Overgeared

Chapter 1780

Earlier this year...

Kraugel had bought a villa in Gangwon-do, South Korea. He was asked about why he chose Gangwon-do, and the answer that he gave was that it was the hometown that his mother’s grandmother’s grandfather longed for. It felt like some parts of this statement should be dealt with, but... in any case, Grid went to Gangwon-do with Yura and Jishuka. He planned to meet with Kraugel, who had briefly entered the country with his mother.

The sight of the mansion, which was too grand to be called a villa, standing tall on the mountainside, impressed Grid.

Kraugel’s mother came out to personally greet them and made Yura and Jishuka smile. It was good to see her in good health. The group dreamed of having a fun day. They never imagined the hell that awaited.

‘Balance is important.’

Grid recalled the curry that Kraugel’s mother had made for them. It was a curry with plenty of bracken and fatsia sprouts. It was bitter. The rough, squishy texture of the fatsia sprouts was particularly terrible. Of course, he didn’t show it and ate it with a smile. It was while shouting out, ‘Delicious.’

The curry of Kraugel’s family was made using mountain vegetables easily available to Koreans in the past and contained the sad history of their Koryo compatriots. Moreover, it was food prepared by his friend’s mother. It was something he couldn’t refuse just because it didn’t suit his taste.

Grid ate all of the curry. He even took the curry from the blue-faced Yura and Jishuka and dumped it all into his stomach. He pinched his thighs to suppress his nausea. Then he belatedly saw Kraugel’s expression and realized it. It was the fact that he did something useless...

Kraugel’s expression was telling him this.

Are you crazy? Why eat all of that?

Grid had to suffer an upset stomach all day. The importance of balance was a lesson that he was reminded of again and again after much suffering.

‘No matter how expensive and delicious curry is, there is no answer if a lot of bracken and fatsia sprouts are added... balance is important.’

A low-grade dragon was by no means weak. An absolute defense that surrounded a body that could display overwhelming dragon-like power. Magic and a powerful Breath was fired wildly with the magic power that rose infinitely from the heart. Most transcendents couldn’t approach it. Even if they managed to approach, the chances of dealing a blow were significantly lower.

The moment the dragon started using Dragon Words, there was no chance of winning even if several transcendents attacked at once. It was such a creature in the first place. In order to face a dragon, one had to be an Absolute. It just meant that the possibility of a fight was established. Being an Absolute didn’t necessarily mean fighting a dragon and winning.

Compatibility was important. In that sense, Biban was the antithesis of a dragon. The energy of a Dragon Slayer and Grid’s divinity was added to the sword that could cut anything. He wasn’t a Dragon Slayer like Hayate, but he had achieved a balance that neutralized several of a dragon’s strengths.

Respect sprung up spontaneously.

[The Tower of Wisdom... I can’t believe that such a small group has two Absolutes...]

The dragon regenerated his severed wings with Dragon Words and soared high into the sky. He blocked the chasing tower members with magic and sprayed a Breath twice in a row to widen the distance with Biban.

Red rain poured down from the sky. The low-grade dragon’s body couldn’t handle the aftermath of using Dragon Words and Breaths in succession. The appearance of him spilling blood in large quantities appeared precarious.

It was as expected.

[I have no choice but to give up.]

dragons with a lower hierarchy were more aggressive was because their lives were pushed to

down and eaten by another dragon. He always lived in a desperate manner in order to save his

dragon was a master of magic and he naturally cast magic without any delay. It was hard to chase him if he let go of any sense of shame

in it either. They couldn’t do it like her. However, Hayate was

—!

any noise, a huge white energy fell and split the sky. The magic that helped a dragon survive immediately stopped working and the absolute defense, which had already

purer and stronger than the Dragon Slayer energy used by Biban. It was the result of a

[...Dragon Slayer!!]

The giant body floated in the air for a long time due to the

magic machine chased

a dragon—it was a result that happened thousands of years after the tower was built. The tower members were filled with all sorts of emotions and were at a loss for words. The scene became

“Biban!”

time passed before Jessica

her body. The magic power that stirred in the aftermath of the Echo Magic seemed to fill the sky with a stage that was a white disk. It was a stage only for

glad you

your words. I’m back in a better state than

wiped away the

sprouted even in the tower. It was a love that shouldn’t happen. It wouldn’t have been strange if the tower members had died today. Apart from their near infinite lifespan, their days of dedicating their lives to protecting the world were endlessly dangerous. If they lost someone after thinking of

“W-What...?”

looking at her affectionately and wiping away her tears resembled

signs of

when the frightened

I will share

Biban grabbed Jessica’s wrist.

is along with

members before fixing his gaze on Jessica and declaring, “You don’t need to be afraid of anything. From now on, no one will be able to easily harm you. So please live like a human being while fulfilling your duties as you

gods of Asgard and the Hwan Kingdom and the dragons of higher ranks. Each one of them was special. It made no sense to group the Absolutes into

was qualified. It was fine for him to declare anything and

Hayate says no, I’ll naturally cancel what

tower. Additionally, Biban still respected Hayate. He had no intention of challenging Hayate’s authority. His face became restless as soon as he realized he

right. Our life of living in hiding and giving up our rights because we are afraid will come to an

tower members left the world was to

they couldn’t disregard the old dragons, so they couldn’t openly reveal

pouring down toward you after learning that one of their own

and apologized. “If I had been courageous from the beginning, I wouldn’t have pushed you to the edge of the

fine after discovering Biban’s situation and

"Don't say that."

stepped in front of Hayate and

has

would’ve already suffered several risks and lost a number of tower members. It would’ve caused a series of