Overgeared Chapter 144:
Chapter 144
[Critical!]
[You have dealt 183,900 damage to the target . ]
The fusion skill Transcended Link did more damage than Kill . In addition, it also caused the status condition of stiffness . It was the birth of a new special move .
Kiyaaaaaah!
The awakened guardian screamed with pain from the profound blow . Then notification windows flashed in front of Grid .
[Pagma’s Swordsmanship has reached a higher ground . ]
[The level of Pagma’s Swordsmanship has increased . ]
[Pagma’s Swordsmanship]
Lv . 2
-When the skill is deactivated-
You can become one with the sword at any time . Increases physical attack by 30%, critical hit rate by 20% and critical damage by 10% .
* This effect is only applied when a sword type weapon is equipped .
* The skill consumes no mana .
-When the skill is activated-
Become one with the sword . Wave, Restraint, Link, Kill, Transcend and Transcended Link . You can unleash a total of six sword techniques .
* The effect of the deactivated skill will be lost .
* 20 mana is required to activate the skill .
* Once deactivated, it will take 10 seconds until the skill can be activated again . Nothing will be consumed when deactivated .
“This is good . ”
His physical attack power, critical hit chance, and critical damage when Pagma’s Swordsmanship was deactivated had increased by 10% . It was comparable to the Advanced Weapon Mastery skill that only rankers above level 240 could acquire . No, it was more than that .
‘I am sorry that it is only applied when deactivated, but…’
He only activated Pagma’s Swordsmanship whenever he used active skills such as Wave, Kill, and Link . Unfortunately, all of those active skills had a long cooldown time . Due to this, the time he activated Pagma’s Swordsmanship was very short, and Grid looked forward to the deactivated effect in the future .
Kuweeeeeoh!
The awakened guardian roared . Its health gauge was reduced by one-third . It cried out for Grid to come down to the ground and fight .
“You want to kill me?”
Grid scoffed from the sky . Now that the level of Pagma’s Swordsmanship had risen, he wanted to go down and test out its power . But why should he make things harder for himself?
“It is up to here . ”
Suuuuoh .
Grid took a high-grade health potion and started to unfold his sword dance again . He did two sword dances in succession . He was aiming for a new skill fusion . This time it was Transcend and Wave . Grid had no doubt that the fusion of these two skills would result in a powerful skill like Transcended Link .
“Transcend, Wave!”
Grid was filled with anticipation . But there was no skill fusion . The effects were the normal skills .
Kukukukung!
The black energy swords poured down from the sky like a waterfall in every direction . It was a very threatening attack for the awakened guardian . It used all the hard minerals and rocks on its body to form a shell .
[You have dealt 15,800 damage to the target . ]
[The target’s attack speed has reduced . ]
“This . ”
The skill fusion might’ve failed but Wave’s attack power was doubled due to Transcend . The shell was badly damaged .
‘It seems only some of the sword dances can be fused… I will take care of this first, then experiment later . ’
The ones he wanted to try fusing most were Transcend and Kill, or Link and Kill . If the fusion was possible, it would be a skill that went beyond the power of Transcended Link .
But the cooldown time for Kill was 400 seconds, even with the 20% decrease in cooldown time from Braham’s Boots . The experiment had to be postponed because the cooldown time of Kill wasn’t over yet .
“Blacksmith’s Rage!”
Grid’s attack power and attack speed rose! He wielded Dainsleif with all his strength .
Pepepepeong!
Depending on the angle with which Grid swung Dainsleif, sword energies with different shapes were fired .
It was impossible for the guardian to evade due to having its movement speed slowed by Wave . the Awakened Guardian of the Forest was unable to defend against all attacks with its shell and started to scream again .
“Amazing!”
“Viscount Grid is invincible…”
Romeo and the soldiers were thrilled . The powerful Guardian of the Forest was being one-sidedly turned into a turtle inside its shell . Grid truly seemed to transcend human limits . But this transcendent dignity was only temporary .
[The duration of Transcend is over . ]
The cooldown time was 50 minutes, while the duration was only 30 seconds .
“Pant pant…”
After constantly attacking for 30 seconds, Grid stopped and suffered from the stamina loss . Despite his high persistence stat, he was exhausted and gasping for breath . However, his expression was relaxed .
‘It is almost over . ’
The awakened guardian only had a quarter of its health left . After being hit by Transcended Link, it started to use its minerals as a shield, but it was useless . Grid’s power in Transcend mode was so overwhelming that its health kept falling .
The cooldown time for Kill was almost over, so it was time to finish this . Grid recovered his breathing as he slowly descended .
“I will collect it . ”
Grid was ready to take out his pickaxe . However, he overlooked the fact that night was coming .
Kikik . Kkikikikik .
Grid descended to the ground because he believed that he had caught the awakened guardian when it suddenly made a strange sound . As the surroundings darkened, the red eyes turned blue and the blue orichalcum on its body started to turn purple .
“What? What are you trying to do?”
Grid frowned as he sensed the change . Then there was an explosion of magic power from the transformed awakened guardian .
Kwaaaang!
“Ouch!”
The explosion seemed like it would blow the entire forest away . Grid was blown away by the aftermath of the explosion just before he landed on the ground, then he rotated several times as he was thrown into the forest .
Ku tang tang tang! Kwa kwang!
“Ouch…”
Grid fell onto some rocks and shuddered with pain . He was covered with volcanic ash that poured from the shaking trees . Grid spat out the ash in his mouth and cursed .
“That crazy bastard… Eh?”
Grid murmured as he rose from his spot .
Kwang! Kwang! The speed of the awakened guardian rushing through the forest couldn’t be compared to before . But Grid didn’t feel any tension .
Jjejeong!
The rotating pavranium defended against the fists and kicks of the awakened guardian .
The awakened guardian attempted to strike through gaps in the pavranium, but the wall of defense developed by the pavranium was absolute . They successfully defended against the awakened guardian’s lightning speed attacks .
Grid snorted . “Isn’t it amazing? This is the power of items . ”
Kiyaaaaaah!
The awakened guardian yelled like it didn’t like his words . Then a blue flash emerged from its open mouth .
Jeeeong!
The pavranium shook as they blocked the flash . They became stiff and didn’t move, just like when they defended against Jishuka’s arrow . This was bad . Grid’s face tensed for the first time .
Kikik . Kik .
The awakened guardian made a sound like it was laughing and shot past the pavranium . Grid didn’t stay still . He defended against the kick flying towards his abdomen with Dainsleif .
Chaaeng!
[The durability of +5 Dainsleif (Reproduction) has been reduced by 46 . ]
‘What?’
Before the change, Dainsleif’s durability had dropped by 37 when he defended against the guardian’s attack . But now it dropped by another 20% . Looking at this numerically, it meant that the guardian’s attack power had increased by 20% .
‘What is this?’
Grid was confused by the strengthened guardian before noticing the darkness that was around him . It was night . He recalled some of the descriptions written about Failure .
‘Attack power +20% in dark places . ’
‘Due to the nature of the blue orichalcum, it becomes stronger in the dark . ’
“…Should I have come in the morning?”
After entering the Grey Forest in the afternoon, he had wasted time by hunting monsters, including the poison flowers and goblin lord .
Chaaeng! Chaaeng!
“How rotten!”
Grid pledged that next time he would come in the morning, as he defended against the awakened guardian’s onslaught . Dainsleif boasted a maximum durability of 500 . It was experiencing continuous durability loss and started cracking .
During that time, pavranium recovered and started to protect Grid again . However, the guardian had already found the method to disable it . It fired the blue flash at the pavranium again .
“Damn! Damn!”
Grid’s personality started to be revealed under his confusion and agitation . He lost his coolness . The awakened guardian stretched like it was making fun of him . Kik . There was a strange noise like a laugh .
It was an obvious provocation!
“You dog bastard!”
The moment that Grid was about to completely lose control of his thinking power .
[The effect of the composure stat is activated . ]
His 400 points in composure showed an effect . Grid instantly recovered his cool thanks to it . A greatsword user focused on attacks that used its weight to deal damage .
Peeeeok!
Grid didn’t defend against the flying fist .
[You have suffered 7,300 damage . ]
Immediately after the hit,
“Ohhhhhh!”
He swung his greatsword with all his strength .
Kwaang!
[Critical!]
[You have dealt 7,700 damage to the target . ]
Peeok!
[You have suffered 7,250 damage . ]
A hit once again .
[You have dealt 3,900 damage to the target . ]
He hit back .
“Yes, let’s see who dies first!”
Grid was originally a person whose control sucked . His combat method was simple . Hit, be hit, drink potions and hit again .
[You have suffered 7,140 damage . ]
[You have dealt 3,920 damage to the target . ]
[You have taken a high-grade health potion . 8,000 health will be restored . ]
[You have suffered 7,300 damage . ]
[Critical!]
[You have dealt 7,810 damage to the target . ]
[You have been hit by a lethal blow!]
[You have suffered 15,600 damage . ]
Hit! Be hit! Drink potion!
Then at this moment,
[The effect of Doran’s Ring has been activated . ]
[The option of the Holy Light Armor has been activated . ]
[23,400 health has been restored . ]
The power of his items was revealed .
Kkik?
The awakened guardian panicked . The more it fought the intruder, the weaker it was becoming, while the intruder seemed the same .
Buuong .
The guardian was disadvantaged every time it was hit, so it became cautious . It avoided the big greatsword and tried to counterattack when Grid’s back was exposed . Then it was surprised . It was because Grid had been moving in one direction, but he suddenly turned towards the opposite direction .
Chaaeng!
The guardian flinched as it was hit in the waist .
Tong! Grid’s right foot left the ground . He used that reaction to raise Dainsleif, which was stuck in the awakened guardian’s waist .
Kwajak!
The body of the awakened guardian was thrown into the air . Unlike the past, Grid now had some level of control .
“Pagma’s Swordsmanship…!”
He planned to trigger the final blow while the guardian was defenseless in the air .
Kiyaaaaaah!
The guardian’s survival instincts woke up! It didn’t want to die alone so it instead aimed the blue flash from its mouth towards Grid .
“Kill!”
Peeeeeong!
The greatsword shattered the head of the awakened guardian .
Puoook!
The blue flash pierced Grid’s heart .
[A legend doesn’t die easily . You can resist all attacks for 5 seconds with a minimum of health . ]
Grid lived .
On the other hand, the awakened guardian’s head was destroyed and turned into grey light . Blue orichalcum ore was scattered all over the place, seeming more beautiful than ant jewel in the moonlight .
[Under two full moons, you have defeated the Awakened Guardian of the Forest!]
[14 pieces of blue orichalcum have been acquired . ]
[3 pieces of purple orichalcum have been acquired . ]
[The Amethyst Shield has been acquired . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level…]
[You have reached level 200!]
[Your stats have awakened and the unique features of all stats will improve . ]
“…How rotten . ”
Flop!
The joy of gaining levels and items only lasted for a short moment! Grid flopped down without any hesitation . Then he started lamenting on the ground . The enemy was so strong that he had focused on the battle and forgot about the pickaxe . It was a matter of huge regret for him .
[Critical!]
[You have dealt 183,900 damage to the target . ]
The fusion skill Transcended Link did more damage than Kill . In addition, it also caused the status condition of stiffness . It was the birth of a new special move .
Kiyaaaaaah!
The awakened guardian screamed with pain from the profound blow . Then notification windows flashed in front of Grid .
[Pagma’s Swordsmanship has reached a higher ground . ]
[The level of Pagma’s Swordsmanship has increased . ]
[Pagma’s Swordsmanship]
Lv . 2
-When the skill is deactivated-
You can become one with the sword at any time . Increases physical attack by 30%, critical hit rate by 20% and critical damage by 10% .
* This effect is only applied when a sword type weapon is equipped .
* The skill consumes no mana .
-When the skill is activated-
Become one with the sword . Wave, Restraint, Link, Kill, Transcend and Transcended Link . You can unleash a total of six sword techniques .
* The effect of the deactivated skill will be lost .
* 20 mana is required to activate the skill .
* Once deactivated, it will take 10 seconds until the skill can be activated again . Nothing will be consumed when deactivated .
“This is good . ”
His physical attack power, critical hit chance, and critical damage when Pagma’s Swordsmanship was deactivated had increased by 10% . It was comparable to the Advanced Weapon Mastery skill that only rankers above level 240 could acquire . No, it was more than that .
‘I am sorry that it is only applied when deactivated, but…’
He only activated Pagma’s Swordsmanship whenever he used active skills such as Wave, Kill, and Link . Unfortunately, all of those active skills had a long cooldown time . Due to this, the time he activated Pagma’s Swordsmanship was very short, and Grid looked forward to the deactivated effect in the future .
Kuweeeeeoh!
The awakened guardian roared . Its health gauge was reduced by one-third . It cried out for Grid to come down to the ground and fight .
“You want to kill me?”
Grid scoffed from the sky . Now that the level of Pagma’s Swordsmanship had risen, he wanted to go down and test out its power . But why should he make things harder for himself?
“It is up to here . ”
Suuuuoh .
Grid took a high-grade health potion and started to unfold his sword dance again . He did two sword dances in succession . He was aiming for a new skill fusion . This time it was Transcend and Wave . Grid had no doubt that the fusion of these two skills would result in a powerful skill like Transcended Link .
“Transcend, Wave!”
Grid was filled with anticipation . But there was no skill fusion . The effects were the normal skills .
Kukukukung!
The black energy swords poured down from the sky like a waterfall in every direction . It was a very threatening attack for the awakened guardian . It used all the hard minerals and rocks on its body to form a shell .
[You have dealt 15,800 damage to the target . ]
[The target’s attack speed has reduced . ]
“This . ”
The skill fusion might’ve failed but Wave’s attack power was doubled due to Transcend . The shell was badly damaged .
‘It seems only some of the sword dances can be fused… I will take care of this first, then experiment later . ’
The ones he wanted to try fusing most were Transcend and Kill, or Link and Kill . If the fusion was possible, it would be a skill that went beyond the power of Transcended Link .
But the cooldown time for Kill was 400 seconds, even with the 20% decrease in cooldown time from Braham’s Boots . The experiment had to be postponed because the cooldown time of Kill wasn’t over yet .
“Blacksmith’s Rage!”
Grid’s attack power and attack speed rose! He wielded Dainsleif with all his strength .
Pepepepeong!
Depending on the angle with which Grid swung Dainsleif, sword energies with different shapes were fired .
It was impossible for the guardian to evade due to having its movement speed slowed by Wave . the Awakened Guardian of the Forest was unable to defend against all attacks with its shell and started to scream again .
“Amazing!”
“Viscount Grid is invincible…”
Romeo and the soldiers were thrilled . The powerful Guardian of the Forest was being one-sidedly turned into a turtle inside its shell . Grid truly seemed to transcend human limits . But this transcendent dignity was only temporary .
[The duration of Transcend is over . ]
The cooldown time was 50 minutes, while the duration was only 30 seconds .
“Pant pant…”
After constantly attacking for 30 seconds, Grid stopped and suffered from the stamina loss . Despite his high persistence stat, he was exhausted and gasping for breath . However, his expression was relaxed .
‘It is almost over . ’
The awakened guardian only had a quarter of its health left . After being hit by Transcended Link, it started to use its minerals as a shield, but it was useless . Grid’s power in Transcend mode was so overwhelming that its health kept falling .
The cooldown time for Kill was almost over, so it was time to finish this . Grid recovered his breathing as he slowly descended .
“I will collect it . ”
Grid was ready to take out his pickaxe . However, he overlooked the fact that night was coming .
Kikik . Kkikikikik .
Grid descended to the ground because he believed that he had caught the awakened guardian when it suddenly made a strange sound . As the surroundings darkened, the red eyes turned blue and the blue orichalcum on its body started to turn purple .
“What? What are you trying to do?”
Grid frowned as he sensed the change . Then there was an explosion of magic power from the transformed awakened guardian .
Kwaaaang!
“Ouch!”
The explosion seemed like it would blow the entire forest away . Grid was blown away by the aftermath of the explosion just before he landed on the ground, then he rotated several times as he was thrown into the forest .
Ku tang tang tang! Kwa kwang!
“Ouch…”
Grid fell onto some rocks and shuddered with pain . He was covered with volcanic ash that poured from the shaking trees . Grid spat out the ash in his mouth and cursed .
“That crazy bastard… Eh?”
Grid murmured as he rose from his spot .
Kwang! Kwang! The speed of the awakened guardian rushing through the forest couldn’t be compared to before . But Grid didn’t feel any tension .
Jjejeong!
The rotating pavranium defended against the fists and kicks of the awakened guardian .
The awakened guardian attempted to strike through gaps in the pavranium, but the wall of defense developed by the pavranium was absolute . They successfully defended against the awakened guardian’s lightning speed attacks .
Grid snorted . “Isn’t it amazing? This is the power of items . ”
Kiyaaaaaah!
The awakened guardian yelled like it didn’t like his words . Then a blue flash emerged from its open mouth .
Jeeeong!
The pavranium shook as they blocked the flash . They became stiff and didn’t move, just like when they defended against Jishuka’s arrow . This was bad . Grid’s face tensed for the first time .
Kikik . Kik .
The awakened guardian made a sound like it was laughing and shot past the pavranium . Grid didn’t stay still . He defended against the kick flying towards his abdomen with Dainsleif .
Chaaeng!
[The durability of +5 Dainsleif (Reproduction) has been reduced by 46 . ]
‘What?’
Before the change, Dainsleif’s durability had dropped by 37 when he defended against the guardian’s attack . But now it dropped by another 20% . Looking at this numerically, it meant that the guardian’s attack power had increased by 20% .
‘What is this?’
Grid was confused by the strengthened guardian before noticing the darkness that was around him . It was night . He recalled some of the descriptions written about Failure .
‘Attack power +20% in dark places . ’
‘Due to the nature of the blue orichalcum, it becomes stronger in the dark . ’
“…Should I have come in the morning?”
After entering the Grey Forest in the afternoon, he had wasted time by hunting monsters, including the poison flowers and goblin lord .
Chaaeng! Chaaeng!
“How rotten!”
Grid pledged that next time he would come in the morning, as he defended against the awakened guardian’s onslaught . Dainsleif boasted a maximum durability of 500 . It was experiencing continuous durability loss and started cracking .
During that time, pavranium recovered and started to protect Grid again . However, the guardian had already found the method to disable it . It fired the blue flash at the pavranium again .
“Damn! Damn!”
Grid’s personality started to be revealed under his confusion and agitation . He lost his coolness . The awakened guardian stretched like it was making fun of him . Kik . There was a strange noise like a laugh .
It was an obvious provocation!
“You dog bastard!”
The moment that Grid was about to completely lose control of his thinking power .
[The effect of the composure stat is activated . ]
His 400 points in composure showed an effect . Grid instantly recovered his cool thanks to it . A greatsword user focused on attacks that used its weight to deal damage .
Peeeeok!
Grid didn’t defend against the flying fist .
[You have suffered 7,300 damage . ]
Immediately after the hit,
“Ohhhhhh!”
He swung his greatsword with all his strength .
Kwaang!
[Critical!]
[You have dealt 7,700 damage to the target . ]
Peeok!
[You have suffered 7,250 damage . ]
A hit once again .
[You have dealt 3,900 damage to the target . ]
He hit back .
“Yes, let’s see who dies first!”
Grid was originally a person whose control sucked . His combat method was simple . Hit, be hit, drink potions and hit again .
[You have suffered 7,140 damage . ]
[You have dealt 3,920 damage to the target . ]
[You have taken a high-grade health potion . 8,000 health will be restored . ]
[You have suffered 7,300 damage . ]
[Critical!]
[You have dealt 7,810 damage to the target . ]
[You have been hit by a lethal blow!]
[You have suffered 15,600 damage . ]
Hit! Be hit! Drink potion!
Then at this moment,
[The effect of Doran’s Ring has been activated . ]
[The option of the Holy Light Armor has been activated . ]
[23,400 health has been restored . ]
The power of his items was revealed .
Kkik?
The awakened guardian panicked . The more it fought the intruder, the weaker it was becoming, while the intruder seemed the same .
Buuong .
The guardian was disadvantaged every time it was hit, so it became cautious . It avoided the big greatsword and tried to counterattack when Grid’s back was exposed . Then it was surprised . It was because Grid had been moving in one direction, but he suddenly turned towards the opposite direction .
Chaaeng!
The guardian flinched as it was hit in the waist .
Tong! Grid’s right foot left the ground . He used that reaction to raise Dainsleif, which was stuck in the awakened guardian’s waist .
Kwajak!
The body of the awakened guardian was thrown into the air . Unlike the past, Grid now had some level of control .
“Pagma’s Swordsmanship…!”
He planned to trigger the final blow while the guardian was defenseless in the air .
Kiyaaaaaah!
The guardian’s survival instincts woke up! It didn’t want to die alone so it instead aimed the blue flash from its mouth towards Grid .
“Kill!”
Peeeeeong!
The greatsword shattered the head of the awakened guardian .
Puoook!
The blue flash pierced Grid’s heart .
[A legend doesn’t die easily . You can resist all attacks for 5 seconds with a minimum of health . ]
Grid lived .
On the other hand, the awakened guardian’s head was destroyed and turned into grey light . Blue orichalcum ore was scattered all over the place, seeming more beautiful than ant jewel in the moonlight .
[Under two full moons, you have defeated the Awakened Guardian of the Forest!]
[14 pieces of blue orichalcum have been acquired . ]
[3 pieces of purple orichalcum have been acquired . ]
[The Amethyst Shield has been acquired . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level…]
[You have reached level 200!]
[Your stats have awakened and the unique features of all stats will improve . ]
“…How rotten . ”
Flop!
The joy of gaining levels and items only lasted for a short moment! Grid flopped down without any hesitation . Then he started lamenting on the ground . The enemy was so strong that he had focused on the battle and forgot about the pickaxe . It was a matter of huge regret for him .