Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 101



Episode 101: Rumors (3)

The darkness that came upon entering the labyrinth.

He quickly takes out a torch lights up the surroundings and places his hand on the tombstone in front of her nose.

How long has it been since this?

Huuuuung-!

A monument that has not yet been touched by anyone.

The five-colored brilliance that emanates from there.

And for some reason there is a unique feeling when eating life raw as if your heart is being stabbed.

“The portal has been opened for the first time. EXP +2」

Misha muttered as he looked at the shimmering light that suddenly took the form of a sphere.

“What? “Did you just open a portal?”

Well you probably didn’t even know there was a bug like this.

I repeated the explanation I had given Einar before.

“Dimension instability phenomenon? “This is what happens if you use it?”

Unlike Einar who had given up on understanding Misha tries to understand on her own.

Of course she had no intention of doing well.

It’s difficult even for me to explain the proper principle.

I’m just using a ‘phenomenon’ that I found out by chance.

“…I feel sorry for Rotmiller.”

“huh?”

“If I found out that there was a way like this… it would be so vain. Just like I did when I made a contract with the Soul Beast with that ring.”

Ah that’s what it sounded like.

I said something out of pity without any context.

It is clear that if Rotmiller found out about this bug he would feel extremely deprived.

[It may not be now but if I keep trying one day I might be able to open the portal with my own hands. That is my dream as an explorer.]

Just like the aspirations he carefully revealed while drinking he was sincere about his job as an explorer.

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It wasn’t even an empty dream.

In fact his pathfinding ability was considerable.

I don’t know about other floors but the first floor where he hung like crazy is in the upper class. Maybe if I could shorten it by just 2 hours I could achieve that dream.

It won’t be easy though.

“Then let’s go up first.”

Anyway I’ll stop chatting here.

I boarded the portal with Misha.

“You have entered the rocky desert on the second floor.”

Sand crumbling under his feet.

Hot air rising from below.

Stone ruins cast shadows along the flickering torches in the pitch-black darkness.

“It’s a rocky desert.”

Ugh why are you here?

I led Misha back down to the first floor.

And I headed east following the compass.

‘I’m stuck on the opposite route so I’ll just be walking for almost two days.’

If you had entered the labyrinth using the normal method one day would have been enough to reach any destination…

If you gain something you also have to lose something.

In addition the experience points that can be obtained by opening the portal are only 2 but they overlap permanently.

If you can get it by walking just one more day it is an unconditional benefit.

“Uh I definitely feel like there’s an empty spot since Rottmiller isn’t there.”

“….”

We escaped from the outermost dark zone in about three hours. Even if you use a compass you sometimes take a wrong turn and come across a dead end wall.

“But isn’t it nice that you two are walking together?”

“What are you saying?”

“No it’s just… It’s good for the five of us to be noisy but I’m just saying this isn’t a bad thing either.”

At first I wondered what it was saying but as I listened to it I felt like I knew what he wanted to say.

Because the dwarves and dwarkies talk too much.

To be honest there are a lot of times when I laugh but most of the time I get tired of listening to it.

“Geek!”

After escaping the dark area I was walking through a softly lit crystal cave and monsters kept attacking me.

The monsters that appear in this western district are gnomes.

As a level 9 monster if you hit it it becomes evil and dies.

“gig…?!”

A clay doll that turns into mash and disappears with a single blow of the mace. It’s not a problem to catch it but it’s annoying.

The gnome’s active skill is [Unification].

Since it is a stealth skill it can only be seen if you are within a 3m radius.

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‘If Rotmiller had been there he would have destroyed everything he saw.’

Is it like that after working as a party of 5?

Even though I’m a dwarf I miss him a little. Should I say that he is like a pretend doctor who always quietly does his work behind the scenes?

Oh Dwalki too.

If he’s there you don’t have to pick up the magic stone yourself.

“Bjorn there’s someone coming…!”

As I was walking thinking about this and that Misha tapped my waist and quietly shouted.

As a beastman with a sensitive sense of energy it seems he sensed popularity before me.

“What are you going to do?”

What should I do?

They must have already recognized us a long time ago.

Clap clap clap.

Before long a party of 5 appeared from the front.

A regular party with wizards and priests.

As an explorer who reached this place in just 3 hours the level of equipment was considerable.

‘…It must be at least the 6th floor.’

I don’t know what kind of essence they have.

However the equipment made from grade 3 and 4 materials plastered from head to toe proved their level.

The equipment is like an explorer’s identity card.

However was it the same on the other side?

“Hmm.”

There is doubt and wariness in their eyes as they pass by.

That’s right.

You wouldn’t have thought that you would meet a barbarian and a beastman wearing equipment made of only grade 2 materials here and at this exact time.

‘Please just pass by.’

Fortunately they passed us by without making any conversation.

It’s not that my earnest wish has prevailed…

Perhaps it was just that there was no time for that.

“Mr. Revlon let’s speed up a little more.”

“That’s right.”

It was fortunate that they were speed running.

I don’t know what it was but I guess they thought that since we were out here other competitors might have gone faster.

‘You guys are the fastest.’

Since they are working backwards from the portal I know that they are at the forefront.

Well no matter what if you go there you will see a portal that is already open.

“Wow those people are really running around.”

Misha expressed his admiration perhaps because it was his first time seeing an explorer doing a speed run in person.

It took less than two seconds for them to come into view and pass by but it was still quite an impressive sight.

“Why are you looking at me like that? “Someday we have to do it too.”

“…we?”

Misha tilted her head.

Well no matter how much I say it it won’t feel real.

It wasn’t long ago that she was treated like half a penny by her family because she couldn’t even make a soul number contract.

“If you look closely Bjorn you seem to have really big ambitions. “Is it because he’s a barbarian?”

“…Are you being sarcastic?”

“I meant it was cool you idiot!”

“Hmm.”

…He can be too direct sometimes.

What kind of barbarian do you think you are?

***

“Did you see the weapon the prosecutor was wearing earlier?”

“You mean that sword made of orichalcon material?”

“Yes that! Of course Orichalcon is correct. “How much would it cost to make a weapon with that?”

Afterwards Misha continued to talk about the party she met earlier.

It seemed like he had a yearning for a high-level explorer.

Well it’s a much more positive emotion than jealousy or arrogance…

You can’t have anything with just admiration.

“Stop talking and start moving your feet.”

“Hmph if anyone hears it they’ll know I’m standing still.”

Anyway as I continued walking east I encountered more and more explorers.

In the beginning like the party we saw earlier most of them were high-level explorers but as time went by their level gradually decreased.

I took out my watch.

[18:57]

It has been 19 hours since the labyrinth was opened.

This means that I just walked almost all day.

Thanks to that we have already reached the starting point. In other words we reached the center of the first floor crystal cave.

Therefore there is no need to worry about arousing suspicion when encountering high-ranking explorers but…

‘Huh I never thought about this again.’

When I got there this is what caught my eye.

“Did you just see it? “What size mace is…”

“It looks like the backpack is an expandable backpack.”

Explorers look at us with envious eyes every time we pass by.

Well it might look strange.

Just looking at it we are stuck in the center of the first floor even though we should be hunting much higher up.

“Why are people like that still here…?”

It’s evening time to find a friend for the night and relax.

Each time the explorers grouped in groups of three or four pass by they each say something.

It felt a little strange.

‘I had a time like that too.’

When you first enter the labyrinth.

Like them I found a friend for the night and took a rest.

The problem is that the first person I met was Hans A.

“Why are you laughing all of a sudden?”

“It was just because I was thinking about the past.”

To be more exact I laughed because I remembered how I pretended to sleep with Hans A by my side even though I felt like I was going to roll over from exhaustion.

She really went through all sorts of hardships before meeting Erwen.

‘Oh how is he doing?’

I suddenly wonder if she will be doing well since she has a golden spoon.

First of all he was the first colleague I met in this world.

Should I look for it and meet again later?

As I was walking with that thought in mind a man caught my eye.

I didn’t do anything particularly noticeable but…

‘That’s an eye opener.’

Should I say I don’t like the look in his eyes?

I can feel jealousy and greed shining through those mischievous eyes looking at me.

But for some reason I started laughing again.

‘I’ve really grown up a lot too.’

If it were me in the past I would have tensed inside assuming the worst at that glance.

However I have changed a lot since then.

Rather than becoming soft…

Eat.

Now there is no reason to be afraid of goblins.

Well I’m not saying he’s a goblin.

If you just look at combat power there won’t be much difference.

Even if we are a country that assumes the worst.

I can’t imagine myself getting stabbed to death with that crude knife.

Um yeah… I’m sure that was the case.

‘Why does the more I look at it the more I feel like shit?’

I needed to check it out.

“you.”

When I suddenly stop and look at him he stands up from his back against the wall with a start.

The eyes that were no longer there were only filled with wariness.

“Do you have something to say to me?”

“Oh there isn’t one…?”

“But why are you looking at me like that?”

“…I’m sorry.”

When her man apologized Misha hit my waist with her fist.

“Bjorn! Why are you acting like that all of a sudden? “What did this person do wrong?”

For some reason I feel like I’ve seen a scene like this on the side of the road before. When a gangster started an argument with a passerby his lover who was with him tried to stop him.

No but did you say that he was the only one who had really bad eyes?

“What is your name?”

“Hanst Ivan.”

“Hanst? “Not Hans?”

The man’s body trembled at my question.

It must have been insulting when a barbarian suddenly came and played with my name.

But this was a really important part.

“Is it really Hanst? “It’s not that I misunderstood it right?”

“I’m really Hanst….”

Hmm then was it really just my mood?

As she watched for a moment gathering her thoughts her man added to her words with an air of nervousness.

“Wow it was originally Hans but I changed it because it was too common.”

“…what?”

Fuck I felt like shit for some reason.

Still since I had changed my name I decided to continue on my way without saying anything more.

Oh of course I should give you some advice before that.

“Never go back to your original name. What I am saying is to continue living as Hanst. “Do you understand?”

“That’s right.”

Hanst nodded his head vigorously.

It was that moment.

Dedddddddddd.

The cave began to shake as if there had been an earthquake.

Misha looked at me at the sudden strange phenomenon.

“Bjorn?”

Eyes longing for an answer to a question.

Of course I know the answer.

Because there is only one thing in the labyrinth that comes with this phenomenon.

“Run!”

Soon a crack opens.

And that’s when it hasn’t even been day 1 yet.

‘Fuck.’

Few people know but cracks must be at least 3 days old to be ‘naturally formed’.

That means.

‘What kind of bastard is this?’

It means that someone hit the player.

Using the method I was going to do.