Chapter 1718

The battle between the Overgeared World and Asgardit was natural to consider the odds of the Overgeared World to be low.

Grid and the apostles were ill.u.s.trious in many ways, but their opponents were the celestial G.o.ds.

However, they had already won two battles.

A disappointing defeat followed, but even that impressed the people.

It was because the G.o.d who defeated Piaro appreciated Piaro.

Grids epic that started to be written out of nowhere proved it.

[Overgeared G.o.d Grid is writing the 23rd epic.]

[The beginning of the epic comes from the enlightenment of a G.o.d who serves the Martial G.o.d.]

[The G.o.d of Abundance, Aldro, who invaded the surface with the Martial G.o.d, said he would regard an apostle of the Overgeared G.o.d as a teacher.]

......

Aldro, who had grabbed

Piaros

hand and raised him upa faint smile spread on his face as he felt the wors.h.i.+p of the humans from their shouts.

Then his expression hardened before he knew it.

It resembled the expression of a victim who was robbed of a house deed by a scammer.

Cough...

Piaro witnessed the change in Aldros expression right next to him and felt embarra.s.sed.

It was because he felt strength entering

Aldros

hand that was holding

his

hand.

It didnt matter.

People were interpreting the situation at will.

[The declaration of Aldro, who previously served the Martial G.o.d, means that the apostle of the Overgeared G.o.d is comparable to the Martial G.o.d.]

It was

like in h.e.l.l

.

The large-scale epic created by the humans who witnessed Grids steps was like a type of scripture.

It was a scripture that

wasn't

written based on Grids own point of view, but instead the point of view of the believers who served him.

The content had to be somewhat (?) distorted and most of the situation was interpreted in Grids favor.

It was still the same now.

Piaro explained to the bewildered and speechless Aldro.

This wasnt distorted by my G.o.d...

I know.

Aldro interrupted at once.

Everything is my responsibility since I am standing in front of human beings.

Unless they were a chief G.o.d, most G.o.ds couldnt descend freely to the surface.

It was because a G.o.d could intervene in the world and challenge the hierarchy of a chief G.o.d.

For Aldro, this trip to the surface was an opportunity he was bound to be greedy for.

He was determined to take some risks in order to win the opportunity that didnt come easily.

In the first place, the Overgeared G.o.d was an easy opponent.

His reputation had spread through Asgard from the very beginning.

He felt that he was nouris.h.i.+ng Piaro and the Overgeared G.o.d in real time, but he decided that this wasnt a big deal. The gains he received were also great.

Im glad I didnt end up like Zeratul.

Aldros

golden eyes swept toward the sky.

His beautiful eyes, captured on camera, only projected the blue sky, but Aldros vision was showing him Grids state in detail.

A certain emotion automatically sprang up.

It was an emotion he didnt easily feel when he saw the other G.o.ds who had reigned since the moment they were born.

Respect.

Aldro stared silently at Grid before bowing his head very slightly.

Of course, it wasnt as reverent as when he bowed to the G.o.ddess.

However, this was enough.

An unstoppable wave followed.

Wahhhh!

The continuing shouts of the people grew even louder.

There were even people who threw off their jackets at the unbelievable succession of events.

On the other hand, the G.o.ds were calm.

Apart from the lowest G.o.d who first stepped out, the others didnt show much agitation even when Zeratul retreated.

Usually, a true G.o.d had the extraordinary ability to control their emotions.

Therefore, they were able to live for thousands of years in the quiet Asgard.

Zeratul had visited the surface over the past few hundred years and built up followers primarily because he wanted to ease his boredom.

Zeratul was born only after Chiyou left Asgard.

Fortunately, he was born as a chief G.o.d from the beginning and freely enjoyed the right to freedom that had been given to him. Meanwhile, the other G.o.ds were accustomed to such constraints.

I hope we can achieve an equal score just once. I think I am the only one who is serious here, so Ill step out.

The situation was 2:1.

One G.o.d felt the need to continue winning and stepped forward.

It was a woman with long pink hair.

She was very beautiful, but her thick and transparent eyelashes especially attracted peoples attention.

Jude. Get married.

Jude, who was escorting the soldiers under the stage, talked nonsense out of the blue.

Apart from the knowledge stat that had recently

became

named and was rising, he was still pure.

He was instantly fascinated by Melory, the G.o.ddess of Love.

"C-Captain!"

It happened as the soldiers barely managed to stop Jude from breaking onto the stage...

Why are you smiling like that?

There was the sound of light footsteps and Mercedes soon stood on the center of the stage.

She had a beauty that didnt fade even in front of the G.o.ddess of Love, who naturally released charm.

Thanks to this, people were reminded of Mercedes huge presence and regained their minds.

In fact, the big stage felt filled with just Mercedes and Melory alone.

The presence of a beauty who made them happy just by looking at her?

Rather than that, it was the aftermath of divinity.

The stage was filled with the pink divinity scattering from Melory and the orange divinity scattering from Mercedes.

It was gorgeous and warm, but not vulgar.

A human virgin. You need to smile like me. Isnt it a waste of that pretty face to be too arrogant?

Im not a virgin. I have a dear husband.

That is a relief. I thought you were an old virgin due to your fierce and spiteful expression.

...An old virgin...

It was Mercedes, who had the desire to become a mother.

Then she suddenly became worried.

She was worried that she was too old to have a child.

She was in her 20s when she first had Grid in her heart, but she didnt realize the fruits of love until she was in her 30s.

Of course, her natural beauty had been tempered with swordsmans.h.i.+p and martial arts.

She looked in her early 20s to anyone and would remain young forever.

It was just a matter of feeling...

Yes, she knew it.

Even so, an unpleasant thing was an unpleasant thing.

An old virgin...

Mercedes had an even colder look and created a chill.

The transparent eyes, which were hard to see due to the orange divinity, attracted Melorys attention.

You are the master of Keen Insight. I thought you were a new apostle because you were exercising the miracle of bearing the Overgeared G.o.ds divinity.

It was hard to hope for victory...

No one heard

Melorys

faint words.

The clothes of the G.o.ddess were just a piece of thin cloth that fluttered.

It was a piece of cloth that barely covered her pure white body.

It meant she could capture everyones eyes and minds with just one step.

Even Grid

, who was in the sky, gulped.

Mercedes expression hardened even more.

It was because her mind had always been directed to Grid first.

One light step taken by Melory caused a tremendous aftermath.

The G.o.ddess of Loveher life was unexpectedly not beautiful.

Sometimes she felt rewarded to connect love between others, but in most cases, she was in a position to receive the love of others.

It was even from other G.o.ds.

She had to go through too many unwanted things.

From a certain point on, she felt the need for strength to protect herself and it was none other than Zeratul who gave it to her.

It was because Zeratul, who enjoyed showing off his martial arts, wasnt stingy in teaching other G.o.ds, unlike the n.o.ble Chiyou.

The fake Martial G.o.d who believed himself to be real as a belated created subjectmany G.o.ds gossiped and laughed at Zeratul behind his back, but Melory was genuinely grateful to him.

This was even though Zeratul mightve taught her the martial arts to show off, not for

Melorys

sake.

It was true that Melory received his help.

Random blows followed by high speed movementMelorys linked attacks as she wielded two short swords in reverse was very fast.

The dual swords were appropriately utilized to cut, stab, and b.u.mp. It boasted a tremendous skill as if accelerating the moment a flower bloomed.

......

Mercedes felt that Melorys expression wasnt like a G.o.d.

Rather, it was a fierce look with gritted teeth.

It wasnt much different from humans.

It was just

like Grid

.

These are skills honed by hard work.

What type of life was lived by the celestial G.o.ds?

Mercedes had always wondered this, but at this moment, her question was resolved in a small way.

At the very least, she was convinced that the life of the lower G.o.ds was vastly different from the life of the G.o.ds that humans imagined.

Mercedes also started to respond with all her might.

She couldnt be careless against an enemy who put in as much effort as she did.

Hah...

Exclamations poured out from all over the stage.

The invisible fight between Grid and Zeratul.

The confrontation between Kraugel and Baralo, who showed an overwhelming scale of swordsmans.h.i.+p.

The battle between Piaro and Aldro, who used nature.

The previous confrontations were areas that people found difficult to understand.

In particular, in the case of the battle between Grid and Zeratul, even the apostles and G.o.ds couldnt read the flow properly.

On the other hand, the battle between Mercedes and Melory was easy for anyone above a certain level to understand.

It was closer to a pure skill contest. The flow was systematic like a textbook. This meant it was quick but easy to read.

It was thanks to Mercedes matching the breath with Melory.

Melory wasnt a difficult opponent for her, who had been on the stage with G.o.ds Descent from the beginning.

Then it ended.

Melory ended up dropping both swords.

It couldnt be helped.

I... I am a useless G.o.d.

She was a lower G.o.d before being the G.o.ddess of Love.

There was too little room for intervention in the world for her to weave a human and human love.

She almost always had to stay quiet in Asgard, which encouraged conflict every time.

She couldnt even repay Zeratul for his grace.

Melorys pink divinity lost its light.

It gradually dispersed.

It was a phenomenon created by the G.o.ds desire for extinction.

Grid recalled the faintness of Chiyous divinityas if he had no divinityand became somewhat nervous.

He wanted to go down to the stage right now and soothe Melory.

It was both pure sympathy and an investment for the future.

It was a time when the yangbans were starting to set foot in the Overgeared World, so wasnt it possible for the G.o.ds of Asgard as well?

However,

Grid

couldnt go down to the ground at all.

It was because his wounds hadnt recovered yet.

There was also a concern that Mercedes might misunderstand.

His heartMercedes immediately guessed it.

It isnt that you are useless. It is that you havent found your purpose yet. I know because Ive had a similar experience.

It was the time when she was a knight of the Saharan Empire.

She often felt skeptical as she played the role of oppressing small kingdoms and wiping out minorities. Of course, she didnt express it, but she was aware that her purpose wasnt correct.

It felt like her existence was both a nuisance and caused harm.

She didnt have high self-esteem because she wasnt loved even by her parents, so her heart was always in pain.

Therefore, she vaguely understood Melory.

Her sincerity was also conveyed.

...Thank you.

The one who reached out to the loser this time wasnt a G.o.d, but a human being.

Every scene was recorded in Grids epic and the status of the apostles rose exponentially.