I dunno what you're complaining about because that was season 1 and 2 too.

TIME AND FIST!

Well, I was partially hoping he'd go back in time and with his respect and authority, he'd foster peace that prevents the world from ending so stupidly...

I just read the novel. lol
And now I'm reading the sequel. /shrug

I can confirm (no longer speculation) with the latest chapter I read earlier today: Laul and See-hee get married and form the "Shinra" family.

Warning for people who enjoy seeing spoilers: this is different. These spoilers are almost entirely out of context and make the novel seem bad. I don't recommend looking at these. If you want spoilers that're fun and stuff, check out my other comments.

The moment I saw a lot of people got upset with the Overgeared novel is when Grid gains Annihilation Energy after he killed Trauka. This was especially frustrating when he finally FINALLY fights and beats Chiyou and it's like... over in a couple of paragraphs. It was a hyped up "incoming fight" that we kept getting baited with over and over as the novel progressed... and finally when it happened, we were robbed because of Annihilation Energy. The author is a troll. lol. Sure, he does the same thing, killing both Rebecca and her anti-virus in one paragraph but this was after Chiyou so the disappointment didn't hit as hard.
Also, people hated Garam's return. Generally speaking, Garam is not as interesting as the author thought and he doesn't deserve to be "Grid's last big fight" of the novel.

I will say, Xu Shi'an's time as the butt of the joke seems to actually be leading him to cut contact off with his family.

I do believe that he deserves some of the trouble thrown his way, especially when he asks for it. lol. He gets way too much trouble though. He was stupid in school, but he straightened himself out. Look, he's going to college. Also, both he and his sister got in some fights, but that wasn't his fault and is completely resolved.
Xiao Xiao is a bit older than him and it seems to be her idea to just ditch everyone to get some peace.
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These screenshots are from March this year. I know we had a sizeable time skip, but look at how quickly they grew up.

Enemy: giant "shaman monkey king"
no references to king kong
and no one calls it "big ape" or "overgrown ape" as an insult.
hmmm

In-game, you can "do the deed" once every in-game month.

Spoilers: Grid defeats a great evil and gets an item that grants one wish. He wishes to remove the cooldown on "doing the deed." lol

Martial Peak.
It has over 3000 chapters, so good luck. lol

Oh right. I did want to mention: Grid's "Blackening" ability is eventually removed and replaced with a new skill called "Request to Stand With Me." Remember the Duke titles I yapped about a few chapters ago? When Grid gets the Duke of Virtue title, it takes away Blackening and gives him a new one to replace it.

Anyway, I bring this up because the skill is very direct in what it does: it Requests your allies to Stand by your side, except not literally. What actually happens is a request window pops up asking for help and the people can reject it, but no one ever rejects it. People's weapons or certain special details are taken and are used in combat for Grid. His first use summons every weapon he ever made and they rain down on his enemy. Everything is returned after the skill is done and they get a little reward, like more stats on the weapon.

Again, no one ever rejects it. No joke: his army is literally actively fighting a WAR, in battle, and they send their weapons to Grid for this skill. May as well just say this: the enemy commander was peeing is pants that the army has made it to him -> they open the door -> he sees them without weapons -> thinks "THEY'RE SHOWING MERCY!" -> and surrenders on the spot. lol

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, to get to the point: one way Grid uses this ability is to request Keen Insight from Mercedes. Yes. Yes but no. Yes, except no, and so no. Yes, it is incredible OP. Yes, she loses access to it but she isn't blind. Yes, he can technically do it almost any time he wants, but no, it is discouraged because if he grows too reliant on it and can't access it (cooldowns, or she is in danger, etc), then he'd be screwed, so no, he doesn't abuse it.

Curse you 3000 character limit. lol Can I get special permission to type 4000 characters?

We're past chapter 600 in the novel... uh, maybe around 620? I could look it up, but I'm being lazy on this detail.
Note: All distances in terms of chapters is based on the novel chapters, not the manhwa chapters.


... wasn't she was supposed to show up in armor? Also, she looks like this:
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Mercedes possesses something called "Keen Insight." This is an innate ability she was born with and, importantly, is so terrifying that the in-game gods are wary of it. Her original plot line was to just die so Keen Insight can be removed. Grid, being a "miracle player" or whatever they call him, gets involved enough to change things up and she survives. That's quite far away as right now, she is an "enemy." She will humiliate Grid right now and strike at Grid later. Don't hold it against her while waiting on updates. lol

Moving on a bit more: Mercedes eventually moves from Saharan Empire to the Overgeared Kingdom. More importantly, she attains a Legendary Class: the Legendary Knight. Every legendary class "creates" something. Grid creates blueprints for gear. The Sword Saint creates sword techniques. The Legendary Farmer creates new ways to grow crops. The Legendary Knight creates new Chivalric Codes. The first one she wrote was: "One occupation isn't more noble than another. Don't be prejudiced." So... so based. We're like 400 novel chapters away from this. lol

To address all the comments of "wife?" or "wife!" -> I can casually confirm: Chapter uh.. 1500s? 1600s? Somewhere around there -> Grid marries Mercedes and (spoilers for another time). You might think you know what goes in those parenthesis: you're wrong. lol. Yes, they do "have a hot night together" but that's not what's in the parenthesis.

I thought about introducing the idea of the "Mental World" because hers is... interesting and some of ya'll would love to hear about it, but that's quite complicated and really far away. Legit, over 1000 novel chapters away from where we're at.

Hi. Spoiler guy here! Can confirm: He will marry Mercedes too.

A decisive answer. It shouldn't surprise anyone, tbh. He only fulfilled his obligation. He was never... secretive about his intentions in this specific aspect.

I'd be okay with another 100 chapters of side stories. Just saying.
Also, thanks to Mr. Main Character, every single person from Frontera is buff beyond belief. I forgot that until I was directly reminded. Thank you, peak.
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Going back to the past to save humanity.... from itself. Freakin' stupid humanity causing all of its own freakin' problems.

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"hmm, yes! Let us beat you up so we can "help" you! You gotta trust us! We're the good guys!"
Like, if someone shows up who even HE can't beat, what makes you think you stand a chance? I'm seeing a level 10 baby tell the level 100 tiger "I'll protect you from the level 200 bad guy!" Bruh, you're level 10. You can't even protect yourself.

They're just trying to gain more control over the world. Bri*ish, French and Spanish people syndrome. lol

Ya know, if the upcoming plot point is "she isn't aging" then the supernatural elements of this manhua will return, front and center.

Who?
Also, is this hinting that death is permanent? For some reason, in a game...

"I didn't actually expect him to get lost!"
Meanwhile:
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hmmm...
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I'm pretty sure isn't against Zhou Fan. If he was, he would've acted with more... how do I put this? With more decisiveness; more direct action. Some something like that.

So, he stands at a crossroad. One side is Zhou Fan and the other is Wuyue. He clearly likes them both but...
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From ToD&G, if he did nothing, this would've resolved one way or the other, but he knows that "doing nothing" isn't an option. What will he do? Mediate? Would Wuyue accept that? Zhou Fan probably would because he'd probably just happily walk away while putting contingency plans in place for Wuyue or anyone seeking revenge.