Overgeared

The god of war—Ares was very fond of his alias.

It wasn't because he was obsessed with the title of 'god,' but because he purely liked the word 'war.'

He admired generals from an early age and watched all the movies where soldiers were active. Then he came across the classic Korean movie, The General's Son. He was fascinated by the street fighting and couldn't take his eyes off it for a while, but…

Eventually, he shifted his attention back to the world of generals commanding an army. He looked away for a while, so he realized the value and was even more fascinated.

This was when Satisfy was released. It was set in an era of war where the focus was on actual combat and not a button to launch nuclear missiles. He was naturally interested. In order to become a 'general' that didn't exist in the class column introduced by the S.A Group, he believed in Satisfy's high degree of freedom and enlisted in the military.

He might've started out as the lowest ranked soldier, but he dreamed of becoming an incomparable general. He didn't outwardly express his dreams. He didn't want to be put into the same category as the ordinary military enthusiasts. He pretended to be indifferent on the surface and acted like an uncle who lived according to the flow.

However, he worked harder than anyone else, earned the alias of a god of war, and eventually became the founding king of a kingdom. He recalled the time when he was at war with the Saharan Empire.

It was a time when Valhalla's elite 5th army was repeatedly defeated by an army led by the Red Knights. The atmosphere in Valhalla at the time wasn't bad. In particular, he judged the empire to be a much easier opponent than the Overgeared Kingdom. It was because he discerned the capabilities of the 1st knight, who was in control of the military power of the eastern part of the empire, a fierce battlefield at the time.

Mercedes—she possessed a powerful swordsmanship as rumored and was a death god in the battlefield. The incident where the 1,000 elite troops led by Scott and Luck were defeated by her alone was still talked about as a nightmare in Valhalla. Yes, it was just one person. The commander-in-chief, Mercedes, drove away thousands of troops without using any of her own troops. She took the lead and crushed the enemies with pure force.

It was at this point that Ares realized that Mercedes wasn't a good general. It was due to her own tendencies, not because she had flaws in her ability to move the troops or her strategies. She was a warrior based on overwhelming martial talent. For her, there was little reason to use the army and Ares properly penetrated her psychology.

He reduced the scope of the battlefield. He led the eastern army of the empire to take her orders on the same battlefield as her. As expected, the enemy's active force was reduced and the Valhalla Army performed better than expected. They might have been eventually defeated, but it bought enough time to fully grasp the empire's strength and gave them the opportunity to pursue the next step. In any case, the conclusion was—

"This is her essence," Ares insisted as he lay in the hammock and looked up at the sky. It was a sky that showed the violent image of Mercedes smashing everything around her with a giant sword of light.

"It is in her nature to get rid of a crisis before it happens, rather than sitting still and responding to a crisis."

There was no sense of crisis in his amused expression as he sipped on a cola-flavored drink. It was in a situation where the Asura Road opened by Baal caused chaos on the surface and the hell expedition repeatedly struggled. He had a relaxed attitude even after hearing the news that a dragon appeared and nearly destroyed the world.

It was because the rumored Dragon Slayer handled the dragon and he believed in Grid and Mercedes when it came to the hell situation. They had fought together as enemies or colleagues, so he was confident that he knew the strength of this couple better than anyone.

"Can I call them a married couple?"

"Isn't it okay as long as you are careful in front of Empress Irene and Empress Basara?"

"Haha, yes. I don't want to seem hateful to the other wives, so I have to be careful."

Ares crushed the 22 ounce iron cup with one hand and stood up. The cup crumpled like a wad of tissue paper and fell onto the sandy beach. Ares' eyes caught something 'running on the sea' as he started to make his way to the shore.

who have mastered the water

started a large-scale activity. They

world by taking advantage of the chaos caused by the

right. After this, the only god

advanced to the

into the reality of

even after winning the war against hell. It was highly likely that the gods, who hid their essence, would take advantage of them. They would be divided into those who doubted the gods and those who didn't. Simply put, they would've been hit hard by the stab in the

Grid, he is really

"So suddenly?"

lining up behind him. It was the continent's strongest cavalry, armed with the Overgeared Empire's weapons and armor. They radiated the same energy like they were one. Their momentum was so great that it made the followers of

stopped moving unexpectedly, a tsunami occurred. Waves that soared

the mounted soldiers weren't bewildered. They stared at the rapidly approaching waves without any fear. The followers showed off

burst out laughing before

himself the moment he heard about the massive advance of the followers of the martial god. It was in order to

was four times stronger than usual. A huge 13 buffs were stacked up.

his dream

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""Catch her…!""

implanted with the soul of the Sword Saint—he noticed that Mercedes's sword energy had changed. No, it wasn't appropriate to say that it had simply changed. It felt closer to uncovering what had been hidden. It felt like they opened a box that shouldn't have been

Wouldn't it

grew faster. It could be that their vocal cords, which had hardened due to

that. It is a conflict,

expressions of the other demons shook. It was a bizarre reaction. It had to be so. The thing that lurked beneath them was a monster. It was a monster made up of millions of souls. It wasn't in the realm of understanding, so it couldn't be opposed. Then what did it mean

""Che.""

forward and jumped underground. Was it because he had a strong sense of duty alone? No. His

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Duguen, dugeun, dugeun!

deepest underground

of something. However, it couldn't be. It was ridiculously huge. It would be hundreds of times larger than a dragon

shook the entire underground. She was as small as an ant as she stood in front of the red sphere. Her gaze failed to capture the sphere with the strange eyes. It wasn't a problem. Even though she knew this would be the case, she got closer. Her Keen Insight had already finished the analysis of

'The hell moon.'

hell moon. Like the moon that shone on the surface, this red sphere was being

is a huge

faint light started to appear all over the chunk of flesh. It was a red light that flowed