Overgeared

After the introduction of the Demon King’s Subjugation event in the National Competition, there was a rule that the previous demon king would appear in the first match of PvP. If the former demon king didn’t appear in PvP, then an event match with them would be held (except when they didn’t participate in the National Competition). It was a type of courtesy toward the strongest, who proved their skills and became qualified to be the demon king.

Damian was the protagonist of the first stage of PvP this year. The opponent who was chosen as a scapegoat to face the former demon king would be nervous or desperate, unless they were a skilled player on the same level as the former demon king. However, the Korean ranker facing Damian was relaxed instead of nervous. He wasn’t particularly famous or highly ranked, but he had high confidence.

‘Is he a new rising power like Zelos?’

Time was fair to everyone. Everyone with passion tried hard in the same manner. Yesterday’s weak could be today’s strong and yesterday’s loser could be today’s winner. This was providence. Damian held his sword, but he took a posture reminiscent of Grid. It was completely different from when he was the pope.

‘Ryu Jin.’

Damian thought about the information of the opponents that he secured in advance. His class was a linker and he had a legendary weapon called ‘Sanao’s Offense.’ His period of activity in the coastal area near Siren was very long and there was a high probability of being a pirate. If so, he should be quite familiar with PvP.

‘Sanao’s Offense is a guandao. Does he use linker skills to bind the opponent and then approach to defeat them?’

Most linkers operated from a distance, but the combat style was more influenced by the player’s tendencies, not their class. Damian thought about it and shook his head. Poor information just led to unnecessary speculation. He shouldn’t be blinded. He planned to explore carefully to see the source of the other person’s confidence with his own eyes.

The Korean ranker, Ryu Jin, shouted at the concentrating Damian, “I have good luck.”

“......?”

“I get to fight against the person who changed classes and went backwards.”

“......”

Was this the source of the confidence? Damian sighed as he understood the other person’s heart.

‘This confidence isn’t because he believes in his own skills.’

He was a human being who competed based on the skills of the opponents. It was pathetic.

‘Not all Koreans were influenced by Grid.’

“It is clear that the Japanese can’t play games. Did you lose your senses after being a superstar due to the power of your class? You gave up the pope’s position without understanding yourself. Hahat! Haven’t you been really regretting it these days?

“......”

Was there a need to speak for so long? There was no need to associate with a person with racial discrimination.

“Grid’s Sword Dance.”

“Bah.”

The moment Damian used his skill, Ryu Jin scoffed and triggered the skill Doll Display. It was one of the ultimate skills of the linker class that could link up to 10 people. It had a very high probability of binding the target. He knew the surest way to block Grid’s sword dances. Damian stopped in place. He couldn’t take a step forward.

Ryu Jin smiled with satisfaction at seeing him completely neutralized and linked the next skill.

short-range attacks into

panic. ‘Have I

was just a

“Dancing Doll!”

calmly engaged in battle. Dancing Doll—it was a skill that made the bound target dance for a minimum of two seconds to a

Jin maintained his smile while linking his skills, only for his eyes to widen. It was because he was going to be cut

‘This is shit!’

0.5 seconds gap that occurred when connecting Dancing Doll with Doll Display was

was too fast. It was dangerous if this continued. Ryu Jin’s head spun as he witnessed the sword

here. Damian’s sword energies pierced Ryu Jin’s heart before he could

suffered

‘...What?’

earlier. Ryu Jin died a mysterious

“Waaaaaaaah!”

didn’t believe in Damian’s

about the three fusion sword dance that symbolized

A single sword dance and a two fusion sword dance are rather simple and it is easy to be attacked. However, it is a completely different skill from the three fusion sword dance. It can be applied in many ways to attack, defend, evade,

He just used three.

...Yes, that’s right. As you just saw, it was three. This is Grid’s sword dance that

an exaggeration to say that the world was excited to get a glimpse of Grid, who hadn’t

“What is this? How

of the Overgeared God Church was already well known. It had long been known that the higher the level of Grid’s Sword Dance and the higher the faith toward Grid, the more diverse the fusion sword dances that could be acquired. No one would’ve predicted that a

a big deal, “He isn’t a regular believer, he is the leader

sword dance, his growth rate in the future will be

when was it a fair game? In the first place, there is no fair game in the world. No matter if it is through luck, talent, or skills, those who

the fun of a game that was equal for everyone? Zelos became a ranker by trying harder than others and he thought

Don’t worry too much. No matter what, it is the end with that three fusion

the always smiling Damian’s expression became cold, the other player seemed to have talked nonsense. Due to that, he became

‘Good.’

high odds from the beginning but now the winning rate was even higher. Transcended Link Kill—a ranged attack that continuously fired powerful sword energies that pierced and cut. It was obviously a

long-ranged attacks. He also had the legendary rated item, Mirror Armor. It was armor obtained by winning Player 55. The damage taken would be reduced by half, there was a very high probability of being immune to ranged attacks, and it inflected reflection damage once the immunity

dance he learned is the one with the worst

Transcend. It was because the

and rise to the round of 32... No, it will skyrocket even if I make it to

PvP this year. This alone was enough to raise global awareness. From then on, it would be a smooth

『 Victory! Zelos!! 』

the first round. Zelos barely won over the monk ranker, who swung a heavy wooden club that delivered shocks inside the armor. Then he returned to the waiting room and raised his concentration. He simulated a battle against

began. He wore armor with dozens of disc crystals that acted as mirrors. It was an item that made it impossible for the target to look straight ahead. This structure reduced

with you. I am a fan of Grid. However, I didn’t have the courage

for the top. To be honest, he wanted to join the Overgeared Guild. He didn’t want to be an enemy with Damian, who

As a fellow Japanese person, I am proud of you. Thus, I will do my best to fight even harder. I will face you with my full power. That is