Overgeared

Chapter 1609

Knight, someone who was known to the public as the death god. A person who consumed the target’s ‘soul gauge’ to deal a definite death. Unlike his ID, his notoriety was quite high because his ability specialized in assassination. Some people said that his assassination-related potential was comparable to Faker.

Lauel paid attention to his personality. Cool-headed, yet tenacious. He clearly distinguished when to back down and when not to back down. He didn’t compromise easily. If faced with an unfavorable situation, he seemed to give up without any regrets, but in the end, he produced results. If 10 people escaped from Knight’s assassination, nine of them would suffer a mysterious death one day.

An inspector who needed to dive into the tiger’s lair and gather evidence to hunt the tiger. It was judged that there were few people more suitable than Knight to carry out the mission that had constant exposure to danger and temptation.

Of course, Knight found it absurd. He was moved by Lauel’s effort to recruit him, so he joined the Overgeared Guild. But... his first assignment was unexpected. An assassin acting as an inspector?

‘In the first place, are there any fools who have a traitorous mind against the present empire?’

The Overgeared Empire used the absolute armed force and popularity of Grid as the backdrop for its birth. Not only did it absorb Saharan intact, but it received tribute for all nations on the continent. Was there a nobleman who dared to have a traitorous mind when Grid’s power pierced the sky? If there was such a person, he was either impatient or a stupid person. He wouldn’t be appointed lord in the first if he was these things.

Knight’s thoughts changed a short time later.

‘Eyes and ears can’t reach here.’

The Overgeared Empire was too wide. It was natural since almost all of the continent was the territory of the empire. The further away from the imperial capital a place was, the harder it was to find a warp gate and the more the unique color of the area grew. Of course, there were statues of Grid everywhere. There was also a flood of believers praising Grid’s epics.

However, there was a considerable sense of strangeness. This was a remote region far from the center. The place had been ruled by local nobles since ancient times and built their own culture and sentiments. The dialect and clothing of the people became unfamiliar. It gave the strong impression that it was a separate nation and not part of the empire.

‘I think they interpret Grid’s epics slightly differently.’

For the Overgeared God Church, Grid’s epics were the holy book. Was it okay to interpret the holy book in an open manner? Knight was looking around the city while listening to the strange epics praised by the people when he suddenly stopped walking. It was because dozens of soldiers and knights blocked his path.

“You are the inspector from the imperial palace? My lord is waiting at the territory’s capital.”

Territory inspections were carried out by surprise. It was because the meaning faded if the target knew and prepared for it. Yet this place already knew about it. They didn’t give him any time to look around the city and instead wanted to drag him to their den.

“I planned to visit the capital after looking at a few more cities.”

“What is there to see in the countryside? You will just be bored. Furthermore, the lord himself has prepared a banquet. Please accompany him for the sake of the lord’s face.”

The attitude of the knights was polite yet coercive. It was a bit awkward to refuse since they were talking about face.

‘I can do the inspection after the banquet. Let’s start with checking the attitude of the lord.’

Lauel had said that the lord here was planning a rebellion and that there must be the remnants of the Rebecca Church behind the lord. They were absurd words. Lauel presented no physical evidence to back it up. He wasn’t a fortune teller and simply doubted the lord based on circumstantial evidence. Knight found it hard to relate to. He might be wary of the strange closed nature and independence of this land, but he didn’t judge the other side hastily.

Above all, Knight admired the lord’s competence. The development status of the cities in the area exceeded expectations. The high political power of the lord could be seen with one glance.

‘It might be different if he is an idiot, but there is no way such a talented person would conspire with the remnants of the Rebecca Church to start a hopeless rebellion.’

Knight’s confidence was shattered that night.

“......”

the banquet and witnessed strange people. They were those whose souls were colored gold.

lord.” Knight put down the drink that the lord poured for him without drinking and stared at the

Rebecca a son

“......”

“......”

his vassals blinked and doubted their ears. Some of the vassals belatedly regained

are you

is none other than the imperial palace who put the lord in this position. Insulting the lord is insulting the imperial palace. It

threatened him. Knight ignored them. As the figure of a giant death god with a scythe appeared behind him, he spoke again, “My lord, you don’t want to call Rebecca a son of

Why are you suddenly asking me to commit the

is it blasphemy if a follower of

still a

were in danger will punish us as soon as we sin? What is

don’t deal

charge of treason right away. I’m sure the imperial

slowly rose from their seats. There were four in total. The thing they had in common was that they possessed gold souls. They were Knight’s targets from the beginning. The death god pointed at them with four long, dry fingers and swung the scythe in

“Keok!”

half. The souls' owners died without

his seat and approached them. He picked up the accessories dropped from the corpses with an expressionless face and examined them. There was a necklace and ring symbolizing

deceive you or did you

“Get him!”

at how the situation

It would be more accurate to interpret it as

in the lord’s position and deal with them when the time came. The reason for this was that the lord’s

develop their territory quickly—even though Lauel knew he would someday have a dark heart, Lauel made him the lord and drained his abilities. Now that the lord was no longer needed, Knight was sent to deal

thorough

invincible group, but the

should never

that he now made up his mind not to betray them even if the world

tongue and pulled out his weapon. He slashed at the soldiers coming from all directions and blocked the knights’ attacks. People were impressed by the way he blocked any gaps in

was full of ease. He seemed to have judged that Knight would collapse from

wasn’t overwhelming. The level of the knights was too high. They were also excellently armed as knights of the Overgeared Empire. The fact that he didn’t receive assistance

Saharan, not the Overgeared Empire. How can you understand how I felt as an incompetent woman became the

defensive. The time he spent playing as a loyalist of the Overgeared Empire was so intense that he felt

of excitement, but he was convinced of victory. In fact, there was no such thing as victory. What victory was it to catch and beat a dirty hound running wild? This was

Great Human and Demon

were still strong, we would’ve been able

you joined with the remnants of the Rebecca

extremely remote. They couldn’t have directly experienced war in the Abyss and the Behen Archipelago. They simply dealt with the demonic creatures which came through the portals and couldn’t know how terrible the Great Human and Demon War was. Hearing

than one person who feels upset. You should die

was because he would receive bigger contributions for capturing the lord alive. However, his thoughts changed at

experienced the horror and killing intent as if the world was falling apart. He sensed his inevitable death and turned his back to the wall of soldiers he had built in front of

death god wielded the scythe, the lord died and collapsed like a broken doll.