Overgeared

With Garam’s words, the scattered puzzle pieces joined together in Grid’s mind.

The sudden occurrence of the East Continent quest... The reason why only blacksmiths could participate even though the blacksmiths could never clear the contents of the quest... The questions about the abnormalities were now resolved.

‘Yes... It is a quest that only I could reach.’

Grid was being aimed at. He was surprisingly calm after realizing this. After all, he had found Pagma’s Rare Book because of a quest NPC, so it wasn’t systematically impossible. In the first place, the majority of players’ quests were given by NPCs.

Grid pulled out a health potion, but Garam didn’t stop him from drinking it. Instead, Garam snorted and spoke like it was ridiculous, “Trivial and ignorant person. You have committed three sins.

“First of all, an ignorant person succeeded a yangban’s skills. It might be Pagma’s skills, but your presence alone undermines the quality of all yangbans. Your presence deserves to be erased.”

Tong, tong, tong.

There was a chain of small explosions around Garam. An invisible wind was hitting the space. The interval was shortened, and it occurred more frequently.

“Second, you dared reject my proposal. You rejected the glory of being my slave. An ignorant person like you is supposed to obey the yangbans. Do you deserve to enjoy yourself? No.”

Tong!

[You have suffered 5,800 damage.]

Tetong!

[You have suffered 5,800 damage.]

[You have suffered 5,800 damage...]

By the end of Garam’s second statement, Grid had become bloody. He was swept away by the power of the invisible wind and bounced around like a billiard ball. Every time there was a sound, his body was injured and he groaned. Grid looked like a doll being bounced around, and Garam found it ridiculous.

“Third, you hurt me. The ordinary people are livestock. You are raised according to the taste of us yangbans and then slaughtered. Yet you dared to extend your claws and hurt me.”

It was Linked Kill Wave Pinnacle. Grid had linked four of Pagma’s sword dances and dealt a shallow cut to Garam’s skin. The pain that Garam felt at the time had been unfamiliar and uncomfortable. It became a nightmare for him every night.

“Verdict, you are sentenced to death.”

The power of the wind hitting Grid grew stronger and faster, becoming like a storm. It swept Grid’s body away, and he slammed into the cave ceiling. The storm moved around Grid like an angry beast. He was hit and sliced at repeatedly. 20cm, 30cm, 40cm, 50cm...

Every time the storm moved, Grid’s body was pushed deeper into the ceiling. In the shaking cave, Grid’s vision spun around and around. Blood gushed from Grid’s body, and the smile on Garam’s face grew wider.

“Trivial thing.”

It felt like a 100-year-old blockage had been relieved. His pride that had fallen to hell because of this bug had finally been recovered. Garam hummed as he saw Grid’s dying appearance.

“...Transcended Link.” Grid, whose health had fallen to a breathtaking level, had been waiting for his fighting energy to reach 100% before beginning to fight back. Despite being deeply embedded into the ceiling, he unleashed dozens of energy blades.

“...?” The red and purple aura around Grid’s body warned Garam of something. He was surprised and moved the storm pressure that was around Grid. The storm became a mild warm wind and surrounded Garam like a shield. The energy blades of Transcended Link were all canceled out by the shield. However, Grid’s situation had improved. He gained freedom and landed on the ground. Then he took out a new potion and drank it.

“XX, this sucks,” Grid cursed in a trembling voice before looking at the frightened blacksmiths and residents who were remaining. They felt helpless after seeing their companions explode like watermelons. The absolute gesture of a transcendent had deprived their unfortunate companions of their lives. This made those who survived feel doubtful and sink into despair.

“Did you have

Who are you

the residents. The people you

so I killed them. Nobody

“Bugs... Ants...”

him, and the residents, who couldn’t bear to leave and protected their home—Grid wasn’t very familiar with them. It was too short of a relationship for him to

his gaze shifted toward Tiramet’s Belt. Tiramet’s Belt was an item that had remained at the unique rating for many years. Its experience had been stuck at

breath. From the first day they met, Garam was a person Grid didn’t like at all. Still, he had to acknowledge Garam’s skills. Garam’s

a

red energy, turned his head. The trembling blacksmiths and

time for

be wary of

buy time, so escape with

understand the current

is up to here. It is because of me that you came to

much greater! Coming here

-...Thank you.

I wish you all

residents. The blacksmiths understood Grid’s feelings. Unlike the players, the residents only had one life. Thinking about the last three days they had spent making items, the blacksmiths felt the desire to protect the

to a meaningless life,” Garam said in a ridiculing tone once the people started to move. He seemed to have no intention of

The chain

steps... The dance strides were shorter than before as the Enlightenment Sword

“Linked Kill Wave Pinnacle!”

“You...!”

and Garam’s face distorted for the first time. Linked Kill Wave Pinnacle—the strongest technique that had hurt Garam previously—was being used by Grid

a short spear and started responding to Grid’s bombardment. Garam slashed his short spear and defeated the incoming energy blades, raising the spear above his head to block

expected this, so he wasn’t shaken. On the other hand, Garam

devastated the area. The cave shook and Garam stepped back. The blacksmiths didn’t miss this opportunity. They ran as hard as they

screamed as he was surrounded by flames. It wasn’t because of pain though. Rather, Garam was fine. Only the tip of

“Is your pride hurt?”

right. It was a matter of pride. Originally, Garam had been planning to trample on Grid like he was an insect. He had wanted to laugh as Grid died without resisting.

lifetime. He was using a weapon instead of a smoking pipe

The reach and speed of the attack was much greater than before. Garam’s spear kept stabbing at Grid and he moved backward. Despite summoning the light elemental and Blade Aiming at the Gods, Grid was unable to cope with Garam’s offensive. In

his short spear aimed precisely at Grid’s heart when he no longer had room to escape. It had an attack power which had dealt 10,000 damage just by scratching his arm. Grid would

and used

at Grid’s heart, was swept up in Grid’s sword and

“You.”

that leaped through space itself—Shunpo. The moment Grid deployed the counterattack, Garam used Shunpo and appeared by Grid’s side. The spear only pierced the afterimage that was left behind by Garam. Grid’s face was caught

have suffered 4,900

have suffered 5,150

of view isn’t properly secured. Your body has

literally became a mess. The bloody Grid couldn’t even groan as he was held by Garam. Garam’s

person. Why do you want to anger me every time? What the

transferred all responsibility for this situation onto Grid. He treated Grid as a sinner. However, Grid wasn’t a sinner. He was

staring straight into Garam’s eyes. “I… won’t... succumb… your...

begging, but his ears were contaminated. Using the power of the wind, Garam blew away the light sword and the Blade Aiming at