Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 168



Episode 168: The Great Demon Lord (3)

Explorer.

A profession that enters labyrinths hunts monsters and mines magic stones. The general public thinks that fighting monsters is the biggest challenge for this profession.

but….

“If you actually ask explorers you will get completely different answers.”

Absence of light.

Not being able to sleep when you want to.

Meals like feed and a built-up sexual desire.

A sweaty body and a dirty bed.

“It is less so in lower levels where the exploration period is short. However the higher the level of explorers the more likely they were to say that this part was more difficult than combat.”

“Hmm I see.”

“yes. It is said that from the 7th floor onwards it is common for large clans to take a two- to three-month break in the city after completing an expedition.”

First of all as someone who belongs to this profession it was completely understandable.

but….

“so?”

The afternoon of the 22nd.

To be precise what is the point of saying this when it is meal time and I am about to take some beef jerky out of my bag and eat it?

He wouldn’t do this without a purpose.

“If you want something just tell me.”

When I stared at him with a look in his eyes telling me to get to the point Raven responded in a voice full of determination.

“Let’s eat something real today. “Not beef jerky but cooking using fire.”

Huh so this was the purpose.

In case you’re not a wizard just say you want something delicious today and that’s it.

I thought briefly before answering.

“Okay I guess so.”

“No matter how much Mr. Yandel is the leader he has to ask the opinions of his team members… Yes? “What?”

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“I said it was good.”

“Oh really?”

Raven’s eyes widened as if she thought she would be rejected.

He must have known that the claim was far-fetched.

This is not the 4th floor.

There I cooked and ate every day and sometimes I even ate grilled meat that had been preserved with a magic spell…

The 5th floor of the Great Demon World is an open world structure layer.

“Is that really okay? “If the smell spreads there’s a good chance you won’t be able to eat properly because of the monsters right?”

“You… what on earth do you want?”

“Oh no… Now that I think about it I think magic can solve the smell problem to some extent.”

Now that I see it it seems like he just wanted to tell me this.

Anyway when it was decided to cook and eat Ainar who had been nervously eavesdropping on the conversation opened her mouth.

“Is this a wizard…?”

I think it was impressive that he got my permission with just a few words…

‘Now that we’re on the 5th floor we need to make improvements here too.’

Actually it was something I was already thinking about.

The total exploration period is now one month.

You also need to pay attention to the stress of your team members.

When people become sensitive even trivial things can make them angry.

“Then I will ask you Mr. Karlstein. If you need water or fire please let me know.”

“Uhm then can you turn on the fire?”

“Is this enough?”

Soon our team’s official chef Misha started cooking with Raven’s help.

The menu is tomato stew with lots of meat.

“It’s so delicious today too!!! Misha! “Can’t you marry me later?”

“What are you talking about? Mr. Einar I will take Mr. Karlstein with me.”

“Oh I’m glad you enjoyed it but it’s a bit…”

Misha furrows her brow and glances at me.

“….”

“….”

For your information Mr. Bear and I stood guard while eating. Not a single monster appeared until the three had emptied all their bowls.

“Hmm it really doesn’t smell at all? “What kind of magic is this?”

“I used air control magic and combustion magic. “It collects the smell in one place and burns it.”

“Hmm I see.”

Uncle Bear said she could have a decent meal even on the 5th floor and she was delighted.

This was the same for me too.

Honestly I’m really sick of beef jerky.

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“Now then you two please eat. “Now we will stand guard.”

Soon the two of us sat down and ate some stew in our bowls. As a macho barbarian and black bear man 5 minutes was enough and this time too the monster did not appear until the meal was finished.

It wasn’t just because of the effectiveness of the odor removal magic.

‘…The overall number of monsters has decreased.’

This is what I have felt for a few days: the number of monsters on the 5th floor is much lower than in the game.

Of course there is a probable cause.

‘Damn clan bastards.’

In the Great Demon Mirror mobs are regenerated from mirrors located in each field and released into the canyon.

But since the clans monopolize those hunting grounds and hunt for the respawns there are bound to be fewer monsters crawling out.

‘…Well thanks to that I was able to find it early.’

I smiled as I looked at the moss on the corner of the street.

It is different from other moss I have seen in passing.

There is a mix of red moss and green moss.

And black moss the size of a bead that grew at the point where the two moss meet.

‘The problem is how to induce this naturally….’

While I was thinking about it a monster appeared in front of the car.

There are eight ‘Hell Hounds’ level 6 monsters.

It’s easy to think of a wild dog with four eyes the size of a tiger. It’s an added bonus that my entire body is engulfed in black flames.

[Crrrrrrr-!!]

“Ready for battle.”

Since this was a monster I had been hunting for several days I entered the battle without any briefing.

It took about 10 minutes for the battle to end.

“So are you going to go down further now?”

Raven asked me what my plan was and I thought about it for a moment.

There is still a long time left until camping.

How can I stay in this position without feeling uncomfortable?

‘If it weren’t for the smell removal magic I would have been fighting the monster by now.’

It was a moment when I savored my appetite while thinking about that.

‘…uh?’

The black moss in the corner disappeared.

As if something invisible was taking it away.

‘…He’s already here?’

I placed my order quickly.

“It feels like Raven is with us.”

“yes? What is that—”

“Try using detection magic.”

Is it because I got the measles once from a masked man on the 4th floor? Despite instructions based on intuition Raven used magic without question.

“Dire Tanib Karsachi.”

A wave of magic power spreading in a circle.

Raven’s expression soon became serious.

“there is. “There’s something up front.”

“Is it a person?”

I asked pretending not to know and instead of answering Raven used ‘search’ magic.

Whoa!

A halo of light that sticks to the air like clay.

Soon enough the light died down and the figure of the guy who was hiding was revealed.

“…Huh?”

It was a squirrel.

It is about the size of a six or seven year old child.

It was curled up in front of the moss and gnawing at the black moss with its front teeth.

[Kyuu?]

A squirrel tilting its head as if it sensed our gaze.

“Tsk…! “Cute ears!”

“It looks delicious!”

Misha and Einar let out exclamations at the same time.

Raven was next to shout out in excitement.

“It’s Mila Roden! “I have to kill him quickly!!”

Yes you understand.

How hard is this guy to meet?

“Ah right… he’s a monster too…”

Misha raises his sword with a somewhat sad face.

On the other hand Mr. Bear loaded the crossbow with arrows faster than ever.

It wasn’t just one person who recognized the value.

“You’re lucky. “I met Mila Roden on my first expedition.”

“Now wait a minute. distortion! “I haven’t used the distortion spell yet!”

Raven dissuaded Mr. Bear and quickly cast a magic spell.

It’s not just distortion it’s ‘higher distortion’ magic.

Now when you kill the monster there is a higher chance that the corpse will remain intact.

[Kkyun kyuut-!!]

Mila Roden starts the game as soon as she is hit by the distortion spell.

Maybe it was an instinct written into our DNA.

Most of our ancestors would have suffered from this.

“Abman!”

As soon as I shouted a crossbow arrow was fired.

However like one of the few herbivorous monsters in the labyrinth it avoids it with agile movements.

I immediately dashed forward and grabbed its tail.

[Beep! Bleep! Beep!!]

The thing struggled and let out a weak scream.

As he was doing this he felt like he was hurting animals again…

What can I do?

This is nature’s providence.

Slurp.

The car was reaching out with the intention of killing him by exploding his head.

“wait a minute!”

Raven stopped me.

“Can’t we just kill him as intact as possible? “I heard that leather sells quite expensively.”

Words like those of a wizard who pursues rationality.

I also obediently agreed and grabbed Mila Roden by her neck and tail and tied her up.

and….

“Misha.”

“Huh? “Is it something I have to do?”

“Isn’t your sword the thinnest?”

Einar uses a great sword and Mr. Bear’s arrows are too big to be arrows.

Not to mention my mace.

Since it is a monster in name and appearance it will be difficult to kill it by stabbing it cleanly with a regular knife.

“Poke between the eyes.”

“Ugh….”

Misha looked somewhat reluctant but in the end he drew his sword and gave her peace.

[Kyuuu….]

Mila Rodden looked limp as if the power had gone down.

I swallowed my saliva and counted the numbers.

‘1 second 2 seconds 3 seconds….’

The time that would have originally disappeared into the light after being pronounced dead.

“Bjorn!! “The meat came out!”

The body didn’t disappear.

***

Grade 7 Mila Rodden.

A squirrel that carries a mirror on its back.

It is classified as a rare species like Mimic.

It’s so hard to meet.

“Hehe thanks to Mr. Yandel I caught a very precious monster. Mr. Urikfried do you have any experience?”

“It’s my first time too. “Because he is that precious.”

Even for Mr. Bear who has been active on the 5th floor for a long time this is his first hunt.

Well if you look at his habits you can understand.

A non-starter monster with the ability to hide at all times.

But if you use detection magic you can’t even go in there? In fact it is a monster that can only be encountered if heavenly luck follows.

Assuming you don’t know about black moss of course.

‘I could just wait here and catch it with one detection spell.’

Of course it’s easier said than done but I was only able to figure out this method after being blocked on the 5th floor for over a year.

Isn’t this a game full of all kinds of hidden pieces?

Thinking that there might be a condition for Mila Rodden to appear I reviewed all the recorded files and found that in one of the recorded files the moss on the terrain disappeared.

At the time I thought it was a bug but…

‘A true pervert game.’

As a result it was not a bug but a hidden element.

If you use detection magic as soon as the moss disappears there is a 100% chance that Mila Rodden will appear. Of course whether the distortion magic would be successful was another question.

“It seems like the luck of a first-timer is with you. Even the distortion magic was successful in one go—”

“High-order distortion. “It’s not just distortion.”

“Oh uh. Yes top distortion….”

Mila Roden’s distortion success rate in the game is 20%.

Even if it is a high-level distortion it is less than 30%.

So I thought I would have to catch three or four to get out.

“Anyway would you like to give it to me?”

“Do you even know how to slaughter?”

“This is something I did every day during my apprenticeship.”

The limp carcass was instantly dismantled into leather intestines and bones by the butcher knife held by Raven.

Much faster and more precise workmanship than Rotmiller.

Wow experts are in another field.

“But why is this thing so expensive?”

“Hide is in demand because of its scarcity and tendon is used as a magic ingredient. But… there is something else that is truly worth it.”

Soon Raven finished the butchering process by cutting out the mirror stuck to the back skin with a knife.

“It’s this mirror.”

“mirror?”

“yes. “You can’t take it out into the city but it can be very useful inside.”

Afterwards Raven explained the purpose of the mirror in detail.

I looked at it with satisfaction.

‘Is this why there needs to be a wizard on the team?’

The process is much easier.

In the past I had to explain everything from one to ten. Huh can I live like an ordinary barbarian now?

“But Mr. Yandel seems to have a good sense too.”

“huh?”

“There is no way I could have sensed Mila Roden’s presence.”

Although Raven looked at me with a strange look in his eyes he passed without any suspicion.

He doesn’t seem to think it makes sense since he also experienced something similar on the 4th floor.

Okay then this part is done.

“So how do you use this?”

In the game all you had to do was equip the mirror to the wizard and click a button.

So what about in real life?

“Oh I’m not sure either.”

huh?

“It’s not even written down there in the book. Wouldn’t it work if I pushed some horsepower into it?”

“…Try it. Oh wait before that let’s start with the bonding magic. “Because you never know.”

“That’s a good idea.”

After re-establishing the binding spell Raven held the mirror and closed her eyes.

It seems like it’s channeling magical power but…

Since he was a barbarian with no magical talent he could not feel anything in particular.

But how long has it been since then?

Flash-!

The mirror enveloped us sprinkling brilliant light.

And when I came to my senses.

“The character has entered the mirror of fire.”

We escaped from the dark labyrinth and stood on a vast wilderness.

“The space suddenly changes and it feels like I’ve entered a crack!”

Uncle Bear’s review.

However this place is completely different from the crack.

First of all there are no guardians and it is not in the form of a dungeon.

An open world structure that is just infested with monsters.

So say it again….

[Go somewhere else Barbarian. This is our clan’s territory.]

The world beyond the mirror where clans would sit and eat the monsters that came out.

I usually called this hidden field this way.

“Bjorn! “Monsters are coming from everywhere!”

“Ready for battle!”

Burning Zone.

「Field effect – A side world is granted.」

“The magic stone drop rate increases significantly.”

“Essence drop rate increases slightly.”

Let’s just pop in two integers no more no less.