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.

he working hard

hope.

all his memories and only recalled about half

Mumud was his own child. This didn’t 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

benefactor who saved him from dying in a war-torn village,

this point? In other words,

have a favorable attitude toward humanity. Based on his memories, humans were the

was sure that was

Throb!

but died from a terminal illness. He had suffered until he died. The physical pain caused by the life-threatening illness, the

truth even though he clearly did, expecting to receive favors

“...My dear husband.”

soft hands stroked Grid’s

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

her, Grid came to his senses and asked Mumud a

I was planning to destroy the Full Moon Fortress of the demon cultivators.

The angel blinked at

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

“Persuade me?”

wait for this Full Moon Fortress to

above his head. He stared at the Full Moon Fortress that was

cultivators to set foot in this world

involved in the construction of this Full

“......!”

information he had learned by using the Memory Searching Technique against a demon cultivator. He knew that, thanks to the

site of the Full Moon Fortress from the very beginning. Would the rare

certain you can control the Full Moon

the fortress is actually

“......”

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

use of the knowledge I gained in return for helping the demon cultivators. I changed the formations installed in the Full Moon Fortress. Most of the high-ranking cultivators who would’ve noticed this were either killed by Asura or by

He also had an angel’s halo and white feathers fluttering around him. Thus, Grid hadn’t noticed

come through this Full Moon Fortress will have a very low level of cultivation. Each individual’s power and

“...In other words…”

will be treated as slaves. Their only role will be to worship

conflict between Asgard and the surface by making the gods no longer obsessed with

the ideal way to

couldn’t continue

really are

similar to Braham was the best insult that

the help he had given her during the Beriache incident, and was starting to care about

moment. However, that was a separate matter. Like most siblings in the world, Marie Rose

was human, I couldn’t admit that, but now I have no choice.