Overgeared

Grid had always wondered—why didn’t the Goddess take back her blessing?

Every time he struggled and realized the value of the inherent blessing, confusion grew and anxiety took hold.

He could feel a bad stench from within the depths of his body. The curse of the Goddess, in the guise of a blessing, festered and clung fiercely to his destiny. He wanted to shake it off right away. It felt like a time bomb that could explode at any time, so he gradually became nervous. He even had a habit of calculating how many more gods he would have to harm before the Goddess showed her true colors.

‘...It wasn’t a curse or a bomb.’

He remembered the voice of the Goddess he heard when he first visited the Vatican a long time ago.

A voice that was infinitely warm, yet somehow sad. At the time, he simply thought it was a pity for those who had suffered under the corrupted pope.

Thus, it was more questionable. Why did the Goddess turn away from people even though she had compassion for them? Additionally, why did she lead to the end of the world?

There was so little information that he couldn’t guess it at all. It was impossible for him to understand the psychology of the Goddess.

If she was going to destroy humanity again, why did she give the divine messages to help so many people? The Goddess’ warmth was too ‘real’ for her to be regarded as a common and obvious villain from the cliches. The outside was different from the inside. Grid had experienced it himself.

The double-sided portrait seen in Marie Rose’s castle.

The heavenly gods on the side of the demons during the Great Human and Demon War.

The attitude of Yatan, whom he met in the hell of the past, and so on.

Based on the clues that he gradually gathered, he reminded himself of the possibility that Rebecca could be the darkness behind the apocalypse, but he was unable to define her as ‘evil.’ He came to the conclusion that he had to meet her in person. Then today—

‘She isn’t evil.’

Grid was finally convinced. Despite the world message ‘the world has overcome the crisis of destruction’ that appeared the moment Bunhelier disappeared with the Goddess, Grid couldn’t harbor any animosity toward her.

Rather, he pitied her. A being who was aware that this world was a game—it was because of this awareness that she led the world to destruction. It was an insight and understanding that was only possible for Grid because he was a player.

“Just now... Reinhardt would’ve been destroyed if it wasn’t for Bunhelier.” On the other hand, Braham had an intuition as a resident of this world. There was deep malice in his voice, which trembled with anger and fear. “This has made it clear. Rebecca is the darkness behind the apocalypse that has been repeated. She... is the enemy of our world. She must be exterminated.”

It was a confidence that went beyond opinion.

Grid let it flow in one ear and out the other as he summoned a unicorn. “Overgeared Corn, you must’ve seen the Goddess as well.”

A final verification was needed.

“Is she a maiden?”

A maiden—in the dictionary sense, it referred to an unmarried woman. It didn’t matter much. However, it was different when intertwined with divinity. For some reason, in myths, a virgin meant a holy being. Therefore, a creature like a unicorn was obsessed with virgins...

Overgeared Corn nodded enthusiastically. There was a very ecstatic expression like it was recalling Rebecca’s holy figure. That was enough. Grid wiped the unicorn’s spittle from his face and smiled slightly.

“...You have finally become crazier.” Braham watched the virginity verification in a puzzled manner and couldn’t hide his disgust.

‘He isn’t calling me crazy. He said I am even crazier.’

Grid was deeply hurt by Braham’s radical words, but he wasn’t nervous. It was enough to gradually resolve the misunderstanding.

***

“With this, one thing is certain. Rebecca isn’t Morpheus.”

This was Lauel’s conviction after grasping all the circumstances.

Morpheus—it was a product of quantum mechanics. After repeatedly making the impossible possible, it opened the era of virtual reality. If Chairman Lim Cheolho created Morpheus and designed Satisfy, then Morpheus implemented and managed Satisfy.

would naturally have a high hierarchy. It was widely speculated that it would be the backbone of the ‘system,’ managing the

the Beginning,

so you must remember, right? Satisfy has a history of

beta service, and two times after the open beta service—the S.A

S.A Group’s

many people doubted that it was too early for a game that embodied the

the experts

Lauel told him

fact, the timing of the closed beta

never

time, the detailed schedule was

wondered, “How do you know this when

invested a

he was a

a problem within the S.A Group or a lack of technology... where am I going with this? Looking back, it was a completely different reason. It isn’t an exaggeration to say that the S.A Group’s technological prowess has reached

far exceeded people’s expectations and imagination. It was another world that was so perfect that

delayed? It

today that the truth came

never reached the ‘point’ where players could intervene. The S.A Group had to postpone the release date several times. To put

likely to have been recovered with a

him becoming antagonistic to Rebecca and the creation of the great myth, the

message that he hates the developer, it seems he hasn’t fully recovered yet... Rebecca wouldn’t have

“The Refractive Dragon?”

who tried to prevent the destruction by appearing every time the world reached the point

the vaccine and the will of Morpheus. The other Old Dragons

once hunted the heavenly gods, but surprisingly, the dragons didn’t harm

loved human

was plenty of reason to speculate that Old Dragons were ‘beings favorable

Tap, tap.

table and thought about

is on the same side, right? If so, it

were influenced by Grid had a different perception than ordinary players. They accepted Satisfy as ‘another world’ rather than just a game, and equated NPCs with humans. They had no choice but to confront Rebecca, who was trying to destroy the

fact, the system had indirectly mentioned it today. If it wasn’t for Bunhelier, the world would’ve been

Rebecca must be almost invincible... but she will be

the form of a ‘refractive’ dragon? It was because that was

judged that Grid had a chance of winning

expression was bitter

have a chance of winning

“......”

sense of repulsion. She was afraid and wary that

few people

as

the members of the Overgeared Guild were unique. It was said that humanity had become one after experiencing the Great Human and Demon War, but many players still didn’t attach importance

them, but they didn’t identify all NPCs as people. They thoroughly distinguished between the game and reality in order to

that the inhabitants of this world would be treated as tools or even worse,

to be much more serious. It was terribly sad for Grid, but it wouldn’t change much in the

against players from

appear in the world one by one. There must’ve been a time when she felt hopeful after

won’t be hostile to her

wanted to let Rebecca know that her hope was still

you handle them? The Breaths they release casually can devastate everything Your Majesty cherishes. In the worst case scenario, there is a good chance that all the dragons in the

Lauel pretended not to know anything and advised Grid to confront Rebecca. It was naturally because

obviously powerful, but there was

gods in the past and it was right to say that there was virtually no

Rebecca. It was best to cooperate with the Old Dragons to kill

it true that she is