Overgeared

by Park Saenal

  “How can I get +10…?”

  According to the statistics of a rich person who said he used billions of won just purchasing enhancement stones, if a person was lucky enough to get to +7, the probability of a +1 reinforcement was 0.01% while the probability of a -1 failure was 99.9%.

  Adding more than +2 was impossible, no matter how much money was poured it. Of course, the +8 and +9 items had a lower success rate and higher failure rate. Thus, even the wealthy people tended to abandon strengthening items above +7. They aimed for enhancing +6 items with the blessed enhancement stones in the hope of making a +9 item. Some tried more than a thousand times and only succeeded once.

  It was Grid, not one of the wealthy heirs, who got a +10 enhanced weapon. He realized that the passive skill of Pagma’s Descendent, ‘increase the probability of item enhancement’ was very helpful.

  “Indeed… I have an almost 100% success rate up to +5.”

  Apart from Grid, most people found it easy to enhance to +5. The enhancement success rate was very high up to +6. But there was also a probability of failure and some people tasted that frustration. Yet Grid didn’t. He almost always succeeded up to +5. He grumbled every day, but he had actually been enjoying the passive effect of increased item enhancement probability.

  “Uhhh…”

  Grid suddenly grabbed his chest.

  Thump thump thump thump.

  The moment that he realized this was reality, not a dream, his heart started pounded at a tremendous speed. His whole body started sweating and he was breathing roughly. Was it joy at being the first player to get a +10 enhanced weapon? He couldn’t even feel it. His head was so blank that he couldn’t feel excited at all.

  ‘Hrmm.’

  Braham watched silently. The ultimate enhancement. In fact, Pagma had accomplished this a few times. Braham wanted to give Grid a chance to enjoy it, no matter how he felt about the current Grid. Then after a while.

  “Hah… Hah…” Grid regained his stability and breathed in deeply. His eyes were shining. “I did it! I did it!!”

  Grid jumped forward. He was happy at fighting against the evil bad luck that plagued him all his life. Of course, it was likely that this good luck would be returned to him as bigger misfortune later on.

  ‘That doesn’t matter.’

  He would just overcome it again. Grid made a fist and confirmed the information of the +10 Mjolnir.

  [Ultimate Enhanced Mjolnir - Human World Version]

  Durability: 689/689

  Attack Power: 1,333~2,363

  * Accuracy +50%.

  * Acceleration will rise when it’s thrown.

  * Every time the target is hit, it will cause a 0.3 second of stiffness state.

  * The durability of any objects hit will fall (except your own items).

  * 3,800 fixed damage will be dealt to demonkin and the undead.

  * There is a high chance to induce the ‘fear’ state in those who recognize it as an enemy.

  * The workmanship speed of blacksmith related skills will rapidly increase.

  * Magic Detection (Enhanced) has been attached to it. The bonus of addition accuracy was increased to 50%.

  Enhancement was difficult. There was a overwhelming high probability of failure and losing millions of won. It was a tremendous burden for ordinary people. But there was a reason people clung to it. The ability to raise the stats with the enhancement level was great. Every time an item was enhanced, the item’s stats increased by 5~7%.

  “Really crazy…”

  The attack power and options increase were enormous. The minimum damage was a huge 1,333. It was more powerful than most legendary weapons. Of course, this was a story when compared to +6 weapons.

  “Anyway, I have overcome the limitations of a blunt weapon.”

  It didn’t matter if only the minimum attack power appeared. It could inflict massive damage on the enemy. The only major drawback of Mjolnir was overcome by the high enhancement value.

  ‘It’s worth it.’

  He had stayed in the smithy for 29 days to make all four Mjolnirs have a legendary rating. It was so painful that he wanted to give up many times. But he did it in the end. After repeated production, destruction, production and destruction, all four hammers were completed with a legendary rating. In the process, one of the drake’s fangs was destroyed and the durability of the remaining adamantium reached its limit.

  Now he succeeded in enhancing one to +10. He was happy. Really happy.

  ‘I have to play harder in the future.’

  Grid burned with motivation as a notification window appeared in front of him.

  [The cooldown of the skill ‘Summon Sword Demon Iyarugt’ has returned.]

  “…Okay.”

  It was a good opportunity to test the weapon. Grid grinned wickedly and headed for the training ground.

  ***

  The abyss.

  Iyarugt’s soul was indignant.

  ‘How can the best swordsman of hell be beaten by a human…?’

  It was impossible. He blamed it on his sealed strength. He wanted to quickly regain his strength. But before that, his idea of taming Grid was still intact. He would be able to speed up the resurrection time if he could use Grid. However.

  ‘He’s trying to tame me.’

  Yesterday, there were no enemies around when Iyarugt was summoned. It meant Grid summoned him for a one-on-one match.

  ‘Disgraceful person.’

  It was a chance to tame Iyragut so Grid attacked with the weapons he prepared in advance?

  ‘You were planning on fighting me from the beginning…!’

  Damn bastard! This weak person! Once Iyarugt found his original strength, bring it on.

  Grrrrr!

  Iyarugt’s anger rose. The more he thought about it, the more furious he became. It was too humiliating to fall for the trap of a human.

  ‘It won’t happen again.’

  Iyarugt would be prepared when he was summoned again.

  ‘I will win if I’m alert.’

  Iyarugt suddenly changed his mind.

  ‘No, maybe it could be dangerous.’

  There were four golden hammers.

  ‘The divine power is too risky.’

  They were surprisingly powerful weapons. If the weapons were a bit stronger, they could threaten the great demons.

  ‘Right now, I can’t endure the power of those weapons.’

  He had to fight and win in order to tame Grid. He was a demon who followed the will of strength.

  ‘In order to win against him, I need to neutralize the hammers…’

  The problem was that the hammers were hard to avoid. The four golden hands seemed to be swinging randomly, but there was no way to avoid them. Was there any way to prevent Grid from using the hammer? Iyarugt thought of a good idea.

  ‘It will hurt my pride, however…’

  Bending his head and then striking when Grid was unprepared was the most appropriate method.

  ‘Okay. Today I will get revenge for yesterday and then tame Grid every time I’m summoned. Kukukuk!’

  The moment Iyarugt was feeling excited alone.

  Pahat!

  Light appeared in the darkness. It was the summoning.

  ‘Okay, here goes!’

  Iyarugt’s soul moved to the light. He borrowed the sword to form a physical body.

  “Sweet.”

  Iyarugt recited a fixed phrase. Then he bowed to Grid who was staring at him.

  “I’m sorry for yesterday. I was impolite for randomly starting a fight.”

  It was an apology from the best swordsman of hell. Iyarugt was sure that his apology would be accepted.

  ‘Now he will accept my apology and ask for a handshake.’

  Grid wouldn’t be impolite.

  ‘After pretending to shake hands, I will kick and then…’

  It was perfect. He would succeed in his revenge.

  “Kukuk… Heok?”

  Iyarugt was laughing wickedly
when he became surprised. It was because four God Hands appeared behind Grid. The God Hands were holding the golden hammers from yesterday. Grid spoke to the irritated Iyarugt with an emotionless face.

  “I don’t like your attitude when apologizing.”

  Iyarugt cried out angrily, “What…? Then should I have knelt down before you? I am hell’s best swordsman! You’re just a human!”

  “I’m not just a human. I’m your master.”

  At the same time, Grid finished speaking.

  Pepepepeng!

  The God Hands rushed towards Iyarugt. They swung the hammer crazily through the air.

  “Eek! It’s futile!”

  Kwaduduk!

  Iyarugt grinded his teeth together as his anger soared through the roof. The golden hammers were swinging ignorantly. It was difficult to find a way to escape them, so he acted defensively. However.

  Kaaang!

  “Eek?”

  Iyarugt exclaimed as he blocked one Mjolnir with his sword. It was because the strength coming from Mjolnir was so powerful that he couldn’t endure it.

  ‘W-What? Why is the weapon more powerful than yesterday?’

  That’s right. The Mjolnir that Iyarugt defended against was the +10 one. The result was terrible.

  [The demonic sword Iyarugt couldn’t withstand the powerful shock and durability has dropped by 80.

  [The impact from the hammer is large. You will be rigid for 0.3 seconds!]

  [The impact from the hammer is large. You will be rigid for 0.1 seconds!]

  [You will be rigid for 0.1 sec…]

  The Ultimate Enhanced Mjolnir boasted a 100% accuracy and anyone struck by it would be rigid for 0.3 seconds. There was 0.1 seconds of stiffness when hit by the other Mjolnirs. Yes, infinite stiffness was possible if the Mjolnirs hit the target in turn. Iyarugt died more quickly than he did yesterday.

  “K… Kuoock… This… Why…”

  Yesterday, there was an excuse of being caught off guard by the separating swords, but not today. He was completely defeated to a terrible degree. It was also against weapons!

  “I… Iyarugt only fought against weapons…!”

  Iyarugt couldn’t help his resentment. Grid watched his soul start to be consumed by fire and opened his mouth.

  “I won. You can’t even win against my weapons, how can you win against me?”

  “Don’t be stupid…! Only your weapons are strong, not you!”

  “Yes, I am the one who made the weapons. Thus, I am strong.”

  “…!”

  Iyarugt was silent. Grid’s words were difficult to understand, but he couldn’t refute them. Grid smiled at him. It was the smile of a complete winner. It was full of relaxation.

  “I will see you again tomorrow. I hope that tomorrow your killing intent can reach me.”

  “Ugh…!”

  Iyarugt completely lost his form and returned to the demon sword. Grid felt a joy that other people couldn’t imagine.

  ‘This is really amazing.’

  Beating the enemy without having to lift a finger. Grid wanted to enjoy this power and turned his gaze to the vampire cities.

  “I should set a new record while the experience buff is still present.”

  He was told that the seven people elite party of Overgeared had shortened the time it took to clear a vampire city to 5 hours. What if he broke the record alone? It was possible. It was the moment when the myth of Grid’s levelling was about to break the world.

  Chapter 489

  Chapter 489

  S.A. Group’s headquarters were located in Seoul.

  The operations team monitoring Grid cheered in unison.

  “Whoa! Grid finally did it!”

  “Yes, all the Mjolnir are legendary rated!”

  “It’s a human victory!”

  For 10 days in real time, the S.A. Group had been concentrating on one thing. It was the process of Grid’s item production. Grid created the golden hammer Mjolnir using the Legendary Blacksmith’s Creation skill. It was a hot topic because he spent 29 days of game time focusing on making legendary rated Mjolnirs.

  “Hey, I never thought he would accomplish it.”

  “The power of obsession. He destroyed an item he took an average of 22 hours to make and repeatedly made it again. I could never do what Grid did.”

  “Right. It isn’t just hammering for 22 hours. You have to work with extreme concentration. Is it easy to repeat this dozens of times?”

  “It’s great. I would’ve given up after the third or fourth time. Think about it. What if after making an item all day, it isn’t legendary rated? The frustration would be huge and crush my mentality. But Grid managed it.”

  “Hrmm… What is the special event that Pagma’s Descendant will experience when they make the 15th legendary item?”

  The 10th legendary item removed the item penalties. It was obvious that even greater benefits would be received at the 15th legendary item. But they didn’t know what it was.

  “Only Grid and the 1st Development Team knows.”

  The team leader of the 1st Development Team was Lim Cheolho. It was a team that developed the pivotal settings and stories of Satisfy. Therefore, all the legendary classes except for the growth type were produced by this team.

  “Kung… I would ask them but they won’t reveal anything. Shit, I’m really curious. Can we only continue to monitor him?”

  On the other hand, Grid in the game was beating Iyarugt. The operating team admired the power of Mjolnir’s high accuracy, only to click their tongues.

  “Grid is going to suffer again.”

  Grid was buying a large amount of enhancement stones from the auction house. The operating team shook their heads when they saw his finger tremble every time he pressed the BUY button.

  ‘This time, Grid will explode.’

  It was natural. Grid had no luck. As usual, he would continue to fail and it would reach the point where the S.A. Group talked about raising the probability. Team Leader Yoon Nahee shrugged, “Hey, we don’t know yet. Grid made more than 20 billion won in the National Competition. Would he curse like his old self after a few enhancement failures?”

  After a while.

  “…Still the same.”

  “…”

  In the video, Grid was half crazy. His anger soared into the sky due to the consecutive enhancement failures. Curses started to fall from his mouth.

  “How pitiful…”

  The operating team used to enjoy Grid’s luck in the past, but not now. Now Grid was the pride of South Korea. It was the honest opinion of the operating team who hoped for Grid to keep raising South Korea’s stature in the National Competitions. In their minds, they wanted to help Grid directly.

  However, the S.A. Group weren’t allowed to intervene in the game in principle. It was impossible systematically as well. Not even Chairman Lim Cheolho could do it. All control was placed in the hands of the supercomputer Morpheus in case of unintentional manipulation.

  “Eh?”

  “Ah, it’s a complete failure.”

  The operating team members were saddened. The +6 items failed in succession and now Grid was trying to enhance the +7 Mjolnir. There was a 99.9% of failure when enhancing a +7 weapon. The team members expected that Grid’s Mjolnir would drop to +6. But what was the truth?

  “Huh…?”

  The operating team members were stunned. Inside the game, Grid was cheering. At this moment. The monitors of the operating team as well as the development teams started flashing red. It was the signal that a big issue had occurred in the game.

  [The ultimate enhancement item has appeared in the game. The ultimate enhancement item has appeared in the game. The player who succeeded in the ultimate enhancement is ‘Grid.’]

  ***

  There were a total of 15 vampire cities. But the Overgeared members only succeeded in clearing seven. There was a possibility that the strongest vampire called Marie Rose would appear in cities 1~8. However, the situation had ch
anged. It was because with Braham’s help, Grid could figure out the exact location of Marie Rose.

  “She’s in the 2nd city?”

  ‘Yes, there’s no possibility of her appearing in another city.’

  “Okay. Then I will start from the 8th city in an orderly manner.”

  South Korea was ranked second overall in the National Competition and their players received a 27% experience buff for a fortnight. The whole nation benefited from Grid’s actions. But Grid had gone to Siren and was then focused on making items. He didn’t see any benefits from the buff. He hadn’t be able to hunt once and now there were only two days remaining for the buff. He thought it was a waste.

  “Well, I would’ve chosen this result.”

  Grid had made four legendary rated Mjolnirs, and one of them was the ultimate enhanced weapon. He felt positive. There were no regrets about his choice. It was natural since the results were good. Grid crossed the desert and reached the entrance of the 7th city. Then he checked the rankings window.

  After the National Competition, the rankings had gone through a big upheaval.

  1st. Chris.

  2nd. Mando.

  3rd. Red

  4th. Agnus.

  5th. Fang.

  ‘Who are Red and Fang?’

  Zibal had recently disappeared from the rankings. It was estimated that he had acquired a hidden class. The 1st ranked Kraugel and 2nd ranked Zibal had disappeared. Chris naturally took the first place, Mando (the previous 4th) was in second place and Agnus in fourth place.

  Grid didn’t know who Red and Fang were.

  ‘Unofficial rankers?’

  There were many unofficial rankings high enough to threaten the existing rankings. Grid was one of them. No, he wasn’t one of them.

  ‘Right now, my level isn’t even in the top 60.’

  While he stayed in the smithy, the rankers were enjoying the experience buffs of their country and raised their level. The gap had widened considerably. Yet Grid judged that there was no problem. No, he saw this as a good situation.

  “It’s time to show off.”

  It was natural to aim for the number one spot. In addition, Grid wanted to show his process to the whole world.

  “Ranking registration.”

  [Disabling the informal ranking will reveal your level to all players. Is it okay?]

  “Of course it’s fine.”