Overgeared

Kraugel had a deep relationship with Pangea. After all, he was the one who saved the people of Pangea who was suffering due to an evil daoist, and was hailed as the little hero. However, the Pangea he visited after a long time was unfamiliar to him. It was a town where all the familiar people and streets had disappeared. It was a result created by Grid. The old Pangea residents had moved to the Overgeared Kingdom and the new residents were full of vitality under the protection of the red phoenix.

“...It’s good.”

The atmosphere was incredibly positive. No matter where he looked, he could only see people smiling and this, in turn, made him smile. There were no more evil daoists or the tyranny of the yangbans. One day, he would like to make such achievements.

“Are you a traveler? How about soothing your hunger with a delicious meal?” a woman holding a basket of fresh vegetables and meat in her arms asked as she opened the door of the restaurant. Kraugel nodded because she looked conscientious, unlike a girl who solicited customers to a restaurant selling poisonous substances.

***

“It is a very handsome dopo.”

Kraugel soothed his insides with warm soup along with fried vegetables and meat on white rice.

“You aren’t an ordinary traveler, right?” The nice lady asked him questions. Her expression was somewhat mischievous as she examined Kraugel’s black overcoat that was embroidered with a yellow dragon. “Are you an inspector from the capital? Are you a secret royal inspector?”

He had been using this black overcoat for nearly three years already and it made him look shabby when he visited the Overgeared Kingdom, but it seemed to be the opposite here. It was a testament to the high level of the Overgeared Kingdom and also implied that the equipment of the people visiting Pangea wasn’t as good as Kraugel’s equipment. It was unexpected since he heard there were many rankers active on the East Continent these days.

‘It seems the top rankers aren’t necessarily passing through Pangea when they go to the East Continent.’

There were many ways to move across continents without crossing the Red Sea. Although it cost a lot and involved danger, many people liked it due to the shortened time. Kraugel replied, “I think that secret inspectors will avoid this place. The town is calm even without soldiers. Is it necessary for a secret inspector to come here?”

Kraugel was the one who had completed the most quests among players. It was because he collected information based on conversations with NPCs.

“Hoho, our town is really peaceful. However, there are still many outsiders, so we need to pay attention to public security. This is why there are many soldiers. Recently, there was a celebration in the capital so the number of soldiers decreased.”

‘There is no way that local troops were sent just because of a festival.’

It was clear that a change had occurred in the capital of the Cho Kingdom.

‘It is a good idea to stop by.’

Kraugel got new information from a short conversation. He emptied his bowl of rice and stood up. “I ate well.”

“Wait! Take the change.”

“It’s fine. Please buy that child a toy with the extra money.”

A little boy was squatting in front of the kitchen and waiting for his mother to finish work. Kraugel smiled at the little boy who was playing with pebbles and left the restaurant. He had to give a certain amount of sincerity after obtaining information. Kraugel had always been like this.

There was no shame on the path he had been walking. He hoped the path he walked on in the future would be the same.

***

“What can I do for you?” Kraugel left the town only to stop and look back. There were six residents wearing old robes. Kraugel had noticed them since leaving the restaurant, but he deliberately pretended not to know. It was because he didn’t want to make trouble inside the village. It was for the safety of the residents and taking into account his reputation in Pangea.

“Hand over Muller’s secret techniques.”

The residents revealed their business and surrounded Kraugel. Every time they moved, long shackles could be seen through the robe. All of them had their hands and feet bound in shackles. Kraugel noticed their identity and pulled out the White Tiger Sword.

“You chased me from the Ruins of the Martial God? Surprisingly, your range of activities is wide.”

“Hand over Muller’s secret techniques.”

skills. Kraugel shrugged, pulled out a book that contained one of Muller’s secret

“......!”

snatched the book and immediately opened it. Then they fell

too high compared

the right. Then he took a step and struck the chin of the follower holding Muller’s secret technique with his forehead. Muller’s secret technique book spun

Muller’s

followers flashed as they unfolded their footwork to surround Kraugel and launch a bombardment. Based

it to the martial

indeed the work

because the condition of use for it was ‘Sword

‘A nasty guy.’

techniques and Kraugel had already obtained four of them. He learned more of Muller’s story every time he obtained a secret technique so his knowledge of the worldview expanded. In

martial skills. Additionally, the obsession with strength. The existence of the martial god was enough to make the yangbans

and the sheath spun like a spinning top. The aftermath

followers and used Earth Dragon’s Ascension. Only transcendents could respond to attacks coming from this angle. The follower groaned and stiffened as he was stabbed in the chin by the White Tiger’s

overwhelming. If anyone who knew the martial god followers with five secret techniques could fight evenly with the dukes of the empire had seen this sight, their mouths

It was absurd to be compared to a duke of the empire. The time of reigning with absolute force had changed. Kraugel hadn’t reached the absolute position

don’t doubt your

“......?”

like a self balancing doll. Kraugel slashed the neck of the last

been a while,

Kraugel. At a time when legendary classes were believed to only exist in history, Kraugel visited the Tower of Wisdom, met the tower members, and confirmed the existence of the legendary classes. It

I am

was reserved for the Pioneer. The members of the tower only interacted with the Pioneer. The Pioneer of this day had long become Grid. In fact, Kraugel had already informed Biban of this fact last year. Yet this person appeared in front

at the pitying gaze Kraugel sent him. “Don't treat me as a stupid old man. Today I

as Sword Saint Biban?” Kraugel quickly grasped the situation. “It must be hard for you to

away from the secret techniques that are so

of Biban, enabling him to become the strongest Sword Saint in history. However, the later generation Sword Saint, Kraugel,

skills are still insufficient. There is room for improvement and Muller’s secret techniques will make up for what you are lacking. You aren’t going to be eaten by

talent. It was why he felt even sadder that Kraugel was wasting

power, overcome his shortcomings, and accumulated his transcendent status. Meanwhile, you aren’t showing the potential of the Sword Saint, so you are lagging behind. You were even deprived of the

to be in a hurry to get

the Sword Saint has been the

are you

“T-That...”

don’t think I can become the strongest just because I got

tower members. He probably

four books as a foothold

acknowledges that I can’t become the strongest even if I learn the

“H-Huh?”

are you urging me to learn the secret techniques so

was compared to Hayate and now he finally raised his voice, “I am advising you that learning the secret techniques will help you grow? Why do you

want Sir Biban to intervene in the path I’ve chosen

“Your path is wrong!”

you say it is wrong? On what basis are you convinced that the

Heart Swordsmanship?!!”

was even the illusion that it was bright daytime again. Kraugel accepted the pressure without avoiding it. Then he couldn’t ensure it

“......!”