Overgeared

‘Updates to be decided’ and ‘Update scheduled.’

Surprisingly, those were the names of the dimension that Judar had left behind. Originally, the update was undecided. Then, it was changed to scheduled.

Lauel looked shocked. Until now, the concept of updates didn’t exist in Satisfy because it was considered a utopia. The S.A. Group had been promoting Satisfy as a complete world, not a game. The game had never been updated because that would not make sense given how it was advertised.

However, the truth was that they had already created an area for an update.

Lauel thought about it for a while before sighing.

“I don’t find it that strange. Do you know what would happen if a game leaves the progress solely to its users for decades? It is common sense to have an update ready just in case.

The timing for finding this out must be a coincidence. The moment Your Highness killed a god and a dragon and received the Annihilation energy, ‘undecided area’ was changed to ‘scheduled area…’ I’m concerned that it might be a patch targeted at Your Majesty. Even if this isn’t the case, it will be incredibly difficult to deal with.”

The S.A. Group had already targeted Grid when they changed the rules of a few National Competitions. But, in the end, Grid had still won. He had swept up all the medals despite the S.A. Group’s efforts. He didn’t even bother to participate in the competition after that. Because of these shenanigans, the honor of the National Competition plummeted.

Grid snorted and shook his head.

“It doesn’t matter if this update is specifically targeting me. Judar was truly pitiful. He would’ve continued to create dimensions while only having a glimmer of hope that he would one day reach ‘reality’. But what ended up happening was that he was just invoking a space that already existed...”

Grid’s concern was strange. Regardless of the state of the update, he sympathized with Judar, who had been his enemy. This was Grid’s strong point. He formed relationships with countless beings and twisted the worldview.

“If Your Highness doesn’t mind, then it should be fine. In fact, the update will be welcomed by most people. It would generate a lot of new opportunities for us.”

Satisfy might be bigger than Earth, but it had long been criticized as a stagnant game as the power of the Overgeared Guild grew. Since the Guild had taken over most of the industrial capacity and the valuable land, many people felt deprived of resources. Many didn’t acknowledge the failures and efforts that the Overgeared members had put in to get to where they were today.

No matter the reason, ordinary players were relatively behind. They were stuck in a victim mentality, thinking they were the only ones at a loss. They sounded like communists as they shouted like parrots for equality, stating that the game should be fair for everyone. If the Overgeared Guild hadn’t solved the crisis, dozens of trucks would’ve blocked the buildings of the S.A. Group’s branch offices around the world every single day.

The new update would be an opportunity for the Overgeared Guild to finally draw a breath of relief. Grid would welcome the update with open arms as long as it had strong enemies.

Lauel thought for a moment before asking, “What does this upcoming update look like?”

Grid spoke slowly as he recalled the memory transmitted by Judar. “Like an endless desert. However, it is unusually humid. The weather changes from cold to hot repeatedly. There are four moons in the sky. I think the one that is slowly turning red might soon become the sun. I also noticed the remains of several buildings peeking from the sand. The architectural style seems familiar. It is no different from the buildings of Reinhardt or Titan.”

He had only seen a glimpse of this world for a moment, but it felt like he’d been trapped in there for at least an hour. He remembered a lot from what he had seen.

Lauel frowned.

“Is the update on a different planet? But civilization is the same as it is today... Is it foreshadowing something?”

“Why think about it in advance? Once the update is released later, we’ll know the details.”

Grid relaxed. He was very excited about the update, and had no reason to worry about it. No matter what new trials might appear, this was an opportunity for him to increase what he already had in possession. He was confident that he could overcome any ordeal without difficulty as long as he had Annihilation energy.

‘I’m a bit worried about the barrier, but...’

despite having access to such a barrier.

course, Braham would one day find the flaw and make the spell perfect, so this wasn’t a

give him a chance to

are investigating Nathaniel’s

Cheolho, but they seem to have disappeared without a trace. This has been known for quite some time in the industry. I have a hunch that finding them

“Why?”

it genius’ intuition.

at least half as competent as Kraugel to call yourself a genius. Is there anything I

put you in touch with a high-ranking US official. Can you meet him in person? If Your Majesty personally

“I can do that.”

ahead and

spoke with Lauel for around two more hours. Then, he met with Irene and Mercedes and spent some valuable time with them. He still focused on

use the cooperative sword dances with Lord many times, but there were no changes in any of the sword dances except for

Lord had developed independently, Link was definitely the one that showed the most dramatic change. The change in Link

a certain sword dance according to their personality... Maybe I can evolve the rest of the sword dances through

course, it didn’t matter if what he expected didn’t happen. Grid’s greatest wish was for his children to grow up healthy and righteous, just like Lord. There was a faint smile on his face as he

United States. A senator who was close to Lauel’s father personally greeted them. Since then, he met with multiple important people from various organizations to discuss matters. At some

that. The reason the former US president openly favored him and asked to meet him… It wasn’t just because he was a fan. Shortly after the emergence of Ghamid, the United States observed a number of unusual phenomena and ended up with a hypothesis similar to

movie or novel-like plot development being realized was extremely low. However, how the universe worked was

possibility. They planned to get to know the rankers in advance and check their physical changes.

to run tests on his body? In the end, even the president bowed his head and tried to persuade him, but Grid just sneered and

Kraugel and Zibal when he came to the United States, but he ended up not doing that because there were so

“Over here.”

expected. Lauel’s expression brightened for the first time in a long time. Then, the dark circles under his eyes became more prominent. This made

it because ‘it smells like Peak Sword,’ but he couldn’t

Hand with his consciousness. It seemed that he was getting close to finding Trauka’s treasure

doing a

Yura. He wanted to ask

Overgeared Guild focused their efforts on finding

***

A week later…

“What is this...?”

Guild swept through the remote mountain areas of the continent, the S.A.

be an

wasn’t a big deal. The terms and conditions related to Satisfy had

looking for new opportunities. Weren’t there a lot of people who criticized the Overgeared Guild while wanting to be like

bothered communicating

they create this much data? I don’t think this would’ve been possible even if the development team worked

team didn’t even know

update ready but the development team doesn’t

the S.A. Group grew out of control.

team