Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 167



Episode 167: The Great Demon Lord (2)

The moment when the red essence floated.

The eyes of the group of explorers opposite who were full of thoughts of going back and resting quickly became sharp.

It was like a mirror.

Our expressions won’t be much different now.

“….”

There is a heavy silence for a moment.

As explorers are quick to think about things like this the time was not long.

The first to speak was the opposing hammer warrior.

“The essence came from the monster we caught?”

“Hey Mr. Nelbo….”

“Wizard stay still. “I’ll take care of this myself.”

Yes this guy is the leader.

It seemed like he had already figured out what position to take in this situation.

Decided to claim ownership of the essence.

Eat.

To be honest I didn’t even expect it.

Aren’t they the bastards who couldn’t wait for just a few minutes and did such an unethical thing to get involved in the battle?

I muttered briefly.

“Ready for battle.”

It is closer to what is said to the opponent rather than to the team members.

An expression of the will that blood will be shed if an unreasonable force is applied.

“That Mr. Yandel….”

Raven voiced concern.

‘Hey Mr. Nelboh…’ he said in a similar situation to the wizard over there who was trying to say something to the hammer warrior.

It certainly seems like wizards have aversion to this.

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Is it because everyone must have grown up well?

“Don’t panic. “There are just five more humanoid monsters.”

I ended up summarizing the situation in one word.

Then did they realize that I was the leader?

The Hammer Warrior fixed his gaze on me and said something meaningful.

“Are you that guy back then…?”

“Do you know me?”

Instead of answering the Hammer Warrior raised the lid of his helmet.

But the problem is that I still have no idea.

Have I ever met him?

There’s no way I can remember eyebrows that were so burdensomely thick.

“…?”

As I looked at him with an incomprehensible look the Hammer Warrior took off his helmet as if he was frustrated.

Flash-!

A pure white scalp sparkling with the magic of light spheres floating in the air.

Then I remembered.

“…Tight!”

This is the guy I met the other day when I went to negotiate with the regional head. He tried to catch me and do some public chip farming.

I never would have guessed that he was wearing a helmet to camouflage himself.

“Phew!”

I don’t know why but the opposing team members all burst into laughter.

A bald head that was red from shame.

“…Do you want to die barbarian?”

Pakppakgi said putting on his helmet again.

“You’d better be careful what you say from now on. “Because there is no local chief to protect you.”

What does he say again?

If you knew about my relationship with the local mayor you would never say something like this.

Well it doesn’t matter.

“It would be best for you to leave after this. “Unless you want to lose even your head.”

“Okay I’m going to try this right?”

When I take a step it takes a step without even a hint of hesitation.

The distance narrows with a whole number in between.

The air becomes heavy and there is a coldness that cannot cool even the heat of the canyon.

Ji profit.

In front a fierce archer was protesting.

Crash.

Behind me I heard the sound of Mr. Bear loading his crossbow.

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Silence enough to hear each other’s breathing.

“….”

It was like a thread pulled taut.

The moment the thread snaps and breaks a bloody wind will begin to rush in.

This guy and I both know that.

but….

“If you leave now I will give you at least a magic stone.”

“You are a barbarian so your intentions are dark. We are the ones who caught the monster. Of course both the magic stone and the essence are ours.”

No one backs down.

The top 30% explorer team that reached the 5th floor.

Even though I knew that even if I got the essence it would be a bigger loss if even one of my team members died in the process.

Wow.

By holding the weapon he actually narrows the distance.

Cold sweat ran down my spine.

‘The bald bastard is so greedy.’

By custom it is true that ownership belongs to us.

He probably intended to follow that custom at first.

I guess they were just trying to coolly hand it over to me.

Participating in the battle in the first place was probably just a matter of wanting to take a quick rest.

The problem is that the essence came out of there.

‘…Do we really have no choice but to fight?’

I slowly gave up my weak feelings and assumed the worst.

The current structure is similar to a game of chicken.

Whoever retreats first loses.

If everyone wants to be a winner the only outcome is catastrophe.

“This is the final warning.”

I don’t like to just start talking but I tried to have another conversation this time.

“I’m so scared that you’re going to get sick of it aren’t you?”

The answer that came back was rejection.

This concludes my decision.

If you really want to you have no choice but to see the end with your own eyes.

If you don’t even have that level of determination you won’t be able to survive in this heartless world of explorers.

‘If this happens I guess I’ll have to drink the purified water.’

Originally Ifrit’s essence was planned to be sold in test tubes. Because it’s not a essence that suits me Misha or Einar very well.

but.

Trudging.

Eating Jeongsooya is definitely helpful.

After all it’s better for me to eat it than to give it to that bastard.

The cost of clearing the purified water is still not that much so just use it until you get rid of it and then throw it away.

So after drinking purified water…

‘Let’s fight by pushing and dropping. I may not be able to get the equipment but winning comes first now.’

Okay I’ve roughly finished organizing my thoughts.

Now it’s time to put it into action.

It was a car where I slowly took my steps and measured the angle.

“Stop it!”

“is it so. Mr. Yandel. “Put down your weapons first.”

Suddenly wizards from both sides stepped forward and the situation entered a new phase.

“Wizard? “I would have told you to stay still right?”

“Nelbo stop talking like that. “Because it doesn’t seem like much.”

“….”

“answer.”

“….”

“If this continues won’t we come into the labyrinth together from next time?”

“…I will stop.”

A guy who immediately gives up on a single word from a wizard who looks like a young boy. For some reason the most stubborn wizard kept sitting still.

I guess I was just following the concept.

I didn’t hide my disgust.

‘What a tough guy and Gaochong….’

I’m to the point where I don’t even want to talk anymore.

Anyway after the gangster lowered his weapon and stepped back the tension eased.

“That pattern on the robe. “It’s the Artemion School right?”

“yes. “Are you of the Warton school?”

“Hehe that’s right.”

As for the Warton School I know about it.

There is also a fairly large school of thought…

I remembered it even more clearly because of its uniqueness in that it did not focus on water attribute magic.

“This is Efrain Bello.”

“Arua Raven.”

First the wizards made a general statement among themselves.

And unlike the explorers who first took out their weapons the two had a brief introduction.

“Master Artemion how are you? “I saw you at an academic conference a year ago…”

“Well Master you are the same as usual. What about Master Warton? Still working on that?”

“Haha of course. “It’s our secret wish.”

It’s like ‘We are the ones!’ A conversation that feels like a conversation.

It’s like watching high society.

Since we already know each other after crossing a bridge or two anyway I guess I shouldn’t make things complicated.

“So what are you going to do now?”

Soon Raven got to the point.

“You know that asking for the essence of the monster we were hunting is an unreasonable claim right?”

“Hmm I don’t think it’s completely unreasonable. Conventions are ultimately just conventions. First of all it’s clear that we were involved. It is highly likely that the committee will recognize that this is a personal dispute between explorers.”

Unlike us who try to fight like animals wizards run to solve problems through conversation.

“They say a custom is just a custom but it’s hard to look favorably on someone who breaks it. But since they’re going to go all the way to the committee with just one integer I think it would be reasonable for them to give up right?”

“that….”

The wizard on the other side frowned.

It meant that our wizard had won the argument.

“Yes that’s right. So I’m just going to give up. “Actually I didn’t like this from the beginning.”

This could be solved like this.

‘After all am I the type of person who can play a barbarian?’

I lowered the mace I was holding.

It wasn’t today but the day when it would come in handy would definitely come.

Because the labyrinth is that kind of place.

***

“Mr. Vebelo?”

“Are you going to keep acting like a slut?”

“There is a method that suits this industry…”

Pakpakgi looked at him as if asking him to reconsider his decision but the wizard’s authority remained strong.

“Then I guess I was wrong about Mr. Nelbo. “This isn’t protecting our rights it’s just greed right?”

“….”

“I think I have given him enough respect as a leader so far. But how is this any different from looters?”

A stubborn person who can’t say anything to the magician’s reasonable words and whines.

I didn’t feel very refreshed.

I was secretly curious about how my hand would taste when I smashed that shiny head.

“Mr. Yandel what are you going to do with Jeongsu?”

While Pakppakgi was scolded by the wizard we discussed how to dispose of Jeongsoo.

“Keuhum!”

Einar looked at me with eyes that said ‘Look at me’ but the decision was the same as before.

“We put it in a test tube and sell it in the city.”

“That’s good. “It’s neat.”

Einar will be fed better purified water later.

‘In the first place I don’t have the money to feed Jeongsoo right now.’

Typically when a team member takes an integer he or she pays about half of the selling price. Well it’s up to me and Misha to keep it as a debt but…

It is unclear whether Mr. Bear or Raven will say so.

“Ainar cheer me up. If we sell just one of those there will be tens of thousands of cotton candies. huh?”

“Tens of thousands!!?”

Einar was staggered by the overwhelming unit but regained her strength.

I think I thought this was pretty good too.

‘…If that’s the case you’ll have to pay back the money I lent you first.’

Anyway after discussing the disposal of the essence Raven put Ifrit’s essence in a test tube and we cleared the way to the side.

However if I just pass by here it will be over.

“What is your name?”

Pakpakgi stops in front of me and asks.

what? Are you saying to be careful on the road at night?

As I glanced down the guy continued speaking as if to tell me not to misunderstand.

“No if this is meant to be it’s meant to be so shouldn’t we at least know each other’s names?”

The relationship is a mess.

Still I told him my name.

“This is Bjorn son of Yandel.”

“Bjorn son of Yandel?”

The guy tilts his head feeling like it’s a name he’s heard before.

The guy also revealed his name.

“Better than Meltason Nell.”

Okay so it wasn’t Hans Nelbo.

Thanks to you I feel a little relieved.

“Then go quickly.”

It was funny to even shake hands and make up so we ended the conversation.

A tight-lipped person smiles bitterly and walks away.

Starting with him his colleagues passed by us one by one.

Shield Bearer Swordsman Wizard Archer.

“….”

An archer who was passing in front of me looked at me and stopped.

The reason is simple.

I fucking glared at him.

[Oh I’m so tired let’s just catch it right?]

If it wasn’t for this bastard we wouldn’t have gotten into this shit from the beginning.

In some ways this guy is more obnoxious than the gangster—

“Hans! What should I do? Why don’t you come quickly?”

Soon the archer avoided my gaze and walked away.

I was frozen like a pumice stone.

“….”

…There was Hans.

***

The 21st day dawned.

This means that it has already been four days since we entered the 5th floor.

In the meantime we constantly went down the road and hunted monsters.

Meanwhile Einar also reached level 4.

‘…So this means that he entered the labyrinth three times and reached level 4?’

In some ways he grew faster than me.

I wish someone could take me by bus.

Anyway although I got into a few awkward situations while fighting monsters the exploration itself went smoothly.

I thought something was going on because of Hans.

‘Maybe it all ended with Jeongsoo coming out….’

An observation filled with hope.

If you look at it one by one it seems quite plausible.

Fortunately I got through it well but if I had not been careful I would have ended up with a 5:5 score.

So to put it simply it is quite possible that the essence was dropped due to the Hans effect…

No what on earth am I thinking?

‘Damn you bastards.’

Actually I don’t believe in jinxes.

That was indeed the case until I met Hans.

“Mr. Yandel can’t you stop doing that now?”

The car soon stopped for a moment to update the map.

Raven spoke to me carefully.

“Are you telling me to stop?”

“…I know you’re working hard but you probably won’t be able to go back after seeing that anyway right?”

A wizard-like line that values ​​results over effort.

“….”

I had no rebuttal.

Actually after seeing this I don’t have the confidence to go back to where I came from.

That is how complex the path of the Great Demon Sutra was.

As I said there are not only several different paths but there are also places where the path is broken and you have to use a rope to get over it.

but….

“If you continue it will improve. “It will be better next time I come.”

I am Team Apple Narak’s guide.

I wanted to live as a barbarian warrior but cold reality led me down that path.

Therefore you need to practice this too.

It’s clear that Rotmiller wasn’t that good from the beginning.

“Uh then I have nothing to say… But isn’t it difficult?”

“Well it’s annoying. “There are some fun parts.”

That’s the fun part.

It wasn’t a casual remark it was sincere.

First of all I can see this as a specification so I feel like I am growing.

Isn’t there a saying that it is necessary to have no regrets?

If something like the one in the Witch’s Forest ever happens again this ability that I’m working on now will help me.

‘More than anything if you become a guide it becomes natural to lead the team to where you want to go.’

“So are you going to keep going down today?”

“There’s no other way right?”

Orc colony Witch’s Forest Steel Rock Hill etc.

Just as the 3rd floor is composed of several fields the 5th floor also has named fields.

Between these maze-like narrow streets a wide disk-shaped terrain appears like a starting point.

There are also places where you enter through a cave in the cliff.

So far we have found three such fields.

Well all three places had owners.

‘It seems like there are a lot more clans controlling hunting grounds than there are in the game.’

As someone who has just entered the 5th floor this is a very frustrating part. It’s not because I’m not capable of catching monsters but because of people my growth is slowing down.

‘A damn reality testing game.’

To catch a monster that only appears in the field you must pay a price to the clan that occupied the spot.

For reference even if you pay the price it’s just a one-time hunt to gain experience. Was it too difficult to capture human nature through a game?

Kicking the ladder is several times more difficult than the game.

but….

No matter how hard you try kick it.

Are you afraid that I won’t be able to get up here?

I sold only one game for 10 years and learned all kinds of tricks and hidden elements. In particular progress on the 5th floor has been blocked for over a year so there is no corner left unknown.

‘…If we’ve come down this far it’s almost time to see it.’

There are many ways to become stronger.