Overgeared

“I’m surprised you didn’t try to duel Asura to the death.”

Grid and Mumud were acquaintances. A few months before, in the desert of Reidan, the Overgeared members, Marie Rose, and Hayate had fought against Fire Dragon Trauka. Judar and Chiyou had come in one after another to make the situation even more chaotic.

Grid had arrived later after parting ways with Nathaniel and collided with Mumud. Then, they had a short but deep conversation. He had informed Mumud that Braham used to be his teacher. Grid even mentioned Mumud becoming a lich and how he had come back to life.

However, that was it. Grid didn’t know to what extent Mumud's memories had been restored. He could only hope that the angel hadn’t remembered that much since there was the risk of remembering Braham betraying him.

Thus, Grid didn’t dare to criticize Mumud. He understood why Mumud joined forces with the demon cultivators. Now, he was an angel in charge of defending Asgard, and he also had a history of hating humans.

“He is stronger than I expected,” Grid replied. “I wasn’t sure if I could finish him off quickly even if I teamed up with Marie Rose.”

Grid was running out of time. How much of the Full Moon Fortress had been constructed and where was it? He had to destroy the Full Moon Fortress of the demon cultivators despite having absolutely no information about it, so he challenged himself to speed run this. This meant it was better to avoid fights that he didn’t need to take as much as possible. Thanks to this, he was now standing in front of the Full Moon Fortress.

Mumud seemed bitter about something.

“Braham must not have believed me.”

“......?”

Mumud was speaking so quietly...

Repeated loud noises came from the Full Moon Fortress behind Mumud, so Grid couldn’t understand what the angel said despite his good hearing.

“Asura will probably become stronger by the time you leave. Fortunately, this isn’t the worst case scenario. It’s the development of a lesser evil.” Mumud raised his voice when saying this, so the conversation picked up again.

Grid murmured, “He is going to get stronger... Do you think Asura will devour the gods of Asgard?”

“Yes. The gods will have an advantage at the beginning thanks to Dominion, but... As you know, Asura is a monster who can take others’ powers without having to kill them. This is a miracle created by Baal’s deformed desire.”

“...There is a reason he didn’t come after me.”

The moment he shook off Asura’s pursuit and entered the temple, Grid had been wary of Asura coming after him. However, the firmly closed entrance never reopened. Asura didn’t bother to chase Grid. It was as if it didn’t matter to him what happened to the Full Moon Fortress.

“No. Asura is obsessed with you. He didn’t enter the temple because of me. I put up a barrier to keep him out.”

“......?”

Mumud’s explanation baffled Grid.

“Why? You knew for sure that he would go to the place where the gods are imprisoned, so why?”

“If I allowed Asura to pursue you, we would have never had a second chance to talk like this.”

Mumud’s smile was warm. He was like the stereotypical benevolent being portrayed in myths. He looked like an angel who would wrap human beings in infinite warmth in return for their faith and prayers.

Something was different about him. He was radically different from the angels Grid had met and fought.

working hard

such hope. Frustrated,

didn’t regain all his memories

mean Braham showered him with love and affection. After being exiled by Beriache, Braham wandered aimlessly through the cities of humans and accidentally discovered an orphan named Mumud. Braham was fascinated with his innate talent and took him as a disciple in the hopes

love the benefactor who saved him from

his memories up to this point? In other words, he didn’t know what Braham

on his memories, humans were the ones who had given him love and kindness. This was a

that

Throb!

illness. He had suffered until he died. The physical pain caused by the life-threatening illness, the mental pain caused by the betrayal of the person

to know the truth even though he clearly did,

“...My dear husband.”

Grid’s back. She understood how he

Braham pay for his sins by killing him,” she said

to her, Grid came to his senses and asked Mumud

to meet me? You must’ve known that I was planning to destroy the Full Moon Fortress of the demon cultivators. Shouldn’t

respect. The angel blinked at Grid’s sudden change in

exactly as I expected. Well, if I had to explain why... I wanted to

“Persuade me?”

wait for this Full Moon Fortress to

stared at the Full Moon Fortress that was bigger than most

of allowing the cultivators to set foot in

construction of this Full Moon Fortress from the

“......!”

a demon cultivator. He knew that, thanks to the help of Mumud and the gods, the demon cultivators had

very beginning. Would the

you certain you can control the Full

the fortress is actually

“......”

seemed impossible to others and deceive them. Grid had seen Braham do this many times

formations installed in the Full

still had a gentle smile on his face. He also had an angel’s halo and white feathers fluttering around him.

cultivators who will come through this Full Moon Fortress will have a very low level of cultivation. Each individual’s power and resourcefulness won’t

“...In other words…”

will be treated as slaves. Their only role will be to worship Asgard. The gods

the surface. Mumud was seeking Asgard’s independence. He planned to eliminate the cause of the conflict between Asgard and the surface by making

is the ideal way to do

Grid couldn’t continue speaking.

really are

that they were similar to Braham was the

grateful for the

words, the relationship between Marie Rose and Braham was quite good at the moment. However, that was a separate matter. Like most siblings in the world, Marie

the more sacrifices or forsaking will have to be made. Back when I was human, I couldn’t admit that, but now I have no choice. I am going to put it into practice. I can’t think of any