Overgeared

An ordinary person wouldn't know about Keen Insight. Even though Mercedes' blue eyes sometimes shone transparently, they just thought it was beautiful rather than giving a special meaning to it. They thought of it as an optical illusion that changed depending on the angle of light. This was why they didn't understand it.

A forest of sword energy in a narrow and long tunnel—shadow soldiers soared from the shaded space of the forest. A metal cloth that fluttered in a dizzying manner and narrowed the field of view and space. A noble sword dance that was as invisible as a demon's dance and the arrows that were shot silently.

They couldn't understand Mercedes' ability to avoid and counterattack all the techniques that symbolized the legends of humanity.

It was natural. Her evasive movement was like a flowing stream. She didn't use Shunpo, so it wasn't fast. Hayate's movements when fighting the dragon a little while ago were perceived as flashing lights, while her movements could be vaguely read in people's eyes.

Nevertheless, not a single attack reached her body. It was an incomprehensible realm. It seemed like she was something beyond a legend. People dared to question if she had become a protagonist of a myth like Grid or Braham, or had reached the realm of the Absolutes.

Surprisingly, it was the same for the demons.

""What type of trick is this…?""

The red moon that was projected not only to the sky of hell, but also the sky of the surface—its body that was covered with countless eyes was sleeping here underground. If the river of reincarnation was a place associated with the essence of hell, then this was a place that contained the secrets of the corrupted hell. It meant that it was more important than the river of reincarnation for Baal.

It was the reason why the old demons were placed as gatekeepers. They had been living since close to the beginning and they were very powerful. It was to the extent that they gained Baal's trust, so they were asked to guard this place. In return, fragments of souls had been transplanted to them.

As the years passed, they became stronger and those who could be their enemies were rare. However, there was only one human being active. She was an existence who made the weight of the years accumulated by the seven demons become worthless. A woman with no wrinkles on her face read and blocked the thousands of years of experience and wisdom contained in each movement of the old monsters. She looked like a monster even in the eyes of these old monsters.

""It is a human, right…? Recite the genealogy of your bloodline.""

""I'm curious about the depth of the lineage.""

She wasn't an ordinary human. There was no way her lineage could've originated from the surface. She was most likely related to hell or heaven.

Mercedes asked the speculating demons, "Do demons know about genealogy?"

dealing with an unfounded, miscellaneous thing. It wasn't particularly demeaning,

God Yatan… it must be common sense that even humans know about… why do you think there would be

common sense…? It is understandable. You were born with the talent to go against the heavens

they were demons who had lived for a long time? They seemed particularly obsessed with bloodlines. She wondered if

betrayed Yatan. I don't know why demons who serve such an immoral being as their master are obsessed with lineage. You are

right path is a concept that only applies to

about lineage without knowing

Grid. There were also many people with a very strong ego like Lauel, Damian, and Regas.

given him an order to get down on his knees. She didn't bother

the faces of the old

""You are from hell.""

"……?"

head as the demons came to an absurd conclusion. She had a confused expression on

powerful air wave was fired at an unprecedented speed and reached the middle of Mercedes' forehead. However, it only skimmed against the

flew into a wall and caused the tunnel to shake. Then the forest of green sword energy rushed

chaos itself. All types of energies and techniques intertwined. The ground rose up and down as explosions occurred and the ceiling collapsed. It was clear that Mercedes' vision would be as dizzying

of the chaos that twisted left and right and reversed up and down, her movements were neat and tidy. She sharply operated the sword with the breath of Matchless Heart Technique and raised a huge shield like a wall

top of the shield weren't just for decoration, but were for the purpose of obtaining visibility. It was used by Mercedes to observe the enemy beyond the shield. The diagonal lines in the middle of the shield

diagonal gap and pierced the abdomen of the

an apostle of the Overgeared God who became stronger every time she armed herself with an item created by Grid. It

Mercedes could further increase her offensive and defensive capabilities according to the situation by using Keen Insight. However, it was difficult for her to show a distinct strength against an opponent in a higher basic weight class than her. In the

why she couldn't win against the old

or Grid by her side at this time. No, if there were the elite members of the Overgeared Guild present, then the battle would've changed greatly. They would've taken down the demons one by one while she read and stopped the offensive of the

was just little she could do

hard in

one who could analyze the principles that it used to project hell to the sky of the surface and come up with a solution. Now she was on the verge of stumbling right before the threshold. She would be able to get some clues if she went in a bit