Overgeared

A direct descendant—it referred to the 10 children of Shizo Beriache, and as owners of a lineage of purity and integrity, they were called nobles and reigned over the vampires. It was the Blood King who was qualified to lead such a direct line. There was only one condition to becoming the Blood King—by force.

Unlike the direct descendants, it wasn’t based on lineage. The strongest being who defeated the direct descendants would be qualified to be the Blood King, regardless of lineage.

Braham once explained the reason why—“There is no future for the vampires as long as there is the Curse of Sloth. My mother knew this as well so she made rules for outsiders.”

The reason that the rule gave outsiders the chance to become the Blood King was simple—the vampires couldn’t move forward with just their own power. As long as there was the Curse of Sloth, the vampires couldn’t try hard and couldn’t develop. Since they couldn’t develop, they didn’t have the strength to defeat great demons. Vampires alone couldn’t achieve Beriache’s wish. Of course, the story would be different if Marie Rose became the Blood King, but Beriache didn’t have confidence that Marie Rose could overcome the Curse of Sloth, so she made sure there was insurance.

[The condition has been met and the first blood magic will bloom.]

Along with the rising notification window, Grid felt a dizzying pain from his left shoulder. It was pain beyond the level of a sting. It was sharp pain, like he was cut by a knife. The perplexed Grid took off his armor and looked at his left shoulder. The power of blood magic was erupting from his left shoulder and a pattern—reminiscent of blood droplets—was being engraved there.

“Keuk...!” Grid dropped to the ground as a strange feeling wrapped around his left shoulder. He vividly felt the process of his magic power being changed by an energy he had never experienced before.

[Your mana is strengthened by the blood magic blooming effect.]

[The maximum mana amount has increased by 1.5 times.]

[Mana recovery speed has doubled.]

[In the case of lifestealing, mana is restored along with health. The mana recovered at this time is classified as ‘blood magic’ and the damage when using blood magic is increased by 1.2 times.]

“......!!”

The unexpected additional effects thrilled Grid. His left arm turned red before soon returning to normal.

[New blood magic ‘Extreme Blood Transfusion’ has been acquired.]

[Extreme Blood Transfusion Lv. 1]

[Deals damage equal to twice your maximum mana value to the target while absorbing 100% of the damage. If your health is at the maximum, the lifesteal will be reversed and additional damage will be dealt to the target as vampiric energy. The additional damage isn’t affected by the target’s magic resistance and attributes resistance.

Mana Consumption: 10,000

Cooldown Time: 24 hours.]

Hit others and absorb health. If full, convert the amount of health absorbed into damage...

The effect of Extreme Blood Transfusion was very simple. The problem was the damage calculation—Grid’s maximum mana after the blood magic blooming effect was 140,000, and double that was 280,000. This meant that even a ranked player could be killed instantly in one blow. Of course, the damage would be deducted according to the target’s magic resistance. However, if Grid used it in his full state then there was a high probability of instant death no matter how high the other person’s magic resistance.

‘If I use Elfin Stone’s Ring to absorb health and accumulate up to 10,000 blood magic power, the damage will be higher...’

1.2 times 480,000 was a bit less than 580,000. It was difficult to expect a high destructive power against monsters. However, he must not forget that the essence of Extreme Blood Transfusion was lifestealing. Grid gained approximately 240,000 additional health.

‘Good...’

Tankers were divided into two main categories—tankers who invested more in defense than health, and tankers who invested more in health than defense. There were pros and cons to each one. Tankers with high defense were vulnerable to true damage since they focused on greatly reducing damage instead of reducing health consumption. Meanwhile, tankers with high health were the complete opposite. As a result, most guilds raised both types of tankers. Depending on the situation, there were times when a tanker with high health (a meat shield) was put on the front lines, while other times a tanker with high defense was put on the front lines.

It was safe to say that with 400,000 health, Grid currently had the highest health across all players. He also couldn’t be distinguished from a meat shield because his defense and resistance were as high as his health. He also possessed all types of shields and recovery skills. Grid confirmed that it would be hard for him to die while fighting in the future.

thought that dying in the current state was like trolling. Then a few days ago, Grid realized that he was still lacking. Putting aside the issue of control, he was overwhelmed when it came to stats

to become

at the greedy Grid, who was eager for

“Huh?”

runes as artifacts with infinite potential, but they are different from creatures. There

“......?”

How ominous.

tense Grid, “Your rune has too much power. Sooner or later, the capacity will be exceeded and the moment of choice will come. Don’t blindly believe in your

is there a moment when I will have to choose to abandon some of the powers in the

so it has a greater capacity than normal runes. The powers you

“Around when?”

in the future? What power should he give up at the moment of

the deeply troubled Grid, “If it continues like

“...Ah, yes.”

but it was a time

powers so far. Then there should be

of Elfin Stone that returned to the ring. For

would be able to hunt indefinitely

During the times when Grid were exhausted, the God Hands could move on their own for automatic hunting. It was just that he would have to lower

have to quickly gain

Grid was making plans with a confused mind when

great demon received the title of god when even Baal didn’t have it? Perhaps Betty, being Baal’s Contractor,

“Soul of chaos?”

has a magnetism that attracts the souls who have lost their body and are

“......”

hell have been absorbed by Sitri’s soul over the years and Sitri’s soul has become infinitely enlarged. The growth

“......!”

Still, there was something strange. “It seems he isn’t

tens of thousands of souls. There are too many thoughts mixed in and he couldn’t maintain

that why he isn’t worshipped as

neutral zones of hell and witnessed the identity of the god worshipped by the demons. Evil God Yatan—all beings in hell served Yatan. He had never seen anyone who worshipped Sitri as a god. It was

worship a beast as a god? That doesn’t mean you can think of Sitri as an imitation of a god.

stronger

single-digit demons. No matter how strong, there are

why are the great demons

was roaming hell. There is a risk that reincarnation will be impossible if they are absorbed by

only their soul was remaining. It is so to say that there is no chance of their soul being

could move his soul

so there is less chance of an accident in hell. From the standpoint of the great demons, there is no

world through a

to target the heart of

any feeling regrets. He could plan his next step once he had grown. Grid decided on his route and bowed politely to Betty. “Thank you for

“Yes.”

I will surely punish Baal

Baal? At this point, he hadn’t found it yet. Betty smiled at the blushing Grid. It was the first smile she showed. “I’ll cheer for you. Come again if you