Overgeared

It rained. It was a rain of fire that covered the entire south.

“Ah... Ahhh...”

Flames appeared in the pupils of the people of the Cho Kingdom, who ran out of their homes and looked up at the sky. The animals in the heat-filled forest stopped their activities and looked up at the sky. The beasts made a ruckus.

“God...! Our god...!”

The people cried. The rain of fire wasn’t a disaster and they weren’t crying out of fear. Both humans and beasts welcomed the rain of fire from the sky. Their arms widened as they embraced the rain. They instinctively felt that this was a blessing of the old god, who had been long forgotten.

[The protection of the red phoenix will be imbued in all things in the south.]

[The level and stats of all beings living in the south are greatly increased and recovery has risen.]

[Some of the weakened sacred creatures have regained strength.]

[The scattered traces of the false myths are burned.]

[All those living in the south have become hostile to the Hwan Kingdom.]

[The news isn’t transmitted to the three kings of Pa, Xing, and Gaya due to the interference of the Hwan Kingdom.]

“...Grid!”

“...!”

In the capital of the Cho Kingdom, Kars...

Grid had been overcome with emotions after knocking down Garam only to come to his senses. He left behind the updated notification windows and looked back to see the Cho king and his ministers on their knees and bowing to him.

“Grid, thanks to you, the Cho Kingdom was protected and the red phoenix resurrected. I would like to thank you on behalf of all the people of the Cho Kingdom.”

The Cho king was unreserved—no matter how much grace he had received, the Cho king’s attitude was beyond the attitude that should be shown to another king. The kneeling man was hurriedly pulled up by Grid.

“I was fighting for myself. Additionally, didn’t you fight with me?” Grid’s attitude was also polite. If he wasn’t polite to the kneeling Cho king while his people were watching, he would’ve insulted the entire Cho Kingdom.

The people roared.

“He is so humble.”

“It is completely different from the yangbans.”

“This is what a real god looks like.”

Change was coming.

[The Cho king and all the people of the Cho Kingdom are deifying you. Your deity stat has risen by one.] It was an achievement that exceeded expectations.

Originally, the deity stat was one where it was hard to gain a point in half a year. Now within a few days of coming to the East Continent, three points had already been accumulated. Furthermore...

[The Cho king and all the people of the Cho Kingdom are deifying Braham. Braham’s deity stat has risen by one.]

Braham’s deity stat also rose. It was natural. Grid wouldn’t have been safe without Braham’s help and the red phoenix wouldn’t have been resurrected. Braham’s majesty that overwhelmed the yangbans would be talked about and praised by the Cho Kingdom forever.

“Hoh...?” Braham sensed his change and responded with interest. He had seen the possibility of regaining eternal life.

“In the future, you should treat others well for your own sake,” Grid rebuked him.

“Bah.” It was unpleasant but Braham didn’t hate it. He remembered the joy and emotions he felt after being saved by Grid. He realized how those in power should act and was also changing.

Divine flames sprang up. The red phoenix appeared in front of the people after opening its eyes. A guardian god born of the aspirations of humanity—the shockwave caused by the emergence of a real god was great. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Cho Kingdom felt infinite compassion from the warm flames and shed tears of emotion, bowing their heads.

“Please don’t forgive those who dared to forget a god...!”

The Cho king was sobbing.

He couldn’t raise his head. The 10 meritorious retainers silently gulped because they were overwhelmed by the presence of the red phoenix while Braham’s pride was greatly wounded and he gritted his teeth. In the silence...

『 Noble one. 』

The red phoenix opened its mouth. It faced Grid, not anyone else.

『 With your courage and sacrifice, you have defeated the fake gods and returned the south to its rightful place. You have created a crack in the providence forced by Hanul. 』

Hera and the other

the providence that

protection of the south... I can’t walk with

I admire you.

directions. The flames that will spread throughout the south will bless

Quest ★ ‘Red Phoenix Guardian’ has

Breath is absorbed into

Red Phoenix Heart has been acquired as

Red Phoenix Heart has been absorbed by the 9th Red Phoenix Heart already

9th Red Phoenix Heart has grown to the next

field effect has been added to

with ‘Blue Tiger’

’Red Phoenix’

will cherish your equally

Breath

is doubled and the skill

can be stacked with Incarnation of Fire but not Incarnation of

Duration: 10 minutes.

Cooldown Time: 3 hours.

Resource Consumption: None.]

[Fire of Life]

the health of the

Cooldown Time: 3 hours.

Resource Consumption: None.]

“...!”

Red Phoenix Bow currently owned by Jishuka, increasing health recovery rate and stamina recovery by 90%. It also prevented stamina from falling below

a persistent passive... as the level of Red Phoenix Breath increases, the longer

didn’t increase with the stats awakening. Unlike the other additional effects, the health recovery per second growth rate

Queen of Fire power embedded in the Rune of Gluttony. The effect of Duke of Virtue increased his stamina stat by 35% and there were a number of

he could temporarily restore thousands of health per second. This was why there was no health recovery per second growth in the stats awakening effect. If even health recovery could be increased like other factors, potions would gradually lose their

activate Storm of the Fire God and the Red Phoenix Breath to keep in top shape but I can always stay in

second would be at the level of taking an advanced potion. If he activated the Storm of the Fire God as well, it would be like taking the highest quality

“......”

speechless for a moment. He felt like he was increasingly becoming

scared

“...?”

people of the Cho Kingdom, Hera and the players, and even the 10 meritorious retainers, were staring at him silently. It was with a bemused

souls gone?” Grid asked Braham, who was standing beside him, in

man to

he recalled the words of the red phoenix again. Yes, he wasn’t

***

provided

shared their stories. All of them had enjoyed adventures over the past few months and

you end up sabotaging Baal’s

hell. The help he received from her at that time had been so intense. Yura replied like it was inconsequential, “It was a coincidence. I was on a quest to wipe out the demonkin nearby and was disturbed by

1st Hell? Are you already on a quest to hunt

it was

“......”

at Yura but her expression was so consistent that Grid didn’t

yourself

“I won’t.”

“......”

answered too easily to be believed. However,

confirmed that the cooldown of Red Phoenix Breath had returned and once again activated it. Vantner was intrigued.

“It didn’t rise.”

expression was complicated. He had already activated Red Phoenix Breath twice but the skill experience hadn’t improved. It seemed that Jishuka’s opinion was correct. It was agreed that in order to raise the skill

how can I chew on a lump of

was

Red Phoenix Breath

Grid feel even

expression as he pulled out the Red Phoenix Breath dropped by Garam. Was it possible to directly

passed and the group separated. Now the 10 meritorious retainers had to return to the real world to participate

Deep in the night...

in the air of the Cho Kingdom that seemed clearer, perhaps due

appearance. “You

well. Sometimes rest is more