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...

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. Anyone

was also reflected in reality was scientifically proven. She had just never heard of

bit of an exaggeration... isn’t this too

just

been learning Tai Chi on his own. He is very interested in

“I-Is that so?”

more realistic. Grid did many things that required concentration, so it wasn’t straight for him to learn

rate the first time he

playing a prank

is mischievous. So

from Jishuka, who was smiling. The horizon was turning dark. A new swarm of demonic creatures was

***

‘Hao is great.’

felt it the entire time he was watching the video and learning Tai Chi. The few words of explanation that followed the slow implementation 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 aptitude for learning. Grid was able to learn it in less than one hour because of the explanation added

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

martial arts. Of course, it didn’t have a

had transcendent stats. The technique used with his maximum strength

useful to beat opponents who are weaker than

consume resources such as skills and mana had disappeared. Of course, it was too much to evaluate it as a big improvement. It was because the level

he felt after mastering Tai Chi this morning still

to the

the God Hands were clear. They were slow. They didn’t exert a proper effect against transcendents, let alone absolutes. It was hard to reach them even when swinging the swords for

the artificial senses. Grid could face the Absolutes thanks to the silver thread of the God Hands warning him of danger. He was satisfied enough, but he couldn’t be satisfied any longer. It was necessary to make a large amount of God Hands in order to increase the effectiveness of the Sanctuary of Metal. He had a lot of God Hands left after spreading out the artificial senses, so he had been worrying about how to use them. Then he learned Tai Chi

of slowness. I will surely see great results if I apply the principles of Tai Chi to

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.’

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

for more than 10 years and mastered the control, but that didn’t make it easy. It was even harder to move slowly.

“I’m hungry.”

the time when the stamina of Randy on the sidelines

“Gasp... Gasp...”

Hand at will. Just then, a large monster roared and rushed in. It was the field boss. Grid restrained Randy and controlled the God Hand. The

“Kill it.”

only control one God Hand. He didn’t know how long it would take to

Realistically, controlling dozens of them

a superpower. In any case, Grid lowered his target and started moving two God Hands at the same time. He failed several times and allowed the boss to reach him, but it wasn’t

Grr...?

the probability of Absolute Defense activating when hit was as high as 80%. This meant most of the enemy’s attacks were nullified. Instead, the one who was hitting him

few days later, Grid could control a total of four God Hands. The sight of the God Hands moving in a

“It is amazing.”

was stroking the head of the admiring Noe when his

32nd Great Demon, ‘Rose,’

evil deeds. At one time, Grid had hated her. Now he didn’t even feel dislike, let alone hatred. On the contrary, he

because 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 stores, inability

strength, but a great demon in the 30s in this world... they were treated like nothing. They were just good prey for high rankers.

she use to climb

number of players. He

happened the moment Grid pulled out