Overgeared

The extremely honorable painting was a product of chance. The best painter in the present day had been lucky enough to draw an extremely honorable painting. It was a great fortune for a painter.

How easy was it to make an extremely honorable painting? Picasso created the first new extremely honorable painting in 177 years and gained a high reputation, high level, and hidden quest achievement. On the other hand, Grid...

[Protagonist of the Extremely Honorable Painting]

[*One time limited skill.

When used, your information will return to what it was when the extremely honorable painting was made.

However, it will only be the stats and skills information. Additional information such as titles, class, status, race, age, and so on aren’t affected.]

...He only received this intermediate skill. This was a skill with a save-point concept. It could be effective in the worst situation, but the possibility of actually using it was low. The moment he returned to the save point, Grid would lose all the stats he had built up. Grid was never going to use the extremely honorable painting. He had convinced himself he would never need it.

However, the story was different on the National Competition’s server.

[You recalled yourself at the time the extremely honorable painting was drawn.]

[The past memories, glories, and flesh will permeate the present you.]

[You have returned to the point when the extremely honorable painting was drawn!]

[Your level has fallen. All stats have fallen. Some skill information has changed.]

The wind blew, and his long hair was gradually shortened. The fangs and claws that were like those of a beast became smaller. The muscular upper body became covered with black armor, and the pair of wings turned into a red cloak. The three horns on the forehead became a beautiful and graceful silver crown. Grid removed the image of the Demon King and returned to his appearance from the time of the extremely honorable painting.

He was clearly weakened. Grid had lost three levels. The blacksmithing skill and Pagma’s Swordsmanship enhanced by the goddess’ blessing returned to their pre-enhanced state, and Pagma’s Eyes (Baal’s Contractor Version) and the stats from the 234 random elixirs were all lost.

The main changes that caught Grid’s attention were how the enhancement value of the Enlightenment Sword fell back to +1, the broken Valhalla was restored, and the cannon on the battlefield had reverted to the form of the God Hands. It seemed that the extremely honorable painting didn’t just affect stats.

In other words, the stats level included the effect of items that were being worn or in use at the time of the painting. Fundamentally, it was a skill to integrate with the figure in the painting. Thus, it was natural to return to his armed state in the painting.

‘It was just a few months ago.’

It felt like he had returned to a very long time ago. He was proud as he realized how hard he had lived. Grid first invested the remaining stat points he had saved and then used the goddess’ blessing.

[295 points have been invested in agility.]

[Pagma’s Swordsmanship Lv. 4 has been enhanced to Great Swordsman Pagma’s Swordsmanship.]

[Mastering the swordsmanship has increased physical attack power by 40%, the chance of a critical hit by 50%, and critical damage by 80%.]

[The time required for the footwork of the sword dances has decreased by half.]

“What is this?” This wasn’t a question Kraugel wanted to answer. He didn’t know how to answer it. It was rare for the always composed Kraugel to be shaken like this. Grid’s recovery of his items and his damaged body was an unknown area that couldn’t be accepted by Kraugel’s knowledge and information.

“I will tell you one thing. There is no more bonus benefit I can get from continuing to play the Demon King.”

any lies. That’s what Grid was saying. However, he didn’t mention that he was actually weaker because he had returned to a few

wasn’t that greatly weakened. Most of the points from the elixirs

“Go.”

gotten the right clothes that fit. Grid felt lighter after being restored to

“Drop.”

into a crisis. Above all, the great advantage was that it was an instant skill. Kraugel defended against the sword. The White Tiger

Duguen! Duguen! Duguen!

supreme person and the former supreme person—in the midst of the flames and thorns, the sounds of both of their hearts intertwined as one. Grid felt deep gratitude along with extreme excitement. The reason why Kraugel participated in the 4th National Competition was due to Grid’s request. It was his insistence

“I won’t disappoint you.”

“Yes.”

The two men simultaneously shook off the interlocked swords and made a big turn. At first glance, they seemed to rotate equally, but the intentions of the two people were completely different. Kraugel didn’t deny the repulsive force and instead used it to strengthen his next attack. Meanwhile, Grid

“Transcend Storm Sword.”

“Linked Kill.”

to cancel the other attack—rippled through the battlefield. On the slippery ground, the

out and guarded Kraugel. Suddenly, the weight of the White Tiger Sword increased, and Grid

ground. Valhalla vibrated and emitted a poison. Kraugel rotated his sword, and the wind caused the poison to go in the reverse direction. Grid activated Kill, and Kraugel used White Light Steps—which boasted hundreds of different paths—to

Kraugel’s counterattack would be blocked

“Crying Tiger.”

the cloak—making the concept of defense useless—and damaged Grid’s body through Valhalla.

“Full Moon.”

devoured Grid’s chest. Blood flowed down as Grid lowered his head. The camera couldn’t catch his face, but he was smiling. He was happy. It was the self-confidence he had been longing for. He could

soon to use the overgeared tactic of just hitting and hitting. The power

to be careful. Let’s aim for a

forced to defend against Grid’s instant skill,

“Weapon Ascension.”

was so great that Kraugel couldn’t defend completely and started bleeding. He twisted his body and attacked Grid from bottom up. Grid avoided the counterattack and stared up at the sky. The sword energy was soaring into the sky. The clouds were torn apart, and it interfered with the deployment of the Storm Demonic Energy Field. It was extremely creepy if

thrilled, Grid used Link. It was faster than the Hero, so Kraugel had yet to fully adapt to the speed of the sword dances. He failed to block it

“...”

“...”

placed the White Tiger Sword back in its sheath and took the

“...”

people watching the National Competition. Two

different from an archer pulling the bowstring. Grid would be a target even if he retreated back or rushed forward. He was already within Kraugel’s

the monitors with the eliminated players and spoke quietly,

and the fight would resume. Peak Sword couldn’t bear to

“...”

“...”

were standing still. Only the four hands and sword floating over their heads proved that time hadn’t stopped. They

‘...Item Creation.’

to draw his sword, Grid used a skill. The Immediate Item Completion Scroll

***

『... 』

“...”

minutes. In retrospect, there had been many hints. The S.A Group had always said ‘it will be a competition created by players’ when they discussed the 4th National

The person fighting against Kraugel now