Overgeared

Grid wasn’t surprised when he saw the way the grandmaster treated Pungsa. Rather than questioning it, he thought it was natural. It was because the grandmaster loathed the existence of a god itself. It would be funny if he was polite to a god. However...

“I greet the god.”

The grandmaster’s attitude when meeting Chiyou was undeniably polite. His greeting was respectful and he bowed deeply and solemnly without anyone making him do it. It was a completely different attitude from when he dealt with others. Chiyou—the most powerful god of the east and the one who educated the yangbans. The grandmaster was afraid of his power?

Grid thought about it but soon realized this wasn’t the case.

‘...It is different. Completely different.’

Rebecca, the goddess of light; Hexetia, the god of blacksmiths; Zeratul, the god of war; and Pungsa, the god of wind. So far, Grid had faced quite a few gods. He felt kindness and complicated emotions toward Rebecca, sympathy toward Hexetia, and fear and disgust toward Zeratul and Pungsa.

However, Chiyou was too vague. This person wasn’t a subject of sentimentality or emotions. He couldn’t judge Chiyou at all.

“It is nice to meet you.”

Chiyou’s gaze shifted from the grandmaster to him and Grid’s body became stiff. It was a shock similar to when he first met Mercedes.

[The martial god of the east, Chiyou, is contemplating you.]

[All information about your level, combat related stats, and combat related skills will be disclosed to Chiyou.]

[100% of your weaknesses are exposed to Chiyou.]

[When attacking, hit rate will decrease by 80% and when attacked, you will receive three times more damage.]

[The transcendent status you have accumulated is still weak and it is being suppressed.]

[All the stats and skills generated by your transcendent status are sealed.]

It was different from Keen Insight. Mercedes’ Keen Insight was the power to see through ‘everything’ while Chiyou’s gaze was the power to see through the target’s ‘combat power.’ Keen Insight was in the growth stage and could only see a few things while Chiyou’s gaze was fully developed and completely overwhelmed Grid. In the present time, Chiyou’s gaze was much stronger and superior than Keen Insight.

However, there was an important fact here. The reason Grid shivered wasn’t because he was overwhelmed by Chiyou’s gaze. To Grid, Chiyou’s existence itself was enormous. He seemed to know why the grandmaster bowed his head.

‘This is a real god.’

Hexetia and Zeratul were made by Rebecca, while Pungsa was created by Hanul. On the other hand, Chiyou was born naturally from the desires of humans. It was no wonder why there was a difference. How did it feel when seeing Rebecca, the goddess of light and one of the absolute gods? Grid had been thrilled just by seeing Rebecca’s ‘image’ that descended to the ground. He was already curious and expectant about what he would feel when meeting Rebecca. Additionally, he became nervous about how terrifying Hanul would be.

“Go up.”

Gulp.

humans. Hanul was the one who made them. Hanul even uses quests to lure players to be

‘Hanul is evil.’

evil god Yatan, who made the great demons. Hanul slowly corroded, deceived, and enslaved humans. The image of Hanul in Grid’s mind was the devil itself. It

“Welcome.”

are the first player to witness the Absolute,

one of the sources of

afraid when encountering absolute beings such

clouds. He sealed the Four Gods and tricked all the

opposite of Grid’s imagination. Even so, Grid was alert. He tried to peek at the brutal and sinister nature lurking behind Hanul’s warm exterior. Then he felt confused. He stared at Hanul, but he couldn’t see what Hanul looked like. This person felt like a gentle and warm being, but Grid couldn’t fathom Hanul in front of

greeting the grandmaster. “It is greedy to judge something using the simple dichotomy of good and evil. You

“......!!”

through Grid’s intentions. Unlike Rebecca, who represented good, and Yatan,

It is pointless

nothing more than emotionless systems. The two gods periodically repeated

other hand, Hanul was completely different from them. He had feelings. Sometimes he fought for someone and inevitably, he had to sacrifice someone. This was why he sealed the Four Gods of the east and made the yangbans to strengthen

“I...”

hazy face became firm. It was the face of

those who serve

face of the serpent that Grid had

who doubt

was the face of a crying

can mourn

the face of a benevolent old

god who gives the right advice for the future of

Grid’s gaze. In other words. he was speaking to persuade the

the world fight. I just watched it. In particular, Rebecca didn’t care about the seven people who fought for

“......”

were bloodshot. It was due to his hatred of Rebecca. The grandmaster couldn’t coexist with Rebecca and was persuaded by Hanul, who didn’t belong to

the conversation. “Have you ever given us the right advice for the

at Grid. It was a gaze that didn’t contain anger or killing intent, but Grid could feel the

us as your

that ‘us’ include the

“Yes.”

treat humans as livestock and

hurt them is wrong. Apart from the children who couldn’t control their emotions,