Overgeared

-It is Damian.

-Right. It is Damian.

-Yes.

[Pope Damian declared that he won’t participate in the National Competition]

The media around the world were buzzing with the news but the people’s reaction was calm. They had already foreseen the identity of the demon king this year. Damian’s declaration that he wouldn’t attend the National Competition was simply admitting that he was the demon king.

-Ah. ㅋㅋ Who would be deceived? If it was me, I would just stay silent or be honest. ㅋㅋ

-He is a Grid fan so he is going to follow Grid. ㅋㅋ

-Damian is honestly cute.

There was no reason for Damian to refuse to participate in the National Competition. In the world that was divided into the heavenly system and earth system, apart from Grid and Kraugel, Damian was a top predator belonging to the heavenly system. This year’s National Competition without Grid was a great opportunity for him to play at his best.

In the first place, the Demon King’s Subjugation was specialized for Damian. Damian had a variety of buff skills and percentage heals. He was more likely to become an immortal demon king if he gained the health boost.

-Besides, Damian has many talented people.

Rebecca’s Daughters—Damian’s three strongest NPCs were equivalent to Grid’s knights, and the senior Vatican members had healing abilities beyond Damian and were considered as Damian’s subordinates. If they became the Four Heavenly Kings and guarded the gateways, it would be difficult for the players to invade.

-Additionally, the Templar have started to act recently.

The Templar were the secret knights of the Rebecca Church and everything about them was veiled. According to information leaked by players in the Rebecca Church, the Templar stopped operating as a separate private organization and recently started supporting Damian. If the head of the Templar—who was likely to be a named NPC—appeared as one of the Four Heavenly Kings, then this year’s Demon King—Damian—was likely to be invincible, just like last year’s demon king.

-There is no reason to refuse to attend the National Competition unless Damian is senile.

This was the people’s conclusion. No one doubted the identity of the demon king. Only Damian suffered.

‘I was going to surprise people by appearing like last year’s Grid!’

Yet the plan failed. Strictly speaking, it was due to Ares. During the time when there was no news about Ares’ participation in the National Competition, there was some speculation that this year’s demon king was Ares. Then he suddenly participated in the National Competition and this collapsed.

‘My surprise show...’

Damian turned his gaze from the TV talking about him to stare out the window. Reporters were surrounding the house. The situation was the same when he connected to Satisfy. There were a rush of whispers and shouts asking for interviews. Reporters disguised themselves as visitors and infiltrated the Vatican. By this time, even Damian was tired.

‘I’m tired because I attracted too much aggro.’

Damian insisted that the basic virtue of an otaku was to not lose his pace at any time or under any circumstances. No matter what others were saying, he didn’t care at all. Even when Japan was in the midst of the anti-Grid sentiment, Damian openly praised Grid. However, this level of interest was burdensome even for Damian. Everyone in the world was watching his every move and things were more uncomfortable than he could’ve imagined.

‘As expected, Grid is sugoi...’

Grid was a person who received attention every day. Damian deeply respected the fact that Grid remained focused while in the center of attention.

‘He is the one I acknowledge.’

became determined. His goal was to grow into someone who could stand next to Grid.

to do this, I need to find Orbis’ Ring

healing reduction

had continued to grow and he was also the pope, so he had a resistance of more than 82%. Still, he wasn’t completely resistant, unlike Grid. He would be greatly weakened the moment he was hit with

Land of the Cryers. It was a legendary accessory that gave immunity to healing reduction and no healing skills. Damian had been aiming for the ring

so, it would be impossible to obtain Orbis’ Ring. Likewise, he would have to compete fiercely with the rankers looking for

the reporters keep chasing me, they’ll know that

problem. The news would be flooded and he would be inundated with public criticism. It was certain

be a new

news big enough to turn

such huge news

great demon suddenly appeared... however,

to be prudent for a few days.

trying to ignore that the banshee queen

unknown person has killed

“...??”

was an absurd world message that was only

“Heok! Big news!”

it this time? Is it Grid

made a fuss and scrambled to

“......”

his soul. He was stupefied for a long time before kneeling

worship and pray to Grid when he should only be worshipping and praying to Goddess Rebecca. He truly deserved to be punished. It was a sin that should receive a stern warning from Rebecca’s Daughters,

***

Continent, the rabbit

“Pant... Pant...”

had won. He ignored the notification windows floating on one side of his field of

‘This is the limit.’

needed to rest his body didn’t mean he had to rest his

seems it is time to use my saved stat points and skill

was used, and then again later on when 200,000 Army Crushing Sword was used, was enough to

hard

a god but the reason for their birth and the significance of their existence was to be a ‘consumable.’ Yes, a consumable. Those who hadn’t built up their divinity were completely

it was clear that Kraugel

can fight the yangbans

was beyond users. If Kraugel had thought of all yangbans as transcendents then Grid wouldn’t have even thought of fighting them. Yet at the end of the 3rd National Competition, Kraugel

already enough to meet the conditions that Kraugel mentioned. Once Grid’s fighting energy reached the maximum, he boasted stats that even level 500 players would never dream

it still isn’t

was a real difference. If God's Command had triggered one less time, he might’ve lost the fight. This allowed Grid

are too strong

405. An average player gained 10 stat points with each level up. That’s right—Grid had been storing nearly 60 levels worth of stat points. He wasn’t conscious of the cliche ‘a master hides his strength.’ Rather than hiding his power, Grid had been running around more than necessary

in agility. What if he regretted it? In a position where he already had enough damage and speed, wasn’t it more stable to aim for increased health? Should he increase his intelligence to maximize Braham’s magic

him saving his extra points. The biggest problem was his lack of references. Most players would look at higher leveled players to find

stats ratio after being a farmer for a long time was completely different from the days when he was a great swordsman. Meanwhile, Mercedes actively handled various situations through the use of Keen Insight

judge and pioneer the way for himself. It was the grievance of the supreme

premise of a 1:1