Overgeared Chapter 306:
Chapter 306
Braham Eshwald .
One of the nine direct descendants of Shizo Beriache . He was one of the cleverest in the clan, and one day he had a deep question .
‘God Yatan gave us the Curse of Idleness because of our strength and ambition, but why?’
God Yatan had a destructive desire . He wished to bring destruction to all the beings blessed by the goddess of light, Rebecca . Absolute strength and cruelty was necessary to accomplish this desire, and the right species was the vampires .
Vampires were powerful and could achieve God Yatan’s wish . So why seal their power with the Curse of Idleness? He couldn’t understand it .
Furthermore .
‘Why wasn’t any prohibition placed on the great demons?’
It stunk . Braham smelled something nasty and started to explore deeper into the gods . Then after 483 years, he discovered a fact . God Yatan’s destructive instinct only activated in a certain cycle .
‘Once human desires reaches the peak, chaos will come to the world . ’
In other words, it happened when Goddess Rebecca could no longer control the world . Only then would God Yatan’s destructive instincts be exercised .
‘God Yatan will emerge to destroy the world, then Goddess Rebecca will once again create a new world . ’
Yatan and Rebecca . The two opposing gods on the surface were actually cooperating with each other .
“Kukuk… We’re just playthings in the hands of the gods . ”
Even now, the creatures of Yatan and Rebecca were hating and slaughtering each other . It was originally designed like this . Yatan and Rebecca were actually in a relationship to maintain the balance of this world?
Braham felt a great sense of betrayal . His infinite reverence for Yatan vanished . He suddenly realized the reason why Shizo Beriache, originally one of the great demons, was expelled from **** into the human world .
‘Mother was like me . ’
The clever Beriache would’ve known about the reality of Yatan . She questioned him and was cursed with the Curse of Idleness, as well as being expelled from **** .
‘What about the other great demons?’
Did they know the truth, or were they just obedient puppets?
‘No matter what . ’
There was only one thing Braham wanted .
‘I will overcome the Curse of Idleness . ’
Shizo Beriache was a great demon of predation . The vampires who inherited her blood also had the same tendencies . Among them, Braham wanted to eat knowledge . However, due to the Curse of Idleness, he slept most of the day and it was almost impossible .
‘There is deep meaning in the great god’s curse . ’
He must’ve cursed us to restrain our appetites . But what was the reality?
‘There is no **** in the first place . ’
Yatan . In other words, the omnipotent entity they thought of as a **** didn’t exist . He was a passive machine that existed just for the providence of the world . There was no reason to serve it or endure the current trials .
‘Yatan, I will overcome the curse you laid on us and will be faithful to my instincts . ’
He would accumulate knowledge and become a perfect existence! On that day, Braham pledged to explore all the disciplines and magic of the world . Over hundreds of years, he built up his knowledge and devoted himself to magic research by using all types of species as his test subjects . Among them were his clan members .
And this was the beginning of the worst situation .
***
“Braham! I’ll kill you!”
A vampire was crying while hugging his lover’s dead body . It was Elfin Stone, the 9th child of Shizo Beriache .
“Leah, you dare do to her…! Leah!!!”
Elfin Stone was enraged that his lover was the victim of the research . Braham asked him, “Brother, do you fail to understand my inquiring mind even until the end? Don’t you wonder about the source of my inquisitiveness?”
“I don’t understand! How can I understand your strange behavior when studying magic, to the point of even sacrificing your clan members? You’re just crazy!”
“…You’re saying this as well?”
He blamed the Curse of Idleness . They didn’t question anything . They found everything annoying and only coped with the things in front of them .
“There is no value for our clan . ”
Braham confirmed it .
“Brethren, listen to me . You’re worse than the humans you treat as livestock . You have no right to grab at my ankles . ”
“Stop talking such sophistry!”
Elfin Stone used Blood Field and summoned Iyarugt to attack Braham . But he wasn’t his match from the beginning . Braham was a duke while Elfin Stone was just an earl, so the difference was clear .
“Dammit…! Dammit! Brahammmm!”
“Disgusting . ”
The sight of the screaming and bleeding Elfin was sad and funny . Even as Elfin Stone was about to be killed by the enemy, he couldn’t endure the drowsiness and his eyes were closing .
“Braham . ”
A woman appeared in front of the laughing Braham . Shizo Beriache .
“Mother…”
Braham was shaken . Beriache had been sleeping for hundreds of years after being directly cursed by Yatan, so why was she awake at this time?
‘She should’ve woken up in 50 years . ’
Braham was confused when he suddenly felt something strange from Beriache .
‘I can’t feel her vitality . ’
Beriache was dying . Why? She should have eternal life .
‘That girl…!’
Braham belatedly noticed the girl standing next to Beriache . It was a black-haired girl who looked exactly like Beriache .
“Is this my 10th sibling?”
Braham’s expression distorted . The magic power coming from the girl was far beyond Beriache’s power .
“Mother! You gave birth to a being beyond yourself!”
“…You broke the taboo that the clan members shouldn’t be harmed, no matter what . ”
“Mother, that…”
Braham tried to explain, but closed his mouth . He knew that his actions of sacrificing his clan members for his greed wouldn’t be forgiven . Beriache looked at him with hatred .
“I have loved you more than anyone . ”
“…”
Tears appeared in Braham’s eyes . It was because Beriache, who should be enjoying eternal life, now had wrinkles on her neck . All of this was due to that girl! Braham struck at at his new sibling . And he failed to hit the girl, Marie Rose .
“Excuse me for doing this from the beginning . ”
“…!”
The power of Marie Rose was absolute . Despite being a newborn, she defeated Braham who was the strongest of the clan .
Paduduk!
“Ack…!”
Braham groaned angrily as he grabbed his injured wrist . Beriache’s hate-filled gaze didn’t leave him . She was merciless .
“I have warned all of you that our clan has a craving for predation, so an unimaginable situation will occur if we hurt each other . You have killed many clan members while I was sleeping, and now you want to harm your sibling in front of me? I will punish you to set an example!”
“…!”
Braham’s expression twisted . Marie Rose’s little fangs bit his neck and all the blood in his system was sucked out, causing unimaginable pain . On this day, Braham lost his eternal life . He was banished from the clan .
After 100 years .
Braham concealed himself as a human while studying magic and succeeded in overcoming the Curse of Idleness . But now he had a finite life . He needed to regain eternal life in order to eat more knowledge .
Braham started to explore immortality magic, and in the process, he gained the title of great magician . In the end, he couldn’t complete the magic of eternal life . But there was no need to feel despair . It was the next best thing, but he completed the resurrection magic .
***
Braham finished recalling the past and returned to reality . He stood in front of the human called Grid .
[I asked you to make me the Vessel of the Soul . Then I will be resurrected . I will be able to repeat this resurrection several times in the future . But you said that you can’t create the Vessel of the Soul because you can’t receive God Yatan’s blessing?]
“Yes . It’s impossible, since I have a hostile relationship with the Yatan Church . ”
Braham begged Grid .
[If so, please give me permission to possess your body . ]
“Possess… What?”
Grid doubted his ears . Possession! It meant that a ghost would be inside his body! Wasn’t this the material of a third-rate horror movie?
“W-What if I don’t want to?”
Grid disliked supernatural phenomena . Braham tried to persuade him .
[There is no need to worry about your body . The only thing I will do is fly to the Yatan Church to receive Yatan’s blessing . ]
“Will it be that easy?”
Grid asked suspiciously, but Braham answered without hesitation .
[I can smash the Yatan Church, even if I was occupying the body of a five year old child . ]
Indeed, this was the confidence of a legendary great magician who survived fighting against the dragon Trauka .
[I will give you all the pavranium I possess if you let me borrow your body for half a day . In addition, I will teach you one spell . ]
“Why does an already dead person want to be resurrected?”
Braham’s answer was simple and concise .
[I want to explore all the knowledge that exists in this world . I will become immortal!]
Then a notification window popped up in front of Grid .
[The Second Class Quest: [Great Magician’s Resurrection has been updated . ]
[Great Magician’s Resurrection]
Great Magician Braham is insatiable . He has no intention of stopping his search for knowledge .
It is part of his natural instincts, so he can’t be condemned .
Quest Clear Conditions: Accept Braham’s soul and make a Vessel of the Soul out of the pavranium that has been blessed by God Yatan .
Quest Clear Reward: Learn a magic spell . Acquire all the pavranium scattered throughout the continent .
‘The total number of pavranium was 28 . ’
Out of that number, Grid currently owned 11 pavranium .
‘I need at least 18 pieces of pavranium to perfectly reproduce Lifael’s Spear . ’
If he obtained all the pavranium, he would have 10 pieces remaining, even if he made Lifael’s Spear . No, he didn’t need to cling to Lifael’s Spear . He should be able to create an even better item if he took advantage of all 28 pavranium . But the reward of the magic spell attracted Grid more than the pavranium .
‘Can I really learn magic as a blacksmith?’
It might be only one spell, but it was a spell taught by a great magician . Obviously the spell would be terrific . The thrilled Grid accepted the changed quest without hesitation .
“Okay! I will accept your request!”
At the same time .
[An excellent choice!]
Braham’s soul fragment shouted and flew towards Grid .
[Braham is trying to enter your body . Would you like to accept?]
“Of course!”
At the same time, Grid’s body was surrounded by light .
[You have accepted the soul of the great magician, Braham . ]
[Your class will be changed from Pagma’s Descendant to Great Magician . ]
[From now on, your body will move according to Braham’s will . ]
“Wow…”
The party members watching the situation let out impressed sounds . It was because Grid’s status window was amazing after he accepted Braham’s soul .
Grid (Great Magician)
Lv . 545
Health: 858,310
Mana: 13,965,000
The party information window didn’t show detailed information such as attack power, magic power, defense, skills list, etc . However, they could guess it based on the level, health and mana . The white-haired, red-eyed Grid spoke to the open mouthed party members .
“I am thankful to everybody . The securing of the pavranium is now meaningless, so return to Reidan first . ”
Pahat!
Grid’s body disappeared with the light .
Braham Eshwald .
One of the nine direct descendants of Shizo Beriache . He was one of the cleverest in the clan, and one day he had a deep question .
‘God Yatan gave us the Curse of Idleness because of our strength and ambition, but why?’
God Yatan had a destructive desire . He wished to bring destruction to all the beings blessed by the goddess of light, Rebecca . Absolute strength and cruelty was necessary to accomplish this desire, and the right species was the vampires .
Vampires were powerful and could achieve God Yatan’s wish . So why seal their power with the Curse of Idleness? He couldn’t understand it .
Furthermore .
‘Why wasn’t any prohibition placed on the great demons?’
It stunk . Braham smelled something nasty and started to explore deeper into the gods . Then after 483 years, he discovered a fact . God Yatan’s destructive instinct only activated in a certain cycle .
‘Once human desires reaches the peak, chaos will come to the world . ’
In other words, it happened when Goddess Rebecca could no longer control the world . Only then would God Yatan’s destructive instincts be exercised .
‘God Yatan will emerge to destroy the world, then Goddess Rebecca will once again create a new world . ’
Yatan and Rebecca . The two opposing gods on the surface were actually cooperating with each other .
“Kukuk… We’re just playthings in the hands of the gods . ”
Even now, the creatures of Yatan and Rebecca were hating and slaughtering each other . It was originally designed like this . Yatan and Rebecca were actually in a relationship to maintain the balance of this world?
Braham felt a great sense of betrayal . His infinite reverence for Yatan vanished . He suddenly realized the reason why Shizo Beriache, originally one of the great demons, was expelled from **** into the human world .
‘Mother was like me . ’
The clever Beriache would’ve known about the reality of Yatan . She questioned him and was cursed with the Curse of Idleness, as well as being expelled from **** .
‘What about the other great demons?’
Did they know the truth, or were they just obedient puppets?
‘No matter what . ’
There was only one thing Braham wanted .
‘I will overcome the Curse of Idleness . ’
Shizo Beriache was a great demon of predation . The vampires who inherited her blood also had the same tendencies . Among them, Braham wanted to eat knowledge . However, due to the Curse of Idleness, he slept most of the day and it was almost impossible .
‘There is deep meaning in the great god’s curse . ’
He must’ve cursed us to restrain our appetites . But what was the reality?
‘There is no **** in the first place . ’
Yatan . In other words, the omnipotent entity they thought of as a **** didn’t exist . He was a passive machine that existed just for the providence of the world . There was no reason to serve it or endure the current trials .
‘Yatan, I will overcome the curse you laid on us and will be faithful to my instincts . ’
He would accumulate knowledge and become a perfect existence! On that day, Braham pledged to explore all the disciplines and magic of the world . Over hundreds of years, he built up his knowledge and devoted himself to magic research by using all types of species as his test subjects . Among them were his clan members .
And this was the beginning of the worst situation .
***
“Braham! I’ll kill you!”
A vampire was crying while hugging his lover’s dead body . It was Elfin Stone, the 9th child of Shizo Beriache .
“Leah, you dare do to her…! Leah!!!”
Elfin Stone was enraged that his lover was the victim of the research . Braham asked him, “Brother, do you fail to understand my inquiring mind even until the end? Don’t you wonder about the source of my inquisitiveness?”
“I don’t understand! How can I understand your strange behavior when studying magic, to the point of even sacrificing your clan members? You’re just crazy!”
“…You’re saying this as well?”
He blamed the Curse of Idleness . They didn’t question anything . They found everything annoying and only coped with the things in front of them .
“There is no value for our clan . ”
Braham confirmed it .
“Brethren, listen to me . You’re worse than the humans you treat as livestock . You have no right to grab at my ankles . ”
“Stop talking such sophistry!”
Elfin Stone used Blood Field and summoned Iyarugt to attack Braham . But he wasn’t his match from the beginning . Braham was a duke while Elfin Stone was just an earl, so the difference was clear .
“Dammit…! Dammit! Brahammmm!”
“Disgusting . ”
The sight of the screaming and bleeding Elfin was sad and funny . Even as Elfin Stone was about to be killed by the enemy, he couldn’t endure the drowsiness and his eyes were closing .
“Braham . ”
A woman appeared in front of the laughing Braham . Shizo Beriache .
“Mother…”
Braham was shaken . Beriache had been sleeping for hundreds of years after being directly cursed by Yatan, so why was she awake at this time?
‘She should’ve woken up in 50 years . ’
Braham was confused when he suddenly felt something strange from Beriache .
‘I can’t feel her vitality . ’
Beriache was dying . Why? She should have eternal life .
‘That girl…!’
Braham belatedly noticed the girl standing next to Beriache . It was a black-haired girl who looked exactly like Beriache .
“Is this my 10th sibling?”
Braham’s expression distorted . The magic power coming from the girl was far beyond Beriache’s power .
“Mother! You gave birth to a being beyond yourself!”
“…You broke the taboo that the clan members shouldn’t be harmed, no matter what . ”
“Mother, that…”
Braham tried to explain, but closed his mouth . He knew that his actions of sacrificing his clan members for his greed wouldn’t be forgiven . Beriache looked at him with hatred .
“I have loved you more than anyone . ”
“…”
Tears appeared in Braham’s eyes . It was because Beriache, who should be enjoying eternal life, now had wrinkles on her neck . All of this was due to that girl! Braham struck at at his new sibling . And he failed to hit the girl, Marie Rose .
“Excuse me for doing this from the beginning . ”
“…!”
The power of Marie Rose was absolute . Despite being a newborn, she defeated Braham who was the strongest of the clan .
Paduduk!
“Ack…!”
Braham groaned angrily as he grabbed his injured wrist . Beriache’s hate-filled gaze didn’t leave him . She was merciless .
“I have warned all of you that our clan has a craving for predation, so an unimaginable situation will occur if we hurt each other . You have killed many clan members while I was sleeping, and now you want to harm your sibling in front of me? I will punish you to set an example!”
“…!”
Braham’s expression twisted . Marie Rose’s little fangs bit his neck and all the blood in his system was sucked out, causing unimaginable pain . On this day, Braham lost his eternal life . He was banished from the clan .
After 100 years .
Braham concealed himself as a human while studying magic and succeeded in overcoming the Curse of Idleness . But now he had a finite life . He needed to regain eternal life in order to eat more knowledge .
Braham started to explore immortality magic, and in the process, he gained the title of great magician . In the end, he couldn’t complete the magic of eternal life . But there was no need to feel despair . It was the next best thing, but he completed the resurrection magic .
***
Braham finished recalling the past and returned to reality . He stood in front of the human called Grid .
[I asked you to make me the Vessel of the Soul . Then I will be resurrected . I will be able to repeat this resurrection several times in the future . But you said that you can’t create the Vessel of the Soul because you can’t receive God Yatan’s blessing?]
“Yes . It’s impossible, since I have a hostile relationship with the Yatan Church . ”
Braham begged Grid .
[If so, please give me permission to possess your body . ]
“Possess… What?”
Grid doubted his ears . Possession! It meant that a ghost would be inside his body! Wasn’t this the material of a third-rate horror movie?
“W-What if I don’t want to?”
Grid disliked supernatural phenomena . Braham tried to persuade him .
[There is no need to worry about your body . The only thing I will do is fly to the Yatan Church to receive Yatan’s blessing . ]
“Will it be that easy?”
Grid asked suspiciously, but Braham answered without hesitation .
[I can smash the Yatan Church, even if I was occupying the body of a five year old child . ]
Indeed, this was the confidence of a legendary great magician who survived fighting against the dragon Trauka .
[I will give you all the pavranium I possess if you let me borrow your body for half a day . In addition, I will teach you one spell . ]
“Why does an already dead person want to be resurrected?”
Braham’s answer was simple and concise .
[I want to explore all the knowledge that exists in this world . I will become immortal!]
Then a notification window popped up in front of Grid .
[The Second Class Quest: [Great Magician’s Resurrection has been updated . ]
[Great Magician’s Resurrection]
Great Magician Braham is insatiable . He has no intention of stopping his search for knowledge .
It is part of his natural instincts, so he can’t be condemned .
Quest Clear Conditions: Accept Braham’s soul and make a Vessel of the Soul out of the pavranium that has been blessed by God Yatan .
Quest Clear Reward: Learn a magic spell . Acquire all the pavranium scattered throughout the continent .
‘The total number of pavranium was 28 . ’
Out of that number, Grid currently owned 11 pavranium .
‘I need at least 18 pieces of pavranium to perfectly reproduce Lifael’s Spear . ’
If he obtained all the pavranium, he would have 10 pieces remaining, even if he made Lifael’s Spear . No, he didn’t need to cling to Lifael’s Spear . He should be able to create an even better item if he took advantage of all 28 pavranium . But the reward of the magic spell attracted Grid more than the pavranium .
‘Can I really learn magic as a blacksmith?’
It might be only one spell, but it was a spell taught by a great magician . Obviously the spell would be terrific . The thrilled Grid accepted the changed quest without hesitation .
“Okay! I will accept your request!”
At the same time .
[An excellent choice!]
Braham’s soul fragment shouted and flew towards Grid .
[Braham is trying to enter your body . Would you like to accept?]
“Of course!”
At the same time, Grid’s body was surrounded by light .
[You have accepted the soul of the great magician, Braham . ]
[Your class will be changed from Pagma’s Descendant to Great Magician . ]
[From now on, your body will move according to Braham’s will . ]
“Wow…”
The party members watching the situation let out impressed sounds . It was because Grid’s status window was amazing after he accepted Braham’s soul .
Grid (Great Magician)
Lv . 545
Health: 858,310
Mana: 13,965,000
The party information window didn’t show detailed information such as attack power, magic power, defense, skills list, etc . However, they could guess it based on the level, health and mana . The white-haired, red-eyed Grid spoke to the open mouthed party members .
“I am thankful to everybody . The securing of the pavranium is now meaningless, so return to Reidan first . ”
Pahat!
Grid’s body disappeared with the light .