Overgeared

Martial God Chiyou—he was the one who made Zik, who didn’t respect or revere the gods, bow his head on his own initiative. He was intense from the first impression and specially approached Grid. He gave Grid the right to take Chiyou's Test, despite not being a yangban, and bestowed a great favor upon Grid after he passed the ordeal. As a result, Grid unlocked his potential thanks to Chiyou and overcame his limitations several times.

“I’ve been watching you.”

In the first place, there was a sense of emotion from his eyes. Chiyou’s eyes were infinitely warm when he looked at Grid and Grid felt deep affection and gratitude. Regardless of his changed status, Grid deeply bowed his head.

“I also thought of you often. I'm relieved to see you in good spirits.”

“It is a great provocation.”

“......?”

The conversation between the two of them wasn’t transmitted to the outside world.

A colorless divinity—it was the aftermath of Chiyou’s divinity, which used the aspirations of all living things that craved power as its source, creating an invisible veil. It was a phenomenon created by Chiyou’s will to refuse to be worshiped.

The effect was great. The thousands or tens of thousands of people gathered because of Metatron—none of them had a good grasp of the current situation.

‘What type of conversation are they having?’ Chiyou looked blurry to everyone except for Grid. It definitely resembled a human form, but it felt like he was surrounded by fog. If Grid hadn’t mentioned the name Chiyou, they wouldn’t have even known who he was.

“...He is on the same side, right?”

The Overgeared Guild started to feel relieved. In fact, they had been somewhat intimidated by the sight of the giant angel called Metatron.

An angel with 18 pairs of wings. They even had a number of halos. The so-called halo of the angels. The angels in Satisfy could shrink or expand the halo, shooting beams or using it as a blade to brutally kill their targets. This meant that the more halos there were, the higher the probability of exerting great destructive power.

Just as they were worried that such a monster would go on a rampage in the middle of the city and cause great damage, Chiyou appeared. He blew Metatron, who was talking nonsense, all the way out of the city with a single blow, and Grid bowed in gratitude. It was natural to interpret him as an ally.

However, the situation inside the veil was going differently than what people thought.

“Even when you blocked Dominion’s spear.”

Jingle.

Chiyou’s bells were very sensitive. They cried just because Chiyou opened his mouth.

Grid belatedly noticed. He hadn’t known because it had been hidden by the collar and sleeves. There were several bells hanging from Chiyou’s body.

“Even when you defeated the apostle of the God of the Beginning, who had lost the god she served and was wandering.”

Jingle.

Grid took a step back. He suddenly realized why Chiyou had so many bells hanging from his body.

“Even when you received an apology from the Fire Dragon.”

Jingle.

“I rarely felt the limits of my patience.”

The bells were consideration. It was consideration for those trying to hurt him.

I am here. Don’t miss me. Point the sword at me properly.

“I wanted to run to you right away and point your sword at my neck.”

Jingle jingle.

slow yet fast as he approached. They might be ordinary strides, but the distance between the two of them was too short. Grid

I urged you, who was tired from going through trials every time, it

words were

feel any affection for him. He was just waiting patiently with consideration to achieve his own purpose.

was something called common sense. But now he had to admit it. The existence in front of him was far from common sense. He just

you finally

Jingle jingle jingle!

a loud noise created

was worth the

“......”

the moment has come to finally

have referred to yourself

as nonsense. When he came out of the tower, people called him the

shouldn’t be overlooked.

course, it was

would consider such

same. Chiyou would surely stand in front of Grid at some point. If he was targeted by

suddenly looked up at the sky. It occurred to him that all the

constraints of the Overgeared

meant giving the heavenly gods the

seriously intent on fighting

What the heavenly gods wanted

any chance of

matter how skilled, even Chiyou wouldn’t be able to endure when withstanding a pincer attack from the

did Chiyou bother to

you have been watching me,

gave birth to. He went up to

want to be destroyed, wouldn’t it be easier for you to confront the

Chiyou shook his head.

the

you are the Martial

“......”

destroy me and replace me. It is something I’ve

Thump.

like his heart was being destroyed. It was because he realized that all his efforts made the current results. The stronger

of confronting Chiyou. It felt like he had been caught in a net without him knowing it. It was more painful

to extinguish and replace me,

all, Grid

‘The bigger problem is—’

Chiyou

and

“......”

to fight him and win? Chiyou was a special being among the gods. He was an

winning? It was a bug. It was the wrong worldview. It was impossible

you will

told the truth. He proved

experience. As always, you will use defeat as nourishment to grow further. After repeating this, you will surely tear my heart and

Don’t deal with him.

is an

might harm your

Etc etc.

look crazy in Grid’s eyes. For once, defeat was fatal for Grid. He was also a god. There was a fear that his status would be seriously undermined