Overgeared

“So where is Grid and what is he up to?”

Every time something important happened and players who participated in an event got in trouble, this was the public’s reaction. At some point, it became a meme that mocked the so-called ‘Grid parrots’ who always mentioned Grid if things became a bit difficult.

However, it had been quiet lately. There were many hateful comments every time there was a chat message or post mentioning Grid’s whereabouts.

Why the sudden change in atmosphere? This was because of what Grid had shown over the past few months.

Grid’s battles were occasionally captured through world messages and epics. Ordinary people had little opportunity to actually witness his fights. This made sense, given that Grid had fought high-level opponents such as Transcendents, demons, gods, and dragons.

But recently, some people had been witnessing his battles. News of these battles spread. People’s hearts sank. Seeing Grid fight was different from what they had imagined. It wasn’t easy seeing him struggling to not die even though he’d gotten close to death several times. He looked exactly like an ordinary person. Still, he kept fighting, but he looked absolutely horrendous as he did that. Ordinary people couldn’t bear that.

Despite repeatedly showing hopelessness at the enemy’s endless potential, Grid always fought until the end. Even if he got injured multiple times, he fought back rather than backing down. People even saw themselves in Grid because, at the end of the day, he was just an ordinary human, just like them. The moment Grid took a step back from fighting, they remembered that his life could also fall apart if something critical happened.

Since then, people hadn’t been mentioning Grid as much as they used to.

“That’s good.”

Reinhardt, the capital of the Overgeared Empire.

Grid inspected the situation of the battlefield as soon as he logged in. Just by looking at the contents of the guild chat and the announcements, he could picture the general situation. The periodic correspondence from the assassins of the Overgeared Shadows revealed details of the war.

“......”

Several Overgeared members tried to approach Grid, who was reading the letter, but gave up and turned back. This was because Grid was virtually bare. His helmet was set to be invisible, but he wasn’t wearing armor, gaiter, gauntlets, or boots. Normally, they would’ve dismissed this while thinking, ‘I guess he is planning to craft some items.’

But this was a rare situation. Even with less than a day left in the quest to stop the erosion ceremony, it was unlikely that Grid would lock himself up in the smithy. On top of that, Grid had recently battled Garam, which meant that all of his armor had probably been destroyed.

‘So even the dragon armor made from Greed can’t withstand an Absolute at the level of a God of the beginning?’

The members of the Overgeared stopped by Reinhardt to pick up various elixirs, potions, and buff scrolls. They were about to suggest to Grid to return to the battlefield together, but they ended up leaving quietly. Another ten minutes passed.

“Chensler is finally awakening his potential...”

Grid read all of the correspondence and recalled old memories. Armored Cavalryman Chensler… Grid had analyzed his armor to gain his immortality, but he was shocked. The armor only provided infinite physical strength and vitality to the wearer. It provided no such thing as immortality. Chensler becoming immortal was a miracle born out of his loyalty to Juander. Miracles often happened in Satisfy.

Grid was lost in thought for a bit. Lord approached him and greeted him politely.

“Father.”

of the troops had left to fight on the Tomb of the Gods. Lord and the Daughters of Rebecca

date is just around the

his younger siblings would be born. There were only

Fortress and launch a counterattack on the

moved to the imperial palace, but... I got no response from Marie Rose, no matter how many times I tried to contact her. Thus, I’m

Mercedes, Basara, and Marie Rose around the same time. All of their due dates were almost the same. This was why Lord had invited all of them to the safest and most comfortable place in the world—Reinhardt,

with him. She didn’t reply to him

you so worried? She

no one in the world would dare to raid Marie Rose’s

were no unbreakable rules in the world. He was proof of that. How could he guarantee that no one would dare to raid Marie Rose’s castle? Marie Rose was about to give birth. She was pregnant, so she wasn’t in

More than anything else...

will keep

he suddenly ended up with three stepmothers, he readily accepted them. He possibly reacted this way because

such a crucial moment. Marie Rose should be here too. I will persuade her to come to

“I’m glad.”

Lord’s expression immediately brightened.

get along together from a young age, they will care for, love, and rely on each other without any prejudices. Marie Rose is of a different race. That’s why I was worried,

“......”

his child smile so brightly, Grid realized the real reason Lord seemed so upset. Lord was only a teenager, but he was very considerate. Definitely more than Grid was. Lord clearly

“You...”

was hugging Lord of all people like that. If Lord hadn’t had superior stats to anyone else of the same

when he saw the worry in Lord’s eyes. “Don’t worry. I will be able to control my strength better when it

the most danger if Grid hadn’t been able to control his

so excited for a long time. He finally realized how

wait to

bit bizarre. His manner of speech naturally changed depending on who he was talking to. Grid, who was immature in front of anyone else, acted somewhat like an adult when

to you, Father.

“G-girls? S-sure...”

was talking about the Daughters of Rebecca. Surely he didn’t mean all of them? Even though Lord was a

first time in ages, Grid understood how his parents felt. He remembered how badly they had reacted when he introduced Yura and Jishuka at the same time, saying he was serious about their relationship and

I won’t give up on any

had developed so much, the distance between countries had closed rapidly. Physical distance and language wasn’t an impediment anymore. If Grid decided that the laws of his country infringed on his interests or happiness, he could change his citizenship. There were countless countries in the world who wanted

Lord feels the same way