Overgeared

The Overgeared Empire was different from the Saharan Empire. The will of the Empire wasn’t imposed on other nations. From the perspective of other nations, there was no reason to disobey.

In the first place, they shouldn’t disobey. It was because every kingdom on the continent was economically dependent on the Empire.

At some point, they came to their senses and this was what happened. It was the result that Lauel created. Lauel shackled the other kingdoms with money and power, not force. It was covertly and tenaciously. It was designed so that they couldn’t disobey the Empire even if the sky collapsed.

It wasn’t strange to incur other people’s grudges. In particular, it was normal for the royalty of other kingdoms to not see Lauel in a good light.

However, this wasn’t a normal situation. All the royal families in the world served Grid. They offered up tributes of their own will. They gave unconditional favor and support that was beyond the level of not disobeying the Empire. They were even grateful to Lauel.

“Prime Minister Lauel. Thank you for making my kingdom dependent on the Empire. Thanks to you, I can happily serve the Empire to my heart’s content without any backlash from anyone.”

In fact, there were many kings who secretly greeted him in this way.

“......”

At the banquet hall after the grand wedding...

Lauel, who had strengthened his escort because there were so too many places to stab him, made a strange and complicated expression.

Oh my god. There was actually a time when he received thanks, not complaints.

The impact of Grid was realized. It was very touching that all of humanity loved and respected Grid.

‘I’m happy and proud, but it is awkward.’

To be exact, it was embarrassing. The goodwill of the people made him feel guilty. It was an emotion he didn’t feel even when he buried tens of thousands of enemy prisoners who surrendered and abandoned their weapons.

Basara, who was watching Lauel gradually increase the speed at which he drank from the glass, cautiously said, “I think it would be good if you can relax a bit in the future.”

Be generous—she didn’t dare use such words. She didn’t want to look like she was blaming Lauel.

Basara had a personality that was the opposite of Lauel, but she still respected Lauel. She could clearly feel the existence of the current Empire thanks to Lauel.

“……”

Lauel was a clever person. He immediately grasped the meaning and consideration contained in Basara’s words. A life of oppression and using others for the development of the Empire and Grid. Was it necessary to do this in the future?

He thought about it while watching the faces of the people who filled the banquet hall. After a while, Lauel emptied his glass several more times and said, “That’s right. I would like to go on a vacation.”

Grid and the Empire had become even stronger. From the time when Grid’s hell expedition, which felt a bit unreasonable, was successfully completed, it became okay to add modifiers such as ‘immortal’ and ‘eternal.’ No matter how many years passed, Grid’s feats wouldn’t be undermined. He would be remembered and praised forever unless the world was destroyed.

In other words, there was only one thing that the Overgeared Guild should be careful about in the future. It was to prevent the world from being destroyed.

‘Rebecca.’

Lauel responded with a toast to the smiling Basara and raised his head.

The soaring ceiling—he thought of the sky and Asgard that existed beyond it. He remembered the supreme ruler of Asgard who repeatedly destroyed and recreated the world.

That’s right. Now there was only one thing for the Overgeared Guild to guard against: Asgard.

“......?”

Lauel was contemplating it with a serious face when he suddenly listened carefully. It was because an interesting conversation was taking place at the gathering of Overgeared members.

“Infinite Tower?”

“It is weak.”

You Can

Tower? Infinitely stronger?

distinguished guests sitting next to him so he sent a

you talking about

new ultimate skill. He can build a tower that can be

-......?

case, it was best to ask the person involved.

instance dungeon format. As you know, dungeon building has many

what does it mean to be

floors you can climb. As long as you can raid the

the boss monsters

Haven’t all the training dungeons I’ve built so far give fair rewards? It is like that. The only difference is that only the bosses on

can

-That’s right.

penalty for failing to climb

volition, you won’t be allowed to re-enter

an instance dungeon was the biggest advantage. It seemed that even Eat Spicy Jokbal couldn’t properly judge the level of the rewards. Still, there was no penalty, so the fact that rewards would be given was an unconditional benefit.

Peak Sword’s voice was heard. “Tower That

Isn’t that good? It seems to attract the

is it?

expected, an amazing

admiring it only for his expression to

this name? Was this really the influence of Grid? Did his standard go down in the aftermath of suffering from Grid’s

Jokbal and all the Overgeared members responded positively.

allow outsiders to

lot of money... of course, I was going to get the permission of you and Grid first. If it doesn’t work,

Do as

war was inevitable. As they had learned from the Great Human and Demon War, it wasn’t just the Overgeared

designate the location where the tower

-Of course.

you know

paid attention to the

that

make it all

It would be hard to reach physically. However, he didn’t think it was impossible. Grid had a history of riding a

Old Dragon... depending on the location of the tower, wouldn’t it

sky. In other words, someone had to climb the tower. It might be impossible. Usually, towers with this structure also increased the difficulty level indefinitely. Still, it was worth looking forward to. There was nothing to lose by looking forward to it. Additionally, there was an Old Dragon to ask for

he was the first Old Dragon who stood on the side of humanity. Of course, Bunhelier didn’t care much about humanity. He cooperated with Grid purely for

was just the trigger. Lately, the feeling had been very different. He even attended Grid’s wedding today as a guest. He was polymorphed into human form and hid his identity, so there was no disturbance,

any case,

people who gathered around Grid were as great as each other and they hit a jackpot once in a while.

raised the black dragon, making Basara

***

for her, who lived forever. In the first place, she spent most of her time in a coffin. She didn’t distinguish between day and night

She felt it the moment she felt Grid’s touch during the daytime wedding. She was going to have a hard time tonight. She knew she would experience all types of things

fear—emotions that she never imagined before came faintly to her. All of them were

protect his precious things—he must’ve always suffered from these emotions. She thought there must’ve been so many moments when he

now he reached this point. Starting as a weak

exploding in the sky and slowly took off her clothes. Areas that no one

afraid I might

She was worried. She was afraid she would be different from others and earn

stared at her in a trance and slowly opened his

“……”

change, but