Overgeared - Chapter 405

Chapter 405
Chapter 405



–In order to raise Reidan’s fertility rate, you must set an example as the lord . Please share your hot love even more where people are watching .

Lauel meant to actively express positive affection . A simple example was to stroke her cheek or whisper loving words in her ears . He wanted to engrave the perception ‘this couple’s relationship is beautiful and happy!’ into the public .

But Grid misunderstood .

‘This guy has seen too many Japanese videos . ’

Why would he share a hot love in front of everyone? Wasn’t a hot love beyond kissing? Doing this act in the middle of the city, not the bedroom, and in front of more than 20,000 people? It was impossible unless he was a complete pervert . It was a completely crazy idea .

–W-What is it?

Lauel saw the contempt in Grid’s eyes and panicked . It was the day when the pure youth Lauel was labelled as a pervert .

And on this day . Lauel was disappointed with Grid’s uncooperative attitude and made a pledge .

‘I will take initiative for My Lord . ’

Lauel’s project to create a second generation had begun . It was at this time that the legendary ‘Reidan’s Female NPC Strategy’ was written .



***

It was only six days before the National Competition and Grid was supposed to leave for France in four days .

Based on Satisfy, Grid had 12 days to spare .

‘I must finish all the preparations . ’



Thus, he hurriedly returned to Reidan . Now wasn’t the time to be like this .

“I love you, but I’m sorry . Please be satisfied with this today . ”

Time was short . Grid saw Irene’s nakedness after a long time and used his hand techniques . After a while .

“…I love you, dear husband . ”

Grid’s dexterity stat had long gone beyond the realm of a human . Grid satisfied Irene in a short amount of time and left for the smithy .



***

Reidan’s super large smithy .

Khan and the young blacksmiths welcomed Grid, who had been missing for a few months . Grid observed Khan with the Great Lord’s Sword and felt admiration .

‘Advanced level 8?’

In fact, Grid had thought Khan’s blacksmithing skill would stagnate at advanced level 7 . But in contrast to his expectations, Khan was steadily developing . The process of training talented young blacksmiths seemed to give Khan a new understanding .

“Maybe you have a chance to become a craftsman?”

“Huhu, you are overrating me . ”

Historically, only 10 blacksmith craftsmen had emerged . Khan didn’t dare aim to be recognized as a craftsman . But Grid thought differently .

‘Khan is Albatino’s descendant . He comes from a long bloodline of blacksmiths and has more passion than anyone . If I support him well, he can become a craftsman . ’

Maybe he would be reborn as a named NPC . Grid felt greedy as he headed towards the furnace located in the innermost area of the smithy . A typical furnace was always dirty, but Grid’s was clean . It was thanks to Khan always cleaning it for him .



‘Really, I’m touched by that old man every time . ’

His first friend, Khan . He prayed for the old man to live as long as possible . Grid’s eyes were red as he started to prepare the firewood, while the young blacksmiths freaked out .

“Duke Grid! Let us do these menial tasks!”

“It isn’t your duty!”

It was impressive . Two years ago in real time, he had been told by the old blacksmith in Bairan that he couldn’t even cut firewood . Now he was in a position where he shouldn’t be cutting them . He realized that he had become successful .

Grid laughed and waved to the young blacksmiths .

“You can go and do your work . Today, I want to go back to my state of mind as a beginner . ”

Grid thought that going through all the blacksmithing processes would improve his concentration . He prepared enough firewood and lit the furnace .

Tak! Tatak!

The flames in the furnace started to slowly rise . Grid controlled the temperature of the flames and suddenly laughed .

‘If Braham saw this, he would be laughing at me . ’

He would’ve argued that he could’ve raised the temperature of the flames instantly with magic power . But right now, Braham was silent . To be precise, he fell asleep just after using Assimilation .

Did this mean that Grid used Assimilation recently? No . Grid hadn’t use Assimilation during the past fortnight . The reason why Braham was exhausted and sleeping was due to what happened when Grid died on the 61st island some time ago .

‘I don’t want to go to hell . ’

Grid had used Blackening against Lantier, and was in danger of falling into hell due to dying in the Blackening state . Braham said that if he fell into hell in this state, he would fall prey to the great demons . Therefore, he suppressed the dark gate trying to suck Grid into hell with magic .

In exchange, a message was added to Grid’s current status window .

* Braham has 69 days, 9 hours, 3 minutes, and 15 seconds left to restore his magic power and wake up . You can’t use the Assimilation skill until Braham wakes up *

By the time 69 days passed in Satisfy time, the National Competition would be coming to an end . In other words, Grid had lost a powerful weapon in the National Competition . But Grid wasn’t shaken . He believed he could play a role in the National Competition alone, without Braham’s help .

‘I will make that belief come true . ’

He needed items . He realized that there was a limit to developing his control . No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t be a genius like Kraugel and the Overgeared members . Therefore, he needed to make the best items .

‘Horse knight’s helmet, troll lord’s vest, crying ogre’s gauntlets and golden crown’s leggings . ’

In addition, Lantier’s cloak . Grid wanted to reproduce some of the items of the monsters he met in the latter half of the Behen Archipelago . It was because he needed new, more powerful armor .

‘The Holy Light set is really good . But…’

The Holy Light Armor had a high probability of resisting dark magic, increased the effectiveness of healing magic by 300%, and increased resistance to physical attacks . The Holy Light Gloves raised attack speed and accuracy, and had a low chance of activating the 5 Joint Attacks skill . The Holy Light Crown raised his intelligence and dignity stats .

Once these three items were worn as a set, defense and health rose significantly . It was why Grid had been steadily using it since level 170 . Yes, the Holy Light Set was very good .

‘If it was half a year to a year ago, I would still be able to call it a top-class armor . ’

But not anymore . As the level of monsters and users increased, the value of the Holy Light set was falling . He was able to realize it after meeting Kraugel and experiencing the Behen Archipelago .

‘The problem is that the basic defense is too low . ’

In particular, the crown and gloves had poor defense . It was almost defenseless . In the case of the Holy Light Armor, it wasn’t bad, but the defense wasn’t very high for armor . If there was no set effect, he wouldn’t have used it from the beginning .

‘The 5 Joint Attacks of the gloves isn’t too bad . ’

At this point, the only advantage of the Holy Light Set was for healing or when facing magic . This thought became more widespread after dying from two of Lantier’s blows .

‘I have to make an armor set for defense . ’

Monsters easily neutralized his attacks in the Behen Archipelago . He would gather the characteristics of the armor they were wearing .

‘First . ’

Grid confirmed that the furnace was at the right temperature and extracted the black iron and ogre blood .

‘Let’s make the troll lord’s breastplate . ’

From the time he became duke of Reidan until the present time, he’d earned around 147,000 gold from hunting and various quests . Of course, there was a separate sum that he invested into Reidan .

In any case, 147,000 gold was approximately 200 million won . Grid was planning to pour all of this gold into making items .

‘I will use the finest materials . ’

The National Competition . It was the best stage of Satisfy that the entire world was paying attention to . Grid needed to invest enough to prove his worth on that stage . However, the concept of ‘enough’ wasn’t understood properly by Grid .

In fact, 200 million wasn’t a big sum . The rankers of various countries participating in the National Competition poured at least billions of won into upgrading items and skill books . Were they crazy?

Not at all . This was a realistic amount . There were many sponsors attracted to the rankers participating in the National Competition, so money poured out abundantly . Of course, many companies offered to sponsor Grid .

However, Grid refused . It was because the amount was too small . None of the companies set a high price on Grid, who had been nerfed . Most companies predicted that Grid would lose his events, so the average value they offered was 300 million . This was low compared to rankers like Chris and Zibal, who had been offered 12 times as much .

Grid’s pride was hurt and he had to refuse the offers . Someone might think he was stupid for kicking away 300 million because of his pride . But Grid thought differently .

‘I will get the best result . ’

Companies that sponsored him would get astronomical results . Grid knew this fact, so accepting only 300 million won would make his stomach cramp with irritation .

Grid vowed again . He would prove his worth to those who underestimated him and make them shed tears . .