Overgeared

Dungeon Master Eat Spicy Jokbal—his first work that ventured into the new realm of the tower was very small and shabby. It was only two floors high and it was embarrassing to call it a tower. From the circumference, it was estimated that the floor space was less than 10 pyeong. But no one paid any attention to this.

A tower that grew stronger as they climbed it—there was such a provocative sign.

Even Grid was caught by it.

“Tower That Grows Stronger As One Climbs It... I wonder if we’re giving too grand a name for a tower that hasn’t been finished yet...”

“It is finished. The number of floors in the tower will naturally be added as users climb to the higher floors, and the interior area is quite reasonable, unlike what it seems.”

“Ke ong is going to cry.”

“No, he came to me a while ago and cursed me for profiting for free. The facilities I make are purely ‘dungeons,’ so there is no need for Ke ong to be jealous.”

Eat Spicy Jokbal was one of the precious treasures of the Empire. Numerous soldiers and knights grew by exploring the dungeons he created. The Overgeared members' growth value exceeded the allowance of the dungeons, but they often stopped by the dungeons to increase their skill experience.

Now they had to build a tower. It was said that there was no limit to the number of floors. It was theoretically possible to expand indefinitely because another floor opened up every time a user overcame the ordeal of the current topmost floor.

It was truly a legendary building. No, there was a possibility that it would be worshiped as a myth if Grid utilized it.

Grid was also the leader of the Overgeared Guild. He had the right and qualification to be the first to set foot in such a monumental facility.

“Okay. I’ll go up to the 100th floor today.”

Grid was more motivated than Lauel hoped for and attempted to climb it.

“This XX.”

The result was this—he lost motivation. There was no problem from the 1st floor to the 9th floor. Thanks to Demon Sword Remnants, Grid overcame the ordeals without even lifting a finger. It took less than five minutes to reach the 10th floor.

However, he immediately lost motivation on the 10th floor.

The boss monster who appeared on the 10th floor—it was none other than Baal.

That’s right—the boss monster that lurked in the tower on the 10th floor used the ‘highest level opponent among the boss monsters raided by the challenger’ as the basic framework. Here, it became stronger and stronger every time the number of floors increased. Depending on the challenger’s position, it could boast a tremendous level of difficulty.

“The 10th floor is bullshit...”

Aren’t I the only one at a disadvantage...?

Why do you always do this to me...?

Vantner offered comfort to the lamenting Grid, “Instead, Grid, your wives keep getting stronger. Don’t be too heartbroken and think positively.”

“......”

...Wasn’t he hit by this comfort instead?

It wasn’t very comforting, but Grid couldn’t refute the facts. Instead, Eat Spicy Jokbal asked him, “Why did you come back without fighting Baal?”

Going up from the 1st floor to the 9th floor, Grid acquired various buffs that were only applied inside the tower. Grid in the tower was stronger than Grid in reality. Even if the level of Baal on the 10th floor was exactly the same as the Baal that Grid had fought a while ago, the current Grid would be able to aim for victory relatively easily.

However, he retreated without even fighting. It was hard to understand from Eat Spicy Jokbal’s perspective.

“Isn’t it better that Baal came out? The higher the level of the boss, the greater the rewards.”

“Do you avoid poop because you are afraid of it? You avoid it because it is dirty.” Peak Sword replied on behalf of Grid. “Have you forgotten how persistent Baal was? From Grid’s perspective, it would be tiresome to fight with him again.”

if he was killed, he resurrected and evolved. It was a fight to the extent that he didn’t want

he was given millions. It wasn’t a situation where he had to

Baal against just

break,” Peak Sword said while patting Grid’s

break—it was a word that penetrated Grid’s weary heart. Yes, he wanted

properly ever since he became Pagma's Successor. Was this something that

leave climbing the tower

time, then when else could he rest freely? Right now, Faker and the Overgeared Shadows were in the midst of a quest to find the daoist immortal, Bentao. It was to get help to

Now was

left the scene without regrets. He thought of things to do during his break. The first thing was to find Pagma’s soul. According to

while preparing for the wedding, so it went in one ear and out the other. But now that he thought about it, he was

and Braham was

‘Maybe Pagma’s soul is...’

it was a pity that the conversation with Pagma was too

is going

on

***

smashed everything. Naturally, there was no malice. It was an inevitable phenomenon in the process of magically tempering Grid’s Greed. But recently, a high mountain stood tall to the west of

was

“Braham, you...”

to visit Braham’s workshop, only

workshop. The various tools scattered in all directions conjured up terrible

torture his

the grudge was. Hadn’t he at least tried to understand Pagma? Now he stopped the reincarnation

expected Braham’s personality to be this terrible and was in

tongue as he grasped a saw and aimed

“Braham...!”

Grid was about to stop it, only to pause. The saw seemed to be imbued

sound of something invisible being scratched and shaken

guy, Baal, was full

days ago—Braham faced the soul of Pagma possessing Kraugel and was horrified. It was because Pagma’s soul was secretly bound to

body. Then he soon calmed down. Pagma wasn’t a great magician like him. It was impossible for a mere blacksmith to cast

you would take away the power contained in Pagma’s

combined with an object. To put it simply, it was designed to ‘take away

a situation

Even Pagma, who took

would’ve been in

Pagma if the situation had gone as Baal intended? Naturally, Pagma would’ve been blamed for the incident. Additionally, the one cutting off Pagma’s head and killing him would've been

sensitive state because he just met Baal at the tower. Therefore, he even

soul. “This guy is the greatest hero in history, but he doesn’t know how to pretend. He is honest

different

-......

silent at the words that sounded like accusations toward him. Pagma’s feelings were also conveyed to Braham through the magic

Regret.

fought alone because he couldn’t trust anyone—in the name of his cause, he undermined the dignity of others. He committed countless vicious

now, hundreds of years later,

had trusted and

trembling voice echoed hollowly in the room. The sadness in his

“......”

reply. He silently concentrated

awkward silence filled the

in Pagma’s soul was finally