Overgeared

A month had passed since Chiyou’s death.

“From now on, you are the leader of this nation.”

Grid ceded the throne to Lord. There was no opposition.

Grid was the god who ruled the world. Everyone around him understood that there was no need for him to cling to the mere status of emperor.

Above all, Lord was the ideal emperor. The young prince had gone on adventures to follow in his father’s footsteps. He grew up watching and interacting with all kinds of different humans. He knew how to distinguish between good and evil, wisdom and ignorance, and evil and wickedness.

Above all, he sympathized with the pain others felt.

“I’ll come visit often.”

As emperor, Lord toured the empire every day. He used the warp gates installed in each city and town as well as his abilities as a Transcendent quite a lot. Thanks to this, he was able to examine how the people of the empire lived and could devise and implement the necessary policies.

The lives of the empire’s subjects improved by the day. It reached a point where Lauel could no longer find a reason to remain prime minister.

“I’ve been very good at racking in skilled people for twenty-three years. Prince Lord... Well, an emperor has his own capabilities, but he must also have a lot of skilled people next to him. I am going to retire for now.”

Lauel decided to focus on reality.

“First of all, I will put pressure on the National Assembly and the president’s office. I will threaten that the country will be in trouble if they don’t allow your polygamy.”

Grid replied, “Y-Yes... But I don’t want polygamy. I just want to marry Yura and Jishuka.”

“Isn’t that the same thing? Whatever, don’t worry. I will make all the wedding plans.”

“You’re wrong. And I will make all the wedding plans. Yura and Jishuka seem to want to choose their own wedding venues and honeymoon locations.”

“Um, I understand.”

Lauel was phenomenal at using his skills in reality. Firstly, he quickly subdued the South Korean government. It was simple. The amount of taxes that Grid paid in one year was more than any large company.

Secondly, there were over ten Overgeared members with Korean nationality such as Yura, Jishuka, Lauel, Peak Sword, and Toon. The amount of taxes they paid was astronomical. They were diplomatically strong, so there was no way the government would allow them to leave South Korea.

South Korea had recorded the lowest birth rate in the world for more than a century. Grid’s promise to have two wives and many children was almost patriotic.

“If Shin Youngwoo immigrates, I will leave South Korea too. God Grid is the symbol of South Korea!”

Peak Sword also helped a lot. He stood by Lauel and pressured the government the whole time. As the president of the Korean Patriotic Association, which was known for being an extreme right wing party, the announcement that he would leave South Korea made the government realize the seriousness of the situation, so they quickly gave in.

***

Lauel quickly found Agnus. “It feels very inspiring to see you use your skills in real life.”

“...Is that your only reaction? You aren’t even surprised,” Agnus wondered.

“The world is always changing. It’s not a big deal. By the way, when using skills, do you also have concepts like level and stats? I’m particularly curious about the HP part.”

Lauel endlessly barraged Agnus with questions the whole night. Agnus had to suffer through all of them.

***

them after noticing an unusual change in the

four men were heroes who had absolute support from the American people. Becoming members of the Congress went more smoothly than

government will establish a new player department centered around

“Player department...?”

to changes in the world caused by Ghamid. We’re still working on the name, so don’t worry about it. The president has high hopes for the four of you. This is a way to maintain

the last thing you mentioned the key

government believes that if we win Grid’s trust, we can easily rally players from other

should refrain from using Grid in a bad

am

many countries around the world, especially in those that were advanced

have high expectations for you, Mister Hao. Your friendships with Kraugel and

“...Of course.”

away from his country even though his country had

party to go astray, I

Meanwhile, in Japan...

“H-Hey...!”

he wanted to focus

***

time when the players from their respective countries had less activities in real life, Satisfy had all sorts of content. This content had been created by players, who had set the rules after agreeing

participants, their level, class, items, and skills. They were perceived as sports such

***

“Ohh, Grid! Welcome!”

by Ares to observe the Battle for Territory. He was accompanied by the four princesses. Grid wanted to give them a break from the stress of

the little

hello! I am

“Name’s Pansy! Hello, king!”

“I am Iris.”

“Pfft… I’m Lily.”

they’re so

but, fortunately, they looked smart. The way the little girls greeted Ares from their father’s arms while wearing different colored dresses was so cute that Ares wanted to bite

entourage surrounded the princesses

a Cola with

they can already speak. Can I

like to

darkened as he looked

‘They are actual foxes.’

talk quickly. Their pronunciation was definitely not the best, but their vocabulary was wide enough and they even learned imperial etiquette, but they acted

was probably a bother for them to give proper greetings. Grid was already worried about

king. Grid was surrounded by

type of

many eyes on you to treat you as a friend. How am I supposed to try to be

spread across the princesses’ faces as they alternately stared at Ares, who burst out laughing, and Grid. They

know what you’re

scolded the princesses, only to suffer. Lily’s

listened very well, but not because