Overgeared

Mumud had made an incredible threat to Grid—attacking the Full Moon Fortress would kill the humans on the surface.

[He won’t be able to strike quickly. He might hesitate for hours or tens of minutes. Grid is a good person. Above all, I believe you won’t be easily defeated.]

[That is a possibility.]

Marie Rose seemed to have little interest in Grid’s choice. She nodded roughly and stared at Mumud. That was all. She didn’t take any actions or ask any questions. Mumud was a bit taken aback, so he took the lead in the conversation while building a magical area around him so that his intent didn’t leak out.

[I’m trying to separate Asgard from the surface for the sake of both humans and gods. As long as the Overgeared World exists, it is impossible for Asgard and the surface to coexist.]

Human worship was necessary for gods to exist. The more worship the gods received, the stronger they became. The more they were forgotten, the more they disappeared.

Now, the humans on the surface were serving the gods of the Overgeared World, not Asgard. This was a serious problem for Asgard. Once enough time passed, the anxious gods of Asgard would eventually struggle to exert any sort of influence over the humans on the surface. There would be a lot of confusion and strife.

[As an angel, I have an instinct to protect Asgard. I also want to protect humans due to my memories as a human. Just...]

Mumud’s eyes, which seemed warm despite being silver, immediately became cold.

[I will punish Braham. Marie Rose, I’m sure you can relate. My teacher’s existence is useless to the world.]

Marie Rose realized something. Mumud was being sincere now.

[His desire for knowledge can’t be suppressed and will never dissipate. One day, he will sacrifice everything in order to satisfy that desire. I know this because I’ve been through it.]

This was the real reason Mumud wanted to protect the Full Moon Fortress. He had good intentions and really wanted to protect the land and Asgard. However, he also planned to harm Braham, just as Grid had expected, but not because of a personal grudge.

[Marie Rose, please support me.]

It took him less than a second to ask this because they were conversing with intent, not words.

[You are greedy.]

After using teleportation to pursue Mumud, Marie Rose had only been looking for a way to subdue him. Now, she responded to the conversation properly for the first time.

[I agree with your opinion that Braham’s desire for knowledge will grow endlessly. That is everything he inherited from Beriache. But I don’t think he will cause the same accident as before.]

[Is it because Grid is with him now?]

[......]

Marie Rose was about to say something else, but gave up and just nodded.

Mumud’s expression darkened.

[Grid will disappear someday.]

[......?]

head. Only One God Grid… Her immortal husband would be gone one day? That was

looked at her like she was pitiful and revealed the truth

for his entertainment. Don’t expect him to settle down

extraordinary genius who had been observing Rebecca, Judar, and Dominion had realized the incredible truth. This was

[......]

Marie Rose reacted subtly.

Flash!

of the strands of magic power that Mumud released flickered intensely. This was a sign that the Full Moon Fortress had

[He didn’t hesitate?]

surface as hostages. He never expected that his bluff wouldn’t work at all. Mumud was surprised by Grid’s choice and hurriedly pulled out a

the gods and angels to observe the situation of the surface, all contained holy water. A droplet from the bottle caused ripples, creating a small pond. It appeared between Mumud and Marie Rose, showing the landscape of

[They will die...!]

Mumud’s warning that the humans of the surface would

that was protected by Transition was virtually invulnerable since all the damage it would potentially take was sent

as Grid and Raphael had guessed, there were a lot of constraints. First of all, it required a large magic circle, so the time required to activate it was very long. At least three hundred magic circles

were dummy magic circles. This meant the Transition

was only to deal with Grid, who had the famous Falling Moon Sword and Annihilation energy. Mumud had made the spell withstand Grid, who could cut anything. The probability of Grid destroying the real formula of Transition

more weaknesses there were, the more powerful the spell was. Additionally, the targets that Mumud pointed to as the target of Transition’s damage relocation were ordinary human beings. They would

certain that

[Ack...!]

thought the threat would work a bit on Grid. While Grid was thinking over his

on his part. This was just like his short time spent as a human due

shut. Every emotion passed over his face as quickly as beams of light. However, Marie Rose captured

have

the first time, he resented Marie Rose a bit for insisting

your eyes and look

care how Mumud felt. A hand made of red blood held his cheek and forced him to open his eyes. Mumud saw that the humans on the surface who

“A-Ah...”

“S-So exhilarating!”

...were all ecstatic.

giving buffs to the humans on the surface. Of course, there would’ve been no casualties even if a debuff had been applied. There would only be

[......?]

which had

expected, Braham is likely to make

would