Overgeared - Chapter 268

Chapter 268
Chapter 268



But something was looking at him from the shadows .

Noe .

Twitch, twitch . Twitch, twitch .

His small, chubby butt shook from side to side . The short paws were completely pressed against the floor . The best demonic beast of hell was moving secretly to catch his prey .

‘This is a scientific, beautiful and perfectly designed hunting posture! Nyang!’

“…”

Crow was unable to perceive Noe’s presence in the darkness . He was a good assassin, but it wasn’t at the level of sensing the best demonic beast of hell .

Suuk .

Crow climbed towards the landing of the third floor . The third floor was where Isabel’s room was located .

‘Soon . ’

Crow imagined it . Stabbing Grid with his dagger . It was at that moment .

“Kyong!”

Noe jumped towards Crow . The sharp and small fangs gleamed in the darkness .

“…!”

Crow was confused . He never thought the day would come when he was surprised by a cat .

‘I didn’t notice a cat following me?’

It was the biggest shame and embarrassment he’d experienced since he was born . But it was only for a moment . He quickly regained his composure . Crow was a professional . He had survived many crises and assassinated 89 humans . In the process, he realized something . It was that he must remain calm under any circumstances . Crow’s experience meant he didn’t make a fuss about the surprise appearance of a cat .

Paang!

Crow blocked the cat’s paw swiping at him with his dagger . Then Crow hesitated as he was about to counterattack .

Snap .

He couldn’t properly move his wrist after the blow .

‘Why is this cat so strong?’

This wasn’t a normal cat . Crow noticed Noe’s peculiarities . There were small horns on the forehead and short wings on the back . A high class demonic beast .

‘How is this demonic beast here?’

This place was the Vatican . The Vatican was filled with divine power . Monsters couldn’t come near the Vatican . A monster that took one step inside the Vatican would die from the divine power .

That was the problem . Currently, Noe couldn’t exercise his skills properly .

‘It’s serious . ’



Noe’s master had ordered . Be prepared for any enemy while Master was concentrating . If an enemy invades, don’t hesitate to hurry to Grid and tell him the news . But the problem was…

‘I unconsciously moved . ’

Noe recognized himself as a rational being, but reality was different . Noe was still young and faithful to his instincts . When a dark man showed up and moved quietly through the darkness, he instinctively attacked . It was unintentionally done and the current situation was the result .

Noe was affected . He couldn’t gather any strength in his body . The divine power of the Rebecca Church’s Vatican was terrible . But how could the best demonic beast of hell lose to a human?

“Nyaang!”

Noe once again swung his paws .

Chukak .

Sharp claws tore at Crow’s ears . Crow felt a chill as he barely managed to escape a deadly blow .

‘Fast…! A high class demonic beast!’

The cat was clearly a demonic beast . It might not look like it, but it must be a huge monster . Maybe it had the skills of an intermediate level demonkin . If not, it wouldn’t have been able to move inside the Vatican that was filled with divine power .

‘I need to take it seriously . ’

The reason why a demonic beast was here didn’t matter . It was just one more target to kill .

Clink .

Crow, who had been fighting with only one dagger, pulled out a short sword . A dagger in his right hand and a short sword in his left hand . His attitude changed after he grabbed another weapon . It was the appearance of the famous Crow .

“Kiyong!”

‘No strength . ’

Crow defended against Noe’s scratches with his short sword . He drew his short sword in a diagonal line . Then he stabbed with his dagger . A light wound appeared on Noe’s chest . The sword sword was cut slightly and the dagger was avoided .

Crow’s expression twisted .

‘It avoided it?’

Noe bared his fangs .

“Nyaang!”

Jjejeong! Jjeejeeeong!

“Kuk . ”

Noe’s claws became faster and stronger . Crow found it difficult to avoid, and he tried to defend by crossing his short sword and dagger . Then he realized Noe’s real power .

‘A senior demonkin!’

Was this possible? Weren’t demonic beasts originally subordinates of the demonkin? Crow was shocked and pulled out the trump card he had been saving . The walls, the floor and the shadows on the ceiling started to shake . A shadow technique was activated .

Noe’s eyes widened with surprise at the strange sensation, while Crow smiled with satisfaction .



“Go to hell . ”

Crow was convinced of his victory and opened his mouth for the first time . At the same time, the shadows on all four sides moved and changed their shape into that of a thorn .

Pa pa pa pat!

Six thorns flew from different orbits and pierced Noe’s body . Noe determined it was dangerous and used Fluidization .

[Fluidization]

It was a skill that made it impossible for physical damage to impact his body . However, Noe couldn’t use it properly due to the influence of divine power . He couldn’t use Soul Ingestion at all . Unfortunately, Fluidization didn’t work and Noe received damage .

Puok!

“What, nyang?”

One of the six thorns penetrated Noe’s small body . Noe let out a pained scream and fell to the floor .

‘It is unfair, nyang . ’

The biggest problem was that Noe couldn’t use the Soul Ingestion skill . Noe hated the Vatican .

Crow trampled on Noe’s protruding belly . Noe’s snout gaped open . Then a pained sound emerged . Crow laughed at him . “This is the end of the demonic beast . ”

Clink .

Crow aimed at Noe’s face with the short sword .

“Die . ”

“It’s up to here . ”

“…!”

Suddenly, a voice was heard . The surprised Crow hurriedly turned his head, but no one could see it . There were just darkness all over the place .

‘A hallucination?’

He had no choice but to feel doubts . There were no signs of anyone . It was a stealth ability beyond human limits .

“Eh?”

Crow’s eyes twitched as he felt something . He was losing control of the shadows .

Pahat!

The shadows rose like a wave . Crow tried to avoid it, but it was impossible . The speed of the shadows was too fast .

Kwack!

Crow’s body was pressured by the shadows .

“Kuak!”

Crow turned pale was he was caught by the shadows and thrown into the air .

‘The speed of the shadow control is ridiculously fast…!’

The shadow technique could evolve to this extent? He couldn’t believe it . While Crow was feeling confusion, the shadows kept tightening around his body . Crow struggled but the pain just got worse . Who on earth could so easily overpower him? Crow’s questions were deepening when a man appeared from the darkness .

“Y-You…!”

It was a man with black skin . His body was very dry and his arms were abnormally long . There was only one person who came to mind once all these things were summed up .

Crow screamed, “Kasim!”

Someone who could control shadows beyond mere attacking and defending . He was able to make soldiers from shadows . The assassin who led an army . His nickname…

“King of Shadows!”

Why was that monster here? Crow had more questions . But the answer that came to him was death . The shadows pressed on him more strongly and he couldn’t even scream as he died . Kasim removed Crow’s body so there were no traces left . The shadows swept over the area and even the bloodstains disappeared .

“The more I look, the cuter it is . ”

Kasim looked at Noe, who was unconscious, and disappeared into the shadows .



***

Chirp! Tweet!

Birds made noises . Warm sunshine wrapped around his body .

“Nya . ”

Noe woke up from his serene sleep . Then he looked to the left and right .

“Heok! What is going on? Kyak!”

When it was dawn . He had been fighting a savage human . Then he was hit by a lousy technique and got knocked out . Noe thought up to here and found it ridiculous . How could the best demonic beast of hell by beaten by a human?

“It’s a disgrace! Nyang!”

This was unacceptable, even if the location was the Vatican . Why should this great body, that could overcome humanity with its paws, suffer from such indignity? Noe trembled with anger and belatedly questioned it .

“Why am I alive? Nyang?”

If he was knocked out by a human, wouldn’t he be killed? Noe pondered it and concluded .

“It was a dream! Nyang!”

That’s right . What happened last night wasn’t real .

“Nyahahat! That is it! How can the best demonic beast of hell be beaten by a human? Nyahahat!”

Noe was sure of it .

In fact, he had no choice but to think that way . Otherwise, how could Noe explain why he was still alive? Due to his tremendous resilience, the wounds he had the day before were completely gone, so Noe’s thoughts were justified .

Ttiring~

Noe’s status changed from frustration to self-gratification . But Grid had no interest in Noe . He was too busy with Lifael’s Spear and didn’t see the pet window at all .



***

‘I’m screwed . ’

Grid was feeling nervous . He had observed Lifael’s Spear, but despite two days passing, he couldn’t figure out a way to seal it .

‘Was I thinking too easily?’ Had he let his recent victories get to him?

‘I can’t understand what’s connecting the parts of the spear . ’

The bonding area was too clean . Grid wasn’t even sure what techniques were used .

‘It’s impossible to do this with forging alone . However, it isn’t one whole item…’

If he disassembled and assembled the spear, he could uncover the secrets behind how the two parts were joined . But he couldn’t do that because of Isabel . Grid continued to observe the spear while logically grasping its structure .

The next day, an uninvited guest came . It was Pascal .

“I want to give you a present . ”

Pascal extended a box containing one million gold . It was almost twice as much as Damian’s 530,000 gold . It was 1 . 2 billion won in cash .



[Would you like to receive Pascal’s gift?]

[If you receive the gift, you must unconditionally accept one of Pascal’s requests . ]



“Are you kidding me? This is the extent of your gift? Get lost . ”

Grid wasn’t simple enough to cling to simple profits anymore . He was always looking ahead . He wouldn’t allow the empire to swallow the Rebecca Church just for one million gold .

Two more days passed . Grid drove away Pascal and decided to change his viewpoint while observing Lifael’s Spear .

‘Maybe the secret isn’t in the technique but the materials?’

The main ingredient of Lifael’s Spear was adamantium . Adamantium was a silver material but the color of the combined area was blue .

‘No minerals were used other than adamantium . It seems like the adamantium is mixed with something else .

There was clearly something .

‘This… perhaps?’

At that moment, something passed through Grid’s head .