Overgeared

The emergence of Great Demon Berith stimulated many players. They believed it was an opportunity to gain great wealth, and the unsuspecting rankers and guilds challenged the Berith raid. It wasn’t just the existing powerhouses. The forces that had been secretly gathering power also appeared in the world.

Then all of them failed completely. Sometimes dozens, hundreds, or even thousands died before Berith’s lies and alchemy. Berith’s wrath didn’t stop there, and the land he stepped on turned to ruin. In particular, two kingdoms in the eastern part of the continent suffered irreparable damage.

[Sagaltina City in the Haken Kingdom has been destroyed.]

[Agarna City in the Haken Kingdom has been destroyed.]

[Germon City in the Rotemon Kingdom has been destroyed.]

[The Rotemon Kingdom...]

Dozens of towns and cities disappeared from the map. It meant that even the armies couldn’t block Berith. The players felt a sense of crisis. As more territories were destroyed by Berith, the number of facilities and hunting grounds available to them decreased.

The people shouted unanimously:

-We need to get rid of Berith as soon as possible.

-If this continues, we will disappear.

-This is when the rankers should work together.

Now, the Berith raid was promoted as an opportunity to win wealth and honor at the same time, not just wealth. More and more guilds challenged Berith to become heroes. The rankers forgot to compete and worked together to fight Berith. Then they were all defeated again. A large expedition, including the Ares Army who re-challenged the raid, managed to reduce Berith’s health by 30%. Then Berith entered a new phase after losing health and caused the expedition to collapse at an even greater speed.

After this, the situation became worse. Berith secured enough souls from the battles and used them as sacrifices to summon his first army. He became more powerful with the presence of the army, and the devastation of the continent accelerated.

The Haken Kingdom and Rotemon Kingdom were on the brink of destruction. The players who were active in these kingdoms almost lost their lives. The great demon’s rampage caused the existing rule and order to collapse, and numerous players suffered great inconveniences. The Berith raid became a common problem that had to be resolved for players as a whole, not for wealth or honor.

The nervous people started to make a lot of noise. Why wasn’t the Overgeared Guild coming forward? Why did they turn away from this calamity? They were criticized for being irresponsible. How funny. People had accused them of monopolizing the Belial raid, and now they condemned them for not participating. Of course, this wasn’t everyone. However, many people placed one-sided standards on the Overgeared Guild.

Lauel naturally didn’t care about their accusations. In the first place, the Overgeared Guild was a private organization. They had no obligation to respond to other people’s wishes while taking damage. Moreover, there was sufficient justification for it.

“We can’t afford to challenge Berith yet. Our top priority is to recover from the war and explore the ruins. There is a low probability that Belial will be raided while we’re away.”

Lauel logged out of the game due to the connection time limit. These were the contents of an email he sent to all guild members after confirming the news articles and public opinion. No one disputed the contents of the email.

***

In the imperial barracks, Grid, the 10 meritorious retainers, the dukes, and Skunk sat facing each other. Grenhal was seated in front of Grid, showing his authority was the highest among the dukes.

“Since we are now working together, we will be honest about our affairs and provide you with the information we have so far,” Grenhal said, shifting his gaze to Basara.

Then Basara started explaining, “There are 4,959 soldiers and 300 knights. We have a total of 5,259 people, but the soldiers are useless in front of the followers while the knights are helpless against the traps. The three of us were the only ones who actually fought in the meantime.”

his small island. It was hard to believe the noble dukes

the future, we will be able to include the knights in our combat strength. The knights are skilled

fighting the followers who had learned two secret techniques. When they first met, two of the 10 meritorious retainers had to

one follower. Peak Sword shrugged and couldn’t stop his lips from

dukes’ knights are worse than

the 10 meritorious retainers were strong. Even if they were folding screens in front of the duke... That was because the dukes were too great. Peak Sword was trying to be confident when he doubted what he

course, this is only a story when dealing with a follower who had learned five secret techniques. However, most of the followers in the jungle have only learned five

techniques... The classic short s on the Internet flashed through Peak

‘Crazy. Five techniques?’

fight one-on-one against the followers who had learned two secret techniques. Now there were followers who had learned five? Peak Sword closed his eyes. He was worried

former Tzedakah Guild members—they had easily predicted that the followers in these ruins would be stronger since they had played all types of games

one who feels uncomfortable?’ Peak Sword felt

conversation between Lauel

might be wondering about what lies beyond the jungle, but we don’t know

we can somehow break through. You don’t have the confidence that we and 300 knights can break

“Yes.”

Wasn’t the problem about breaking through the jungle due to the traps? If King Grid resolves the trap, won’t the problem disappear and it will be

problem, but

that a noble of a small country was so talkative in front of a duke of the empire. Yet Basara showed no signs of

different weapons. Some have a strong defense to neutralize attacks while

their fighting power would be. Eight knights could defeat one follower, but this was a story when it was

and 80 knights, the knights would be defeated unconditionally. It will be hard for Duke

that had improved. Lauel had a troubled expression. “This means

a battle occurs, the nearby followers will arrive quickly. Thus, it is often necessary to retreat

“This...”

high probability that the retreat would be repeated. That’s why it was unknown as to when they could break through

we

as time passed. After all, Lauel couldn’t let the enemy that they were

out the time. Are there

ships departed from

“A fortnight...?”

must’ve been an

“...”

would arrive. Even if the first reinforcements had experienced an accident, the empire would dispatch second and third groups of reinforcements. However, this meant a delay

order of the historical site exploration and the Berith raid. Then the empire might monopolize the

easily. Why had

was

his

***

Lauel and Basara ended. Sufficient information was exchanged, and future plans and command systems were completed. Grid rose from his seat.

of the dukes, he had to just sit there