Overgeared

by Park Saenal

  [A tsunami is coming!]

  Kuwaaaaaang!

  Mana started to stir at Maxong’s roar, turning into a tsunami that hit Grid. Grid was nervous because it clearly contained great power.

  ‘This is the first time I’ve seen such strong water attribute magic…!’

  It couldn’t be avoided. It felt like he was going to be devoured. It was dangerous to Euphemina and Lauel.

  ‘I will protect them!’

  Grid swapped to the Holy Light set and summoned the God Hands. He took out the Divine Shield after a long time and placed himself in front of Euphemina and Lauel.

  “Root Curtain!”

  Euphemina used a S-grade defense spell. Vines shot up from the ground and formed a barrier in an instant, absorbing the tsunami that hit it and expanding further from the nourishment. It was the moment when the king’s chambers filled with luxurious decorations was transformed into a forest in an instant.

  “Wow… You resisted it?”

  “I’m always ready. I can always prevent the worst from happening.”

  The vines absorbed the tsunami and became huge. Euphemina responded to Grid’s admiring words by sharing the quest.

  [The hidden quest ‘Water Clan King’s Fury’ has been created!]

  [Water Clan King’s Fury]

  ★ A hidden linked quest with the Hidden Quest ‘Upcoming Destruction’ ★ (A maximum of 5 people can participate)

  Five years ago, Maxong lost his beloved daughter Ohong. His ears, eyes, and mind are closed, as he misses Princess Ohong. Now his closed mind is released because of extreme anger.

  Suppress Maxong, the powerful water clan king! If you defeat him, who has never lost since he was born, he will be shocked and awaken. His eyes will be drawn back to reality and he might become a wise king.

  Quest Clear Condition: Reduces Maxong’s maximum health by 90%.

  Quest Failure Condition: Maxong’s death, or the destruction of the quest facilitator.

  Quest Clear Rewards: Maxong’s awakening. Become Maxong’s benefactor. Speed up the development of Siren.

  ‘A hidden quest…!’

  Satisfy had a high degree of freedom and there were countless quests. After clearing a specific quest, there were often cases where a linked quest could be obtained if a subsequent action was done. Most linked quests guaranteed high rewards. Since this was a linked quest for a hidden quest, the value would be indisputably high.

  “Then the reward is Maxong’s awakening… Why is it just this?”

  “This is evidence that Maxong is a huge part of Satisfy. Maybe this is a golden opportunity to obtain a named NPC as great as Piaro.”

  Unlike Euphemina, Lauel recovered from the status conditions a little bit late and opened his mouth.

  “A rare hidden quest. We must succeed.”

  But it would be difficult. It was estimated that the clearance difficulty of this hidden linked quest that was unintentionally generated would be more difficult than any quest Lauel had experienced so far.

  ‘A quest that occurs when the person who clears ‘Upcoming Destruction’ has to anger Maxong…’

  It was a quest with a difficult starting condition. The quest was discovered because Grid ignited the NPC’s pure emotions.

  ‘The difficulty is the worst… It doesn’t make sense to fight the king of a nation while the destruction is proceeding.’

  In reality, a king didn’t mean a strong man. But in Satisfy, a king was a named NPC and most named NPCs were strong by default. There were exceptions, but it was right to exclude Maxong from those exceptions As a representative of a species, there was a high possibility that he would exert power beyond common sense. Wasn’t the attack he just sent very threatening?

  “It would be nice if Faker was in here instead of me… I’m sorry for our colleagues outside, but you should call Piaro and Asmopehl.”

  Lauel urged Grid to sacrifice his colleagues for the best results. It was a reminder of his own incompetence that he had to make such a choice. Grid refused, “I don’t want to.”

  He didn’t want to feel the helplessness and guilt he experienced at the time of the Elfin Stone raid. That’s why he had been working harder.

  “I have become stronger.” It was time to show the fruits of his hard work. “I will catch Maxong without the help of Piaro and Asmophel.”

  “Grid…!”

  Lauel’s face paled. He thought it was impossible. At that moment.

  Teong!

  Maxong pushed off from the ground. It was a fast pace unbelievable for a mass of muscles. Euphemina and Lauel couldn’t respond. Only Grid managed to capture the movements.

  Jeeeong!

  “Ack…!”

  Iyarugt collided with Maxong’s right elbow and Grid was pushed back a step. It was clear evidence that Maxong’s physical power surpassed Chris.’ Was that all?

  Peeeeeong!

  “Kuak!”

  A water column was ejected from Maxong’s hands, hitting Grid’s chest and causing him 7,800 damage. This was while he was wearing the Holy Light set. Maxong’s magic power was double that of the drake. But Grid was also tough. He blocked Maxong’s attack, allowing the God Hands to counterattack.

  Puk!

  Puuok!

  It was the +9 Failure that boasted an overwhelming attack, the +8 Grid’s Greatsword with excellent balance, the +8 Doppelganger’s Greatsword that ignored a certain amount of the enemy’s defense and the +7 Ideal Long Sword, which was based on the Ideal Dagger. All the weapons pierced Maxong’s chest and waist.

  Flinch.

  Maxong gritted his teeth. He was pain from the wounded areas. However, he didn’t hesitate one bit.

  Kwarurung!

  There was a thunderous sound in Grid’s ears. Before he realized it, Maxong was already in front of him.

  Peeok!

  [You have suffered 5,900 damage.]

  Grid was struck by the scaly feet and was blown thrown the vines.

  “How dare you!”

  The angry Lauel used Dragon’s Claws, causing a sharp stone pillar to rise up where Maxong was standing. But it didn’t hurt Maxong. Maxong immediately summoned blue water to mitigate the damage of the stone pillar. Lauel didn’t panic. From the beginning, his role was to attract attention!

  “Tree Giant’s Hug!”

  Grid and Lauel pulled Maxong’s aggro. Meanwhile, Euphemina once again used a S-grade spell. It was also a spell highly resistant to the water attribute. Before visiting the sea kingdom that was strong in water magic, she obtained many wood attribute spells in case it was needed.

  Kudududuk!

  “Huup!”

  The vine forest from before quickly took the shape of a giant and wrapped around Maxong’s body. It tightened and twisted, trying to completely tear the body apart. Grid rushed towards the groaning Maxong. There was a large killing intent around Iyarugt.

  “Kill!”

  Puoook!

  “Kuaaaaak!”

  Iyarugt was much more effective than before after reaching the legendary rating, and its attack speed was also faster. Grid wore the Slaughterer’s Eye Patch and maximized the damage by hitting the weak spot. Iyarugt struck exactly at Maxong’s clavicle, a weak point. As Maxong screamed with pain, Grid rotated while retrieving the sword and fired off a series of Magic Missiles. At the same time, he developed a footwork and linked up Pinnacle Kill.

  [Critical!]

  [You have dealt 455,000 damage to the target.]

  “…!”

  Grid consumed health in exchange for using Pinnacle Kill. As he unfolded Link, he hurriedly took a defensive posture and tried to generate combos with Iyarugt. It was to prevent Maxong’s counterattack, who had broken free from the Tree Giant’s Hug.

  Jjejejeok!

  He blocked the fists and kick that simultaneously struck at the top and bottom with Iyarugt and the God Hands.

  Pepepeng!

  He allowed a water bomb attack. Grid coughed up a large amount of blood and grumbled.
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  ‘Shit… Why isn’t 5 Joint Attacks activating these days?’

  It was the ultimate option attached to the Holy Light Gloves. In the past, it had burst out and helped him. Nowadays, it didn’t appear at all. It was the same during the National Competition. Grid was uneasy.

  ‘I have been earning money these days, so this is the bad luck I get in return…?’

  Damn Lady Luck! Grid grumbled at the gods while continuing to fight Maxong.

  Pepeng!

  Kwa kwa kwa kwang!

  Maxong attacked Grid as much as possible, while avoiding Lauel and Euphemina’s magic attacks. Grid realized something as he stared at the blue eyes filled with anger and laughed. It was a laugh of absurdity.

  ‘Son of a bitch.’

  The more he thought about it, the more absurd it was. Rewarding the heroes who defended Siren? In the first place, Maxong wasn’t even interested in Siren!

  “Shit! You unscrupulous old man! You don’t deserve to be a king!”

  Uncontrollable anger bubbled up inside Grid. He wanted to show Maxong. But Maxong’s strength was comparable to vampire earl Elfin Stone. No, maybe more than that. He wasn’t someone that three people could raid. Thus, Grid pulled out all the cards he could afford. First, he summoned Noe and Randy.

  “Summon Knight! Jude!”

  The first knight in charge of Winston’s defense.

  “Summon Demon, Iyarugt.”

  Finally, he summoned someone who shouldn’t exist.

  Now Grid demonstrated his quantity.

  Chapter 478

  Chapter 478

  [Summoning Sword Demon Iyarugt!]

  Kurururung!

  The moment that Grid used the skill, Iyarugt let out a roar that was like thunder. A bloody light was emitted in all directions, barely missing Grid. It was a horrific force. Grid was unable to hold on to the sword!

  “Ugh…! You disgraceful bastard!”

  It tried to hit its master. Grid felt the need to educate the sword properly. However, it didn’t stop. Iyarugt broke away from Grid and rose into the sky. The translucent red color of the smelted bloodstone started to darken. It was a darkness darker than night.

  “Beautiful…”

  Euphemina couldn’t help exclaiming. The ancient golden characters carved on the black Iyarugt were mysterious and beautiful. Grid, Lauel, and even Maxong were gripped by the sight.

  Kuoooooh-

  Iyarugt didn’t move anymore. The light being emitted also calmed down and everything became silent.

  “…”

  It was static, like time had stopped. It felt like a moment or eternity.

  Paaaat!

  The silence was broken. A red bead popped out from Iyarugt. Hell’s best swordsman, a Sword Demon, Great Demon Zepar’s only rival, etc. It was the moment when the soul of Iyarugt, who had all types of titles attached to him, appeared in the world.

  ‘Hoh… This is great.’

  Braham woke up inside Grid’s body and felt amazement. It was admiration, not just interest. How great was this presence that even Braham felt admiration? Grid felt expectant and was also nervous. Iyarugt’s soul, which emitted a light that was like the stars in the universe, started to gradually change. It took the shape of a person.

  An old man bent over.

  Grrr…

  The old man had flames that burned like blood around his body. The white-haired old man with horns rising sharply from his forehead, bulging muscles and sharp eyes was Hell’s best swordsman, Iyarugt. He had the magic power of a lower demon. He only trained in the sword to be able to compete with a great demon. Marbas, one of the major powers in hell evaluated Iyarugt as ‘one who can change the order of the great demons.’

  “…Sweet.”

  He took a breath after 300 years. The sweet air of Siren entered his lungs and awakened every cell.

  ***

  “Isn’t this unbelievable?”

  King Maxiong of the water clan was surprised. It was because the energy of the demon summoned by the cheeky human was unusual. It was enough to give him a hazy feeling of crisis.

  ‘This is the power of a great demon?’

  Siren was an isolated kingdom, but the knowledge of hell and great demons had spread to some extent. In particular, Maxong was a king with extensive knowledge, so he knew some things about great demons. Iyarugt seemed like one of the 33 great demons that he’d only heard about.

  ‘How can a human summon a great demon? Isn’t there a hostile relationship between humans and great demons?’

  His knowledge was too light. Maxong didn’t know the true power of a great demon, nor did he know that humans and demonkin often formed a contract.

  “Haha…”

  Maxong misunderstood Iyarugt as a great demon and laughed. He looked between the black cat sitting on Grid’s shoulder and the small human girl holding onto Grid’s wrist.

  ‘They are also creatures…’

  The creatures had considerable strength. Possessing beings that should be in hell, Grid didn’t seem like a normal human. However, Maxong was more concerned with a different human male.

  ‘What is that human?’

  A human with confidence equivalent to him. Out of the four beings that Grid summoned, Maxong was most off-balance by the human male. It was even more than the great demon. The reason was simple.

  “Why is he naked?”

  “…”

  That’s right. The human man that Grid summoned, the knight Jude, was naked. His nakedness revealed his perfect muscles.

  “Kyaaak!”

  Euphemina belatedly saw Jude’s goods and turned her head with a blush. However, her huge eyes continued to watch appreciatively.

  “Keo…?”

  Grid and Lauel were speechless at Jude’s unusually huge size. There was an awkward silence for a moment.

  “Why are you naked?” Grid regained his spirit and cried out indignantly.

  Jude stood there unabashedly and replied simply, “Jude. After training. Bath.”

  It meant that he responded to the summons in the bath.

  “This is absurd.”

  The problem was that the game was too much like reality. All NPCs had human emotions and their life patterns were similar. They bathed daily. Thus, this misfortune occurred.

  “Why didn’t you grab your weapons and armor before answering the summons?”

  “My Lord. Called. I come.”

  “It’s inspiring loyalty.”

  One of the biggest differences between a player and NPC was the presence or absence of an inventory. The NPCs had no inventory. In other words, the currently naked Jude was in a ‘no items’ state. Jude might be over level 300, but what strength could he exert using a body with no items?

  ‘What should I do?’

  Jude wouldn’t be any help and was also at a risk of dying. The moment that Grid was worried about Jude.

  “Demon. Kill.”

  Peeok!

  Jude swung his fist. The target wasn’t Maxong of the water clan. It was towards the elderly man burning with demon energy, Sword Demon Iyarugt. Iyarugt shook when he was punched in the face by a human who he thought was an ally. The demon who had the high reputation of the best swordsman of hell until he was defeated in a battle against the great demon Zepar and died, he was hit by a human?

  “You are fearless.”

  He took a deep breath. It had been 300 years. He wanted to savor the sweet air. But that excitement was broken. Iyarugt became deeply angry and recognized Jude as an enemy.

  Kuoooooh-

  The demonic sword Iyarugt started to respond to Sword Demon Iyarugt. It ignored its owner Grid and flew into Iyarugt’s hands. Grid hurriedly called out as the sword headed towards Jude.

  “Stop!”

  It was useless. After growing to the legendary rating, Iyarugt regained some of the strength of the past and its self-esteem soared into the sky. It didn’t follow Grid’s command.

  Seokeok!

  “Ugh.”

>   The blood red sword cut at Jude’s bare chest. At the same time, Jude’s health gauge was reduced by 40%. Grid was startled.

  ‘What is this damage…?’

  Jude’s body was bare but his basic strength and stamina was very high. His natural defenses couldn’t be ignored. But Iyarugt dealt serious damage with just one blow. It was also the basic damage. This was equivalent to Grid using the +9 Failure.

  “Jude. It hurts. Endure. Kill. Demon.”

  Stagger.

  Jude wasn’t frightened by the serious injury. He moved with his wounded body towards Iyarugt. Iyarugt thought it was ridiculous. He had lived 500 years and had been a soul for 300 years, but he had never seen anyone as ignorant as Jude. No, it was the first time he saw a life like this.

  “Fearless person…! Do you have 10 lives? Even a hydra failed to land an attack on me!”

  Iyarugt wielded his sword again. But Grid was too fast.

  “Jude!”

  Jude’s life was in danger. His first knight. He was special because Grid had selected him and trained him directly from among the soldiers. Grid couldn’t just watch as he lost Jude. It was also to an ally! Jude heard Grid’s shouted and stopped with a flinch. Then without thinking, he somehow caught the sword with his bare hands and took it away. It was the ideal linkage of the I have no Idea passive skill and Weapon Capture skill.

  “Heok?”

  Iyarugt didn’t like it. His attacks had been avoided a few times, but it was the first time someone took away his sword with bare hands. A sword demon having his sword stolen, it was a reality that was hard to believe.

  ‘This guy is actually really big!’

  Iyarugt thought Jude was a fool because he wandered around naked. Grid approached Iyarugt and Jude.

  “You aren’t enemies. From now on, I will give a severe punishment to those who attack their allies.”

  “Daring to command me…” Iyarugt expressed his resistance.

  “Yes.” Jude nodded without thinking.

  Why was he fighting this evil old man in front of him? Jude had already forgotten. His maximum intelligence was 20. Maxong had been watching the situation dumbly. He couldn’t bear it any longer and shouted. “What are you doing?”

  The enemies were playing around in front of him? It was reprehensible. He had wanted to punish them while they were attacking each other, but he couldn’t use such a contemptible method as a king.