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.

people who have mastered the water

East Continent started a large-scale activity. They crossed the Red

by taking advantage

After this, the only

advanced to the

were fewer opportunities to get a glimpse into the reality of the gods who didn't

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 back and fall into a desperate situation. They would've only noticed the reality of the gods after losing most of their strength

friend, Grid, he

"So suddenly?"

sandy beach started to shake as Ares reached the shore. It was the aftermath of tens of thousands of horses 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 the martial god hesitate for a

tsunami occurred. Waves that soared like

weren't bewildered. They stared at the rapidly approaching waves without any fear. The followers showed off the water walking light footwork technique again and

surfers?" Ares burst out laughing before giving a command, "All forces,

he heard about the massive advance of the followers of the martial

times stronger than usual. A huge 13 buffs were stacked up. Additionally, the name of one of these buffs was none other

made his dream

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""Catch her…!""

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

right to chase? Wouldn't it hate it

hardened due to long years of silence, were finally loosened, or it could

time to argue about that. It is a conflict, so

more the 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

""Che.""

forward and jumped underground. Was it because he had a strong sense of duty alone? No. His soul was hoping for a fight with Mercedes. It was an instinctive

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Duguen, dugeun, dugeun!

deepest underground of

lurking in the darkness was pulsating. It was like the heart of something. However, it couldn't be. It was ridiculously huge. It would be hundreds of times larger than a

The moment that Mercedes landed on the ground, a shockwave 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

'The hell moon.'

the surface, this red sphere was being projected onto the skies of the surface and hell. It was something artificially

a huge chunk of

red light that flowed like