Overgeared Chapter 1106:

A slow and sluggish tone . . .

Lean flesh without muscles . . .

Only walking a short amount before needing to gasp . . .

A fragile heart that couldn’t even trample on a single ant . . .

People hated every aspect of me .  Between those who ignored me and those who mocked me for being pathetic, I always felt guilty .  I thought I was wrong .  I thought my existence was a nuisance .

Then I met her .

“You’re not wrong . ”

She told me .

You are cautious, not slow .  You aren’t weak . You’re just different from others .  The reason you can’t hurt an ant is that you know how to be considerate and respectful .

“You aren’t guilty . It is the other people around you who are mean . ”

She was my lighthouse .  She was my only home .  I relied on her arms, and she protected me .  Even when those beasts humiliated her, she smiled and assured me that she was fine .  A hundred times, a thousand times . . .  

No, she would’ve been a million times more scared and pained, but she . . .

“Ah . . . ”

He couldn’t reach again .  His arms and legs were too slow, unable to stop her from flying from the window .  His dull mouth couldn’t speak, and he couldn’t apologize to her—the one who was sad .  Like his heart, the arrow was already piercing Euphemina’s heart .  Her appearance resembled that of his former lover falling from the window .

“Ahh . . . !”

He already knew .  Reality and the game were different .  Death in a game was trivial and different from death in reality .  In the first place, they were different .  Even so—

Even so, why was he . . .

“Kuaaaaak!” Agnus’ scream echoed in the burning forest .  He recalled the end of his former lover through the collapsing Euphemina and completely lost his mind .

“Human . . . I won’t forgive you . ” It was the person who fired the arrow at Euphemina .  The voice of the dark elf Beniyaru, whom Agnus had been searching so desperately for, permeated Agnus’ ears .

“You . . . ! You!!” Agnus’ eyes filled with hatred was drawn to Beniyaru .  At this moment, Agnus was blaming himself, not someone else .  Why did he keep repeating the same mistake? Why did he give her leeway? Even though he knew there shouldn’t be anybody sacrificing for a trash like him, why?

He was a plague .  No one should come close to him .

“Die!” Agnus roared like a beast as he flew to Beniyaru .  However, Agnus’ current status was less than that of a normal player because he had reached his limits facing Marie Rose and Zibal in succession .  Beniyaru escaped from his slow attack and fired an arrow that shattered Agnus’ ribs .

Stagger .  Agnus’ unseemly body bent forward .  Beniyaru’s dagger aimed at his face .  

“Agnus!!”

Agnus pulled out the dagger stuck in his forehead and growled at Zibal, “Get lost!” 

He wanted to be alone .  There was no need for a new relationship .  He just wanted to resurrect his old lover and atone for her life .  As his vision flashed red, he recalled a skill he had always ignored .

[Assimilation]

[Part of the ego of the 1st great demon, Baal will descend to your body .

At this time, your class will be converted to Great Demon’ and control of the flesh will be transferred to Baal .

Skill Trigger Conditions: Enter a new contract .

Skill Duration: 2 minutes

Skill Cooldown: Reset every time 3,000 human lives are taken . ]

Agnus had to turn away from it .  He felt a great reluctance to give others control of his body .  Who in the world would transfer their body to someone else? It was only a very stupid or crazy person .  Furthermore, there was a bigger problem .  The real problem was the contents of the ‘contract’ needed to activate the skill .

(Slaughter 100 humans every day for the rest of your life . Your level will drop by one every time the contract is violated . )

Harming 100 humans every day wasn’t an easy task .  In particular, the stronger the opponent, the easier it was to harm him . Therefore, he didn’t have time to run and hunt humans every day .  Of course, a solution existed .  He could slaughter the relatively weak .  Visit a small village and destroy it or drop a spell at a hunting ground where novice players gathered . He would take 100 lives in an instant .

However, Agnus didn’t have the hobby of bullying the weak .  In particular, he was extremely reluctant to harm innocent children .  It wasn’t because he was particularly kind, but it was the nature of humans .  This was the decisive reason why Agnus turned away from the Assimilation skill .

Now things had changed .  Agnus lost his temper and was no longer bound by his previous conscience .  He had lost everything because he was weak .  Even the last dignity had been trampled on .  He had the right to pay back the same thing to the world .

Agnus awakened in a negative manner and shouted, “Baal!”

[Assimilation has been used . ]

[Baal, the absolute ruler of hell, is laughing cheerfully . ]

-Eung~? Agnus, what is this? I didn’t know you would make this choice?

“Don’t be sarcastic!”

-Kukukuk, I’m not being sarcastic .  I’m trying to compliment you .  Very well done .  In rare cases, you make the right decision .

[Part of Baal’s ego has entered your body . ]

Clouds filled the sky .  They were red clouds like blood .  All the plants in the forest quickly rotted, and the area was blackened .  The nasty air not only harmed the hurt and collapsed Euphemina but also Zibal and Beniyaru .  Every breath of poison they took in caused blood to flow out .

“What . . . ”

What was happening all of a sudden? The confused gazes of Euphemina and Zibal turned to Agnus .  They could see that Agnus’ entire body was covered in demonic energy .  The blackened whites of his eyes made his cold, gold pupils stand out even more .

“Kukuk, kuhahahat!” Agnus laughed loudly .  The piece of Baal’s ego that had descended to Agnus’ body pulled out a horn rising from his forehead and held it like a sword .  At the same time, Beniyaru fell .  There was a big hole in her chest .  The horn that Baal pulled out and held had suddenly pierced her chest .

“Fallen? Can this be called fallen when you are hiding like a rat in the forest?” Baal ridiculed Beniyaru as he narrowed the distance to her . He held Beniyaru’s hair in a vicious grip and whispered in her ear, “Keep this in mind, elf who is as timid as an adolescent boy . The only duty that the fallen must commit is revenge, destruction, and chaos . ”

Bang!

“Well, you wont have a chance to do that . ”

“ . . . ”

Beniyaru was beaten by Baal’s fists, and she flinched .  Her bloodied and bulging eyes were so horrendous that Zibal couldn’t bear to look .  Euphemina, who had been stunned because of the critical hit to her heart, finally shouted, “Agnus, calm down! I’m fine!”

“Hrmm . ”

Baal’s gaze turned to Euphemina .  “You are her . ” Step .  Step .  Baal smiled as he approached Euphemina . It was a really refreshing smile, but his fingertips were turning into daggers .  “The one who often showed ridiculous goodwill to my toy . ”

“Agnus . . . ?”

The dagger was inserted into Euphemina’s delicate neck .  Her blue eyes lost their light, and her small body collapsed like a broken doll in Baal’s arms .

“My head is ringing . Stop shouting . Now, now . Calm down . I’m going to make your dream come true from now on,” Baal said to himself as he threw away Euphemina who was beginning to turn to gray . Then he inserted the dagger drenched with Euphemina’s blood into Beniyaru, who was still lying against a huge tree .

Suddenly, a black-gold hand covered his face .  The dagger struck the hand, but there were still three more hands remaining .  Every one of them unleashed a sword technique .  Link, Kill, Pinnacle—it was a familiar swordsmanship to Baal’s .  It was from his previous contractor .

“Kuhahat! This is fun!” Baal noticed who appeared and was excited .  He turned his head to the sky as he blocked the three sword techniques from the God Hands with a dagger .  Lightning was falling .

“Agnus!!”

“Pagma’s Descendant!”

The Enlightenment Sword and Baal’s dagger collided and caused a shockwave .  Grid’s eyes that peeked through the gaps in his hair were full of anger and hatred .  “Son of a bitch! What did you . . . ! What did you do to Euphemina?”

The reason that Grid flew here was due to the world tree’s request .  He was asked to save Beniyaru .  The first sight that Grid saw after arriving here was Euphemina’s death .  His colleague faced a lonely death while he was caring about others .

“XX!” Grid swung the Enlightenment Sword again .  He was a transcendent—a player . Grid judged that Agnus, who was relatively weak in melee, could easily be overpowered .  Agnus easily blocked Grid’s attacks with a small dagger .  The black flames and red lightning that exploded were easily extinguished by the demon energy .

‘So strong?’

Time was fair to everyone .  As he grew and developed, other people would also grow and develop .  Grid was naturally aware of this .  Still, wasn’t there something called a gap? Grid wasn’t convinced this was due to Agnus’ growth, considering he had yet to even summon his death knights and lich .

“Blackening!”

Did he get a special skill like Bentao’s Mockery? Grid thought as he gathered his demonic energy .  Although he was filled with great anger, he was surprisingly sober .  He decided to rescue the seriously injured Beniyaru and end the fight there .

“ . . . ?”

The demonic energy created by Blackening was destroyed like it was a lie .  Blackening stopped, and the skill effect didn’t occur .  Baal grinned at the baffled Grid . “It is stupid to rely on demonic energy in front of me . ”

“ . . . ?”

“Hahat! You haven’t even noticed? Unlike Pagma, you have a stupid side . ”

What was this nonsense? The frowning Grid, who didn’t understand Agnus’ ridiculous babble, belatedly realized something .  With white skin and long fangs as well as eyes which had blackened whites, Agnus’ appearance was different from usual .  It was reminiscent of Grid in his Blackening state . . .

[Fighting energy has reached the maximum!]

“ . . . !?”

His fighting energy was already full . . . ? This was the fastest speed ever .

“Who are you?!” Grid got goosebumps .  The feeling of cold sweat flowing down his back was unpleasant .

Baal replied to the trembling Grid’s question, “I sit on the throne of **** .

“It is fun to watch the pretensions of the gods and the humans .

“Ah~ I’m a very free person . ”

This would be enough for an explanation .  What would Pagma’s Descendant’s look like when he learned Baal’s identity?

“Kukuk . . . ?” Baal was expecting to see despair fill Grid’s face, but he ended up stiffening .  There was no change in Grid’s expression .  He didn’t look too surprised in the first place .

‘He isn’t afraid of me . . . ?’

Grid urged Baal, who was in a state of discomfort for an unknown reason, “So who are you?”

“ . . . ” Baal was someone huge .  He was like the final boss who protagonists always dreamed about fighting .  Baal had met many heroes and saw something in common among all the heroes he had seen .  They were wise, regardless of their ability .  The heroes of Baal’s time were as intelligent as him . It was possible to exchange 10 meanings with a single conversation, so sometimes there was even a rapport .

‘Yet why this person . . . ?’

Baffled by the unexpected reaction, Baal was stiff for a moment before shouting, “You are truly Pagma’s Descendant! More intelligent and despicable than any hero I’ve ever seen . It is exactly like Pagma . ” 

“ . . . ?”

“You immediately noticed that I have no time and decided to waste time . . .  Huhu, it is a bit disappointing . I will have to postpone seeing your skills until the next time . ”

“ . . . ?”

What did this person keep saying? It happened when Grid was cocking his head with confusion .  Baal moved at a speed that was hard to catch even with Grid’s transcendent senses and reached Beniyaru’s side in an instant .

“I’m glad I still have time to finish the job . ”

“Wait!”Grid hurriedly rushed through a sword dance .  The four fusion sword dance was completed in an instant, threatening Baal .

However, Baal was already reaping Beniyaru’s breath . “Haha, I’ll see you again next time . ”

The moment that Grid’s sword was inserted into Baal’s torso . . .

[The duration of Assimilation is over . ]

Baal’s ego returned to hell, and Agnus regained control of his physical body .  Death was in front of him .  Agnus, who reflexively attempted to use Bentao’s Mockery, quickly stopped and gathered Beniyaru’s body into his corpse inventory .  Then Agnus turned to ash .

“I was told Beniyaru had to die anyway . So what was the point of the rescue attempt . . . ? Huh?” Grid remained in the rotten forest and suddenly closed his mouth . He belatedly found Zibal .

Zibal was admiring him in many ways . “You are truly great . ”

“What? No, wait . ” Grid was surprised . “The grandmaster? Why is he here?”

Was he a sleeping prince in the woods? Why was he sleeping here? Grid clicked his tongue and tried to reach for Zikfrector, but he was blocked by Zibal .

“It is no use trying to wake him up because it doesn’t work . Shouldn’t your priority be avoiding him? The Neo Red Knights will be coming soon, and it will be hard for you to deal with them alone . ”

“Yes, I will call Piaro . ”

“That unlucky person . . . In any case, the grandmaster will come to visit you when the time comes . ”

“Hmm . . .  Are you acting with the grandmaster?”

“That’s what happened . ”

“It is a good side to stand on . ” Grid grinned .  The Red Knights finished up and were coming . Since they were exhausted, the battle against the Yatan Church must’ve been hard .  “Since you said so, I will step back today . I’m busy . ”

Grid pulled out a return scroll and ripped it without hesitation . Before meeting the world tree again, he wanted to look at Euphemina’s status .

As Grid disappeared, Zibal shook his head .  “What a scary guy . . . ”

It might not be the main body, but he was amazed that Grid could be so calm despite meeting 1st Great Demon Baal .