Overgeared

“Hoo, hah.”

“......?”

It was early in the morning...

Youngwoo arrived at the promenade and was dumbfounded. Jishuka was floundering around. She took deep breaths and slowly swung her arms around. It resembled the Tai Chi moves in movies that Youngwoo enjoyed as a child. She had good proportions and was pretty, so she looked good no matter what she did.

Jishuka explained to the engrossed Youngwoo, “It is good for increasing concentration.”

It was surprisingly difficult to release the action slowly. It required higher concentration and patience than when moving fast.

Youngwoo nodded as he remembered a story he once heard.

‘I heard that the difficulty of the new skill she learned is very high. Is this why?’

He had watched the video recorded by his younger sister, Sehee, several times. Now Jishuka’s arrows didn’t need to be aimed at the target. She shot at the innocent ground or walls and it repeatedly bounced off and bent at strange angles before reaching the target. The demons collapsed with an incredulous look as they looked down at the arrows stuck in their necks.

Jishuka’s arrows had a stealth effect and evolved into a more unpredictable weapon. However, he heard it was very difficult to use because it wasn’t easy to calculate the trajectory even from the perspective of shooting arrows.

“Hmm... Should I try it too?” Youngwoo had never skipped stretching before he started his jogs. It was always with Jishuka, but now Jishuka was doing Tai Chi instead of stretching. Youngwoo always wanted to do the same thing.

Jishuka laughed.

“I knew this would be the case, so I prepared it.”

A holographic image emerged from Jishuka’s watch. It was a Tai Chi video. This was a video that Hao had taken and sent to her. Hao was the heir to a prestigious Chinese martial arts family and he practiced the peak of Tai Chi. Every move was accompanied by a detailed explanation to help with understanding.

Wouldn’t the value of this video be worth billions if converted to money? It was to the extent where it was a perfect textbook. However, Youngwoo’s expression was very uncomfortable. “Did you contact Hao separately?”

“Huh? It is natural. We are friends.”

In the absence of Youngwoo, the alliance of the Overgeared Guild and Hao had been repeated several times. It would be a problem if they didn’t become friends. It was just that Youngwoo’s reaction was uneasy.

“Friends...? Friends... can a man and a woman be friends?”

Youngwoo repeated the word ‘friend’ several times before asking with a serious expression. He was trying not to express his feelings, but his stiff eyes showed his unpleasant emotions. If Jishuka had been an ordinary woman, she would’ve felt a great deal of anger. He had two lovers in reality and three wives in the game, but he was doubting her friend?

Nevertheless, Jishuka wasn’t angry. Rather, she blushed with a relaxed expression and her fingers twitched. “It is right that we are friends, but... Hmm, you don’t want me to get in touch with a man?”

“Yes.”

“W-Well, I will do as you say.”

Jishuka unexpectedly liked being restrained.

***

“What? Grid is a martial artist?”

“Yes! It is completely right!”

In hell...

it perfectly. It was even in reality. Jishuka was so surprised that her eyes popped out when she heard Hao’s video rated it as a 100% synchronization rate.

Satisfy was also reflected in reality was scientifically proven. She

an exaggeration...

an exaggeration. I’m just saying

on his own. He is

“I-Is that so?”

this was more realistic. Grid did many things that required concentration, so it wasn’t

only got a 53% synchronization rate the first time

a prank

is mischievous.

colleagues turned away from Jishuka, who was smiling. The horizon was turning

***

‘Hao is great.’

of the action were very kind. It seemed to be approaching the spirit of educating dogs and monkeys. Even Grid could easily understand it despite having no

that neutralized the attack of a monster that ambushed him in an untimely manner. The swift attack was

boxers practicing boxing in Satisfy. Hao also performed dozens of martial arts. Of course, it didn’t have a significant effect. It wasn’t judged as ‘skill,’ so it was just a basic attack with

Grid had transcendent stats. The technique used with his maximum strength and speed was close to a skill

is pretty useful to beat opponents who are

to evaluate it as a big improvement. It was because the level of the enemies that Grid faced was too

The emotion he felt after mastering Tai

to the God

exert a proper effect against transcendents, let alone absolutes. It was hard to reach them even when swinging the swords for a long time. This didn’t mean that the value of the God Hands

was necessary to make a large amount of God Hands in

will surely see great results if I apply

fact, Tai Chi was the inner fist method that trained the essence, vital energy, and spirit. In the modern world, it was dismissed as health gymnastics that trained the five viscera and six entrails. Even so, Satisfy was different from reality. As Grid had just shown, here he was able to use Tai Chi as real martial arts. His stats

‘Here.’

ground after a long time, closed his eyes and focused. First of all, he controlled one God

using the God Hands for more than 10 years and mastered the control, but that didn’t make it

“I’m hungry.”

the stamina of

“Gasp... Gasp...”

It was the field boss. Grid restrained Randy and controlled the God Hand. The God Hand gently

“Kill it.”

God Hand.

Realistically, controlling dozens of them

just control 10 at a time? In the eyes of others, even 10 might seem like a superpower. In any case, Grid lowered his target and started moving two God Hands at the same time. He failed several times and

Grr...?

with four dragon armors. With the set effect, the probability of Absolute Defense activating when hit was as high as 80%. This meant most of

few days later, Grid could control a total of four God Hands. The sight of the God Hands moving in a slow, circular motion while shedding the threats to Grid

“It is amazing.”

fifth one... Huh?” Grid was stroking the

32nd Great Demon, ‘Rose,’ has appeared on the

committed many evil deeds. At one time, Grid had hated her. Now he didn’t even feel dislike,

in the aftermath of becoming a great demon, it was discovered that there were penalties such as the inability to trade items, inability to use

a great demon in the 30s in this world... they were treated like nothing. They were just good prey for high rankers. She repeatedly lost every time she met the Overgeared Guild, so

use

the fact that a world message popped up, she must’ve been witnessed by a large number of players. He was a bit worried about

Grid pulled