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.

me, he will

the future—it was his 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

imagined it, Baal waited for

darkened rapidly as he

present, and future Baal had to be confronted at the same time? It was a ridiculous power. It felt like the victory he thought he had barely won

“No...”

as she watched the situation

Squeak squeak!

looking for an opportunity, also sat down. The mouse leaned against the wall and sighed

beat

as quite a shock to him. He was overwhelmed with a sense of helplessness after discovering that he had fallen

the past few

that Grid would be finished like this. He thought it would make Grid give up on his vain dream

became

didn’t collapse. There was no sign of despair on his face. The will in his eyes was too intense for him

He was a substandard human being who only watched and envied people who studied and worked normally. Yet he had reached this point. No matter what type of despair he faced now, it was better than it

[......?]

anxiety that went beyond the level of confusion. It wasn’t because he

[...This damn guy?!]

into Baal’s mind. It was a scene of his future

[...Two is enough.]

his teeth and glanced

attack and kill this guy who had consumed many things throughout the battle

[......]

Baal didn’t cooperate. He looked at the present day Baal and took a step back. He disappeared into the landscape of vegetation. It was natural for him to not cooperate. The Baal of the past was still pure.

Tick.

pocket watch stopped. The landscape also returned to its

“You betray even yourself.”

of the day. All the movements of the six fusion sword dance were smoothly linked. It was a perfect embodiment

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

a scream. It

that the concept he had been playing with all

It was a

because he was afraid of Grid. In order to get rid of Grid

death. Death really

by enduring without dying, even though he had already been hit several times by the six fusion sword dance. The fists he swung viciously and the rays of magic power that rained down every

Dragon’s Armor couldn’t cope with the shock and

‘Endure. Endure it.’

such

blinking his eyes stained red with his and Baal’s blood. He was actively using his artificial senses and using his brain

vaguely imagined through indirect

starting to realize

At this moment—

Liege...! Lord Baal!

toad came waddling toward

loyal one among the loyalists. He spat out sticky bodily fluids toward Grid, who was in

‘This idiot...!’

chaos due to 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 them. It wasn’t an

intruder at this time was a

as a real danger. They even communicated all the directions it was flying 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. The one who was afraid to die and was being attacked non-stop was given a chance

place...! You need to regain your initial form!” Chepardea shouted as he

by Baal tens of thousands of times was loyal

[Chepardea...]

to this and he gave Chepardea a look of

smaller than a speck of dust compared to Baal, but he stood with

let you

when Grid was

claws, grabbed Chepardea’s chubby body, and

Chepardea rose up and reached Baal’s face

worry about me! Get rid of me and run away...!” he

his eyes. He was moved by Baal’s

Baal grinned at him.

every time because

“...Haha? I-I’m glad...”

was going on. It was because Baal increased the strength of his fingers grabbing Chepardea’s belly. Chepardea’s face started to turn red from the unbearable pressure and this was

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