Overgeared

‘Am I the only one who has only one life....?’

Kyle used the Lightning God Transformation according to his survival instincts, only to be thrown into chaos. Lord lost Kyle’s shadow, on which he’d been relying on, and jumped toward the golden dragon instead of running away. Looking back at the judgment he’d displayed throughout the battle, this was a foolish action that didn’t match his very high level of intelligence.

In that moment, the golden dragon’s plan changed entirely. For some reason, he abandoned his passive attitude and released killing intent. Everyone else must’ve felt it, though not a single person retreated. All the empire’s warriors attacked the golden dragon along with Lord.

Kyle felt doubtful for a moment. He wondered if they had multiple lives.

‘In this world... Am I the only one who is human?’

Thanks to the Lightning God Transformation, a crisis was narrowly avoided. If it hadn’t been for this transformation, his mind would’ve been affected even more as blood gushed from his seven orifices. But now, Kyle turned his body into a lightning weapon. He no longer had to watch out for his body, so he quickly regained his composure.

‘...That’s impossible.’

Kyle accepted the truth. What everyone was displaying–it was courage. Their expressions were too clear for their actions to be associated with a reckless rampage. They appeared focused, striving to gain insight for their situation.

They were fighting to win, not to die.

‘Dammit.’

Kyle didn’t care if everyone else was going to die or not. HIs dream was to live a long and healthy life. He had no interest in living alongside others. His instincts were instructing him that now was the perfect opportunity to run away, since there were scapegoats who were buying time for him.

But as usual, Kyle couldn’t escape.

‘Dammit!’

He was a coward. Though, if he turned out to be the only survivor of this battle, he believed Grid and Braham would beat him to death.

‘I don’t know about anything else, but the crown prince must be saved.’

That was how he decided he would live...

The greatest strength of Lightning God Transformation was its speed. Kyle was able to fight enemies much stronger than himself, such as great demons and even dragons, because no matter how transcendent they were, they couldn’t fully respond to his movements, which ignored physical force and demonstrated extreme speed.

But, most importantly, time had proven to be his greatest ally.

Thanks to Grid’s hard work, Kyle had accumulated many achievements, had received the support of artifacts and had steadily trained on his own over time. This allowed his Lightning God Transformation to be honed to the best possible state.

Like the Blue Dragon of the East, he reached the limit of his lightning energy for a moment.

Rain began pouring down.

It must have been the work of that monstrous magician called Euphemina, that much was obvious. As Braham’s disciple, she was wicked. By doing this, she was subtly putting pressure on him to fight properly.

The sphere of influence of Kyle’s lightning became extremely wide.

The golden dragon’s body was soaked in blood spilled by people’s attacks, mixing with the rainwater. It was instantly engulfed in lightning. The tightly interlocked golden scales were forced apart, revealing tiny gaps. Chris’ sword was finally able to plunge deeply in Kubartos’ eyes, and Lord’s sword dance split apart Kubartos’ front leg.

Nevertheless, Kubartos didn’t utter a single groan. He threw Lord into a mountain peak and...

‘I did as much as I could.’

Kyle felt plenty of relief. He’d fought hard in front of numerous witnesses. There was no need to worry about the consequences anymore. His lightning energy was almost depleted due to the exertion.

Exhaustion was evident in his features as his Lightning God Transformation was released and his body restored.

“......”

Kyle was about to quietly take his leave, but his gaze stopped on the golden dragon’s paw.

Lord was trying to crawl his way out. He pulled the claws apart, which were tightly gripping him and trying to tear him to bits, using chemical reagents and magic. He was supported by a shield infused with the blessing of light. He managed to knock the claws back like he was using a battering ram. Finally, he sliced them with his sword, and escaped into a nearby shadow with Kasim’s support.

‘Is he more talented than his father...?

when confronted with Grid’s sword,

took notice of Lord’s perseverance. It was obvious that Lord wanted to live. His willpower was so

me... yet you put yourself in danger

It could’ve been sympathy.

a lot younger than

could’ve been respect. In fact, it didn’t really matter where these emotions were originating

prince is

only thing that mattered to Kyle. Lord was living

with life was human nature,

demonized and resented their child for

“Hup...!”

energy. Even though he was exhausted, he approached Lord

by his body, Lord was able to

“Sir Kyle...”

even though his body was in tatters. It was as if he was used to these kinds

for

shouted at Lord, who was bowing

“......?”

dark

years, so why are you already...! Why do you fight so desperately as if anything other than your life matters more? What’s the point of fighting if you’re going to risk your life? His Majesty’s wives have conceived children who are

memory he’d believed forgotten. The joy his father displayed when he had his second son. Unlike Kyle, who emitted electricity from his body, the second child was normal. Unlike Kyle, who retreated in a corner and was miserable for not being loved, his father hugged his

own flesh and blood surprisingly didn’t

at any given time. The most important

you can take the lead against a dragon. With your resilience and talent, you will succeed in anything you want to achieve. Don’t try to

whether he knew Kyle’s inner thoughts or not, the crown prince kept smiling as he spoke. “It is much better to hear your cries now than when you would whisper timidly to avoid being noticed. This way, your words reach

everyone’s

known as

and he shut his mouth. He regretted opening his mouth to spout nonsense, feeling shame, and then fear. He felt a tremendous shame for opening up in front of others about his true feelings that even he had been ignoring. He would have preferred death over doing what he just

electric currents surrounding him, and slowly moved

Hundreds of people panicked.

You have

back down here! We

first with

appeared in his dreams. The Overgeared members he was quite familiar with because he had fought together with them so many times. The members of the Tower of Wisdom he had been jealous of ever since he learnt

were all yelling at

Don’t give up.

Please keep on living.

a blind eye to him when he wanted to live, but they changed their attitude when he was ready to die. He felt angry, thinking these guys were bullying him on purpose.

responding to

“Huhu...”

someone, perhaps he could’ve cleared away the darkness in his soul a bit faster. Would he have become stronger had he

felt sorry for himself, but it was already too

jaw was opening, a golden sphere

Just then—

[Don’t come.]

voice echoed in his mind. To be more precise, it was engraved

to assert that no one here needs

“What...?”

the battlefield was

engraved onto the space

that was symbolic of an Absolute was being manifested through

being

so surprised that he

saw through the fact that Lord’s will was being conveyed not only

the lair were completely separate dimensions, Lord’s thoughts were

even so, Lord

it to us. I dare say this is respect for those who have worked hard

“This...”

state while continuing to fire sword energy at Kubartos’ wings. He