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.]

[......?]

Only One God Grid… Her immortal husband would be gone one day? That was a far-fetched argument. Everything

was pitiful and revealed

a space for

game. The extraordinary genius who had been observing Rebecca, Judar, and Dominion had realized the incredible truth. This was why he felt the need to prepare

[......]

Marie Rose reacted subtly.

Flash!

Mumud released flickered intensely. This was a sign that

[He didn’t hesitate?]

the humans of the 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 glass

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

[They will die...!]

face turned pale. No humans could withstand Grid’s attack power. Mumud’s warning that the humans of the surface would die if the Full Moon

target that was protected by Transition was

magic circle, so the time required to activate it was very long. At least three hundred magic circles had to be installed with their lines overlapping or intersecting to complete the

result, more than five thousand magic circles were required for the finished spell. Most of them were dummy magic circles. This meant the Transition spell

Annihilation energy. Mumud had made the spell withstand Grid, who could cut anything.

was. Additionally, the targets that Mumud pointed to as the target of Transition’s damage relocation were ordinary human beings. They would die just from the gods breathing on them. There was no way they could bear

certain that many people

[Ack...!]

the first place. He had thought the threat would work a bit on Grid. While Grid was thinking over his options, Mumud hoped that he would be able to convince Marie

time spent as a human due to his terminal illness. No matter how brilliant he was, he

over his face as quickly as beams of light.

even have the same weaknesses as

resented Marie Rose a bit for insisting that he

eyes and look at it

Rose didn’t 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 got hit by Grid’s attack instead of the Full

“A-Ah...”

“S-So exhilarating!”

...were all ecstatic.

humans on the surface. Of course, there would’ve been no casualties even if a debuff had been applied. There would only be people unlucky enough to have their health drop

[......?]

was clearly revealed thanks to his angel’s halo, which had been partially removed because of the blood magic surrounding his cheeks. Instead of

Rose snorted. [As you expected, Braham is likely

you would