Overgeared

The world was tumultuous even after the war ended. 

The controlled zones of the Overgeared Guild relaxed their control, the Hell Gao raid where tens of thousands of people participated, the changes in the religious forces, the 7th National Competition, etcetera. 

The issues that attracted the attention of people around the world hadn’t ceased. In particular, people’s attention was focused on the National Competition. 

『 The National Competition is a stage where world-class powerhouses gather to compete with their skills. The purpose is to select the best talent of that year. However, this year, there is an announcement from the S.A Group that it will add events where players will compete under the same conditions in order to give more players the opportunity to participate. 』 

『 The AoS and battle royale genres will be added as new events, right? 』 

『 Yes, each country will hold an online preliminary round to select players… 』

The National Competition was a contest of national prestige. People looked forward to and cheered to see how far their rankers could prevail in the world. However, significant rewards caused unexpected problems. As the gap between those who won medals in the National Competition and those who failed to win medals widened, more and more people started to feel a sense of deprivation. 

A festival that took place once a year—it was a competition that carried the national flag and it was right for it to be a stage for qualified people. It was no wonder why the rewards were so great. Even so, it would be nice to give more people a chance… 

The S.A Group responded to the wishes of people like this. It was to appease the public sentiment that had worsened since the Great Human and Demon War. A total of seven new events were added to this year’s National Competition. Five of these events were based on ‘competing under equal conditions.’ 

The AoS games, FPS games, etcetera, which were popular until the release of Satisfy a few years ago. This included the battle royale games that would be held as an event. In every event, participants chose a specific profession. They started the game at level 1 and sought victory by cooperating or competing with other participants. The background of the game was naturally Satisfy. It was easy to understand it as various genres of games being played as a virtual reality version. 

People had no choice but to be excited. They would have an opportunity to participate in the National Competition that was only a festival for a few people. 

-Honestly, we would be rankers if we had money and time. 

-That\'s right. If only luck had followed. 

-We will be competitive if the conditions are the same. 

Most people were tolerant toward themselves. They acknowledged the strength and performance of rankers, but they also believed they were qualified to stand beside the rankers. The reason they didn’t become rankers was due to the differences in environment and bad luck… 

Many believed so and desire ignited in them. It was similar to a person who hadn’t studied properly thinking, ‘If I had made up my mind to study, I would’ve gone to a prestigious university.’ The experts pointed out their attitudes. 

『 It is sad to see what public opinion is like recently. More and more people are distorting rankers into those who are privileged. They should keep one thing in mind. Rankers were also ordinary in the past. A ranker isn’t a position that can be maintained with money and time alone. Please note that if you have the opportunity to compete with them under the same conditions, you will surely experience great frustration… 』 

『 Professor, are you afraid that the gap between new participants and rankers will be large? 』 

『 Of course. I expect the actual rankings and result of the participants to be directly proportional to ther real rankings. 』 

『 An example of this… Grid will unconditionally win gold in any events he participates in, right? 』

『 Right. 』 

were similar. They predicted the overwhelming performance of the rankers. They appreciated the ‘experience’ of rankers rather than their ‘innate talent.’ They argue that

opinion became angry.

proportion? ?? Do the people who aren’t rankers have no dreams

 Has it only been one or two times when the experts speak X-ing bullsh*t sentences?

into history, yet the experts are prioritizing experience… a game is more about talent than

admit that they did better than others in obtaining levels and items, but isn’t it too

being overly

thing. A person’s attitude was bound to change depending on the situation and position. The proof was the readers swearing that the manhwa or novels they enjoyed reading until last week were trash today. It changed because it was worth changing. From the time when events that anyone could challenge

of participants for the online preliminaries to select players for the new events is…

whether Grid, who missed several competitions, and Kraugel, who didn’t participate in last year’s competition, will participate this year. In response, the S.A Group has revealed that it hasn’t received applications from the two people to participate. This

their intention to participate in the new event. In the midst of speculation over the reasons, the interview of the named ranker Peak Sword has become controversial.

seemed to distinguish between rankers and non-rankers.

the reaction of public

The majority of opinions say they feel the ranker’s sense of authority from Peak Sword’s

that rankers are great. Still,

to their skills. Most of the skills recognized here are exercised only when the

I am sympathetic with some of them. The advantage of rankers lies in their specs. The great thing about rankers is that they built up those specs… this is what they

The reason they can’t become rankers is because the environment isn’t good or they started

the reason why rankers are absent from new events is because they

risky for the rankers to give up their hard-earned qualifications to participate in events under the same conditions as the general public. They can’t guarantee victory and their reputation will plummet if they

to break through hundreds of millions of people and advance to the finals, aren’t they good enough to be called professionals?

the participants into the general public

The keyword ‘ranker’s sense of authority’ is becoming

***

“Hi~” 

“Good morning.” 

“……?”

greeting him was the same as usual. He thought they would ask why he caused another commotion. Therefore, it was a surprise. Toban read Peak Sword’s stunned expression and laughed. “There must be many people feeling relieved after hearing your interview.”

a place to raise the reputation and value of the participants before it was a stage to raise the prestige

and hanging a medal around their necks in events made for the public? There was nothing other than the medal rewards. Rather, it was a loss. Public opinion and the media would

better to leave this as their own event. That’s right. The gap between rankers and the general public was large. It was uncertain until a

those who became rankers due to luck failed to maintain their rankings and eventually went down to their original positions. There was such accumulated data that rankers became aware that they

I want Grid to participate in the National Competition,” Toban said as he entered the palace.

palace was very busy. They were in the midst of preparing to welcome guests from the empire. They found Grid dressed in a

are too many words that cross the line these