Overgeared

by Park Saenal

  “I feel bad.”

  Euphemina frowned and immediately used magic. Judging by the current situation, it was normal to attack without asking any questions.

  “Aqua Throne!”

  It was the spell of the water clan’s 1st Prince Paong, who had excellent magical talent. The S-class magic was the strongest magic to use against a single enemy. However…

  “Hiit! Yihihihit!”

  Peeng!

  The woman with round eyes smiled strangely and floated. The user with an ID of ‘Black’ faced Aqua Throne head on and wielded sharp claws at Euphemina.

  “Bah!”

  Euphemina was the first of two billion users to earn an epic hidden class because of her experience, skills, and effort. In particular, since becoming a Duplicator, she had seen many great battles in the pursuit of high rankers. It meant she wasn’t someone who easily allowed an enemy’s frontal attacks. She avoided the attack of the woman and decided to take the situation seriously.

  ‘Perhaps she is wearing armor and artifacts with high resistance to the water attribute?’

  It was a testament to the fact that the enemies were fully prepared when invading Siren.

  -Send assistance to Siren…!

  Euphemina once again sent a whisper to Lauel, only to see a terrible notification window.

  [You have failed to send a whisper!]

  [The ‘Chaos Field’ is blocking contact with the outside world!]

  “Ha, you are really prepared.”

  They prepared many things in order to carry out the surprise attack. Euphemina pulled out a new duplicated skill as she stared at the black pendant hanging between Black’s curves.

  ***

  “Brother! Evil humans have broken through the outer wall and entered the city! They are trampling on our homes and the people!”

  1st Prince Paong was outraged by the words of 3rd Prince Gulong.

  “This is all due to that human female called Euphemina!”

  That cursed human found Siren, making it the target of greedy humans. He cursed with resentment as he ordered the army to take out their spears and orbs.

  “Go and fight! Defend our kingdom and its people against the enemy!”

  “Ohhhh!”

  Since the loss of the princess years ago, King Maxong had locked himself away. Therefore, it was up to Paong to raise the morale of the soldiers. But war wasn’t something that could be won just by enthusiasm. The human army that invaded Siren was very strong. The soldiers weren’t able to oppose them.

  In particular, the white-haired woman who was like a ghost. Even Paong, who was capable of both magic and using the spear, wasn’t her opponent.

  “The god of the waves has abandoned us…!”

  Why did he allow the invasion of the enemies? The terrible screams and the sight of their family and colleagues dying in front of their eyes…

  “It’s good that we were chosen as the vanguard. It is true that Lauel’s eyes are excellent. He plays an active role in the lord’s absence.”

  “Hey! Stop talking nonsense and lie down! The wyvern can’t maintain its balance!”

  “Wow… This is almost a Vantner-level troll.”

  Five people rode on Huroi’s wyvern and were crossing the endless ocean. Huroi, Peak Sword, Pon, and Regas. In addition, Blood Warrior Katz.

  At the same time.

  “Ha… It is hard.”

  Grid was busy moving. He didn’t hear the ringtone of the phone that he had placed in the corner. In the center of Grid’s new room, the diamond capsule from the Comet Group flashed and stood out.

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  Empress Marie.

  The mother of the 4th prince, she had the ambition to place her son on the imperial throne. After Empress Aria’s death and captivating the emperor’s heart, she built up a strong relationship with the nobles and reorganized the Red Knights into her own limbs.

  At one time, the Red Knights were judged to be weaker than the Red Knights of the previous generations. But now? Quite the opposite. The current knights receive the instructions of the enlightened Sword Duke Limit and had the power of a great swordsman. It was no surprise that the Red Knights of the modern world were judged to be much better than the past knights.

  Thanks to that, Marie’s position increased further. Whatever her intentions, she brilliantly trained the Red Knights, making the emperor more favorable towards her.

  Originally, Marie should’ve been happy. However, it was actually a headache. Ever since the Five Pillars were obtained, the emperor recognized the Red Knights as ‘usable tiles’ again. The number of tasks the Red Knights received from the emperor gradually increased, causing frequent gaps in Marie’s armed forces.

  ‘Juander… I know that you love me, but it’s impossible for me to control you.’

  He wasn’t the emperor of an empire for nothing. It wasn’t easy for him to be deceived by his heart. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t completely get him under her thumb. She felt a sense of crisis since Asmophel was kidnapped by someone, and created a new group as a defensive instinct.

  She would use dogs that were only loyal to herself, out of reach of the emperor and other nobles.

  ***

  Once every four months, two full moons would overlap in one night. When the coastal waters of Brinichi experienced a low tide, a secret path would be revealed. A purple road leading into the deep abyss of the sea. It headed towards Siren. That’s right. Originally, Siren was a place that could only be entered once every four months.

  However, since it was released by Euphemina, numerous players visited there and succeeded in finding several new paths. Now Siren became a place that could be visited at any time.

  “Is it really there?”

  Rab. Based on the speed of the wyvern, it was a place that could be reached by flying for two hours from Reidan’s desert. Katz gulped as he confirmed the gigantic whirlpool swirling in the centre. They had to fly into that whirlpool to enter Siren? Katz couldn’t understand it.

  “If we fall down there, won’t we 100% die?”

  Surely these guys weren’t trying to kill him because they disliked him? Katz didn’t trust his colleagues because he had just joined the team. He couldn’t believe people due to the environment that he grew up in. He fought against his blood brothers and sisters over who would become the successor.

  For Katz, trusting humans wasn’t easy.

  “I don’t know why you’re so timid.”

  As a descendant of an independent fighter, Peak Sword hated Japanese people who made racist remarks like Alexander of Russia. Fortunately, Katz didn’t mind his tone. He didn’t forget his mistake of ignoring and criticizing the Korean people in the past. Katz might have a selfish personality, but he wasn’t the type to deny his mistakes.

  “I understand why you hate me. I want to apologize for my attitude and remarks in the past.”

  “…Eh?”

  Peak Sword was embarrassed by Katz’ unexpected reaction. The Katz that he knew was a bastard. He didn’t show such a mild attitude in the past.

  ‘Isn’t he a bad guy?’

  How should he respond? Katz kicked the butt of the worried Peak Sword.

  “Why aren’t you apologizing?”

  “Ah, this X!”

  Peak Sword fell into the whirlpool that was the entrance and Katz checked to see if he had died or not. Pon and Regas laughed like they found it funny. Huroi watched the four crazy people and realized again.

  ‘Normal people are rare in Overgeared. I should stay alert so that Grid isn’t damaged.’

  Huroi was someone whose specialty was talking about parents. Looking at it objectively, he was the most garbage person in Overgeared.

  ***

  Water clan. Their physical characteristics were very similar to humans. They looked like humans apart from the gills on their shoulders and arms, as well as the sparkling scales on their thighs. It was easy to think of them as humans who could li
ve in water.

  However, their strength and magic power were several times higher than normal humans and the possibility of development was high. If they didn’t have the fatal weakness of low fertility and not being able to live long on land, they would’ve built a civilization that would’ve surpassed humanity.

  “I found a means of harnessing the magic power accumulated in their hearts. Go to Siren right now and obtain as many hearts as possible… No, take them all.”

  White was one of the best users of Blood Carnival. Half a year ago, she joined the Rose Knights who served Empress Marie and had been loyal to Marie ever since. Marie was one of the few people who could satisfy her desires.

  “It’s bad luck not being pretty.”

  White reminisced about Marie’s explanation and command while looking around Siren. She noticed a sand castle rising in the center of the beautiful underwater kingdom.

  Escente laughed at the sight of the water clan being killed as they fled.

  “It’s rare to have beauty. Do you think the water clan are stupid because they’re fish? Why build a castle with sand?”

  Escente was a member of Blood Carnival like White. But he had nothing to do with Marie or the Rose Knights. He could participate in this expedition because White shared the quest with him.

  “One heart is 80 gold… 100 hearts can be converted into 7,000 dollars.”

  “It’s 70,000 dollars if it is 1,000 hearts! Kukuk! This isn’t a triple S quest! It’s a very lucrative quest!”

  In addition to Escente, many Blood Carnival players participated in this expedition. As many as 30 people. Around one third of Blood Carnival was gathered in Siren. Blood Carnival was a group specializing in combat and slaughter, so the capabilities of 30 of them gathered at once was beyond the imagination.

  They’d also hired mercenaries or gathered colleagues, so there were close to 1,000 people. The average level was 233! The seven guilds? Overgeared? Those groups of people couldn’t even give them business cards. The Blood Carnival people were proud and strong.

  The water clan soldiers who weren’t used to war were just prey in front of them.

  Seokeok!

  Siren City.

  After killing an elderly man shivering on one side, Escente laughed as he defeated two soldiers who ran over aggressively in succession.

  “Easy, easy! Really easy! Their levels are too low! Instead of 1,000, I will catch one million!”

  The average level of the thousands of citizens were around 100, while the soldiers had an average level of 180. One variable was being able to use water attribute magic, but that had already been expected. It wasn’t much of a threat since they wore items to increase resistance to the water attribute as much as possible.

  Water clan. They were weak and easy prey worth 80 gold each.

  Blood Carnival and their army were filled with excitement as they started the slaughter. The Siren Kingdom’s beautifully made city of water and sand became tinged with blood instantly.

  3rd Prince Gulong arrived at the battlefield late and cried out.

  “Wicked humans…!”

  The water clan weren’t aggressive. They knew satisfaction and didn’t easily covet things. For them, the human race who didn’t care about deceiving, stealing, or killing others was a target of disgust.

  “Why? Why do you come into the depths of the ocean to invade and slaughter us? Even the women and children who can’t resist…!?”

  Gulong swung a scimitar at Escente. Escente was surprised as he blocked the attack. It was because after the sword exchange, Gulong leaned forward and knocked against Escent with his rock-hard shoulder. He wasn’t merely a fighter, but a warrior capable of tactics.

  “Ugh.”

  Escent was hit in the chest and flew far away, but got up immediately. His mouth twisted in an ugly manner.

  “Does it really mean anything to catch a fish? This damn fish!”

  “Disgraceful person!”

  Gulong’s movements became more aggressive as he was provoked. It was stronger and quicker due to maximizing the effects of fast swordsmanship, but it also left gaps. Escente counterattacked with a shield and struck Gulong’s jaw.

  “Aha! It is easy to go against a stupid bastard!”

  Gulong was a named NPC. If Escente could catch this NPC, wouldn’t he receive at least 100,000 gold? The greedy Escente started to push at Gulong. However, Gulong was stronger than he thought. The third advancement Escente couldn’t knock him down and was eventually driven to the defensive.

  “Somebody help!”

  Escente belatedly realized and shouted urgently, but there was no one to help him. The Blood Carnival was merely a group created to share information that was beneficial to one another. There was no desire to help each other. If there wasn’t the minimum of rules, they would’ve already stabbed each other in the back.

  “Block with your shield before you die! That’s what you get for being too greedy!”

  “Kyakyak! Look at that unseemly form! Pathetic!”

  Escente’s companions mocked rather than help him.

  “Son of a bitch…!”

  After passing through this crisis, Escente wanted to pass on the aggro to the others. But this damn Gulong showed no gaps. At least three third advancement classes working together would be needed to raid him.

  ‘Why am I facing this monster…?’

  He had only collected 27 hearts. He only got 2,160 gold and the loss would be too big if he died.

  ‘I’m ruined!’

  The moment Escente was feeling frustration.

  “Kyaaack!”

  “Aah! Mother! Father!”

  Blood Carnival and their army started to increase the pace of their slaughter. They entered the locked houses and killed the people hiding inside, irrespective of gender or age. Screaming women and crying children. They didn’t care about the pain and sadness. They wouldn’t have joined Blood Carnival or accepted this quest if they worried about such things in the first place.

  “Stop! Stop right now!”

  Gulong couldn’t bear to see the innocent people being cruelly murdered. Escente stabbed a sword in Gulong’s side and shouted.

  “Hahat! Looking away during a battle!”

  “Ugh!”

  Gulong realized that the situation was desperate. The number of his soldiers was ten times more than the number of humans, but numbers had no meaning, considering the strength of the humans. One of the strongest warriors of the water clan couldn’t help because he was tied up by one human.

  ‘Brother…!’

  1st Prince Paong was isolated among humans and seemed to be in a crisis. As the prophet Miong said, was god abandoning them? The moment that Gulong closed his eyes, waiting for the human to hurt him…

  Kwajajajak!

  A flash fell from the sky like a lightning bolt and struck Escente’s head. It was an unexpected blow. The skill ignored defense, and Escente, who fell into a stunned state, turned his eyes in the direction it came from. Then he saw a man.

  “A beautiful river of blood.”

  Ssik.

  The ID of the laughing man was Katz. His smile was tinged with insanity. Compared to Escente and other members of Blood Carnival, he seemed the most insane.

  “Blood Warrior…?”

  Kuoooooh!

  The blood of the water clan on the battlefield slowly rose into the sky, a strange, cruel, and beautiful sight that enchanted people.

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  A transparent outer wall surrounded all of Siren. Beyond that, the deep sea views inspired awe in the viewers. However, Katz’ present appearance was more surprising than the scenery.

  “Blood Warrior…! What are you doing here?”

  Escente overcame the stunned state in just one second and shouted while taking a potion.

  Katz snorted.

  “A worthless person like you is pretending to be a landlord. Why should I tell you my reason for coming here? Who are you in th
e first place?”

  “This crazy guy! Why are you attacking someone you don’t know?”

  Escente felt resentful of Katz’ attitude before suddenly realizing.

  “Aha! That’s right! You’re trying to make money here!”

  Siren was a kingdom lacking hunting grounds and quests. There was only one reason why Katz, a high ranker, would come to this place where even level 100 users were reluctant to visit. Escente was sure of it.

  “Yes…! You received the quest from White too! You came here to hunt the water clan people!”

  Strictly speaking, they were on the same side. So why was he hit?

  “You lousy bastard! You want to obtain the money from the water clan on your own!”

  Escente was confident of his plausible reasoning. Katz thought it was cute.

  “I’m moving for money? Kukuk! That’s a fresh idea.”

  ‘Ah!’

  Wasn’t he someone with money? Katz reminded them that he was the son of Japan’s leading conglomerate.

  “If that’s the case… Then you came here because…!?”

  “That’s right. I came here on the side of the water clan. As Grid’s servant.”

  “…Servant?” (Raws is a slang word)

  What? It was a unique Japanese term that Escente couldn’t understand. However, he could infer it from the current context.

  ‘Katz has joined Overgeared? Then the Overgeared Guild came to save Siren?’

  How did this happen? Did White know about this? But he couldn’t afford to think too deeply.

  Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

  The shed blood from the brutally murdered water clan. It became a stream of blood that flew around Katz as a living snake. It was a very quick attack that made Escente feel surprised and desperate. As a result, he easily avoided it. The trajectory of the blood flow wasn’t complicated, so he could adapt quickly.

  Kwa kwak!

  Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwak!

  Straight, right angle, and straight line. The blood flow moved simply compared to the terrible momentum behind it. The targets weren’t hit and only the ground was broken. In the course of avoiding the bloodstream, Escente was brought to the side of his colleagues.

  ‘Bah! This is nothing… Wait?’