Overgeared

“What? An orc is fine after my blood magic?”

“Grruk. It hurts. Vampire. Bad! Grruk!”

“A kid who hasn’t lost his baby fat shouldn’t talk back to me! I have lived hundreds of years longer than you!”

“A strong person. Gruruk. Adult!”

“This rude little bastard! Ack! My potatoes! Give me my potatoes!”

“......”

The potato battle between Teruchan, who looked like an uncle in his mid-30s, and Noll, a beautiful teenager who seemed to be in his teens, intensified while Skunk’s party watched with bemused expressions. It was a confusing conversation where a vampire and carnivorous orc argued over a potato, so they thought it was a bug.

‘Is the red potato special...?’ Skunk’s group started to pay attention to the blood potatoes.

‘The Five Seniors and the Chiyou.’ Meanwhile, Grid was thinking about the organizational chart of the Hwan Kingdom. Garam and Pagma were yangbans of the Hwan Kingdom. On top of them were the Chiyou who passed the test and the Five Seniors they served.

‘First... I don’t think the average yangban are gods.’

Grid knew Garam and Pagma well. Their combat power was unique, especially when Pagma overwhelmed the great demons, but it wasn’t enough to be considered as a god. In Garam’s case, his specialty was ‘blindness’, and he had been caught off guard by Grid several times. A god wouldn’t be so clumsy. Additionally, Hexetia’s jealousy of Pagma was due to a ‘human’ threatening a god’s specialty. It was clear evidence that Pagma wasn’t a god.

‘The Five Seniors and the Chiyou are gods while those beneath them are the descendants of gods...?’

It was a reasonable guess. Grid got a chill down his spine as he thought about the two categories of yangban and the possibility that there was a king-like presence among the Five Seniors.

‘It was a god’s power.’

In the past, there was the sudden event of a hidden quest ‘Call of the Heavens.’ It was a massive quest for all blacksmith players, and Grid led 100 blacksmiths to the East Continent. He met Garam there and got in a predicament. At the time, Garam had said it was to catch him.

That’s right. The quest that had attracted hundreds of thousands of blacksmiths had actually been a trap for Grid. Grid had been seduced by NPCs using quests. He had been going through it since becoming Pagma’s Descendant, so it wasn’t insignificant.

‘It gives me goosebumps when I think about it now.’

It was impossible to create a quest of such magnitude unless they were a god. So, it was likely that Garam got the help of one of the Five Seniors to set the trap. The expelled gods already knew him, and they weren’t favorable to him.

Grid felt a vague fear as he had a thought. If he didn’t know the identity of the Abyss, he might’ve explored it successfully and entered the Hwan Kingdom. What would he have suffered? Just imagining it was horrible. He wanted to thank Lee Jeong.

‘It is a strange fate.’

No matter how he thought about it, his relationship with the yangbans seemed to be negative. Garam wasn’t the problem. Grid needed more strength. He needed information. One day, he might fall into a trap and face a crisis.

‘I need to work harder.’

It wasn’t the time to be relieved that he had passed level 400, and it wasn’t the time to be satisfied that he had become transcendent.

‘Can I make something like a mobile smithy?’

Due to the nature of his profession, Grid had to spend a lot of time stuck in a smithy. It meant he couldn’t hunt often, leading to a low growth rate.

‘I want to hunt and do blacksmithing at the same time.’

Of course, Grid had a portable furnace. It was just that one furnace couldn’t create the complete environment of a smithy. There were obvious limitations to the type of items and the materials that could be used with the portable furnace. Therefore, it was less efficient to hunt and blacksmith at the same time. Then what if he had a portable smithy?

‘What if I work in a smithy in the middle of the hunting ground while Noe and the God Hands sweep away the mobs?’

Grid’s heart was pounding with excitement as he considered it. He thought it was quite feasible.

‘Would it be enough to build a barrack in a big wagon?’

would be just like a motorhome. As it happened, Grid knew a dexterous dwarf. Dwarf Ke had been caught by Grid after breaking into the castle and

race that loves making things, so if I give a reasonable reward, he will work on

“Your Majesty.”

he heard someone calling for

they been waiting? There were

and I led the Red Knights, they were called the Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Knights. Each one has a high reputation. They have lived rough lives and so might not know formalities well, but they are highly

Majesty! Your Majesty! I’ve heard a lot about

and cleared our names. I am

an honor. This body of mine might be an old one, but if you give me a chance, I’d like to serve Your Majesty with

nice

Still, Grid wasn’t excited. He turned his gaze behind the three knights. Asmophel and Mercedes were visible. Mercedes had been helping Asmophel for months while he had wandered alone for years to collect old colleagues. Grid’s

“Everyone has suffered.”

and Mercedes, hugging them tightly. He had trained hard over the years, so his chest was wide enough to accommodate two

you for

glad to see

three people continued for a long time. Grid couldn’t release strength from the arms hugging the two people, seemingly not wanting to let them go again. The emotions in his heart were felt by the

“Your Majesty...”

“...”

grimaced. Sinners didn’t deserve to be happy. Amelda bowed her head as she watched from

“...”

***

Sword

[Name: Amelda

Age: 37 Gender: Female

Race: Human

Title: Geographer

terrain that’s favorable to your

adaptability of your party by

Greatly increases the marching speed

Title: Chatterbox

having conversations. Be sure to stutter the first word to demoralize the enemy

probability of providing buffs

Level: 435

Strength: 2,673 Stamina: 1,960

Agility: 2,300 Intelligence: 2,105

Genius in Swordsmanship (S), Geography

the former Red Knights—she was the only daughter of a family that had produced the most renowned scholars for

Amelda’s case, her level was very low compared to Singuled. Considering that Singuled was the Second Knight and Mercedes’ assessment that he was stronger than Asmophel, the level difference was

fact, she didn’t look very strong. However, her total stats were extraordinarily high, and her ability to use geography as a commander seemed to be outstanding.

[Genius in Swordsmanship]

can

a total of

learned swordsmanship (1/5):

mean to learn skills without

his head as he realized

‘Is teaching possible?’

Perhaps.

she learn it if I teach her

It might be possible if Genius in Swordsmanship was an SS-grade skill, but it was only S-grade. She wouldn’t be able to learn legendary

Kraugel. ‘Kraugel must’ve learned many sword techniques even before becoming a Sword

would happen if Kraugel taught

a swordsmanship that increases strength. If Amelda acquires that type of swordsmanship, she will

was whether Kraugel

‘I’ll ask next time.’