Overgeared

“It’s finally over...”

“We did it...! We did it!!”

“Waaahhhhhhhh!”

Hundreds of thousands of people cheered in unison. The moon fell and scattered jade-colored meteor showers. The collapse of the Full Moon Fortress decorated the night sky. Something ugly at its core brought a beautiful ending to the people watching it collapse.

After a few days of struggle, humanity had triumphed. The players, who had taken the lead despite getting killed over and over again by the thousands of cultivators, gathered at the Full Moon Fortress. Their contribution was enormous. They escaped with their lives by using return scrolls just before dying or drinking potions and instantly restoring their HP.

If their weapons were destroyed because they couldn't withstand the power of the enemy’s Treasures, the players bought a replacement from the auction house to fill their empty hands. If they died, which was inevitable, they resurrected and rejoined the battlefield.

The players’ traits were unimaginably strong in a war of attrition. They had exhausted the cultivators who had lived for hundreds to tens of thousands of years. The cultivators couldn’t understand the players, whose number didn’t decline no matter how many times they died. The longer the war went on, the more the morale of the cultivators decreased to an uncontrollable degree.

This was the result.

[Pitiful... Heartbreaking... I never thought that what I have spent all my life building would end up in vain...]

The lament of the immortal, who was left alone and fought to the end, was his shabby final will. The weapons and spells of the Apostles, Tower members, and Overgeared members stuck like porcupine thorns in his body. He finally turned to ash. The thorns were so poisonous that they destroyed what he had built for tens of thousands of years.

“Is this the end of this situation in the East Continent? No, there are still some bugs left.”

Braham shifted his gaze. He still hadn’t retracted his magic. He was staring straight at the three masters. They were the three gods who could move the clouds and summon the wind and rain. They surrounded the wounded Four Auspicious Beasts, threatening them. The Four Auspicious Beasts were in tatters after holding out against the immortals without pause until the reinforcements from the Overgeared Guild arrived.

“You dare.”

Braham’s magic power fluctuated as he raised his eyes fiercely in that direction. The magic in his hands was on the verge of being fired.

The Blue Dragon barely managed to speak. “Wait, this is a misunderstanding. They helped us.”

Braham looked puzzled as he tilted his head. “...Did they really?”

The reactions of the other beasts weren’t much different. The last gods left in the Hwan Kingdom, loyal to Hanul, surely resented Grid. Yet they helped the Four Auspicious Beasts who served Grid? This seemed illogical.

The three masters couldn’t cope with the hundreds of people asking them for an explanation and sighed. Pungsa was the first to speak.

[We planned to go and meet the farmer god according to the will of God Grid.]

Unsa said, [But we didn’t feel like it. Even though we look like this, we have served a God of the beginning. How can we go and help with farming? Does that make sense?]

Usa also chimed in. [...So while we were in the Hwan Kingdom, where no one was around, thinking what we could do, we witnessed the war between humans and cultivators. The Four Auspicious Beasts were in trouble, just like when we got invaded. They looked so pathetic that we couldn’t stand it.]

However, no one replied to them.

“...What is this nonsense?”

Braham kept his violent tone even after becoming a god. He seemed to be on the verge of swearing as he demanded a more detailed explanation.

following Grid’s will? Going to the farmer god? Did you seriously consider the idea of

useful and to try and make use of our specialties. We agreed

“......”

always greedily tried to get skilled people on his side. The importance of agriculture had recently emerged. The value of the crops and herbs from the cultivation world was enormous. These crops were very sensitive to the environment, so the

“But why didn’t you let the Four Auspicious Beasts face their crisis alone? I don’t think you have any loyalty left that would make

side. Thanks to their resurrection, the Hwan Kingdom lost the worship of humanity. There surely was a great deal of resentment left

the Hwan Kingdom who made a mistake first. Hanul and the three masters attacked the Four Auspicious Beasts, who were living well

“...Did you help the Four Auspicious

had been worshiping Hanul, a God of the beginning, from the moment they were born. Thus, they were the most arrogant among the gods. Would they admit

three masters had helped the Four Auspicious Beasts not because they reflected on their past

understand. This was simply a matter

“Pride...?”

Four Auspicious Beasts are unable to withstand the invasion of beings we have never heard of before and are facing disaster again. Doesn’t that mean our previous feat of sealing them away

“......”

speechless. His eyes

Sobyeol had died. Even Garam, who inherited their divinity, had died. The three masters had really lost everything, but nothing changed about them.

and struggled to process this. Would the gods be able to adapt to the changing world? Forget

small doubts. He was releasing

Tomb of the Gods and interrupted the conversation. “You are just saying that, but in reality, you wanted to help those from the same world as you, right? It would be inconvenient for the three masters to stand by and watch as invaders from outside hurt the

[Bah, nonsen...]

be the

[......]

World had killed the immortal, who was difficult

amazingly strong, and the Absolutes, all listened to Lauel. They felt as if all sorts of threats would

was the backbone of the great Overgeared World. This

end,

just so happened that, at the time when Grid gave us a new chance to put down roots in this

red. This was embarrassing in many ways. No matter how many times they lost and failed against Grid, suffering all types of humiliation, they were still gods after all. They weren’t about to bend their

being honest. He was depressed because he felt that his miserable life had become

said, “If you are going to live with us in the future, give up on

knows

have decided to follow Grid, I have also chosen the path I

advice further

Were you always so

of the East Continent after destroying the Full Moon Fortress on the West Continent, so they were exhausted. They didn’t want to waste their energy getting involved

think it’s right to give up our rights to the loot obtained here,” Laurel

who fought for days and sacrificed so much. I feel like they would’ve won even without

gone. What appeared in its stead was the army of God of War Ares and Valhalla. This was an army that was

seen as bad. Each soldier seemed to have an extraordinary air about them since they achieved great results in return for their sacrifices. They could be compared to the elite knights of the

to minimize the damage in real combat, but he managed to obtain an elite army that will

the spoils of war from killing the cultivators, perhaps an army worthy of being called the strongest on the continent would be born. Even so, they

weapons to decide the hierarchy,” Braham asked Mir and the three masters in

the ground. Braham intended to help those who weren’t able to enjoy the victory and were organizing the situation. He had become a god, so now he paid attention to his image. It wasn’t yet possible for him to act like Grid by sincerely worrying about and helping people he didn’t know, but Braham