Overgeared

lone arrived in the capital? Grid felt desperate because he had faced the clone directly and knew his strength.
It puzzled Grid that Lauel couldn’t come up with an appropriate solution.
Lauel confirmed the shadows on Grid’s face and asked a question, “By the way, is it true that you’ll have a low chance of winning when you fight the clone?”

“What do you mean by that?” Grid frowned as he recalled his long-ago experience with the clone.
“He is stronger than me.
He can use Pagma’s Swordsmanship techniques that I don’t know and fuse more types of sword dances.
His combat ability is higher than me, and his stats are higher.
Even his control and improvisation are several times higher than mine.”

“Wow…” Vantner let out an admiring sound.
How much more powerful would Grid be if he had better control? Vantner didn’t want to think about such a monster.
It was questionable if the Overgeared members could even stop the clone.
This was enough to make even the arrogant Katz gulp, so all the meritorious retainers felt fearful.

Yura’s words heightened the tension, “I was knocked down with one blow.”

“…” There was an uncomfortable silence.
The meritorious retainers were thinking about how much damage the Overgeared Kingdom would receive in the future.

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“No…
” Lauel scratched his head and broke the silence.
“It might be bad for me to say this, but to best honest, I think that Grid can also kill Yura in one blow? It shouldn’t be taken that seriously.”

“…?” Yura’s eyes narrowed as she doubted her ears.
Who was she? Yura had gotten into the top rankings before she received a legendary class, and now she was a Demon Slayer.
In last year’s National Competition, she had even fought with Kraugel for a while.
It would be a lie if she said she wasn’t confident in her skills.
No matter how much she admired and liked Grid, she couldn’t acknowledge Lauel’s assertion that she would be knocked down in one blow by Grid.
It hurt her pride.

Grid was embarrassed.
“Why are you provoking Yura?”

“I’m just telling the truth.
It isn’t a provocation.
Miss Yura, you said that you were defeated by Transcended Linked Kill Wave Pinnacle?”

“So?”

“Go to a sparring room with Grid and be hit by a two fusion skill.
Won’t you die in one blow?”

“…” Yura’s face reddened.
She found Lauel detestable because he was denying her worth.

“So what are you saying? In fact, Youngwoo-ssi’s clone is insignificant and that I was defeated by Youngwoo-ssi’s clone because I am weak?” In the end, Yura couldn’t endure it.

“No? It is true that Grid’s clone is strong.
I’m just claiming that Grid is equally as strong,” Lauel replied with an innocent face.
There was no malice in him.

“Yura, ignore him.
Lauel made a mistake.
Doesn’t everyone make mistakes?” Grid smiled awkwardly and tried to fix the situation, but it was useless.

Yura knew that Lauel wasn’t showing any malice, but she still wanted to be hit by Grid.
“Let’s go to the sparring arena.
Hit me once.
However, for the sake of fairness in the experiment, I will summon hell and temporarily raise my stats.”

“Uh…
Huh? I-Is this okay?”

Sehee was Grid’s sister, so he had many chances to learn how tiring it was to touch a woman’s temper.
The woman told him to hit her, but he didn’t know what mess was going to happen afterward.

‘Additionally, how can I hit her in the first place?’

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The opponent was Yura.
She was Grid’s friend and the world’s best beauty.
Randomly hitting a beautiful woman…
He didn’t like it.
Grid stubbornly rejected the suggestion.

“If Your Majesty doesn’t do the experiment, I will forever be hated and doubted by Miss Yura,” Lauel stated with a sad expression.
Ultimately, Grid was forced to participate in the experiment for the sake of the relationship between the two people.
It was an experiment to hit a woman!

“This is crazy…”

He felt like garbage! Grid was pale as he arrived at the sparring arena with Yura.

“Hell Summoning.” Yura used a field magic that turned the surroundings into hell and greatly increased her stats.
“Now, hit me once.”

“Uh…
Umm…” Grid faced Yura who was pushing forward her chest.
He was worried that someone might be hiding and filming him one-sidedly attacking a woman.
Lauel shouted at him, “I have commanded that no one is to approach! Don’t worry, the meritorious opponents are the only ones here!”

‘That’s the problem!’

They were indispensable friends whom Grid was truly grateful toward.
Simultaneously, they were the people who made him embarrassed every time.
Grid summoned the Blade Aiming at the Gods and attached it to the sword while performing a sword dance.
It was Pinnacle Kill.
This was because it wasn’t possible to kill Yura in one blow with multi-hit skills like Linked Kill and Transcended Link.

Lauel placed a hand on his forehead.
“No, you should use the strongest of your two fusion skills…”

Why did Grid used Pinnacle Kill instead of Linked Kill? Did he want Yura to know that Lauel’s claim was wrong and drive them apart? Lauel worried about it when his viewpoint tilted.

[You have suffered catastrophic damage!]

[A legend doesn’t die easily.
You can resist all attacks for 5 seconds with a minimum of health.]

“….!?” Yura suffered a mortal wound from Pinnacle Kill!

Grid hurriedly apologized to Yura who collapsed with a disbelieving expression, “I-It is the power of items.
I’m sorry.”

“…” Yura and the 10 meritorious retainers were speechless.
At this moment, they were reminded of something.
They had received Grid’s weapons, but they weren’t fully equipped with his armor.

“Isn’t the clone using a rusty knife? He might have stronger skills than Grid, but Grid has been polishing his items, so…” Lauel’s voice echoed in the quiet arena.