Overgeared

Chapter 1782

“Is there another way to ascend to Asgard?”

Light descended from heaven and small angels appeared blowing their trumpets. Golden clouds spread through the gaps in light to form a staircase. That was the road to Asgard. A path that opened only when the heavenly gods desired it. It was a passage available only to a few chosen beings who were born as gods. It was a symbol of the highest authority, or discrimination.

“There is one more way.”

Grid’s office—it looked very strange to be a space where an emperor ruling a great empire handled his affairs. The nib of the pen was dry without a trace of ink and not a single piece of paper could be found.

‘It doesn’t change.’

The Great Robber of the Red Night had a hobby that had become a habit because he was too old. It was his hobby to infiltrate the king’s office every time a new king of every kingdom ascended to the throne. Since each king held at least one of the kingdom’s greatest treasures, it was fun to steal the treasure while also figuring out the king’s disposition and predicting the fate of the kingdom.

Even the previous emperors of the Saharan Empire had their offices robbed by him. Of course, this meant that Grid’s office wasn’t safe either. The Great Robber of the Red Night had sneaked into Grid’s office twice so far. The first time was when he founded the Overgeared Kingdom, and the second time was when he took control of Saharan and expanded the Overgeared Kingdom into an empire.

Every time, Grid’s office was empty. It was a truly absurd sight. Even the terrible rulers, who had no interest in governing, had a few things in their offices. Meanwhile, Grid had no such pretenses. It wasn’t a sign that he turned away from his responsibilities.

He entrusted his work to competent and trustworthy servants and reviewed them often. This might not be the right answer, but it wasn’t bad either. At the very least, he knew it was impossible for him to reign with his own ability, so he came up with countermeasures. It was a hundred times better than the terrible rulers who ruined the country due to their useless attempt to save face or their stubbornness.

‘I’m sure he has met all types of people due to the experience rapidly accumulated in a short period of time.’

Did he still believe in humans? Eventually, even this thief—

The old man was weighed down by the weight of time, even if he was transcendent. Grid’s strong will as a young man before he even became a god was truly astonishing.

‘What does Chiyou feel when watching him?’

“Are you saying there is another way?”

The Great Robber of the Red Night shook off his brief thoughts and answered, “The dragons.”

The outside of the window in his vision was still red. It was the faint remnants of the aftermath of the super large furnace’s explosion. The flames that burned the sky were a mixture of Fire Dragon Trauka’s energy and Red Phoenix’s flames. It was truly the most powerful flame in the world, so it wasn’t easily extinguished. If it hadn’t been for Euphemina, some of the flames would’ve fallen to the city.

“...Dragons?”

“You know the story of Trauka hunting the celestial gods.”

“Ah.”

“To be able to freely move back and forth between dimensions. This is one of the powers that dragons are born with. Even Asgard, which rises as high as the nose of the gods, was an object they could look down,” the Great Robber of the Red Night spoke clearly to Grid.

Carry me to heaven.

It meant that Grid could do it.

“Do you mean riding up on Nefelina?”

It wasn’t okay. Nefelina was a hatchling. If she transcended her limits, she could show the flying ability of a dragon, but that was only for a short time. It was only one minute. He didn’t know what the concept of ‘crossing dimensions’ was, but if it was based on physical distance, then it would be difficult to ascend to Asgard in one minute.

Sure enough, the Great Robber of the Red Night shook his head.

“That isn’t it. I have heard about the greatness of the hatchling, who transcended the limits while communicating with you, but I can’t call her a dragon...”

“Do you have another way in mind?”

a matter for Grid to worry

would’ve offered a deal if he hadn’t thought of

out the tea that was in his mouth. It

deeply shocked by what

need to reach Asgard quickly enough that it isn’t detected by the gods. Borrowing the back of an old dragon would be the most ideal,” the Great Robber of the Red Night explained while calmly wiping away the

‘An Absolute is different.’

he realized and reacted, the tea was already on the verge

of the Only One God... he has

Red Night, who had a comfortable expression because he was inwardly satisfied,

of

only

How

and Trauka—this was the list of old dragons, apart from the Transparent Dragon whose existence was unknown. They were all lunatics. The four of them resembled each other to the point where Nevartan, who suffered from madness, didn’t look particularly special. It

wasn’t acquainted with them. He wasn’t

joke and tell

was feeling nervous. The plan to mass produce dragon weapons from Trauka’s arm had gone badly from the beginning.

was quite unpleasant that the person with the solution in his hand was

think I came here to see you to make

the

dragons will appear. One is Bunhelier. I’m sure you are expecting it, but he will try to cooperate with you after sensing the signs of the

Bunhelier would ask for cooperation. Grid thought it was a plausible

is the other

“Gourmet Dragon Raiders.”

Let’s see. You might already know, but there is still a long way

was also known as the gourmet cycle. Raider’s food trip was repeated once every

have to be followed. You have the ingredients to

“......?”

couldn’t understand. Where did he have such

Great Robber explained

“......!”

front of all the elves. In the first place, dragons were used to eating each

eating Trauka’s arm make

to directly gain an increase in power from eating another dragon, they

right. Trauka had only eaten Xenon’s

Trauka’s

to you is to never bring up the word gluttony in front of Raiders. He is a gourmet.

“......”

cocked his head. He felt a sense of alienation as he imagined Raiders digging up the roots of the world tree

he is ravenous

us. In exchange for taking some of Trauka’s arm, I will go up to heaven and steal what I want, while you will get

“Um...”

Great Robber’s visit. From what he heard, a reunion with Raiders was inevitable. If

I just give him enough

It was unfortunate that Grid had to share it with someone

Raiders and Bunhelier comes,” the Great Robber of the Red Night gently urged. A dragon was a being who would cause violent winds with just one slap flap of their wings. It wasn’t good

man is a

Great Robber, who was secretly worried about

where

deserted island and

the way, I have a