Overgeared

“Bunhelier, you don’t have parents, do you?”

‘Has he been taught by Huroi?’

At the Tower of Wisdom...

Kraugel was in the midst of sparring with Sword God Biban. It was to get used to the controls of his new ultimate skill.

Speed was the basis of power, so it was a technique that had a very large rebound if it failed. Just like right now.

“It isn’t like you to lose your concentration.”

“......!”

Kraugel’s vision flipped around and his face fell to the ground. This was the aftermath of being hit with the perfect counter by Biban. Biban had sealed the ‘strength of an Absolute,‘ as promised, but he easily aimed at the weakness of Kraugel, who was distracted.

“Let’s take a break.”

In the first place, your new swordsmanship carries too much risk...

Biban held back the urge to give this warning and extended a hand. There was no way Kraugel could be unaware of the problem with his swordsmanship. It was about trusting him.

“I’m sorry.” Kraugel stood up using Biban’s hand and shifted his eyes in the direction of the disturbance.

In the midst of the murmuring tower members, Bunhelier was calm. “Parents? Of course not. Those are lower creatures born after the beginning of time... no, they are a necessary concept for all living things except the Old Dragons and the Gods of the Beginning.”

“Yes, that is right...”

Grid nodded.

Everyone at the scene felt that his mind had slipped away. Discussing the parents of an Old Dragon? It was very bizarre, but the tower members respected Grid. They left their spots one by one so as to not distract him. Time was running out to track down Betty, whose whereabouts had just been found.

“But from what I’ve seen, you might have parents.”

“......”

The tower members’ steps stopped again and Kraugel was convinced.

‘I’m sure he learned something from Huroi.’

Kraugel knew all of Grid’s advantages. One of them was the ability to learn. Every time he learned something new, he might not be able to learn it all at once, but he didn’t give up until he mastered it. Yes, mastered. Grid must digest his learning. He burned the firewood of time and pursued perfection.

‘Is he trying to reach the point of provoking an Old Dragon? Certainly... it must be a necessary skill at times.’

Kraugel interpreted every word that Grid threw at Bunhelier as a provocation. It was the same with the other tower members.

Everyone looked at Bunhelier. Fortunately, Bunhelier didn’t seem too offended.

“How interesting. What type of creature do you think could’ve existed before the beginning of time?” he responded with a snort.

The Old Dragons had existed since the beginning of time. If an Old Dragon had parents, the very concept of the beginning would be turned upside down. Grid’s argument was like claiming that ‘there is no gravity and mana in the world.’ It was such an empty argument that it wasn’t even worth refuting.

“How ignorant do you have to be to harbor such a delusion?”

Grid stared at the hand of Bunhelier, who was shaking his head in disbelief, and continued speaking, “Your front feet resemble those of the Blue Dragon.”

“...What?”

expression hardened for the

are insignificant things that

complexes. It was right to say that it was right below Dragon Words. It was to the point

clung to the humans who he regarded as insignificant, and polymorphed into a mouse to get out of various crises. Thanks to this, he was barely able to

you resemble elves

creatures to Old Dragons. They didn’t feel much of a difference between goblins, orcs, and trolls, who were all bipedal.

I see... it might seem like

human beings was love—Grid’s confidence had skyrocketed since he recently shared deep love with his wives. Bunhelier’s claim that he resembled a beautiful elf

“......”

Bunhelier closed his mouth.

intensifying gender conflicts. They were too few in number to be the subject of the world and their quality wasn’t outstanding. It must be a species that would be treated as insignificant even by humans. It

insult unpleasant and instead mused on

suddenly became ashamed. He reproached himself for not being able to hide his anger the moment he heard the insulting

attitude that an

The problem was that his emotion preceded reason every time. He kept losing his cool and easily made mistakes. It was a problem that he was aware of himself. He even knew why he was so easily

shortcomings. Why were their innate powers different when they were all Old Dragons? Bunhelier felt very frustrated and resentful. He was

there is

provoke me? Is it to give myself a chance to reflect

it, I understand what you are saying. It seems that my

this really an

the onslaught of Grid

have

to live with humans didn’t seem to be a lie. Grid tested Bunhelier really thoroughly and there was a strong feeling that they were

Isn’t an Old Dragon’s hierarchy too high to just say it was bad luck? Are the few ‘innate Absolutes’ in the world affected

main point. It was enough to

thoughts were the

led to honesty. Bunhelier felt a certain emotion when Grid

he was meeting for the first

Bunhelier started to confess

is something called compatibility among the Old Dragons. I

Old Dragons into the ecosystem. He realized that just as

is why I made a plan to get

“......?”

too extreme? He was

for me to even approach the flames that Trauke sincerely raises.

Trauka temporarily releasing his power, the rivers around the world evaporated and the ecosystem

didn’t have the courage to confront the destructive power of the guy who can overlap

Breaths overlapped...? Didn’t it mean that the world would disappear without a trace the moment he shot it? Grid couldn’t imagine

was possible to get rid

hesitated because his pride was too hurt to explain further. However, it was the moment to confess to the only person who understood. It was right to be

the odds of winning are low and if I was lucky enough to succeed in a surprise attack and kill him, I felt it was meaningless.

“Insurance?”

back time the moment he dies or

time. It was an explanation that was familiar. For example, summoning one’s past and future self. Grid actually witnessed Baals’ power to

now, even Picasso of the Overgeared Guild could draw a picture with the ‘save’ function. This was also technically an intervention in the concept of time. Grid wasn't shocked that Raiders could turn back time. He surprisingly accepted it calmly. However,

does it mean to reverse the outcome? For example, if you kill Raiders, will the result change from ‘Raiders is dead' to ‘not

can make the result

type of fraudulent ability is

only one born alone and ugly among the great beings? He projected his past self by empathizing and sympathizing with Bunhelier. This brought great comfort to Bunhelier. He

that bothered Bunhelier. “Why