Overgeared

The Immortal King Grenhal, Beast King Morse, Drunk Duke Diworth, Golden Crown Basara—they led the army of their respective territories and drove the water clan out of the port cities around the empire.

There was no battle. The water clan fled whenever the armies appeared. The dukes took it for granted. They thought there was no one in the world foolish enough to go against them.

“Is everybody healthy? We are gathering together for the first time in a few years.”

The final destination of the four dukes was Galest. Galest was the largest port city responsible for the empire’s economy. Just two days ago, the ships were paralyzed and unable to sail because of Maxong, the water clan king. Maxong was like the god of the sea, and Galest’s troops couldn’t resist him. Yet even the fearsome Maxong fled as soon as he head the dukes had arrived.

Beast King Morse licked his lips with regret. “I thought it was a chance to tame the water clan king, but he ran away. I knew the different species were uncivilized, but I didn’t expect that even the king would have no honor.”

“A king of beasts is also a beast. There is no honor.”

“In any case, hasn’t the sea path opened? We can move to the rear of Reidan.”

“There are no ships that can depart immediately. The water clan king destroyed all the ships.”

“A beast used his head? This is embarrassing.”

“Do we need to hurry? Rigal has already taken over Bairan, so we can move at a leisurely pace.”

“Again? That Rigal is always fast.”

“The air force of the Gelder Family is the pride of the empire for a reason.”

Rigal had inherited the position when his father passed away. He had fought a total of 39 wars over the past 17 years. The air force he led had always been the first to strike and unconditionally won. It even boasted a 100% survival rate. This meant there had been no casualties in the 39 wars. It was a record that showed the dignity of the air force that shot at the enemies one-sidedly from a high altitude, making the air defense facilities of other countries meaningless.

“Wait until the ships are ready. Rigal will finish it anyway.”

The other dukes easily agreed to Drunk Duke Diworth’s suggestion. For them, a war was merely a game. The victory of the empire was natural. Thus, there was no anxiety or nervousness for them, unlike Rigal who was obsessed with building up his achievements.

***

The blue petals flew in the dark sky, and a subsequent black heat emerged. It was more colorful and beautiful than the fireworks produced at modern festivals. People were stunned. They felt a sense of loss when they thought that this rare sight would soon disappear. The flowers and the heat wave were so beautiful that they thought, ‘I wish time will stop.’

They were amazed that the cause of it was one player.

『 Grid...! 』 The commentators conveying the Overgeared Kingdom’s desperate situation started shouting. This was the best they could do. It had been less than four months since the end of the 4th National Competition. Grid’s combat power had reached a higher level. The current Grid couldn’t be summed up by the commentators’ knowledge and skills. Their words were limited.

『 T-The skill that Grid used in the sky...! 』

『 C-Casualties have started to appear in the air force! 』

『 The griffons who one-sidedly defeated the thousands of Bairan troops are falling! 』

『 Sky King Rigal...! He is bleeding!! 』

“Linked Kill Flower Pinnacle.”

It was only for one second. Seven blows were dealt per second and penetrated Rigal’s chest in succession. Simultaneously, 10 flowers with the energy of Pinnacle were automatically generated in the air and aimed at Rigal. Rigal suffered great damage after having Ultimatum returned to him, and he couldn’t stop the series of attacks.

[Linked Kill Flower Pinnacle]

[Four sword dances have been sublimated into a single field.

Fires seven energy blades per second that deal 1,850% physical damage. Every time it attacks the target, ‘Disarm’ will be triggered. Additionally, there will be a bleeding and desperation effect.

If there is a mark on the target, two energy blades will be summoned that ignore 65% of the target’s defense and deal 961% physical damage + 10% magic damage.

Skill Usage Conditions: Have a sword type weapon equipped.

Skill Sword Energy Cost: 400

Cooldown Time: 1

that proved why Grid still valued the combination of Link and Kill. It also proved why he was obsessed with Flower. The previous ultimate technique was Linked Kill Wave Pinnacle. Thanks to the goddess’ blessing, it dealt seven blows per second with

hour. Additionally, the sword energy was spontaneously ignited during the

Pinnacle, even if five marks weren’t left. Since the effect of Disarm was

target has

target has received 1,199,320

target has received 1,301,010

flames option effect of the Enlightenment

target has

target has received 678,300

has received

target has

was all he could do to endure the terrible pain that was worse than when

Linked Kill Flower Pinnacle

would kill him.

despite being hit by his strongest combination. Moreover, Rigal had a low level in comparison to the others in the Seven Dukes. He was always worse when confronting the other Seven Dukes. In particular, his level was several times lower than Spear Saint Rachel and Sword Duke Limit. Despite having the strongest air force that disregarded air defense facilities, it was obvious that his individual combat

to 60%. Upon a closer look, the health gauge over the wyvern had disappeared.

‘A boss mob!’

‘humanoids’ had a limit on their health. However, Rigal overcame this weakness through his

‘This is a duke...’

could win in a one-on-one match against a duke. This was a misjudgment.

Jishuka’s arrows which were invisible

suffered 14,500

strong impact has caused

[You have resisted.]

firing from a distance. Grid collapsed with approximately 30% of his health left, and Rigal pulled the bowstring again.

to spare. Rigal fired another arrow, and it became a signal. The thousands of air force soldiers behind Rigal

Grid’s death seemed inevitable the moment

the battle were able to predict the result. The same was true for the Overgeared soldiers and the people on the ground. Their captain—the king—would die. They

“I’ve been waiting.”

who had earned a high rank as the leader of an army, rather than an individual. As such, Grid had been waiting for Rigal to command the army. There were thousands of air forces. Grid wanted and hoped for the bastards, who had trampled on his land and people, to attack him in

Power. Queen of

two people. On top of that, Rigal’s arrow struck him. Then there were three and four of Grid. The effect of Tiramet’s Power created an orange shield around his body, and his health was restored to 30% thanks to the First King title. Even so, it wasn’t reassuring. Numerous arrows and spells filled the sky and then poured down toward Grid.

a short sword dance while observing as many arrows and spells as possible. Pagma had fought Chreshler and read the thousands of light spears

was impossible for Grid. The current Grid was dealing with arrows and spells that were comparatively slow to Chreshler’s light spears. Nevertheless, he couldn’t see all the attacks and recognize them as targets. Compared to the non-human Pagma, Grid’s perception and wits were lacking. It was why he opened up Belial’s Power and shared his vision with the clones. He used four fields of view to target thousands of arrows and spells, summoning hundreds of petals in the air. If someone looked closely, a

of petals centered around Grid. They collided with the thousands of arrows and

“...!”

turbulence. The returned arrows and magic turned hundreds of air force members to ash. Meanwhile, Grid was hit by some arrows and spells, and he fell to the ground. The tens of thousands of cameras simultaneously shook and caused the viewers

-...

The viewers became dumbfounded.

alone in the high sky. His appearance of returning some of the intense bombardment already caused him to go beyond the realm of a human being. People couldn’t measure or comprehend his

die easily. Your health is fixed

notification window rose in Grid’s field of view as he lay

to use Flower Revolve three

too high. Right when he had been about to use the fourth Flower Revolve, the enemies’ attacks had already arrived. Thus, he couldn’t deal as much damage as he expected. Grid was disappointed, but the

them? No. Yet for the first time

head alone isn’t enough! I will destroy everyone

arrows at once. He poured all his magic power into the arrows. He was determined to annihilate the Overgeared King lying on the

“Summon Knight.”

“...!?”

The presence of the two knights who appeared in response to the Overgeared King’s call was so

Grid. He knew that His Majesty the Emperor had sent away Mercedes

Piaro,” Rigal called out the

father must’ve died,” a response was heard. It meant it wasn’t an illusion. Rigal felt like he had seen

Rigal who had completely lost his soul, “We can talk later.

a shadow over his