Overgeared

The Saharan Empire had a history of thousands of years and couldn’t have produced only seven heroes. There were numerous heroes in the history of the empire, 12 of whom were awarded dukeships. It meant the original empire had 12 ducal families, but time was a scary law.

Families were corrupted or weakened as generations passed while others experienced misfortune. Five of the ducal families naturally disappeared or became traitors. It was the reason why only two of the seven ducal families currently in the empire contained the lineage of the founding dukes.

“Piaro?”

He was the pillar of the empire a few decades ago, the only great swordsman at the time, one of the most prestigious names, the emperor’s ally… and finally, the traitor.

“I must be hallucinating.” Diworth loosened his clothing as he stared at the farmer in front of him. The farmer’s eyes, nose, and mouth—they were all like they had been in the old days. His strong physique was the same. Only the wrinkles around his eyes were different. Additionally, the huge pressure that was like a great mountain had disappeared.

Diworth was able to glimpse the winds of time but not the energy. The farmer’s aging aura was no different from the wind, sand, and trees. He looked different yet the same. Diworth, who was trying to distinguish the difference between Piaro in his memories and the farmer in front of him, soon accepted reality.

“That’s right.”

It was the same person. The farmer was Piaro.

“I see. You’re not dead.”

In the days when Piaro led the Red Knights, the Red Knights were the symbol of imperial power and all the people raised them up. Diworth was the same. He hated Piaro but was forced to acknowledge him. When the empire sent a team to capture Piaro, stating Piaro would be punished for betraying the empire, Diworth was one of the people who failed to catch him.

“I thought you had left this world because I hadn’t heard about you for so long. I didn’t know you would be in the Overgeared Kingdom.”

Diworth thought the emperor might be pleased to know that Piaro was alive. His Majesty the Emperor still hated yet missed Piaro. Then there was a question.

‘Does His Majesty the Emperor know about this?’

The emperor had always been submerged in darkness after the death of the empress and Piaro’s betrayal. However, he had become bright again one day. He regained his energy. It had been around the time when Legendary Knight Mercedes was exiled.

‘Why did he banish Mercedes who became a legend?’

Did he know that Piaro was alive, and so he gave Mercedes a separate command to protect him?

‘It is possible.’

The emperor probably knew that Mercedes had gone to serve the Overgeared King. The emperor was more informed than the Seven Dukes. Despite this, the emperor hadn’t placed any restraints on Mercedes and wasn’t active in conquering the Overgeared Kingdom. He had only belatedly declared war to quell the complaints of the angry nobles after the Overgeared King accepted the evil eyes. The emperor didn’t force the Seven Dukes to participate in the war. It was why Rachel didn’t participate in the war.

‘Yes, he already knows.’

Piaro was alive.

he has forgiven

claimed, Piaro’s betrayal might’ve been a falsehood. If

of allied soldiers in the desert were looking up here. Thousands of

know

The confusion would weaken

possible that the relationship between the empire and the Overgeared Kingdom will improve

In the first place, Piaro would

that doesn’t recognize the empire as the master of the continent,

made a decision. He should kill Piaro right now. It was the only way to thwart the chaos,

do you know? I hated you for a long time. Every time I saw you clearly being better than me, my self-esteem was damaged. Now they are all old memories. I have no evil feelings for you.” Diworth was serious. “I will consider the old days

the other dukes had tried to stop the execution of Piaro’s family. They were clear on the fact that Piaro had been framed, and they petitioned to stop the execution. If

the other dukes are chasing Skunk who is

who was being watched by the empire. The dukes’ eyes had shone when they heard Skunk say he would

the alcohol scent vibrated. Diworth was prepared to eliminate Piaro in

die without pain and be freed from the

merciful to the old hero—a hated but respected man. He pulled out a bright and glowing weapon that didn’t fit with his appearance and swung it at Piaro. Then Diworth was surprised. Piaro didn’t give off the same strong atmosphere that he did in the

where you judge and act one-sidedly. Do you still hurt the soldiers when you get drunk?” Piaro clicked his tongue as the air surrounding him started to

ground, the sand, and the weeds—all the surrounding nature lost their energy. The cause of that was

back his sword. He had heard of Natural State before. “It

was actually stronger than before. The form of swordsmanship had transformed into farming, but it had evolved instead

“Free Farming.”

nature lost all its energy, the space became weightless and the floating Piaro raised the hand

Grid appeared and stopped Piaro. “Piaro and Mercedes, destroy

magic had a shape, establishing a formula they could respond to and counterattack. Of course, if one of the two forces colliding with each other were

a heavy weight. It couldn’t be offset by ordinary weapons, skills, or magic. The system judged an attack with

the flying rocks, and the walls had to be preserved. The most rational thing was to break the catapult

have the ability to break the catapults placed in hundreds of thousands of troops. Long-ranged skills such as 100,000

of you.” Grid approached Piaro

his knights dying. Now Grid had a sense

that you will complete the mission and

believe in and rely

will keep that

in them deepened. Piaro and Mercedes were thrilled and jumped straight toward the enemy. Before

Sword to Mercedes

“I can’t accept this!”

can't take