Overgeared - Chapter 166

Chapter 166

Chapter 166

Kaaang!

[A fire stone has been acquired . ]

While Grid was struggling with Hao Gao, Peak Sword successfully managed to mine the fire stone .

'I did it!'

The red stone that clung deeply to the ground emerged, causing Peak Sword to feel a tremendous joy .  It was like managing to pull out a fat lump accumulated in his nose for many years! Was it like pulling out the roots?  

"Yes! Success! I gathered a fire stone!"

He played Satisfy for a year and a half, endured all types of trials, gained experience and earned the 16th rank on the unified rankings .   He was able to raise his level through hunting, raiding a powerful boss or fighting against hostile forces . Now his eyes were opened to a new way of enjoying the game .

'I felt so much pleasure the moment I extracted a mineral . Should I learn the mining skill?'

Peak Sword felt a serious sense of accomplishment and waved the fire stone at Grid .

"How about it? Didn't I do well?"

Grid raised his thumb from where he was confronting Hell Gao .  “Well done . "

"Ohh!"

It was amazing .  He felt good about receiving praise from that guy .  Peak Sword was laughing when he suddenly frowned .

'No? What am I doing right now?'

He was 16th in the unified rankings and the master of the Silver Knights Guild, yet he was wagging his tail like a dog for someone at least 10 years younger than him?

'Wake up . '

He became more excited than necessary after realizing that the first legendary class, Pagma's Descendant, was a Korean .  Peak Sword calmed his heart and watched Grid and Hell Gao .  Grid looked relatively fine, while Hell Gao was wounded . He even had both hands cut off .

'Amazing . '

The monster who slaughtered 200 Silver Knights members with an average level of 140 was being pushed back?

'The dignity of a legendary class…'

He recalled the battle of Bairan, which caused an uproar in the world four months ago .  One of the most powerful groups in Satisfy, the Tzedakah Guild, had been pushed on the defensive by the Yatan Church .

At the time, Peak Sword and his guild members gathered in a pub and predicted that the Tzedakah Guild would be wiped out .  The Yatan servants Neberius and Balak were overwhelmingly strong, and were also superior in numbers, so the Tzedakah Guild seemed to have no hope .

Then a man suddenly appeared .  He overturned the balance by throwing armor to Vantner, a weapon to Toon, and using the skill ' Pagma's Swordsmanship' against Neberius .  Peak Sword felt his blood boil and the people filling the pub cheered in unison .  It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the whole world was buzzing at that moment .

After the battle was over .

Pagma's Descendant might be armed with powerful items, but the public mocked him for having weak control . However, Peak Sword through differently .  Pagma might be an excellent swordsman, but he was fundamentally a blacksmith .  It was right that Pagma's Descendant took advantage of his class traits to arm himself with excellent items . He expressed his strength in a manner appropriate for him .

And now .

The Pagma's Descendant that he met was making good use of his class characteristics .  His armor and weapon were estimated to have a legendary rating, there were the fraudulent seven blades that moved on their own, and the ring that seemed to have a recovery skill .  His control skills were still bad, but thanks to the power of his items, he was strong enough to be compared to a ranker .

But Hell Gao's strength was endless .  He lost both hands, but he continued his onslaught against Grid . Peak Sword hurriedly swung his pickaxe again .

'Hurry . I still need to collect two fire stones . '

Grid was the new hope for South Korea, a country weak in Satisfy .  Peak Sword wanted to help Grid in this raid .   Grid grew so fast, that one day he would enthrall the Korean people .  However, he still a lot of mountains to cross to reach that point .

"Begin the mining!”

Kaaang! Kaaang!

Peak Sword found a new fire stone and swung his pickaxe .  At that moment, he was Peak Pickaxe, not Peak Sword .

***

"I'm worried… Worried . "

Bairan Village Castle's resting room .

The Tzedakah Guild's chief of staff, Toban, was anxious .  The guild members who returned after hunting or work frowned at him .

"What happened? You have no spirit . "

Toban, who was grabbing his head, carefully opened his mouth .  “Grid went to mine fire stones…"

"What about Grid?"

“…He told me to believe him twice . "

The first time was before leaving for Cork Island . Then there was one time after arriving at Cork Island .  He clearly said it two times .

Kwaduduk!

Toban broke his nail from worry .  And the guild members were in great shock .

"Grid…"

"He said to believe in him, twice?"

“Huh, that's the worst . "

It was after the Yatan's massive raid was prevented .  Grid spend most of the four months afterwards making items, and produced a total of 142 items .  Out of those 142 items, 25 were normal rated, 84 were rare, 30 were epic and 3 were unique .

Was it simply bad luck, or the operator's agenda as Grid claimed?

In the early days of joining the guild, Grid had a relatively high probability of making high rated items and even produced two legendary items . However, he had been in a slump for the last four months .

The items he produced had a 20% higher performance than normal items, so even the rare rated items were good, but the guild members couldn't help feeling disappointed .  In particular, the guild members who received normal items shed tears of blood .  A legendary blacksmith ended up creating normal rated items? Their disappointment couldn't be expressed .

Then they noticed something that Grid said every time he produced a normal rated item .  It was 'Believe in me . ' Grid said it every time he believed he would produce a legendary item .  So when the guild members heard the words 'Believe in me,' they assumed the worst . In fact, it always produced the worst result whenever he said it .

But he said it again this time…

"Believe in me…"

Three fire stones were needed to produce the Fire Shield .  Could Grid really collect three fire stones? It seemed like it might not happen .  Toban was sad . His ominous feelings almost always came true .

The other guild members also expressed disappointment .

"If he fails to make the Fire Shield… Should the Phoenix Raid be delayed for the next time?"

"That's probably the case . It is unlikely for the raid to succeed if the main tanker can't hold on . "

It was a solemn atmosphere .  After being armed with Grid's equipment, they were strong enough to easily raid the Awakened Guardian of the Forest . Now it was possible to raid higher level boss monsters .

***

The 4th floor of Cork Island's dungeon .

Jeurereuk .

There was a steady stream of blood from Hell Gao's severed wrists .

Chiik!

There was smoke and an unpleasant smell as the blood touched the ground .  Grid blocked his nose and suggested, "Why is a bad smell coming from your blood?"

“Shut up!”

Hell Gao's body was suddenly full of wounds . The body of an advanced demonkin was weaker than Hell Gao thought .  In addition, the second fire stone was taken, so Hell Gao's magic power was weakening . More than half of the black flames that symbolized his power had turned to jade .

This was bad .

‘I am going to suffer a disgraceful loss to a human again…!'

He thought that only Sword Saint Muller was special .  But Muller had died over 100 years ago, and now a special human had appeared again .  As other demons said, the potential of the human species couldn't be ignored .

'I will be ridiculed in hell if I lose to humans again . '

He couldn't give up yet .

"I will surely kill you!"

Hell Gao shouted and wielded his arms .  Then he covered Grid with the blood pouring from his severed wrists .

[You have suffered 1,850 damage . ]

[You have suffered 1,790 damage . ]

'Damage is inflicted just from a drop of blood? This damn monster!'

The confused Grid flinched while Hell Gao burned his wounds with his blood . Then he made an expression of enormous hatred .

"I will take your soul to hell and make you my slave forever!"

Kwa kwa kwang!

Hell Gao changed the way he fought .  He used his staff as his primary weapon when he had both hands, and hellfire as a secondary attack . Now that he lost both hands, he could only fight as a magician, launching hot winds and hellfire .

Pepepepeng!

"Ugh!"

Grid tried to avoid the flames .  He wasn't able to easily approach Hell Gao . Hell Gao thought .

‘Yes, he's a swordsman, so I have the advantage when fighting at a distance . '

Hell Gao was two times weaker than when he first appeared .  But by human standards, his magic power was still infinite .  He kept generating hellfire at 0 . 3 second intervals and fired continuously, looking like a laser gun that ran on solar energy .

“Come and burn to ashes!"

Kwa kwa kwa kwang!

Three rays of fire that flew in a straight line!  Grid was constrained by his air being obstructed and hurriedly tried to avoid it .  Then the pavranium moved .

Chwachwachwachwachwachwa!

The seven blades gathered in front of Grid and took the shape of a triangular shield .

Kwa kwa kwa kwang!

The golden shield collided with the flames .  The shield stiffened and fell to the ground, while the hot winds hit the body behind it .  Hell Gao aimed at the heart of the floundering Grid and declared .

"You shall soon die . "

Kwaaaang!

[You have suffered 3,900 damage . ]

[You have suffered 4,150 damage . ]

[You have been hit by a lethal blow!]

[You have suffered 8,870 damage . ]

"Ohh!"

Flop!

Grid lying on the ground was hit .  He was very confused .

‘I was sure the 2nd round would be a KO win after I cut off his hands . Rather, he was more comfortable to deal with when swinging his staff . '

Hell Gao had certainly weakened since Peak Sword took the fire stone . The damage from hellfire had noticeably fallen .  But he was still strong .  His strength couldn't be measured .

'I have to narrow the distance…' 

He could use Transcend to attack from a distance . But unfortunately, Transcend only lasted for 30 seconds . He had to save this means of attack as a trump card, so it was better to approach and attack .

However, Hell Gao controlled the hot wind while simultaneously launching the hellfire, so a method to narrow the distance didn't easily appear .

Hwaruruk!

The wounded Grid was unable to properly control his body and fire spheres appeared around Hell Gao .  Hell Gao completed 30 spheres in  flash and burst out laughing .

“Kuahahaha! This is the end!”

Pepepepeong!

The 30 spheres simultaneously attacked from different orbits .  It was practically impossible to defend against all the fire spheres with only seven blades .

‘I have to take some damage . '

Grid judged and threw three darts from his belt .

Pepepeng!

A fog spread out in the spot where Grid was standing .  Then the 30 spheres hit the fog and exploded in unison .

Kwaaaaang!

"Ugh!"

Peak Pickaxe who was swinging his pickaxe in the corner… No, Peak Sword, fell down .  It was because a huge explosion shook the dungeon .  Peak Sword turned in the direction of Grid and his expression hardened .

The fog cleared and revealed the point of explosion .  Grid couldn't be seen at all .

"It can't be…"

Had he turned into a grey light after suffering from that attack?

"This can't be…!"

Peak Sword was frustrated .  Hell Gao was delighted and laughed like crazy .

"Kuahahaha! That cockroach like man has finally been turned into ashes!"

Human flesh was weak, and couldn't be unharmed after being bombarded with 30 hellfire spheres .  Grid was armed with excellent armor and received the protection of the golden blades, but there was a limit .  Hell Gao was convinced that Grid had died .

However…

"…What!?"

The laughing Hell Gao suddenly looked back .  The center of the dungeon .  Hell Gao was the only one standing there after Grid became ashes .

"…Pagma's Swordsmanship . "

Grid pulled down the zip of his Hooded Zip Up and slowly appeared .  Hatred and killing intent towards Hell Gao, one of the 33 great demons of hell, circled around the blue greatsword .

"Kill . "

Puoook!

A large wound was carved on Hell Gao's false body .

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