Overgeared

“What, this...?”

Kubartos couldn’t take his eyes off Kraugel’s sword.

A red aura resembling the flames of the Fire Dragon, legitimately hot, rising from a mere human’s sword. It was a flame that could turn most things to ashes.

Kubartos recalled a disgraceful memory. He remembered the red dragon that had dared look at him with the eyes of a predator. The pain of having his scales burned by the fire released by him was still vivid. Even now, he sometimes felt a portion of his soul burning. Every time this happened, the concept of death became clearer to him, and he experienced the feeling of turning into something small, insignificant.

Kubartos asked a question that even he found absurd. “Are you Trauka’s illegitimate son?”

It was Bunhelier’s fault. Back when he’d gone insane, he’d set the precedent of mating with a human and giving birth to a child. This had left Kubartos dumbfounded for a while.

Kraugel cocked his head. He was relieved to learn that Biban’s escape had become easier thanks to Kubartos’ interest in him.

‘A dragon is making a joke?’

Kubartos recovered a bit and corrected his question. “How do you have those flames?”

Kraugel didn’t want to hand him the answer easily. Looking closely at the face of the blond-haired man, who was so handsome that he might as well have been born to be loved by everyone, Kraugel determined that Kubartos’ curiosity was authentic.

“Who knows...”

A dragon was born to rule and control. They even said that there was nothing they didn’t know. Now, one was showing signs of panic on his face, which was unusual. If Kraugel maneuvered this situation well, he might be able to buy more time than expected.

“Is the achievement of defeating Trauka the one that brought you enlightenment? No, it is too great to interpret it that way.”

Kraugel’s expectations lowered.

“Is it a function of the sword itself? Is it because of Trauka’s bones and scales? That might be the case if the heart was used as a material... However, it is impossible to recreate the energy of an old dragon to this extent, even with Grid’s skills.”

Kubartos didn’t wait for Kraugel to answer. He asked a question and answered himself with very quick thinking.

“It is a sword that has grown with you.”

Finally, he got the answer himself.

“After slashing Trauka’s Breath a few times, a magical effect was imbued in the sword... Saving the elemental world was a wonderful move for you. Who guided you to enter the elemental world? It shares a deep connection with the World Tree and the Peach Blossom Spring. The elves must’ve been the daoist immortals that degenerated over generations...”

Kraugel let out a sigh.

The only path leading to Grid. He remembered the scene of the mountain of corpses piled up at the entrance of Trauka’s lair.

The top dragon Kubartos, whose modifier hadn’t been revealed yet, was one who knew how to take advantage of other dragons. He must’ve searched through the vast amount of knowledge allowed by the system when necessary and easily obtained results.

He was unlikely to make a mistake. He was a difficult enemy who used his strength and skills in the right time and place.

Kraugel whispered to Yura and Jishuka.

[Whisper from Kraugel: Have you changed your sniping location?]

The two women were more than 15 kilometers away and concluded that their safety could be guaranteed.

[Whisper from Kraugel: Don’t let your guard down. This guy’s Breath will surely reach you.]

Maybe because they had always been on the front lines together, Kraugel was no longer shy. He revealed his true personality without hesitation to his like-minded colleagues. He’d become infinitely kinder and gentler, the same way he was with his mother.

[Whisper to Kraugel: Yes, I’ll be as agile as I can.]

[Whisper to Kraugel: Yes~ Oppa.]

Kraugel was a bit relieved after checking his colleagues’ answers, but his expression was still dark.

‘I’m worried about Grid.’

The atmosphere in the media today was unusual. The rumor that Grid was the reason why the dragons had formed an organization and had become hostile to humanity was spreading rapidly. Since both the Overgeared Guild and the forces cooperating with the Overgeared Guild were so large, information control wasn’t properly implemented. Maybe the S.A. Group had leaked the information on purpose.

have been quite a few people who were unhappy

Guild suffered devastating damage today, as it did yesterday, and all the dragons remained unharmed... The

caught Kraugel’s attention immediately. The

Kraugel came to his senses,

to concentrate.” He had just arrived at the scene after climbing the mountain, his whole body drenched

altitude was so high that it was difficult to rely on a pair of shoes infused with flying magic. Very few people

window, letting everyone know that they had to practice climbing daily for at least two hours. Lauel’s tone was colder

you didn’t mention my

only asked because I

no sincerity to his words. He

The embarrassed Huroi let out a splurge of profanity, but the result was the

seems to have a strong mentality among the dragons. Give up on debuffs

“Yes.”

carried

occasions. Grid and Lauel had also urged the Guild members to support Kraugel well. It was natural to trust and follow

course, there was no guarantee that his expectations would be met even if they were

“Cough!”

He nullified the debuffs that Huroi was most confident in. After drawing the aggro by giving a buff to Kraugel, he received a large cut on

attack to Huroi, he took flight without hesitation and escaped from the range of the blast. Because of this, he was hit

hell, the Demon Slayer’s bullets could now deal additional damage to transcendents and Absolute. Instead of bouncing off Kubartos’ skin,

to bleed, though they didn’t deal much damage. Kubartos’ health gauge was still solid. However, it created an opportunity

“Storm Sword.”

tornado engulfed Kubartos, who released polymorph, his golden scales immediately burned in

shot a

down all your cities. If

entering a state in which both mind and body acted at very high speeds. He calculated the path of the Breath

cut

blast was so loud, it was as

was repeatedly changing, bouncing back and forth like a ping-pong ball, hitting the mountain peak beyond

to crush the mountain

They couldn’t close their mouths and mourned

of the people on

Leap skill. Once she returned to the surface, she found herself on a mountain peak north of Kubartos. Her

Tatang!

more people

as he was hit by another sniper shot. At first glance, he

to waste. The

Kraugel attempted to cut the attacks, but Kubartos’ Breath kept changing its trajectory. It

the Breath, some were crushed by the pouring rocks

“Hey! Get behind me!”

Vantner and Toban had been able to block the falling debris. The nimble ones jumped over the rocks on their own, while

been hit directly by the Breath were the ones who suffered

was no way that a wide-area shield could

the most important

Breath, targeting the humans who survived

were contained within a book of his. The page containing a blessing was

Kubartos. He held his

to prove that he was capable of killing an opponent stronger than himself. Unlike

to

it seemed like terrible

see how much

the Breaths. He didn’t

day Sword Saint had quite a lot of power. He had nothing to

cut down the first and second Breaths with relative ease. The third Breath

the skin from his hands

the first Breath. Of course, cutting a Breath was possible, but it was never easy. The rebound was much more severe compared to hitting a hard rock with

Breath, Kraugel felt several muscles being torn from his forearms and

to cut the seventh Breath using only one hand. But after cutting

didn’t happen. If such miracles were to happen one after another, Kraugel’s sword would eventually contain the energy of all dragons. This wasn’t reasonable.

He relied on a ‘skill’ that produced results only when