Overgeared

‘I guess he came out because he noticed I was watching him. There must be CCTV around me that I haven’t discovered.’

To be honest, he couldn’t understand it. The middle-aged man installed his base only after confirming that the area around posed no threats.

But he had to put his doubts aside. He’d set up his base among dense bushes. They were camouflaged, and so was the middle-aged. A person who was two kilometers away couldn’t have possibly spotted him.

How could Agnus make eye contact from that far away...?

The only explanation was that there was CCTV nearby. The man regained his senses and picked up the binoculars he had dropped.

He installed illegal facilities and monitored the garden of someone else’s residence. No matter his intention, he would get called a criminal if he got found out.

‘My employer only asked me to make sure that Agnus is okay.’

Now that he confirmed that Agnus was safe, his job was done. The middle-aged man immediately left his base. There was nothing else he needed to do before leaving. He had long abandoned the habit of leaving any traces behind.

“......”

He ran quickly along a trail that hadn’t been maintained for a long time. A sharp conifer grazed his skin, but he ignored the pain and quickened his pace. His vehicle was parked nearby. He ran for five more minutes.

“......!”

The middle-aged man’s eyes widened as he arrived in front of his car. A green-haired man was leaning against the bonnet of the car. He couldn’t believe that Agnus, who had been two kilometers away just minutes before, managed to get here before him.

The middle-agreed man was so surprised that he forgot to breathe the moment those icy, golden eyes looked at him.

“How the heck...?” he barely managed to ask.

Agnus looked him up and down. “Who sent you?” he asked. “I know you have no animosity toward me. If you tell the truth then I won’t hurt you.”

“......”

The middle-aged man regained his senses. He’d been tasked to find out if Agnus was alright. He had no intention of harming the man. On the contrary, he wanted to make sure that Agnus was safe and sound. He might’ve illegally installed CCTV and other devices around Agnus’ castle to monitor him, but...

If he got out of here safely, this incident could be easily shrugged off. There was no reason to be intimidated by a pale and skinny man who hadn’t seen the sun in years.

“I’m glad you understand that I have no bad intentions. I’m here because someone tasked me with finding out if you are safe. I will contact my employer soon to tell him the news. You will quickly discover who that is.”

The dark circles under Agnus’ eyes wrinkled. “Why don’t you just answer my question? Don’t be annoying.”

Looking closely, Agnus’ eyes were bloodshot. He looked exhausted. Agnus was known for his radical personality, but now, he looked very vulnerable.

“I can’t tell you anything else. Not revealing my employer’s personal information helps me maintain my reputation and my salary. As I said before, you will soon find out who my employer is...”

The middle-aged man was a special forces professional. He’d become strong by practicing various martial arts and undergoing tactical training. He was confident that he could easily deal with a civilian who locked himself in a room and only played games if things took a wrong turn.

the car. He would have to subdue Agnus if he got in his way. He didn’t dwell too much on the fact that Agnus had arrived here earlier than he did. Surely Agnus rode a specially designed motorcycle or some

understood what the middle-aged man was thinking. “It’s easy to resort

moment, the middle-aged man

“......!”

down and checked. He saw something like thin, white awls stabbing

‘Bones?’

small wild animals. How did

viciously before grabbing him by the neck with

again,

flashed threateningly. There was no emotion behind

speak up, because he remembered that Agnus had a record of killing someone

“L-Lauel...”

“...Lauel?”

go

weren’t hostile toward me. You really were just trying to

you went missing. He failed to find you, so

no reason to meddle in my personal

seem to be in a

been doing for the past month without consuming any electricity? You were alone in that dark and enormous place... I’m

Perhaps this was why he’d made it here so fast? He just ran

as a professional no longer mattered. He was confused because it made no sense that Agnus had made it

so leave

let the middle-aged man go. He felt that there was no point in interrogating a guy who had never intended to do him

was back in

“...Certainly, this is reality.”

slowly. There was hot energy condensed in his dantian. It was a familiar sensation, the sensation of mana that he felt in

while recalling

[Name: Agnus

Species: Human

Freed From Baal’s

Level: 1

Strength: 25 Agility: 30

Mana: 2,127/2,221]

interface came into

Intelligence, were gone. But in any case, they had no place

I going crazy

way to save Betty and sacrificed himself for her. The system informed him that he had reached the

outside for no reason whatsoever. The passive skill called Baal’s Senses worked

change appeared around the world. Agnus suspected that the powerful countries who found out about this change surely realized he was also different now

wasn’t

have killed

by the fact that he had spared the middle-aged man and gathered magic power at his fingertips. He looked at the list of