Overgeared Chapter 1144:
‘Where’s the dog?’
Grid missed the timing to throw the skewer and hurriedly looked around . Was it because the room was too dark? The dog that Braham mentioned couldn’t be seen .
‘Why is it so quiet when the foaming dog should be running over?’
It couldn’t be a case where the dog didn’t exist . Braham said that Fenrir’s dog was always guarding Fenrir’s room . Grid trusted Braham’s information 100% .
‘Ah, I don’t know . ’
He couldn’t afford to fail because he wanted to save an item . Grid hesitated for a moment before preparing to throw the skewer .
“No,” Mercedes suddenly spoke . Her beautiful eyes were mysteriously shining . “The dog that Braham mentioned isn’t here . ”
“ . . . !?”
Mercedes was the owner of Keen Insight . No matter how thick the darkness, it was all meaningless in front of her . On the other hand, Braham’s information was hundreds of years old . If he had to choose between Mercedes’ Keen Insight and Braham’s information, he would naturally choose the former .
‘Is it planning to attack while waiting elsewhere?’
Grid faced an unexpected variable from the start and turned to Braham . Braham’s expression was distorted . The moment he heard Mercedes’ words, he used magic power detection and confirmed there were no dogs here . “I thought he was your soul companion yet you threw him away as the crisis approached?”
“I didn’t abandon Hachika . Hachika . . . died . ”
“ . . . !”
Grid’s expression brightened . The dog that Braham was wary of had died . This meant that the success rate of the raid had increased significantly . It was something to cheer over and rejoice about . However, Braham showed a somewhat upset expression . He clicked his tongue and started to widen the distance with Fenrir . It was clearly a tense expression .
‘Why?’
It happened when Grid’s group was feeling doubt .
“Ah!” Noll exclaimed . It was a reaction that showed he noticed something .
Grid asked what was going on and Noll expressed his views . “Braham’s magic didn’t work on Fenrir’s dog because of the protection of dominance . ”
“Protection of dominance?”
“It is the most extraordinary of Fenrir’s innate abilities, the power of **** that he inherited from Mother . It is the power to control and neutralize the enemy’s skills and magic . It was originally a power to defend Fenrir but Fenrir wished for Hachika’s safety and lent it to him . ”
“Does that mean that as long as Hachika is dead, the power has returned to Fenrir?”
“Yes, that is the only way I can interpret Braham’s reaction . ”
“ . . . Then magic won’t work on Fenrir?”
Grid’s expression stiffened . The death of Fenrir’s dog was actually toxic and he couldn’t help being upset .
‘There are many trolls in the world . ’
Grid frowned as he stared at the battle gear scattered throughout the room . They were items lost by their owners . It must’ve been those who harmed the prisoners guarding the entrance of the city some time ago .
‘Did they raid the dog?’
It wasn’t an impossible speculation . Time was fair to everyone . The other rankers were also getting stronger .
Zednos asked Noll, “Can’t Braham’s magic break through the protection of dominance?”
“It isn’t a lack of power . The problem is the formula . Higher-grade magic has more complicated magic formulas and the minimum of high-grade magic is needed to deal damage . You should know that high-grade magic has restrictions on casting . ”
“Braham’s advanced magic casting time averages around 10 seconds . . . ”
A player’s advanced magic casting speed was 20 seconds if they were fast or longer than a minute if they were slow . Braham’s 10 seconds was a very short amount of time but it was a different story when the opponent was a vampire marquis . His physical ability was beyond that of a human . Fenrir wouldn’t give Braham time to cast his advanced magic . If Braham was in perfect condition then he could complete the casting while avoiding and blocking Fenrir’s onslaught but it was difficult now that Braham was significantly weakened .
“In the end, our role is important . Braham can’t afford to waste mana using Teleport to evade Fenrir’s attacks while casting advanced magic . ”
This was Mercedes’ opinion based on what she observed of Braham’s condition in the hierarchy fights . The others agreed . There was only one way left .
“We will protect Braham . ”
“Yes!”
“Maintain your spirits . Never die . ”
“I understand . ”
The knights answered energetically and started to surround Fenrir . Jude tried to rush in but Grid grabbed him by the neck and he had to stop in place .
-I am asking all of you .
Grid glanced around at the Overgeared members . The Overgeared members stood beside the knight in groups and focused on using magic and skills at any time . Their role was to assist the knights .
“Stay strong!”
Saintess Ruby’s wide-area magic was activated . She purified the status conditions caused from meeting Fenrir from the knights and Overgeared members . The familiar lights spread out and Fenrir felt ridicule .
“It is a low-grade race . ”
This wasn’t the first time Fenrir had dealt with intruders . Over the past hundreds of years, he had been challenged by many humans and fought many battles against the Rebecca Church . The purification used by the priests of the Rebecca Church failed to eliminate the ‘beneficial effects reversal’ created by Fenrir and just exacerbated the problem . Now the first thing this group used was Purification . People still couldn’t analyze the causes of the many failures over the years and rushed in sloppily . He laughed at the low-grade race challenging him when they didn’t even have the ability to learn .
However, his ridicule didn’t last long . It was because the light lifted the curse applied to all humans .
“ . . . !?”
Fenrir’s relaxed face stiffened for the first time . His cold gaze was stuck on Ruby .
“Are you the pope?”
“N-No,” the nervous Ruby stammered and denied it to the end . She had been active in every great demon raid but a boss monster was still scary . In particular, Fenrir’s cold gaze chilled her blood and was more terrible than the great demons she had met so far .
“ . . . This isn’t the divinity of Rebecca . ”
Fenrir frowned as he grabbed a piece of the purification light floating in the air . Saintess . He immediately flew forward the moment he grasped Ruby’s identity . His first target was naturally Ruby .
A metallic sound was heard as something blocked Fenrir’s blow that should’ve shattered a human skull . Two solid shields stood firm against Fenrir’s fists . Fenrir’s eyes shifted toward the shields . He could see a young man throwing up blood and a white-haired person supporting him . The white-haired human looked at Fenrir without avoiding his gaze .
Fenrir had many doubts about the situation . “Braham, you worked tirelessly to repay the grudge from being expelled from the clan . You obtained two useful humans . ”
“Two?” Braham wondered .
Flames were forming around his hands . It was the peak of fire magic . Once it clung to the target, it would keep burning until the target became ashes . The 1st ranked fire magician, Laella, was astonished by the sight . “Flame that won’t stop burning . . . !”
The black flames’ momentum was growing . The target, Fenrir, flew forward to stop Braham’s magic casting . However, Mercedes’ shield limited his path and Piaro and Asmophel isolated him in the ensuing narrow path .
‘It isn’t just two . ’
A brilliant color rose in Fenrir’s eyes . As someone who relied on his innate power, he felt a bit threatened by the ability of humans who honed their ‘technique’ or became legends and built up equivalent skills . He suffered injuries after exchanging several blows and looked at the humans with displeasure .
‘My physical ability is superior but I am being pushed in skills . ’
It hurt his ego but he had to admit it . Fenrir used blood magic . He made the decision not to confront Mercedes, Piaro, and Asmophel .
“Keuk!”
Asmophel was swept away by the **** whirlwind that appeared without any precursor and suffered a serious wound to his arm . Mercedes defended herself with the shield while Piaro slashed at the magic with a sickle . They were unharmed but while they were briefly tied up, Fenrir flew like an arrow toward Braham .
“You can’t pass!”
Orc Lord Teruchan, Knight of Destruction Singuled, and dozens of Overgeared members moved systematically to block Fenrir’s path . However, most of their skills and magic were lost in vain, unable to penetrate the protection of **** .
“ . . . !”
The world became momentarily silent . Fenrir broke through the skills and magic that scattered like a mirage and there was a moment of silence as the gazes of the Overgeared members tangled in the air . It was only for a mere moment .
“ . . . Keuk!”
Fenrir’s moan shattered the silence . His heart was pierced by an ice thorn of killing intent . It was Singuled’s killing intent . It might be a half-complete technique but Singuled’s killing intent method was judged as SS-grade and it was a powerful force that penetrated even the protection of **** . It was the moment that proved the protection of **** wasn’t a complete technique .
“Use your ultimate attacks!”
Zednos shouted and the Overgeared members simultaneously used their ultimate skills . Most of the ultimate techniques were blocked by the protection of **** but some pierced through and dealt a series of blows to Fenrir . Then Braham’s spell was completed .
At the same time, Fenrir demonstrated the true power of **** . It was a force that couldn’t be digested with the intelligence of a beast . It was the ability to identify and control the nature of all concepts that threatened him .
“ . . . !”
Braham, the knights, and the Overgeared members all lost the weapons in their hands . The weapons were placed under Fenrir’s control and judged as unavailable . Braham’s magic and the skills of the Overgeared members were greatly weakened because stats were lost . The disaster didn’t end there .
“T-This . . . ! My body isn’t listening to me!”
Some of the relatively low level Overgeared members were placed under Fenrir’s control . Their role as Fenrir’s puppets were to be meat shields . Fenrir descended to escape the black flames created by Braham and hid behind the puppets . He could see a black-haired man running through the gaps of the puppets . The man who emitted demonic energy was moving faster than the speed of the black flames . Fenrir found he was skilled and exerted the power of dominance .
[The power of Vampire Marquis ‘Fenrir’ is controlling you . ]
[The conditions of use for your weapons will be changed to ‘Fenrir . ’]
[The class effect of ‘Pagmas Descendant’ has allowed you to keep using the +4 Lightning Sword Born from Enlightenment and Strong Desires . ]
“ . . . !?” Fenrir’s eyes widened . He was perplexed that the black-haired man didn’t lose his weapon despite Fenrir using the power of **** . He could see the human reaching right in front of him .
‘I’m sorry . ’
Grid’s eyes were staring straight at the puppets . His colleagues were nodding . Grid didn’t hesitate .
“100,000 Army . . . !”
“Oppa!”
[The party member ‘Ruby’ has used the skill ‘Holy Weapon’ on your weapon . ]
[The party member ‘Ruby’ has used the skill ‘Holy Impact’ on your weapon . ]
“Massacre Sword!”
It was a single blow with the intent to cut the vampire . The bodies of his colleagues, who were turned into puppets, were cut by the single blow and this was followed by the explosion of unquenchable flames .
“Kkuk . . . ! Kuaaaaak!”
The attack blew away the defense he believed to be sufficient and caused Fenrir to feel pain, astonishment, and anger . Engulfed in the roaring flames, he screamed and reached out to Grid . However, Grid’s turn wasn’t over .
[The effect of Gods Command has reset the cooldown time of 100,000 Army Massacre Sword! Reuse of a reset skill within 3 seconds won’t consume resources . ]
Grid’s sword moved in a crescent arc once again and Fenrir’s hand was cut off, causing a fountain of blood to spurt . In the midst of the first crisis in hundreds of years, Fenrir realized something .
‘Blood King . . . !’