Overgeared

‘Save me? Why?’

Once the light came, chaos lost its darkness. At the end of the procession of trumpet blowing angels was Goddess Rebecca. The goddess created the heavens and earth and formed living things, while Dominion and Judar helped. It was a prelude to Genesis.

The first thing Rebecca did when she came to the surface was the creation of the heavens and the land. Garion and the World Tree were likely to have been born at this time. It meant that just like the other heavenly gods, Rebecca was Garion’s mother. Of course, he had been on the surface ever since his birth, so his tendencies might be different from the other gods in heaven. Even approaching Piaro and Grid was within the scope of understanding.

Yet asking for help was a completely different matter.

Garion wanted Grid to save him? A god who was respected and loved by all and who had Rebecca behind him. He was in a position to ask for help?

“......”

Grid didn’t answer hastily. Doubts had already sprang up in his heart as he touched his chin. He acknowledged that Garion was a god worthy of respect, but he didn’t trust Garion.

It was the right decision. The first Great Human and Demon War that Pagma went through, the second Great Human and Demon War that humans of this time went throug, and the old seven malignant saints episodes—as history proved, the gods had committed numerous sins. They pretended on the surface while secretly committing the crime. They were far more insidious than Baal, who was openly trash.

Grid clearly knew this, so how could he believe only in Garion’s reputation and trust him? He would just be an idiot.

‘It seems like a trap.’

Of course, it could be an opportunity. Garion was a god who walked a neutral path on the surface. If it was true that he was a god who existed only for human beings, then it was a status that had no relationship with the heavenly gods. It was understandable to rely on Grid when going through a crisis.

‘It will be a great strength if I help at this time and we take the same side.’

First of all, it was great to be able to get a lot of information. The World Tree had little expression of emotions and had difficulty communicating, perhaps because it was fundamentally a tree. Meanwhile, Garion resembled an ordinary god. It meant Garion was similar to humans. He fully expressed his emotions through writing, so it seemed possible to communicate smoothly.

‘I’m a bit upset, but...’

-Saveme.

Grid felt emotional again when he saw the letters on the ground. This was a god who didn’t use spaces. Of course, it might be possible to have an actual conversation if he succeeded in saving Garion. Grid thought about it for a while before sending a whisper to Lauel.

He explained the current situation and asked for advice. Then he asked questions based on the advice. “What are the circumstances in which you are asking to be saved? First of all, I want to know the situation you are in.”

-Consumedivinepowereverytimethegroundisrestored.

-TherearemanySwordSaintsthesedayssoIkeeplosingstrength.

‘Biban and Kraugel did something wrong.’

So why do they keep cutting the world...

Grid shook his head when he remembered the powerful swordsmanship of the Sword Saint before his expression soon stiffened.

-Stillitwasbarelymanageable.

-Butpeoplethesedays.

-WorshipOvergearedeGodratherthanmyself.

-Slowsdowntherecoveryofmystrength.

“...Uh, um...”

Grid realized it once again. How much influence he had on the worldview. He felt embarrassed but proud.

-Whyareyousmiling?

“I feel sorry, so I am smiling bitterly.”

-Itisokay.

-OvergearedGodisn’twrong.Itisgreat.

upright and has a

was a respected god for a reason. Then wouldn’t it be better to just

-ItwasalreadyhardbutitwasruinedduetoZeratul.

-HedestroyedthelandandIlostdivinepower.

is

and responsibility to Zeratul

The writing continued.

-IaskedMothertohelpme.

-Silencewastheanswer.

are talking

-Right.

-Mothercanrechargemydivinepower.

-ButthereisnoasnswerevenwhenIcall.

but at some point, these experiences disappeared. Damian even said that when he was the pope, he had only received Rebecca’s divine

was the same for Grid. The goddess’ gentle voice that Grid heard had long disappeared from his memory. He was now uncertain if the voice

‘What is this?’

were possible about the reason Rebecca became silent toward humanity. It could have been to rebuke the Rebecca Church for its many civil wars in

with the gods? It was unreasonable to see it as her simply alienating Garion. Zeratul, who repeatedly descended to the surface without sufficient preparations, proved it. Wouldn’t Goddess Rebecca have restrained Zeratul

of harvesting legendary souls and turning them into angels. It was unlikely that the goddess would’ve hoped for Zeratul’s helpless defeat and loss of

will of the goddess. In the past, the goddess communicated with the Rebecca Church by sending down the holy sword and divine messages. It meant she actively supported

on his face due to the many doubts he felt

happen to Goddess Rebecca? Is it possible that someone has imprisoned the goddess and is

of them, Hanul had lost his power and fled to

Maybe Yatan, to Rebecca...?

actually a good god, but the evil god Yatan was suppressing Rebecca and causing chaos

didn’t discriminate between good and evil. He just wanted to

-ThereisnoonewhocanimprisonMother.

-EvenYatancan’tdoit.

-YatanandMothercooperatewitheachotherbuttheycan’tinterfere.

“......?”

Garion’s writing had stopped. No matter how long he waited,

Grid urged and a few minutes

-OvergearedGod,asyouknow.

-BaalbetrayedYatan.

-RaphaelorGabriel.

-ItmeanstheycanbetrayMother.

other gods. Born from the chaos of nothing, they had to inherit Rebecca’s ‘blood’ and their authority was enormous. It might’ve been possible for them to distort heaven,

unlucky face and gritted his teeth. “Then are you saying the whole situation is Raphael’s

-Itisallaguess.

-Mother’ssituationisdifferentfromYatan.

-Alwaysthere.

-RaphaelandGabriel.

-Theprobabilityofasuccessfulrebellionislow.

-Mother’ssilence.

-ItmustbeMother’swill.

-Idon’tknowthereason.

can I help

past actions, it was safe to assume there was no possibility of him antagonizing them. The conversation also lent some credibility to this. In the first place, he wasn’t a god in

-IrecognizetheOvergearedGodasagod.

-ThegodthatpeoplebelieveinthemostrightnowistheOvergearedGod.

-IcanrestoremydivinityifIamacknowledgedbytheOvergearedGod.

-Buildonesmalltemple.

meant Grid would be holding Garion’s leash. If Garion

same as betraying Goddess Rebecca? Heaven won’t just sit