by Park Saenal
Why? Why did Grid neglect Unbreakable Justice? It was naturally because of Pagma’s Swordsmanship. The aforementioned benefits of justice cannot defeat Pagma’s swordsmanship and ended up second when compared to justice. The advantages of the above mentioned Unbreakable Justice were minor compared to Pagma’s Swordsmanship.
Of course, this didn’t mean that Grid didn’t use the skill at all. Grid used Unbreakable Justice, Continuous Stab, and Spear Shot in the right place when needed. In particular, Spear Shot was useful in the Tiramet raid and the 2nd National Competition.
Peeeong!
[You have dealt 15,730 damage to the target!]
[You have dealt 47,200 damage to the target!]
[You have dealt 15,710 damage to the target!]
[Fighting energy has reached 61 points.]
[You have dealt 16,050 damage to the target!]
[You have dealt 16,090 damage to the target!]
[The black flame explosion…]
[You have dealt 48,040 damage to the target!]
“Kuoh…!”
Unbreakable Justice was linked between basic attacks and once the black flames exploded, Lorex received over 160,000 damage in a second. Grid thought after being hit by Lorex’s counterattack.
‘It has supplemented some of my lacking attack power. If both the red flames and red lightning summoning options are activated at the same time, the maximum damage will increase to 200,000.’
This was the damage per second. Theoretically, Grid could inflict one million damage in 10 seconds to Lorex. If Lorex boasted tens of millions of health, it was meaningless in front of Grid. The problem was that Lorex wasn’t a scarecrow. Lorex countered every time he was hit and Grid’s health was less than 100,000. If they kept hitting each other like this, Grid would eventually fall first.
‘If this was Kraugel…’
He could’ve avoided Lorex’s axe. Grid was sure Kraugel would one-sidedly attack Lorex without being hit by a counterattack.
‘…No.’
Grid shook his head and got rid of the thought. He was tired of comparing himself to Kraugel every time.
‘I’m overgeared. The way I fight itself is different from Kraugel.’
He couldn’t avoid it? Then it was fine. So what if it hurt? He would have to hurt them back. Grid abandoned the sword.
[You have equipped the Motley Flail.]
“…???”
Lorex was stunned beyond confusion. In the middle of a battle, abandoning the sword to pull out farming equipment?
‘Isn’t he a real idiot?’
Lorex got goosebumps. It wasn’t because the mutt was scary, but because it was dirty! Lorex unknowingly flinched back from Grid. It was apparent he didn’t want to associate with Grid. In the gap, Grid swung the flail a few times in the air.
Buong~ Buong~
‘Okay. Thanks to Alex’s Glove, I can also wield the flail four times per second. I am expecting the debuffs.’
The buff expectation value was… Grid disregarded the worst situation.
[Motley Flail.]
Rating: Unique
Durability: 259/259 Attack Power: 143~191
* A special effect will occur every time the target is hit. The effect is unpredictable.
* Thrashing speed will increase by 150%.
* There is no guarantee how the condition of the thrashed grain will change.
It was a farming equipment he made a long time ago. No, a weapon. In the past, Grid determined he had no chance of winning against his clone and depended on the random ability of this flail.
‘I don’t expect the dramatic effect that occurred when I fought my clone. Just a little. It’s enough to drop the attack power for a short time.’
The health loss rate could be made up using potions, Doran’s Ring, and the blood-sucking abilities. It was just enough.
“Go!”
Grid screamed and rushed at Lorex.
“You bastard…!”
Lorex instinctively moved back. Previously, he experienced being incapacitated by the mysterious cloth. He had no choice but to be wary of this farming equipment.
***
“Unbreakable Justice!”
“…I thought he was the Basic Attack King.”
Ares said as soon as Grid used a skill, but the members of the Ares Army felt admiration. It was because Lorex was greatly shaken by the new skill. Lorex’s health gauge was visibly reduced. The Ares members gulped.
‘Isn’t Grid’s damage crazy?’
‘The attack speed is a scam.’
The Ares troops had fought him a few times and knew how high Lorex’s defense was. Even Luck, who had the highest attack power of the Ares members, only dealt 5,000~7,000 damage to Lorex. Grid’s basic attack was at least two times stronger than Luck’s basic attack and it was twice as fast. It seemed to be even stronger and faster.
‘Overgeared…! Is this being overgeared?’
The eyes of the Ares members followed Grid’s weapon and gloves. It was the first time they saw both items. Scott trembled.
‘Making new items…!’
This was the unrivalled power of a legendary blacksmith. It was a wake-up call.
‘A presence that destroys the balance itself.’
There were two main types of players. One levelled up and the other experienced a jackpot. However, it wasn’t easy to experience jackpots. In order to get better items, you had to go on more difficult raids. Even if you succeeded in the raid, you couldn’t always get the items you want.
This was why there was a limit to the growth rate of players. Most players had a long stagnation period. Particularly for high level players whose level up speed was slow. In many cases, their combat power would be similar to what it was a month ago.
Then what about Grid? He could make and wear top quality items by himself, making the necessity of finding a jackpot obsolete. He could become stronger day by day. After not seeing him for a long time, he was incomparably stronger. Scott was really afraid of Grid.
‘There’s no answer if he’s an enemy. Ares was clever when he decided to become Grid’s friend. Huh?’
Scott, who was staring at Grid with awe in his eyes, became stunned.
Grid suddenly put away his sword and pulled out a strange item.
“What is this?”
It wasn’t an item he had seen before. Scott frowned as he pondered on it. He realized that the item Grid pulled out was exactly like the tool that farmers used to thrash grain.
“Flail…? What is he doing when he was fighting so well?”
A confrontation with the strong. He suddenly pulled out farming equipment in an important match that would determine the situation? Scott couldn’t understand Grid’s actions at all. He wanted to dissect Grid’s mind. The soldiers and Ares troops! Everyone had fallen into confusion when Ares shouted.
“I understand…! I know Gri… No, I know the Basic Attack King’s intentions!”
“…?!”
Ares quickly figured out the intentions behind pulling out farming equipment during a battle?
“It truly is Ares…! Gri… No, you know the Basic Attack King’s intentions?”
The Ares troops admired it and asked questions. Ares made a meaningful look and explained to them.
“It’s a taunt. It’s taunting him.”
“A taunt?”
“Yes. The Basic Attack King is telling Lorex. I can beat you with a farming tool!”
“…No way.”
The Ares troops absolutely trusted Ares. But this time it was too much. It was impossible to accept Ares’ interpretation. Who was Lorex? He was the Third Knight. It was hard to find a presence stronger than Lorex. He was almost at the level of a final boss. How could Grid beat him with farming equipment? It was impossible, no matter how strong Grid was.
The moment everyone thought this. Grid struck Lorex’s face with the flail.
“What…?”
They didn’t know why but Lorex was shocked. His face was w
hite.
At the same time.
“Quick Movements! Blacksmith’s Rage!”
Grid used the saved buff skills and swapped back to the Enlightenment Sword after striking Lorex several times with the flail. It was the connection of basic attack, basic attack, and basic attack. But every time he was struck, Lorex’s health gauge visibly fell.
“…”
Ares and the Ares members stopped thinking.
***
[The target will receive three times the damage due to the effect of the Motley Flail. This effect will last for one minute!]
“This much…!”
Grid had only hoped for Lorex’s attack power to be lower. It was in order to avoid being hurt in the process of repeating the hits. Conversely, Grid’s attack power itself could be increased. The fact that the damage Lorex received would increase meant that Grid’s attack power increased.
“This will hurt!”
There was a one minute debuff but the opponent was the Third Knight. Grid thought that Lorex would resist the debuff in 30 seconds and rushed. He increased his agility with Quick Movements and raised his attack and attack speed again with Blacksmith’s Rage.
Peng!
Pepepepeng!
He was affected by the steadily rising fighting energy and could do six basic attacks per second.
‘I have reached the highest speed.’
“Crazy guy…! Now I see that you are an assassin!”
An attack speed reminiscent of a legendary assassin! Lorex was frankly frightened by Grid’s attacks, which were much faster than before. It was to the point of goosebumps. But he didn’t fall into confusion. So what if the attack speed was faster than before?
These attacks weren’t threatening. He could return it…
“Keeeok!”
Lorex screamed as he was brandishing his axe. It was because the moment he was stabbed in the side, he felt pain that transcended the range he assumed. Grid smiled.
[Fighting energy has reached 70 points.]
[You have dealt 69,100 damage to the target!]
[You have dealt 68,930 damage to the target!]
[You have dealt 70,800 damage to the target!]
This was a ‘basic attack.’ It was a result of Grid’s attack power rising by 25% due to Blacksmith’s Rage and Lorex receiving three times the damage.
[The black flame explosion…]
[Critical!]
[The effect of the title ‘Death in One Shot!’ has been…]
[You have dealt 489,300 damage to the target!]
“Kuaaaack!”
So far, no matter how much Grid attacked, Lorex had only let out a small groan. But now he was screaming. He felt terrible pain and his health gauge fell rapidly. Even if he struck back, the amount of blood-sucking couldn’t keep up with the lost health.
‘Why did he suddenly become so strong?’
Lorex couldn’t imagine that this situation was causing by a farming equipment! A chill went down his spine.
‘Don’t tell me…! Has he been hiding his strength?’
Lorex couldn’t gauge the real ability of this freak. The anxious Lorex shouted at the Red Knights.
“How long are you going to watch? Help me!”
In fact, Lorex wasn’t a person suited for a one on one match. He used a large axe as a weapon and was a war specialist with many skills to destroy the terrain and sweep away many enemies at once. It was disadvantageous for him to fight in a one on one match against an enemy equal to himself.
“Cowardly bastard…! We will help the Basic Attack King!”
“Yes!”
Once Lorex called the Red Knights over, Ares gave a command and the Ares members responded.
“No, don’t come.”
Grid restrained the Ares Army. He leapt up high, Lorex and all the Red Knights filling his vision.
“100,000 Army.”
“…?”
“Blockade Sword!”
“…!!”
Peng!
Pepepepeok!
Dozens, hundreds of stems of fighting energy flooded down from the sky with a red and purple light, causing Lorex, the Red Knights, and Oasis to feel shock and panic.
“The Undefeated King…!”
Chapter 708
Chapter 708
It wasn’t a dragon or a great demon that the empire was most afraid of. It was the king of Lubana, Madra. The empire waged 97 wars against him, but never won once.
The soldiers who accumulated experience in the process of winning over the continent, the strategists who turned the world upside down with mysterious tactics, and the knights that caused the empire to dominate with strong force. All of it was nothing in front of Madra. They were just novices.
In front of Madra’s valor, the empire’s soldiers became cowards. In front of Madra’s tactics, the empire’s strategists were nothing, and the empire’s knights couldn’t endure Madra’s strength. The empire’s people didn’t know this because a lot of information was concealed, but it was clearly described in the imperial history record books.
『 If Madra had lived for three more years, other nations would’ve sought to become Lubana’s servants. If Madra lived for five more years, the empire would’ve lost half its territory. If Madra lived for 10 more years… The empire wouldn’t exist. 』
The Undefeated King! The name had been imprinted with fear into the imperial royal family for hundreds of years. This was why the empire unusually oppressed the Lubana tributary. The empire was afraid of the kingdom that produced the Undefeated King. They were worried that the second or third Undefeated King might be born in Lubana and crippled Lubana and its people.
How surprised must they be? Once the news that a person who claimed to be the descendant of the Undefeated King appeared in Lubana, Emperor Juander forgot his dignity and his body shook.
“Destroy the descendant of the Undefeated King!”
The emperor immediately gave an order. The elite army of the empire and the Red Knights advanced to Lubana. But they couldn’t fulfill the empire’s order. Due to the intervention of Ares, king of Valhalla, they lost the descendant. That’s why the current situation was like this.
The Red Knights were given the responsibility. Punish Valhalla who dared to rebel against the empire and destroy the descendant that they took in. It was the new mission that Lorex and the Red Knights were assigned. Now Lorex was watching the mission fail. It was easy to punish Valhalla, but the descendant of the Undefeated King was hiding somewhere like a rodent. They thought it wouldn’t be easy to find him.
However.
“100,000 Army Blockade Sword.”
The descendant appeared before their eyes.
“The Undefeated King’s descendant…!”
Lorex’s eyes widened and sweat flowed down. The identity of the strange man he had been fighting against was the descendant of the Undefeated King?
‘I can’t believe it!’
Not long ago, Lorex had met the descendant in Lubana. It was highly likely that the descendant of the Undefeated King was fake. Unlike the legendary Undefeated King, the descendant’s force was at an ordinary level. He didn’t even use the swordsmanship that symbolized the Undefeated King.
Then what was this strange ghost? Only two weeks later, a person used the swordsmanship that symbolized the Undefeated King.
100,000 Army Blockade Sword. It was a cursed technique that had been spoken about through Lorex’s family for generations. The Undefeated King pulled out his sword and tied up an army of 100,000?
“It’s absurd!”
Lorex shouted and denied the legend. The legends of the Undefeated King were too unrealistic and Lorex couldn’t accept them as fact. A sword that sealed 100,000 troops? Lorex was convinced that it wouldn’t appear in novels of the third generation. He asserted that everything related to the Undefeated King was false and the man in the sky was just bluffing. But.
Peng!
Pepepepeng!
The firecrackers
of red and purple fighting energy that filled the sky and earth. Lorex realized it after him and the Red Knights were hurt. The legend was true.
[You have been blocked! You can’t move for 3 seconds and can’t use any skills or spells!]
“This…!”
It was a real story? Lorex paled and his legs weakened. It was the same for the Red Knights.
Supaak!
A sword of light descended. It was the sword that Grid wielded after using 100,000 Army Blockade Sword.
“You…!”
Lorex hurriedly tried to defend with the axe. However, Grid’s attack speed had reached the peak with Quick Movements and Blacksmith’s Rage. Lorex couldn’t completely defend against the sword that struck six times per second.
Peeeeeong!
A dark sword energy flew towards the center of the helmet.
Peeeeeong!
Then black flames exploded. Lorex, who was the target of the attack, and all those standing like stones around him suffered great damage and bloodshed. Ares and the Ares troops shivered.
The Red Knights. The strongest group in the Saharan Empire that dominated the continent. Grid was sweeping away those who caused fear and respect on his own.
“Nonsense…!” Ares gulped and squeezed out some words. “You…! You’re the best!! You are the best, Grid!”
Grid. The first legend, the first king and also the hero of heroes. If he couldn’t be called the best then who could be recognized as the best? Ares called out honestly. None of the Ares troops denied his cry. Then Grid…
‘The best…!’
His eyes were red.
Duguen!
His heart was greatly affected by Ares’ cry as he struck Lorex.
‘I am the best…!’
He wasn’t mistaken. Everyone acknowledged it. Grid acknowledged that at this moment, he was the best player. He lived a lifetime as a fool and suffered countless failures due to a lack of talent. Now he was given a title that geniuses had monopolized.
[Fighting energy has reached 60 points.]
Nothing was more pleasing to Grid, who had been ignored and ridiculed most of his life. Not to mention, it wasn’t an ordinary person. Ares was the one praising him for being the best. Tears filled Grid’s eyes as he was moved.
