Overgeared

“Agnus!”

He was a person always mentioned when discussing the top 10 strongest people, not the top 100. It was Agnus. He was one of the strongest people in Satisfy who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the supreme Grid and Sword Saint Kraugel.

“Why are you stupidly staring? Don’t bother me. Take out the medicine and get lost.”

No, it was more appropriate to say he was the worst rather than the best. The doctor Hera couldn’t fight and she had little interest in it, but Agnus was infamous. He was a villain who casually did unethical events such as killing all players he encountered at a hunting ground, monopolizing hunting grounds, or annihilating NPCs to turn them into skeleton soldiers. Recently, she had rumors that he was involved with the great demons who were humanity’s greatest evil. To be honest, he was a big character in the world and she only heard nasty rumors about him.

Gulp.

Hera swallowed her saliva and felt creeped out by Agnus’ empty gold eyes. Her limbs trembled. This was real fear. It wasn’t just caused by Agnus. Agnus was the contractor of the 1st Great Demon Baal and a noble of the demon world. He developed a skill that paralyzed those with a lower than him with fear.

It happened as Agnus and Hera were facing each other.

“Hahat! Hahahat! Goodbye! Goodbye to this damn life!” The client who had been sobbing about his liberation suddenly laughed and rose from his seat. He didn’t even look at Agnus who kicked him as he shouted at the boy in the bed. “Pauld [1]! Come and release the shackles on me! Reward me for serving only you for 31 years with my freedom!”

‘31 years?’

He was talking about 31 years to a boy who seemed to be less than 15 years old? It was bizarre in many ways. Hera felt something ominous and stepped back. The boy lying like the dead on his bed opened his eyes. Dark eyes stared at the ceiling out of pale skin that didn’t seem to see the sun once in his life.

“...Good.”

The boy spoke with a satisfied expression and slowly raised his body at a right angle. As he floated up and approached the chandelier, he looked around.

“Light. I can move just like I did in my human days. The energy of the Kunlun Ginseng replaces blood and injects vitality into the exhausted organs.”

‘Human days?’

Was this boy really a lich? Hera’s trembling gaze turned to Agnus. It was a sign to resolve this question. However, Agnus thought of Hera as a rabbit who could be caught at any time. His dead eyes shone as he stared at the boy floating in the air. Then he asked, “Is that true? You seem to have become a human?”

“Most of my senses have returned. It is just that I need to continue to consume the Kunlun Ginseng to maintain this state. By the way...” The boy explained kindly and slowly turned his head. His name, that was hidden in the shadows, was clearly revealed as ‘Pauld.’ “Who are you?”

“I-I’m a doctor who made the medicine...” Hera was scared by the golden name and answered reflexively.

“Then come and vomit up the medicine you just took.” Agnus’ expression never changed as he ordered with strange eyes.

Pauld doubted his ears. “Vomit up the medicine? Is my hearing function impaired? I don’t think I made a mistake with the preservation magic.”

“P-Pauld! Release my shackles first...!”

“Maintain your dignity, Haltez. You might be a villain who slaughtered thousands of people but your root is a magician. Reason and calmness are virtues and pride that magicians shouldn’t forget.”

“Y-Yes... I-I’m sorry.”

Pauld asked, “So what is the identity of this man?”

“U-Um? I-I don’t know either. What are you?”

‘Brainwashing magic?’

at Agnus with profound eyes. At the same time, notification windows emerged

of Great Magician Pauld

and mana values will be

artifact ‘Eyes of

stats and skills are forcibly revealed

eyes widened. “Baal’s

great magician who was active in Braham’s era. He was the eternal second person, the unfortunate genius who had never crossed the high wall that was the legendary genius Braham. He had been the object of sympathy for the people of his era. Now hundreds of years later, he was considered one of the greatest magicians of all time. It was

surprising... I have been acting so carefully yet

for abandoning the body. In order to be reborn as a mental form, there was no need to obsess over the body that would decay after some time. Preservation magic could prevent the body from decaying but

mana injected to maintain the form of the body. In addition to having to endure extreme pain, a huge amount of

giving up being human to pursue the ultimate magic so it was a penalty for no reason. For them, the body was a cumbersome obstacle and could be

Pauld’s case was a

he became a lich was because he

in the future? Would his descendants understand his intentions? Perhaps it would show a new interpretation that

his inventions and just wanted

his eyes to change his bed. In addition, whenever he changed his bed, he obtained a servant to manage himself. He put shackles on the

The lich was now a human and could

Agnus, “Tell me exactly what you

Kunlun Ginseng.

devoted retainer,

I ask you to

care about

‘Collect Lich Pauld.’ It was a quest he didn’t even think about. Agnus didn’t have enough time to spend with his lover Luna. Then he heard the story of the Kunlun Ginseng and couldn’t stand by. Therefore, he visited

the medicine!” Agnus felt impatient when Pauld didn’t answer and raised his voice. Perhaps it was a habit when excited but he didn’t like the way

medicine I’ve taken has already been completely absorbed by me. I can only give you the medicine

through it, I can find

Agnus summoned

was calm. “I don’t know what you’re trying to resurrect but even if you cut open my

“...”

it? I will hand over the medicine recipe. Then won’t you

it. Pauld had confidence that he could control Agnus. It was a mistake

drop the recipe if

“...?”

and scour your corpse.

“....!”

deployed a shield to block the death knight’s attack only to be shocked. It

“M-Mumud?”

***

“Um...”

Greed—to be precise, he took off all the items made from the insane dragon iron. Today, Grid was wearing all the items in

‘Good.’

[Tower’s Mission]