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.”

“......”

log

situations were playing out in various parts

that appeared, someone

all sorts of ways and for all types of

city, but the population of a few towns quickly disappeared. It seemed to have become a ghost town at first glance. Hyde’s

witnesses were found and killed

few people. Even so, the problem was that the level of each player was very high. It was a small city

had eyes and ears throughout the empire and he naturally knew this best.

is known as the slayer of the Chaos Mountains. Add this guy

in time, Grid passed over the city and delivered dozens 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 harm the residences and take advantage for their own interests. There must

-Yes.

to ignore, were mentioned one after another, but Lauel accepted

the protection of the Overgeared Empire. A person who committed a crime here couldn't

there is

peace that had come to the world after Baal’s death was overshadowed.

of God Hands spread across

their swords; and the transcendent who killed the lord, who should be leading the soldiers, and climbed to the top of the lord’s

will 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

and calm as he retrieved the God

reality, he was much more nervous than Nefelina. What choice would Nefelina make when she would soon face the truth? Maybe she

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

“......”

the collision of Nevartan’s Breath and Chiyou’s sword. However, no blood flowed. It was thanks to the ‘physical tolerance’ stat that came from Rebecca. It felt like

for blocking Nevartan’s claws. Then his gaze fell on Grid and he made a sound. He tilted his head and didn’t seem

Nevartan was different.

joined forces with Rebecca and

knowledge and information were learned naturally. Of course, they were incomplete during the period when

of the world in close to real time. It was because this was the authority Morpheus had given them. It was a

you on the side

was incomparable to Baal, who was playing house in hell, so correction was necessary. She wasn’t

puzzled, “We shouldn’t

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

very least, we need a counter-force to keep us

[Nefelina.]

Flinch.

shoulders trembled at

hatchling, you know what is going

“......?”

she already know? The reason why Nefelina was less talkative than usual—it wasn’t because she was nervous, but because she was worried

We all have

“......”

courage to see Nefelina’s expression. He didn’t want to see her leave for

‘No...’

it. He had done this without any consideration for Nefelina’s position. He betrayed

In the end, Grid said goodbye to Nefelina. No matter how much he thought about it, he

the first place, a small car is a

to control his mind, but... it didn’t have much of an effect.

to do from now on? It can’t be helped due to the relationship

to

beings who will be persuaded with just a few

“Of course.”

wasn’t just about a

meditated on it and controlled his mind. Then Nefelina

will respect

want to

was