Overgeared

Extracting materials from items—it was easy for Grid, who had mastered the art of blacksmithing from the time he learned Intent Production. However, red energy literally meant energy. It wasn’t a substance, so it was difficult to extract it with his blacksmithing techniques. The attempt itself was possible, but the probability of success was low.

‘The moment Saharan’s Sword is disassembled, it might disperse and disappear.’

The red energy used Saharan’s ‘lineage’ as its source. Thanks to this, Basara also had it. He heard that her red energy was pretty good, but it was inferior compared to the red energy of the founder, Saharan. It meant there was no substitute if it was lost. This absolutely couldn’t happen considering the fact that Zik had been using Saharan’s red energy for so long.

‘The compatibility of the red energy and Zik is good.’

The essence of the red energy to control matter was ‘intervention.’ It was because he could control the target once he intervened in it. In particular, Sakharan’s red energy was able to intervene in most of the world’s substances, including runes. The rapid transformation of Zik’s runes lay in the acceleration power borrowed from red energy.

“You mean to extract the red energy here, right? Sniff. Yes, I’ll try...”

“You will just try? That level of mindset isn’t enough. Promise that you will succeed.”

“There is no guarantee that I will succeed. How can I make a promise...?”

“Why isn’t it guaranteed?”

“After all, this red energy originally belongs to Saharan.”

It was hard to guarantee that it could be completely controlled unless it was Saharan.

“But we can discuss the possibilities due to the divinity of King Sobyeol...”

King Sobyeol’s divinity had the property of adsorbing any concept it encountered. It treated water and oil, that couldn’t be mixed, as the same substances and mixed them. If Braham’s mental world fully understood, destroyed, or absorbed a concept, the divinity of King Sobyeol omitted the process of understanding and utilized the object as its own divinity.

It was similar, but completely different. If they were discussing which one was better, they would have to conclude that it depended on the situation. However, the coercive force was naturally stronger on the side of King Sobyeol’s divinity. It was fraudulent in that it regarded the target as its own divinity and consequently strengthened its divinity.

“Of course, I can’t just rely on King Sobyeol’s divinity. In the process of extracting and transporting the red energy with King Sobyeol’s divinity, there is a possibility that the red energy will be transformed into divinity... I have to change the nature of the divinity with the runes beforehand. It won’t be easy.”

“Do well on your own.”

“...Yes.”

No matter how long the young Zik talked, it was a problem that Grid couldn’t help with. He dismissed it with the reminder for Zik to focus rather than waste time explaining it to him. Zik figured out the meaning and immediately focused. He checked every rune he remembered and tried to come up with the best words and sentences for the situation.

Grid was examining Saharan’s Sword, which Zik had handed over before entering the mental world.

‘It is a treasured sword with historical value.’

Saharan’s sword was far from a great work. Not only was it made of common steel, but it was also crude. It was a sword made hundreds of years ago, so it was understandable.

the red energy. It contained Saharan’s red energy, but this was virtually useless because there were very few people who

of the Saharan Empire—it was the background to one of the most important events in

to

putting Saharan’s Sword into the blazing furnace. The signal was the young Zik, who had been preoccupied with his eyes closed for a

if he had taken on all the pains and worries in the world. The boy’s eyes, which were as deep as the abyss of the sea, were the same as the

fiercely and formed sentences. They extended toward Saharan’s Sword that was melting in the furnace. There was an immediate change. The

‘It is a success.’

the young Zik lost its color. It reverted to

‘No, did it fail?’

ears as his

“I succeeded.”

Sobyeol’s divinity was stronger than before. The young Zik perfectly did something that the adult

“Let’s start the production.”

contain the mental world that Zik had ignored. Maybe this was a source of pain for Zik, but it was right to face it. How could a person who ignored

bring out Zik’s mental

Taang, taang, taang!

that was wrapped in runes struck Trauka’s scales and bones. Each time, the young Zik had to struggle to control

today was more

***

pain—Zik’s Sword, which was completed at dawn the next day, boasted a formidable functionality. Every attack spread fear and pain in all directions. All objects contaminated by it were targeted by the red energy and controlled. Every time the attacks

doesn’t make sense that it causes splash

why Zik’s Sword scattered pain was because it

He showed his instinct to share the pain he experienced with others. It was the pain that was sealed in his

“I’m embarrassed.”

devastated surroundings. It was shameful

your fault. The problem is the world that caused

he had always been desperate to keep his dignity. He tried to use as old

will come when your sword will scatter blessings. I’ll make sure of it. Of course, you have to

“...Yes, my god.”

“Yes.”

Zik, who had barely regained his composure. He never would’ve imagined

been active as the center of the world since the days when there was

felt like his father having an

aftermath of the unity of their mental worlds. The two of them peeked inside each other. They reminded

addition to respect, there was a sense of

***

a city that responded to Grid’s every move. News of Grid checking the mental worlds of

were made in the mental

Staff and Zik’s Sword—the private details of the apostles’ exclusive items, comparable