Overgeared

30,556—this was Grid’s remaining health value. It was fatal that Baal’s rising speed after using Blackening was directly related to his hit rate.

‘If I had been hit by the last counterattack, I would’ve immediately entered the immortality state.’

The power of Blackening, that he experienced for the first time in ages through someone else, was wonderful. It was difficult to temporarily adapt to the sharp rise in attack power and speed. He wanted to have it again.

‘It would’ve been really hard if I entered the immortal state.’

The real reason he was afraid of Baal after Blackening was used was that the health gauge was gone. The health marker had literally disappeared. This created more pressure than imagined. It was an unexpected change that could only be described as a fear that he had never experienced before. It was because he had no idea how much damage his attack did to the enemy. It confused his judgment in many ways. The end of the fight wasn’t possible without the enemy’s death, so the skill usage itself wasn’t smooth.

Therefore, he just used everything. He aimed for the timing when Braham drew attention with Meteor. He placed a mass of greed between the nine meteorites. The moment Baal was caught off guard, he swung the Falling Moon Sword.

First, he cut off both arms to weaken Baal’s defense. Then he swapped his weapon and poured out his ultimate skills. Due to that, he suffered a major rebound. Baal’s regeneration speed was faster than expected and Grid was hit by continuous counterattacks. If he hadn’t grabbed Baal’s neck with one hand, he would’ve been swept away from the shockwave, bounced far away, and missed the chance to win.

Yet somehow, he succeeded in taking Baal down. Grid confirmed that it was the correct judgment. If he had hesitated a bit and his immortality occurred before Baal died, he would’ve experienced unbearable chaos.

Could he keep fighting like this? Wouldn’t he die first? Wasn’t it better to fall back and start recovering? Etc, etc. It was highly likely he would’ve slowed down from all the questions, leading to defeat. The only reason was that he couldn’t see Baal’s health.

‘Is it Baal’s inherent power?’ Grid thought about it but soon came to the conclusion that this wasn’t the case. Baal couldn’t use his power. It was the limitation that led to him using Zik’s power, the original master of the body.

‘It makes sense to see it as a correction effect for all top-ranked beings.’

Beings who didn’t show their health from a certain phase or whose health wasn’t marked from the beginning...

It was different from the type of boss monster whose maximum health rose sharply and the figure was marked with a question mark. The gauge with question marks would return to its original form if the monster kept being hit, but there was no proper answer to the absence of the gauge itself. There was no way to know when it would die, so they could only fight to the death. The difficulty of combat was actually tens of times higher.

‘Well... I just need to be stronger.’

Let’s focus on this moment.

[The compensation is being settled.]

The achievement of killing Baal seemed to be great. He might’ve only killed the fragment of a particular ego, but the system didn’t easily give him compensation and was calculating it carefully. It felt chilly, unlike in the past where exclamation marks were displayed to express admiration and embarrassment. Still, this wasn’t surprising. The system had no personal feelings. It was normal to be businesslike.

“...Sigh.” Grid was briefly lost in thought as he looked at Zik’s body that was left behind by Baal. The wound on his face became dim as he restored his breathing. His vision returned to normal. Immediately, he leaped into the sky. Perhaps they didn’t know that Baal was dead or they simply didn’t believe it—eight of Barbatos’ subordinates were chasing after Kyle as he raced through the sky. Braham was unconscious in Kyle’s arms.

‘That person is truly...’

Braham had regained the power of a direct descendant. His species was now a complete vampire, a demonkin. Rather than recovering from the flames of the red phoenix released by Storm of the Fire God, he must’ve felt severe pain and fatigue. It was also after a few days on the battlefield, so it was clear that he wasn’t in perfect condition.

However, he was in a crisis due to helping Grid by searching for Barbatos in that state. It was a judgment that wasn’t like the Duke of Wisdom. Emotions preceded reason. Thanks to him, Grid was able to overpower Baal before his immortality occurred...

‘Don’t worry.’

“Hahat... Keok!”

a few of Barbatos’ subordinates, who were laughing, started screaming. It was because their neck, shoulders, arms, and legs were cut by something that appeared through the electric currents scattered by Kyle. Those who belatedly recognized Grid were

“Is this real?”

“Baal was killed?”

only to soon stop. They left afterimages as they moved discreetly and surrounded Grid. There was no awkwardness

I see it,

you come here to die on your

hierarchy. It was enough to represent hell anywhere. If they valued the present rather than the ‘better future,’ they could aim

as good prey for these great guys. Grid was in bad condition. His recovery speed in real time was fast, but he

to avoid them...” Kyle called out as he stood on the outside of those who surrounded Grid in an instant. His lowered eyes and quiet voice was

aim for

could abide by the etiquette and prove his loyalty well, he could reign above tens of thousands of people generation after generation. Kyle’s expression was distorted as he glanced at the

he want

became more

ringing out. Mercedes and Asmophel gave a signal to flee while tying up Barbatos’ feet. Or

run away with Braham? Leave

Kyle had an expression of horror on his face. He never dreamed

kill him, won’t my goal of participating in this war

on his own. I’m happy, but I can’t believe it because it is

their killing intent and greed. They

What should I

Kyle was

They stepped into the realm of artificial

take a single step from his position. The faces of Kyle and the subordinates

he pretending

had just been settled. At level 503, he reached the fifth stats awakening and was completely different from a second ago. Kyle got goosebumps. He looked at Grid, who tested him even while postponing the crisis, and felt like Grid was

still fine after killing

“What is this guy?!”

subordinates fled desperately

power to share the vision of his subordinates. Grid wanted to get rid of more

Machine was to mix silver threads with the injected magic power. The silver threads were decomposed to particles and were preserved inside

to give ‘physical strength’ and ‘variability’ to magic power. It was sufficiently successful. In order to increase the length of the silver threads as much as possible, turning it into powder and mixing it with magic power was especially effective. The volume of magic power and the volume of silver threads were

the use of artificial sensations. The density of silver threads was very low. When mixed with magic power, it stretched tightly and spread out around Grid like a cobweb. In

was late, but Baal

possible to completely erase the presence of the silver threads. If it stayed like it was, Baal would notice the artificial senses from

‘At the same time.’

silver threads and shrink

Just like this.

“Ugh?!”

a spear viciously at Grid was flustered. It was because his spear was caught by something invisible in the air. The face of the demon, who was pulled

‘What is this strength?’