by Park Saenal
Grid stopped using Transcend and descended to the ground before using Link.
“This is Huroi’s share.”
It was punishment for their sin of attacking Huroi.
Chaaeng! Chaeeeeeng!
The Black Knights’ attacks were offset by Link and then the onslaught began.
Pit! Pipipipipit!
Puhwahak!
“Kuaaaak!”
Blood emerged from the seams of the black armor. His swordsmanship combined with Vital Spot Detection was much more mature compared to the past.
“Don’t send…!”
The Black Knights barely managed to strike back against Grid. They all aimed at him. They used their strongest skills, without caring about defense. It was an obvious crisis for Grid.
–Wow.
–Will Grid die?
The viewers were immersed in the broadcast and forgot to eat their chicken.
Hwiririk!
A white hooded zip up was seen. Grid used the movements that he saw when Piaro sparred against Faker and rotated his body like a spin top. The Black Knights simultaneously used five skills, but two of them were non-targeted skills and didn’t hit him. He was lightly grazed and only received minor damage.
“Shit!”
The frustrated Black Knights found themselves covered in a blue light. Pagma’s Swordsmanship, Wave threatened the five Black Knights.
“This is my share!”
This was punishment for the sin of aiming their swords against him!
“Kuheok!”
The waves of energy that stretched out from Grid caused the Black Knights to scream. In the process, Grid was hit by three skills, but he suffered less damage than the Black Knights. It was natural. Grid was currently armed with the armor set made by the legendary blacksmith Pagma out of a god mineral.
“This is my share! Pinnacle!”
“Why do you have another share?”
The behavior of Grid, who took more of a share than the beaten up Huroi, confused the Black Knights. Anyway, the attack hit them regardless of their feelings.
Seokeok!
The Black Knights were slowed by the effects of Grid, and the one in the front had his armor completely broken by Grid. It was the power of Failure.
[You have defeated Black Knight Dever.]
[8,960,000 experience has been acquired.]
[79 gold has been acquired.]
[Your level has risen.]
Grid had gained a large amount of experience from Kamiyan, so he enjoyed the sight of the level up notification window. He was now level 296. There were four more levels left until he reached 300. Very soon, his stats would undergo the third awakening.
Ssik!
Laughing while cutting a person in half? Grid was wearing a bizarre mask with an eerie red light behind it. He looked like a blood covered demon as he laughed. In other words, he seemed crazy.
–It reminds me of old times.
–When Grid was called the Butcher?
–Right. It when when he killed the Giant Guild. At that time, a regular user going against the Giant Guild. It was invigorating to watch.
What was the reason why users became fans of rankers? It was because they could live vicariously through them. The users were thrilled when they saw the rankers do things that were impossible for them. Then they gradually became fans. This was how the viewers watching Grid felt now. There were also foreigners watching the broadcast through the web channel. In the chat window, the anti-fans fell silent.
Teong!
Grid used Fly magic to break through the Black Knight that turned into ash. He moved at a fast speed and reached Fulito, before switching his shoes. Braham’s Boots disappeared and Grid’s Boots were equipped.
At the same time, the Fly spell was turned off. Grid’s body rapidly gained weight and fell to the ground. Fulito used a skill to defend against the two greatswords that were falling rapidly.
“Red Sword!”
It was one of the strongest skills passed down through the Red Knights for generations. A secret technique that only the Red Knights from the 10s onwards could receive.
Hwaruruk!
The golden aura around Fulito’s sword was stained red. It was flames itself. The flames flying towards Grid were enough to blow away a small mountain. But the viewers knew.
–Grid has more skills.
–Legendary skills.
“Kill.”
The greatsword was strengthened by Grid’s Boots, so the fierce Kill decided Victory.
Peeeeeong!
“Heeok?”
Kill crushed the Red Sword that it collided with. One of the Red Knights, with their 300 years of history, collapsed to this extent? Fulito’s face was stunned as the blow overwhelmed the Red Sword. Fulito screamed as he offset half the power of Kill with Limit Sword.
“Who the hell are you? How could a strong person like you be so anonymous in the meantime?”
Fulito had determined that the source of Grid’s power was in the artifacts, including the golden spear. But that was a clear misjudgment. Grid’s strength was his swordsmanship. It was a rare transcendental swordsmanship.
Transcendental swordsmanship! It wasn’t an exaggeration. Grid had inherited the powers of Pagma, the legendary blacksmith and great swordsman, as well as studied under Piaro. Just looking at this environmental aspects, Grid had the foundations to leapfrog above existing legends.
The problem was that his natural talent was low.
“Anonymous? I am famous?”
The Red Knights believed that the Saharan Empire was the whole world. Grid was well aware that they were frogs in a well and stabbed Failure at Fulito’s heart.
“It won’t be so easy!”
Fulito fired Super Sensitivity, which lasted for five seconds, avoided Failure and rushed to Grid’s side. Using Super Sensitivity caused his brain to overload, so Fulito was already determined to die.
‘If I have to die, I will take you with me!’
This was the last resort. But by the time he reached his destination, the Doppelganger’s Greatsword was already flying. Grid had predicted the behavior. If the stabbing of a greatsword failed, how would the enemy respond?
‘I fought Randy who cloned Pagma over 80 times.’
Puok!
“T-This…!”
“Goodbye, fake knight.”
Piaro and Asmophel. Only Red Knights with their strength would be a threat to Grid. No, Piaro’s strength surpassed Grid. Compared to them, Fulito was just shameful.
“Kukuk…! You might be strong enough to win over Kamiyan and I! There are many Red Knights who I can’t be compared with! You can’t go against the single number knights!”
“Stop speaking long words.”
Grid didn’t exert his full skills in this battle. There were still a lot of items and title effects that would be saved.
“Damn bastard!”
Fulito still had one-third of his health left despite his heart being pierced. He was secretly preparing a counterattack. He secretly gathered his aura while pulling Grid’s attention. He was planning to inflict damage on Grid by exploding his aura and then link up his swordsmanship. But Grid’s sword was faster than the aura explosion.
“Where are you going?”
Grid read the suspicious actions and successively swung Failure and the Doppelganger’s Greatsword. The two greatswords crossed many times and Fulito’s health fell to the bottom. Grid checked it and declared.
‘Bring it on, Pascal.’
The price for aiming at Grid’s life would be repaid. Then Grid smiled as many notification windows appeared in front of him.
Chapter 278
Chapter 278
[You have defeated Fulito, the 19th Red Knight of the Saharan Empire, who slaughtered ethnic minorities under their banner.]
[If this news is spread to the empire, the empire will order your assassination.]
[43,908,500 experience has been acquired.]
[81 gold has been
acquired.]
[Red Armor has been acquired.]
[Skill Book: Aura Festival has been acquired.]
[Red Armor]
Rating: Unique
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User Restriction: Level 300 or higher. Advanced Heavy Armor Mastery Level 5 or higher.
[Skill Book: Aura Festival]
Rating: Unique
Launches aura that causes a wide explosion.
The higher the skill level, the better the range and power.
Acquisition Conditions: Must be able to use aura.
The red armor was too heavy and boasted high durability and defense instead of having options. It was lacking for the Overgeared members to use.
‘But it can be sold at a pretty high price.’
The Overgeared members felt like the Red Armor was lacking because Grid made items for them, but general users were different. For general users, the Red Armor was an S-grade item. It was the case even if they couldn’t wear the armor.
‘But it’s better to sell it after making modifications.’
If the reconstruction was successful, the value of the item might surge. Maybe it would be enough for the Overgeared members to use.
‘Skill book…’
It was amazing. Aura Festival. There was a reason why it was dangerous.
‘Unique skill.’
Skills could be used permanently once learned. The value of a unique skillbook was similar or better than the value of a legendary item.
‘I should sell this to Pon or Ibellin.’
He earned a huge amount of money after a long time. He had been living as a beggar after pouring all his money into the building construction, and now he had room to spare again.
‘I’ll have a pizza for celebration.’
He planned to eat a cheese crust, which cost an extra 3,000 won more. He would also add grated Parmesan cheese and hot sauce for an extra 700 won each.
“Kukukuk.”
Grid was filled with joy. His smiling face while wearing a bloody mask caused the viewers to get the chills.
‘Wait.’
Grid stopping laughing and turned his gaze towards the camera.
‘Aren’t a few people watching?’
OGC was recognized as a professional gaming channel. Grid assumed there would be at least 100,000 people watching the broadcast right now.
‘A broadcast that appeared unexpectedly.’
He should thoroughly utilize this. Grid started promoting his guild.
“The Overgeared Guild is recruiting guild members with secondary classes like cleaners, chefs, tailors, construction workers, blacksmiths, alchemists, etc. For more information, please contact Lauel.”
Except for Grid and Euphemina, the Overgeared members were solely dedicated to combat. The soon to be merged Silver Knights Guild also had a much higher percentage of combat classes. In order to develop his estate, he needed to employ a large number of secondary classes.
‘Maybe 100 people will apply to join. There should be a few talented people that could be used.’
Grid never knew it, but OGC’s audience rating now exceeded 55%. The peak audience rating was close to 63%. A record was set after half a century. It was the first time a single channel in South Korea monopolized the views since the end of full-fledged channels in 2011.
15 seconds of advertisements were sold for around 3 billion won. Now that the broadcast reached its climax, Grid was promoting to millions of people for free. The impact was tremendous. Right now, tens of thousands of users were writing letters to Lauel to ask to join the guild.
Now Lauel was so busy that he even ran out of time to sleep. Grid unintentionally gave a lot of work to Lauel.
Then a new notification window appeared in front of Grid.
[The time attack quest ‘Evidence Destruction’ has been created.]
[Evidence Destruction]
Level of Difficulty: AAA
The fact that you have defeated the Black Knights and Red Knights of the Saharan Empire will inevitably bring a crisis towards you.
Destroy the remaining enemies and kill or appease the leaders of the incident.
Quest Clear Conditions: Eliminate the surviving Black Knights (0/4). Kill or reconcile with the leaders of this incident, Pascal and the elders.
Quest Clear Rewards: Rumors about you won’t spread to the Saharan Empire.
Quest Failure: The Saharan Empire will issue an order for your death.
Time Period: 2 hours.
“Huroi.”
“Yes.”
Huroi had restored his health under the protection of Lifael’s Spear while Grid had been fighting Fulito. Grid told him, “Kill the remaining Black Knights.”
It would give him an opportunity to get revenge for his humiliation and get some experience. Huroi was thrilled as he understood the meaning and replied, “Leave it to me.”
“Okay.”
Grid immediately left the place. His destination was the elders’ meeting room. After being left alone, the Black Knights immediately surrounded Huroi. They smiled with satisfaction.
“Grid, he’s stupid. Leaving you alone.”
“We’ll kill you, then return to the empire to accuse Grid!”
“Don’t mention My Lord’s name with your dirty mouth.”
“Someone who will soon die should shut their mouths!”
The Black Knights made fun of Huroi. They had seen Huroi’s skills earlier, and they was terrible. Didn’t Grid actually say it? Huroi was weak. The Black Knights were the second most influential knights group on the continent. It was four against one, so the fight seemed advantageous to the Black Knights.
“Die!”
The Black Knights attacked in unison. The momentum was overwhelming. However, Huroi didn’t shrink back. Huroi pulled out the smaller one-handed version of Dainsleif and defended against the Black Knights’ attacks.
“You…!”
“You aren’t our opponent!”
The Black Knights increased their momentum and tried to attack again. Then a huge shadow appeared above them.
Kuwooooh!
A red drake roared. It was said that only 100 out of two billion users owned a drake. This was Huroi’s true identity.
“I am weak, but that is only when compared to My Lord.”
“T-This…!”
Kwaaaaah!
Flames poured out. Huroi broke down the Black Knights one by one. The Apostle of Justice’s Partner started his rampage.
–Wow…
An orator killing the Black Knights? Huroi’s appearance gave a new shock to the viewers.
***
One hour before the pope’s speech event began.
Pon and Regas, who had been out of contact for a month, finally returned to Reidan. Did they succeed in clearing the dungeon? No. It was a failure. The strongest duo in Overgeared died without even reaching the boss. The vampire city had countless numbers of powerful vampires.
“It isn’t a dungeon that is originally intended for two users. There needs to be at least 10 third advancement classes in the party. More than 20 people is probably necessary if we want to clear it within four days.”
“The vampires’ evasion ability is designed to disable attacks apart from the divine attribute. If we want to hunt them more easily, we need weapons or skills with divine power.”
“We tried to reach the boss and obtain the information before we died, but it wasn’t enough.”
“Our preparations were too insufficient. We ran out of potions and food, and our items’ durability fell, so it was unavoidable.”
And so on.
Pon and Regas shared the information about the vampire city with the guild members. Lauel looked at the overall situation.
‘There are at least 13 vampire cities in the western part of the Eternal Kingdom.’
The city was categorized as a dungeon and the entrance was blocked 10 seconds after people entered. The exit wouldn’t be created until the vampire
boss was knocked down. The only way to escape was to hunt the boss or die.
‘In the 13th city, the vampires are at least level 280 to 350. They are sensitive to the smell and blood and light, and have excellent ability to read facial expressions. Their main skills are dark magic and the evasion of other attributes. Some of them use the sword as a weapon. The items they drop are various jewellery and cloth armor.’
In the case of ‘true blood vampires,’ which were classified as quasi boss grade monsters, they also dropped spellbooks and elixirs.
‘Elixirs… It’s huge.’
Elixirs permanently raised stats. Naturally the value was astronomical. A vampire city was a great growth platform for a guild if they could monopolize it.
‘The boss monster information is still unknown.’
Seuk seuk.
Lauel’s hands moved quickly as he wrote a report for Grid. He was concentrating when he heard a knock on the door.
“Come in.”
“Hasn’t it been a while?”
Lauel was an earl of the Eternal Kingdom and acting lord of Reidan. There was only one person, apart from the Overgeared members, who would treat him like this. It was Minor, who was famous for being indifferent.
About 3 months ago. Grid had ordered the minerals detector boy to search for pavranium, and he had finally returned safely.
“Sigh, really. It was a hard search.”
Lauel didn’t object to the rude behavior of the boy, who sat on the couch without permission. Lauel’s standards for evaluating people were their capabilities over personality.
That was how he decided to follow Grid.
“I’m glad to see you’ve come back safely.”
Lauel said with a smile, causing Minor to shrug.
“I’m not glad at all.”
“Hahaha! You’re still like this. By the way, did you find the golem’s labyrinths?”
“No. No labyrinths exist here in the west.”
Lauel’s expression stiffened. “No pavranium…? Duke Grid will be very disappointed.”
“Who said there is no pavranium? I just said there were no golem labyrinths.”
“What are you saying?”
Minor handed a map to the puzzled Lauel. “I can feel the energy of pavranium from these dungeons marked here.”