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.

upwards and his sword was filled with a strong sword energy. It was a sword dance that increased damage and transformed short-range attacks into long-range attacks.The sword

‘Have I never

just a bit

“Dancing Doll!”

made the bound target dance for

to widen. It was because he was going to be cut with sword energy. The linker’s greatest weakness was that they couldn’t attack while controlling the target. Dancing Doll was released and Damian regained his

‘This is shit!’

entire behavior. The 0.5 seconds gap that occurred when

fast. It was dangerous if this continued. Ryu Jin’s head spun as he witnessed the sword energies filling his field of view. ‘Defend?

energies pierced Ryu Jin’s heart before he

suffered

‘...What?’

this sword energy was different from the one earlier. Ryu Jin died

“Waaaaaaaah!”

who didn’t believe in Damian’s skills

Kill—they were enthusiastic about the three fusion sword

the number of sword dances that are combined, the better the utilization. A single sword dance and a two fusion sword dance are rather simple and it is easy to be attacked. However,

He just used

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

also excited. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the world was excited to get

Seichi’s expression distorted. “What is this? How is he already using

Dance and the higher the faith toward Grid, the more diverse

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

is too fast. If he is already using the three fusion sword dance, his growth rate in the future

in the world. No matter if it is through luck, talent, or skills, those who are ahead will stand

Zelos

what, it is the end with

the other player seemed to have talked nonsense. Due to that, he became excited

‘Good.’

Kill—a ranged attack that continuously fired powerful sword energies that pierced and cut. It

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

sword dance he learned is the one with the worst

based on Transcend. It was because the versatility of Transcend was really good.

of 32... No,

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

『 Victory! Zelos!! 』

passed 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 Damian, whom he would meet in the second round, several times.

that acted as mirrors. It was an item that made it impossible for the target to look straight ahead. This structure reduced

a fan of Grid. However, I didn’t have the courage to join

join the Overgeared Guild. He didn’t want to be an enemy with Damian, who was obviously a member of the

I admire your courage. 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