Overgeared

Zeratul was in the recovery period, resting after wrapping up the difficult battles against Trauka, Kubartos, and Judar. The people of the Overgeared World had heard about his accomplishments from Huroi. It was a different feeling from the vague worship he gained as the self-proclaimed Martial God. Every time he felt signs of people praying to Zeratul, and not to the Martial God, he smiled softly. He felt the growing desire to meet their aspirations, and he felt at peace.

[Hmm...]

Zeratul had taken an interest in studying treasures. Each and every one of them possessed interesting features. For example, in the case of weapon-like treasures, they weren’t held and swung like conventional weapons. Instead, specific invocation spells had to be chanted and mana was supplied to move them. At first glance, the way they functioned resembled the way Sword Saint’s Control Sword worked, but it was more accurate to understand them as a tool that amplified the power of one’s will.

[Peculiar. Originally, only a transcendent could use their will as a means of attacking. Even in the case of a transcendent, that was clumsy and weak. Now, anyone can easily do it. Depending on the function of the treasure, it can be used in various fields. Thanks to this mysterious invocation, civilization will develop quite considerably.]

Zeratul sensed his visitor’s aura and spoke while looking at the magical text floating in the air.

“With treasures, the will of an Absolute will be even stronger.”

[Correct. In fact, people like us are the ones who will benefit the most from these treasures. By the way, Grid, why have you come to my place? You didn’t come here just because you wanted to see what I’ve been up to, I assume?]

“Haha, isn’t it polite to check if the number one contributor of the last great battle is recovering well?”

[Number one contributor? Bah, I don't want to flatter myself in front of you, so get to the point.]

“I would like to learn some secret techniques.”

Zeratul arched an eyebrow curiously at Grid, who sat down.

[My secret techniques are of no use to you, right? You can fight with just the skills you have learned already. Plus, haven’t you recently learned Judar’s Multiple Weakening Barriers?]

“This body is different.”

[What does that mean?]

Even Zeratul couldn’t figure out he was speaking with a clone. That was how high quality the body smelted by Grid was.

Grid shrugged and pulled out Defying the Natural Order. Then he slammed it down on his wrist with all his might. Zeratul watched in shock, well aware of what that skill could do. Defying the Natural Order bounced off Grid’s wrist without cutting it.

[What?!]

Zeratul doubted what he was seeing.

The moment the blade of Defying the Natural Order pierced Grid’s skin, a black and gold light flashed, followed by a loud friction sound. There wasn’t a single scratch or drop of blood on Grid’s skin.

[A divine body! Is it a body made of Greed?!!]

“Judar told me how to make it. I took advantage of the nature of Greed, which can think and move on its own, and smelted a body using only that, no other materials.”

[This is amazing! I’ve known for a long time that Greed is a material that defies natural order. Isn’t it greater than the bones of an old dragon?]

“I think, once the status of my body completely surpasses that of an old dragon’s, that Greed will be considered even more powerful than an old dragon’s bones.”

[Indeed. Old dragons are comparable to the Gods of the beginning after all... The status of an old dragon is partly proportional to the number of years they have lived, but the achievements you have accumulated are beyond the value of time. It won't be long before you surpass the dragons’ status.]

Zeratul had complete confidence in Grid. After all, this was the man who had killed Judar and Trauka.

only

plan to learn magic from Braham for a while and

learn spells and skills that your main body has no knowledge of, so your fighting style will become a lot more versatile. I’ll try to come up with a secret technique for you to

“Thank you.”

will take quite some time. This is a skill you will learn, so it has to be special. Keep training and accumulate as many achievements as you can until I contact you. Looking

“You guessed correctly.”

He was happy because he felt like he

***

voice echoed throughout the temple, “Why do you want to learn magic? You

use of magic

prove

“Of course.”

that Grid had accumulated. As an artificial intelligence, he always made the best choice in any situation. So, usually,

that, he

had picked up on. “...Then, I will formally accept you as

disciples. Are you going to build another

moment. I don’t just take anyone under my wing.

all the spells you know. Punishment

after Punishment is impossible. Those spells are in my blood. Theoretically, only my siblings can learn them, but they don’t possess the knowledge to understand such

was already happy imagining a future where the child, who would be born in a few

you a clone...? I can’t tell even though

right now. Through the consciousness implanted in this body, I

technically its parent. Why doesn’t it acknowledge me as its master?” Braham

accepted by Greed, you will also be able to refine a

a whole new pavranium? Can’t I

sound of that too. It will take

focus on training

in earnest. Grid’s clone used his high Intelligence stat to absorb Braham’s magic like a sponge. He performed

really are

to elicit Braham’s delight. The more Grid got better at magic, the happier Braham became. It was as if he’d gained the most

Braham laugh... My clone is accomplishing what even I couldn’t do in

for a while when it came to learning the highest level great magic, such as Meteor and Disintegrate, but he managed to meet the Intelligence requirement by creating

title of ‘Greatest Magic Swordsman of

has earned the title

***

than most farmers when it comes to growing flowers. Piaro personally asked her to take care

tending to her flowers every

of the

full bloom, exuding a heavenly fragrance. Grid recognized many of them. The flowers had been cared for by

many rare flowers collected from famous dangerous areas. It just felt strange because they were things that Grid had been

elixirs... I thought the flowers were

monsters, and even the water and soil that you can find all

The topics of their conversation

If you create a spiritual root in the place that was previously called the mana core or dantian, you can handle spirit energy. From then on, you are classified as a warrior. It seems that outsiders originally called this ‘qi refining.’ Is it possible to maximize the power of treasures

lot of types of spiritual roots. If you have

select the desired spiritual root before creating one. By the way, did the spiritual

it’s possible to