Overgeared

r>He was once again impressed by the fraudulent nature of a ‘legend’ and felt thankful as he arrived at the innermost part of the cave.

‘It is surprisingly big.’

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He hasn ’t known it from the outside, but it was a huge cave.
It took 40 minutes to reach this place despite there being only one road.

‘She has been sleeping here for hundreds of years.’

Grid looked at the coffin in the middle of the space.
It was a pure white coffin.
The beautiful figure of Marie Rose sleeping there naturally came to his mind.

“Ah…”

He had imagined it, but her real beauty was enough to make him feel in awe.
It was mysterious.
Grid emerged from his thoughts and carefully observed the wall of this space.
It was in order to find minerals, but most of them were already corroded by the evil influence.
This space was quite big, and it took time to search.

‘Ah, the efficiency is too bad.’

If it wasn’t for the residual evil influence, he would’ve called Minor over right away.
The minerals detector hadn’t found new minerals in a long time, and he was inactive these days.

‘Still, he isn’t playing around…’

For a few years already, Minor had been forced to work in the library without a break.
He read books related to minerals and geography and expanded his knowledge.
Grid raised the building level of the library purple for Minor’s sake.
Increasing the level of the library widened the variety of books it handled.

‘Minor’s mineral detection capability is evolving steadily.’

In order for Minor to be more active, the territory of the Overgeared Kingdom had to expand.
The larger the scope of Minor’s activities, the greater the likelihood was of finding new minerals.
Thus, he couldn’t lose more in the war.

‘I absolutely can’t lose any land.
Absolutely not.’

The Overgeared Kingdom had been built by Grid and his colleagues.
It contained all of their hard work and enthusiasm.
Yet it was going to be taken away by others now? Grid couldn’t accept it.
He had no thoughts of letting it being taken away.
Thus, he planned to depend on Marie Rose.

“Ah…!”

Grid searched for a while and finally found his goal.
There were some minerals in the corner of the space which was so darkened by the evil influence that it was blacker than darkness.

“This is it!”

Ttang! Ttang! Ttang!

Grid started mining.
His skill handling the pickaxe wasn’t rusty and was still amazing.
Any miner who saw it would cry.
By the way…

[The mining has failed.]

[The mining has failed.]

[The mining…]

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[The continuous mining failure has increased the possibility of damage to the stones.]

“…?”

It was a mineral that endured Marie Rose’s evil influence.
This was the first time Grid had seen such a stubborn mineral.
The stones—which were embedded deep into the ground—weren’t easy to mine, even with Grid’s skills.

‘Ah, what to do?’

Failing to mine a mineral one or two more times could damage the mineral and reduce its value.
Grid pondered for a moment if he should bring Minor inside, even if it was dangerous.
Then he shook his head.

‘I need the residue of the evil influence, not the mineral itself.’

In the first place, he didn’t have any expectations for the performance of a weakened mineral.
As mentioned earlier, the mineral itself might be useless.
It wouldn’t be a problem if he kept failing in the mining and damaged it.
Grid gave up on his idea and started mining again.
Surprisingly, the mining succeeded without failing once.

[You have succeeded in the mining.]

[The Unidentified Iron Ore has been acquired.]

“Legendary Blacksmith’s Appraisal.”

[The information about the target item has been updated.]

Ttiring~

[Iron Ore with Evil Energy]

[An iron ore that has been saturated with evil energy for many years.

Care is required when handling it.

There is a possibility of dying when touching it by hand.

Weight: 5]

[This item has a hidden function!]

[Iron Ore with the Power of Transcendence]

[An iron ore imbued with the power of an existence that isn’t subject to death.

Anyone who can cope with the evil influence of the iron ore can obtain the hidden strength behind it.

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* There is an option to add stats when using it as an item making material.

However, there is a high possibility that all types of restrictions will arise due to the evil influence.

Weight: 5]

“Huh…”

From an ordinary person’s standpoint, it didn’t look very good because of the evil influence.

“…Hahahat.”

Was there any more? Grid’s eyes that were blank for a while lit up.
He started to search the entire cave again.
The coffin which had been watching Grid closely asked, -Did you wake up Marie Rose?

“…?” Feeling stunned, Grid was lost for words.

The coffin introduced itself, -I am 2nd Pope Chreshler.

“…?”

Was this also Pagma’s work?

‘Is he crazy?’

No, he wasn’t.
Pagma had locked the soul of 5th Pope Franz into the sword despite Franz being his friend.
As far as Grid knew, there was no contact between Pagma and the second pope.

‘…Thus, he could do it without any burden.’

Grid’s expression was awkward as the coffin inquired again, -You woke up Marie Rose, right? Why did you wake up the person sleeping inside me?

“No, it wasn’t me.
It was empty when I came here, ” Grid denied it.
He didn’t know what would happen if he revealed the truth.
Grid overlooked one fact.
The first pope and second pope—those who made the Rebecca Church transcended the category of ordinary humans.
Grid couldn’t deceive the ego of a transcendent.

-You are lying to me right now.

The coffin flew and hit Grid.

“Eek…?”

Was he being beaten up by a coffin? Grid had suffered through a lot in his life, and he thought this was absurd and unfair.
Then the coffin scoffed contemptuously at him, -Did you learn to lie from Pagma while inheriting his skills?

“…!?”