Overgeared

There were still only two player kings—Overgeared God Grid and God of War Ares. The quality and quality of talent, the size of the force, capital, technology, strength, etc.

On all indicators, the Overgeared Kingdom was superior to Valhalla and Grid was superior to Ares. It was rare for the world to easily see Ares. Yet even Grid recognized and respected Ares' skill and resourcefulness. He had to do so. Looking down on Ares meant looking down on most players except for Grid himself.

-I was impressed by your performance in the National Competition.

Grid's voice was full of joy. They had been interacting for quite a long time. In the few times the two people had met directly, their personal feelings were pretty good. There was a special rapport because they were in similar positions. Of course, it wasn't like that from the beginning. The military cooperation between the Overgeared Kingdom and Valhalla was still ongoing.

Most of the soldiers of the Overgeared Kingdom's 1st Corps returned from military training in Valhalla after gaining enlightenment and experiencing partial breakthroughs. Artificially improving the characteristics of soldiers and breaking through their stats limit—it was something that Piaro and Asmophel couldn't do despite training many soldiers so far.

It was originally a miracle that had a low probability of occurring when the soldiers received enlightenment or went beyond their limitations. There was only one person in the world who could artificially do it and it was God of War Ares. It was just like only Grid could exercise the miracle of creating myth rated items.

-My performance?Compared to your activity of recording a new history, it is just a small trick like a slug rolling over.By the way, it is good to hear your voice after a long time.There is a refreshing feeling like drinking Coke.Uhaha!

The military cooperation between the two kingdoms wasn't a unilateral, favorable agreement. The Overgeared Kingdom also helped Valhalla. Valhalla's elites were armed with the Overgeared Kingdom's items. Of course, the two kingdoms maintained appropriate boundaries. They didn't cooperate with each other wholeheartedly.

Valhalla trained the Overgeared soldiers in 'moderation' and the Overgeared Kingdom only sold a 'moderate' amount of battle gear to Valhalla's soldiers at a 'fair' price. At one time, Ares dreamed of becoming a true ally of the Overgeared Kingdom, but the wall of reality wasn't so easy. There were many interests in diplomacy. The arbitrary decisions of his mind couldn't determine his political line.

Furthermore, Ares paid a great price for his effort in collecting NPCs as subordinates. Among the contents of the price paid was an agreement to achieve the 'dream' of the subordinate and this complicated things. Most of Ares' named NPCs held grudges against the Saharan Empire. It couldn't be helped. Most of the named NPCs were affiliated with the empire or lost something due to the empire.

-I often wanted to contact you...I refrained from it because I thought you might feel uncomfortable.

-Um, I've also been careful out of fear of your discomfort.

The Overgeared Kingdom and Valhalla cooperated, but they were wary of each other. There were two decisive occasions where the kingdoms didn't trust each other and the relationship started to crack. The Valhalla Kingdom found the 'blacksmith monopoly' of the Overgeared Kingdom annoying, while Valhalla's hostile relationship to the Saharan Empire was a problem for the Overgeared Kingdom.

It was just that both kingdoms didn't openly express their intentions. The reason why blacksmiths all over the continent flocked to the Overgeared Kingdom wasn't because the Overgeared deliberately lured them. The blacksmiths just wanted to join Grid. How could the Overgeared Kingdom be blamed for that? The Overgeared Kingdom who monopolized the blacksmiths manipulated item prices and ripped off other kingdoms, but they didn't do so for Valhalla. As mentioned earlier, they dealt fairly with Valhalla.

The Overgeared Kingdom also had no justification to deter Valhalla, who opposed the Saharan Empire and continued to wage war at the border. At the time of 4th Imperial Prince Edan's rebellion, Valhalla was used by Grandmaster Zikfrector to invade the empire. They failed and suffered massive damage. The grudge was deep. Additionally, Valhalla was a kingdom that developed by absorbing the forces hostile to the empire. By nature, it was inevitable that they would be on bad terms with the empire.

It was impossible to impose a relationship on Valhalla just because Basara, the new empress after Edan's rebellion, had formed a friendship.

-The reason I contacted you today...as you might have expected, it is because of the great human and demon war.

invaded the human world. The Ares army dreamed of being the strongest and was full of confidence. They challenged Berith without shrinking

of Berith—who they thought was delicious prey—by half, before being destroyed. It was a huge shock. The defeat in front of

as strong as the Overgeared members, but he couldn't be their pillar because he wasn't like

to say this directly, but Valhalla has grown quite strong.I

since realizing how powerful the existence of the hell monarch was. No, Ares' enthusiasm reached the peak the moment he aimed at Grid and the Overgeared

we won't drag you back.Lead us during the great human and demon war.I'll cooperate as much as I

Ares army was competent. Like the Overgeared members, they learned from their valuable experiences without being frustrated by failure. Therefore, they noticed the seriousness of the great human and demon war. Ares felt it was time for all humanity to cooperate. Of course, he knew who the leader should

is a capable person and won't refuse to

-Ares...

the most prestigious. They were a group of first-class people. As promising as they were, their pride was

-...I understand.

qualified

didn't ask such a question. He didn't bother to be humble. Grid was aware that he was

won't let you

were isolated and easily defeated. The great human and demon war would be different. As seen in Pagma's past, they had a great probability of uniting as an army. It would obviously be a tough fight even when they received penalties in the human world. He had been feeling a great sense of crisis and the participation of the Ares army was as good as earning thousands of

be so dependable?Soon, our army will arrive in Reinhardt.They left first, expecting that the conversation with

-Ares, you're not coming?

because I'm marching with all the troops

your kingdom?If the demons

large number of troops can enter through, will either be in the Behen Archipelago or the Abyss.I trust him.That guy, he is a very capable person

and Sticks had said the same thing. It was unexpected that Ares' military

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huge plow that couldn't be moved even if 10 cows joined together. Now a man was gritting his teeth as he led it and plowed through the fields. The weight on his

clear thigh muscles and permeated into the soil dug by the plow. This man who overturned Morpheus'

"Festival...? Is that right?"

had been putting down his plow and enjoyed the scenery of his own field. Now he frowned slightly and cocked his head. He saw the adventurers coming from afar who were excited about the great human

demons not

Hurent—he was one of the Five Miracles who had 31 titles in addition to his second class. He was once famous as an American hero along with Zibal, but he had long left the world. He joined the Overgeared Guild a few years ago, but no one had ever assigned him a separate

in the world. To be correct, he wasn't interested. Over the past few years, his biggest concern had been finding a 'rune'

is also

rain of aura, combined with the Steel Farmer's unique skill, 'Growth Enhancement,' strengthened the vast fields that were a wasteland 10 days ago. The used plow had already scattered into light and disappeared.

The monsters that originally swarmed