Overgeared Chapter 923:

“Protect the people well . ”

“I understand . Master just has to believe in me, nyang . ”

A cat was sitting on Grid’s shoulder . He had shining white fur, a plump belly, and pink jelly-like soles . The blacksmiths knew the identity of this cat . He was the best demonic beast of hell, a memphis . Noe had inherited some of the characteristics of a dragon, boasting a high level of intelligence and flying ability . He was a monster that overwhelmed the wyvern in all ways, even the crude breath . Only one out of two billion players had a memphis . The strongest pet was known to be tamed by Grid .

‘Cute . ’

Noe was licking his fur . He seemed to have a very clean personality . Occasionally, he would rub against Grid’s cheek in an adorable manner . However, the blacksmiths didn’t rush toward Noe .

“Kyaong!”

It was because Noe revealed his predatory nature to everyone except for Grid . Over half the steel jiangshi who jumped over the walls were beaten by Noe’s front paws .

“Gulp . ”

Noe broke rocks and knocked down the steel jiangshi with one blow . The Overgeared Skeletons also broke the bones of the steel jiangshi, while Randy dealt the final blow to the jiangshi who couldn’t get up . There was also the light elemental and the golden blade that protected the blacksmiths .

Grid’s pets and items could be considered as a perfect party . Grid didn’t have to lift one finger, and the safety of the blacksmiths was secured .

The blacksmiths looked hopeful, feeling optimistic that they could clear the forced linked quests . This was when the blacksmiths realized why the Overgeared members trusted and praised Grid so much . However, Grid was feeling frustrated . ‘Where should I go?’

He had to find and rescue 30 residents surrounded by the poison jiangshi . These were the contents of Grid’s ongoing quest . The time limit was only one hour while the ruined city was huge, and it was hard to find people . The range of Magic Detection was limited compared to the size of the city . Moreover, the moment the quest started, the dense fog blocked his sight, which meant he couldn’t find them using Fly .

‘This . . . ’ Grid noticed there was only one way to clear this quest .

They had to scatter . He and the 100 blacksmiths had to move through the fog directly to find the residents . Otherwise, it would be impossible to clear the quest .

‘If it wasn’t for the good rewards . . . ’

The jiangshi appeared constantly . The blacksmiths couldn’t fight and win against the jiangshi . It was a quest which led to the blacksmiths being scattered . . . It was for certain . This wasn’t a quest to be cleared . The rewards were so great because the quest was unreasonable .

‘It is ruined . ’

Feeling frustrated, Grid turned to look at the faces of the blacksmiths who followed him . They were people that Grid had brought here . Failing the quest was a betrayal of their trust . This wasn’t the result Grid wanted .

“ . . . ”

How could he overcome this situation? While struggling with the fog, Grid thought of with a skill .

“Everybody stay here . ”

He jumped across several roofs . Once he reached the highest point, Grid freed a power imprinted on the Rune of Darkness .

“Ruson’s Power . ”

It was an earl grade vampire Grid had killed when he raided the 7th vampire city . Ruson’s excellent blood sniffing ability was limited to ‘wounded targets’, but it completely neutralized an assassin’s hiding ability . Grid’s olfactory senses were enhanced, and he breathed as hard as he could . He could no longer smell the fishy water and stench of the jiangshi that had stimulated his nose . Now, Grid’s nose could only smell human blood . In the end . . .

“There . ”

Like a sniffing dog, Grid succeeded in detecting a faint glimmer of blood . It was blood from the residents who were besieged by the poison jiangshi . The location was around 3 kilometers away to the east .

‘It’s weak when compared to the other powers, so I thought it was a useless skill . I never thought it could help me now . ’ Grid smiled and shifted his gaze toward Noe . Noe was rolling around on the ground, licking his soles . He looked like he was intoxicated with cleaning . A creature that was born strong would feel a different type of tension .

“Noe, I’ll be gone for a while, so protect the people well . ”

“Hrmm . I understand, nyang!” His answer was a yawn . Noe sure was easygoing .

The blacksmiths, who were relying on Noe, became uneasy upon seeing this attitude . However, Grid trusted Noe . He had eaten the power of the great demon Astaroth along with the thunder stone and evolved one step further than the usual memphis . Grid entered the ‘hunger’ state in exchange for an increase in his agility and instantly disappeared into the fog .

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The physical ability of poison jiangshi was similar to that of the steel jiangshi, but they released poison every time they were hurt . The deeper the wound, the stronger the poison would be . The people addicted to the poison would tremble with the pain of death .

“Pant . . . Pant . . . We are finished . ”

Lord Han Seokbong—he was a person who had been captured by the king and then escaped . After he was kidnapped by the creator of the Red Phoenix Bow, Pangea was abandoned . The king didn’t dispatch a new lord, and the few remaining residents had to survive on their own . It was expected . Protecting the city was no different from rebelling against the yangbans of the Hwan Kingdom . The remaining residents knew that the Cho King would abandon Pangea .

Still, waiting for **** was enough to make their determination fade . The jiangshi easily crossed the barriers of the city that had lost its troops . Due to the attacks of the jiangshi, the residents didn’t have a chance to recover the collapsed Pangea economy . They were busy every day .

Now, this was the limit . The residents were starving, and they lacked the power to resist the jiangshi . The heavens didn’t take pity on them . Every time the jiangshi jumped, the distance to the residents narrowed sharply, and the dense fog became poisoned . The residents gave up their resistance in front of the poison jiangshi that were a great threat .

“I should’ve followed the lord that day . . . This land has lost all hope . . . ” Someone muttered .

No one rebuked him . They were all exhausted . Although they had wanted to survive to defend their home and persuade the Cho King to allow the lord to come back, this noble spirit was long gone . The residents gasped, and the old weapons started to drop from their hands . Surrounded by the poison jiangshi, they completely gave up hope . They closed their eyes, blaming this deformed world for dividing the people between the yangbans and the ignorant masses .

There was the sound of skulls cracking and flesh being torn . The residents’ family and friends—the residents knew they were all going to die . However, time passed, and there were no pained screams .

“ . . . ?” The wide-eyed residents saw something flashing in the fog . Every time the light flashed, the heads of the poison jiangshi flew away . Someone was slaughtering the jiangshi .

“W-Who?”

Someone was helping them, whom even the heavens abandoned? The residents wanted to see the face of the person wiping out the jiangshi in the fog . On the other hand, they would be terribly poisoned if they took one step forward . So, no one was able to move .

Someone sighed, “I don’t know what person it is, but they will die . . . ”

“We need to stop him right away . The wrath of the heavens will fall on him if he helps us . ”

The problem was the poison . The residents were worried that the person in the fog didn’t know the characteristics of the poison jiangshi . He would die as soon as he was affected by this poison . However, the powerful poison of the jiangshi couldn’t threaten a legend, especially not the legend who produced miracles .

“Are you safe?”

Step . Step . It was a stately gait . The man moved through the fog, and his face was revealed to the residents . To their amazement, the poison jiangshi behind him were dying of poison themselves . The shocked residents wept when the recognized the face of the man . “Pangea’s Duke of Virtue!”

It was the man who had suddenly appeared when Pangea fell into a crisis after losing the Red Phoenix Bow . He had saved Pangea by recreating the Red Phoenix Bow and rescued the lord who had been about to be executed . Then he abducted Han Seokbong and the people of Pangea, who had triggered the rage of the yangbans, and left for the West Continent . The man was a person of virtue . So, in commemoration of Pangea, he was called Pangea’s Duke of Virtue .

The return of Pangea’s hero ignited hope in the residents remaining in Pangea .

[★Hidden Quest★ ‘East Continent Experience (2)’ has been cleared . ]

[10 blessed weapon enhancement stones have been acquired as a quest reward . ]

[The number of residents rescued exceeds 30 . There will be one additional reward per person . 107 weapon enhancement stones have been acquired . ]

[A linked quest will occur as a quest reward . ]

[East Continent Experience (3)]

[★ Hidden Quest ★

Pangea’s blacksmiths have left a long time ago, and there aren’t many weapons remaining . Help the residents of Pangea fight the jiangshi by producing weapons . Please pay attention to the attacks of the steel jiangshi and the poison jiangshi .

Quest Clear Conditions: Produce weapons and armor equal or higher than the epic rating for Pangea’s residents . The user restriction should be level 250 and higher . The deadline is 3 days .

* The number of residents rescued is 137 .

Quest Clear Rewards:

1 . Create a linked hidden quest .

2 . 20 Blessed Armor Enhancement Stones .

Quest Failure: Level -1 . The highest stat will permanently decrease by 20 points . ]

The difficulty of this quest was also unusually high . They had to produce weapons and armor equal or higher than epic rating for all the rescued residents . . . ? Moreover, it had to be within three days?

“G-Grid!!”

“What is wrong with this?”

The blacksmiths were going crazy .

“It is impossible to produce 274 epic items in three days!”

Normal, rare, epic, unique, and legendary—this was the rating system for items in Satisfy . Epic rated items with a good performance weren’t easy to produce . An ordinary person would produce one epic item for every 20 items made . In order to create an item, the average time taken was two to three hours . It was impossible for 101 blacksmiths to make 274 epic items in three days .

The blacksmiths were in despair . There were a few people blaming Grid for rescuing 137 people when the quest only required 30 . However, without Grid, the blacksmiths would’ve already died . Additionally, they couldn’t say anything to Grid when they saw the wounded residents .

Grid asked the blacksmiths who were in a turmoil, “Do any of you have blacksmithing hammers of the unique rating?”

The better the hammer, the higher the chance of producing high rated items would be . A high rated hammer was the dream of all blacksmiths . However, it wasn’t easy to make, and only five of the 100 blacksmiths raised their hands . Grid verified the information of their hammers and smiled . “Then let’s go to the smithy . ”

“ . . . ?” Several blacksmiths with good eyesight doubted their eyes . Grid’s obsidian eyes seemed to be glowing blue .