Overgeared

Toddle.

“......”

Toddle.

‘Slow!’

The movement speed of the black tortoise, who had become smaller, was as slow as a tortoise. It was maddening for the high rankers who valued time more than gold but no one dared to complain. It was because the ones leading them were not only a god, but also Grid, the first ranked player.

‘It is a god so it must have a deep meaning.’

‘That’s right. There’s a reason why the black tortoise is walking slower than anyone else, even though it should be anxious. Isn’t there a saying that the more anxious you are, the more you crawl.’

‘Grid knows this as well so he’s quiet.’

‘The longest way around is the shortest way home?’

The high rankers were trying to convince themselves while Grid was looking at the new system. He was looking at the list of available skills that were less frequently used.

[1. Unbreakable Justice - used in 15 out of the last 100 battles.

2. Continuous Stab - used in 6 out of the last 100 battles.

3. Spear Shot - used in 2 out of the last 100 battles.]

‘My fights with ordinary monsters are also included in recent battles.’

Only in this way could the ratio on the list be correct.

‘Passive skills are excluded.’

If passive skills were included then Bow Mastery should also be on the list. Grid hadn’t shot a bow recently so Bow Mastery wasn’t put to use.

‘Unique skills are also excluded...’

What skills have he used the least? Grid asked himself this and the first skill that came to mind was Granting an Ego. It was Granting an Ego that Grid had never used before. It was used in the National Competition but that was on a separate server. The next one that came up was the Restraint skill. A powerful wide-area crowd control skill, it was once a favorite of Grid but recently, he only used it in large-scale combat. It was because a number of opponents could be defeated without restraining them while the really powerful opponents had high resistance to abnormal states and the effectiveness of Restraint could be reduced.

However, both skills weren’t included in the list of skills that could be synthesized. Granting an Ego seemed to be excluded because it wasn’t a combat-related skill and Restraint was excluded because it had an impact on or influenced various fused sword dances.

“Hrmm...”

Grid looked back on his recent battles. Unbreakable Justice had the advantage of being immediately activated in a wide area but the frequency of use had been further reduced since he obtained Drop, which applied the abnormal state ‘collapse.’

The multi-hit Continuous Stab was used to break shields that ‘unconditionally absorb a certain number of attacks, regardless of damage.’ Spear Shot was used for making variables by throwing or picking up a spear that had fallen to the ground and utilizing them.

‘They are used less often but except for Unbreakable Justice, everything had its place to be used.’

Grid frowned. It was a flaw just because he didn’t like to use it. This logic of a perfect transcendent was different from reality. Grid thought that his less frequently used skills weren’t his shortcomings. Rather, they were a power.

‘In fact, if I can connect Unbreakable Justice with Drop then I can aim for a momentary explosion.’

Drop dealt damage to all targets within range and induced a drop in defense. Then he could link Unbreakable Justice. This combo would boast a tremendous destructive power just looking at the coefficients. He simply refrained from using it because of the opportunity cost. Rather than linking Unbreakable Justice, it was better to connect the more powerful fused dances or the Undefeated King’s swordsmanship. Unbreakable Justice was only used when resources were really tight or skill cooldowns overlapped, making things difficult.

‘...Ah.’

Grid was crazily thinking up to this point, only to get enlightenment.

Spot were all skills ‘replaceable’ with something else. Grid had a wide area skill that was much more powerful than Unbreakable Justice and the fusion sword dances that

course, the attack power coefficient was that of a basic attack so the power would be reduced but the initial purpose of this technique was to create a variable, not for the

Shot were all ‘skills that weren’t necessary’ for the current Grid. In the past, it could be used as a secret technique when his resources limit was lower,

waste of a skill slot... the

he got after struggling so he was deeply attached to them. Now was the time to abandon his attachment to

one new

The new skill described here that could

accept but after

the current situation. Unless the new skill was very simple, it would

like hell,

“......”

ago. What did he do well, what did he do wrong, what were his shortcomings, and what were his advantages? This was a habit. If he skipped it even once then he would be anxious and

like

“Please be quiet.”

a fish.

why

of the splendid civilization that showed off its wealth was now ruined. All the

beast from

stepped through the rubble of the collapsed building and ash was

“......”

of the innocent civilians who died without escaping the sudden disaster were among them. There were

‘It’s all my fault.’

the city with a terrible disaster was for Grid. Braham only used the best magic because Grid asked him to open the way ahead.

‘...I’m sorry.’

boiling guilt with an apology. Distinguish

‘enemy’ or ‘other.’ In this case, Grid recognized NPCs as non-human chunks of graphics and didn’t think deeply about their death. He tried to shake it

do this then I’ll

selfish person who only valued his people. Don’t take on more of a burden than was

“...?”

harden his mind, stopped in place. It was because he felt a lot of movement from within a safe building. Grid reflexively used Quick Movements and Blacksmith’s Rage as he moved in the direction he felt it from. Then he found it.

“H-Hik!”

“...Who are you?”

dumbfounded Grid asked and one terrified person responded cautiously. “W-We

“...!”

foreign country. Do you know what is going on

just living as usual when our

the city collapsed. Then a monster appeared, night came and we were forced to hide

pounding. He noticed Braham’s

knew I would

using Mass Teleport? Even from the legendary great magic

“Dammit.”

Teleport was divided into three main types. First, there was the Mass Teleport that moved the caster and the targets around the caster in a group. It was the commonly known Mass Teleport. It was also the favorite

difficult than the typical Mass Teleport. It was said that the only man who could complete this

be attacked. Among the mixed-race people, only Braham and Marie Rose could use this type of ultimate Mass Teleport and it was said to be an area that could never be reached by humans.

get away from here. It will soon be swept up by

them. Drops of black liquid protruded from the black tortoise’s mouth

“Oh my!”

“Huh?!”

droplets turned to ashes and disappeared. Fortunately, the

“Uwah...”

residents weren’t scared. Rather, they felt an unknown

I... Protect