Overgeared

Now Grid’s thinking ability wasn’t easily buried. He didn’t neglect the title of Different Species’ King because he was lazy or lacking. Rather, it was because he concluded that he could be wasting energy if he cared about it and chose to be patient.

He needed a reliable helper to utilize the Different Species’ King title.

[Different Species’ King]

[You have proved your king’s qualification by embracing non-human species.

★ Permanent Effects

* Difference species are very favorable to you.

* If the target is a different species, the probability of increasing affinity will double.

* However, some warlike species will want to test your abilities.

★ Limited Effects

* The ‘contract’ system is activated with the title effect.

* There are three contracts available. (3/3)]

[Contract]

[If the target is another species, you can propose a contract.

The target you contract with will ‘awaken’ strengthened racial characteristics. You will acquire some of the racial traits of the contracted target.

You can’t destroy a contract once it is made.

However, the other person can destroy the contract at any time and the racial trait you acquired will disappear. Additionally, the contract will be canceled if the target permanently dies and the racial trait you acquired will disappear. In both cases, the contract count can’t be recovered.]

The effect of this contract was unconditionally positive. It was a tremendous benefit to acquire the characteristics of other species. For example, if Grid signed a contract with a member of the evil eyes species, he was likely to open an evil eye even without affinity with the king.

However, Grid didn’t propose a contract with the evil eyes king. He didn’t even contract with his close confidant Sticks. This wasn’t because he didn’t trust them, nor was it because he was worried they would break the contract.

It was painful, but he was concerned about the possibility of their death. Unlike players, NPCs were mortal, and death was a fate that even a high elf with a life span of thousands of years couldn’t avoid. What if an accident took away their lives? If he couldn’t protect them, the contract could be wasted at any time. Thus, Grid concluded that the target of the contract should be a player.

It was clearly a reasonable conclusion. The problem was that the difficulty was very high. First, the fundamental problem was finding a player who had a non-human race—dwarves, orcs, elves, goblins, and so on. Unlike normal games where different species could be chosen when creating a character, there was no such option in Satisfy. Players could only change to a non-human species by performing a hidden quest. It was a quest similar to the quest that gave Grid a chance to become a half-god.

So far, Grid had only met a small number of players with a different species, and there were problems even if he found them. The problem was that the target must be a species with ‘usable’ characteristics. He also needed to determine if he could trust the player. If the target one-sidedly destroyed the contract, Grid would waste a contract and lose the racial trait.

Thus, he had to find someone he could trust. How could that be easy? His trust in his colleagues was accumulated over the years. Grid thought it needed a great deal of time to find new people and establish a trusting relationship. However—

is limited to three uses. Are you sure you

“I will use it.”

Hao’s willpower, and he felt Hao’s liking toward him. He was convinced he

will contract

player ‘Hao’ is the target of

[......]

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target has

of the half draconian’s characteristics as a contract

with your amazing

the top trait of the

eyes widened, and he trembled. Then he lost his dignity in a scene where hundreds of rankers had died. The Overgeared members and dukes were

too loud? The old door of the silent temple covered in fog started to open. The eyes of the dukes, who were stunned

in a

he muttered with a kind smile while raising his

“...”

of Grid and the Overgeared members

doing?

[Bentao].

on the round face of the old monk

***

Kingdom, at the center of the

place called the resurrection point. The light

ranker, the process of ‘death’ and ‘resurrection’ was a system he had long been used to. After opening the

was because of a

the situation. Instead, he merely rebuked his weakness and vowed to work harder. He controlled

girl with a somber voice was Mei Xiao. She was Hao’s

Sorry for worrying

girl who had lost her family early in life. The child who was always trying to be cheerful was also

level is low. I can recover

already passed. It is better not to dwell

had never left his hand since childhood. He patted his sister’s head with a hand that was

‘Grenhal is strong.’

he possessed were truly powerful. The swordsmanship that had been strengthened

‘Absolute supremacy.’

for him to go against Grenhal right now. A powerhouse who could never be surpassed—how did Grid become friendly with him? Grenhal was even

make an item as

guess was too unreasonable. A named NPC wasn’t someone who could be exploited by wealth. If that was possible, all the

Hao’s

Species’ King, player ‘Grid’ has proposed to share the ‘oath that transcends species’ with you who is