Overgeared

“Wow...”

“Beautiful...”

At the center of the World Tree Forest...

The transparent orange waves decorated it in a dizzying manner. It was a sight where dozens of constellations seemed to be gathered together. It felt like the universe had fallen to the ground, but it was actually the trajectory of Overgeared God Grid.The afterimages of his battle route made his feats a reality for the eyewitnesses.

“Sniff sniff.” Filewolf tracked Grid in a specific way. He tried to smell with a nose that didn’t exist. It was because he thought about the scent of metal that he was immersed in during his lifetime. Every time Grid swung a sword, Filewolf felt steel from the spreading waves.

It was a natural process. The Elemental King of Light scattered light every time it was cut by Grid. It reflected and dispersed light like sunlight hitting steel. Filewolf noticed it with one glance. Grid’s nature, or in other words, his divinity, had changed.

‘No, a god’s nature can’t change easily.’

A change in divinity meant betrayal and depravity. Take Rebecca for example. People believed in her and worshiped her because she was the goddess of light. If the divinity she had wasn’t light, but instead something else, it would be an act of deceit and betrayal for those who believed in her and served her.

‘It is right to interpret it as him realizing his nature now.’

The reason why the ancient giants were synonymous with wisdom was simple—they knew a lot. Filewolf might have a perverted temperament, but he had a good idea of theology. He properly analyzed Grid’s current situation. He glimpsed the newborn god becoming aware of his divinity.

“Gasp... Gasp...” Filewolf’s breathing gradually became rough. It was because he was charmed by the Elemental King of Nothingness.

Nothing Stone was approaching.

Nothingness—the name was reminiscent of a void, but the reality was completely different. Nothing Stone left a mark every time it moved. Metal dripped and fell down. Filewolf saw that it was close to Grid’s Greed. A pure metal that could become anything. Metal that was nothing because it could be anything.

‘Therefore, it is nothing.’

Was this elemental king born under the influence of Grid? It was a free interpretation of the concept of nothingness, but in fact, it was right to call it the Elemental King of Metal, not Nothingness.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

Perception was a different law for different individuals. Every being in the world felt different when they saw the same thing. There was no problem with Nothing Stone’s identification of itself as nothingness rather than metal, even if it had the properties of metal. It fell into the category of individuality. If it had been a problem, Nothing Stone wouldn’t have even been born.

[Yura, I want to contract with you.]

“......?”

Yura was startled as she was quietly watching the situation. Nothing Stone was born by counterattacking and absorbing the Elemental King of Light that had absorbed it. It was originally Grid’s elemental. Naturally, it was right for it to contract with Grid. Yet it wanted to contract with her?

[The biggest reason why I could swallow the Elemental King of Light was due to your will.]

“Mine...?”

[Yes.]

From the time she saw the Elemental King of Light devouring Light Stone, Yura was hostile to and denied the Elemental King of Light. She perceived it as Grid’s enemy. Her attitude was a great help to Nothing Stone. She was the contractor of the Elemental King of Light. She might be weaker than the Elemental King of Light and couldn’t exert direct influence, but as its contractee, Yura’s willpower to antagonize and deny the Elemental King of Light contributed to weakening it. The Elemental King of Light was caught in the restrictions of the contact and due to this, it couldn’t extinguish Light Stone.

For Nothing Stone, Yura was as much a savior as Grid. Additionally, Nothing Stone had absorbed the Elemental King of Light in reverse. Dim traces of the contract that the Elemental King of Light had signed with Yura remained. It was impossible to contract with someone other than Yura. Of course, it was a problem that could be resolved if it broke the contract with Yura’s mutual agreement, but Nothing Stone didn’t want this. It liked Yura.

However, you have

Nothing Stone was a match with Grid,

[Do you hate me?]

who was merely a lump of light. A cloud-like appearance made of mercury. Two eyes and a mouth were painted on the ‘face’ that existed in the center of it. Throughout the conversation with Yura, they were curved in a half moon shape as it smiled. It was nice

[I’m not any help to Grid. Grid already

felt that Nothing Stone resembled Greed. Metal that

like Greed, but I’m different. I am weaker

to make items using Nothing Stone as material. However, it wasn’t stronger than Greed. Therefore, Nothing Stone decided it wasn’t efficient for

‘Nothing Stone should be considered

that transformed matter. He also had Greed. Even if he made the most of Nothing Stone,

more efficient for Yura to have

elemental. He unavoidably felt greedy. Then what if Nothing Stone replaced the Elemental King of Light? He could relieve the burden on his heart. Furthermore, Yura would become much stronger in the future. It was incomparable to the time

please contract with Nothing

“...Is this really okay?”

"Of course.”

pushed Yura’s back. His gentle

you contract

“Yes... okay.”

[I’m really happy!]

Nothing Stone smiled brightly.

in the past—he was sorry that he didn’t

let’s be happy from now

***

[In this way?]

“Yes, it is perfect!”

[Hehehet.]

they became friends. It was too good in the first place. Nothing Stone was able to

itself around Yura’s body, Yura’s power increased noticeably. It was appropriate

because she

was a pretty appearance that she only showed to Grid alone when they were dating. Grid completely relieved the burden on his mind and confirmed the updated information of his sword

Sword

dances of Overgeared

critical hit probability by 70%, and critical hit attack power by 150%. All values will triple when using cooperative

This effect is only fully applied when a sword type weapon is

power isn’t applied when a staff

proportional to the willpower stat will be

step due to the realization gained from

number of fusion sword dances that can

the number of fusion sword

can also create six fusion sword dances. However, the number of times a five or six fusion sword dance can be created

will have the nothingness attribute. It will always exert full power over all other attributes and can

so you can activate/deactivate

Currently activated.]

the sharp increase in physical attack power and critical hit attack power. There was also

100% powerful against any attribute. Instead, he didn’t have the upper hand against any attribute.