Overgeared

The tear open butterflies were spirits. They were terrible evil spirits that tore at the target until they died. It was impossible to soothe or command these evil spirits. The only way to destroy these butterflies was to burn them using divinity.

“......!”

The yangbans had thought that Zik’s apostle would foolishly die trying to stab the butterflies, thus their hearts sank at the sight in front of them. Flames that completely overwhelmed the Red Phoenix’s Breath they had used until recently—Zik’s apostle created huge, sacred flames reminiscent of the descent of the red phoenix or Mir’s power. The thousands of butterflies turned to ashes and disappeared, and the yangbans couldn’t close their open mouths.

Jingle, jingle.

The bells on Chiyou’s necklace and hair tie shook loudly. It was a reaction to his muscles moving when he smiled. “It is worthy of the human who possesses the Red Phoenix’s Ninth Heart.”

“The Ninth Heart!?”

The yangbans doubted their ears. One of the 10 hearts that contained the source of the red phoenix’s power. A human had it when even the Five Seniors couldn’t take it away?

Haejin gritted her teeth. She wanted to erase her past self who had been thrilled to receive the red phoenix’s 9,857th heart from Hanul. She wanted to reproach herself for missing the heart that had disappeared when the red phoenix was resurrected.

‘Dammit! Dammit!!’

Haejin’s face turned red like she would explode. She was ashamed of herself, who was pleased with receiving something inferior to what a human received, and who struggled not to miss something that was received by a human. It was the first time in her life that she felt such a great sense of shame. The feelings of the other yangbans were similar. Those who had lost their hearts because of the red phoenix’s resurrection, or those who still had the hearts, but knew it would soon disappear, glared at Zik’s apostle with bitter eyes.

Grid didn’t respond to their killing intent. To be exact, he couldn’t afford to respond.

‘Did he know that I have the red phoenix’s heart?’

Grid was terrified as he looked at Chiyou standing in the distance with crossed arms. He noticed that he couldn’t have survived unless he revealed himself as the one who resurrected the red phoenix.

‘The trial itself is a trap.’

It was over. He had hoped to gain something from Chiyou’s Test. However, instead of gaining something, it seemed he was going to die.

‘I won’t be able to recover it if I drop an item here.’

The butterflies had already burned, but Grid didn’t get rid of the Storm of the Fire God. It was a choice he made to protect himself. Isolated in the midst of Chiyou and dozens of yangbans, Grid couldn’t glimpse a way out except for relying on Storm of the Fire God.

‘I need to find a way out of here while maintaining Storm of the Fire God.’

This was a space Grid was moved to when Chiyou’s Test began. In other words, the current land he was standing on was completely separated from the existing world. It was the mental world of Chiyou that reflected Chiyou’s will.

‘Has Braham ever told me about the weaknesses of the mental world?’

“I’ve seen your passion well. Then the third trial will begin.”

Jingle.

“......!”

Grid’s nervous expression as he maintained Storm of the Fire God completely collapsed. It was because the moment Chiyou’s bells rang, the Storm of the Fire God disappeared regardless of Grid’s will. Grid realized it—he was already dancing on the palm of Chiyou’s hand. The frustrated Grid’s vision darkened.

* * *

“......”

What was making such a sad and painful sound?

Grid was awakened by the cries of a young beast and felt the texture of soft carpet. He was like a person waking from a long sleep as he looked around blankly and his eyes slowly widened. He could see the scenery of the area lit with soft lighting.

on the red wallpaper and made the expensive furniture and ornaments look even more luxurious. A few flaws were the wine bottles with a peach aroma scattered everywhere, and the huge iron bars that didn’t match the atmosphere of the great hall. The worst thing was the behavior of the

Look at this young beast crying!

How about feeding it another bottle of

enough alcohol for us to drink? It isn’t enough if we don’t

to pee on the iron bars. It was unknown how much alcohol they drank, but the smell of alcohol was

“......?”

Grid was blank at the unknown situation only to suddenly frown. He spotted the crying cat crouching in the iron cage that the yangbans were peeing on. It was a mysterious

Blue Tiger. This was

“These damn XX...!”

the scene in front of him. In order to help Blue Tiger, he ran to the iron cage and pushed

“Eh?”

falling to the ground. They tangled together and peed on each other. Their

have finally

‘Pagma?’

now? The flustered Grid found a mirror next to him and looked into it. He was stunned and stepped back. In the mirror, a face that was beautiful even for a woman was staring at himself. It was far younger than the image of Pagma that

‘What?’

past? Why? Chiyou’s

the third trial

Test. Grid finally grasped the situation while a

“This crazy guy!”

the yangban. It meant that the yangban was strong, but it was

[Name: Pagma

Level: 256

Species: Yangban

Swordsman, Beginner

......

......

......]

to Pagma’s stats from hundreds of years ago. The same was true for his equipment and

‘Isn’t this bullshit?’

matter how long ago this was, he couldn’t help wondering if these were really yangbans. The man who slapped

crazy person like you is

He stared

to say that you don’t know

scoffed and pushed Grid away. He spat on the ground and left the great hall

Garung...

eyes were pure, the breathing sounded sad and made being trapped in the

“Are you okay?”

skills list. The warm flames covered the

real

at Blue Tiger. There were ugly whip marks and bright red blood

didn’t help you

as he stroked the body of the blue tiger. He should’ve stopped it before the yangbans pissed. He resented himself for being dull and not being able to quickly grasp the situation. Blue Tiger barely pushed her head through the iron bars and rubbed her head against the crouching Grid’s legs. She seemed to

‘Shit...’

here didn’t affect the future, which was reality. He was in a position where he had to focus on the contents of the third trial. He had to prepare for

obviously knew all of this. Even so, he pulled out the soft sword hanging from his waist. It was classified as a sword mastery

“Pagma’s Swordsmanship.”

dances he

“Wave Link.”

the padlock off the iron cage. The door opened and he reached out to the blue tiger, who was

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