Overgeared

“Hmm.”

Braham smiled as he was left alone. The black magic that worked upon detecting the presence of an intruder—it was great when seeing it himself. It was perfect without a single margin of error. Since it was perfect, it was solid and fast. It worked under the set conditions, so it was normal to not be able to respond to it.

Even so, he reacted. He even succeeded in breaking it down in a breathtaking manner. He was the only one in the group who did so. This proved his unrivaled ability among the most powerful people.

He was quite pleased. His great pride had grown even more.

‘In particular, I am far superior than that retired swordsman.’

Braham was in the realm of achieving magic with his willpower. The act of looking back on his memory naturally gave rise to the Memorize magic. The sights he glimpsed a short time ago came to mind as vividly as a photograph. Braham looked closely at Grid, the gods, the apostles, and the tower members in the picture.

It was the moment when they entered hell and the black magic was triggered. Grid responded immediately. He was faster than Braham in terms of reaction speed alone. However, he failed to activate Duke of Wisdom, so he just pulled Lauel and Nefelina to his side. Almost immediately afterward, Mercedes, Piaro, and Zik responded. It was with the same timing as Braham. However, it took some time to activate Keen Insight, while Piaro was close to an outsider when it came to magic.

Zik was the only one who responded properly. The rune was immediately rotated to complete a word. It was a word he didn’t understand... Zik demonstrated a miracle and intervened in the magic coordinates applied to himself. He reversed the trap. Even when he was a mere incarnation, he was praised as a grandmaster by reaching the peak in most fields. Now that he retrieved his true body and harnessed the power of a half-god, he was so excellent that he made Braham alert every time.

‘...The tower members?’

Most of them were like the apostles. They were very quick. Their response was as fast as the unit that divided one second into dozens of segments, but they couldn’t find a way to respond to the magic. No... that was just what he thought.

‘Those ignorant people.’

A chill went down Braham’s spine. He noticed that faint cracks were carved on the images of the tower members contained in Memorize. There were signs of the magic itself being hit.

Abellio wielded his brush, the giant brothers used artifacts, Jessica used magic, Ken used his fists, Jurene gathered his magic power, and Betty tried to stop the black magic by cutting off the flow of magic power. That retired swordsman just cut it with a sword.

This meant that they attempted physical destruction, unlike Braham, who understood the principles of black magic and reversed them in order to invalidate them. As a result, they failed, but it made a difference. The black magic applied to them wasn’t fully intact because part of the techniques were destroyed. At the very least, they wouldn’t have fallen to a ‘dangerous’ place.

‘They aren’t just Sir Hayate’s associates.’

Braham admired it in his heart, only to become startled. He was surprised at himself, who acknowledged the skills of others. It was a bit... unpleasant. It was to the point where he welcomed the uninvited visitors who just arrived.

“The insight of Sir Goron is amazing. It was said that only the son of the exile would remain and it came true.”

“He got Beriache’s wisdom and studied the magic of human beings. Magic of this magnitude would’ve been easy to read.”

“Hahaha! Braham! The son of Beriache! Your mother might’ve been an exile but she was one of the three evils of the beginning. Why did you, her child, study the magic of human beings? Don’t you know shame?”

“The son of an exile can’t feel shame. He doesn’t have the roots.”

three demons. They were those who had the title of henchmen, but weren’t Baal’s familiars. In the very distant past, they were the ones who helped when Beriache was expelled from hell. They all

to use frenzied demonic energy at their current

high ranking demonkin. It had the disadvantage of only being able to be activated

looked exactly like this

hell looked up to become miserable in real time. Even now, so much time

“......”

lowered. It was an image of his mother being cast out to the surface by sneering demons. This was just his imagination. The reality

‘Ahh, Mother.’

Braham felt his fate.

me here or did you send them to me? Did you arrange for

“...That guy.”

just like when they isolated Beriache

belatedly realized why Braham’s shoulders were shaking while

The eyes of the smiling man whose chin was raised arrogantly were glowing

of the thousands of soldiers that surrounded my mother. Now only the three of you are meeting me? The long years that have

magic power, which had sharpened like a knife, gradually turned dark

technique that Beriache’s son, Braham, could use ‘naturally’ was already triggered.

“......!”

“......!”

clearly imprinted their overwhelming power onto the human beings observing the conditions of hell from the surface. They were more powerful than any

Braham’s defeat. Many people already closed their eyes after knowing that his beautiful face in the sky would soon be terribly ruined.

it swept through the battlefield, and the surprised

Those who tried to turn away

***

“Are they completely encamped?”

we

Guild was evacuated to the crystal castle. They moved immediately after the incident happened. They believed in the judgment of Yura and Jishuka. Thanks to this, they avoided the crisis of being isolated

army was besieging the

sense, but unfortunately, the smell of grilled meat was appetizing. A hunger that couldn’t be satisfied with jerky tormented the expedition. It was a curse. It had no

isn’t it a skill that high

motivation, so he noticed one step late. It was the moment when Lauel’s warning that they would lose their skills and the words of those who died

hand and asked a question, “This castle...

very cautious attitude. This

demon, so she felt very

was absurd no matter how she thought about it. Baal caused the incident when she was visiting the castle to meet Grid’s succubi. She was

to be here...? She had already asked herself this

that we can’t stay here like this. If we are going to stay still like this, why not

time was gold. There was no point in simply surviving. It was obviously a loss to sit here for a long time. Even at this moment, their competitors and enemies would be growing and eating at