Overgeared

[Nefelina is checking your condition.]

[Nefelina believes that your stats are insufficient.]

‘Heok. Don’t tell me?’

What was the dragon’s blessing? Grid’s expectations swelled even more. The dragon was observing him seriously, and Grid thought she would make up for what he was lacking.

‘Will she increase my agility or intelligence?’

In fact, it was wrong to say that Grid was lacking power, especially among players of the same class. No, Grid’s average stats were so high that there was almost no one among the two billion players who had higher stats than him. Nevertheless, humans were animals who didn’t know how to be satisfied. Grid coveted more for his relatively scarce stats and hoped Nefelina would know his earnest heart. He had faith it would be possible with a great dragon.

However, the result was different from what he expected. Nefelina didn’t raise Grid’s stats.

[Nefelina has given you a blessing so you can overcome your deficiencies!]

[10% more experience will be gained when hunting monsters in the future!]

[20% more experience will be gained when hunting boss monsters in the future!]

“...”

That’s right. The blessing that Nefelina gave didn’t mean immediate results, but it was a driving force to achieve better results. Grid’s excitement was popped like a balloon.

“This is the blessing...?”

He wanted to deny it but it was true. The effect of the dragon’s blessing was already shown in Grid’s status window, and it could be described as an experience buff. Nefelina looked at him with a grumpy expression. “Is it a curse?”

“No...”

Maybe it was because his expectations were too high. Grid had wanted a dramatic effect like the goddess’ blessing that strengthened a skill. Thus, he felt greatly disappointed at the unexpected experience buff effect.

‘Ha, I can’t believe that a dragon’s blessing only gave me an experience buff. Once the buff duration ends... Eh?’

Grid once again confirmed the effect of the blessing and looked like he had been hit in the back of the head with a hammer. He was really shocked.

[Dragon’s Blessing]

[★ Growth Blessing ★

Additional 10% experience gain when hunting monsters.

Additional 20% experience gain when hunting boss monsters.]

“...?”

No. There was no ‘duration period’ mentioned anywhere. Perhaps?

‘Is it a buff that lasts indefinitely?’

Competition. However, Grid had a huge amount of reputation points. He could obtained experience buff potions by using the drawing machine of the Reputation Store. This experience buff potion gave an extra 20%

saw the dragon’s blessing and thought it was worthless. Now he realized it was different. The experience buff potion had a duration of three days while the dragon’s blessing was a permanent buff. It meant Grid would always get

is even 20%

able to enjoy a buff effect similar to the first place buff of the National

realizing the value of the blessing. Nefelina’s tail moved as she

admit it. Grid was reminded of the structure of named NPCs. It was practically impossible for a player to catch up with them since there was the player’s average level [email protected] correction effect, as well as their steady increase in level over time. At this moment, a possibility opened up before Grid. It was the possibility

“Thank you!”

empire, the Five Pillars, the grandmaster... And finally, the yangban

like they would always be ahead of him, were now right in front of his eyes. Grid was filled with joy and embraced Nefelina. Nefelina was currently in the form of a cute little dragon, so there

was suddenly hugged by the man. “Y-You. This majestic body...!

are so cute that

I-I am an existence you will

the air. The space reconstruction magic couldn’t cope with the currents of magic power and became

chef Idan was terrified

and shouted, “Destroyer of the future! Please fix

the evil eyes king. She just growled as she glared at Grid, “You were only able to touch me in the past because I was in the egg! However, it is

“Yes, yes...”

the egg? Now he knew why Nefelina was so good to him. Grid learned a new fact and vowed not to

***

to focus on hunting for

Panmir, not Lauel.

safest area in the volcanic

a volcanic area that contained the nest of a dragon Trauka and was a place where players and the empire couldn’t access. Panmir’s expression hardened. “Are you

“Yes.”

the dragon Trauka in the volcanic zone of Talima. One of the legends of the Legendary Great Magician Braham was that he ‘survived the dragon Trauka’, so it wasn’t necessary to explain how strong and ferocious Trauka

you happen

why I’m asking you for the

superior to Grid in some ways. It was because he learned the dwarves’ techniques. Grid knew that Panmir had visited Talima. He thought that Panmir would know a safe place in the volcanic area. However,

thought about it for

mistake. “Oh, excuse

hard to collect. In that sense, it was great that Kraugel had provided information about the Behen Archipelago and the Ether Diamond despite not being part of the same guild. Panmir waved his hand. “No, it isn’t that. The reason I thought for a

“You don’t know?”

to visit the dwarves and Talima thanks to the help of another

“Another force...?’

“Rothschild.”

a guild

a guild and

“Rothschild is that Rothschild?”

wealth and influence in Satisfy. They probably realized the value of Satisfy from the moment it launched and made a big investment. In any case, only the

just the

influence...? But I’ve never heard their name in

lower forces or supports other forces. It was an agent

bother moving in

like that. Well, I guess it is bothersome to deal with

you

there were occasional disagreements during the process. They figured it