Overgeared

by Park Saenal

  Just like Agnus right now.

  ‘I was too impatient. I should’ve instructed Mumud to defend.’

  It was too early to judge that Grid’s attack would come from the sky. No, it was a mistake to be overconfident that he could protect Mumud from Grid’s attacks. Agnus commanded Mumud to cast attack magic and as a result, Mumud was exposed to Grid’s magic and suffered a serious injury.

  The 10 pairs of Fireball and Dark Cutter caused Mumud to lost 30,000 mana and 70,000 health with every hit. Now Mumud had 50,000 health remaining and 170,000 mana.

  ‘The lowest level magic could exert such power…’

  It wasn’t just high attack power. It required an incredible computing ability to use 20 magic spells simultaneously, even if they were the lowest rated magic.

  ‘Is this Braham’s unique characteristic?’

  Like Mumud, Braham had his own unique magic style. It wasn’t strange if he had increased speed in magic casting and mana recovery. Agnus reached a conclusion.

  ‘This situation is bad for me.’

  Mumud’s magic was classified as ‘high level’ magic. Mumud was a magician of mass destruction. On the other hand, Braham was well-rounded. It was possible for him to use low level magic with unbelievable power and there was no delay between spells. It meant he was specialized. In one on one matches, Braham was ahead of Mumud.

  ‘My role is important.’

  Now Agnus was only focused on the battle in front of him. He had succeeded in completely forgetting the memory of reality that afflicted his mind and soul.

  Sururuk.

  The moment that Agnus calmed down.

  “You should stay focused.”

  A handsome man with black hair was watching the TV and cheering for Grid. It was Kraugel.

  ***

  ‘Hrmm.’

  Agnus commanded Mumud to cancel the casting of the attack magic and to enter the ‘defense’ and ‘evade’ mode. He avoided the Fireballs and Dark Cutters that Grid was launching while continuing to look elsewhere. It was in the direction of the battle between White and Regas and Euphemina. At that moment.

  Peeng!

  Agnus shook as he was hit in the arm by a fireball.

  ‘…It’s tricky.’

  Fireball and Dark Cutter had simple paths as the lowest grade magic. It was relatively easy to avoid the attacks if he didn’t think about counterattacking. However, Grid suddenly used 10 pairs of Fireball and Dark Cutter at the same time. This meant that Agnus was occasionally hit.

  On the other hand, Mumud was completely protecting himself with defensive spells. Agnus was relieved by the sight and looked at White again. She was overwhelming Regas, but couldn’t deal the finishing blow. It was because the female magician called Euphemina interfered with White during important moments. It seemed impossible for White to suppress them alone during a short time.

  ‘It isn’t useless.’

  Agnus pulled out his sword and licked it. Then something amazing happened.

  Pisisik.

  Agnus’ tongue started corroding the sword.

  ‘What?’

  Grid’s eyes shook as he kept using Fireball and Dark Cutter to attack Mumud. He was astonishing by the toxicity contained in Agnus, as the blade was corroded with a lick of the tongue.

  At that moment.

  Teong!

  Agnus escaped to the rear. He left Mumud to deal with Grid alone and moved to the place where White was.

  “It’s dangerous!”

  Grid hurriedly shouted. He thought Agnus was trying to attack Regas and Euphemina. But Agnus wasn’t aiming at them.

  Puok!

  “Kuock!”

  Agnus’ sword pierced the abdomen of a woman. It was White.

  “Eh?”

  Attacking the same side? Everyone was shocked while White’s face distorted. She was the most confused.

  “What are you doing?”

  Agnus whispered to White.

  “Accept your fate.”

  Shaaaaah!

  Purple demonic energy emanated from the corroded sword and started to flow through White’s veins and muscles. It was the precursor of Death Knight Transformation.

  [You have temporarily made the target a death knight.]

  [If the target accepts the magic, they will become a death knight and their species will change to the undead. At this point, all stats will increase by 23% and they will have the ‘Death Aura’ skill. However, they will be extremely vulnerable to divine magic and won’t benefit from healing effects.]

  Death Knight Transformation. It made a living person into a death knight, giving them the deadly abilities of a death knight. It was a strength that Agnus obtained from clearing a hidden quest. It was a fraudulent power, but it was also risky. The downside of this skill was that…

  [’Agnus’ wants to make you a death knight! Once the duration of Death Knight Transformation is over, you will die and lose experience!]

  ‘Shit!’

  The person who became a death knight would receive a huge penalty. No one would accept Death Knight Transformation unless they had a great deal of loyalty towards Agnus. Agnus whispered to the hesitating White.

  “If you refuse, I will kill you. Accept it with ease. Yes? Kukuk!”

  Death Knight Transformation could also be used on a corpse. However, if a corpse was made into a death knight, the abilities weren’t fully applied and Agnus would have to control it directly. It was the next best thing.

  “Son of a bitch… Reward me properly later!”

  White was caught and couldn’t refuse Agnus. She grudgingly accepted the Death Knight Transformation. Then…

  Kiyaaaaaaah!

  Peeeeeong!

  White’s fist emitted a purple aura and she aimed it at Regas and Euphemina.

  “Regas! Euphemina!”

  Jishuka and Pon were surprised while facing Black. The power of White was overwhelming after she transformed into a death knight. Grid also seemed to be in danger. Agnus smiled with satisfaction.

  “Kikik, this is the power of a necromancer. Isn’t that right?”

  Death Knight Transformation was a one-time skill with a time limit, but it didn’t consume the dominance stat. It was the only way to have a death knight and Mumud, since Mumud consumed a lot of dominance. Agnus was confident. He would tie up Grid’s feet with White and then Mumud would cast the ultimate spell, destroying Grid in an instant.

  It wasn’t just Agnus. All the viewers thought this was Grid’s defeat.

  “It will soon be over.”

  Veradin sighed while facing Scott. All the necromancers, including himself, had exerted an excessive amount of power to block the Ares Army. The Ares Army was strong and was likely to counterattack if more time kept passing. Veradin wanted Agnus to end the fight as soon as possible.

  ‘I didn’t expect Agnus to waste such a long time on Grid… What?’

  The battlefield, which had been balanced for minutes, would now be overturned. Veradin’s eyes widened. A shadow was cast on the battlefield where tens of thousands of troops were fighting.

  “What…?”

  Veradin and the others in Immortal. In addition, all of the Ares members doubted their eyes. They couldn’t understand the sight of the massive pillar falling from the sky.

  “Free Farming Peak Style, Pounding Mortar.”

  “…?”

  A strange voice entered the ears of all the confused people.

  Kuwaaaaaang!

  A pillar fell from the sky. It was a massive force that crushed White who was rushing towards Grid.

  “…Eh?”

  A pillar suddenly falling from the sky? Death Knight White was killed in one blow? Agnus couldn’t close his mouth. His head was blank from the situation he couldn’t understand.

  “You were the one who called a friend first. Yes?”

  “…”

  Grid had unleashed hundreds of magic at once and lost a lot of mana. A middle-aged man with a hand plow and sickle stood besi
de the tired Grid. His name was Piaro. He was now a famous legendary farmer.

  “You dare…! Who would dare go against the Overgeared King!?”

  Kuooooh!

  The fierce Piaro! The grains of the world responded to his anger. Piaro triggered Natural State and narrowed the distance to Agnus in an instant.

  “Fated to Perish.”

  “…?!”

  Puk!

  A voice filled the silent battlefield.

  “N-No…”

  “…”

  Grid and Euphemina were frustrated.

  Chapter 665

  Chapter 665

  -I will leave your share, so please don’t interfere.

  It was the whisper that Grid had sent to Euphemina immediately after Agnus summoned Lich Mumud. Grid didn’t want Euphemina to interfere in his confrontation with Agnus. It was because he wanted to win against Agnus, who was praised as the best, and be reborn as a true master. Euphemina was convinced. She didn’t mind Grid’s useless pride and respected it.

  Thus, she remained silent. She felt sorry for Regas, but she reserved her power and waited for the time when she could leave the battle with White. Grid would call her after showing a satisfactory performance against Agnus. However, this plan was ruined.

  “Fated to Perish.”

  Piaro appeared in response to Grid’s summons. He broke White with Pounding Mortar and then used the worst technique. The target was Agnus!

  Puk!

  “N-No…!”

  The death of the summoner meant the defeat of the familiar. Once Agnus started turning to grey due to the hand plow hitting his forehead, Grid and Euphemina felt despair. It was because it was natural for Mumud to die when Agnus died. That’s right. Due to Piaro, Grid failed the ‘Braham and Mumud’ quest, while Euphemina failed to clear her ‘Liberate Mumud’s Soul’ quest.

  “D-Damn Piaro…”

  He was a troll like Braham!

  “Ruined… Eh?”

  Grid doubted his eyes. It was because the grey covering Agnus had disappeared.

  ‘The death was cancelled halfway through?’

  The concept itself was different from the immortal passive possessed by legends or those who were close to being legends. The immortal passive was a skill that temporarily resisted death, while Agnus had already received the death sentence.

  ‘How is this possible?’

  Agnus’ dismal voice entered the ears of the confused Grid.

  “Kuk… Kukuk! I never dreamt that such a big boss monster would show up.”

  “…”

  Agnus lifted the grey coloration and appeared again. The flesh and muscles of his body were torn apart, exposing his bones. It was like seeing an undead, causing everyone to freeze.

  “Summoning knights… You don’t need to control the summoned targets, so it’s the best summoning skill.”

  Agnus swept away his green hair that was covered with blood and sweat. Of course, a person needed to have a noble title to be able to summon knights. But he never thought about using the Summon Knights skill in this battle. The players who he had a dominant relationship with were already engaged in battle and the NPCs had finite lives. It was too risky to summon them against the ‘strong’ Grid.

  “The bottom line is that your knight is too fraudulent.”

  Agnus stared at Piaro. A legendary NPC wasn’t something that players could face at this time. Wasn’t it unbalanced for such a monster to exist as someone’s possession?

  ‘People think like this when they see me.’

  Agnus laughed and remembered the Absolute Domination skill. Absolute Domination. It was a skill that Baal’s Contractor could only use three times. He could make a dead target his servant forever. Thus far, Agnus had only used Absolute Domination once. It was when he took away Lich Mumud from Braham.

  ‘I want to use this skill…’

  Agnus lips curved up. His eyes were filled with greed as he stared at Piaro. On the other hand, Piaro was looking at Agnus with a fierce hostility.

  “The power over death… A dangerous guy.”

  Agnus’ strength was so high that Piaro was alert against it. Piaro saw that if he didn’t finish off Agnus now, Agnus would someday strike back at Grid.

  “I have to kill you.”

  Taack!

  Piaro tightened his grip on his sickle and hand plow.

  “Ah, forget about today.”

  Agnus stepped back. The power of Immortal gathered near Agnus.

  Clack! Clack clack!

  Clack clack clack!

  Uwaaaaah-

  A barrier of thousands of skeletons was created. Even Piaro couldn’t rush through all of it and had to take a while. Veradin cried out as he broke through the encirclement of Ares troops.

  “Agnus, this way!”

  “Wait!” Grid called out to the retreating Agnus. “Do you have no pepper? Does it make sense for you to flee? Isn’t it shameful?”

  “Pepper?”

  Agnus froze in place. Grid thought his provocation would work. Unfortunately, Agnus was accustomed to criticism and mockery. He wasn’t sensitive enough to respond to Grid’s provocation.

  “No? Kik!”

  Flap.

  Agnus threw off his robe and revealed his lower body. It was in a skeletal state. It wasn’t a good view, causing Grid to flinch and some people to feel nauseous.

  “I will delay the game until next time. In any case, the quest doesn’t have a time limit. Kukuk!”

  Agnus tried to leave his position, but the Overgeared members and Ares troops weren’t willing to let him.

  “Fly Up!”

  The phoenix rose from Jishuka’s myth rated Red Phoenix Bow and acted as the signal for the Ares’ troops onslaught towards Agnus. But.

  “Raincoat. Body Shield.”

  Pepepepeok!

  Fly Up! was blocked by Agnus’ anti-air spell while the other skills were disabled by Body Shield. Of course, Agnus couldn’t stop every skill alone. But Agnus had hundreds of necromancers and their undead numbered in the thousands. It was virtually impossible to break through the undead army that was only focused on defense. Piaro and Euphemina struggled against the skeletons.

  “Next time we meet, summon the farmer and you will end up crying.”

  Agnus used Lich Mumud’s magic and retreated quickly. While Immortal was tying up the legs of the Overgeared and Ares members, Agnus left this meaningless comment and exited the battlefield.

  [You have failed to defeat Mumud.]

  [Braham’s promise will have to wait for next time.]

  ***

  The failure to kill Agnus couldn’t be interpreted as a loss. In the first place, Grid’s purpose was to help Ares occupy the Belto Kingdom and it was purely a coincidence that they met Agnus.

  『 As soon as Agnus and Immortal retreated, the Belto Kingdom raised the white flag! 』

  『 God of War Ares has occupied the Belto Kingdom and has become the second player king! 』

  『 It’s amazing that a person who possesses a national-level army has remained obscure for so long. I once again realized how wide the world of Satisfy is. 』

  『 In that sense, Agnus is also incredible. He might’ve been defeated and unable to keep his promise to kill both the Overgeared King and God of War, but his strength was unique. 』

  『 He blocked the Ares Army and elites of Overgeared… To be honest, the impact is bigger than when Kraugel appeared. I don’t know how many times I was thrilled watching him. 』

  『 But the conclusion is that Grid is much better. The first king who helped the birth of the second player king will be even higher. 』

  『 The farmer… 』

  The stir was huge. The second kingdom of players was born after the Overgeared Kingdom. It also seemed to have a strong relationship with the Overgeared Kingdom, exponentially increasing Grid’s influence. Numerous people became alert and fearful of Grid.

  The reputation of the Ares Army also soared into the sky. The impact tha
t people received was great because the unknown force had excelled over a kingdom. People suspected there were many hidden forces in addition to the Ares Army…

  And…

  “If Agnus hadn’t consumed power to deal with Ares in the beginning, the outcome of his battle with Grid might’ve been different.”

  “In particular, his undead appearance when he reached the point of death was thrilling. Agnus is at least the level of Kraugel.”

  “I felt charisma in the way he laughed while sacrificing the same side.”

  “Yes… Agnus is the only one. Let’s follow Agnus.”

  The former Blood Carnival members and other villains were attracted by Agnus’ strength and madness. They started to gather around Agnus.

  ***

  “I’m sorry.”

  Grid apologized to Euphemina. It was because she lost the opportunity to gain Lich Mumud due to his desires. Euphemina shook her head.

  “Don’t apologize. In the first place, it’s unclear if I could’ve suppressed Mumud even if I was part of the fight.”

  The encounter with Agnus was unexpected. It was pure coincidence in Grid and Euphemina’s eyes. It was doubtful that Euphemina, who had consumed a lot of skills dealing with the armored elite troops, would be in good shape against Agnus and Mumud.

  “He’s too strong.”

  Agnus’ strength far exceeded everyone’s expectations. But there were no shadows on the faces of Euphemina and the Overgeared members as they thought about Agnus. Agnus might be great, but Grid eventually won. The Overgeared members were reassured because Grid was by their side.

  However, Grid’s expression was dark.

  ‘The crowd was right. If Agnus had all his liches and death knights against me from the start, I would’ve been less likely to win.’

  If the Braham and Mumud quest hadn’t occurred, then Grid wouldn’t have been a match for Agnus. Grid was able to maintain his status due to the robust compensation effect of the quest.

  ‘Yes, I’m currently weaker than Agnus. I would’ve lost if it wasn’t for Piaro.’

  But.

  ‘The next time will be different.’