Overgeared

“You finally got the hang of it.” Pauld smiled. It was a clear smile that matched the little boy’s face but looking closely, it was creepy. There were no emotions in the large eyes. Light didn’t shine in it and it showed no moods, so it didn’t match the smile on his face. It was impossible for a corpse to have true emotions. The smile was nothing but an act to realize his soul.

Agnus used to believe that the deceased was the second return of Luna. Now he saw Pauld’s empty smile and nodded. “I’ve definitely adapted.”

Every time Agnus’ deceased moved, dozens of bizarre devices in his body rotated with a slight sound. It was just abstract magic power for someone else, but it was a process of absorbing resources like mana or aura from the outside and then filtering them into power. The materialized power was launched from the deceased’s heart. It was made by Pauld and was a magic organ that shouldn’t exist.

Just then, there was the terrible noise of bones breaking in the deceased’s body like a doll being pulled by a thread. The joints that twisted in the reverse direction moved like tentacles. An ordinary human being would definitely be affected by the shock.

However, Agnus’ deceased was literally a corpse. It just moved and it naturally didn’t feel pain. The deceased didn’t care about the broken Achilles tendon and kicked off from the ground. The acceleration was so fast that even Agnus missed some of it despite having transcendent vision from the Baal’s Contractor class growing to legendary rated, 2,500 points in agility, and the correction from various titles.

‘It is more than I expected.’

Agnus was convinced by the appearance of the deceased, who learned how to use the magic organ in exchange for the body turning into rags. The moment he created a deceased with a body sturdy enough to withstand the output of the magic organ, the number of targets he needed to fear would be significantly reduced.

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“You are much more persistent than I thought.”

Mir, the owner of the Blue Dragon Dao. He was called the strongest yangban, but he had never been proud due to this identity. A yangban? He was just a soldier born and trained to get revenge for the expelled gods. Even if he built up divinity and became a god, his natural destiny wouldn’t change. After all, he existed under Hanul and would disappear after fighting for Hanul’s sake. This was why—

“Every time I see you being cut, stabbed, killed, and resurrected, only to point your sword at me again, it... It makes me feel the compulsion to learn from your mindset.”

Mir dreamed about becoming the martial god. He didn’t have a grandiose intention like wanting to get rid of Hanul’s shackles. He just wanted to establish a ‘me,’ not a created half-god or a created god. This was why he was obsessed with martial arts. Throughout his life, he honed everything in the category of talent including the body of a half-god, power, and lifespan. He didn’t stop trying hard unlike the other yangbans.

Yet it was only recently that he realized something. He learned from the man in front of him that what he always thought was hard work was nothing more than relying on his natural talent.

“Gasp... gasp... gasp...”The eternal snow created by the blue dragon’s curse was dyed red and the body of the man lying on it was full of wounds. The man was dying, just like a week ago, a fortnight ago, and a month ago. However, the time it took to reach the result of death was different every time. Half a month ago compared to a month ago, and even today compared with a week ago, the man persisted for a longer and longer time before falling.

A drop of blood dripped down a finger onto the snow. It was Mir’s blood. There was a faint wound on his left shoulder. Every time the man persisted for a longer time, the wounds on Mir’s body increased. It wasn’t deep, but Mir was alert.

The man slowly closing his eyes on the red snow was the present day Sword Saint, Kraugel. Mir felt anxious that Kraugel might soon leave a wound that couldn’t be erased.

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[Your level has decreased.]

leveled up, so the loss was quite significant. It was enough to feel his weakened strength. Even so, Kraugel’s heart was very relaxed despite

increased by four this

a skill to a stat after becoming the Sword Saint was special among the hidden stats. It was the strongest combat-related stat

It was thanks to fighting the yangbans, especially Mir, during his stay in Kaya. The more he reacted to Mir’s attacks, the more Kraugel’s

return, he suffered a total of eight deaths from Mir alone, losing a significant amount of experience and a few items. Still, it was worth it to Kraugel. He had already fallen to level 1, so he was acclimated to the concept of

in his warehouse. Even Kraugel

“Welcome.”

“Please open Warehouse 378.”

called the kingdom of sand. Kraugel designated this place that was completely different from the snow-covered capital as the resurrection point and

death when fighting Mir again. Before then, he had

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the overall combat power was quite excellent. The snake-like lower body bent geometrically and attacked at totally unexpected angles, and the force of the tail was heavy enough to stiffen the God Hands. Additionally, his scales were hard and resilient. He was challenging in many ways. Even if the messengers were under a severe penalty, the

is why he

by Obora was a ‘spine.’ It consisted of seven cervical vertebrae, 20 thoracic vertebrae, and four lumbar vertebrae. Once extended, the length reached three meters. However, it was possible to combine each one and it could shrink down

and its length changed, so it was hard to read and deal with the attacks. If he didn’t have his transcendent senses, then Grid would’ve suffered

use this as

whip and could change its length. The more the enemies read and responded to the trajectory of the sword, the

in every bone joint of Obora’s spine, so it was virtually impossible to smelt it like a mineral. Of course, it was the cartilage of a great demon,

itself will become harder. However, if

as a whip or to shrink and expand. It would just be a

far below the level of a sword. Um, what if I separate all the bone joints and reconnect them with linksinstead of cartilage? No, it is better to rebuild the bone

before concluding that it was impossible to replicate Obora’s spine with other metals. Of course, he could

There was a method borrowing the power of the system. Use the pure Obora’s spine to make a sword first

It is

essential materials. Grid was troubled for a

the moment he received the call and greeted Grid while placing his