Overgeared

Baal was different from the Absolutes of heaven. He couldn’t transcend the concept of time and was bound to it. It was because he became stronger as time passed.

Baal was aware that the current him wasn’t perfect. This wasn’t meant in a negative way. He was constantly evolving. He might not be perfect now, but he had the certainty that he could reach the peak one day. The more that jealousy and suspicion sprouted on the surface and the more that quarrels and wars were repeated, the more Baal was completed...

So there was always room for relaxation. It was to the extent that he accepted it easily even when he was first killed by Grid. He thought it would be different next time.

Then what about today’s outcome? Grid’s growth rate exceeded Baal’s predictions. This was even though his prediction accounted for Grid’s explosive growth. He even grew stronger in real time while fighting Baal. It seemed to have a superior advantage over Baal and made Baal’s strengths meaningless.

‘It is because the Old Dragons helped.’

Fire Dragon Trauka—everything went awry from the moment he gave an arm to Grid. A certain emotion started to boil deep in Baal’s heart as he analyzed the cause.

It was anger.

Wrath.

It was an emotion that was only felt by insignificant beings who couldn’t solve things as they wished. It didn’t suit the king of hell, who had ridiculed countless fates and manipulated them to his liking.

[...Kukuk.]

It was while being trampled on his chest and repeatedly cut by Grid—Baal realized that he had lost his composure from the start.

‘It was a defeat.’

The data of the dragon weapons and armor brought to him by his clones—ever since he was defeated by Grid’s swords and armor, which far exceeded their power, he grew impatient and this made him reach this point. Like an insignificant being...

He didn’t deserve to win.

The gray ash symbolizing death—Baal remained silent even as the souls he accumulated for a long time were escaping from his body. He didn’t bother trying to hold onto them. He didn’t even let out a single breath as he stared at Grid swinging his sword. Then he spoke words with difficulty.

[I can’t… if I am alone.]

“......?’

It was a situation where the duration of Nefelina’s Transcendent Dragon had passed. The Dragon Knight’s effect was lifted. Grid, who was alone, had become impatient.

At this time, Baal’s meaningful words were enough to make him feel uneasy. An unidentified noise was heard. It was like the sound of a clock’s hour hand moving. The problem was that it came all of a sudden. He felt something special that was similar to Chiyou’s bell.

It was a portent. The ultimate of an Absolute.

Grid noticed and let out his stopped breath. He soared into the air and flew far away from Baal. It was to control the distance, but it was a pointless act. The ultimate move of an Absolute couldn’t be bound by the concept of distance.

Flash!

The identity of the noise was revealed. A pocket watch floated between Baal on the ground and the flying Grid. It was a watch decorated with bizarre patterns. The indicated unit of time was also far from common sense. The hour hand spun furiously.

The surrounding landscape changed accordingly. The desolate wilderness of hell changed to a plain with lush vegetation and the green earth became scorching red dozens of times a second. It was an incomprehensible change from Grid’s position. It was the landscape of hell’s past, present, and future.

‘I didn’t know I would use this power.’

The underlying cause of Baal’s anger was fear. It was a fear that rose from the judgment that he couldn’t win against Grid. He felt like he was going to lose everything. It clearly meant that he was on the defensive. This made him regain his original appearance, but it wasn’t enough to reverse the situation.

Therefore, he relied on this will. The power of his father, Yatan.

I hope you will embrace those who died and fell here with that big body, relieving their sorrow by crossing time and space with this watch...

It was a power that was received along with this nonsense. Baal didn’t want to rely on this disgusting power.

One day, Yatan suddenly turned into a mess. He died a humble death like the weak, and Baal buried him in the Abyss with great difficulty. He had intended for Yatan to be forgotten in hell, apart from a few neutral areas where Yatan’s will still remained. Amoract established the irreversible religion called the Yatan Church, so those on the surface were clearly aware of Yatan. However, that was just a situation on the surface.

Baal hoped that Yatan would be forgotten in hell. Of course, a God of the Beginning wouldn’t perish just because he was forgotten. In order for Baal to rule and reign over hell, Yatan shouldn’t be allowed to surface. That power that had been suppressed—

[Grid, you brought this on yourself.]

He took it out.

The earth shook. It was due to the steps of a giant who appeared from the continuously changing landscape. A giant walked out from the green plain. His identity was Baal. To be precise, it was Baal of the past. He had an infinitely gentle expression compared to the present day Baal.

[The me in the past.]

Stagger.

A distorted smile spread across Baal’s face as he barely raised his large body.

future me, he will slaughter you with

ultimate self that even Baal couldn’t fathom. It was the future him, who would’ve become extremely strong every time humanity experienced fights, wars, and destruction. He probably would’ve destroyed the Old Dragons on the surface and conquered

he imagined it, Baal waited for his future

eyes darkened rapidly as

confronted at the same time? It was a ridiculous power. It felt like the victory he thought he had barely won was getting further away.

“No...”

frustrated as she watched

Squeak squeak!

who had been looking for an opportunity, also sat down. The

beat this.

Baal’s power came as quite a shock to him. He was overwhelmed with a sense of helplessness after discovering that he

preparations for the past few

Grid would be finished like this. He thought it would make

became extremely

despair on his face. The will in his eyes was too intense for him to pretend to be calm. “I’ve been

only watched and envied people who studied and worked normally. Yet he had reached this point. No matter what type of despair he faced

[......?]

anxiety that went beyond the level of confusion. It wasn’t because he was intimidated by Grid’s unexpected attitude. It was because the future him didn’t

[...This damn guy?!]

scene popped into Baal’s mind. It was a scene of his future self sitting atop Rebecca’s throne and

[...Two is enough.]

gritted his teeth and glanced at his

any dragons—it was a signal to attack and kill

[......]

the landscape of vegetation. It was natural for him to not cooperate. The Baal of the past was still pure. It was a time when he accepted

Tick.

pocket watch stopped. The landscape also returned

“You betray even yourself.”

It was the best blow of the day. All the movements of the six fusion sword dance were smoothly linked. It was a perfect embodiment of the ideals that Grid had envisioned. The weak point hits and critical hits were

[Kuek....! Kuaaaaaaack!!!]

couldn’t contain it and let out a

intuitively felt that the concept he had been

It was

afraid of Grid. In order to get rid of

death. Death really was

times by the six fusion sword dance. The fists he swung viciously and

the Fire Dragon’s Armor

‘Endure. Endure it.’

in the middle of enemy territory. There were variables such as

was actively using his artificial senses and using his brain nonstop in order

he had only vaguely imagined through indirect experience was

was starting to realize death,

At this moment—

Lord

toad came waddling toward

bodily fluids toward Grid,

‘This idiot...!’

Baal’s offense that struck in all directions. There were so many signals from his artificial senses that it was difficult to respond to all of

intruder at this

in to Grid, causing Grid’s brain to be on the verge of exploding. Eventually, a gap was exposed. It allowed Baal to fight back.

some time, so please leave this place...! You need to regain your initial form!” Chepardea shouted as he

by Baal tens of thousands of times was loyal to Baal without knowing the

[Chepardea...]

this and he gave Chepardea a look of

dust compared to Baal, but he stood with his arms outstretched

I won’t let you

It was the moment when Grid was about

large fingers formed claws, grabbed Chepardea’s chubby body, and lifted him

Chepardea rose up and reached Baal’s face

about me! Get rid of me

by Baal’s unwillingness to turn away from him in a moment of

Baal grinned at him.

every time because

“...Haha? I-I’m glad...”

he was responding without understanding what was going on. It was because Baal increased the strength of his fingers grabbing

henchman of Yatan. I truly like you, who has been betrayed and killed tens of thousands of times, but still entertains