Overgeared

the correct answer!

“…”

-The second question! What idea did Pagma consider most important?

“H-Humanitarian ideal of using blacksmithing to benefit other people?”

-Ding dong daeng! That is the correct answer! Then this is the third question. What is Braham’s identity?

‘Braham’s identity…’ Grid’s dumbfounded eyes calmed down at this question. He replied in a voice that was as deep as the look in his eyes, “He was a vampire, a human, and a legendary great magician.
He was a man who was praised as the Duke of Wisdom despite not reaching the truth.”

Additionally…

“He was a man who hated Yatan, the god who expelled and cursed his mother.
He was also a person who was betrayed by his only friend.”

-You… Braham’s soul shook. He could feel it as Grid spoke in a clear voice. This wasn’t the trivial emotion called compassion.
At this moment, Grid had a complete understanding of Braham.
Perhaps he was the only one in the world who did.

-Great. It is the right answer. The voice of the holy sword, which was bright and excited enough to feel frivolous, calmed down. -Finally, the last question. Do you sympathize with Pagma?

Was it because he felt that the mood of the holy sword had become strange…? Grid was wary and answered truthfully, “I understand him, but I don’t think his actions are right.
I will never betray a friend.”

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-I see.

Was he mistaken about the sword’s mood? The attitude of the holy sword was gentle. The sword rotated twice from the left to right, and the blade embedded more deeply in the ground. The terrain of the Sword Grave started to change. The center of the plains rose like a hill and turned into a form suitable to be called a grave, revealing a firmly closed iron door hidden at the bottom of the hill.
The true appearance of the Sword Grave, which the Skunk Expedition Group hadn’t been able to uncover for half a month, was revealed in just a few moments.

-Braham, I can’t hear your voice, but can you hear me?

The iron door slowly opened.
A chill emerged from the open iron gate and descended the hill, freezing the ground.

[★Hidden Quest ★ ‘Proof’ has been cleared.]

The holy sword conveyed the truth, -Braham, Pagma sincerely regretted betraying you and hurting you. After protecting the Behen Archipelago from the great demons, the first place he came was to the glacier dungeon where he buried your body. Pagma anticipated that one day you would regain your body and be resurrected.
He made this Sword Grave in the hope that your body would be safe. Then he summoned my soul and asked me to protect you.

-Shut up, shut up, shut up!

-It wasn’t an act to ask for your forgiveness. Pagma knew that the sins against you could never be forgiven. He might’ve just wanted to reduce his loathing toward himself.

-Shut up!

-Check your body. I hope that someday you will be resurrected. Hell and Marie Rose, the Hwan Kingdom and the gods… The problems that Pagma couldn’t solve, maybe you…

-Shut up!

“Braham…” Grid held his chest.
Braham’s soul was incomplete and in disorder.
Grid was afraid that he might vanish.

-Pagma's Successor. The holy sword was saying goodbye. -Based on your attitude toward Braham right now, you are the opposite of Pagma. I personally want to cheer you on. Now, enter the dungeon. The door will soon close.

“I will see you next time.”

-Yes. I will guard this place until Braham is resurrected.
Please come back whenever you need to.

This was karma—the karma of the foolish pope who weakened the church instead of regarding Rebecca’s Daughters as disposable tools. Franz, who had been a cold sword for hundreds of years, had never once regretted his choice of having Pagma seal the three artifacts.

The iron door closed once Grid entered the glacier dungeon.
The hill once again became a plains and 4,179 swords stood silently.

 

***

 

Was the human language that lousy? Grid had this thought when he witnessed the man with white hair trapped in the ice.
He quickly realized that it was impossible to express the beauty of the man in the ice with his heart and intellect.

Braham’s soul was stabilizing.

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-It is safe.

“I’m glad.”

-You look even more like a squid after I can see myself again.

“…” Grid couldn’t refute these words.
He even felt grateful.
Based on Braham’s body in the ice, Grid wasn’t a squid.
Calling him a squid would be overrating himself.
(TL: squid is often used to call someone ugly in South Korea)

 

[★Hidden Quest ★ ‘Braham’s Request’ has been cleared.]

[Intelligence has increased by 50 as a quest clear reward.]

[You can’t learn any new spells in your current state.]

[The quest clear reward has given a new hidden quest.]

 

[Pagma’s Arrangement]

[★ Hidden Quest ★

The reason why Pagma left his book in this world is for the sake of his old friend, Braham.
Braham knows the value of pavranium.
Pagma knew that Braham would seek out Pagma's Successor and ask them to make the Vessel of the Soul.

He is deeply grateful for you bringing Braham here and will give you a gift.]

[★Hidden Quest ★ ‘Pagma’s Arrangement’ has been cleared.]

[The hidden piece skill ‘Mineral Creation’ has been acquired as a quest clear reward.]

 

-Grid.

“Yes.”

-I don’t intend to forgive Pagma. I will hate him forever. If we ever meet again in hell, I will kill him with my own hands.

“You do that.”

‘Perhaps this was what Pagma wanted,’ Grid swallowed back these words.