Overgeared

[The Great Robber of the Red Night is interested in you. Watch out for red nights.]

This was the warning that appeared when Grid entered the secret passage in the imperial palace and obtained the imperial palace’s blueprint. Until then, Grid wasn’t very conscious of the Great Robber of the Red Night. He guessed this person was just a great thief. It might be annoying if they got involved, but that was it.

However, he started to become wary of the Great Robber of the Red Night after visiting the Tower of Wisdom. This was due to the conversation he had with Radwolf, the third seat of the Tower of Wisdom.

“The Great Robber of the Red Night snuck into the Tower of Wisdom?”

“That’s right.”

“No, this... Is he a transcendent?”

“That's right. He has been active for at least 600 years. His age rivals us. That damn guy stole Nevartan’s Necklace that was hidden here over 100 years ago.”

The Great Robber of the Red Night, who found the Tower of Wisdom that had all types of cloaking magic on it, and infiltrated it while deceiving the senses of the tower members—he was probably one of the strongest talents in existence. Such a great person appearing at this timing...

“A treasure trove has been opened. Kukuk.”

This person appeared in the imperial palace. He was an ordinary old man. His wrinkled skin had age spots and his waist was bent so much that people wanted to get him a cane. As he stood with his hands behind his back, the eyes of the officials moved to Grid. They were wondering if this was a person from the Overgeared Kingdom.

Basara shouted instead of Grid, “Surround him!”

“......!”

The knights were startled by the urgent shout and surrounded the old man. The old man’s gaze turned to Basara.“Your attitude toward guests is very poor.”

“There is no tradition in the empire about treating thieves as guests.”

That’s right—Basara was the empress of the empire and naturally noticed the identity of the old man.

“Great Robber of the Red Night.”

“......!”

“......!”

The eyes of the officials widened. The knights surrounding the old man were also shocked and they drew their swords. They knew the story of the empire and were vaguely aware of how dangerous the Great Robber of the Red Night was.

this aura!” The knights

man’s expression didn’t change. He didn’t look nervous about being surrounded by

“Capture him!”

the Red Knights, the eyes of the old man, covered by his drooping eyelids, let out

“Eh?”

“......?!”

them in the blink of

Stop.

to leave the great hall only to stop in place. It was because a young man was blocking his way. He was wearing a silver crown. The old man’s eyes became interested. “Looking at the treasures on

to be recognized

remember having a junior

transcendence and could move without the knights realizing it, but his eye for people was

Robber of the Red Night entered the transcendent realm again. One second felt like tens of seconds and his

“......”

expression changed as he faced Grid’s hand that was blocking his way. He frowned as he looked at Grid. “I thought you were a goose laying golden eggs, but you are

to make more treasures. Grid would be wary after being robbed once. Therefore, he planned to wait until Grid made more works before stealing them all at once. Now he felt Grid wouldn’t be an easy target. “As far as I know, you aren’t an old man who lived for hundreds

period of training. Furthermore, those who achieved the transcendent

unprecedented to reach transcendence at such an

“I was just lucky.”

was lucky but it was different now. Grid now knew that there were many people in the

pride. Their noses were pointed so high that it seemed to touch the sky. Therefore, it was natural for him

question, hundreds of pillars of light fell from the sky. Every time a pillar fell, new figures appeared and filled the great hall.

be relatively lacking, but a transcendent was still a transcendent. It was impossible for him to not notice the level

his back as he spoke politely to the Great Robber of the Red Night, “As you already know, a great demon

“......”

the Red Night had this idea and wanted to refuse Grid’s request. He

many people who could leave a name in history as his subordinates. It was the first time in his over 600 years of living that he was intrigued by a person, not an object. Furthermore, for him, Grid was a goose that laid golden eggs. He determined that

the great demon who appeared

was probably the great demon of curses, Drasion. If he ran wild on the ground, there was a risk that

place might

standpoint of wanting to collect more treasures

Red Night pondered on it for a moment before nodding.

was shocking that the notorious Great

me three treasures regardless of whether we manage to defeat

of treasure do