Overgeared

“What? What type of world is it these days? There are still people like that?”

God of War Ares—it was said that his skills weren’t as good as his fame and it was a short bubble that would only work in the days when the level of players wasn’t high. He had been subject to public ridicule and criticism for quite some time. It was because his comparison target was mainly Grid. It couldn’t be helped.

They were the only ones among players to establish a kingdom. Ares had a significant number of high rankers as his subordinates and naturally attracted the attention of the public. He was compared to Grid, who was in a serious position. However, his achievements were relatively shabby. Grid’s achievements were so great that being held back by the empire wasn’t an excuse. In the first place, Grid wouldn’t have been held back by the empire.

In any case, it was a thing of the past. After the Great Human and Demon War, the assessment of Ares changed by 180 degrees. Valhalla’s army literally crushed the demons and demonic creatures. They trampled and marched like tanks. It was said that the power of the god of war made the army many times more powerful and there was no exaggeration in this rumor.

The strength of God of War Ares was immense. He defeated a great demon in the 20s alone and won continuous victories. The moment he became the target of a great demon in the 10s, he retreated without looking back, but by then, the public was already blinded by Ares and didn’t see any flaws.

People praised Ares for his excellent judgment or the clever strategy of passing through the enemy’s main force without evasion even when they saw him retreat. The reputation built up at that time made Valhalla what it was today. It had the largest number of players among the kingdoms serving the Overgeared Empire as a subordinate kingdom. It was a leap forward to become the next powerhouse after the empire.

He also shouldered a great responsibility.

The kingdom in the east, which was building a large port to advance into the Red Sea, acted as a front-line fortress to guard against the expelled gods, while also killing the followers of the martial god who returned after building up their strength on the uninhabited islands in the Red Sea.

It knew that the empire had little leeway due to the conquest of hell, so it assumed the role of keeping the third force in check. There were quite a few ranker-class strong people among the followers of the martial god and they had to always remain tense to guard against any unforeseen incursions of the yangbans.

In the first place, it was very difficult to build a port to advance into the Red Sea. The seawater raged and the weather was unpredictable, causing disasters every day. A tremendous amount of capital and manpower was invested and their mental strength was consumed.

Sima Qian, a native of the East Continent and a super named strategist—if he hadn’t strongly insisted on the construction of the port and provided all sorts of reasons for it, Ares wouldn’t have even looked at the Red Sea. In a time when the immediate enemy was hell and the future enemy was heaven, why were they already preparing for an advance into the East Continent? Ares had his troops consumed while fighting with the foreign people to expand this far and he felt pained.

‘In the midst of this, the PK criminals are running wild.’

Gulp gulp.

The highest grade magic power potion made at Reidan’s alchemy facility—Ares drank the precious potion he had saved in a corner of the inventory, which was difficult to get supplies of at the moment in the aftermath of Reidan being smashed. The taste was like a superior version of Coke, so it was good to de-stress. Before the dragon invaded Reidan, he had lived with drinking it every day, but now the price had risen too much.

Ares sighed with regret as he removed the empty bottle.

“It isn’t even the remnants of the Yatan Church or the churches of the three gods? They are average players making a fuss?”

The Great Human and Demon War acted as an opportunity rather than a crisis. It made Grid and the Overgeared Guild a more powerful focal point and induced the unity of players. Even the dark players like the Black and White sisters, who were notorious for committing all types of crimes, started to cooperate with the world. It was thanks to the common enemy of hell being revealed to the surface. It was an atmosphere where the players would unite as one, at least until hell was conquered.

However, there were many types of human beings in the world. Even in real history, humanity had never achieved complete unity.

It had been less than a year since the war ended. New dark players sprung up, either because they couldn’t stand the boring peace or because they couldn’t make money in peace. They created confusion on the surface in a situation where manpower had to be concentrated in hell. The judgment they made was to use other kingdoms as areas of activity rather than the territory of the Overgeared Empire and one of those kingdoms was Valhalla.

Of course, Valhalla had plenty of room to suppress them. However, players didn’t die. They were resurrected even when they died. They were killed right away, but after a while, they resurrected elsewhere and caused another incident. The ideal method was confinement in prison according to the law, but a week was the limit even with all types of charges.

was a constraint of the system. It was for the sake

meekly imprisoned unless they were idiots. If caught, they would rather avoid the crisis by committing suicide. It wasn’t so easy to subdue them so that suicide wasn’t possible and there was no answer if they took poison in

over and over again. We have to make them passive by persistently decreasing their level. The moment their location is found, we

Bondre, etc. are operating in hell, while the other generals are blocking the followers of the martial god. However,

time, Oasis has caught the sea creatures

child

a reaction that wasn’t that pleased. Oasis also fell into the category of a high ranker, but it was only at the level where he barely broke into this category. Most of all, the penalties were too great. Oasis couldn’t be defeated. If he was isolated and killed by a group of rankers, then he would be

while a player’s behavior is hard to predict. I don’t want

Oasis was one of Valhalla’s hopes. Ares hoped he would master the 100,000 Army Swordsmanship safely. The tactician

participating in the hell expedition. Let me tell you, the level of the sea

and anomalies of named bosses were superior to decent

a

“Cough...”

players making a fuss

draw of his sword,

great performance came

was a lot of talent in Valhalla, but I didn’t expect Oasis’ growth

said that he can use 100,000 Army

it is only

considered a

Majesty’s signature skill but

Oasis is a serious and upright man in all things. Not only will him becoming stronger benefit us,

Grid’s level and stats also overwhelmed Oasis. Even with the same

something you

I suddenly remember your former self,

looked at the anvil. The last holy weapon was being smelted and extracted. The works that reminded him of Grid’s past. The precious works supposedly made by Khan, who became

single bit of hesitation. The current Grid

‘It isn’t here either.’

inventory after completing the extraction of

[Adamantium has been received.]

created by the god Hexetia, so the angel that succeeded him... it seemed that Khan didn’t have permission to use it. He had

again, “As for Valhalla, I

had supplied him with the materials needed for the items they wanted, so Grid wanted to use the remaining adamantium to support Ares. Not only had Valhalla been reborn as a key location, but he knew that Ares was actively cooperating with the

liked Ares from a long time ago. His personality didn’t hold grudges and most of all, he was competent. If he moved an army with Grid’s items to

face. “Now you are making wise decisions without

Don’t even think about running

I won’t leave even if you push me to

greed. Grid had become even wiser. He captivated people’s hearts without appealing