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.

had a wide area skill that was much more powerful than Unbreakable

Spear Shot. No, he could pick up and throw all the weapons in the world, not just the spear. Of course, the attack

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, there was a delay in the use of

skill slot...

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

You can create one new

system that occurred during transcendence. The new skill described here that could be used by transcendents would boast a high

accept but after this

very simple, it would be difficult for Grid to adapt immediately. Since the final battle

It is like

“......”

did he do wrong, what were his shortcomings, and what were his advantages? This was a habit.

like

“Please be quiet.”

fish. It wasn’t

why he

gaze of the walking black tortoise, finally looked around at the surrounding landscape. Now it was hell as Noe expressed. The brilliant scenery of the splendid civilization that showed off its wealth was now ruined. All the people had disappeared from the vibrant streets and it was horrifyingly cruel. Noe was a beast from hell so it was natural that he felt like he had

it was funny that a demonic beast from hell loved fish from the

of the collapsed

“......”

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

‘It’s all my fault.’

terrible disaster was for Grid. Braham only used the best magic because Grid asked him to open the way ahead. Yes, the person who created this hell

‘...I’m sorry.’

with an apology. Distinguish between games and reality. The selfish defensive

and cared for NPCs like they were humans but he made exceptions in some cases. It was if the target was an ‘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 off easily. It was why he had been able to kill so many enemies so far. Someone would say he was an insane, creepy guy, but Grid

do this then

valued his people. Don’t take on more

“...?”

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. Women, men, children, adults, and

“H-Hik!”

“...Who are you?”

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

“...!”

a foreign country. Do

living as usual when our bodies

sky and the city collapsed. Then a monster appeared, night came and we were

heart was pounding.

you knew I would

Teleport? Even from the legendary

“Dammit.”

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

specified by the caster as a group. It was much more difficult than the typical Mass Teleport. It was said that the only man who

was the Mass Teleport where the caster moved specific targets in groups. It was the ultimate magic that embodied ideas. It was said to be habitually used by the top 10 great demons. They specified ‘demons who follow me’ and teleported them over to the target to be attacked. Among the mixed-race people, only Braham and Marie Rose could use

away from here. It will soon be swept up by a bigger

black liquid protruded from the

“Oh my!”

“Huh?!”

residents in the black droplets turned to ashes and disappeared. Fortunately, the droplets

“Uwah...”

Rather, they felt an unknown tranquility and

I... Protect