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. Anyone would be surprised

scientifically proven. She had just never heard of a person becoming a complete

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

exaggeration. I’m just saying it as it

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

“I-Is that so?”

that required concentration, so it wasn’t straight for him to learn Tai

53% synchronization rate the first time he followed

a prank

mischievous.

smiling. The horizon was turning dark. A

***

‘Hao is great.’

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

left hand moved. It was an action that neutralized the attack of a monster that ambushed him in an

was professional 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

his maximum strength and speed was close to a

beat opponents who are

improvement. It was because the level of the enemies

The emotion he felt after

apply this to the God

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

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

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

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 made it happen. This meant he could maximize the theory of Tai Chi and suppress movement with

‘Here.’

all, he controlled one God Hand directly. It moved slowly without any urgency. It flowed naturally like water and led to the

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

“I’m hungry.”

stamina

“Gasp... Gasp...”

to move one God 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 God Hand gently suppressed the swinging front paws of the boss that was faster and more powerful than itself. The wrist was grabbed and broken to stop

“Kill it.”

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

isn’t a superpower. Realistically, controlling dozens

In any case, Grid lowered his target and started moving two God Hands at the same time. He failed

Grr...?

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 was

of four God Hands. The sight of the

“It is amazing.”

Grid was stroking the head

Great Demon, ‘Rose,’ has appeared on the

a familiar name to Grid. A Yatan Servant who had committed many evil deeds. At one time, Grid had hated her. Now he didn’t even feel

such as the inability to trade items, inability to use stores, inability to build up affinity with NPCs,

treated like nothing. They were just good prey

use to climb to

she must’ve been witnessed by a large number of players. He was a bit worried about what accident she

moment Grid pulled out a return