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.

***

Haster were elected members of the US Congress. The US government had persuaded them after noticing an unusual change in the world since the discovery

from the American people.

government will establish a new player department

“Player department...?”

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

mentioned the

government believes that if we win Grid’s trust,

in a bad way. Many people won't

course... I am

were happening in many countries around the world, especially in those that were advanced enough to precisely

Hao. Your friendships with Kraugel and Grid have been noticed by the

“...Of course.”

though his country had abandoned him several times. He knew the tendencies of those in charge and

don’t want the communist party to go astray,

Meanwhile, in Japan...

“H-Hey...!”

because he wanted to focus

***

passed. During this period of time when the players from their respective countries had less activities in real life, Satisfy had all sorts of content.

on the number of participants, their level, class, items, and skills. They were perceived as sports such as football and basketball, or marathons. They were immensely popular. New players rose

***

“Ohh, Grid! Welcome!”

Grid was invited by Ares to observe the Battle for Territory. He was accompanied by

the little

hello!

“Name’s Pansy! Hello, king!”

“I am Iris.”

“Pfft… I’m Lily.”

they’re

fortunately, they looked smart. The way the little girls greeted Ares from their father’s arms while wearing different

his entourage surrounded the princesses and made

a Cola

can already

this is how it looks like to get married and have children in

he looked at

‘They are actual foxes.’

and they even learned imperial etiquette, but they acted like complete babies. They deliberately pronounced things badly and clung to

was probably a bother for them to give proper greetings. Grid was already worried about the future of the scheming

higher than that of Ares, the king. Grid was surrounded by

of

to treat you as a friend. How am I supposed to try to be on equal ground as you? Just relax. Thank you for being

at Ares, who burst out laughing, and Grid. They realized that their father was important no

what you’re thinking

only to suffer. Lily’s blood magic

well, but not because they were