Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 143



Episode 143: Awakening (6)

Choice and concentration are important in survival.

What will you give up and what will you choose?

The more rationally this difficult problem is solved the higher the survival rate.

But this time I couldn’t.

“Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!”

Three injured people and a bottle of top-quality potion.

In fact the best course of action was to feed Rotmiller the entire bottle.

He had to save him as quickly as possible and take out the potion contained in the [treasure warehouse].

So it was right to treat myself with a high-quality potion and feed the remaining top-quality potion to Dwarki.

however….

‘If that were the case Dwalki would have died.’

Making a rational choice was difficult.

Even though his head already knew his body fed half of the potion to Dewalki without the slightest hesitation.

in result.

“Both of you please hold on! “Let’s all survive in this damn place!”

The confirmed future has disappeared.

Because I couldn’t give up on Dwalki I couldn’t guarantee Rotmiller’s life.

If I had fed it right away half a bottle of potion would have been enough but the problem was that I fed it too late.

Simply put high risk high return.

Because I wanted the entire team to survive I made an irrational decision that could result in the death of the entire team.

“B Bjorn….”

I approached Rotmiller.

And he continued to take his pulse and check his breathing.

I hoped you would hold on.

If this man dies like this all five of us will die.

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’10 minutes.’

After that much time the dragon slayer bastard will wake up. And right now the only one who is sane is the dwarf.

If the dwarf can’t stop it everything is over.

“Oh yes! Stone room! “Bjorn what was that stone chamber?”

The dwarf guarding Dwalki’s side looks at me. We then ask about the identity of the stone chamber we finally found after searching the maze for 12 hours.

Fill in your hopes.

“Elixir? Potion? Is there something like that in it? Ah if that were the case you would have packed it right? “So is it a healing spring or something like that?”

“…That’s not what that stone room is for.”

“Then something! This is the place I found after looking around so hard! “There must be something!”

The dwarf asks a question hoping for one answer.

I know it’s best not to answer questions like these but…

After a moment I opened my mouth.

“That stone room is a trap room.”

“Trap room…?”

“Okay if you open the box you’ll go back to the starting point.”

If the bastard and the priest appeared at the same time I planned to immediately scrap Plan A and use it to escape through the portal.

No matter what you do at that time you have no chance of winning.

“Yeah! then! Come on let’s get on this and go back! “That will do!”

“Hikuro Murad come to your senses. Even if I could return to the tower nothing would change.”

There is no such thing as going to the tower or getting a potion.

And it is impossible to go back in the first place.

I don’t know if they’re aiming to rob an empty house.

Heading towards the portal while injured?

It’s no different from suicide.

The priest of Karui who is presumed to have changed his profession and possess the divine power of a high priest must be guarding that place.

“Oh yes! Priest! Wasn’t there an old priest-like man in that group? “Let’s find him.”

“Stop it.”

“It seems to me that he had no choice but to follow that man. If he is right—”

“Stop it Hikuro.”

“How can I stop this! “Both of them are dying so we have to do something!”

The dwarf shouted as if screaming at his own helplessness and I said calmly:

“There is nothing we can do now. “All I can do is just watch.”

“Really… is that really all there is?”

“okay.”

The number that could come out was three.

Either everyone lives.

Either everyone dies.

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Or someone dies and someone survives.

Every second that felt like an eon passed by.

and….

“What happened to him…?”

De Walki regained his consciousness.

***

“Dwalky! “Don’t say it!”

“Okay stay still. As soon as Rotmiller wakes up take the potion—”

Dwalki asked again seeing us pouring out many words.

“He…”

“…?”

“What happened?”

As if that was more important than his own life.

As soon as he opened his eyes he asked that question in succession.

I thought for a moment.

Should I tell you the truth?

The worries didn’t last long.

“He’s not dead.”

“ah….”

“But thanks to you the immediate crisis has been overcome. Afterwards leave the work to us and rest.”

“That can’t be possible.”

De Walki shook his head desperately.

“There is no time…”

“Didn’t you hear what I just said? When Rotmiller wakes up take the potion—”

“This is not something that can be cured with a potion.”

There was silence for a moment after those words and I calmly accepted reality.

“…I see.”

I don’t know what method Dwalki used.

But these are the words of Dwalki who probably knows the current situation best.

These are the words of Dwalki who longs for life more than anyone else.

So denying it would be meaningless.

“What do you mean! “It’s a top-notch potion!”

“Yes that’s right! You know it too. What kind of product is this? So don’t say anything weird—”

“Miss Misha.”

Dwalki opened his eyes and stared at us.

“Hikurod and… Bjorn.”

They only called each person’s name one by one.

However having experienced many deaths while spending my childhood in the hospital I knew.

What is Dwalki trying to do now?

“Say it. “I will tell it to Rotmiller.”

“…Thank you.”

A candle with a dead wick flickers.

Just like I want to leave something to the world.

As if I wanted to become a memory.

The one that emits the greatest light at the last moment.

“I have something to tell you.”

Soon Dwalki’s voice stopped shaking.

***

Her mother loved the sea.

The unknown sea which she had never seen but had only heard about.

She couldn’t understand it when she was young but as she grew older she learned it.

“There are things that I want more and more because I can’t have them.”

There are such things sometimes in the world.

Because I don’t know it’s not allowed to me.

It looks even more dazzling.

“You were that kind of person to me.”

I was lucky.

Enough to overflow.

I met great people and explored.

We talked a lot and gave each other comfort. The empty space that was thought to never be filled was finally filled.

That’s why I had to say it.

“Thank you all for being my colleagues.”

Something I couldn’t say until now because I was embarrassed.

Something I’ve always put off hoping for a later date.

But if it’s not now it’s words that will be buried in my heart forever.

Slurp.

Dwalki looked ahead with blurry eyes.

“Ugh! Don’t say that! huh? Dwalki please….”

The woman he loved was crying.

She didn’t want that.

Slurp.

Move your gaze sideways.

“I am… thank you for being my friend. “Thank you for joining the team I created.”

His dear friend was smiling at him.

I was grateful that he smiled while shaking her beard.

And he was sorry.

He decided to go to the blacksmith shop someday.

I can’t even keep that promise.

Slurp.

I move my gaze again.

“Riol wove dwalki.”

The last one was a romantic enemy and a colleague he admired.

Unlike himself a coward he is a warrior who always fights to the end and protects everyone.

He stared at himself with calm eyes.

“I apologize. I looked at you wrong. You were a better wizard and colleague than anyone else. And the choice you made was noble and noble.”

A man who was always stingy with praise.

The warrior who never took words out of his mouth speaks.

“It was an honor to be with you like that.”

I felt so overwhelmed and somewhat relieved.

He was recognized for the first time.

She was told that it was an honor for a great warrior who lived like the hero in the story.

I was only half a wizard.

It marked one page of his journey.

At this level there will be no room left.

Yes it definitely should have been that way…

‘Why am I…’

I feel resentful.

It’s unfair.

I’m afraid.

It’s vain.

‘Why…’

That was death.

Getting erased from someone’s next page.

“Isn’t there more to say? “If you wish I will make room for you.”

Soon the warrior spoke and only then did Dwalki realize the reason for this feeling.

“Ugh! Dwalky! Don’t die! Please okay?”

There are people in the world who sometimes shine.

To me that person was you.

He hasn’t said that yet.

but….

‘It must be greed.’

I try hard to erase my selfishness.

I know there’s no chance if it’s now or never.

Because her journey won’t end today.

It must not remain as a dark shadow in her life going forward. If it’s truly for her it’s the right thing to do.

That is why De Walki opened his mouth.

“Bjorn.”

“…Do you have something to say to me?”

“exactly.”

The only thing that a departing person can leave behind.

“You are not quick-witted. “Please don’t look away anymore.”

The warrior did not ask.

You probably already know what I mean.

He is too smart and wise to be called a barbarian.

“Answer me….”

“i get it.”

Dwalki finally received the answer and smiled brightly.

However does this mean that the allowed time ends here?

“…he woke up.”

The warrior’s eyes turn cold.

At this my heart which had stopped beating starts pounding.

Dragon Slayer Regal Vagos.

A being that he could never overcome even though he sacrificed his life to fight against it.

but….

“Can you… win?”

“Don’t worry. “I will definitely save everyone and return home.”

With that one word Dwalki lost all his anxiety.

I also erased the worry that it would be a meaningless death.

If this trustworthy warrior says so then it must be so.

So let’s just put it all down…

Slurp.

Close your eyes.

The sound becomes distant and the darkness deepens.

I think in thoughts that gradually become dull.

If I had lived a heroic life.

So if my life were written even briefly in a book.

What is the last sentence to be written?

A rather plausible phrase came to mind.

It may not be a very appropriate expression to describe the end of a wizard but…

‘It’s not bad.’

Team Banpuni’s wizard Riol Warb Dwalki.

After protecting a precious comrade from the dragon slayer Regal Vagos one of the members of Orculis—

A fierce warrior.

***

「Achievement achieved」

Condition: First companion character dies.

Reward: Your sanity is permanently increased by +1.

***

There is no paradise where you run away.

Dragon Slayer Regal Vagos

As I learned the identity of this guy this idea became more and more solidified.

Isn’t he a member of a group that looks down on even the king named Orculis? Although we didn’t share a full name it wouldn’t be that difficult to find us.

He felt that even a city would never be safe if the bastard wanted to take revenge.

Therefore…

New Plan A.

I came up with a plan to kill him.

When there is a ‘Guardian of Balance’.

I decided that if it wasn’t for this moment there would never be a chance.

But what was the result?

Exciting-!

The warrior’s heart cries low.

New Plan A failed.

The battle with it remained but not everyone could be saved.

There was no paradise even where we fought.

It wasn’t that I didn’t know.

Because there is no way such a good place exists anywhere in the world.

Exciting-!

Unlike my heart which beats low this guy’s heart is no longer beating.

but….

“Hikuro must prepare to fight.”

“I know.”

I stand up using my mace as a cane.

Those left behind will have their own work to do.

I catch my breath and stare across the passage.

The thing was standing up between its shells which were wide open like flower petals.

“….”

It was time to end this tiresome fight.