Overgeared

A loud scream was heard from the sky, which shone a brilliant gold, as if the sun had melted and covered the world. But once that golden light cleared, the sight of the serene blue sky made it seem like nothing had happened at all, like everything was just an illusion.

The swarm of humans and the clouds around them disappeared without leaving a trace, but nothing around seemed damaged, as if the destructive power of the cultivators’ disappearance had never occurred in the first place.

[There is a tenacious one among them.]

Nevartan snorted and disappeared from where he’d been standing. At the same time, a black thunderbolt fell from the other side of the sky, followed by someone’s scream.

Cranbel had been quietly watching the situation. He said, [Did you offer to help me as soon as you regained your freedom? That’s inspiring.]

Cranbel secretly harnessed what little magic power he had left. He didn’t trust the old dragons. He planned to surprise attack Raiders and run away.

Raiders’ golden eyes slowly turned to him.

[There is no reason not to help you. There are only a handful of our species left. You are the only surviving top dragon. You have helped Grid and the humans time and time again, and that is something you should be commended for. You will have to work with the humans to take on the new enemies.]

[......]

Raiders had a point. Cranbel’s wariness eased a bit.

Nevartan returned.

[I lost them. They used a bizarre trick... Was that the one who attacked your lair?]

[No, she was much stronger.]

[Her strength is comparable to ours.]

[Yes, she is among the strongest invaders of this world.]

Raiders nodded before telling Cranbel, [You trust Grid. Knowing him, he won’t turn away from you. Try to take in the overall situation while recovering.]

[What are you going to do next?]

[Unusual magic currents are being detected all over the world. Judging by the shape of the flow, these currents have the power to distort space.]

[Are we talking space rifts?]

[That’s right. This phenomenon is deliberately caused by someone.]

[That someone is aiming for a dimensional connection.]

As apostles of the foreign god, the dragons naturally knew the truth of the world. This world was nothing more than a place with the purpose of entertaining beings from the same dimension as the foreign god, also known as players.

It was unthinkable for a being born here to cross over to a higher dimension, but it was easy for a being from a higher dimension to cross over to this place. The existence of these players was clear proof of that.

[Forcing open a space rift to come here means that these invaders haven’t received the authorization of the foreign god.]

[That is how I interpret it as well.]

didn’t tell us to stop

foreign god is in a position where

evident threat. They were extremely skilled and showed hostility to the dragons, the apostles of the foreign god. They were even attempting dimensional connection. They threatened the order

intention to simply stand by and watch. The mission given to them by the foreign god was to oversee the

are going to deal with the rifts in the East

the old dragons had come to Cranbel in the first place was to deliver this map.

***

troops from each nation were busy searching for the location of the

“Um...”

in thought, though they were in different places. They were currently classified as warriors rank-wise.

considered quite generous, but things were different now. Kraugel and

most suitable technique for them required a

precise, I can

eight technique slots possessed by a warrior could only be filled with common techniques such as the Memory Searching Technique and the Golden Soul Technique. They had

disregard the skills for

priority should be leveling

roots. However, Grid and Kraugel already possessed those as part of the benefits of being an

advantage. After

the quality and quantity of spiritual energy. In order to do that, they had to

to be greedy for new ones.

I should keep in mind when choosing what two techniques I want

should learn a technique that is going to be useful to me in the long run, rather than one that I

the key technique books, while Grid

sparring with the God Hands all day. “W-Why are you like this, nyang?”

head and kindly said, “Take a break and read a

nyang! What master in the world asks a demonic

making his paws look plump, like he was wearing fur gloves. The soles of

pages with these paws?!! And

read quite well the menu at a

“......”

to refute Grid’s claim, but there was nothing he could say. Every time

Judging from her expression,

“Grid! Here!”

Grid dozens of drawings—very detailed portraits of a cute

inspected the drawings closely and

Okay, the drawings

brightly and nodded. “Of course!” She

for help. However, she only stared at Grid with both hands supporting her chin, as if she

Randy’s guilt had been deepening. Grid’s enemies were getting stronger. Randy couldn’t confront his enemies because of

powerful enemies she encountered, she would never back down. She would remain on the

off as she thought

“Hah...”

what Randy was thinking about. He didn’t want to hurt his friend’s feelings, so

spiritual energy and, as a result, accelerates this flow. The advantage is that spiritual energy increases quickly, but because it accumulates too much in the spiritual roots, it hinders one from mastering techniques of

listening to you read.

which had been wide open like a grumpy cat, softened after hearing this. He liked it when Grid praised him. There was also a

The accumulation of spiritual energy is slow, but from the time the level of this technique reaches 3 stars, the user will gradually gain affinity with