Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 109



Episode 109: Baby Barbarian (2)

“Ugh.”

“Don’t move yet. “The wound healed less quickly.”

“…Did you save me?”

“Even using the highest quality potions.”

Mr. Bear woke up with a complicated expression.

I’m glad I survived and everything is fine but it feels like something’s a little unclear.

Well you probably know.

How much benefit we would have had if he were dead.

[Thank you it would be 30 million stones—]

30 million stones.

It may not be the exact amount but it is roughly the estimate given by Gensia who had extensive experience in looting.

Mr. Bear who was familiar with the explorers’ physiology quietly muttered.

“…I was lucky.”

I also agreed.

In this situation how many explorers would choose to live rather than wait to die?

“You pay for the highest quality potion.”

That’s natural.

“How much is it?”

“Well I think 5 million stones will do.”

“…The highest quality potion would cost about 1 million stones?”

“Is that so? “Then I guess I got hit by a bunch of merchants.”

Mr. Bear was dazed for a moment by my sly attitude but then she burst into laughter.

“Of course the price of goods varies depending on the situation.”

As a seasoned level 5 explorer he seems to have understood exactly what I was saying.

“5 million stones… that’s a reasonable price.”

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“Thank you for thinking that way.”

“…What on earth are you two talking about?”

You stay still.

Because we are talking between adults now.

“But right now we don’t have that much money. “5 million stones will be paid back to the city.”

“Hmm.”

“Instead I will leave this item with you and I want you to return it after the city pays for it.”

Soon Mr. Bear took out a skull-shaped bracelet and handed it to me.

“It is a number item. “I just used it once but it’s still worth well over 5 million stones.”

Afterwards Mr. Bear briefly explained the item but even without that I already knew what it was.

No. 7611 ‘The Corpse Mancer’s Deception’.

An item that allows the wearer to enter a state of suspended animation when receiving fatal damage and gain immunity to damage for a certain period of time.

Please note that it breaks after being used 3 times.

‘I wondered how I was alive and it turned out to be because of this.’

I asked her if she could just give me this instead of 5 million stones but Mr. Bear drew the line that she was just leaving it as collateral and that she would give it to me in money later.

“Don’t even think about running away with it. Bjorn son of Yandel.”

How did you know?

When I was shocked Mr. Bear laughed.

“I’ve heard of a barbarian who travels with the Myoin people. That young lady also said your real name several times. ”

“Why did I do that?”

“Don’t worry. I understand the feeling of not wanting to be the center of attention. “I won’t go anywhere and talk.”

I’m glad that’s the case.

I don’t know about anything else but if you get into the ears of a dwarf or a dwarf things get a little more troublesome.

Because I got out because I received a request.

“So what happened? Is that bitch dead? “Did you two defeat the guardian?”

The bear man who came back from the dead first calculated the value of her life and then asked about the next situation.

There were too many details to explain in detail so she just nodded. Fortunately Uncle Bear who knew the manners of an explorer did not inquire too deeply.

“Bjorn son of Little Balkan Yandel. “I thought it was an exaggerated story but after seeing what happened today it seems that wasn’t really the case.”

Even so Gencia seemed surprised that the two guardians were dealt with together.

Anyway after returning to the city we decided on a place and time to meet and distributed the man’s magic stones and all of his injuries healed.

“Bjorn son of Yandel and Misha Karlstein. Thank you for saving my life. “I will not forget your grace today.”

After saying those words the man took the Holadang portal and escaped the crack.

He was such a cool guy until the end.

***

After Mr. Bear left she took a moment to examine the ‘Deception of the Corpse Master’.

Two of her three jewels shone.

This means that there are 2 uses left.

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‘Let’s just keep this on and return it.’

Since she didn’t know if it would happen she put it on her wrist for now.

I remembered Uncle Bear’s words that she must keep it and return it to her but…

‘I guess I can use it well and return it.’

Anyway I put this issue aside and took some time to think.

‘5 million stones….’

She received a decent reward in exchange for a top-quality potion. Well thinking about 30 million stone will make her feel like she’s on her new feet.

‘I’ve really become a savage too.’

To be honest she would be lying if she said she wasn’t the least bit greedy.

There is no need to use your own hands either.

Is Mr. Bear a good person or a bad person?

If she had just waited patiently she could have raised her spirit imprint to level 6 in one go and earned a large amount of money.

but….

I poured the potion on his wounds.

It wasn’t a philosophical concern about whether letting people die for money when there was a way to save them was any different from looting people.

I didn’t do it just because of Misha.

“…Why are you looking at me like that? “I suddenly feel anxious again.”

“It’s nothing.”

Anyway my level of ethics is as corrupt as it gets.

I decided it wasn’t something I would do while my future colleague was next to me.

However after everything is over this is what I think.

‘What would it be like if I were alone?’

It is not simply to enjoy wealth and fame.

In this world money is power and life.

If it weren’t for Missha what choice would I have made in the face of such great temptation?

‘…I guess it’s not a problem that needs to be worried about already.’

Whether you want it or not as you continue to work as an explorer the moment when you find out will come.

So I stopped thinking about it and packed my bags.

“huh? “Aren’t we going out?”

Where are you going?

I have two things to take care of.

I took Misha with me and moved along the ice passage.

A passage that was originally blocked but was revealed earlier when the tyrant Tarunvas appeared.

If you continue along this passage you can move to the second chapter that was before.

“Wow… how on earth do you know this? “I heard information about cracks is very expensive.”

“It’s thanks to Ragna.”

“Oh uhm… that woman….”

When Ragna made an excuse to open her secret library Misha said he would do the same and moved on.

Perhaps because he doesn’t usually read books he tends to believe things when he says he saw them in books.

Kwaang-!

After arriving at the second chapter I went up the stairs in reverse and smashed the third pillar from the top.

An item that increases cold resistance only once when taken which was overlooked while observing the mafia.

“The character has taken ‘a piece of ice imbued with magic.’”

“Cold resistance permanently increases by +3.”

Misha had sufficient cold tolerance so I ate it.

Well I’m thinking of giving the next one to him.

After passing the first chapter we came out of the glacier cave. Then we passed the frozen lake and headed to the starting point.

Kwaang-!

A small pond near the starting point.

After breaking it with a mace he dived into the ice water and took out a red ice ball.

“Now eat.”

“Why don’t you tell me what it is first?”

Would I feed you something bad?

Still once I gave him a brief explanation Misha erased her anxiety and chewed it up and swallowed it.

“Misha Karlstein took ‘ice tablets’.”

“Cold sensitivity is permanently increased by +3.”

In fact ‘ice crystals’ are the signature of a glacier cave.

It increases sensitivity and can be eaten up to three times so when cultivating the Freeze Tree I always came from the Glacier Cave in the beginning.

‘Next time it’s cool I’ll have to come here from here.’

It was quite chilly after diving so we lit a bonfire and dried ourselves off.

She put back on her clothes that she had already taken off and folded.

“Then it’s over.”

“Oh are you finally leaving?”

what.

I took the blanket out of my bag.

“…Why are you putting down the blanket?”

“I guess I didn’t sleep much last night because I had to stay on watch. “Let’s take a break and go.”

In fact there is no place in this labyrinth that is as safe as the cleared crack.

It’s a little cold but…

There is no better place than this to get a good night’s sleep.

“Don’t worry. “There is no one here but us.”

“…I see. “So you’re just going to take a break for a while?”

“okay. It’s cold so come here. Let’s just cover it together.”

“…Is that so?”

A cool breeze caressing the bridge of my nose.

The warmth of a bonfire.

It was night time and the dark blue Milky Way stretched and twinkled above the sky.

And within that.

“Bjorn… just?”

Drurrrrrrrrrr!

“Are you sleeping?”

We closed our eyes for a moment.

***

“You have entered the crystal cave on the first floor.”

***

Level 5 explorer Avman Urichfried.

He opened his eyes in the crystal cave and let out a long breath.

Only then did it start to feel real.

‘…You came back alive.’

Due to an incident I left the team I had been in for a long time and have been working alone ever since.

At the same time we experienced many crises.

Well this labyrinth was not an easy place to wander around alone.

But it has never been as dangerous as this time.

Should we say that he literally went to the threshold of the underworld and barely came back alive?

‘…I was lucky.’

I feel it over and over again but I was lucky.

Anyway I met a crazy bitch who came into the crack from the beginning hiding his identity for the purpose of plunder.

There was an explorer on the team who was good enough to save someone he had no connection to.

And he also had a top-quality potion.

What are the chances of that happening?

‘When I get back I’ll have to at least make an offering to the temple.’

No matter how many times I thought about it it was truly a miracle.

After enjoying the lingering feeling of survival for a while he changed the topic in his mind.

‘By the way this is Bjorn Yandel’s son…’

Bjorn son of Little Balkan Yandel.

That name has been heard again and again in the city.

Of course I didn’t think much of it at the time.

Just to think that someone unique has appeared?

To him a level 5 explorer being an explorer with a tinnitus was nothing particularly unfamiliar.

but….

‘I mean he’s a fun guy.’

He was different from an ordinary barbarian.

Although he may seem simple and ignorant he was skilled quick-witted and good at negotiating.

To put it bluntly he was similar to a barbarian who continued his life as an explorer for a long time.

He was pure but never naive.

So you must have been able to notice it.

The woman’s dark intentions that he didn’t even know about.

‘I got this name in 3 months and now I already have this level of skill… I’m sure it’s going to be big.’

I didn’t have any ill feelings towards him at all.

No on the contrary I only felt grateful.

It is said that chasing money is the destiny of explorers but how many people were devoured by money?

They asked for 5 million stones for treatment?

Just by not taking off all of his equipment he could be considered to have upheld his duty as an explorer.

Well because there are many people who have forgotten that duty that action seems even more special.

‘Well I guess that’s why she follows it.’

Abman thought of a Myoin girl who seemed to be a barbarian’s colleague. The barbarian gave her the essence of her Yeti and her guardian for nothing in return.

‘That girl is very lucky too.’

It must be a blessing to have a colleague like this.

After all if his former teammates were half as old as he was he wouldn’t have had to go around alone like this —

‘No wait a minute….’

At first it was just a fleeting thought.

However his expression changed and he seriously considered it.

‘Certainly a guy like this might not be that bad.’

After going through this incident he was already feeling skeptical about going alone.

‘… Well I can’t go around alone forever. It looks like there are still only two people over there.’

Soon Abman made a decision.

The various clans and regular teams that have been trying to recruit him will be disappointed if they find out…

What do you need to know?

‘I guess I’ll have to talk about it when we meet in the city later.’

He really liked this barbarian.