Overgeared Chapter 1121:
[The Overgeared Kingdom and the elf species have signed an alliance . ]
“What?”
“Why is this happening?”
The numerous players and reporters . They all stiffened like statues as they searched the World Tree’s Forest for the site of Resh’s broadcast, which cut off at the critical moment . The sight of tens of thousands of humans across the continent stopping at the same time were scenes that would be talked about for a long time in the future between the S . A Group’s staff . The title of the scene was ‘Statues of Fools . ’
“L-Logout!”
The reporters hurried out of the game . Those who were judged to be in ‘combat’ and couldn’t log out still forced the logout, even if it meant dying . Didn’t everyone know the nature of the elves? The news about the Overgeared Kingdom allying with the elves was something that couldn’t be missed .
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“Wow, the Overgeared Kingdom is doing as well as always . ”
Pearl Island . It was a place where only the traces of a country lost a long time ago remained . This was the stage of the 1st National Competition’s PvP event and one man and one woman were fighting side-by-side . The female’s ID was Jishuka and the male’s ID was Bondre . They didn’t seem to have a good relationship .
“Isn’t an alliance with the elves beyond the standard? Is there a genius in diplomacy in the Overgeared Kingdom? Or . . . ”
The air froze . The transparent particles gathered together in a flash to complete the shape . The moment the barrier of ice was erected, a rusty iron sword stuck into it .
‘Shit . ’
Bondre’s expression stiffened . A chill went down his spine at the thought that it would’ve pierced his face if his reaction had been a bit slower . The iron blade unleashed a storm of energy blades . The magic that Bondre used to confront this contained ‘ice’ as the basis .
Bondre repeatedly used magic that was merely an act of ‘making ice’ and struck the iron sword’s energy blades, which was very effective . The iron blade’s accurate trajectory was twisted slightly . Bondre avoided a serious injury several times, sipped a potion, and continued .
“Or is Grid simply just good at picking people? He had placated the orc lord so the naive elves would simply be easy for him . Isnt that right?”
By now, Grid would be enjoying the elves . This was the meaning . Bondre was clearly taunting Jishuka . It was to vent his anger . It was Jishuka who put him in the current crisis .
“ . . . ”
Jishuka was silent . Her arms trembled as she concentrated to the limit . It was a charging process to maximize the power of her arrow .
“Che . ”
He wanted to resolve his anger but she didn’t give him any room . Annoyed by Jishuka’s unshakable appearance, Bondre clicked his tongue . He was stabbed in the shoulder and pointed his hand at the death knight rushing in front of him .
“Absolute Zero . ”
Pearl Island entered an ice age . The environment changed . Everything around Bondre was frozen and he stood on the back of a gigantic mountain of ice .
“Pant pant . ”
In front of the breathless Bondre, the death knight stopped as it was about to wield its sword . However, this wasn’t a phenomenon that lasted forever . Bondre gritted his teeth .
‘Dammit, I have no luck . ’
He hadn’t heard of any boss monsters here on Pearl Island . It had been an hour of struggling and all his resources were consumed . There seemed to be no hope . He would soon be killed . It was because that wicked woman Jishuka pushed the enemy to his side .
It happened as Bondre was thinking this .
“Don’t look at me like that . We can catch it if we join forces . ”
Tatang!
In the world that had turned to ice, Jishuka was able to escape the ice due to being in a party with Bondre and she finally fired her bow . Then the fiercely rotating red arrow started to collapse the icy world . The arrow pierced through the ice in the way, reached the death knight, and instantly smashed the death knight’s skull .
[The specter of Lion Castle, Deodore has been destroyed . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[Your level has risen . ]
[The party leader ‘Jishuka’ has acquired Specter Knight’s Gaiters . ]
[The party member ‘Bondre’ has acquired Specter Knight’s Headgear . ]
[The party member ‘Bondre’ has acquired Skillbook: Mana Arrow]
[The party leader ‘Jishuka’ has acquired Magic Book: Ice Tray . ]
“Wow! It’s amazing!”
Bondre cheered wildly . He was so excited that he clapped hands with Jishuka, who he had been hostile to until now . He thought he was going to die so he was ecstatic about succeeding in the raid .
“Kuek . . . ”
Bondre quickly regained his rationality and took an awkward step back . He frowned and grumbled, “Dammit . I am the magician . Why did the magic book go to you?”
“We can swap . I will give you the magic book so give me the skill book . ”
“I think the price of Mana Arrow is much higher . ”
“Are you obsessed with materialistic values? We fought for our lives together so we should get along . ”
“Nonsense . ”
“Tsk tsk, you should live in South Korea . ”
“South Korea? Hat, I’ll never visit Grid’s country again in the future . ”
Bondre was once France’s top ranked player . However, he had been on a downward trend after losing to Grid in four seconds at the 1st National Competition . His guild was disbanded after Faker killed all the guild members, he lost to Grid again at the 2nd National Competition, and he was PKed by Agnus . . .
It would be a lie to say that Bondre didn’t have a grudge against Grid and the Overgeared Kingdom . Bondre was reluctant to be friendly with Jishuka . Even so, he knew . His defeat to Grid was purely due to his lack of skill and he had been arrogant regarding Faker . It was shameful to forever hold a grudge against them . Rather, the incident where he raided the Overgeared Kingdom as part of the Seven Guilds was an act that could be condemned by them .
“Sigh . . . Thats it . Just take it and get out of here . Let’s not get tangled up twice over this . ”
Bondre pressed the ‘accept’ button of the trading window that Jishuka created .
The trade of the Ice Tray and Mana Arrow, which had a market value difference of at least three times, had been completed .
Jishuka grinned at her good fortune .
“I’m in your debt . I’ll pay you back later . ”
“No need . Didn’t I say not to get tangled up in this?”
“You show a cold shoulder to kindness . ”
“It isn’t kindness, it is an apology . In the first place, I wouldn’t have been successful without you . ”
“Yes, I couldn’t have succeeded without you either . So thank you . ”
“ . . . ”
They met here by chance . They had naturally hunted separately without cooperating with each other . Then the death knight appeared and Jishuka brought the death knight to Bondre’s location . Naturally, Bondre started swearing . Naturally, he had refused Jishuka’s offer of a party . However, he was forced to accept after they both died several times . Then the memories weren’t so bad once a good result came out .
“Bondre, you’ve really become strong . ”
It was safe to describe him as the ‘Faker of magicians . ’ Bondre’s control far exceeded the realm of common sense . In particular, his control when creating ice to shift the trajectory of the incoming attack was unbelievable even when she saw it with her own eyes . It was almost a miracle .
“It is the same for you . ”
Bondre also acknowledged Jishuka’s skills . They had accumulated enough damage in the one hour battle but Deodore was still a death knight over level 400 . Yet she blew his skull away . . .
He didn’t know the exact nature of that charging archery but once it was charged for more than 10 seconds, it even exceeded Grid’s attack power . It was a correct assessment since he had watched Grid’s battle with the orc lord many times .
‘Is it possible to charge for minutes? I can’t imagine how high the destructive power will rise . . . ’
“By the way, why did you come here to hunt?”
Just before Bondre left the party, he stopped and asked a question . He was curious . The biggest advantage of the Overgeared Guild was that they could hunt in the vampire cities around Reidan . It was easy to hunt so he couldn’t understand why she was alone in this remote place . It was hard to believe that she was aiming for the boss raid from the start .
Jishuka was an archer . She could never raid a boss on her own . If she had been aiming for a raid then she would’ve come here with her colleagues, not alone .
Jishuka shrugged . “I’m training . ”
“Training . . . thats good .
Bondre laughed . He felt a sense of kinship since he was in the same position as her .
“I’m sorry for saying **** earlier . I know that you like Grid so I said it to anger you . ”
Yes, in a word, it was **** . It was impossible to transform an alliance between nations into a pure male thing . Jishuka’s thoughts were different .
“What if your guess is right? It is highly likely that Grid is attracted to the elves . ”
“ . . . Bullshit . ”
“I’m telling the truth . You should know how popular Grid is . ”
“If this is true, isn’t it bad for you? Grid might be having some fun with the elves right now . ”
“It’s a game . ”
“ . . . ?”
“I don’t care who Grid meets in the game . Rather, I welcome the accumulated experience . ”
Satisfy was different from reality . In reality, Jishuka had no intention of conceding Grid to anyone but she didn’t want to restrain Grid in Satisfy .
. . . You are an open South American . ”
“I liked Grid when he was already a married man . I’m not in a position to argue . ”
“I see . . . ”
Bondre was strangely convinced and left . Jishuka was left alone and looked at the notification window .
[You are eligible to surpass the legendary archer Povia . ]
[It is recommended to visit the World Tree’s Forest . ]
[The 12 Te or the ruler of the elves will give you an important hint . ]
“That’s it . ”
Jishuka had long been qualified to become Povia’s Descendant . She had refused because Povia wasn’t the strongest . Povia was only in the middle according to the rating of the previous legends . Jishuka wanted to carve out a better path than Povia’s Descendant .
On this starry night, the 10 meritorious retainers scattered across the continent were developing . They met powerful enemies, felt frustration, overcame them, and developed their skills while developing many relationships .
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“Irene!”
Grid embraced Irene after returning with the knights and Beniyaru . He was generally good at expressing affection but it was seriously too much today . He kissed Irene without any awareness of the ordinary players still wandering around the city gates .
“Ke ong is waiting for you . ”
Lauel finally spoke and Grid nodded .
“Yes . Would you like to come with me?”
“No . I don’t want to interfere with your public affairs . ”
“You aren’t interfering at all . Let’s go together . ”
Grid held Irene’s hand and led her into the castle . Grid noticed the wrinkles around Irene’s eyes were a bit deeper but didn’t show any reaction . He was afraid and resented the approaching time but he would do his best to love her every moment .
“Amazing . ”
Grid marveled as he returned to the castle after a long time . The Overgeared Palace was becoming larger and more gorgeous than before . It was amazing that the interior was both focused on aesthetics and efficiency .
It is scary how much easier things have become . ’
This was architecture . Grid looked over every inch and was seriously troubled .
‘If I learn the architecture skill . . . will I be able to use the imperial palace’s blueprint?’
A blueprint of the imperial palace that he obtained thanks to former Emperor Juander . It was a huge hidden item that could be compared to the deteriorated version of Pagma’s Rare Book . The condition of use for the blueprint was being an architect and opening it gave craftsmanship level architecture . This meant that if Grid learnt Beginner Architecture then he could quickly become a craftsman .
Still, Grid had to be cautious . He couldn’t jump to rash conclusions . It was like a deteriorated version of Pagma’s Rare Book . It had astronomical value . He couldn’t be blinded by his greed of the moment . The value was too high for him to master . He had to use it as a carrot when recruiting a person he needed .
‘It isn’t normal for me to construct a building . ’
A blacksmith took several days to create an item while an architect took weeks to months . How could Grid act as an architect when he already lacked time to make items and hunt? It was a pointless luxury .
‘I just need to learn enough to be able to build a small smithy . ’
Could he learn it?
Grid gulped nervously and approached Ke ong, who was trimming a stone in the distance . He then asked in a blunt manner, “Is it possible for me to learn architecture?”
“It seems Your Majesty has thought of a way . ”
Ke ong had a strange personality but he was clever . He had stated that a portable smithy was impossible . The moment he heard Grid speak about learning architecture, he saw that Grid had an idea .
“Do you want to build a smithy with the mineral you created?”
“ . . . That’s right . ”
Greed could move on its own and had infinite power . There were no flight requirements or advancements needed when building a smithy out of Greed . Ke ong shook his head . Unfortunately, its not possible . A blacksmith can’t learn architecture quickly because the work is completely different . ”
“I have confidence in my dexterity . Is there any possibility based on that?”
Building doesn’t only need dexterity . It is a very mathematical approach that requires different talents . ”
Eventually, the truth was revealed . The reason why Ke ong was able to do this construction work was because he was a dwarf and it had nothing to do with blacksmithing .
“I see . . . ”
Grid was greatly disappointed . A moving, flying fortress . . . no, smithy . He thought he would be able to ride it around the world without needing extra control or power but his imagination was ended . Grid was feeling a deep sense of loss when Ke ong spoke meaningful words, “By the way, do you know? I don’t think the architecture technique is needed to make a smithy out of Greed . ”
“ . . . ?!”
Grid pricked his ears .