Overgeared

The Fountain of Life—soaking the body in it healed wounds and restored health. Not only did it cure abnormal conditions such as fractures and poisoning, but it also restored health by 10% per minute. The efficacy of it was definitely great.

Yet surprisingly, the versatility was bad. It was because it only existed in beginner hunting grounds below level 50.

‘It is purely an arrangement for newcomers. I didn’t properly take advantage of it, but...’

Every time Grid went to the fountain, he would find wild boars or goblins drinking the water...

The probability of that happening was ridiculous now that he thought about it. Didn’t he die dozens of times near the fountain? Grid shuddered as he recalled this shameful past. Then he quickly sorted out the situation.

‘In any case, Agnus took Betty there...’

Betty stated that when the two of them dipped in the fountain together, Betty’s body was released from the curse and started to regenerate, while Agnus became a complete skeleton. He left a short will for her to live a normal life in the future. Then he turned to ash...

‘He managed to find such a hidden piece.’

There must be at least two former Baal’s Contractors. Additionally, Baal must be dead. It was a hidden piece triggered on a premise that originally couldn’t be established. Agnus used the ‘opportunity’ that would never happen again to save a being with a finite life, unlike himself. He risked being turned into an undead...

Grid was able to vaguely fathom Agnus’ inner thoughts. ‘A woman who would suffer for the rest of her life before dying... I guess he didn’t want to make any more of them.’

Agnus’ old lover was now an open secret.

Grid’s mouth was bitter when he thought about the story of her death. Grid wiped his face once before opening his friends list. He wanted to convey at least one message to Agnus: ‘You’ve had a hard time.’

However...

‘...What?’ Grid was startled. It was because the name Agnus wasn’t present on his friends list. It meant one thing.

‘He removed me.’

Deleting friends—to be precise, the other person removed him from the friends list.

Grid’s thick eyebrows wrinkled. Putting aside the gratitude he felt for Agnus, his pride was hurt.

‘This jerk.’

He wanted to send a whisper to Agnus and argue with him right away, but he couldn’t remember the ID code. It wasn’t like they usually kept in touch a lot. In the end, Grid had to change the target of his whisper. He quickly escaped from the territory of the Tower of Wisdom by using Shunpo and contacted Lauel.

-Lauel.

-Yes, Your Majesty.

-...What is Agnus’ ID code?

-It is number 00013.

Lauel answered immediately without knowing the situation. His tone was cautious. He didn’t know the situation, but he had inferred the situation where Grid had suffered a one-sided friend deletion.

Grid blushed with shame and added.

-I accidentally removed him from my friends list.

-I see.

-What is with that dull reaction? Could it be that you misunderstood that I was deleted?

-I didn’t think so.

-...Yes.

Grid sighed with relief and designated a new target for the whisper.

Agnus#00013.

‘I am in the 10,000s.’

He knew that they started the game at a similar time. So what was this difference in ID numbers? How did this guy manage to make the Agnus ID that was 13th?

‘His fingers were much faster than mine.’

Aside from the shame that had returned, there was a lot that Grid wanted to say. However...

[The target doesn’t exist.]

“What?”

wasn’t connected or couldn’t receive whispers—it wasn't a familiar message like

spine as he was feeling confused by the

-I’ll look into it.

had also tried to send a whisper to Agnus, so he seemed to have

-...Please do so.

***

Grid returned to the tower and tried

looked Betty straight in the

hundreds

live a normal life, “Agnus says he is safe, so don’t worry and focus on recuperation. Your breathing must’ve changed now

hated so much. All he could put forward was strength and power. It was far

him to understand everyone’s situation. He wouldn’t hesitate to lie if it meant he could deal with the situation.

“...I’m glad.”

another nail into Grid’s chest. It felt like there was a hole in his

***

“...I really don’t know.”

sorry I couldn’t

that they didn’t even ask for more time. The last survivors of the giant species neatly gave up on the yeouiju, despite the knowledge they had accumulated throughout

of the giants was their enthusiasm for learning. For them, incomprehensibility was a blessing, not a curse. Yet they gave up

of knowledge and wisdom. It is composed of just myths and divinity... therefore, the very distinction of its physical

“......”

was amplified. He was worried that Braham and Sticks wouldn’t be able to identify it. However, they were the only ones he

members and returned

***

“I don’t know...”

no chance. Braham and Sticks also failed to appraise the yeouiju. The

are you using it for?” Zeratul didn’t even know the concept of the yeouiju itself. This was

rare an imoogi

seal the imoogi with two yeouijus among all the imoogis? Grid only learned the truth today after being informed of the entire situation by Kraugel

who disappeared without a trace just before Chiyou appeared—Grid shouldn’t have let

must know the most

try to contact Yeoam through Yeo

moment when the mysterious yellow amulet that Yeo Yulan handed over to him for communication crossed Grid’s

is all of this necessary?” Braham raised the fundamental question. It was a question that bothered Sticks and the giant

him?” At the end of

if his frustration had finally been resolved. From here on

his hands? If Bunhelier really regained his ‘lost power,’ could Grid

expression darkened as he recalled a scenario where Bunhelier became equal to the other Old Dragons. Even though they had

the existence of the yeouiju and cooperated with him to

even realizing it. The dream that Basara

“Squeak?”

thought of the worst situation and made eye

eyes of the mouse—they were as pure as an insignificant creature that merely lived according to providence. It was completely different from reality. The ever-evolving Polymorph was the trigger to

thought this far with his crazy thoughts and

This is a monster I should

Just then—

“What is this?”

The yeouiju on the table was turning black. It spread so much sinister magic

the ‘Unidentified

[Unidentified Yeouiju]

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of the two yeouijus held by the imoogi, who practiced for a thousand years, but failed to ascend to heaven

is hard to

to

“Bunhelier.”

of this yeouiju was to isolate Bunhelier. Grid almost got hit as

This caused a backlash.

“I believe in you.”

yeouiju in his hand, shoved it into Bunhelier’s mouth. Bunhelier swallowed

was like the symbol of the Evil Dragon, spread throughout Reinhardt starting from the Overgeared Palace. Countless people living in the

Braham and

“......”

and remained silent. He barely suppressed his instinct to draw

Bunhelier has regained