Overgeared

Coke felt like he was sitting on a thorny cushion.

‘Am I misunderstanding something?’

On the day that the truce ended, this young knight would knock down all the Red Knights of the empire, and the young knight that Grid was pointing to was Coke. Coke had the lowest level among the people gathered here, so it was ridiculous.

‘Is he pointing at Royman instead of me? Yes, I misunderstood!’ Coke didn’t accept reality and looked at Royman on his left.

Yet, Royman was staring at Coke. The same was true for the other knights behind her. Everyone was looking at Coke.

‘No, it’s right?’ Coke’s panicked eyes shook. ‘I’m going to destroy the Red Knights?’

How...? What was this?

‘Ah...!’ It was naive of him to take this practical joke seriously. Grid lay a hand on the confused Coke’s shoulders just as he was thinking this was a joke. “Don’t be scared. There is still plenty of time. I will show you what it really means to be overgeared.”

“...”

Grid was serious. Coke was able to realize it since he had been steadfastly watching Grid as his fan. A fierce will shone in Grid’s eyes. It was a willpower he showed every time he spoke true words.

‘Does he really think I can go against the Red Knights?’

Coke was well aware of the power of the items that Grid showed but...

As his thoughts became complicated, Coke gulped.

He was happy that Grid trusted him, but he felt anxious that he couldn’t live up to Grid’s trust. Coke thought he was a failure before it even happened.

“How interesting,” Dulandal’s derisive voice entered Coke’s ears. Dulandal was laughing at Grid’s bluff. “I didn’t think there would be a person who would act so vainly before me... Interesting. It’s really pleasant. Is your occupation actually a clown?”

The prince’s mocking gaze moved from Grid to Coke. “The innocent lamb is already trembling with fear. Kukuk! Is this a cattle being taken to the slaughterhouse?”

The imperial prince wasn’t wary of Coke at all, treating him as a total nobody.

All the Red Knights were going to be defeated by this guy...? It was something that the imperial prince couldn’t imagine.

“...” Coke stayed silent.

After all, the imperial prince’s assessment was accurate. Coke was the peak of the second generation rookies and a player with exceptional talent, but that was all. He wasn’t at a level comparable to the strongest Red Knights on the continent. In fact, weren’t the high rankers who started the game a year earlier than him afraid of the Red Knights?

able to defeat a Red Knight after a few

why did Grid trust him?

might seem funny now, but won’t it be different

it wasn’t that Grid trusted Coke. It was that Grid trusted

blacksmith could have! Duguen! Duguen! The anxiety dominating Coke’s mind was lifted, and expectations filled its place. Coke was curious. How much could he grow when armed with

just a conversation. Empty talk is a waste of time.” Prince Dulandal had an unpleasant

his tongue and warned as he turned his back to Grid’s party, “You better keep one thing in mind. Next time we meet and you omit honorifics, I will cut

king above kings. To Prince Dulandal, Grid’s rudeness was an unforgettable insult. However, the reason he hadn’t immediately cut off Grid’s head was due to the emperor’s truce. No matter what sin Grid committed,

will flow to His Majesty, and my

highly and left while smiling with satisfaction. Grid watched Dulandal’s back with a

an imperial prince would be a big

stimulate his fighting energy,

hope the other imperial

was anxious that if the emperor’s successor showed excellent skills,

speak. She was very worried. “I heard about Sir Coke’s actions last night. He is promising, but his talent isn’t

the young knight to be stronger than she thought. However, the difference between the two couldn’t be easily overcome. The Red Knights were geniuses selected from among tens of thousands of nobles and were granted the swordsmanship that had dominated the continent for hundreds of years. They were also given the strength of the red energy, giving them the pride of the strongest. It might seem useless from

the new Red Knights will receive

clever and that her

worry too much. By the way, what is a

That’s why Mercedes was even more worried. She wondered if Grid had lost touch with reality due to

mastered martial

Mercedes’ answer surprised Grid.

the end, it means that he is good at everything? A jack of

jack of all trades himself. He knew blacksmithing, swordsmanship, magic, tailoring, and so

depth

blacksmithing, but what about swordsmanship, magic,

sword dance, and I’m often caught by how long it

difficult to use because

the sword, I can arm

enemies was because he possessed a variety of items, titles, and fraudulent skills. Yet his tailoring was still at the intermediate level. Ultimately, he could never be afraid of

in one field,

use the word ‘mastered’ for nothing. The grandmaster is outstanding in all areas. You should never take him

do you mean by outstanding in all areas? Can he use a sword better than a Sword Saint

“Yes.”

“Eh?”

feet of the grandmaster. Since the grandmaster can freely enter and leave the imperial library, he is likely to boast