Overgeared

‘It’s very likely that Navaldrea will find these useful.’

All the artifacts that Lord brought back from Trauka’s treasure trove were of great value. It was clear that they could be sold for a sky-high price if sold on the trading post.

However, Grid didn’t really need the money. The two artifacts he took were for others. One of them was a bracelet with a red bird painted on it and the other was a pendant that exuded scorching heat. These artifacts contained a powerful fire attribute, and Grid thought they would be a valuable gift to Navaldrea, whom he would meet soon.

‘I’m glad that Kraugel has safely secured Navaldrea. Now I just have to wait for news that Eligos has found Judar’s soul.’

Grid knew what he had to do. Just then, he received a notification window that his clone had received the title of ‘Inspired by the God of Magic.’ It seemed that everything was going well. Even the update which he didn’t initially like was making him feel hopeful.

Grid wished everything would work out in the end. But his expression darkened. He stopped himself from getting too excited too soon, and got up from his throne.

He mumbled, “This isn’t the time to be thinking of such things...”

After making several trips, he arrived at a cemetery on the outskirts of the city. He stood in front of the tombstones of the people and soldiers who had been killed a few days earlier. The heartbroken family members guarding the tombstones were shocked by the emperor suddenly showing up. They nodded solemnly while Grid bowed deeply and made a vow to the tombstones.

“The empire will take responsibility for your family. Be reincarnated in peace...”

There were a lot of eyes on him. People would laugh at Grid for becoming too immersed once again. Nevertheless, he didn’t care. He had felt genuine concern over the people of this world ever since he met Khan.

A guild notification interrupted Grid’s meditation.

[Guild] There is a request for help from Siren. They said that the outer barrier is being destroyed, though they do not know what or who is causing it. They hope that someone powerful will come to their aid.

[Guild] Aren’t there a lot of named-grade sea animals roaming those waters? I heard that they constantly break barriers. Even so, this is surprising.

[Guild] Given the current situation, we should probably be prepared for anything. One high ranker should go. Doesn’t matter who as long as they achieved transcendence.

Lauel made a request but, unsurprisingly, no one answered. Currently, the main force of the Overgeared Guild was either on the open sea on newly built sea vessels or exploring dangerous areas.

There were a lot of areas to investigate because the update had just dropped. Plus, there were very few high rankers in Reinhardt, and they were busy dealing with monsters that were frequently appearing in the mines.

Just as the members who fell short of becoming high rankers were going to offer to form a party, Grid disrupted his moment of silence and said, “I will go.”

The guild window was buzzing. It made no sense for Grid to step forward in a situation where it was unclear if an enemy had even appeared in Siren. The guild members didn’t want their leader to waste time on trivial matters.

[Guild] No. I would rather send Asmophel...

“We don’t know when the cultivators will be available. The knights should remain here to protect Reinhardt. Didn’t you say that we need to secure the sea animals that live deep in the sea? I have to go so that the king of the water clan will personally cooperate with me on that.”

Grid headed straight for the warp gate without caring about any other opinions. The magicians waiting there were about to enter the coordinates of Siren when Sticks rushed over.

“I will personally serve His Majesty.”

“Why are you doing this yourself when you are so busy?”

ease. Siren might be remote, but it is unusual for their king

a common occurrence meant that things were different from usual. He hadn’t exactly

research on the spiritual

research. The spiritual root condensation method that the prime minister obtained is

were casted, like one that granted

“Have a safe journey.”

flashed a smile in Sticks’ direction, who looked at him with worry.

into the

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are truly amazing, like they are defying heaven itself, if even a mortal who

conclusion. He tsked. The awl that passed by Zik stopped and spread out like a

runes with the meaning of ‘acceleration’ on his lower body and escaped from the range of the net. The rock caught on his heel was used as a springboard to shoot forward. Before he knew it, he was already right

“Hmm.”

old man’s eyes widened as he blocked Zik’s sword. The color of the shaking shield flickered, sending a chill down

man’s mouth. Zik reacted immediately but he was still cut by a few blades. However, the old man’s protective shield was shattered, unable to withstand Zik’s sword strikes, who kept swinging his

heard. “Elder Bai, what type of

the ground around Zik, emitting a golden light. The light rapidly formed a barrier

‘stop,’ and ‘escape,’ escaping the barrier and leaving the

old man called Elder Bai snorted. “He delayed the completion

is capable of using the power of words. Why else would I have suffered such a humiliating

with the letters he uses. Is it an alien

is. How can you recognize the text? I think he’s human. However, don’t

powerful body

attack hastily, instead choosing to slowly close the distance between them and Zik. They were all extremely strong

size. Those were treasures that were effective for both offense and defense. Each

his body becoming heavy under the pressure of various spiritual energies and smiled. By focusing on the battle, he forgot everything that had been

small amount of divinity he had taken from King Sobyeol. The elders’ treasures quickly lost their

“Absorbing spiritual energy?”

elders swung their sleeves to retrieve the treasures. The new treasures that emerged from their fluttering sleeves were offensive ones, such as knives and spears. They possessed a superior

he absorbed from the elders’ treasures was replaced with

"Kuaaaaack!"

bodies of the elders shattered in exchange for the increased

the corpses of his enemies. His driving force was his desire for revenge. He had little interest in anything. Naturally, he did not care

of things he had never seen before. Among them,

with himself. ‘I have something

so long were starting to fade. He didn’t know yet that finding new happiness was one of the ways to let go of revenge and guilt. No, he might’ve

more time. However, Heaven didn’t seem

“Interesting. Did you kill

ash, wriggled every time

people on par with the elder

powerful as you is turned into a Steel