Overgeared

Originally, fighting energy—the resource of the Hero King—only accumulated in battle. It was a great pressure for Grid to use the Undefeated King’s Swordsmanship when it consumed fighting energy. Once his fighting energy dispersed and his stats fell, the danger was too great. Grid desperately wanted the ‘sword energy’ resource of a great swordsman.

Now at this moment...

‘Sword energy!’

This was an opportunity to look at how Pagma used sword energy in the past. Grid sensed it.

‘Sword energy will be released!’

So far, Grid had taken every opportunity to learn Pagma’s skills. He had gained them from hidden pieces, murals, quests, and the Hall of Fame. Grid had been able to acquire Pagma’s skills whenever he followed the arrangements Pagma had left behind. Then what about Great Swordsman Pagma’s Swordsmanship?

It was a skill that had evolved using the goddess’ blessing. Grid hadn’t learned it through any knowledge or hints left behind by Pagma. This meant it was half-completed.

‘I can’t miss this opportunity!’

Grid’s eyes widened. He hoped that in witnessing Pagma fighting Chreshler and understanding the Great Swordsman Pagma, Grid would be reborn as a genuine ‘great swordsman.’

“Huhu, look at this guy who has committed unpardonable atrocities against humans.”

Contrary to Grid’s expectations, a battle didn’t occur. It was because Chreshler stepped back.

“You want to point your sword at an old man who might die tomorrow? Hey, I’m 110 years old this year, 110. My blood pressure will elevate just from swinging the sword and I can die. Eh, you are a bad guy. I didn’t know that you would use such means.”

“...” Pagma, who had drawn his sword, showed no special reaction. He listened to Chreshler’s unusual words and replied quietly, “If you might die tomorrow anyway, does it matter if you die today?”

“W-What?”

“Your Holiness, please be prepared to die and teach me.”

“Hah! I have never seen such a shameless fellow! The cooked stew doesn’t taste right, so you added some politeness and boiled it again? It is the first time in my life that I’ve met someone like you!”

“Your Holiness, the current peace isn’t eternal. If you die after the first pope, the power to suppress hell will disappear. The age of grief will occur again as the forces of the Yatan Church rise and the great demons run wild without fear.”

“You know that yet you still sealed our church’s three treasures?”

“It was a friend’s request.”

“A friend’s request? Huhu, what ludicrous words. An insane person like you has friends? You don’t know what loyalty is.”

“I will become stronger.”

“...?”

the world without the need for the Rebecca Church and Franz. I was prepared for this,

his tongue. “Protecting the peace of this world alone? As the descendant

of myself as the descendant of a god. I just want to save humanity as a

kill this old man right now?

sacrifice will become an opportunity to save tens of millions of people, so it is righteous

an

him. Chreshler was disgusted with Pagma. “From a human’s perspective, you are out of

ready to

aren’t as sublime as you think they are! You don’t know? You don’t know because

the difference between a yangban and a human? A yangban lives longer and has gained greater power, but they are no different from humans. Our minds, our aversion to evil, and our appearances are the same as humans. We even bleed like humans. Every human is equal, so I will

he is crazy. Oh, good. It is better for you to die

like a sea that created infinite holy power. This holy power was exercised according to Chreshler’s will. Hundreds of thousands of spears of

already completed two linked sword dances.

“Flower Revolve.”

containing sword energy bloomed as they revolved. All the spears of light that aimed at Pagma returned to Chreshler. Chreshler set up a barrier of

can’t compare to them in swordsmanship.

your soul

“...”

aren’t

was dangerous. He shouldn’t be kept alive. Chreshler’s intuition told him this. He believed that

don’t sympathize with anyone. You are

were wrapped in five colors of light and flew to Chreshler. He applied over 17 types of buffs to himself and his battle gear. A too powerful force shattered the ground and shook the building. As Chreshler’s power overflowed, Grid felt naked. He

-!

him and Pagma narrowed, Pagma’s eyes didn’t blink once. A sword that followed the light—it was only after it penetrated Pagma’s shoulder three times that a sound was made belatedly, and blood splashed out. Grid saw the gushing blood that consisted of numerous

‘He avoided it?’

like a flash of light. It was originally the heart

Rage was a buff that Grid knew, but the other four buffs were unfamiliar.

-!

in the air, but there was no sound. The present world was like a paused movie. The blood that flowed from Pagma’s shoulder froze as thousands of droplets in the air. Against this backdrop, Pagma and Chreshler moved and exchanged blows. The sounds could only be heard after

“Transcend Kill Flower.”

Linked Kill

“Linked Revolve Pinnacle.”

Revolve

“Linked Kill Flower.”

“Transcended Pinnacle Kill Chop.”

dances

used by any hero. The beauty of it was unbelievable, and the swordsmanship seemed to pierce the sky, creating lightning.’ The description that Albatino, Khan’s ancestor, used to describe Pagma’s

because there was a huge gap in the Pagma’s Swordsmanship that he had learned and the description

who was covered in wounds, struggled to stand up. Meanwhile, Chreshler had only allowed one blow, but he was staggering. He used heal to restore the wound, but the 17 buffs