Overgeared

ed the ears of the crying Yura.
It was a voice overflowing with latent power.

-I want to help you.
No, I will help you.
Say something.
What can I do?

“…Thank you.” Yura could feel it.
Grid had the same heart as her.
They had such a relationship.
They trusted each other and wanted to help each other.
Yet there were some things that couldn’t be helped.
For example, right now.

“Youngwoo-ssi.”

-Yes?

”I will quit the game.”

-…Huh?

”Thank you for everything.”

***

-I will quit the game!

This was once voted the number one phrase that parents wanted to hear from their child.
Excessive gaming could ruin a person’s life.
There was a time when family members and friends would welcome it if someone said they were quitting the game.
Now five years had passed since Satisfy was released and it was quite different.

Satisfy meant wealth, honor and even power.
It was a time when parents encouraged their children to play Satisfy and Grid was the one who helped this age come about.
That’s why it was a shock.
Grid couldn’t accept Yura quitting the game.
Putting aside personal relationships, Yura was a member of the Overgeared Guild and one of the greatest powers in the Overgeared Kingdom.
It would be a big problem if she quit the game.

“Ah…” Grid’s mind became blank as he remembered an article that caused an uproar in South Korea a few years back.
Yura was the granddaughter of the Daejin Group’s chairman.
At the time, the chairman stated that he would bring his granddaughter into the company soon.

Grid remembered Lauel making a fuss about this news.
He was worried that if Yura entered the company, she would have less time to play the game.

“…It will become reality.”

It was even in the worst form.
Why? What should he do? Grid’s overloaded brain suddenly stopped.
He belatedly recalled Yura’s reassuring words to Lauel after the interview.

’Didn’t she say…
she didn’t want to enter the company?’

First, it was necessary to confirm it.
Grid called Yura back and asked two questions.
“Are you entering the company? Is that what you want?”

-…….

There was no answer.
This was enough for Grid.
Grid pressed the end call button and typed something in the search bar.
Once the last character finished, he found a message from Daejin Motors.

(I couldn’t get in touch with you so I am leaving a message.
Please become a new luxury brand model for Daejin Motors.
I would like to meet and have a talk with you.
Please call me back.

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-Daejin Motors Public Relations Team Manager Choi Jingoo)

“Hello? Is this Choi Jingoo? I am Grid.
Yes, yes.
I will review it positively.
Instead, please give me the contact details of the chairman.”

The king of a kingdom and a legendary blacksmith.
Grid held astronomical wealth and power.
He was about to exert enormous influence in the real world’s political and financial circles.

***

“What? Grid?” Chairman Lee Jinmyung of the Daejin Group was surprised.
Grid had refrained from appearing on CFs and broadcasts for the past two years.
He wasn’t someone who would move for money anymore.
Due to his status as a king, he was more obsessed with honor than money.
Rather than expose himself to the media and consume his image, he focused on building up achievements in Satisfy.

Now he contacted the chairman to become a model for Daejin Motors.
It was an unexpected chance! This was a golden chance to promote Daejin Motor’s luxury brand to the whole world.

‘But…’

There was something that was on Lee Jinmyung’s mind.
Grid wouldn’t want to talk to him for a one-sided reason.
This was also shortly after Yura’s loss in PvP.

“…I thought the rumour that my granddaughter is his lover was nonsense.” Lee Jinmyung had thoroughly investigated the scandal between Grid and Yura.
He was greatly disappointed when he found out it was just groundless rumours.
Now he thought it might be true.
“Let him know my contact details.
No, no.
It is better to contact him from my side.
It would be good to have a relationship with the Overgeared King.”

Let’s hear what was going on.
Lee Jinmyung thought about it and called Grid.
“Is this Shin Youngwoo? I am Lee Jinmyung, the chairman of Daejin.”

-Give me your granddaughter.

“…!!”

Chairman Lee Jinmyung jumped up from his seat at the words.
His head was working at a tremendous pace that was worthy of the leader of a large company.
He placed the value of Yura as his successor against giving Yura to Grid and thoroughly calculated it.
The calculations were done quickly.
Grid’s value and potential were too big.

“When should I set the date?”

***

-When should I set the date?

Grid clicked his tongue at the reply.

‘He is an impatient old man.’

They hadn’t even written the contract yet and he already wanted to set the date to shoot the CF? Well, it meant he was greedy.
Yura would probably be allowed to continue playing the game.

“The date…
I will leave that to you.
Chairman-nim made the concession first so I will do my best.”

-Haha! You are going to leave the wedding to me? As expected of a hero who leads the era!

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“..Wedding?”

Grid felt a chill because of the ridiculous word that emerged.
Other people kept misunderstanding him as they pleased.
Grid used his many experiences to realize that this situation was wrong.

“Wait a moment.
You seem to have misunderstood something.”

-Misunderstood?

“I don’t mean that I will marry her.
I’m just asking you not to take Yura.”

-…That doesn’t make any sense.

“I will sign a long-term contract with your company.”

He felt Chairman Lee Jinmyung flinch over the receiver.
The chairman hesitated for a moment.
Unfortunately, that hesitation ended quickly.

-…Aren’t you being somewhat arrogant? Your value this year isn’t as good as it is last year.
This year you aren’t attending the National Competition so your value has fallen.
I don’t know about last year but I’m not willing to let go of my granddaughter for the you of this year.

“If—”

-…?

“If I raise my value one step further in this year’s National Competition, will you positively think about it?”

-I suppose.
However, aren’t you absent from this year’s National Competition? It is already irreversible.

“Demon King.”

-Demon King?

“I am the Demon King.”

-…!!

Chairman Lee Jinmyung was so surprised that he couldn’t breathe.
Grid continued without being aware of the chairman’s red face and suffering.

“I will win the Demon King Subjugation event and then reveal my identity.”

-…!!

He wasn’t given a chance to breathe.
Chairman Lee Jinmyung crossed halfway to the Jordan River.