Overgeared

Chapter 276

Yura was praised as one of the best beauties in the world. Her beauty transcended race and people's tastes. She was a hundred times more beautiful in reality than on TV or photos. It felt like they would go blind when they stared at her.

It was so astounding that everyone was silent.

"…"

The director was entranced by Yura's beauty and came forward. He was 45 years old. He married his first love 20 years ago and hadn't cheated once. But this was the first time he faced a crisis.

"Hum hum! Hum!" The director regained his senses. He cleared his throat and smiled brightly. "It is the most auspicious day for this station thanks to Yura-ssi's presence. But why did you come here?"

"I came to claim Youngwoo-ssi's fee."

"Youngwoo…?"

One man came to mind.

'Grid.' 

His real name was Shin Youngwoo. The team members were agitated.

“Did Grid give you permission to broadcast live?"

“What permission? We didn't know it was Grid in the first place."

“Huh, you can be in big trouble if you aren't careful."

“Why is Yura coming forward for Grid?"

"The rumor that she is close to Grid is true."

"…Isn't Grid together with Jishuka? Wasn't there a scandal last time?"

"There was also a scandal with Yura."

"…"

The men trembled. They really envied Grid. It was to the point where they wanted to cry. 

'In my next life, I must be born as Grid!' 

They would hit the ground and wail with regret if they were born as Grid, but they didn't know this fact.

"Let’s go somewhere else."

The director led Yura to his office. The chief director's office. Elegance flowed from Yura as she sat on the sofa. Even the way she held the cup of tea was reminiscent of a noble. Yura sipped the tea before cutting to the chase.

“Pay Youngwoo-ssi 30% of the ad revenue generated by this broadcast. Then Youngwoo-ssi will forget that it was broadcasted without his permission."

“30% of the ad revenue?"

It was absurd.  It was enough to break down the broadcasting system.

“This joke is too much."

Currently, the best star in South Korea was Yura. Even she wasn’t given a proportion of the advertising revenue for a broadcast. Grid was a popular trend, but Yura's demands were too unrealistic.

“I will give 350 million won."

It was an amount that put him in the same class as Yura. This was more than necessary. But it didn't come close to satisfying Yura.

"You know that you can be held seriously liable if you use the gameplay video of another person for commercial purposes without permission." 

"…"

"Many cruel things were shown on this broadcast, so the Communications Commission is likely to come down harshly on you. It will become bothersome. Excess greed is just a poison."

Yura was one of the wealthiest people in South Korea. She had the best lawyers. The director wasn't ignorant of this. He thought carefully and replied, “I know that our position is disadvantageous. But 30% is too much."

It was estimated that the advertising revenue of this live broadcast would be close to 15 billion won. This was an industry record.  But to hand over one-third of it to an individual?  It was beyond common sense and he couldn't make the decision alone.

"In the first place, we relayed without knowing that the man in the mask was Grid. There is no reason to believe that we intentionally exploited Grid. In addition, Grid didn't directly reveal his face, so it doesn't infringe on his image rights. Besides, the filming stage was a public event. We have the right to broadcast everything that happens in a public venue…"

In fact, OGC Station's position wasn't disadvantageous. However, the person holding the sword was Yura.

“Please handle it flexibly. If you show me your sincerity, I will coordinate my schedule with OGC. Who knows? Youngwoo-ssi might also like OGC because of this work."

"Ah…!"

It wasn't time to look at the immediate profit and loss. Grid and Yura. Wasn't this an opportunity to build a relationship with the two top stars who represented South Korea?  If he could plan a broadcast around them, OGC would be able to steadily generate profits like today.

"I will contact you after a meeting. If we're to transfer the advertising revenue, we will need to draw up a few separate contracts that I hope you'll review." 

“Okay, now the conversation is good."

Yura smiled brightly at the director's clever judgment. Then the director asked her a careful question as she rose from her seat.

"However… You recently disappeared from the rankings. Is it because you obtained a hidden class like everyone guessed?"

"Maybe one day I will explain in an interview with OGC news."

"Oh my! If this is true… I'm happy just imagining it!"

A huge smile. The director's rising lips were unwilling to go down. He escorted Yura out of the building.

Click.

Yura entered the limousine with a bright expression. She was very satisfied, because the negotiations proceeded more easily than she had expected.

'It would've been different if this was a major broadcasting station.' Fortunately, the opponent was OGC. As a broadcaster that only dealt with the 'games' genre, they appreciated Grid's value. 'Won't Youngwoo-ssi be happy?'

Demon Slayer was a class hostile to the Yatan Church and demonkin. Therefore, she had no choice but to build up a relationship with the Rebecca Church. Yura was interested in the pope candidates for this reason.  She watched OGC's live broadcast of the speeches.

But what was this? The broadcast's main character changed to Grid. Yura was worried when she watched the broadcast. Grid still didn't know about the broadcasting world and this could harm him. She was concerned and immediately took action.

She visited OGC and made it so that Grid received a huge profit rather than a loss.

Her reasoning was simple: Yura wanted to look good to Grid. As the former 5th ranked user, she was well aware of Overgeared's importance and wished to join them. She needed a place to rely on until her level was restored.

A few private emotions were also mixed in.

***

The Vatican.

"Such a pathetic person."

Kamiyan might be inexperienced, but Fulito never thought he would be killed by a fist. He was the shame of the Red Knights.  Fulito didn't mourn Kamiyan's death. Rather, he cursed Kamiyan.

“I'm in this embarrassing situation because of that jerk."

After Piaro betrayed the empire. The new Red Knights developed by Sword Duke Limit were reputed to be black-hearted. They sneered at the residents of the empire, calling anyone not part of the Red Knights weak. In such a situation, a Red Knight was killed by a man's bare fists? The dignity of the Red Knights was shaken to its roots.

Fulito was obliged to prevent this situation.

“Wait until the end of the event.” Grid would be able to use weapons once the event was over. "At that time, I will beat you up and regain the dignity of the Red Knights."

"Hoh."

This was good news for Grid. Fulito's combat power couldn't be measured. He was much stronger compared to Kamiyan. He wasn't someone that could be beaten just by relying on Lifael's Spear. Grid hadn't been sure how to deal with him, so it was good that Fulito was giving him a chance.

The viewers cheered.

–Wow, Fulito of the Red Knights is a little scary. He gave Grid time to beat his colleague to death.

–His confidence is incredible. Is he a single number?

-No, single number knights have gold epaulettes on their shoulders.

–Hrmm… Then he must be in the 10's.

–Even the 20th knight is several times stronger than the 30th knight.

The illegal gambling sites were booming with all types of speculations. 

[Grid vs. Red Knight Fulito]

The gamblers started betting on who would win the match. Surprisingly, many gamblers bet on Fulito's victory. He had leisurely watched while Kamiyan was killed by Grid. Considering that he also gave Grid time to use weapons, Fulito must be much stronger. In any case, Fulito seemed certain that he was stronger than Grid, so the winner of the battle would naturally be Fulito.

–It's time for my chicken to come.

–My chicken arrived 5 minutes ago and I've already eaten two chicken legs.

–Sigh… When will this start? I will drink a bottle of soju while waiting.

–There are many boring pope candidates.

-Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋ I just remembered that this broadcast was originally a speech event for the pope candidates ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

As Grid waited for the end of the event, OGC's audience ratings surpassed 43%. Rumors that the confrontation between Grid and the Red Knight would be started soon began to spread. Millions of foreign viewers flooded to the OGC web channel, almost paralyzing the server.

As the whole world was watching,

[The pope candidate's speech event has ended.]

[The weapons that have been disabled for safety are released.]

[The +9 Failure has been equipped.]

[The +8 Doppelganger's Greatsword has been equipped. Only 50% of the weapon's attack power will be applied due to the penalty.]

Grid held the two greatswords in both hands. The users were excited.

-Two sword style?

–Is he a rookie? How can Two Sword Style be used with greatswords? Really stupid;;

–It should be very restrictive to swing two large weapons at the same time. His posture will easily crumble.

–Aish, you should only use one greatsword while fighting. This is just to look cool.

The community of the gambling sites fell into chaos. The gamblers who bet on Grid started complaining.

–Ah, this sucks.

–I stupidly believed in him. Hah…

–I was mistaken when I thought he was better than before. 

–The nightmare is starting again…

-Does he know he's being ridiculed?

Grid attacked Fulito without saying a single word.

Jjejeong!

When the attack from the Doppelganger's Greatsword was blocked…

Papat!

Failure was swung. Unlike Kamiyan's Keen Senses which was an active skill, Fulito's movements were affected by a passive skill, so it was hard to hit him. Fulito avoided Grid's counterattack and used a skill.

"Light Sword."

The power of this skill was incomparable to what Kamiyan used before. It was obvious that Grid would take a lot of damage when defending, and the orbit was too exquisite to avoid. Then what should Grid do? The maturing Grid knew how to cope with this.

"Pagma's Swordsmanship, Revolve."

Peeeeeong!

A counterattack triggered at the perfect timing. The power of the skill also rose due to the Doppelganger's Greatsword. Blood spurted from Fulito's chest.

'What?'

Fulito was shocked. Grid was much stronger than when he defeated Kamiyan. It was natural.

Pagma's Swordsmanship increased attack power, critical attack chance, and critical attack damage, as well as generating all types of passive skills. But this was only applied when a sword type weapon was equipped.

When armed with a greatsword, Grid was strong enough to exceed the extent that Fulito had assumed.

–Wow, Two Sword Style really appeared.

–Kyah~ truly God Grid.

As always, the viewers' switch in opinion was fast. The people who were ignoring Grid just a minute ago were now praising him.

Currently, OGC's audience rating was 45%. Reaching 50% wasn't a dream.  It was a record in the decades of Korean broadcasting. Grid was once again writing a new legend.

OG: 

Current schedule: 20 chapters a week.

Chapter 277

Rankers were mainly popular around the world, but Grid was different. Most foreigners disliked Grid. There were those who mocked and criticized him for his poor control skills in the National Competition.

But at this moment, the flow started to change. Grid elevated his control after endless efforts and was silencing the criticism against him.

"Aura Festival!"

Pepeng! Pepepepeong!

It was like firecrackers. The chain of aura explosions put pressure on Grid.

‘Let’s concentrate.'

It was a great skill, but there was no need to shrink back in front of it. A red light shone from Grid's eyes. He utilized his high insight to grasp the trajectory of the explosions and evade, causing the viewers to feel admiration.

[You have suffered 2,362 damage.]

[You have suffered 2,510 damage.]

[You have suffered 2,487…]

The advantage of Aura Festival was its range. It was such a widespread attack that it was impossible to avoid them all  completely with Grid's agility. However, it was such a large-scale skill that its damage was weak. Allowing a few attacks wasn't fatal. Thanks to the doppelganger's accessory set, his indomitable stat was maximized and helped reduce the damage.

"Pagma's Swordsmanship."

Kuooooh!

The atmosphere in the sky started swarming towards Grid. A huge explosion of energy burst from Grid. No, it was at the level of a gravity pull. It was the precursor to Grid's conversion from a close range damage dealer to a ranged damage dealer.

"Transcend."

Supak!

Everything Grid swung the sword,

Kukwakwang!

An energy blade was shot at Fulito on the ground. The momentum was comparable to lightning.

"Ugh!"

The attack speed and downpour of energy blades from Grid served as a disaster for Fulito. Failure hit once. Then the Doppelganger's Greatsword hit once again. The two greatswords that were continuously swung without rest were fast and strong. They didn't give Fulito any breathing room.

'An entirely different level!'

Fulito ran around the crumbling ground and gradually realized the seriousness of the situation.

'A single number…!'

The single number knights were a target of awe for their fellow Red Knights. Grid's skills resembled them. From the moment Aura Festival was beaten, Fulito had already determined the gap between himself and Grid.

'Eternal! A mere small kingdom was hiding a monster like this!'

It was scandalous and dangerous. He had to tell this fact to the emperor. There was an obligation to raise their vigilance towards the Eternal Kingdom.

Peeng!

Fulito was hit in the right shoulder.

'Damn!'

He was helpless. He couldn't avoid the storm of energy blades that was pouring towards him. Fulito used Super Armor.

Kwa kwa kwa kwang!

The golden protective layer neutralized the energy blades. It was tremendous defense, but unfortunately, the duration of Super Armor wasn't very long. Fulito shouted to the Black Knights.

"I will retreat! Tie up his feet and earn me some time!"

It was a desperate command. The Black Knights paled at the thought of sacrificing themselves. But the principles of the subordinates were absolute. The Black Knights grasped their swords and attacked. They confronted Grid's energy blades to allow Fulito to retreat.

Grid stopped using Transcend and descended to the ground before using Link.

“This is Huroi's share."

It was punishment for their sin of attacking Huroi.

Chaaeng! Chaeeeeeng!

The Black Knights' attacks were offset by Link and then the onslaught began.

Pit! Pipipipipit!

Puhwahak!

“Kuaaaak!”

Blood emerged from the seams of the black armor. His swordsmanship combined with Vital Spot Detection was much mature compared to the past.

"Don't send…!"

The Black Knights barely managed to strike back against Grid. They all aimed at him. They used their strongest skills, without caring about defense. It was an obvious crisis for Grid.

–Wow.

–Will Grid die?

The viewers were immersed in the  and forgot to eat their chicken.

Hwiririk!

A white hooded zip up was seen. Grid used the movements that he saw when Piaro sparred against Faker and rotated his body like a spin top. The Black Knights simultaneously used five skills, but two of them were non-targeted skills and didn't hit him. He was lightly grazed and only received minor damage.

“Shit!”

The frustrated Black Knights found themselves covered in a blue light. Pagma's Swordsmanship, Wave threatened the five Black Knights.

"This is my share!"

This was punishment for the sin of aiming their swords against him!

"Kuheok!"

The waves of energy that stretched out from Grid caused the Black Knights to scream. In the process, Grid was hit by three skills, but he suffered less damage than the Black Knights. It was natural. Grid was currently armed with the armor set made by the legendary blacksmith Pagma out of a god mineral.

“This is my share! Pinnacle!"

"Why do you have another share?"

The behavior of Grid, who took more of a share than the beaten up Huroi, confused the Black Knights. Anyway, the attack hit them regardless of their feelings.

Seokeok!

The Black Knights were slowed by the effects of Grid, and the one in the front had his armor completely broken by Grid. It was the power of Failure.

[You have defeated Black Knight Dever.]

[8,960,000 experience has been acquired.]

[79 gold has been acquired.]

[Your level has risen.]

Grid had gained a large amount of experience from Kamiyan, so he enjoyed the sight of the level up notification window. He was now level 296. There were four more levels left until he reached 300. Very soon, his stats would undergo the third awakening.

Ssik!

Laughing while cutting a person in half? Grid was wearing a bizarre mask with an eerie red light behind it. He looked like a blood covered demon as he laughed. In other words, he seemed crazy.

–It reminds me of old times.

–When Grid was called the Butcher?

–Right. It when when he killed the Giant Guild. At that time, a regular user going against the Giant Guild. It was invigorating to watch.

What was the reason why users became fans of rankers? It was because they could live vicariously through them. The users were thrilled when they saw the rankers do things that were impossible for them. Then they gradually became fans. This was how the viewers watching Grid felt now. There were also foreigners watching the broadcast through the web channel. In the chat window, the anti-fans fell silent.

Teong!

Grid used Fly magic to break through the Black Knight that turned into ash. He moved at a fast speed and reached Fulito, before switching his shoes. Braham's Boots disappeared and Grid's Boots were equipped.

At the same time, the Fly spell was turned off. Grid's body rapidly gained weight and fell to the ground. Fulito used a skill to defend against the two greatswords that were falling rapidly.

"Red Sword!"

It was one of the strongest skills passed down through the Red Knights for generations. A secret technique that only the Red Knights from the 10s onwards could receive.

Hwaruruk!

The golden aura around Fulito's sword was stained red. It was flames itself. The flames flying towards Grid were enough to blow away a small mountain. But the viewers knew.

–Grid has more skills.

–Legendary skills. 

"Kill."

The greatsword was strengthened by Grid's Boots, so the fierce Kill decided Victory.

Peeeeeong!

"Heeok?"

Kill crushed the Red Sword that it collided with. One of the Red Knights, with their 300 years of history, collapsed to this extent? Fulito's face was stunned as the blow overwhelmed the Red Sword. Fulito screamed as he offset half the power of Kill with Limit Sword.

"Who the hell are you? How could a strong person like you be so anonymous in the meantime?"

Fulito had determined that the source of Grid's power was in the artifacts, including the golden spear. But that was a clear misjudgment. Grid's strength was his swordsmanship. It was a rare transcendental swordsmanship.

Transcendental swordsmanship! It wasn't an exaggeration. Grid had inherited the powers of Pagma, the legendary blacksmith and great swordsman, as well as studied under Piaro. Just looking at this environmental aspects, Grid had the foundations to leapfrog above existing legends.

The problem was that his natural talent was low.

"Anonymous? I am famous?"

The Red Knights believed that the Saharan Empire was the whole world. Grid was well aware that they were frogs in a well and stabbed Failure at Fulito's heart.

“It won't be so easy!"

Fulito fired Super Sensitivity, which lasted for five seconds, avoided Failure and rushed to Grid's side. Using Super Sensitivity caused his brain to overload, so Fulito was already determined to die.

‘If I have to die, I will take you with me!'

This was the last resort. But by the time he reached his destination, the Doppelganger's Greatsword was already flying. Grid had predicted the behavior. If the stabbing of a greatsword failed, how would the enemy respond? 

'I fought Randy who cloned Pagma over 80 times.'

Puok!

"T-This…!"

“Goodbye, fake knight."

Piaro and Asmophel. Only Red Knights with their strength would be a threat to Grid. No, Piaro's strength surpassed Grid. Compared to them, Fulito was just shameful.

“Kukuk…! You might be strong enough to win over Kamiyan and I! There are many Red Knights who I can't be compared with! You can't go against the single number knights!"

“Stop speaking long words."

Grid didn't exert his full skills in this battle. There were still a lot of items and title effects that would be saved.

"Damn bastard!"

Fulito still had one-third of his health left despite his heart being pierced. He was secretly preparing a counterattack. He secretly gathered his aura while pulling Grid's attention.  He was planning to inflict damage on Grid by exploding his aura and then link up his swordsmanship. But Grid's sword was faster than the aura explosion.

"Where are you going?"

Grid read the suspicious actions and successively swung Failure and the Doppelganger's Greatsword. The two greatswords crossed many times and Fulito's health fell to the bottom. Grid checked it and declared.

'Bring it on, Pascal.'

The price for aiming at Grid's life would be repaid. Then Grid smiled as many notification windows appeared in front of him.

OG: 

Current schedule: 20 chapters a week.

Chapter 278

[You have defeated Fulito, the 19th Red Knight of the Saharan Empire, who slaughtered ethnic minorities under their banner.]

[If this news is spread to the empire, the empire will order your assassination.]

[43,908,500 experience has been acquired.]

[81 gold has been acquired.]

[Red Armor has been acquired.]

[Skill Book: Aura Festival has been acquired.]

[Red Armor]

Rating: Unique

…

…

User Restriction: Level 300 or higher. Advanced Heavy Armor Mastery Level 5 or higher.

[Skill Book: Aura Festival]

Rating: Unique

Launches aura that causes a wide explosion.

The higher the skill level, the better the range and power.

Acquisition Conditions: Must be able to use aura.

The red armor was too heavy and boasted high durability and defense instead of having options. It was lacking for the Overgeared members to use.

'But it can be sold at a pretty high price.’

The Overgeared members felt like the Red Armor was lacking because Grid made items for them, but general users were different. For general users, the Red Armor was an S-grade item. It was the case even if they couldn't wear the armor.

'But it's better to sell it after making modifications.'

If the reconstruction was successful, the value of the item might surge. Maybe it would be enough for the Overgeared members to use.

'Skill book…'

It was amazing. Aura Festival. There was a reason why it was dangerous.

'Unique skill.'

Skills could be used permanently once learned.  The value of a unique skillbook was similar or better than the value of a legendary item.

'I should sell this to Pon or Ibellin.'

He earned a huge amount of money after a long time. He had been living as a beggar after pouring all his money into the building construction, and now he had room to spare again.

'I'll have a pizza for celebration.'

He planned to eat a cheese crust, which cost an extra 3,000 won more. He would also add grated Parmesan cheese and hot sauce for an extra 700 won each.

"Kukukuk."

Grid was filled with joy. His smiling face while wearing a bloody mask caused the viewers to get the chills.

'Wait.'

Grid stopping laughing and turned his gaze towards the camera.

'Aren't a few people watching?'

OGC was recognized as a professional gaming channel. Grid assumed there would be at least 100,000 people watching the broadcast right now.

'A broadcast that appeared unexpectedly.'

He should thoroughly utilize this. Grid started promoting his guild.

“The Overgeared Guild is recruiting guild members with secondary classes like cleaners, chefs, tailors, construction workers, blacksmiths, alchemists, etc. For more information, please contact Lauel."

Except for Grid and Euphemina, the Overgeared members were solely dedicated to combat. The soon to be merged Silver Knights Guild also had a much higher percentage of combat classes. In order to develop his estate, he needed to employ a large number of secondary classes.

'Maybe 100 people will apply to join. There should be a few talented people that could be used.'

Grid never knew it, but OGC's audience rating now exceeded 55%. The peak audience rating was close to 63%. A record was set after half a century. It was the first time a single channel in South Korea monopolized the views since the end of full-fledged channels in 2011.

15 seconds of advertisements were sold for around 3 billion won. Now that the broadcast reached its climax, Grid was promoting to millions of people for free. The impact was tremendous. Right now, tens of thousands of users were writing letters to Lauel to ask to join the guild.

Now Lauel was so busy that he even ran out of time to sleep. Grid unintentionally gave a lot of work to Lauel.

Then a new notification window appeared in front of Grid.

[The time attack quest 'Evidence Destruction' has been created.]

[Evidence Destruction]

Level of Difficulty: AAA

The fact that you have defeated the Black Knights and Red Knights of the Saharan Empire will inevitably bring a crisis towards you.

Destroy the remaining enemies and kill or appease the leaders of the incident.

Quest Clear Conditions: Eliminate the surviving Black Knights (0/4). Kill or reconcile with the leaders of this incident, Pascal and the elders.

Quest Clear Rewards: Rumors about you won't spread to the Saharan Empire.

Quest Failure: The Saharan Empire will issue an order for your death.

Time Period: 2 hours.

"Huroi."

"Yes."

Huroi had restored his health under the protection of Lifael's Spear while Grid had been fighting Fulito. Grid told him, “Kill the remaining Black Knights."

It would give him an opportunity to get revenge for his humiliation and get some experience. Huroi was thrilled as he understood the meaning and replied, "Leave it to me."

“Okay."

Grid immediately left the place. His destination was the elders' meeting room. After being left alone, the Black Knights immediately surrounded Huroi. They smiled with satisfaction.

"Grid, he's stupid. Leaving you alone."

"We'll kill you, then return to the empire to accuse Grid!"

"Don't mention My Lord's name with your dirty mouth."

“Someone who will soon die should shut their mouths!"

The Black Knights made fun of Huroi. They had seen Huroi's skills earlier, and they was terrible. Didn't Grid actually say it? Huroi was weak. The Black Knights were the second most influential knights group on the continent. It was four against one, so the fight seemed advantageous to the Black Knights.

“Die!”

The Black Knights attacked in unison.  The momentum was overwhelming. However, Huroi didn't shrink back. Huroi pulled out the smaller one-handed version of Dainsleif and defended against the Black Knights' attacks.

"You…!"

“You aren't our opponent!"

The Black Knights increased their momentum and tried to attack again. Then a huge shadow appeared above them.

Kuwooooh!

A red drake roared. It was said that only 100 out of two billion users owned a drake.  This was Huroi's true identity.

“I am weak, but that is only when compared to My Lord."

"T-This…!"

Kwaaaaah!

Flames poured out. Huroi broke down the Black Knights one by one. The Apostle of Justice's Partner started his rampage.

–Wow…

An orator killing the Black Knights? Huroi's appearance gave a new shock to the viewers.

***

One hour before the pope's speech event began.

Pon and Regas, who had been out of contact for a month, finally returned to Reidan. Did they succeed in clearing the dungeon? No. It was a failure. The strongest duo in Overgeared died without even reaching the boss. The vampire city had countless numbers of powerful vampires.

"It isn't a dungeon that is originally intended for two users. There needs to be at least 10 third advancement classes in the party. More than 20 people is probably necessary if we want to clear it within four days."

"The vampires' evasion ability is designed to disable attacks apart from the divine attribute. If we want to hunt them more easily, we need weapons or skills with divine power."

“We tried to reach the boss and obtain the information before we died, but it wasn't enough."

“Our preparations were too insufficient. We ran out of potions and food, and our items' durability fell, so it was unavoidable."

And so on.

Pon and Regas shared the information about the vampire city with the guild members. Lauel looked at the overall situation.

'There are at least 13 vampire cities in the western part of the Eternal Kingdom.' 

The city was categorized as a dungeon and the entrance was blocked 10 seconds after people entered.  The exit wouldn't be created until the vampire boss was knocked down.  The only way to escape was to hunt the boss or die.

‘In the 13th city, the vampires are at least level 280 to 350. They are sensitive to the smell and blood and light, and have excellent ability to read facial expressions. Their main skills are dark magic and the evasion of other attributes. Some of them use the sword as a weapon. The items they drop are various jewellery and cloth armor.'

In the case of 'true blood vampires,' which were classified as quasi boss grade monsters, they also dropped spellbooks and elixirs.

'Elixirs… It's huge.'

Elixirs permanently raised stats. Naturally the value was astronomical. A vampire city was a great growth platform for a guild if they could monopolize it.

'The boss monster information is still unknown.'

Seuk seuk.

Lauel's hands moved quickly as he wrote a report for Grid. He was concentrating when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

"Hasn't it been a while?"

Lauel was an earl of the Eternal Kingdom and acting lord of Reidan. There was only one person, apart from the Overgeared members, who would treat him like this. It was Minor, who was famous for being indifferent.

About 3 months ago. Grid had ordered the minerals detector boy to search for pavranium, and he had finally returned safely.

"Sigh, really. It was a hard search."

Lauel didn't object to the rude behavior of the boy, who sat on the couch without permission. Lauel's standards for evaluating people were their capabilities over personality.

That was how he decided to follow Grid.

"I'm glad to see you've come back safely."

Lauel said with a smile, causing Minor to shrug.

“I’m not glad at all."

"Hahaha! You're still like this. By the way, did you find the golem's labyrinths?"

"No. No labyrinths exist here in the west."

Lauel's expression stiffened. “No pavranium…? Duke Grid will be very disappointed."

"Who said there is no pavranium? I just said there were no golem labyrinths."

"What are you saying?"

Minor handed a map to the puzzled Lauel. "I can feel the energy of pavranium from these dungeons marked here."

A map of the west. There were 15 places marked with a X and unfortunately, one of the coincided with the vampire city.

'This, perhaps…?' Lauel asked. “Are the dungeon entrances in the form of an ant hill?"

“Eh? How did you know?"

Indeed. The places that Minor marked on the map were vampire cities.

"Kukukuk…"

Lauel covered his face with his hand and his shoulders shook as he laughed. He muttered as he exposed the whites of his teeth.

"This, this… If the pavranium are sealed in the vampire cities… Lady Luck that I used to love in my past life hasn't forgotten me, and it's giving me great help. In order to give back to her, I should retrieve the memories of my past life that I have sealed. Then I will give her a kiss on the cheek."

'Crazy guy.'

Minor was a young boy, but he could see that normal people were rare to find around Grid. It was natural. Grid himself wasn't normal.

'I don't belong in this place. I should be the emperor's genius right hand.'

He dreamed of a place with great fame.

"Huhuhut…"

"Kukukuk…"

Lauel and Minor laughed wildly while absorbed in their thoughts.

"Um."

Jude felt a strange feeling as he came to the office to report to Lauel.

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