn the kingdoms all over the continent by killing their royal families. Yet the king of

Amoract had given him prior to the invasion could achieve his purpose. The Hero King? The Overgeared King? Hill had already weakened this unexpected variable—Grid. So, Aliburn

is the