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

This was the man who had proudly declared that he would remain the enemy of the Overgeared Guild. At the very

of concern, “He still shouldn’t cross the line

you’re defending him, I take it that Seuron’s performance must’ve impressed you quite a lot. The more I think about it, the

aspects of hell’s environment were advantageous to

be helped. He has

Seuron was a player. If a big crisis occurred, something similar to the great

matter whether it was Satisfy

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[...Persistent guy.]

rebelled against the ice dragon Revola became even stronger by preying on their wounded kin. Now they were aiming for the hierarchy of

it wasn’t easy. Revola had simply seemed incompetent when the

became 1.5 times larger than usual once he covered his blue scales with solid ice. Both physically and mentally, he was like a

to

three dragons became nervous. In fact, every time they moved, their frozen scales would let out an ominous

powerful, especially when he didn’t have any allies around him. If Grid had fought Revola now, he would’ve experienced a phenomenon where all of

away as possible from Revola and shot a Breath once they were out of the range of the blizzard. The energy of an old

energy itself might be great, but the scope of its influence was small. If they

[......]

ice, Revola looked serene. He was watching the traitors’ movements with his blue eyes. He would not

was certain that the number wasn't small. He considered that, even if he didn’t eat the hearts of these

‘I can’t handle it.’

only two top dragons left. It was the highest

absolute power, but his physical ability and magic power would become threatening enough to the old dragons. It

already made a

my back on

if he became a top dragon

not Cranbel

half-hearted. He couldn’t rule out

[......]

endured the power of the Breaths, which were weakened from breaking through the snowstorm and his ice armor. He tried taking advantage of the gaps in his enemies’ attacks when they were reloading their Breaths, only to stop several

Enough.

three dragons were already acutely aware of the difference in strength between them and Revola. They realized why Revola had been defeated

should I do with you

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

dragon was a dragon. They might

try not to

spirits now made clear to Revola, he prepared

voice echoed throughout the

hesitating to the

lightning strike swiftly followed

of the three dragons were ripped off. A dragon stood in the middle of the other three, and he was larger than Revola, despite having

his entire body was

scales of the lower-ranked dragons were repeatedly ripped off. Then, three still pulsating hearts suddenly fell into

benefited thanks

Gulp.

There was no hesitation

scene, stunned. His face twisted in

you take the hearts of your

like you wouldn’t have betrayed your own people... Of

[......]

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