Overgeared

Chapter 1807

‘I’m not in a hurry about Piaro’s mental world.’

Piaro relied the least on items among the apostles.

It was because his combat style focused on skill damage rather than weapon damage. His dependence on weapons was relatively low because the various stat values that affected skill damage were met through the use of ‘Natural State.’

In the first place, Piaro’s weapon was farming tools. The emphasis was on plowing the field faster rather than strength. Piaro fought using the connection between sowing seeds and rapid growth, so the important thing for Piaro was the speed of plowing the field. This speed had already reached its peak.

‘Additionally, Piaro has lowered the importance of fighting these days.’

Piaro was a farmer. It was only when he developed and produced crops as beneficial as the golden walnut that he showed his true value.

In the days when Piaro was the best power of the Overgeared Kingdom, he was forced to ignore his duties as a farmer to play an active role, but now things had changed. Currently, there were at least five people in the Overgeared Empire who could replace Piaro’s role. Unless all of them collapsed, there was virtually no reason for Piaro to be on the frontlines. No, it was desirable not to put him on the frontlines.

Of course, it was necessary to take him on the Baal expedition, but there was plenty of time until then. It wasn’t Baal who coordinated the expedition schedule, but Grid himself. There was no need to be pressed for time. Above all, Grid had a strong faith. He believed that Piaro could open up the mental world. It was based on the fact that the fields created by Piaro were already playing a role comparable to the mental world.

‘Piaro understands the principles of the mental world. The moment he had a small enlightenment, he will be in a position to open the mental world.’

It wasn’t known when the exact moment of enlightenment would come, but it was clear that it wouldn’t be long...

Piaro himself was aware of this fact, so he didn’t show any signs of nervousness. However, Mercedes was in a different position. Not only did she always want to be on the frontlines, but she was also highly dependent on weapons. Originally, the class of knight itself had a correction effect when wearing equipment. Even Mercedes’ chivalric code was heavily influenced by Grid. By respecting items, an additional correction effect was obtained when wearing equipment.

Simply being an apostle placed her in a much better position than the other apostles to properly handle Grid’s items. The faster she replaced the White Tiger Sword, which was considered an old weapon, the higher her combat power would rise. It was right for her to be frustrated if she couldn’t open the mental world. She wasn’t in the position to answer ‘I can’t open the mental world’ with a casual expression.

“Mers, you... do you have a mental world?”

“Hiccup!”

It was as expected. Mercedes couldn’t hide her flustered expression.

Grid smiled. ‘She can’t even lie. Why is she trying to deceive someone?’

Mercedes had a strong personality. She couldn’t lie. Grid couldn’t imagine Mercedes deceiving anyone.

“Show me your mental world.”

“......”

“It might be a bit embarrassing, but it is okay. I just want to make a new weapon... think of it as the same logic as undressing in front of a medical staff.”

“I don’t undress in front of anyone other than My Liege.”

“Y-Yes... anyway.”

She was reacting in a weird way. Grid was overwhelmed by Mercedes’ pretty eyes and waited for a while. Then he persuaded her again, “I need the user’s mental world to create a new dragon weapon.”

“You can make it without the mental world, right? Just like Twilight.”

“Yes, but it is disappointing in terms of power.”

“It... isn’t like that. My Liege’s Twilight is one of the best swords. What is disappointing about it? For me, a weapon equal to Twilight is enough. It will be rewarding to grow together.”

was great. Looking at Twilight right now, it was clear that it would one day match Defying the Natural Order. However, it wasn’t easy to create a growth-type myth rated weapon. Additionally, dedicated weapons exerted more power from

growth-type weapons,

“...Uh.”

habit she showed when she was embarrassed. It was a habit Grid first witnessed on the day they spent their

‘I understand.’

this usually wasn’t the case.

meant he considered himself the center of the world. Normally, it was a mental

to theirs. It was because there was darkness in everyone’s heart. In particular, Mercedes was abandoned by her parents because

you to show your mental world. I fully understand why you are hesitating to show it.

“......”

words

woman I am, please

with difficulty. She put her hands together like a shy

Mercedes’ innocent and cute appearance and nodded with a smile. “Of course, I promise you with everything I

chill intertwined with her blue hair, blurring the color and the earth cracked because it was dry. The world froze around the

have entered Mercedes’ mental world,

“......”

There was a statue of a little girl sitting alone while the adult statues, who appeared to be her parents, stood looking

-The cursed child.

child. What type of man did you

that girl...! Due to that

The auditory hallucinations were filled with suspicion, hatred, and anger. They caused

young girl who rose slowly and stared at the intruder. “You aren’t a monster. Don’t be swayed by the suspicions and hatred of your foolish parents. You

auditory hallucinations moved away and the landscape seen by Grid also changed. It was

knight carrying the statue of a young girl on his shoulders. The knight was also carved out of ice,

girl laugh for the first time. It was a young Piaro. As a knight of the empire, he worked with the other Red Knights to both train the

the girl’s laughter mingling with the knights’ calls brought a smile

him. The sharpness of the White Tiger Sword burst forth from every blade. It meant that the weapon’s attack power would be applied to Mercedes’ mental world that was reenacting the past and antagonistic to intruders.

have devoted our whole lives to the empire and

is no

didn’t reach the girl. Before she knew it, she

You are

didn’t you

resentments of the knight statues echoed endlessly. Finally, the place where they stood was filled with only bloodstains.

terrible crack appeared on the chest of the statue of the girl who had emerged from the tower. The statue grew

she was betrayed by her newfound

truth was blocked, Mercedes could only mistakenly believe that Piaro and the Red Knights betrayed the empire and

makes up Mers’

that dominated the mental world was vaguely felt. It was

world was opened relatively recently. It was after learning the truth about Piaro and the Red Knights. The reason why the events of that day were engraved in her mental world wasn’t from the pain of

is so kind... Mers feels guilty toward her parents who hated

her parents’ minds and was shocked and silent. If she hadn’t

so. The memory of that day was also held in her

person. He was glad that he loved Mercedes. In this frozen world, Grid felt warm. Wasn’t

‘...Warmth?’

become taken aback. His mind returned and he saw that there was steam everywhere. It was due to the open air hot spring placed alone on the snowy field. It seemed that the heat of the hot spring accounted for a significant portion

‘A hot spring?’

spring all of a sudden? It happened as