Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 124



Episode 124: Stagnant water (3)

First I made a simple statement.

Not as Bjorn Yandel but as Hansu Lee.

“It’s Lee Han-soo. “I’m twenty-nine years old.”

“My brother is also from the same family as me. This is Baekho Lee. “I was twenty-three.”

“You were twenty-three?”

“Actually… I’ve been here for over ten years.”

“Oh I see….”

I had nothing to say.

I had expected this when I saw that the chat room skin was luxurious but it’s been over ten years since I came here?

Are there all these poor people out there?

“Wait a minute so you’re older than me—”

“older brother! Don’t say such nonsense! I’m going back. So you should use your actual age!”

“Uh… Well then.”

As a member of a Confucian nation with a civil service position there was no reason to stop him from becoming his younger brother.

Afterwards the genealogy was organized.

“Anyway brother I’m sorry but can you please excuse me?”

“illustration?”

“It’s… like a simple test. “First of all I think I’m sure about it but I still think I should give it a try.”

“No I mean what is that?”

“If I tell you you can just say the first thing that comes to mind when you hear it. Oh don’t worry. “It’s a problem that Koreans can’t go wrong with.”

When I finally heard it it was a kind of Korean test.

He says it’s okay for him to say this but he’s doing well around here? It seems that because of that there were some people who pretended to be Korean and tried to suck it up.

Well if that’s the case.

“Then shall we begin…?”

“Sure.”

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When he nodded the guy took a deep breath and closed his eyes. I didn’t think it was a big deal but seeing him like this made me nervous for no reason.

Of course as he said the quiz itself was easy.

“kimchi?”

“…soup?”

“Cow head?”

“Gukbap.”

“Saudi Arabia?”

“Arabia.”

“Service credo.”

“…our determination. And I was a public servant.”

“Ah… Anyway this is the last time.”

Baekho Lee catches his breath and looks at me with serious eyes.

The car in front made me wonder if it was all a joke.

Baekho Lee’s mouth opened.

“Lee Wan-yong?”

“Dog… you crazy bastard.”

That moment when a swear word came out without me even realizing it.

My body automatically stiffened due to the strange spirit.

Before I knew it Baekho Lee’s cold gaze was focused on me.

It seems like everything he has shown so far was just acting.

“I believe you you are Korean.”

What are you saying you bastard?

***

Baekho Lee.

A Korean player who was brought in the day he was discharged from the military and lived in this world for over ten years.

He seems like a good kid but…

‘Does he have a problem with his head too?’

My eyes narrowed without me knowing.

However after listening to the excuses that followed it wasn’t really something I couldn’t understand.

“Oh sorry for speaking informally. It was a line I prepared to say when someone passed the test. “I didn’t know it would take more than three years but…”

Even I who thought I was far from these feelings missed these conversations.

Besides when this guy first came there probably wasn’t a community like Ghostbusters.

An environment that would have been perfect for a person’s character to be destroyed.

“So what is your name?”

“I told you earlier.”

“It’s not that it’s the name we use here. I need to know that to help you. “Wouldn’t Koreans be corpses without loyalty and affection?”

“I feel grateful but it’s okay.”

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I chuckled and shook my head.

Then Lee Baek-ho looked at me with eyes that said he really didn’t understand.

“Why don’t you tell me that? “If you just tell me your name my brother can live without worrying about taxes.”

The guy’s voice was full of confidence.

I guess we’ve already achieved that level here.

But still my answer is the same.

“If I suggest the opposite will you tell me your name?”

“Oh no matter how much it is it’s a bit….”

“It’s the same for me.”

Have you finally realized that I am different from ordinary newbies? Baekho Lee asked me with even more interest in his eyes than before.

“Hyung how many times did you wake up?”

“you?”

“10 times more.”

10 times?

I heard the founder of Ghostbusters is 15x?

When I looked at him in surprise he scratched the back of his short head.

“Even if it’s 10 times bigger it’s no big deal. Anyway I just woke up. So actually even though 10 years have passed there are still a lot of things I don’t know. “Ha if it’s going to be like this I’ll just do the original.”

Perhaps because he survived in this world for over 10 years his mindset was definitely different from the kids I met in the newbie room.

“So what about you brother?”

I answered after thinking for a moment.

“I also broke it at 10 times the price.”

“Oh really?”

Although I was worried Baekho Lee obediently believed what I said.

“Yes you have to be at this level to be Korean.”

“what?”

“If you play games you’re Korean right?”

I don’t think the soup is too strong but…

I didn’t bother to hold on to the tail of my horse and fall.

Isn’t he a poor guy? You should also embrace and embrace me with your heart.

“Yeah you’re right.”

“Is that so? Ha it’s really unfortunate. “If only there had been a Korean patch there would have been at least a few people who beat the original version…”

Lee Baek-ho seemed to have become more irritable because he only hung out with foreigners.

“Ah bro… then would you like me to give you some GP?”

“It would be nice to give it to you but I’m not going to cash it anyway. “There are many ways to earn money anyway.”

“I guess your GP just keeps accumulating like me.”

Aside from our personalities Baekho Lee and I were similar in many ways.

He did not want to hastily expose his identity and despite his frivolous personality his actions seemed cautious.

Well I guess he survived that long.

“Uhm… then there’s nothing I can do for you.”

“It’s okay I didn’t come here hoping for anything in the first place. “Let’s just meet up and chat sometimes.”

“Hehehe… Brother…!”

Did I feel like I had met a real compatriot?

Baekho Lee was crying wiping away tears that wouldn’t even come out.

Of course it wasn’t long.

“Brother if you have any questions please ask. “I think I will be able to stand up for myself if I do at least that much.”

Why are his mood swings so severe?

It is difficult to keep up with the tension.

Once you told me that I asked everything I was curious about.

“Do you know who the operator here is?”

“Oh I don’t know that either. In fact I took the pills while robbing the headquarters of the secret security department in the early days.”

“Then you don’t know who you are either?”

“But you probably guessed it right? “I also have someone who has some guesses…”

“There are three of you. Can you tell me everything?”

Lee Baek-ho called out the names of those suspected one by one. They were all magicians and except for one they were famous enough that I had heard of them.

“I think you can handle it well brother but please don’t reveal your identity here. “As far as I know there are a few bastards who have become attached to the royal family.”

Baekho Lee even gave me advice without asking whether I liked it.

Unlike my newbie friends who said this place was 100% safe I really liked the pessimistic view.

In that sense one more question.

“Is there any way for the operator to find out my identity?”

“no. That must be hard? “In the first place this space was not created with our own efforts but was more like a remodel.”

“alteration?”

“There was an evil spirit in this city more than a hundred years ago. On Earth that’s more than 20 years ago. “Then who are they?”

Uh… honestly this is something I hadn’t thought about at all.

Wasn’t it 20 years ago when LCD monitors let alone [Dungeons and Stone] were not widely available?

“I don’t know so just tell me.”

“The answer is they are from another dimension!”

“Another dimension…?”

“yes. “I’ve never met him in person but from what I understand he was transferred through reading books written about this world.”

For reference it is said that there were very few evil spirits at the time and they all had unique powers.

It is presumed that one of them created this space and the current operator happened to inherit it?

‘I suddenly heard something amazing.’

At this point I am also curious about Lee Baek-ho’s identity.

What kind of guy is this that he knows this so casually?

‘Well I’m at a loss.’

I changed my mindset and continued to ask Lee Baek-ho various questions to resolve my doubts.

However this guy wasn’t all-powerful either.

“Ah… Is that because I’m actually in hiding so the latest information is a bit weak?”

“In hiding?”

“Yes it’s a bit difficult to go into detail. If you want to get the latest information I’ll introduce you to a chat room. There is something called ‘Watchers of the Round Table’… something like a club formed by bastards with bad grades in middle school.”

The chat room that Lee Baek-ho told me about is said to be a kind of community of people who are secretly operated and can only be entered with an invitation code….

“If you go there your nickname and face will be covered so don’t worry… I heard that if you don’t know anything you’ll be beaten and then kicked out but since you’ve cracked 10 times I don’t think you need to worry about that…”

He explained everything one by one from beginning to end as if sending a child on a picnic.

It was quite long but it was all useful content so I listened to it in silence without stopping.

“Well then I’ll just leave and see you later.”

“You’re leaving already?”

“Oh I didn’t tell you about that. “I took the initial pill so I can only stay here for an hour.”

…is this a generation gap?

Even if he suddenly complains saying ‘That was back in my day’ I think I’ll listen because he just said that. Just by looking at him it looks like he has lived a harder life than me.

“Brother do you have to come next time?”

“Okay see you later.”

“If there are people in the city who are being mean to you be sure to tell them that you remembered them.”

“okay….”

“Oh and again—”

“Okay let’s go now. “Can’t we meet again later and talk about it?”

“Oh right… next time… your brother! See you next time!”

Soon the guy who was looking at me with an anxious expression left with a simple smile.

Therefore I also ended the chat room.

Then as he instructed I entered the code into the chat room search box and entered ‘Watchers of the Round Table.’

[This is not an entry time.]

[OPEN 03:00 ~ 03:10]

Oh Baekho didn’t tell me this.

He had no choice but to spend time looking around exchanges and other bulletin boards.

And when the clock at the bottom left of the monitor showed 3 o’clock he attempted to enter again.

[Your new membership has been confirmed.]

[Welcome to becoming a member of the Watchers of the Round Table.]

[This meeting is strictly anonymous…]

Messages containing what I had heard from Baekho Lee came to mind as if in passing and soon I opened my eyes.

Flash-!

I was in the customization room.

***

A room full of all kinds of costumes and cosmetic accessories.

I wonder if it is really necessary to hide his identity like this with Lee Han-soo’s body…

Since there are rules it would be better to follow them.

After skimming through it I picked out some fairly decent ones as if I were cosplaying.

Slim fit navy blue suit.

‘A mask is required so I must wear this.’

For reference there were so many masks that one wall was filled but there were many empty areas perhaps to avoid overlapping.

Kiiiiig.

Anyway as soon as I put on the mask that was roughly held in my hand the door opened by itself.

A long red carpet stretched out as if to guide us.

As I was walking slowly exploring the surroundings a large round table appeared. There were dozens of seats but only four people were seated.

Tuk.

They were talking as if they knew each other but when I arrived they all closed their mouths and stared at me.

“….”

Heavy silence.

They say it’s a community of stagnant people.

Those eyes are scary.

Don’t you know that newbies are beings who need to be cherished and cared for?

“Oh this is your first mask?”

As the yellow clown mask cried a woman wearing a fox mask asked in an angry voice.

“How did you get in here? “It’s already been over a year since we haven’t accepted a new member.”

Oh I didn’t know there was such a thing.

“Go ahead and say it. Who you are and who recommended you.”

Still this was a question I had prepared so there was no problem.

“You must answer only the truth. Because this is that kind of place.”

As this woman said a special skin has been applied to this space. If you lie your mask will be broken and you will be immediately kicked out of the chat room.

But there is one exception here too.

It is okay to shout as much as you want before the meeting begins in earnest.

‘But if everyone keeps their mouths shut and just watches it means that everyone is in the same situation. Or are you just curious about what kind of person I am?’

I understood what they said about going out hard the first time you meet.

It must have been advice that came from experience engraved in my bones.

Therefore although I was reluctant this time I decided to just follow the lines and direction recommended by Lee Baek-ho.

“Oh me me?”

After acting like a jerk.

“Yes you said—”

Counter punch while grinning.

“Did you come here because your mom recommended it?”

Well I heard everything from this sergeant and came here to try and rip off newbies.