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.

been quite a few people who were unhappy with Grid’s

devastating damage today, as it did yesterday, and all the dragons remained unharmed... The media would never miss the bait. They would stir up public anxiety and place all fault

Kraugel’s attention immediately. The voice asked him, “Is your mother

came to his senses,

just arrived at

of the colleagues who had come over using the warp gate were having difficulty climbing the mountain itself. The altitude was so high that it was difficult to rely on a pair of shoes infused with flying magic. Very few

at least two hours. Lauel’s tone was colder than it needed to be, but it

rather you didn’t mention

only asked because I was

thought Kraugel was being unfair to him. There was no sincerity to his words. He had the same expression on his face

by those words at all. The embarrassed Huroi let out a splurge of profanity, but

mentality among the dragons. Give up on debuffs and focus on

“Yes.”

faithfully carried out Kraugel’s

battles on several occasions. Grid and Lauel had

expectations

“Cough!”

confident in. After drawing the aggro by giving a buff to Kraugel, he received a large cut on the chest. This allowed Kraugel’s Meteor

Huroi, he took flight without hesitation and escaped from the range of the

deal additional damage to transcendents and Absolute. Instead

those weak points over and over again, causing Kubartos to bleed, though they didn’t deal much damage. Kubartos’ health gauge was still solid. However, it created an

“Storm Sword.”

tornado engulfed Kubartos, who released polymorph, his golden scales

and shot a Breath

your cities. If civilization crumbles, your

which both mind and body acted at very high speeds. He calculated the path of the Breath and stood in front of Huroi, swinging his sword, which was surrounded by both flames and lightning, and aimed

he only cut

was

hitting the mountain peak

the mountain

They couldn’t close their mouths and mourned their colleagues who

one of the people on the mountain

currently in hell after using the Hell Leap skill. Once she returned to the surface, she found herself on a mountain peak north of Kubartos.

Tatang!

thousand more people

glance, he seemed like he was

no time to waste. The situation was

Kubartos’ Breath kept changing its trajectory. It pushed Kraugel

crushed by the pouring rocks and turned to ash, and others fell to the distant ground and then turned

“Hey! Get behind me!”

block the falling debris. The nimble ones jumped over the rocks on their own, while outstanding

Breath were the ones who suffered the most serious damage. They

but there was no way

quick-witted Euphemina succeeded in protecting the most important

bird’s eye view of the battlefield. He reloaded the Breath, targeting the humans who survived the landslides. The previous bombing had merely been a test to distinguish between

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

He held his sword

of killing an opponent stronger than himself. Unlike Grid, who used his ultimate skills without hesitation, Kraugel often saved them until the

determined to cut apart

Kubartos, it seemed

see how much

avoid Kraugel and shoot the Breaths. He didn’t even need to use Shunpo. He could just link

quite a lot of power. He had nothing to lose by killing him first. Therefore, Kubartos pretended

relative ease. The third Breath was also

he felt the skin

a Breath was possible, but it was never easy. The rebound

from his

wrist finally broke. He had no choice but to cut the seventh Breath using only one hand. But after cutting

of his sword ‘transcending’ like when he’d slashed Trauka’s Breath didn’t happen. If such miracles were to happen one after another, Kraugel’s sword would eventually contain the energy of all dragons.

wait for the ninth Breath. He relied on a ‘skill’ that produced