Overgeared

The tower members were born as ordinary human beings who’d gained eternal life and had confronted dragons.

Their stories could fill over a hundred books. Their lives were considered miraculous by default. Therefore, finding some inspiration in the concept of miracles had long been a challenge for them, considering their background.

“I’m back.”

But Hayate’s resurrection...

“Hayate!”

“Lord Hayate!”

It reminded the tower members of the value of miracles.

The sight of them crying, laughing and hugging each other made their noses runny from holding back tears.

Seuron found Lauel, approached and whispered, “Tell Katz to keep his promise.” He was careful not to ruin the friendly atmosphere with his serious attitude.

Lauel laughed. “Have you perhaps changed a lot?”

“No? I was always like this. I’m ruthless only toward my enemies.”

The Black and White sisters interjected. “Aren’t you the one so blinded by fame that you don’t care about anything else?”

“Speak for yourself.”

Seuron and the sisters were arguing with each other.

“I truly owe all of you,” Lauel politely told the three of them. “I will never forget your brilliant performance.”

It seemed that Knight had fully informed him of what had happened.

The Black and White sisters, who didn’t get along well with others, felt embarrassed and left the place.

“We are planning to expand the Overgeared vampire branch... Are you interested in joining the Overgeared Guild? It would make me happy if you took charge of the branch.” Lauel suggested to Seuron.

This was one of the reasons why Lauel was considered one of the important contributors to building the empire. To sum things up, he was obsessed with talent. If he spotted someone who was talented in a certain field, he would reach out to them.

It sometimes took years to verify if someone could be trusted or not. That was why he needed a competent inspector named Knight, but in any case... The gathering of talent in the empire was the result of a combination of Grid’s connections and Lauel’s initiative.

“I’m not interested,” Seuron replied without giving it much thought.

It was a surprising answer. Seuron had hundreds of guild members. If he could join the Overgeared Guild and gain support, he would benefit tremendously. Lauel hadn’t expected him to refuse.

“If I become a part of the Overgeared Guild, who will I fight with later?”

“That... This is an answer I’ve heard from someone else...”

“Are there more people like me? I’m glad.”

Seuron laughed cheerfully.

“Everyone has different reasons for playing the game, but at the very least, my colleagues and I get the most fun out of war. There are quite a few skilled production workers in the guild. Someday, I will have a good assortment of resources and compete with the empire properly. There will be a war. That way, I can sit on a cushion of money if I acquire a few mines or something.”

“I’ve heard something similar from someone else...”

Seuron waved lightly and left.

didn’t expect to

calm. This was the man who had proudly declared that he would remain the enemy of the Overgeared Guild. At the very least, he’d expressed his

“He still shouldn’t cross the

that Seuron’s performance must’ve impressed you quite a lot. The more I

amazing. Of course, some aspects of hell’s

but it can’t be helped. He has my respect because he has

a player. If a big crisis occurred, something similar to the great human and demon

it

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[...Persistent guy.]

three dragons who rebelled against the ice dragon Revola became even stronger by preying on

when

from the aftereffects of losing to Grid, the volume of this guy became 1.5 times larger than usual

isn’t good to waste time like

constant blizzards continued to cool down the temperature. It seemed like the whole area would soon enter the realm of absolute zero, so the three dragons became nervous. In fact, every time they moved, their frozen scales would let out an ominous sound, receiving damage every time they rubbed

had fought Revola now, he would’ve experienced

changed their strategy. They moved as far away as possible from Revola and shot a Breath once they were out of the range of the blizzard. The energy of an old dragon could

was small. If

[......]

serene. He was watching the traitors’ movements with his

how many hearts of his own kin had he eaten? He was certain that the number wasn't small. He considered that, even if he didn’t eat the hearts of these traitors, he would

‘I can’t handle it.’

were only two top dragons left. It was the highest level

old dragons. It was a great burden to shoulder that much responsibility, especially since there were

had already made a promise

will turn my back on the will

he be able to keep his promise if he became a top dragon

Cranbel or

was less honorable than Cranbel and less ambitious than Kubartos. He was half-hearted. He couldn’t rule out the possibility of breaking his promise to Grid and living as a servant of the foreign god

[......]

his ice armor. He

Enough.

why Revola had been defeated by a mere god. It wasn’t because he was weak or incapable.

should I do with

other than killing us? Of course, we will devour at least one

lower-ranked dragon was a dragon. They

not

intentions of the dragons and their unbreakable fighting spirits now made clear

then, a thunderous voice echoed throughout

to

lightning strike swiftly

were ripped off. A dragon stood in the middle of the other three, and he was

entire body was covered in ice. It was none other than the top dragon,

lower-ranked

Revola. I benefited

Gulp.

was no hesitation in

watching the scene, stunned. His face twisted in a

take the hearts of

wouldn’t have betrayed your own people... Of course,

[......]

to blame someone, blame Cranbel. If he hadn’t seriously injured me, I would’ve thought