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 couldn’t refuse

so if I give a reasonable reward, he

“Your Majesty.”

he heard someone calling for

long had they been waiting? There

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

Majesty! I’ve heard a

care of Captain Piaro and cleared our names. I am deeply grateful for your

be an old one, but if you give me a chance, I’d like to serve Your Majesty with all

is nice to

than getting new colleagues. These were former single digit knights. Still, Grid wasn’t excited. He turned his gaze behind the three knights. Asmophel and Mercedes were

“Everyone has suffered.”

past the three knights toward Asmophel and Mercedes, hugging them tightly. He had trained hard over the years,

you for coming back

to see

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

“Your Majesty...”

“...”

smiled as happily as a girl while Asmophel grimaced. Sinners didn’t deserve to be happy. Amelda bowed her head as she watched from a

“...”

***

pulled out the King’s Sword and observed the knights in

[Name: Amelda

Age: 37 Gender: Female

Race: Human

Title: Geographer

that’s favorable to

Increases the terrain adaptability of your

the marching speed of

Title: Chatterbox

Loves having conversations. Be sure to stutter the first word

probability of providing buffs when talking

Level: 435

Strength: 2,673 Stamina: 1,960

Agility: 2,300 Intelligence: 2,105

Genius in Swordsmanship

Knight of the former Red Knights—she was the only daughter of a family that had produced the most renowned scholars for generations. She joined the

that he was

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. Above

[Genius in Swordsmanship]

‘swordsmanship’ can be learned without a skill

is limited to a total

learned swordsmanship

does it mean to learn skills

cocked his head as

‘Is teaching possible?’

Perhaps.

she learn it if I teach her my sword

It might be possible if Genius in Swordsmanship was an SS-grade skill, but it was only S-grade. She

‘Kraugel must’ve learned many sword techniques

if

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

was whether Kraugel would help

‘I’ll ask next time.’