Overgeared

The news that Grid had punished King Sobyeol caused an explosive reaction. It was practically a new epic.

The battlefield where Grid confronted King Sobyeol became a holy land. There were a lot of people who came to the East Continent to see if there were any valuables left behind at the holy land. The ranker, Hyde, was one of them.

At a small town on the outskirts of the Xing Kingdom... Hyde rented an entire house to share with his colleagues. He was prepared to explore the holy land for a long time.

Perhaps a new dimension gap would appear, or it was possible to pick up the blood shed by King Sobyeol or fragments of divinity. It was also good to understand the emergence cycle of the imoogi, which was raised by King Sobyeol... et cetera, et cetera.

It was only a few minutes ago that he had all types of expectations.

“This damn thing, I told you to log out. What are you doing?”

In the present, Hyde’s anticipation turned to irritation.

The dragons—it was due to the emergence of the Absolute species that drove natural disasters. It was even Nevartan, the Insane Dragon.

It was a being synonymous with the dragons. Most of the dragons recorded in history depicted Nevartan. It was the appearance of a giant among giants.

‘There is no way a monster like that will act aimlessly... does this mean that the Grid’s ongoing episode isn’t over yet? Did I move hastily? No... this is the Insane Dragon who is crazy. It is his vocation to wander aimlessly.’

All he had to do was overcome this crisis. Logging out was the best option. Just take a break until the trouble was over. This was Hyde’s judgment, but...

“...Hey, what are you actually doing?”

One of his colleagues was stubborn. Their accommodation had collapsed in the aftermath of a series of explosions shortly after the emergence of Nevartan. This colleague was whining that he would rescue the NPCs buried under the wreckage of the building.

“Bob has already logged out? A single shot of his magic could blow away all the debris and rescue people.”

“People? Are they people? You have only been watching Grid’s mad movies for a while and became sick because of them.”

A colleague who treated NPCs as human beings when they were just chunks of graphics—the problem was that it wasn’t a pretense.

Hyde had worked with his colleagues for ten years. They had made so many memories that it couldn’t even be described using terms such as ‘childhood friends’ or ‘friends that grew up on the street together.’ He fully grasped the personalities of the dozens of people.

“Hyde, this is the child you praised earlier. You shook hands with him while saying that you liked how polite and quick-witted he was.”

A hand sticking out of a gap in the steel bar—Hyde stared blankly at his colleague, who was talking nonsense. Then he sighed and pointed to the hand that was turning blue.

“It was nothing special. It was just a casual conversation. The more you interact with NPCs, the more likely they are to give you a quest. What meaning are you attaching to a conversation that is just like that?”

“......”

Hyde told him, “Wake up. You just have to do one thing. Log out right now. Turn on the news and wait until I call you.”

Nevartan wasn’t here. He flew over the city and was fighting something on the horizon. However, the repercussions were coming in real time. The surrounding forest collapsed, the ground split, and landslides occurred. All types of disasters happened to the city.

Hyde couldn’t afford to allow the so-called Grid disease. This was why Hyde poked his spear through the cracks in the bricks and steel frame. He murdered the boy who was dying anyway, and turned his screaming parents into companions to the underworld.

In the aftermath alone, the rubble of the building became dust and scattered. It meant that if he tried to save them, he could’ve saved them.

‘This crazy thing.’ Hyde felt like he had stepped on poo. A warning window rose up. It told him that not only was his chaotic value full, but there was also a witness somewhere and he had become a wanted criminal. Unless the inhabitants of this city were destroyed today, he would be under a number of restrictions in Xing for a while.

‘If this was going to happen, I should’ve rescued him even if it is tiring and would take a while.’

Should he just kill them all...?

Hyde was looking around and thinking seriously when his colleague slapped him. “You...! You! How could you do this...?!!”

“It is because of you.”

“What?”

“You played games without distinguishing between reality, so I got a murderer penalty. For the time being, our party will be left homeless. Stamina management will become more difficult and the overall difficulty of exploration will increase.”

“......”

fucking around and log out

out in various parts

the owner had died and killed the witnesses that

really hurt the inhabitants in all sorts of ways and for all

touched the city, but the population of a few towns quickly disappeared. It seemed to have become a

and

was that the level of each player was very high. It was a small city without a proper army and it was

was possible’ meant that even at this moment, NPCs around the continent were being driven to death. Grid had eyes and ears throughout the empire and he naturally knew this best. Thus, he chose to work with Rebecca. It was with the conviction that this world

who is known as the slayer of

names to Lauel. There were exactly 24 people. Grid even saw it with his own eyes. These 24 players took advantage of the disturbances to

-Yes.

bigshots, who were hard to ignore, were mentioned one after another, but Lauel accepted the

of the East Continent were effectively under the protection of the Overgeared Empire. A person who committed a crime here couldn't be forgiven even if they were the owner of a nation. It was something that Grid had long declared, making it

there is no end

world after Baal’s death was overshadowed. No, it was because peace

of God Hands spread

inhabitants and made disposable undead to build a barrier and block the rocks rolling down the mountain; the swordsman who killed the soldiers helping the people evacuate to take their swords; and the transcendent who killed the lord, who should be leading the soldiers, and climbed to the

arrive soon. I think you can leave the rest of the work to him,” Nefelina said cautiously. Her voice trembled. She seemed to know that it was her father lurking at their destination

let's go.” On the other hand, Grid's voice was subdued and calm as he

Nefelina make when she would

paused for a while before using Shunpo again. He was holding Nefelina, who had polymorphed into a human, in his arms. He treated the girl with the same care as usual, even though she might

“......”

sword. However, no blood flowed. It was thanks to the ‘physical tolerance’

claws. Then his gaze fell on Grid and

Nevartan was different.

and

Of course, they were incomplete during the period when Bunhelier lost his yeouiju. They fell

different. Ever since Bunhelier regained his true form, they had grasped the major events of the world in close to real time. It was because this was the authority Morpheus had given them. It was a reasonable

are you on

Baal, who was

who was genuinely puzzled, “We

sophistry. They are words that aren’t suitable for you, who have swallowed

very least, we need a counter-force

[Nefelina.]

Flinch.

trembled at her father’s quiet

you are still a hatchling, you know what is going

“......?”

less talkative than usual—it wasn’t because

here. We all have our

“......”

closed his eyes. He didn’t have the courage to see Nefelina’s expression. He didn’t want to see her leave for her

‘No...’

He had done this without any consideration for Nefelina’s position. He betrayed her. The minimum of courtesy that he should do was to see her off on

you become an adult.” In the end, Grid said goodbye to Nefelina. No matter how much he thought about it, he saw no possibility

a small car is

mind, but... it didn’t have much of an effect. His heart was heavy and

small hands carefully grasped Grid’s cloak that was fluttering along with his divinity. “What are you going to do from now on? It can’t be helped

to convince

will be persuaded with just

“Of course.”

wasn’t just about a conversation.

mind. Then Nefelina glared

respect your

didn’t want to

she was going to