Overgeared

The north…

Jormungandr’s hint helped tremendously. Based on Grid’s current position, there was only one area in the north where the demon cultivators could set up their base.

‘The Collapsed Temple.’

The cemetery of the forgotten gods.

Grid’s expression became bitter as he checked the annotation on the map. Even beings who were supposed to be gods would die the moment they were forgotten because there was no such thing as a god that no one knew about.

In that sense, the gods of Asgard had a fire burning at their feet because it was the Overgeared World, not Asgard, that was closely involved in the lives of humanity currently. The gods of the Overgeared World, united around Grid, lived alongside humans. They watched humans from the side, helped them, and thus, became the objects of a new faith.

Meanwhile, the gods of Asgard faded from people’s memories. With the exception of Rebecca, Dominion, and Judar, who had formed huge religions, most of the gods could end up forgotten and extinguished within decades. This was very serious.

However, it wasn’t that bad. The gods of Asgard didn’t take action prematurely. It wasn’t that they had something they believed in. Rather, they were greatly influenced by the current state of things. The Refractive Dragon was chasing Rebecca. Judar, who had radical ideas, was dead.

The gods of Asgard had nowhere to turn. Unlike Judar, Dominion seemed to use his brain a lot. Therefore, they couldn’t act rashly and would only be nervous.

Grid understood to a certain extent how the gods who sided with Asura and Mumud felt.

‘They just desire to do something rather than sit still and wait for death.’

Mumud, whom he once encountered, was clever. His ability to read the flow of current events was excellent. He probably believed that there was no hope left for Asgard.

‘That explains why he joined forces with the demon cultivators.’

Humanity was virtually dominated by the Overgeared World. This was retribution, the price that Asgard had to pay for betraying so many of humanity’s beliefs and expectations in the past.

Could Asgard regain its former status now? That was impossible to do, unless the gods overthrew the Overgeared World by force. However, in terms of force, the Overgeared World wasn’t weaker than Asgard. The balance had been offset the moment Hayate came back alive from hell and Grid killed Judar.

What measures did Asgard come up with this time?

‘They want to support a whole new humanity.’

The new humanity would be the cultivators who would cross over to this world through the Full Moon Fortress. Grid was sure that Asura and Mumud had demanded worship in exchange for helping the demon cultivators. The demon cultivators wouldn’t have been able to resist this, so the deal should have gone smoothly.

‘...They usually do well when it comes to things like this.’

If Asgard hadn’t betrayed humanity, they wouldn’t have been in this extreme situation. The heavenly gods would’ve still been worshiped. From Grid’s perspective, this was good. The Asgard that hadn’t betrayed humanity wouldn’t have been at odds with Grid.

If only Judar had acted normally, the world would’ve been at peace, and Grid wouldn’t have needed to take on so many responsibilities. The Absolutes would’ve been busy with each other, and Grid would’ve enjoyed raid competitions with ordinary players.

‘Maybe I would’ve been busy fighting over land with Valhalla.’

Wouldn’t it have been quite interesting if either side hadn’t been able to overcome each other with force and had a fierce rivalry? The fate of humanity or the world wouldn’t have rested on Grid’s shoulders, so he would’ve accepted defeat cheerfully no matter how many times he experienced it... He wouldn’t need to feel stressed...

imagination run

I’d still be

types of tricks would be used in such a scenario. Lies and incitement were just the basic methods. It was necessary to gain the political upper hand in

possibilities of ending up isolated from international allied forces and experiencing failures would increase. Of course, it had to be very stressful to get

would react if I lost in

endless proof of his strength. It was easy to take sports players as an example. What if a player who achieved a hat trick in the previous game showed a lackluster performance in the next one? Then people would look down

doesn’t mean things are alright

this world. Grid once again realized how the

you look upset. Do you want to go back and

his head. “No, never.” He picked up the

the cause or the feelings of the Asgardian gods who had sided with Mumud and Asura, this situation had escalated up until this point. What Grid needed to worry

have entered

without feeling exhausted at all, even though they used Shunpo consecutively. After all, they were complete Absolutes who weren’t limited by

Ahead was a clear blue lake surrounded by hundreds of huge white temples that

touched in a long time. They appeared even more miserable when contrasted

and humans are equally

suddenly laughed. “Yes. As expected, living seems to be

hadn’t met Grid, would she have realized the preciousness of life? She could guarantee that she wouldn’t have. She probably wouldn’t have resisted her mother and would have surrendered

grasped what Marie Rose was thinking abouts and

living is better even if it means rolling

poop...? Is

“I’m sorry...”

that this was all he could say when comforting a

at Grid, who was admonishing himself. “The child is kicking my belly. I

wasn’t joking... In any case, I’m glad the child

was cautiously caressing Marie Rose’s swollen belly. This was the fruit of their love. It was amazing. Every time he remembered that the baby was real, he felt a greater

Marie Rose’s womb senses

[This affects prenatal education.]

has increased by 10

he revealed killing intent in front of a child in the womb and held his

serious. “Does the

Come to think

our child. This child is going to become strong very quickly.

“......”

confused. He turned his attention back to the lake. The water had a bizarre shade of blue. That wasn’t

‘Are they down there?’

area was very quiet. Birds kept chirping. There were no signs of movement at all. However, Jormungandr had told Grid that

lake, which was too blue to even peer inside, was the best

Just then—

“Wait, wait a moment.”

foot in the lake. Her little white foot was

“Marie Rose...!”

“Shh.”